2021/2066(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

— having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on sustainable corporate governance,

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) place the fight against corruption front and centre in all EU efforts and policies promoting human rights and democracy around the world; ensure that EU officials acting in the framework of European Union representations in third countries and organisations are rigorously vetted;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) recognise that corruption is an enormous obstacle to the realisation of all human rights – civil, political, economic, social and cultural, as well as the right to development and place the fight against corruption front and centre in all EU efforts and policies promoting human rights and democracy around the world;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) place the fight against corruption front and centre in all EU efforts and policies promoting human rights and democracy both in the European Union and around the world;

Amendment 103 #

Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) place the fight against corruption front and centre in all EU efforts and policies promoting human rights ~~and~~, democracy and the rule of law around the world;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) recognise the own role and responsibility of a critical number of individuals and entities based in the European Union, as the initiators, enablers and beneficiaries of corruption in third countries; address therefore the phenomenon of corruption as a global one, which requires robust action also within the European Union, including through effective anti-corruption institutions and regulatory framework, asset recovery and criminal prosecution;

Amendment 105 #

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

(a b) acknowledge that corruption is closely related to activities such as money laundering, tax evasion and illicit trade; in this light, consider that transparency should be the cornerstone of all anti- corruption strategies and include: lifting excessive professional secrecy; automatic exchange of information on tax matters; public country-by-country reporting of multinationals and public registries of beneficial owners of companies;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) recognise the important role of laws aimed at preventing corruption and develop a common plan and instruments to prevent further cases of corruption;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) recognise the potential of human rights law and human rights approaches in efforts to counter and fight corruption;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(a a) adopt a broad definition of corruption, using the UN Convention against corruption as a guideline;

Amendment 109 #

Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) recognise the intrinsic link between the retreat of democracies and the rise of kleptocracies around the world; take a leading role in multinational forums to forge a coalition of democracies to push back against thise global threat of kleptarchy and authoritarianism, both within and outside the union;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

— having regard to directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and the European Commission’s package of legislative proposals to strengthen the EU’s anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) rules of 20 July2021,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) recognise the intrinsic link between the retreat of democracies and the rise of kleptocracies around the world, also due to increasing role of oligarchs in some countries; take a leading role in multinational forums to forge a coalition of democracies to push back against this global threat;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) recognise the ~~intrinsic link between~~current trend of the retreat of democracies and the rise of kleptocracies around the world; take a leading role in multinational forums to ~~forge a coalition of democracies to~~ push back against this global threat;

Amendment 112 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) formulate a ~~comprehensive EU global~~logical and effective anti-corruption strategy by taking stock of existing anti-corruption instruments and good practices in the EU’'s toolbox, identifying gaps, increasing funding, and expanding support to anti- corruption CSOs, as already requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) formulate a comprehensive EU global anti-corruption strategy by taking stock of existing anti-corruption instruments and good practices in the EU’s toolbox, identifying gaps, increasing funding, and expanding support to anti- corruption CSOs, as already requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries; take urgent action to prevent corruption by putting in place preventing measures, policies and practices, enhancing efforts and resources for education and training in the public and private sectors, including through public global corruption prevention campaigns;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) formulate a comprehensive EU and global anti-corruption strategy by taking stock of existing anti-corruption instruments and good practices in the EU’s toolbox, identifying gaps, increasing funding, and expanding support to anti- corruption CSOs, as already requested by the European Parliament in its resolution of 13 September 2017 on corruption and human rights in third countries;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) establish a dedicated Council Working Party for preparatory works on anti-corruption matters (similar or modelled on Working Party on Human rights or COHOM) in order to inform the discussions in the Council;

Amendment 116 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) establish a dedicated Council Working Party for preparatory works on anti-corruption matters (similar or modelled on FREMP and/or COHOM) in order to inform the discussions in the Council;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) establish a dedicated Council Working Party for preparatory works on anti-corruption matters in order to inform the discussions in the Council;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)

