2020/0112R(APP) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthened; whereas the FRA helps promote and defend fundamental rights as effectively as possible, serving to bolster the EU institutions in matters relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 100 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

~~Upon the request of the Council, the Commission or Parliament, t~~The FRA should be able to carry out scientific research, surveys, and preparatory and feasibility studies and formulate and publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics, including proposals from the Commission or positions taken by the institutions in the course of legislative procedures; this should also be possible on the initiative of the FRA, and not only upon the request of an EU institution; furthermore, individual Member States or a group of Member States should have the right of initiative; the FRA should be able on its initiative to provide input to ongoing discussions under Article 7 TEU in the Commission, the Parliament and the Council; in cooperation with the panel of independent experts, in the future the FRA should identify the main positive and negative developments in each Member State in an impartial manner and contribute to the development of a methodology for the annual monitoring report on Union values within the framework of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

Upon the request of the Council, the Commission or Parliament, the FRA should be able to carry out scientific research, surveys, and preparatory and feasibility studies and formulate and publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics; this should also be possible on the initiative of the FRA, and not only upon the request of an EU institution; furthermore, individual Member States or a group of Member States should have the right of initiative; the FRA should be able to receive and investigate complaints and to carry out country specific assessments;

Amendment 102 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

Upon the request of the Council, the Commission or Parliament, the FRA should be able to carry out scientific research, surveys, and preparatory and feasibility studies and formulate and publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics; ~~this should also be possible on the initiative of the FRA, and not only upon the request of an EU institution;~~ furthermore, individual Member States or a group of Member States should have the right of initiative;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

Upon the request of the Council, the Commission or Parliament, the FRA should be able to carry out scientific research, surveys, and preparatory and feasibility studies and formulate and publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics; this should also be possible on the initiative of the FRA, and not only upon the request of an EU institution; ~~furthermore, individual Member States or a group of Member States should have the right of initiative;~~

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1

Amendment 106 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)

Considers that the support of the FRA for implementing the evaluation and monitoring mechanism in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1053/2013 (the Schengen Evaluation and Monitoring Mechanism) as one of the objectives of the agency, with particular regard to management and external border measures, has proved beneficial and that, in view of its widely-recognised specialist knowledge and the development of its operational contribution in hotspot areas, the FRA should also play a part in monitoring fundamental rights, particularly at the external borders.

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)

(iv) FRA´s role in the EU mechanism on Democracy, Rule of law and fundamental Rights. The inclusion of a reference to a role for FRA in the EU mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, considering tasking the Agency with regular monitoring of Member States' compliance with Article 2 TEU, to identify the main positive and negative developments in each Member State and contribute to the preparation of the Commission Annual Report and recommendations;

Amendment 108 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)

FRA should be able to collect and analyse alleged breaches of fundamental rights in a Member State at the request of a Member of the European Parliament, bar associations, professional organizations of magistrates or attorneys, as well as civil society organisations; Member States should support and facilitate FRA in the collection of the data about such requests.

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point iii – paragraph 1 b (new)

(v) FRA´s role in the article 7 TEU procedure. The inclusion of a reference to a role for FRA in the framework of Article 7 TEU. The Fundamental Rights Agency should contribute with periodic - semestral- reports on the situation of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in the Member States subject to an Article 7 TEU procedure;

Amendment 11 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the role of the FRA represents an important contribution to upholding fundamental rights and as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthened at all costs;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission to carry out in the near future a more comprehensive and ambitious revision of the FRA Regulation following a thorough impact assessment, with a view to expanding the mandate and strengthening the independence of the FRA;

Amendment 111 #

Loránt VINCZE, François ALFONSI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission to propose that future multiannual frameworks of FRA refer to the protection and promotion of minorities, including national and linguistic minorities, in line with article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 12 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthened and its mandate enlarged;

Amendment 13 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the five-year Multiannual Framework has little added value and significantly limits the ability of the FRA to carry out its work in the most effective way and to meet the expectations of its stakeholders in the face of emerging fundamental rights issues; whereas the MAF should be abolished and the restriction of the activities of the FRA to the thematic areas covered by it should be lifted;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas EU ambitions for developing a stronger external dimension should be reflected in the further involvement of the FRA in the monitoring and scrutiny of the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States in the area of the common foreign and security policy;deleted

