Activities of Sonia ALFANO related to 2010/2308(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European Union’s Internal Security Strategy PDF (183 KB) DOC (112 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4.Takes note of the progress made by the Member States and the Commission in the context of the EU policy cycle on organised crime with a view to implementing the general strategic objectives through actions based on intergovernmental cooperation at operational level; believes, however, that a clear division of tasks between the EU and national levels is necessary, that Parliament needs to be part of the process during the stage when priorities are being established, in the discussion of strategic objectives and in the evaluation of results, and that an in-depth assessment of the European policy cycle should be undertaken in 2013; with the aim of eventually revising and democratising the same; reaffirms the necessity of holding an annual meeting between the European institutions and agencies, the Member States and parliaments (both national and European parliaments) to ascertain the complementarity of national plans for countering organised crime with plans which are to be developed on a European level, and to analyse the results achieved and the future prospects from a European strategic and operational viewpoint; believes that such a meeting should be organised by the Commission, with the involvement of the Council and Parliament, and with the support of COSI and the European agencies (Europol, Eurojust), by the end of 2013, in correspondence to the evaluation of the first policy cycle 2011-2013 and the defining of the following cycle on the basis of funding which will be made available by the multi-year funding measures;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Endorses, in this connection and on the basis of the existing cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments, the idea of a ‘parliamentary policy cycle’ – which must be finely tuned to, inter alia, the Commission’s annual reporting in this field – ending with an annual parliamentary report on the current state of play as regards the ISS; believes that such a parliamentary policy cycle should be integrated into the current European strategic and operational structure relating to internal security, and should intervene during policy guidance and during the monitoring of the implementation and evaluation of results, in full execution of the provisions of the European Treaties which, since the signing of the Lisbon Treaty, have passed the shared legislative responsibility with regard to cooperation between the police and the judiciary regarding criminal matters on to the European Parliament and to the Council;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that organised crime in all its forms, but more particularly that perpetrated by the mafia, constitutes a majorgrowing threat to freedom, security and justice for EU citizens, and calls on the Commission and the Council to prioritise it further in the light of the recommendations set out 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, corruption, money laundering and other serious forms of organised crime;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is disappointed, in this connection, that the ISS still lacks a proper ‘justice dimension’, andis lacking the ‘justice dimension’ which is fundamental both in terms of respect for rights as well as in terms of the overall effectiveness of the interventions: 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 Justice; believes that careful and in-depth reflection should be developed on a European level regarding the fact that all national legal systems, while having their differences, should guarantee citizens the fullest impartiality, independence and autonomy of the judiciary;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the focus on border security in the context of the ISS, but believes that border management and human mobility are not merely security issues, but key features of a wider political strategy involving not only the security dimension, but also – more importantly – immigration, asylum, development and employment policies at EU level as well as policies supporting economic, social and democratic development and promoting human rights in third countries;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms, in this connection, the need for proper democratic oversight and evaluation of the work of AFSJ agencies in order to avoid the risk of blurring the divide ‘between policy advice and actual policy-making’ in relation to AFSJ agencies;