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20 Amendments of Gerard BATTEN

Amendment 13 #

2018/2271(INL)

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
Amendment 30 #

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 gthe Member States that wish to issue humanitarian visas shall be responsible for all of the financial implications that arise from allowing persons to enteral 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 ance with Article 80 TFEUother Member State;
2018/11/30
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #

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
Amendment 36 #

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
Amendment 34 #

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
Amendment 116 #

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
Amendment 143 #

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
Amendment 58 #

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
Amendment 141 #

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 differthe EU and its ability to adequately protect its citizents;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 147 #

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
Amendment 169 #

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
Amendment 206 #

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
Amendment 227 #

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
Amendment 380 #

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 that it is unacceptable that certain Member States should claim that the migration phenomenon is not their concero make sincere attempts to learn the language of the Member State to which they will be living in;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 3 #

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
Amendment 45 #

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
Amendment 51 #

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
Amendment 52 #

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
Amendment 53 #

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
Amendment 27 #

2015/0269(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weaponsdeleted
2016/04/06
Committee: LIBE