Activities of Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA related to 2019/2199(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to Article 2(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which enshrines the right to life for all persons,

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Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

– having regard to Article 20 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which states that everyone is equal before the law,

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

– having regard to Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which prohibits all forms of discrimination,

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Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

– having regard to the European Council conclusions of 28 June 2018 on migration,

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Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 31

~~– having regard to its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation of sexual education in Poland15 , __________________ 15~~deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0058.

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 33

~~– having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2019 on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people, including LGBTI‑free zones17 , __________________ 17~~deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0101.

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 34

~~– having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary18 , __________________ 18~~deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0014.

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 35

– having regard to the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) of 19 December 2017 in Case A.R. and L.R. v Switzerland (22338/15), which affirms that comprehensive sexuality education is in the best interest of the child and is consistent with the legitimate interest of protecting children from sexual abuse and of protecting public health, meaning that parents do not necessarily have the right to opt their children out of sexuality education,deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)

– having regard to the ECtHR judgment of 13 February 2020 in the case of N.D. and N.T. v Spain (Nos 8675/15 and 8697/15) upholding the summary return of migrants entering Spain illegally by force,

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the EU is not merely a monetary union, but also a social one, as enshrined in the Charter, the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights;deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that the Union shall fully respect the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas on 1 October 2019, the Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights approved an investigation into the growing number of national, regional and local politicians prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate in Spain22; __________________ 22Introductory memorandum of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Should politicians be prosecuted for statements made in the exercise of their mandate?, 1 October 2019, AS/Jur (2019) 35.deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas many instances of disproportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrators continue to be reported across the EU, including the beating of demonstrators; whereas law enforcement authorities in some Member States such as Romania23, Spain and France24 are increasingly using less lethal weapons, such as batons, tear gas, hand- held sting grenades, electroshock weapons, water cannons and rubber bullets to control or disperse crowds of demonstrators; whereas the number of persons seriously wounded in demonstrations in recent years as a result of the use of rubber bullets is particularly striking; __________________ 23 European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2018 on the rule of law in Romania (Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0446) 24Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Shrinking space for freedom of peaceful assembly, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2019; Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Memorandum on maintaining public order and freedom of assembly in the context of the ‘yellow vest’ movement in France, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2019; Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Protection of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly during last week’s demonstrations in Catalonia, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2019deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, by selling arms to countries that are conducting brutal war campaigns, acting as a backer for opposing sides in foreign conflicts, by supporting coups against democratically elected leaders, and by supporting crushing sanctions, the EU has exacerbated violence in already fragile countries; whereas the EU has an obligation under EU and international law to help those who come to the EU seeking asylum; whereas, furthermore, it must not cause or take part in creating chaos in non-EU countries;deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Beata KEMPA, Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas pushbacks ~~constitute a violation of EU and international law and prevent~~of migrants fcrom benefiting from the legal guarantees firmly laid down in such law; whereas the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expressed grave concern about consistent reports of violent pushbacks by Croatian lawssing the borders in Ceuta and Melilla illegally, and often violently, have been enfdor~~cement officials25 ; whereas the Council of~~sed by the European Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concerns regarding the practice of ‘summary returns’ in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in relation to the ECtHR cases N.D. v Spain and N.T. v Spain26 ; __________________ 25 Letterfrom the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe to the Prime Minister of Croatia of 20 September 2018; Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina must immediately close the Vučjak camp and take concrete measures to improve the treatment of migrants in the country, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2019 26 Thirdparty intervention by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of 22 March 2018, N.D. v Spain and N.T. v Spain, CommDH(2018)11.urt of Human Rights; whereas, in the ECtHR cases N.D. v Spain and N.T. v Spain, the Court considered that no breach of the Convention on Human Rights or of Article 4 of the protocol prohibiting collective expulsions had been committed since the persons in question had not used the available legal channels for seeking asylum in Spain;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas in the past year there have been almost 3 000 separate attacks in Europe, mainly in the western part, on places of Christian worship or places otherwise related to Christianity, such as churches, cemeteries, monuments and statues;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises that the EU plays an important role in preventing poverty and social exclusion in the Member States, and calls on the Commission and the Council ~~to make macroeconomic~~, while respecting national sovereignty and the principle of subsidiarity, to take decisions based on the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the effects of ~~austerity measures have deeply~~some measures taken as a result of the economic crisis have had a major impacted on the social fabric of the EU in many Member States and that this continues today – exacerbating already widening inequalities and breaching fundamental rights ~~– and affects women, migrants, Roma, Travellers and other disadvantaged groups with a particular ferocity~~;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Highlights~~Takes note of Article 37 of the Charter, which ~~affirm~~states that ~~measures to protect~~‘a high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment must be integrated into the policies of the Union, and believes that this must be the guiding principle for all macroeconomic policies, above any other economic consideration to deal with the most significant threat facing humanity and to ensure that all people have the right to a futureensured in accordance with the principle of sustainable development’;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion;deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services is a form of violence against women and girls and stresses that the ECtHR has ruled on different occasions that restrictive abortion laws and preventing access to legal abortion violates the human rights of women; reiterates that the refusal by medical professionals to provide the full range of reproductive and sexual health services on personal grounds must not infringe the right of women or girls to access reproductive care;deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Deplores the proliferation of laws in some Member States that provide for different penalties for the same offence according to the perpetrator’s gender or sexual orientation; stresses that such laws run counter to Articles 20 and 21 of the Charter, which state that all persons are equal in the eyes of the law, and prohibit any discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that reproductive and sexual health issues fall within the exclusive competence of the Member States and cannot be regulated at EU level, and that the European Union should not be exerting pressure in this matter;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that everyone has the right to life, as Article 2 of the Charter recognises; stresses that this right must be defended from the moment of conception;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that the competence to protect and improve human health, in accordance with Article 6 TFEU, lies with the EU Member States;

