2007/2665(RSP) Resolution on combating the rise of extremism in Europe
Progress: Procedure completed
Legal Basis:
RoP 123-p2Events
2008/03/07
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2008/01/23
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2007/12/13
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2007/12/13
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
Following the debate held in plenary on 12 December 2007, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on combating the rise of extremism in Europe by 527 votes for, 15 against and 39 abstentions, and strongly condemned all racist and hate attacks. It called on all authorities to do everything in their power to punish those responsible, and expressed its solidarity with all victims of such attacks and their families. Member State was immune from the intrinsic threats that extremism posed to democracy and, therefore combating the spread of xenophobic attitudes and extremist political movements was a European challenge that requires a joint and coordinated approach.
Parliament requested all Member States to at least provide for the possibility - after a court ruling - of withdrawing public funding from political parties that did not condemn violence and terrorism and did not respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law as set out in the ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Those that already had this possibility must do so without delay. It also called on the Commission to ensure that no EU funding was available to media which were used as a platform to widely promote racist, xenophobic and homophobic ideas.
Parliament deplored the fact that some mainstream parties had seen fit to give credibility and acceptance to extremist parties by entering into coalition agreements, thereby sacrificing their moral integrity for the sake of short-term political gain and expediency. It urged the Commission and Council to lead the search for appropriate political and legal responses, especially at the preventive stage with reference to young people's education and public information, teaching against totalitarianism and disseminating the principles of human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to keep alive the memory of European history. It also called upon the Member States to develop policies of education for democratic citizenship based on citizens' rights and responsibilities. The Commission and Member States were asked to monitor the full application of legislation designed to prohibit incitement to political and religious violence, racism and xenophobia.
Parliament urged all democratic political forces, regardless of ideology, to avoid any support for extremist parties of a racist or xenophobic character, whether explicit or implicit, and hence also any alliance whatsoever with their elected representatives. Looking ahead to the 2009 European elections, it warned of the possibility that extremist parties might secure representation in the European Parliament and it called on the political groups to take the appropriate measures in order to ensure that a democratic institution was not used as a platform for financing and echoing anti-democratic messages. The EU institutions must give a clear mandate to the Fundamental Rights Agency to investigate the structures of extremist groups in order to assess whether some of them coordinate their work within their groups across the EU or at regional level.
Public personalities should refrain from statements that encourage or incite to hatred or stigmatisation of groups of people on the basis of their race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation or nationality. If public personalities incited to hatred, the fact that they had a high public profile should be considered an aggravating circumstance. Parliament condemned, in particular, the worrying prevalence of anti-semitism. It called on the media to inform the public about the dangers of hate speech and to help promote the principles and values of democracy, equality and tolerance.
Lastly, it called on the Commission to support NGOs and civil society organisations devoted to promoting democratic values, human dignity, solidarity, social inclusion, inter-cultural dialogue and social awareness of the dangers of radicalisation and violent extremism, and which are devoted to fighting all forms of discrimination.
Documents
2007/12/13
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2007/12/12
EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
Joint motion for resolution
Documents
2007/12/12
EP - Debate in Parliament
Details
The House held a debate, following on the Commission statement, on combating the rise of extremism in Europe.
A motion for a resolution winding up this debate was due to be put to the vote on 13 December 2007.
Documents
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)0532/3
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)0411
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T6-0623/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0512/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0515/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0516/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0517/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0519/2007
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0512/2007
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0512/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0515/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0516/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0517/2007
- Motion for a resolution: B6-0519/2007
- Joint motion for resolution: RC-B6-0512/2007
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)0411
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2008)0532/3
Activities
- Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Plenary Speeches (2)
- Roberta Alma ANASTASE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Irena BELOHORSKÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jana BOBOŠÍKOVÁ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Costas BOTOPOULOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Giusto CATANIA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Derek Roland CLARK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Koenraad DILLEN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Glyn FORD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Ana GOMES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Bruno GOLLNISCH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Magda KÓSÁNÉ KOVÁCS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jean LAMBERT
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Katalin LÉVAI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Baroness Sarah LUDFORD
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Diamanto MANOLAKOU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jan Tadeusz MASIEL
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mario MAURO
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Nickolay MLADENOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Viktória MOHÁCSI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Péter OLAJOS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Józef PINIOR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Bogusław ROGALSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Wojciech ROSZKOWSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Martine ROURE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Mechtild ROTHE