Amendment 15 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~EU ambitions for developing a stronger external dimension should b~~there is no basis in the Tre~~flected in the further involvement of the FRA in the monitoring and scrutiny of the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States in the area of the common foreign and security~~aties for an EU agency to scrutinise Member States in the implementation of domestic or foreign policyies;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas EU ambitions for developing a stronger external dimension should be reflected in the ~~further~~ involvement of the FRA in the monitoring and scrutiny of the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States in the area of the common foreign and security policy;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in a globalised world, international cooperation with third countries is increasingly important in order to guarantee sufficient protection of fundamental rights and the protection and security of personal data;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the proposal for a Council regulation represents a step forward in making the work of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) effective by enabling it to operate ~~fully in all areas of Union competence~~within well-defined boundaries and Union competences, while respecting Member States' sovereignty and constitutional order and by clarifying its tasks and working methods;

Amendment 20 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in a globalised world, international cooperation with third countries is increasingly important in order to ~~guarantee sufficient protection of fundamental rights~~strengthen the influence of the Member States making up the European Union;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in a globalised world, i~~nternational cooperation with third countries~~t is increasingly important ~~in order~~ to guarantee ~~sufficient~~full protection of fundamental rights within the framework of international cooperation with third countries;

Amendment 22 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in a globalised world, it is essential, through international cooperation with third countries ~~is increasingly important in order~~, to guarantee sufficient protection of fundamental rights;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the FRA has a crucial role to play in preventing violations of fundamental rights at the external borders of the European Union through the monitoring of the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as of the European Convention on Human Rights and international law, by authorities or public bodies involved in border management and border control;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. Whereas anti-Semitism and other ethnic or religious related hate crimes are on the rise in the EU and whereas FRA has already done good work on this subject and there is added value in adding anti-Semitism and other ethnic and religious related hate crime to the predefined areas of work of the Agency.

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has intensified the pressure on fundamental rights for groups that have a vulnerable socio-economic and health status;

Amendment 26 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can be achieved when the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States are sufficiently monitored and scrutinised to ensure that they are in line with fundamental values, and FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is therefore of the utmost importance;deleted

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can only be achieved when the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States are ~~suffici~~carefully and consistently monitored and scrutinised ~~to ensure that they are in line with fundamental values, and~~and swiftly brought into line with fundamental rights obligations when breaches occur; whereas breaches of fundamental rights in the area of policing and justice have grave consequences for those affected; whereas therefore FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is ~~therefore~~ of the utmost importance;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can be achieved when the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States are ~~sufficiently~~ monitored and scrutinised by the FRA to ensure that they are in line with fundamental ~~values, and~~rights; whereas FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is therefore of the utmost importance and should therefore also cover the area of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can be achieved when the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States are ~~sufficient~~accurately monitored and scrutinised to ensure that they are in line with fundamental values, and FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is therefore of the utmost importance;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the proposal for a Council regulation ~~represents a step forward in making the work of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) effective by enabling it to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and by~~proposes to widen the competences of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), and to clarify~~ing~~ its tasks and working methods;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can be ~~achiev~~enhanced when the acts and activities of the Union and its Member States are sufficiently monitored and scrutinised to ensure that they are in line with fundamental values, and FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is therefore of the utmost importance;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas building trust among EU citizens in the work of police and justice authorities can be achieved when the acts and activities of the Union ~~and its Member States~~ are sufficiently monitored and scrutinised to ensure that they are in line with fundamental values~~, and FRA activity in the area of freedom, security and justice is therefore of the utmost importance~~ stemming from Roman law and European civilisation, which is based on universal Christian values;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the FRA is of great importance in monitoring compliance with the fundamental values set out in Article 2 and thus plays an important role in boosting the rule of law in the Member States with the Rule of Law Report, Article 7 procedures and the rule of law mechanism, and this role should be strengthened; stresses the need to increase the FRA's independence and importance in this area and to make it responsible for coordinating the panel of independent experts in the annual monitoring cycle;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas Artificial Intelligence and big data have an increased role in our society, administration, the way we live and do business, and will, inevitably, raise new fundamental rights challenges and the need for new safeguards to maintain anew balance;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the trust of EU citizens in the EU authorities is enhanced through the promotion of social dialogue, with the active involvement of civil society;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the objective of the FRA in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental rights and in defending and protecting fundamental rights in the EU by publishing reports which are fact-based, balanced, take into account a variety of sources and respect the principle of equality of Member States; underlines its role as a facilitator in supporting the Union and its Member States when taking measures or formulating courses of action relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 36 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the objective of the FRA in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental rights and in defending and protecting fundamental rights in the EU, being the body that guarantees the practical application of the Charter to all citizens of the Member States, thereby ensuring that every individual is treated with dignity; underlines its role as a facilitator in supporting the Union and its Member States when taking measures or formulating courses of action relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Acknowledge~~Considers the objective of the FRA in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental rights and in defending and protecting fundamental rights in the EU to be of the utmost importance; underlines its role as a facilitator in supporting the Union and its Member States when taking measures or formulating courses of action relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the objective of the FRA in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental rights and in defending and protecting fundamental rights in the EU; underlines its important role as a facilitator in supporting the Union and its Member States when taking measures or formulating courses of action relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 39 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the objective of the FRA in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental rights and in defending and protecting fundamental rights in the EU; underlines its role as a facilitator in supporting the Union ~~and its Member States~~ when taking measures or formulating courses of action relating to fundamental rights;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the proposal for a Council regulation represents a step forward in making the work of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) more effective by enabling it to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and by clarifying its tasks and working methods;