(c b) comply with the principle of policy coherence for development (Article 208 TFEU) and actively contribute to the reduction of corruption, and to fight impunity directly and explicitly through its external policies; in this regard, ensure that development policy promotes human rights, democracy, the rule of law and public social services, in order to boost good governance and build social capital, social inclusion and social cohesion, taking into account cultural and regional particularities; ensure the effective implementation of zero-tolerance policies towards tax havens, for they facilitate individual corrupt acts by allowing illicit financial flows to be easily disguised, and are a major causal factor behind the growth of high-level corruption;

Amendment 119 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) enhance the role of the European Parliament in the scrutiny of anti- corruption efforts in third countries; note the resolve of Parliament to prepare a regular updating report on corruption and human rights in each legislative term; prepare annual assessments of the progress achieved in relation to the recommendations in these reports;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

— having regard to art. 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on areas of crimes with a cross-border dimension, including corruption, in which the EU may establish common rules, by means of directives,

Amendment 120 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) insist on the full implementation and enforcement of existing national and international anti-corruption instruments such as the UNCAC, OECD Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption; encourage all States that have not yet done so to ratify those anti-corruption instruments as matter of priority; launch an inclusive and comprehensive process to review the EU’s implementation of the UNCAC;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) insist on the full implementation and enforcement of existing national and international anti-corruption instruments such as the UNCAC, the OECD Convention on Combating the Bribery of Foreign Public Officials, Council of Europe anti-corruption standards and recommendations, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption; ~~launc~~promptly proceed with an inclusive and comprehensive process to review the EU’s implementation of the UNCAC;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) insist on the full implementation and enforcement of existing national and international anti-corruption instruments such as the UNCAC, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s Criminal and Civil Law Conventions on Corruption; launch an inclusive and comprehensive process to review the EU’s implementation of the UNCAC;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e

(e) insist on the full implementation and enforcement of existing national and international anti-corruption instruments such as the UNCAC, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption; ~~launch an inclusive and comprehensive process to~~carry out the long-delayed review of the EU’s implementation of the UNCAC;

Amendment 124 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) recognise that the return of misappropriated assets stolen by, and the identification of the odious debt contracted under authoritarian regimes are, beyond their economic significance, a moral imperative with significant implications in terms of justice and accountability, as well for the credibility of the Union’s democracy support policy; draw lessons from its experience of asset recovery involving the Arab Spring countries, including with regard to shortcomings in the EU and Member States’ legal and policy frameworks, as well as at international level, on this matter; draft a communication outlining possible initiatives at EU and international levels to ensure swift and efficient recovery of illicitly acquired assets following democratic transition processes in third countries and to ensure that there are no safe havens for assets stolen by corrupt regimes within the European financial system in particular and around the globe in general; advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin; , including by involving civil society organizations;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) advance efforts in all EU Member States to ~~freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin;~~ ensure greater transparency and access to information on foreign assets detained on the EU territory, including on the origin of these assets, while taking into consideration possible threats to the owners’ safety and safeguarding their fundamental rights; encourage the adoption of legislations and take further measures to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin; ensuring that fundamental rights are respected and preventing further corrupt practices in the country of asset origin; meaningfully involve CSOs in the entire process, from identification of assets to monitoring the use of return assets;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin; promptly follow up on UNGASS commitments relating to asset recovery, including those relating to non- conviction-based confiscation, confiscation and return of proceeds of corruption in connection with non-trial resolutions, and collection and publication of data on asset recovery; design a proper sequencing of actions (sanctions, civil and criminal asset forfeiture, criminal prosecution, asset return mechanisms), that ultimately lead to a repurposing of stolen assets to benefit victims of corruption;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) advance efforts in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the ~~country of origin~~ir owners; establish effective cooperation between Member States in order to seek out and prosecute those responsible for these crimes;

Amendment 128 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) ~~advance effort~~take the necessary measures in all EU Member States to freeze and confiscate stolen assets and proceeds of corruption in their jurisdictions, in line with the UNCAC, and to return them in a transparent and accountable manner to the country of origin;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) provide technical assistance and resources to States lacking sufficient capacity to address corruption and business-related human rights challenges; insist on the need for strengthened resources and additional capabilities for national law enforcement bodies dealing with corruption, including for enhanced technological capabilities to investigate corruption; promote and support the role of parliaments and other legislative bodies in the management of public resources and ensure their capacity to exercise effective budget oversight;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