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Leopold Józef RUTOWICZ
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Eoin RYAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Daciana Octavia SÂRBU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pierre SCHAPIRA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Inger SEGELSTRÖM
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Adrian SEVERIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Eva-Britt SVENSSON
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Csaba Sándor TABAJDI
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Kristian VIGENIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Bernard WOJCIECHOWSKI
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 7 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 439, +: 43, 0: 31
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 14 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: +: 518, -: 42, 0: 7
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 8 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 491, 0: 47, +: 32
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 9 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 484, +: 71, 0: 10
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 10 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 466, 0: 41, +: 19
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 18 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: +: 484, -: 39, 0: 25
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 19 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: +: 450, -: 93, 0: 30
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 11 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 532, +: 28, 0: 16
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 12 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 341, +: 179, 0: 52
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 2 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 464, +: 59, 0: 47
| EE | CY | IE | SI | LT | LV | CZ | MT | LU | DK | PL | SK | EL | SE | FI | BG | PT | HU | AT | GB | NL | BE | RO | ES | IT | DE | FR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
5
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
20
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
41
|
12
|
13
|
12
|
9
|
18
|
12
|
19
|
17
|
52
|
18
|
23
|
31
|
38
|
43
|
71
|
66
|
|
 IND/DEM |
12
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
 UEN |
34
|
2
|
2
|
Latvia UENFor (1)Against (2)Abstain (1) |
1
|
Poland UENFor (12)Against (5) |
Italy UENFor (1)Against (7) |
|||||||||||||||||||||
 NI |
17
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
|||||||||||||||||||
 GUE/NGL |
21
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
Germany GUE/NGLAgainst (7) |
2
|
||||||||||||||||||
 Verts/ALE |
26
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
Germany Verts/ALEAgainst (5) |
France Verts/ALEAgainst (6) |
||||||||||||||||
 ALDE |
77
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
Bulgaria ALDEAgainst (5) |
2
|
1
|
United Kingdom ALDEFor (1)Against (7) |
Netherlands ALDEAgainst (5) |
Belgium ALDEAgainst (5) |
Romania ALDEAgainst (6) |
1
|
Italy ALDEAgainst (9) |
Germany ALDEFor (1)Against (4) |
France ALDEAgainst (10) |
|||||
 PSE |
156
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
Poland PSEAgainst (7) |
2
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
Bulgaria PSEFor (3)Against (2) |
4
|
Hungary PSEFor (1)Against (3) |
Austria PSEAgainst (7) |
United Kingdom PSEFor (2)Against (11) |
4
|
Belgium PSEFor (1)Against (6) |
Romania PSEAgainst (7) |
Spain PSEFor (4)Against (11) |
Italy PSEFor (1)Against (8) |
Germany PSEFor (1)Against (14) |
France PSEAgainst (30)
André LAIGNEL,
Anne FERREIRA,
Benoît HAMON,
Bernadette BOURZAI,
Bernadette VERGNAUD,
Bernard POIGNANT,
Brigitte DOUAY,
Béatrice PATRIE,
Catherine GUY-QUINT,
Catherine NERIS,
Catherine TRAUTMANN,
Françoise CASTEX,
Gilles SAVARY,
Guy BONO,
Harlem DÉSIR,
Henri WEBER,
Jean Louis COTTIGNY,
Kader ARIF,
Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI,
Marie-Noëlle LIENEMANN,
Martine ROURE,
Michel ROCARD,
Pervenche BERÈS,
Pierre PRIBETICH,
Pierre SCHAPIRA,
Robert NAVARRO,
Roselyne LEFRANÇOIS,
Stéphane LE FOLL,
Vincent PEILLON,
Yannick VAUGRENARD
|
|||
 PPE-DE |
227
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
Czechia PPE-DEFor (1)Against (5)Abstain (7) |
2
|
3
|
1
|
Poland PPE-DEFor (1)Against (8)Abstain (2) |
Slovakia PPE-DEFor (1)Against (6)Abstain (1) |
Sweden PPE-DEAgainst (3)Abstain (1) |
3
|
Bulgaria PPE-DEAgainst (5) |
Portugal PPE-DEAgainst (7) |
Hungary PPE-DEAgainst (13) |
Austria PPE-DEAgainst (6) |
United Kingdom PPE-DEAgainst (2)Abstain (21)
Den DOVER,
Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT,
Geoffrey VAN ORDEN,
Giles CHICHESTER,
James ELLES,
James NICHOLSON,
John BOWIS,
Jonathan EVANS,
Malcolm HARBOUR,
Martin CALLANAN,
Neil PARISH,
Nirj DEVA,
Philip BRADBOURN,
Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS,
Richard ASHWORTH,
Robert STURDY,
Sir Robert ATKINS,
Struan STEVENSON,
Syed KAMALL,
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK,
Timothy KIRKHOPE
|
Netherlands PPE-DEAgainst (6) |
Belgium PPE-DEAgainst (6) |
Romania PPE-DEFor (1)Against (13)Abstain (1) |
Spain PPE-DEFor (1)Against (18)
Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA,
Ana MATO ADROVER,
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE,
Carmen FRAGA ESTÉVEZ,
Cristobal MONTORO ROMERO,
Daniel VARELA SUANZES-CARPEGNA,
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA,
Fernando FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN,
Francisco José MILLÁN MON,
Gerardo GALEOTE,
Jaime MAYOR OREJA,
José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA,
José Javier POMÉS RUIZ,
José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL,
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL,
Luisa Fernanda RUDI UBEDA,
Pilar AYUSO,
Pilar del CASTILLO VERA
|
Italy PPE-DEFor (2)Against (10) |
Germany PPE-DEFor (3)Against (36)
Albert DESS,
Alfred GOMOLKA,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Angelika NIEBLER,
Anja WEISGERBER,
Bernd POSSELT,
Christa KLASS,
Christian EHLER,
Christoph KONRAD,
Daniel CASPARY,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Doris PACK,
Elisabeth JEGGLE,
Ewa KLAMT,
Gabriele STAUNER,
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL,
Hans-Peter MAYER,
Herbert REUL,
Horst SCHNELLHARDT,
Ingo FRIEDRICH,
Jürgen SCHRÖDER,
Karsten Friedrich HOPPENSTEDT,
Klaus-Heiner LEHNE,
Kurt LECHNER,
Lutz GOEPEL,
Markus FERBER,
Markus PIEPER,
Peter LIESE,
Rainer WIELAND,
Renate SOMMER,
Roland GEWALT,
Rolf BEREND,
Ruth HIERONYMI,
Thomas MANN,
Thomas ULMER,
Werner LANGEN
|
France PPE-DEAgainst (12) |
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 1 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: +: 310, -: 261, 0: 12
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 3 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 501, 0: 44, +: 27
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 4 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 492, 0: 41, +: 23
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 5 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 507, 0: 48, +: 23
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - am. 6 #
2007/12/13 Outcome: -: 510, 0: 45, +: 24
RC B6-0512/2007 - Combattre la montée de l'extrémisme en Europe - résolution #
2007/12/13 Outcome: +: 527, 0: 39, -: 15
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