Amendment 40 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Considers that the emergence of illiberal democracies in the European Union, the growing risks around democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights and the emerging threats posed by new actors justify a reform of the founding Regulation of FRA to turn it into a stronger and independent agency, by defining the tools it may rely on and the mandate it is given;

Amendment 41 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Encourages the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament to systematically use the data produced by FRA in policy making;

Amendment 42 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ~~antisemitism is a~~racism and xenophobia are complex phenomenona and requires a holistic response across policy areas; recalls that ~~the rise of Jew-hatred and antisemitism~~any form of discrimination poses a threat to our democratic values; notes with serious concern the increase in antisemitic hate speech; stresses the need for action in that regard; regrets that although there were some policy developments regarding antisemitism at EU level recently, very few developments addressed racism and xenophobia; stresses that some Member States adopted policies to better address racism and to encourage people to report hate crime, but assessing their impact remains difficult; notes with serious concern that people with minority backgrounds and migrants continued to experience harassment, violence and ethnic and racial discrimination in different areas of life in the EU, and that discriminatory ethnic profiling remains a persistent challenge in a number of Member States1a; _________________ 1aFRA's Fundamental Rights Report 2020, Page 59

Amendment 43 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that hate crime and hate speech, as well as discrimination based on any grounds such as race, colour, ethnic or social origin, language, religion or belief, political opinion, minority status, disability or sexual orientation is a prevalent and pressing issue; condemns the increase and normalisation of hate speech and different forms of racism, boosted by the rise of extremist movements; notes with serious concern the increase in anti-semitic hate speech; stresses that antisemitism is a complex phenomenon and requires a holistic response across policy areas; recalls that the rise of Jew-hatred and antisemitism poses a threat to our democratic values; ~~notes with serious concern the increase in antisemitic hate speech;~~ stresses the need for action in that regard;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that antisemitism, islamophobia, antigypsyism and racism against black people and people of colour is a complex phenomenon and requires a holistic response across policy areas; recalls that the rise of ~~Jew-hatred and antisemitism~~racism and xenophobia poses a threat to our democratic values; notes with serious concern the increase in ~~antisemit~~racist and xenophobic hate speech; stresses the need for action in that regard;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ~~antisemitism~~discrimination is a complex p~~henomenon~~roblem and requires a holistic response across policy areas; recalls that the rise of ~~Jew-~~hatred ~~and antisemitism~~ poses a threat to our democratic values; notes with serious concern the increase in ~~antisemitic~~ hate speech; emphasises in particular the commitment of the agency to helping groups in need of protection and combating discrimination of all kinds, and stresses the need for action in that regard;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes with concern that the discriminatory and anti-Roma speech has also increased in the online environment, especially during the COVID pandemic; stresses the need to further address these deep-rooted prejudices and misconceptions on a practical level;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Points out that hate speech against several ethnic and religious groups has risen and should be taken into consideration and that there is a general need to act in this respect.

