Activities of Franz OBERMAYR related to 2015/2063(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015 - Rachida Dati) DE
Prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations (A8-0316/2015 - Rachida Dati) DE
Amendments (33)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas more than 5000 European citizens have joined Islamist terrorist organisations, particularly ISIS (Da’esh) in Iraq and Syria; whereas this phenomenon is speeding up and taking on significant proportions;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Islamist terrorist attacks in Paris, Copenhagen and Tunis in early 2015 highlight the security threat which is posed by the presence and movement of these foreign fighters in Europe; whereas the European Union has condemned these attacks in the strongest terms and has committed itself to combat Islamist terrorism alongside the Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas combating Islamist terrorism and preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorviolent Islamist organisations still falls essentially within the sphere of competence of the Member States, but whereas a concerted European approach is necessary to harmonise the legislation that appliand a harmonisation of the cooperation between EU Member States in anthis area where European citizens are free to movemust take account of national circumstances;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the extent to which the state assumes responsibility for the risk of radicalisation of parts of its Islamic minorities can vary greatly from one Member State to another; whereas, while some Member States have already taken effective measures, others are lagging behind in their action to tackle this phenomenon;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas European action is required as a matter of urgency to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens in order to contain this growing phenomenon so as to stem the flow of departures by European citizens to conflict zones and prevent other Islamist terrorist acts from being committed on European soil;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the important thing now is to put greater stress on preventive rather than reactas well as repressive measures to address the radicalisation of European citizens and their recruitment by terrorIslamist organisations;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategy to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by Islamist organisations, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorIslamist organisations;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to establish a common definition of ‘foreign fighters’ and to carry out an in-depth study of the process and the various influences which lead to radicalisation by Islamist organisations;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of making the fullest use of existing instruments to combat the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorIslamist organisations; recommends that more use should be made of European funds to that end; stresses the major role which can be played by the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) in taking on this objective of stamping out the radicalisation of European citizens by Islamist organisations;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that prisons remain a breeding ground for the spread of radical, and especially Islamist, ideologies; calls on the Commission to encourage the exchange of best practices among the Member States in order to counter the increase of Islamist radicalisation in Europe’s prisons;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on measures to be implemented in Europe’s prisons aimed at preventing Europeans from becoming radicalised by Islamist organisations; recommends that the Member States segregate such radicalised inmates within their prisons in order to prevent radicalism from being imposed through intimidation on other inmates and to contain Islamist radicalisation in those institutions;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the establishment of specialised European training for prison staff in order to teach them to detect radicalIslamist behaviour; stresses the importance of appropriately training and recruiting prison chaplains, particularly of the Muslim faith, so that they can not only adequately meet prisoners’ cultural needs in prisons, but also counter radical discourse;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the internet plays a significant role in fuelling the radicalisation of European citizens, as it facilitates the rapid, large-scale distribution of hate messages and praise for Islamist terrorism; expresses concern at the impact that such messages praising Islamist terrorism have on young people, who are particularly vulnerable; calls for a dialogue to be launched at European level with the internet giants with a view to preventing the online distribution of Islamist hate messages and to eradicating them swiftly;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Feels that the internet giants should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they delete illegal content as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take action in response to the spread of illicit messages or messages praising Islamist terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Feels, however, that the internet is an effective platform for spreading discourse opposed to hate speech and praise for Islamist terrorism; calls on the digital giants to cooperate with the Member States in order to take part in the spread of prevention messages calling for the development of critical thinking and for a process of deradicalisation of Islamists;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. States that the internet giants, through internet referencing, have the power to promote radicalisation prevention messages aimed at countering messages that praise Islamist terrorism; feels that it is thus their duty to highlight messages that oppose hate speech and praise for Islamist terrorism, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Feels that every Member State should set up a special unit tasked with flagging illiciIslamist content on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and ruleits terms and conditions; proposes that such units could cooperate with a European unit responsible for dealing with flagging;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that online radicalisation cannot be stamped out without reinforcing the tools available