18 Amendments of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2010/2308(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas as of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty has further consolidated security as a necessary condition both for ensuring the exercise of fundamental rights and for bringing about an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), including in the context of external action, where these three concepts are closely interlinkedthe Union constitutes an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States; whereas policies in this area are a shared competence between the Union and the Member States in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Commission communication on the Internal Security Strategy (ISS)SS for the period 2010-2014 periodhas identified five priority areas in which it claims the EU can provide added value, namely fighting and preventing serious crime and organised crime, terrorism and cybercrime, strengthening the management of external borders and building resilience to natural and man-made disasters;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the first Commission annual report on the implementation of the ISS acknowledghas claimed that all of the five objectives identified in 2010 remain valid, and outlined the currentlaid down the state of play, the progress made so far and the way forward;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the work undertaken in order to set up an ISS and the main principles underpinning the European Security Model as developed in the ISS, especially as regards the reinforced relationship between security, freedom and privacy and cooperation and solidarity between Member States; Underlines that EU security measures and cooperation have to comply with the Union's fundamental rights obligations and focus on targeted law enforcement and intelligence activities with proven capacity to lower crime rates and prevent terrorist attacks;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the EU is rooted in the principle of freedom; points out that, in support of that freedom, security must be pursued in accordance with the rule of law and subject to fundamental rights obligations; states that the balance between security and freedom must be seen from this perspective;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights must be the core of any fully fledged ISS; recalls that, in order to achieve freedom and justice, security must always be pursued in accordance with the rule of law and fundamental rightsnternal Security Strategy; calls on the Commission to provide a full assessment of the compliance of policies implementing the Internal Security with the Union's Fundamental rights obligations, particularly the EU Charter;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that measures and actions implementing the Internal Security Strategy are in compliance with the Union's fundamental rights obligations laid down in Articles 2, 6 and 7 TEU and external policy aims as spelled out in Article 21 TEU, principles developed by the United Nations, international human rights and humanitarian law, and respect for the concept of human security taking the security of the individual rather than that of the state as point of reference;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Considers it important in this respect that the compliance of ISS measures with the Union's fundamental rights obligation and the principles of international law is enforced effectively by mechanisms such as unannounced on the spot controls, periodic evaluations by fundamental rights agencies and an obligation to recast the measures in case they are in breach of fundamental rights;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note of the definition of the five key areas for which different concrete actions have been proposed at EU and Member States level; takes the view that these objectives are not exhaustive, and that the order of priorities could have been better structured; observes that, while the fight against terrorism and organised crime is,are and must remain, a key priority, it does not seem to be fully justified or appropriate to takeies, action in fields such as man- made disasters and the enforcementintellectual property rights enforcement in the framework of iIntellectual property rights within the frameworkrnal Security Strategy are not appropriate and justified and should therefore be rejected; rejects the subordination of the Union's border policy to an internal security strategy, given its implications ofn the ISSUnion's foreign, asylum and migration policies;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that organised crime in all its forms constitutes a major threat to freedom, security and justice for EU citizens, and calls on the Commission and the Council to prioritise it further in the light ofthe fight against organised crime needs to remain a priority, following the recommendations set outexpressed in its resolution of 25 October 2011 on organised crime in the European Union, on the basis of specific data and information on existing cooperation between the EU and the Member States in the fight against the mafias, money laundering and other forms of organised crime;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to focus its Internal Security Strategy on the enhancement of proper police and judicial cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States and the EU's agencies in a spirit of solidarity facilitated by standard request forms and procedures with deadlines and secure communication lines;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates that enhancingthe training of EU police and judicial cooperationauthorities is critical to a proper ISS, and must involve theing competent authorities in theof Member States as well as EU institutions and agencies, in particular the Fundamental Rights Agency, to prevent fundamental rights violations, and calls upon the Commission and the Member States to make this a priority for the ISS;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is disappointed, in this connection,Regrets that the ISS still lacks a proper ‘'justice dimension’,' and believes that the establishment of a set of priorities in the field of judicial cooperation must be seen in the context of the close link between all the dimensions of the Area enshrined in Title V TFEU, namely the Area of Freedom, Security and Justicet given the inextricable link between police, judicial cooperation and the fundamental rights safeguards to be applied;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines that the fight against terrorism is a priority for the ISS, thwhose objectives and tools of which must be evaluated properly as indicated in Parliament'must be properly evaluated as expressed in its resolution of 14 December on ‘the EU Counter-Terrorism Policy: main achievements and future challenges’; outlines that prevention and protection policies must be further prioritiszed, along with prosecution and response; notes that, in this context, a greabetter focusing is needed on targeted law enforcement and intelligence-driven activities is needed activities with proven capacity to prevent terrorist attacks; recalls that for the EU to be a credible actor in promoting fundamental rights both internally and externally, the fight against terrorism should be conducted with full respect for fundamental rights and subject to proper oversight and accountability both at EU and national level, including thorough human right compliant investigations as regards alleged collaboration with CIA extraordinary rendition and secret detention;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the focus on border security in the context of the ISS, butRejects the subordination of the Union's border policy to an internal security strategy and is deeply concerned about the underlying perception of people on the move as a potential security threat; believes that border management and human mobility are not merelyjust security issues, but key features of a wider political strategy involving not onlyjust the security dimension, but also – more importantly –and mainly immigration, asylum, development and employment policies at EU level;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that data processing and collection in the contextframework of the ISS must always comply with EU data protection principles, particularly those of necessity, proportionality and legality, and with the relevant EU legislation in this field; expresses its concern about the increasingly widespread practice of profiling, based on the use of data-mining techniques and the generalised collection of innocent citizens' data, for preventive and policing purposes; calls for a proper definition and safeguards concerning profiling in the directive on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data;