6 Amendments of María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA related to 2013/2074(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas corruption is a human rights violation which can be defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, and whereas acts of corruption include the crimes of bribery, embezzlement, trading in influence, abuse of functions and illicit enrichment, as defined by the UNCAC;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas widespread corruption, lack of transparency, access to information and inclusive participation in decision-making prevents citizens from holding governments, political representatives, and companies to account in order to ensure that revenue related to resource and market exploration is used to ensure their human rights;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas human rights defenders, media and civil society organisations (CSOs) play a crucial role in the fight against corruption by scrutinising public budgets, monitoring government activities and the financing of political parties, offering capacity- building skills and expertise and demanding transparency and accountability; whereas journalists reporting on corruption and organised crime are increasingly targeted and harassed by organised crime groups, ‘parallel powers’ and the public authorities, especially in developing countries;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas, according to Eurobarometer, 78% of European citizens distrust political parties; whereas illicit funding, corrupt practices, and the failure to respond adequately to cases of corruption within political parties severely damage the credibility of institutions and greatly undermine citizens’ confidence in the democratic system;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the EU can only become a credible and influential leader in the fight against corruption if it adequately addresses the problems of organised crime, corruption and money laundering within its own borders; welcomes, in this regard, the ‘EU Anti-corruption Report’ to be issued by the Commission; hopes that the identification by the Commission of areas vulnerable to corruption in Member States will help step up anti-corruption efforts, facilitate the exchange of best practices, identify EU trends, and stimulate peer learning and further compliance with EU and international commitments; invites the Commission to consider futurepresent EU policy initiatives in the area of anti-corruption, in particular such as an EU Action Plan against Corruption to monitor the UNCAC recommendations, like for example: Member States’ obligations to publish and disseminate information on corruption, to establish channels for reporting these violations, a legal framework for the protection of witnesses and the participation of civil society. This action plan should take the form of binding legislation on Member States and institutions reflecting the highest standards of transparency and integrity; urges the EU to increasingly remove any conditions which cause it to be complicit or negligent in corruption activities with human rights implications in third countries;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to submit proposals to combat corruption within political parties so as to bring greater transparency to their financing, including annual publication of their accounts and the origin of their assets, thereby making that information accessible to civil society organisations;