— having regard to Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union,

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) advance efforts to ensure that victims of corruption –individuals as well as communities – are identified, informed and receive compensation for the damages caused by corruption when cases are resolved by court decisions or out of court;

Amendment 131 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(f a) avoid any misuse of the fight against corruption to interfere with democratic choices made by sovereign states;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2

Internal-external coherence: fighting corruption in EU democracies

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU ~~external~~ anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption ~~and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption~~, tax evasion, illicit trade, banking secrecy, money laundering and tax havens within the EU and making transparency the cornerstone of all anti- corruption strategies; recognise that corruption in EU Member States compromises and potentially violates human rights of EU citizens; take the necessary measures to protect, fulfil and respect the human rights that are challenged by corruption within the EU; take the necessary measures to combat, prevent and punish corruption within its borders; recognise that systemic corruption and a failure to effectively prosecute foreign bribery in some EU Member States undermines anti-corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti-corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;

Amendment 134 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU and by stepping up the investigation and prosecution of EU entities and individuals involved in acts of corruption in or involving third countries; recognise that systemic corruption in some EU Member States and the failure to effectively prosecute foreign bribery undermines anti- corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti- corruption regulations within the EU emboldens enablers of global corruption within the EU and corrupt actors outside of the EU;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption in some EU Member States undermines anti-corruption efforts in third countries and take action to terminate it; recognise that a lack of harmonisation and determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti- corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors both inside and outside of the EU;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption and a failure to effectively prosecute foreign bribery in some EU Member States undermines anti- corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti- corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;

Amendment 137 #

Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption, tax evasion and money laundering within the EU; recognise that systemic corruption in some EU Member States undermines anti- corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti- corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g

(g) strengthen the credibility of EU external anti-corruption action by more effectively combating corruption and money laundering within the EU; recognise that ~~systemic~~ corruption in some EU Member States undermines anti-corruption efforts in third countries; recognise that a lack of determined action, delays and a gap in implementing the anti-corruption regulations within the EU emboldens corrupt actors outside of the EU;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) rename the EU's new sanction mechanism, since Sergei Magnitsky was an accountant and tax advisor working on behalf of William (Bill) Browder, who was convicted of aggravated tax evasion as well as illegally bankrupting a company involved in tax evasion; respect the European Court of Human Rights' judgement dated 27 August 2019 where “the Court concludes that the first applicant’s arrest was not arbitrary, and that it was based on reasonable suspicion of his having committed a criminal offence”;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)

— having regard to Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU,

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) promote cooperation between the European Union, its Member States and third countries, especially at a judicial, police and informational level, in order to exchange best practices and effective instruments in the fight against corruption;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) acknowledge that international reviews conducted by the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes and the Financial Action Task Force have documented serious shortcomings in the Member States, and take corrective action with a view to strengthening the EU's external credibility in these areas;

Amendment 142 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) promote a standard approach to collecting or requiring disclosure of media ownership data to the public, particularly with regard to print and online media, an essential component of a democratic media system;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(g a) request the Commission to put forward an EU anti-corruption directive on the basis of Art. 83 TFEU, establishing common EU rules for the definition of criminal sanctions for corruption and creating EU provisions regarding the return of confiscated stolen assets to countries of origin, including the reversal of the burden of proof for assets confiscation in corruption cases; align these standards with most advanced legal provisions in existing national legislations and best practices in EU Member States;

Amendment 144 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)

(g b) thoroughly analyse foreign interferences, including in the EU and its Member States, by foreign States and non-State actors using corruption as a tool to undermine democratic processes, notably by means of party funding and elite-capture;

Amendment 145 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)

