8 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2010/2311(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas terrorism is not a recent phenomenon; whereas counter-terrorism has always been part of regular law enforcement action; whereas 9/11 led to a fundamental change in the methods and instruments used to fight terrorism; whereas terrorism became, however, the last decade saw a fundamental change in the methods and instruments used to fight terrorism moving counter-terrorism measures out of the realm of regular law enforcement and turning them into a matter of national security, with a very different legal framework granting greater powers to intelligence services; whereas counter-terrorism must be brought back into the realm of criminal law, subject to specific procedures and attached to certain rights,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the aim of counter-terrorism policies should be to undermine the objectives of terrorism, which areseek to destroy the fabric of our free, open and democratic societyies; whereas the aprime objective of counter-terrorism must therefore be to protect and strengthen that fabric of democratic society andby strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny; whereas the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies must be measured against this aim; whereas in this logic, strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny is not an obstacle to such policies, but their prime objective,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas ten years after the attacks that shook the world it is time to take stock of the achievements in fightingfirst instruments to address large-scale terrorism were adopted at EU level, such as the European Arrest Warrant, time has come to take stock of the achievements, shortcomings and failures of counter- terrorism measures; whereas evaluation allows for more efficient and effective policy-making, and in any modern democracy policy decisions are subject to frequent evaluation and review,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas counter-terrorism measures tend to have a profound impact on civil liberties, the rule of law and democratic decision-making; whereas these measures are increasingly implemented by the private sector, which is not bound by the same requirements as law enforcement authorities in terms of respect of procedural rights and accountability; whereas counter-terrorism measures also have a substantial budgetary impact and a growing share of the costs in this field is borne by the private sector,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas mass surveillance has become a key feature of counter-terrorism policies, and whereas the large-scale collection of personal data, detection and identification technologies, tracking and tracing, data mining and profiling, risk assessment and behavioural analysis are all used for the purpose of preventing terrorism; whereas public authorities are making more and more use of data collected for commercial or private purposes; whereas, therefore, in the name of fighting terrorism civil liberties and fundamental rights are systematically violated,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a proper evaluation of ten years of counter-terrorism policies must provide the basis for an evidence-based, needs-driven, coherent and comprehensive EU counter-terrorism strategy by means of an in-depth and complete appraisal to be carried out by a panel of independent expertn independent panel composed of experts coming from different policy areas;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to draw up a complete and detailed ‘map’ of all existing counter- terrorism policies in Europe; calls at the same time onlegislation in the EU and the degree of their implementation in the Member States; calls on the Member States to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of their counter- terrorism policies, with a particular focus on interaction with EU policies, overlap and gaps, to cooperate better in the evaluation of EU policies, and to provide their input within the given deadlines, as in the case of the Data Retention Directive8 ;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to carry out a study into the costs of counter-terrorism policies borne by the private sector, delineating the shares borne by the different sectors of society, as well as an overview of sectors benefiting from counter-terrorism policies;