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reaffirms its strong willingness to enable the FRA to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and to fulfil its role as designed by the EU legislators, and therefore to identify the principles and conditions under which it might give its consent;deleted

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reaffirms its strong willingness to enable the FRA to operate fully ~~in all areas of Union competence~~within well-defined boundaries and Union competences, while respecting Member States’ sovereignty and constitutional order and to fulfil its role as designed by the EU legislators, and therefore to identify the principles and conditions under which it might give its consent;

Amendment 5 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the proposal for a Council regulation represents a step forward in making the work of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) more broadly effective by enabling it to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and by clarifying its tasks and working methods;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reaffirms its strong willingness to enable the FRA to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and to fulfil its role as designed by the EU legislators~~, and therefore to identify the principles and conditions under which it might give its consent~~;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reaffirms its strong willingness to enable the FRA to operate fully in all areas of ~~Union~~its current competence and to fulfil its role as designed by the EU legislators, and therefore to identify the principles and conditions under which it might give its consent;

Amendment 52 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reaffirms its ~~strong~~ willingness to enable the FRA to operate fully in all areas of Union competence and to fulfil its role as designed by the EU legislators, and therefore to identify the principles and conditions under which it might give its consent;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Regrets that the annual budget of the agency has been static since 2013 while the budgets of other agencies such as Frontex have seen steep increases, and calls on the Commission to allocate an increased budget to allow the Agency to implement new projects identified by the Agency following its stakeholder consultation process, as well as to increase its capacity to monitor the application of fundamental rights and fundamental rights violations;

Amendment 54 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses the need to fully uphold the fundamental rights standards when using AI and new technologies and recognises the important role FRA holds in this process;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. ARegrets the choice of legal basis and small involvement of the European Parliament in the reform and asks for exploring how to turn it into an ordinary procedure; strongly asks the Council to take into account the following considerations when amending the FRA Regulation:

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i

(i) Scope of the regulation In line with the changes that result from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the word ‘Community’ should be replaced by the word ‘Union’ throughout the entire regulation. This implies that Union or Member State acts or activities relating to or within the framework of the common foreign and security policy, as well as in the area of freedom, security and justice, should be covered by the FRA;deleted

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i – paragraph 1

In line with the changes that result from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the word ‘Community’ should be replaced by the word ‘Union’ throughout the entire regulation. This implies that Union or Member State acts or activities relating to or within the framework of the common foreign and security policy, as well as in the area of freedom, security and justice, should be covered by the FRA;deleted

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i – paragraph 1

In line with the changes that result from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the word ‘Community’ should be replaced by the word ‘Union’ throughout the entire regulation. ~~This implies that~~ Union or Member State acts or activities relating to or within the framework of the common foreign and security policy, as well as in the area of freedom, security and justice, ~~should be covered~~i.e. police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and acts or activities of police and judicial authorities, as well as all areas for protecting and safeguarding the values set out in Article 2 TEU and Article 7 Rule of Law procedures, should also be covered, without restriction, by the FRA;

Amendment 59 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i – paragraph 1

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the legal basis of this instrument requires at this stage the unanimity of the Council and the approval of the Parliament, which results in the limited involvement of the Parliament in this reform;

Amendment 60 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i – paragraph 1

In line with the changes that result from the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the word ‘Community’ should be replaced by the word ‘Union’ throughout the entire regulation. This implies that Union or Member State acts or activities ~~relating to or within the framework of the common foreign and security policy,~~ as well as in the area of freedom, security and justice, should be covered by the FRA;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i – paragraph 1 a (new)

Strongly insists that the Agency is competent in the area of police cooperation and judicial cooperation in criminal matters;

Amendment 62 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i a (new)

(i a) Believes that FRA should be empowered to intervene at its own initiative in the legislative processes;

Amendment 63 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i b (new)

(i b) Recalls that FRA is also competent to provide input and advice in the context of Article 7 TEU proceedings, and believes that it should carry out a regular monitoring exercise and produce periodic reports on the situation of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU and its Member States, and that such reports should be taken into account in the Article 7 TEU proceedings and by national and European authorities;

Amendment 64 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point i c (new)

(i c) Regrets the absence of an explicit coordinating role for the FRA in identifying the main positive and negative developments in each Member States in the new Regulation on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, and urges the Commission to take the necessary steps to provide for an expanded role for the FRA in same;

Amendment 65 #

Observer membership should not be restricted to candidate countries or countries with a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, but should be open to other third countries, such as European Economic Area/European Free Trade Association countries, the UK post- Brexit and countries covered by the European neighbourhood policy;deleted

Amendment 66 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii – paragraph 1