(g c) urge Member States to prohibit extra-EU funding to political parties and those entities directly funded by political parties to campaign on their behalf; urge the strengthening of national rules, institutional frameworks and enforcement practices in respect of extra-EU funding of political foundations and electoral campaigns, particularly with transparency and oversight provisions; ensure coordination and harmonisation of national rules and enforcements practices to improve effectiveness both at EU and non-EU level, including by increasing resources for the European Coordination Network on Elections to take up this role; promote dedicated programmes on transparent political party financing and campaign spending in the EU’s external democracy support in third countries;

Amendment 146 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)

(g d) adopt and apply strict standards for post-public employment and consistently monitor and enforce compliance with national post- employment rules designed to guard against corruption of former elected office holders and public officials increasingly exposed to corruption and co-opted by foreign stakeholders to exert undue influence towards EU and national institutions; tackle the current legal fragmentation, including at EU level, for post-public employment by creating harmonised rules, including at EU level, a robust oversight system and an appropriate sanction regime;

Amendment 147 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)

(g e) address the impunity for grand corruption as a priority because of its grave negative impact on human rights, including through the creation of a European Observatory on the fight against impunity; develop principles and work for an internationally recognised legal definition of grand corruption, including its systemic nature, as a crime in national and international law; address ongoing cases of impunity for grand corruption by stronger enforcement of anti-corruption laws to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of grand corruption schemes; explore comprehensive approaches that includes reforms to international justice institutions, including extending the jurisdiction of the ICC; encourage States, including EU Member States, to make use of their universal jurisdiction to prosecute acts of grand corruption;

Amendment 148 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)

(g f) work with third countries for the adoption and implementation of a comprehensive legislation on whistleblower protection in line with international human rights standards, providing for confidential and secure reporting mechanisms and robust legal protection from reprisals to all whistleblowers, including those reporting to CSOs, the media, and to international mechanisms; advance all efforts in EU Member States to swiftly transpose the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive into their national legislation and to effectively implement it; guarantee the same level of protection for staff of EU institutions and harmonise internal rules and standards in this regard; apply a minima the same level of protection for persons reporting breaches of national law;

Amendment 149 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g g (new)

(g g) adopt common standards and mechanisms for enhanced transparency and reduction of the corruption and money laundering risk posed by ‘Citizenship by Investment’ programmes; require proper control and oversight of applicants and investments before granting ‘golden visas’ and regulate national schemes on the basis of minimum standards and practices harmonised at EU level to terminate competition between single Member States;

Amendment 15 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 c (new)

— having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 laying down rules facilitating the use of financial and other information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of certain criminal offences, and repealing Council Decision 2000/642/JHA,

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 3

Human rights and anti-corruption: enriching and operationalising the EU’s toolbox

Amendment 151 #

Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) continue mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) and the EU trust fundsing human rights as a key part of the tools used for EU external action; prioritise binding anti- corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data-driven methods to fight corruption;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and the EU trust funds; prioritise binding anti-corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data- driven methods to fight corruption; ensure a consistent, comprehensive and accessible data base of the ultimate beneficiaries of EU funds across the full procurement cycle;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and the EU trust funds; prioritise binding anti-corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data- driven methods to fight corruption, in particular technological capabilities of law enforcement agencies to investigate corruption;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and the EU trust funds; prioritise binding anti-corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement efforts, enhancing the role of the European Parliament; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data- driven methods to fight corruption;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) mainstream a rights-based anti- corruption approach into EU external action in the programming of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) ~~and the EU trust funds; prioritise binding anti-corruption commitments with targets and timetables; strengthen monitoring and enforcement;~~ ; prioritise domestic revenue raising in developing partner countries by assisting tax evasion and straighten good governance; improve communication between specialised EU agencies and partners on the ground; invest in digital and data- driven methods to fight corruption;

Amendment 156 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) promote enhanced cooperation between OLAF, which is responsible for establishing anti-fraud measures, and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, which investigates, prosecutes and brings to justice the perpetrators of crimes against the financial interests of the European Union;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(h a) create an EU anti-corruption task force, gathering anti-corruption experts, with the mandate to conduct ex-ante assessments of the level of corruption in third countries and to design comprehensive reform plans to tackle corruption prior to the conclusion of any EU agreement and the programming of EU funds; place this taskforce’s work under European Parliament’s oversight and grant this task force with adequate powers and resources to conduct investigations and evaluation on the ground and to provide technical and operational assistance to partner countries to implement required reforms; condition any EU bilateral assistance and bilateral agreement to full cooperation with this taskforce and genuine anti- corruption reform steps;