to the EU to combat cybercrime; recommends that the European Union strengthen the mandate of the European Cybercrime Centre so that it can play an effective role in better protecting European citizens against online threats and detecting the digital processes used by terrorIslamist organisations;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that schools and education have an important role to play in preventing Islamist radicalisation; recalls the crucial role that schools play in helping to promote integration and develop critical thinking; calls on the Member States to investigate the possibility of introducing, where it does not already exist, education on religious issues in schools;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Union to carry out a communication campaign to raise the awareness of young people, as well as supervisory staff, as regards issues of Islamist radicalisation; calls on the Member States to introduce specialist training for teaching staff so that they can detect any suspicious changes in behaviour and properly supervise young people who are at risk of being recruited by terrorIslamist organisations;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that it is vital to engage in dialogue with the various religious communities in order to help reach a better understanding of the phenomenon of radicalisation; draws the Member States’ attention to the issue of training religious leaders in order to prevent Islamist preachers of hate from appearing in places of worship in Europe, and also of training prison chaplains, particularly when they are around prisoners deemed to be radicalised;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the crucial importance of making all actors aware of their responsibility to prevent Islamist radicalisation, whether at local, national, European or international level; encourages the establishment of close cooperation between all civil society actors, including national and local platforms for cooperation between actors on the ground, such as associations, NGOs and families of victims; calls, in this regard, for the introduction of training adapted for the actors on the ground dealing with potentially radicalised European citizens;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Feels that those local actors have a crucial role to play in the development of projects adapted to their towns or organisations, in addition to their role as an integrating factor for those European citizens who feel at odds with society and tempted by Islamist radicalisation; feels that the Member States should support the establishment of structures facilitating, in particular, the supervision of young people, as well as exchanges with families, schools, hospitals, universities and so on; notes that such associations and organisations, which do not bear the mark of governments, sometimes achieve better results in reintegrating citizens who are on the path towards radicalisation into society;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers it vital to set up an alert system in each Member State which would allow families and community members to easily and swiftly flag the development of radicalIslamist behaviour or a European citizen’s departure to join a terrorist organisation;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its desire to see the so-called ‘EU PNR’ directive swiftly adopted before the end of 2015 in order to enable the movements of European citizens likely to adopt apotential Islamist terrorist ideologys to be tracked; recalls, however, that the EU PNR will not be enough to prevent the recruitment of European citizens by terrorIslamist organisations;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Is convinced that the measures aimed at preventing the radicalisation of European citizens and their recruitment by terrorIslamist organisations will not be fully effective until they are accompanied by an effective and dissuasive range of criminal justice measures; feels that, through effectively criminalising terrorist acts and other actions carried out abroad with terrorIslamist organisations, the Member States will equip themselves with the tools needed to eliminate radicalisation among European citizens;
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates that making good use of existing instruments such as the SIS and VIS systems constitutes the first step in stepping up external border security in order to identify EU citizens who may be leaving for czonflict zoneses of heightened Islamist activity;
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Is convinced that for such enhanced cooperation to be established the Commission, and the European External Action Service (EEAS) in particular, need to make greater efforts in terms of Arabic- speaking staff and spokespersons; considers it essential that the EUʼs call to combat Islamist radicalisation can be heard beyond its own borders;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Supports measures to weaken terrorIslamist organisations from the inside and lessen their potential influence on EU citizens; urges the European Union to look into ways of dismantling jihadist networks and identifying how they are funded; encourages the Commission to propose a regulation on identifying Islamist terrorism funding channels;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls in this regard for a detailed and comprehensive screening of all Muslim organisations with which the European institutions collaborate for connections to Islamist organisations, in particular the Muslim Brotherhood;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Urges the Commission and the European Parliament in particular to link the award of grants to Islamic associations and institutions to a clear rejection of radical Islamist thought;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Urges the Commission and the European Parliament in particular to subject existing cooperative relationships with Islamic organisations, for instance in connection with the deradicalisation of extremists, to a close examination for potential links to Islamist organisations;
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on Member States to participate in efforts to trace external flows of funding to Islamist organisations and to display transparency in their relations with certain Gulf countries, with the aim of stepping up cooperation in order to shine a light on the financing of Islamist terrorism and fundamentalism in Africa and the Middle East, but also by some Islamist associations in Europe;