26 Amendments of Petra KAMMEREVERT related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 21 May 2013 on the EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU,
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, the rule of law is the backbone of European liberal democracy, and is one of the founding principles of the European Union stemming from the common constitutional traditions of all Member States;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas freedom of the press and freedom of opinion are fundamental freedoms and whereas diverse and independent media have a crucial function in shaping opinion and popular will in democratic societies, as they enable everyone to exercise their right to information,
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a
Paragraph 4 – point a
(a) make provision for an annual policy cycle that monitors its application, taking account of the results of annual and specific reports from the various parties involved, instituinstitutions of the European Union, like the Commission and FRA, the Council of Europe, the United Nationals and otherwisecivil society organisations, and contribute towards improving coordination between those involved and the drafting of policies on the basis of greater transparency and dialogue;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) ensure that the annual policy cycle is based on the compliance with the rule of law as it is a pre-requisite for the protection of fundamental rights
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
(c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data onbe based on a system of annual country assessment, developed by the Commission and the Council, on the compliance with the rule of law and the situation regardingof fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, iall Member States of the European Union, based on data of FRA, Council of Europe and its Venice Commission and NGOs. In that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation is essential in order to grant the FRA wider powers; in particular in relation to the situation assessment in each Member States and the possibility of the FRA auto-referral as part of an alert mechanism;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point d
Paragraph 4 – point d
(d) bproadenvide clear indicators in order to assess the enforcement and respect of fundamental rights, and to trigger alert mechanisms in the case of violations. Such indicators could take the form of a fundamental rights scoreboard, possibly as an extension of the scope of the EU Justice Scoreboard t, which should also cover the assessment of criminal justice systems and of efforts to uphold fundamental rights and the rule of law; indicators should include clear data collection mechanisms, including equality data collection disaggregated according to the different discrimination grounds;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law is a good tool under the current legal framework provided by the Treaties; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism willmay not act as a sufficient deterrent when it comes to preventing and resolving fundamental rights violations in Member States;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
(a) making it part of the internal strategy on fundamental rights, as rule of law is a pre-requisite for the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union and its Member States;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(aa) finding a way to make better use of the expertise of the Council of Europe and setting up a formal channel of cooperation in matters relating to the rule of law and fundamental rights;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
(b) clearly definifying the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialise and considering setting up these criteria in a manner that any breach could automatically trigger the mechanism;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
(c) ensuring the full involvementand guaranteeing the use of all available data, at the launch and dialogue stages, not only of the Commission and the Member State in question, but also of the European Parliament, the Council, national parliaments, the FRA and civil society, and guaranteeing the use of all available data, the Council of Europe, and its Venice Commission and civil society;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically by which the possibility of applying double standards can be fully avoided; defining the criteria for "clear risk of breach" and "serious and persistent breach" building inter alia on the case law of European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, should such a mechanism fail, and that the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is considered;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the fact that the Council will hold debates on the rule of law; considers, however, that such debates are not the most effective ways to resolve any non-compliance with the fundamental values of the European Union; regrets the fact that it is neither informed nor involved into the organisation of these debates; calls on the Council to base its debates on the results of annual and specific reports of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the civil society, the Council of Europe and its Venice Commission and other parties involved, institutional and otherwise;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Council to push for a more ambitious plan on the rule of law framework that enables the various European institutions to monitor and safeguard Member States' compliance with the rule of law; either in form of a Treaty change, allowing the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 to be monitored and safeguarded beyond the areas covered by EU law, or in form of a peer review, with the involvement of the European institutions and possibly the Council of Europe and its Venice Commission; considers that such ambitious plan should also foresee a more important role for the European Court of Justice that is not limited to procedural guarantees;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Council to find a common ground on the precise content of the principles and standards stemming from the rule of law that vary at national level and to consider the already existing definition of the rule of law of the European Court of Justice, as a starting point for debate, that include legality, which implies a transparent, accountable, democratic and pluralistic process for enacting laws; legal certainty; prohibition of arbitrariness of the executive powers; independent and impartial courts; effective judicial review including respect for fundamental rights; and equality before the law;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that free, independent, diverse and pluralist media, both online and offline, are a fundamental building block of democracy which contributes significantly to democratic opinion formation and decision making, and stresses the importance of a plurality of information sources for genuine freedom and diversity of the media; stresses that it is in the common interest to maintain, protect and promote free and independent media across Europe;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to prohibit any distortions of competition by national rules which seem likely to unilaterally disadvantage individual media providers;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Remains concerned about the ongoing impact of the economic crisis on the media landscape and the consequences of this for media diversity in Europe;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Member States to maintain and protect non-state-controlled, editorially independent public service media, and to provide them with the necessary funding so that they can continue in future to contribute to upholding media pluralism and to perform their task of providing high- quality, reliable and diverse content and information across the board;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses, however, that securing media pluralism must not be restricted to combating media concentration in terms of ownership, but must also include: a ban on all censorship; protection of the ban on censorship; protection of sources and informants; prevention of influence from political actors and other social forces; promotion of transparency; good working and training conditions for journalists; media supervisory authorities; promotion of cultural diversity; development of new technologies; securing unrestricted access to information and communications; uncensored and unrestricted access to the internet; and the prevention of a digital divide in our societies;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Is concerned at the growing market power of a few multi-national digital media undertakings and their role as gatekeepers of information, and the resulting impact on diversity and freedom of opinion; calls for the development of adequate competition rules, in order to prevent a few digital undertakings from obtaining a dominant market position;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7g. Stresses the importance of transparency with respect to the ownership of private broadcasters, which has to be ensured in all Member States, and calls on the Commission to monitor and support progress to this end;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7h. Is concerned about the growing climate of hostility within society towards journalists and other media representatives, particularly when journalists become hate figures for political and/or religious movements; calls on the Member States to take the necessary action, unambivalently and with the legal means at their disposal, against attacks on journalists by political and religious groups;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7i. Is disturbed at the numerous instances of mistreatment of journalists, and other offences against their physical integrity, by participants in demonstrations; also deplores the numerous instances of the use of force against journalists by police and security forces during reporting on demonstrations, particularly the disproportionate use of non-lethal weapons such as truncheons, rubber bullets, tasers, etc.; calls on the Member States to ensure that the uniforms of law enforcement personnel bear a means of identifying the wearer and that such personnel are always held to account for their actions;