Amendment 158 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and the EU trust funds to support anti-corruption capacity building; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines; enable EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies to assess and report on corruption in their regular briefings;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and the EU trust funds to support anti-corruption capacity building based on the principles of transparency, accountability, non-discrimination and meaningful participation; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 21

— having regard to the Council of Europe Criminal and Civil Law Conventions on Corruption, and to resolutions (98) 7 and (99) 5, adopted by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers on 5 May 1998 and 1 May 1999 respectively, establishing the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO),

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i

(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and ~~the EU trust fund~~in line with the relevant regulations of these instruments to support anti-corruption capacity building; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines;

Amendment 161 #

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

(i a) suspend the use of budget support as an aid-delivery modality in countries where corruption is widespread and where authorities manifestly fail to take genuine action; insist that the Commission, in the context of budget support, pays particular attention to the transparency in operations involving privatisation of and deals related to public assets, notably land, and to participate in OECD support programmes for developing countries in corporate governance of state owned enterprises;

Amendment 162 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) ensure that the highest ethical and transparency standards are applied in EU funding~~, that CSOs and independent actors are included and that grievance mechanisms are available and accessible~~; ensure that all EU bodies and agencies improve access to information and refrain from charging fees for access to information;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) ensure that the highest ethical and transparency standards are applied in EU funding, that CSOs and independent actors are included and that grievance mechanisms are available and accessible; ensure that all EU bodies and agencies improve access to information and refrain from charging fees for access to information; including the financing of projects and loans by the European Investment Bank (EIB), that CSOs and independent actors are fully involved in the monitoring of these funds and that grievance mechanisms are available, accessible and ensure accountability for the possible misuse of funds; ensure that all EU bodies and agencies guarantee free, swift and easy access to information, including regarding the allocation, the final recipient of funding and the final use of funds;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) ensure that the highest ethical ~~and~~, transparency and control standards are applied into EU funding, t~~hat~~o CSOs and NGOs, to independent actors a~~re included and that grievance mechanisms are available and accessible~~nd to all other actors who receive funding/grants from EU budgets; ensure that all EU bodies and agencies improve access to information and refrain from charging fees for access to information;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) prioritise the fight against corruption in pre-accession negotiations and criteria; focus on capacity building, such as specialised anti-corruption bodies; put an end to any accession negotiations in the event that cases of corruption are identified;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a strong ~~and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with anti-corruption clauses; as a last resort, impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption~~human rights framework with anti-corruption clauses;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a ~~strong and mandatory~~ human rights conditionality framework with anti- corruption ~~clauses; as a last resort, impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption~~recommendations;

Amendment 168 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a strong and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with anti-corruption clauses; ~~as a last resort,~~ impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) include in all EU-third country trade and investment agreements~~, include~~ a strong and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with transparency provisions and binding and enforceable anti- corruption clauses; ~~as a last resort,~~include commitment and high-standards of whistleblower protection in all EU trade and investment agreements with third parties; impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption;

Amendment 17 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

— having regard to the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers Recommendation to Member States on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns,

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a strong and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with anti-corruption clauses; as a last resort, impose sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption and human rights violations, as a ‘sine qua non’;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l

(l) in all EU-third country trade agreements, include a strong and mandatory human rights conditionality framework with anti-corruption clauses; as a last resort, impose sanctions targeted to the abusers or suspend agreements in the event of serious acts of corruption;

Amendment 172 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(la) carry out rigorous monitoring of EU-funded projects in third countries and ensure that they are not used by their governments as instruments to finance illicit activities; establish audits to check that these funds are being used correctly; involve independent civil society organisations from those countries in monitoring the implementation of those funds; immediately suspend funding in cases where there is evidence of misuse;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(l a) apply inclusive and meaningful transparency in trade negotiations, enable public oversight and public awareness of strategies and priorities; require similar degree of transparency from the negotiating partners;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l a (new)

