Activities of Gerard BATTEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas on the 14th November 2018 the European Parliament rejected a proposal to establish Humanitarian Visas; considers, therefore, that the legislative process has lawfully concluded;

2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that ~~part of the financial implications of the requested proposal should be covered by the g~~the Member States that wish to issue humanitarian visas shall be responsible for all of the financial implications that arise from allowing persons to enter~~al budget of the Union as a practical expression of the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, including its financial implications, between the Member States, in acc~~ the territory of the Member State; insists that Member States shall continue to be responsible for such persons when they leave the Member State that issued the humanitarian visa ford an~~ce with Article 80 TFEU~~other Member State;

2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 27

~~– provide for significant financial support from the Integrated Border Management Fund to be made available to Member States for its implementation,~~deleted

2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE

2018/2271(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – paragraph 1 – indent 28

– foresee that a Member State that issues such a humanitarian visa has access to the same compensation from the Asylum and Migration Fund as when a Member State receives a refugee through the European Resettlement Framework,deleted

2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the Republic of Turkey, a candidate country for EU membership, jailed more journalists than any other nation in the world in 2016; considers that these actions are a clear attack on democracy and freedom of expression; calls, therefore, for pre-accession funding to Turkey to be suspended immediately;

2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists and other media actors, enabling them to perform their work in full independence and without undue interference – such as the threat of violence, harassment, financial, economic and political pressure, pressure to disclose confidential sources and materials, and targeted surveillance; ~~highlights the importance of taking a gender-sensitive approach when considering measures to address the safety of journalists;~~

2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE

2017/2209(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Highlights the important role exerted by independent and pluralistic media in political debate and on the right to pluralistic information both during electoral terms and in the intervening periods; stresses the need to guarantee full expression for all political actors, regardless of their degree of institutional representativeness or political views;

2018/01/30
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the basis for European integration is the upholding and promotion of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the values and principles enshrined in the European treaties and international human rights instruments; whereas as some candidate countries, most notably Turkey, do not uphold these values;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the ongoing wave of terrorist attacks across the EU has fuelled widespread mistrust of ~~Muslim migrants, and whereas certain political parties are employing the rhetoric of cultural isolationism and hatred of those who are differ~~the EU and its ability to adequately protect its citizents;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas the systematic use of states of emergency and border controls does very little to deter terrorists, who have all, thus far, been long-term residents of EU Member States;~~deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Asserts that neither national sovereignty nor subsidiarity can justify or legitimise the systematic refusal on the part of a Member State to comply with the principles of governance which inspired the introductory articles of the European Treaties;deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

~~3. Stresses that the EU needs a common approach to governance, which does not yet exist, and which must be developed by pooling experiences of European governance;~~deleted

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2125(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Stresses that the integration is best achieved through schooling for young people and education in European citizenship for older people, that the EU should therefore promote a policy reception and integration in all the Member Statof migrants into Member States societies is a process that involves not only a willingness from Member States to promote their cultural values, but also a willingness from the migrant to respect these values, and t~~hat it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concer~~o make sincere attempts to learn the language of the Member State to which they will be living in;

2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that the structure of the new multiannual financial framework (MFF) must correspond to the top five political priorities of the EU; calls for more coherence between the funding of the EU budget and its objectives~~, if needed by breaking the 1 % glass ceiling of Member State GDP contributions and/or~~ by adapting and reducing the EU’s objectives;

2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point e

~~e. calls for the allocation of proper resources in order to ensure the smooth implementation and running of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office;~~deleted

2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Stresses that the future MFF proposal must not include the UK's contribution or entail any legal obligations on the UK regarding its liabilities;

2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE

2017/2052(INI)

7 b. Stresses, furthermore, that if the Treaties cease to apply, as stated in Article 50(3) of the TEU, it follows that laws made under those Treaties, including the MFF Regulation, must also cease to apply; underlines, therefore, that once the UK leaves the Union, there can be no legal obligation upon the UK to continue contributions to the present or future MFF;

2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7 c. Considers that if the UK wishes to remain part of any EU programmes, that is a decision for the government of the day and any financial contributions should be decided on a case-by-case basis and applied in the same way as negotiations with third countries; notes for example that Israel has access to EU programmes as a third country without being a contributor to the MFF;

2017/11/23
Committee: LIBE

2015/0269(COD)