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Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Recalls that the ECtHR has repeatedly stated that neither the European Convention on Human Rights nor any of its articles can be interpreted in a way that recognises the right to abortion;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA, Beata KEMPA, Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious or political intolerance, or by bias on the grounds of disability, sexual ~~orientation, gender identity, sexual characteristics~~ity or minority status;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls that there are attacks in the European Union on places of Christian worship or places otherwise related to Christianity, such as churches, cemeteries, monuments and statues; condemns all attacks on Christians and calls for the equal treatment of Christians in Europe and worldwide;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Condemns the use of violent and disproportionate interventions by law enforcement authorities during peaceful demonstrations; encourages the relevant national authorities to ensure a transparent, impartial, independent and effective investigation when the use of disproportionate force is suspected or has been alleged; recalls that law enforcement agencies are fully accountable for the fulfilment of their duties and their compliance with the relevant legal and operational frameworks;deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is deeply concerned about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member States; ~~recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support civil society activities;~~

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Expresses its concern at the growing violence of far-left entities, groups and collectives throughout Europe, as well as the violence employed by separatist groups against the security forces, as well as journalists and the civilian population;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the Recommendation of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of June 2019 entitled ‘Lives saved. Rights protected. Bridging the protection gap for refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean’; 27; __________________ 27https://rm.coe.int/lives-saved-rights- protected-bridging-the-protection-gap-for- refugees-/168094eb87deleted

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Expresses grave concern ab~~Notes the European Court ~~consistent reports of violent~~of Human Rights ruling upholding pushbacks by law enforcement officials in several Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to investigate the matter and take effective measures to ensure that such policies and practices are scrapped, including by putting on hold funds for border surveillance and ensuring the independent monitoring of border control activities by national ombudsmen and NGOstake measures to ensure the protection of the forces of law and order and to put an end to the 'pull effect’;

2020/02/28
Committee: LIBE