(l a) hold the perpetrators of corruption and human rights violations accountable;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) strengthen the focus on anti- corruption in human rights dialogues and public diplomacy; actively involve human rights defenders and independent civil society in stamping out these practices; ensure the technical training of members of EU delegations in how to address corruption issues and propose solutions and initiatives in the specific national contexts in which they operate;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) strengthen the focus on anti- corruption in human rights dialogues and public diplomacy in welcoming contributions from all sources, in particular from civil society in its analysis of the financial conditions in which international organisations operate;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) strengthen the focus on anti- corruption in human rights dialogues and public diplomacy promoting an open dialogue between states and civil society about problems and potential solutions;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) monitor the corruption risks involved in authoritarian third countries’ large-scale construction and investment projects, undertaken globally but also in Member States, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors; note that these projects often raise concerns of non- transparent financing or fiscal risks; proceed with the swift implementation of the EU’s ‘Globally Connected Europe’ programme, approved by the Council on 12 July 2021, with the potential to play a part in countering these efforts by promoting EU values and interests in economic, development and security policies;

Amendment 179 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) monitor the corruption risks involved in authoritarian third countries’ large-scale construction and investment projects, undertaken globally but also in Member States, particularly in the energy ~~and~~, infrastructure, extractive industries, defense and health sectors; note that these projects often raise concerns of non- transparent financing or fiscal risks; proceed with the swift implementation of the EU’s ‘Globally Connected Europe’ programme, approved by the Council on 12 July 2021, with the potential to counter these efforts;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)

— having regard to the Regulation 1141/2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations,

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) monitor the corruption risks involved in authoritarian third countries’ large-scale construction and investment projects, undertaken globally but also in Member States, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sectors; ~~note that these projects often raise concerns of non-~~pay special attention to transparentcy in financing and tor fiscal risks; proceed with the swift implementation of the EU’s ‘Globally Connected Europe’ programme, approved by the Council on 12 July 2021, with the potential to counter these efforts;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) monitor the corruption risks involved in ~~authoritarian~~ third countries’ large-scale construction and investment projects, undertaken globally but also in Member States, particularly in the energy ~~and~~, extractive, infrastructure and arms sectors; note that these projects often raise concerns of non- transparent financing or fiscal risks; proceed with the swift implementation of the EU’s ‘Globally Connected Europe’ programme, approved by the Council on 12 July 2021, with the potential to counter these efforts;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)

(n a) pay particular attention to tackling tax fraud and tax avoidance, which undermine domestic resources mobilisation for social policies and jeopardise growth and employment, by way of effective measures such as compulsory country-by-country reporting and disclosure of beneficial ownership of companies, trusts or holdings; support third countries fighting tax evasion and avoidance by helping them to build balanced, efficient, fair and transparent tax systems;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)

(n b) in the context of budget support and so as to eradicate high-level corruption, pay attention to the transparency in operations involving privatisation and deals of public assets, notably land, and to participate in OECD support programmes for developing countries in corporate governance of state-owned enterprises;

Amendment 184 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(om) ~~recognise the crucial~~assess the role of CSOs, human rights defenders (HRDs), NGOs and investigative journalists ~~in the fight against corruption, through changing societal norms, fighting impunity, gathering data, and achieving better implementation and enforcement of anti-~~who say they are involved in the fight against corruption ~~measures~~;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) recognise the crucial role of CSOs, human rights defenders (HRDs) and investigative journalists in the fight against corruption, through changing societal norms, fighting impunity, gathering data, and achieving better implementation and enforcement of anti-corruption measures; insist on the need for victims of corruption to be able to participate in judicial corruption proceedings and to claim for compensations;

Amendment 186 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) recognise the crucial role of impartial CSOs, human rights defenders (HRDs) and investigative journalists in the fight against corruption, through changing societal norms, fighting impunity, gathering data, and achieving better implementation and enforcement of anti- corruption measures;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)