Observer membership on the Management Board should not be restricted to candidate countries or countries with a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, but should be open to other third countries, such as European Economic Area/European Free Trade Association countries, the UK post- Brexit and countries covered by the European neighbourhood policy;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii – paragraph 1

Observer membership should not be restricted to candidate countries or countries with a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, but should be open to other third countries, such as European Economic Area/European Free Trade Association countries, and the UK post- Brexit ~~and countries covered by the European neighbourhood policy~~;

Amendment 68 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point ii – paragraph 1

Observer membership should not be restricted to candidate countries or countries with a Stabilisation and Association Agreement, but should be open to other third countries, such as European Economic Area/European Free Trade Association countries, or the UK post- Brexit ~~and~~ countries ~~covered by the European neighbourhood policy~~;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;deleted

Amendment 7 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthen~~deleted;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;deleted

Amendment 71 #

Loránt VINCZE, François ALFONSI, Kinga GÁL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recitalThe areas of activities of the FRA should also specifically mention: a). the protection of rights of persons belonging to minorities, including national and linguistic minorities in line with article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; b). the fight against antisemitism, in addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State; These areas of activity should be mentioned not only in the recital but also in the articles of the regulation;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism and other ethnic or religious related hate crimes should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic ~~incidents~~and other hate- related incidents directed at different ethnic or religious groups, since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;

Amendment 73 #

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State; points out the need to include combating attacks on Christians and places of worship in the scope of the FRA’s activities;

Amendment 74 #

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

Amendment 75 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Moritz KÖRNER, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against any kind if discrimination, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against any kind of discrimination, racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to antisemitic incidents since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State;

Amendment 77 #

Łukasz KOHUT, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, François ALFONSI, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Iuliu WINKLER, Tatjana ŽDANOKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1

In addition to the fight against racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, the fight against antisemitism, islamophobia, antigypsyism and racism against black people and people of colour should be specifically mentioned in the areas of activities of the FRA, and not only in the recital; this would be very much in line with the activities carried out by the FRA in relation to ~~antisemit~~xenophobic incidents ~~since 2009, with yearly updates on the situation in each Member State~~;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)

Situation of national, ethnic, cultural and linguistic minorities in the European Union should be specifically mentioned as part of the mandate of the Fundamental Rights Agency; the Agency should conduct necessary research with regard to safeguarding their rights, preserving minority culture, regional and minority languages;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii – paragraph 1 a (new)

Acknowledges and strongly supports the Agency’s work in defending the fundamental rights with respect to the situation of the Roma, rights of the child, migration, AI etc and considers it should be formally mentioned in the areas of the activities of the Agency.

Amendment 8 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

~~B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthen~~deleted;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iii a (new)

(iii a) Believes that the FRA should have an enhanced operational role in regard to monitoring respect for fundamental rights at the external borders of the European Union;

Amendment 81 #

Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA, Fabienne KELLER, Michal ŠIMEČKA, Olivier CHASTEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv – paragraph 1

The proposal by the Commission to discontinue the previous five-year Multiannual Framework should be taken on board~~; t~~ and abandon the establishment of thematic restrictions for each 5 years period; the multiannual programming document will set out the areas and specific projects on which the Agency is to work for a three-year period. This should enable the Agency to plan its work and thematic focus over time and to adapt it annually to emerging priorities. The FRA should prepare its programming in close consultation with the FRA national liaison officers, in order to coordinate the work in the best possible way with the respective national authorities; the draft programming document should be sent to the competent Council preparatory body and the European Parliament for discussion, and in the light of the outcome of these discussions, the Director of the FRA must submit the draft programming document to the FRA Management Board for adoption;

Amendment 82 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv – paragraph 1

The proposal by the Commission to discontinue the previous five-year Multiannual Framework should not be taken on board~~; the FRA should prepare~~ as it its pro~~gramming in cl~~posed; consultation with the FRA national liaison officers, in order to coordinate the work in the best possible way with the respective national authorities; the draft programming document should be sent to the competent Council preparatory body and the European Parliament for discussion, and in the iders that effective control by the Member States over the programming of the Agency's main thematic areas of activity must be maintained in some form; highlight ofs the ~~outcome of these discussions, the Director of the FRA must submit the draft programming document to the FRA Management Board for adoption~~need to ensure that in any future framework the programming is adopted with the unanimous consent of the Member States;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv – paragraph 1

