11 Amendments of Martin EHRENHAUSER related to 2013/2188(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in September 2001 the world entered a new phase which resulted infollowing the events of September 2001, the fight against terrorism being listed amongcame one of the top priorities of most governments; whereas the revelations based on leaked documents from Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, put democratically elected leaders under an obligation, both moral and political, to address the challenges of the increasing capabilities of intelligence agencies in surveillance activities and their implications for the rule of law in a democratic society;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the report on the findings by the EU Co-Chairs of the ad hoc EU-US Working Group on data protection provides for an overview of the legal situation in the US but has not helped sufficiently withfailed to establishing the facts about US surveillance programmes; whereas no information has been made available about the so-called ‘second track’ Working Group, under which Member States discuss bilaterally with the US authorities matters related to national security;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AX
Recital AX
AX. whereas, although the European Council of 24/25 October 2013 called for the timely adoption of a strong EU General Data Protection framework in order to foster the trust of citizens and businesses in the digital economy, after two years of deliberations, the Council has still been unable to arrive at a general approach on the General Data Protection Regulation and the Directive34 ; __________________ 34 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/c ms_data/docs/pressdata/en/ec/139197.pdf
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AY
Recital AY
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BD a (new)
Recital BD a (new)
BDa. whereas legal developments in the EU, certain Member States and the US have blurred the line between intelligence and law enforcement activities;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. States that trust has been profoundly shaken: trust between the two transatlantic partners, trust among EU Member States, trust between citizens and their governments, trust in the respect of the rule of law,citizens and their governments, trust in the functioning of democratic institutions on both sides of the Atlantic, trust in the respect of the rule of law, trust in the moral integrity of political leaders and officials and trust in the security of IT services; believes that in order to rebuild trust in all these dimensions a comprehensive plan is urgently needed, measures, the implementation of which can be publicly verified, are necessary;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Takes the view that the Commission has failed to act to remedy the well-known deficiencies of the current implementation of Safe Harbour;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Takes the view that the information provided by the European Commission and the US Treasury does not clarify whether US intelligence agencies have access to SWIFT financial messages in the EU by intercepting SWIFT networks or banks’ operating systems or communication networks, alone or in cooperation with EU national intelligence agencies and without having recourse to existing bilateral channels for mutual legal assistance and judicial cooperation;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on the European Commission to react to concerns that three of the major computerised reservation systems used by airlines worldwide are based in the US and that PNR data are saved in cloud systems operating on US soil under US law, which lacks data protection adequacy, which means that the US-EU PNR agreement should be suspended until data protection can be demonstrably and credibly guaranteed in the long term;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Considers that a satisfactory solution under the ‘Umbrella agreement’ is a pre- condition for the full restoration of trust between the transatlantic partnerpossible only if effective judicial review measures are also guaranteed beforehand for non- US citizens, so that they can take legal action against violations of their rights;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Recognises that the EU and the US are pursuing negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which is of major strategic importance for creating further economic growth and for the ability of both the EU and the US to set future global regulatory standardsbut recommends suspending the negotiations owing to the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs 6 and 8 until comprehensive spying on industry, business and society is credibly, reliably and demonstrably refrained from or brought to an end;