(o a) insist on the importance of creating a safe and enabling environment and protecting journalists, whistleblowers, witnesses and anti-corruption activists from threats arising from their activities in preventing and fighting corruption;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) design programmes to provide more financial ~~support~~control to CSOs, ~~independent~~NGOs and media, whistleblowers and HRDs working on preventing and exposing corruption, advancing transparency and accountability, including support against strategic lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPP suits); improve smaller CSOs’ access to EU fundingch receive EU financial support from the EU, advancing transparency and accountability;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) design programmes to promote the adoption and implementation of comprehensive legislation on whistleblower protection and to provide more financial support to CSOs, independent media, whistleblowers and HRDs working on preventing and exposing corruption, advancing transparency and accountability, including support against strategic lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPP suits) and the establishment of an ambitious and effective EU anti-SLAPP directive, that also ensures protection from judicial harassment triggered in relation to the denunciation of corruption cases outside EU borders; improve smaller CSOs’ access to EU funding;

Amendment 19 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)

— having regard to the Draft OHCHR Guidelines on a Human Rights Framework for Asset Recovery,

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) design programmes to provide more financial support to CSOs, independent media, whistleblowers and HRDs working on preventing and exposing corruption, advancing transparency and accountability,; i~~nclu~~mprove smaller CSOs’ access to EU funding; support ~~against strategic lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPP suits); improve smaller CSOs’ access to EU fu~~parliaments in their oversight roles with capacity building and advance internal party democracy with capacity building and ingternal reforms;

Amendment 191 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) design programmes to provide more financial support to CSOs, independent media, whistleblowers, journalists and HRDs working on preventing and exposing corruption, advancing transparency and accountability, including support against strategic lawsuits (strategic lawsuits against public participation, SLAPP suits); improve smaller CSOs’ access to EU funding;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p a (new)

(p a) strengthen their support to civil society stakeholders targeted by strategic lawsuits against public participations (SLAPPs) and come forward with an EU directive enacting protection and legal safeguards for victims of SLAPPs, including the possibility for the victim to request the dismissal of abusive lawsuits;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs~~, including through temporary visa schemes~~;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs~~, including through temporary visa schemes~~;

Amendment 195 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs~~, including through temporary visa schemes~~;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) empower and allocate dedicated resources to EU delegations and Member States' representations to strengthen protection of witnesses, whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs, ~~including through temporary visa schem~~their relatives and other persons close to them, as appropriate, including through issuing emergency visas and providing temporary shelter in EU Member States;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) strengthen protection of witnesses, whistleblowers and anti-corruption HRDs, including through the allocation of dedicated resources to EU delegations and Member States representations, the issuing of emergency visas and providing temporary ~~visa~~ schemlter in EU Member States;

Amendment 198 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q

(q) strengthen protection of whistleblowers, journalists and anti- corruption HRDs, including through temporary visa schemes;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)

(q a) call for a thorough investigation into and justice for the violence and killings of investigative journalists, HRDs and other anti-corruption activists;

Amendment 2 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report of 2010 on Post-public employment: Good practices for preventing Conflict of Interest,

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)

— having regard to Recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force,

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)

(q a) investigate the lucrative nature of activism in subsidised NGOs that collaborate with migrant smuggling networks;

Amendment 201 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q b (new)

(q b) suspend the subsidies granted to NGOs involved in illegal activities;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) promote strong access to information laws, including improved transparency of public procurement and lobbying, with independent oversight bodies; promote greater policy coherence, including by integrating human rights due diligence and anti-corruption provisions into public procurement;

Amendment 203 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) promote strong access to information laws and the provision of meaningful, comprehensive, timely, searchable, digitised and free to-access government data, including improved transparency of public procurement and lobbying, with independent oversight bodies;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) support and strengthen independent, impartial and effective judiciaries, prosecution and law enforcement bodies; for the successful investigation, prosecution and adjudication of corruption offences, including through sufficient financial and training resources;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) support independent, impartial and effective judiciaries, prosecution and law enforcement bodies, in particular with regard to the European Court of Human Rights, following the recognition by the Committee of Ministers of conflicts of interest within the Court; to this end, calls to avoid appointing to the position of judges and lawyers those who have previously been political activists and asks for all judges to be obliged to publish a declaration of interest;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) support independent, impartial and effective judiciaries, prosecution and law enforcement bodies; support the creation and professionalisation of specialised state anti-corruption bodies in third countries;