The proposal by the Commission to discontinue the ~~previous~~current five-year Multiannual Framework should be taken on board; the FRA should prepare its programming in close consultation with the FRA national liaison officers~~, in order to coordinate the work in the best possible way with the respective national authorities~~; the draft programming document should be sent to the competent Council preparatory body and the European Parliament for discussion, and in the light of the outcome of these discussions, the Director of the FRA ~~must~~should submit the draft programming document to the FRA Management Board for adoption;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv – paragraph 1

The proposal by the Commission to discontinue the previous five-year Multiannual Framework should be taken on board; the FRA should prepare its programming in close consultation with the FRA national liaison officers, in order to coordinate the work in the best possible and most efficient way with the respective national authorities; the draft programming document should be sent to the competent Council preparatory body and the European Parliament for discussion, and in the light of the outcome of these discussions, the Director of the FRA must submit the draft programming document to the FRA Management Board for adoption;

Amendment 85 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv – paragraph 1

The proposal by the Commission to discontinue the previous five-year Multiannual Framework should be taken on board; the FRA should prepare its programming in close consultation with the FRA national liaison officers, in order to coordinate the work in the best possible way with the respective national authorities; the draft programming document should be sent to the competent Council preparatory body and the European Parliament for discussion~~, and~~ for approval; in the light of the outcome of these discussions, the Director of the FRA must submit the draft programming document to the FRA Management Board for adoption;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Calls on the Commission to consider a broader revision of the FRA Regulation following a thorough impact assessment, in order to strengthen the independence of the FRA; calls for the Commission to reflect in particular uncil to also take into account the following considerations when amending the FRA Regulation:

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Calls on the Commission to consider a broader revision of the FRA Regulation following a thorough impact assessment and consultations with the Agency's stakeholders, in order to strengthen the independence of the FRA; calls for the Commission to reflect in particular on:

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Calls on the Co~~mmission~~uncil to consider a broader revision of the FRA Regulation ~~following a thorough impact assessment,~~ in order to strengthen the independence of the FRA; calls ~~for the Commission~~ to reflect in particular on:

Amendment 89 #

Łukasz KOHUT, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA, François ALFONSI, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Iuliu WINKLER, Tatjana ŽDANOKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Calls on the Commission to consider a broader revision of the FRA Regulation following a thorough impact assessment, in order to strengthen the independence, efficiency and effectiveness of the FRA; calls for the Commission to reflect in particular on:

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the role of the FRA as an independent and fully-fledged EU agency and fundamental rights watchdog should be further strengthened; in this context highlights the landmark judgment of the General Court of the European Union from September 24, 2019 which clarified that the rights of persons belonging to minorities is an EU value and respecting and promoting cultural and linguistic diversity in the EU is an EU objective;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~consider~~put forward a broader revision of the FRA Regulation ~~following a thorough impact assessment,~~ in order to strengthen the independence of the FRA; calls for the Commission ~~to reflect in~~, in so doing, to take particular onaccount of:

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – introductory part

(i) ~~Management Board~~FRA bodies

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – paragraph 1

As is the case with many other EU agencies, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs should have the right to nominate one additional member of the FRA Management Board; members of the Management Board should have the right to be reappointed once, and the restriction on non-consecutive terms is unnecessary; a requirement on gender balance in the bodies established by the FRA Regulation should be included; it should be required that at least one of the members of the scientific committee should have relevant expertise on gender equality;

Amendment 93 #

Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – paragraph 1

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – paragraph 1

As is the case with many other EU agencies, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs should have the right to nominate one additional member of the FRA Management Board; members of the Management Board should have the right to be reappointed once, and the restriction on non-consecutive terms is unnecessary; the Management Board should feature a balanced representation of genders.

Amendment 95 #

Clare DALY, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Konstantinos ARVANITIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – paragraph 1

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point i – paragraph 1

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point ii – paragraph 1

Every five years, the acts and activities of the FRA should be submitted by the European Parliament and the Council for an independent external evaluation not commissioned by the Commission. The objective of the independent external evaluation should be to assess in particular the impact, effectiveness, efficiency and working practices of the FRA’s activities and achievements; the Management Board must examine the conclusions of the evaluations referred to in Article 30(3) and issue to the Commission such recommendations as may be necessary regarding changes to the FRA, its working practices and the scope of its mission; the Commission must transmit the evaluation reports and recommendations to Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions and make them public; after having assessed the evaluation report and recommendations, the Commission may submit any proposals for amendments to the regulation which it considers necessary;

Amendment 98 #