Amendment 207 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

(s) support independent, impartial, well-resourced, well-trained and effective judiciaries, prosecution and law enforcement bodies;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) continue supporting free and fair electoral processes and promote accountability to voters with special attention to electoral fraud and vote buying; promote transparency and impartiality rules to counter illicit political financing; ensure a more systematic follow-up on the recommendations of international observer missions;

Amendment 209 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)

(t a) establish European funding rules for political parties, NGOs and the media, especially when funding comes from non- democratic countries, to prevent malign influence and interference into democratic processes and public affairs of the EU and partner countries, including manipulation of people’s opinions resulting into erosion of trust in governments, electoral processes and politics in general;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 a (new)

— having regard to the reports of the European Centre for Law and Justice on “the NGOs and the Judges of the ECHR” (February 2020) and “The financing of the UN experts” (August 2021) revealing serious issues of conflicts and interests in the ECHR and opaque financing in the Special Procedures,

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)

(t a) enhance the transparency and accountability of its Official Development Assistance in order to comply effectively with the standards set out in the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and with internationally agreed development effectiveness principles; develop a strong holistic risk management system to prevent development aid from contributing to corruption in recipient countries, i.e. by linking budget support to clear anti-corruption objectives; to this end, set up robust mechanisms to monitor budget support implementation;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t b (new)

(t b) strengthen and deepen the rules on conflicts of interest in the European institutions so as to increase transparency in the award of contracts and public tenders and avoid the suspicion that revolving door cases raise;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t c (new)

(t c) mandate Member States to publish all company ownership and procurement- related data (from planning to implementation, including all bids below TED and national thresholds) in consistent, standardised, and comparable open formats (for example, in line with the Open Contracting Data Standard) by including these datasets into the list of “High-Value Datasets” under Annex I of the Public Sector Information Directive.

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracies to counter the global rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti-corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 or the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracies to counter the ~~global~~ rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti- corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 or the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracies to counter the global rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti-corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 orand support the anti-corruption portion in the agenda of the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u

(u) ~~assume a leadership role in forging a coalition of democracies~~lead the fight to counter the global rise of kleptocracy; insist on including anti- corruption on the agenda of upcoming international summits such as the G7 or the Summit for Democracy proposed by United States President Biden; continue to proactively contribute to the work of international and regional forums to fight corruption and promote human rights;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(ua) recognise that fighting corruption and illicit financial flows is a political responsibility requiring concerted action at global level (G20, OECD, UN, World Bank, IMF) as well as transparency and binding rules;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point u a (new)

(ua) foster greater collaboration between anti-corruption and human rights specialists to improve the integration of human rights into anti- corruption efforts, and ensure that human rights work targets the range of corrupt practices;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) welcome the landmark political declaration on corruption adopted by the UN General Assembly and take this opportunity to follow up on its recommendations and strengthen cooperation with UN bodies such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); calls on the OHCHR, in this regard, to actively implement resolutions 5/2 of 18 June 2007 and A/HRC/RES/16/21 of the Human Rights Council, as well as the recommendations of the United Nations Board of Auditors of 2011; further attention should be paid to the control of extra-budgetary funding of these organizations;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 b (new)

— having regard to the declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe of 8 April 2021, recognising the existence of conflicts of interest among judges of the ECHR,

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v

(v) welcome the landmark political declaration on corruption adopted by the UN General Assembly and take this opportunity to follow up on its recommendations and strengthen cooperation with UN bodies such as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); insist on the importance of systematic civil society participation in UN-level discussions and monitoring mechanisms on corruption;

Amendment 221 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point v a (new)

(v a) promote prompt introduction of a follow-up process to UNCAC first-cycle reviews;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w

(w) encourage a deepening of international commitments to put anti- corruption at the heart of the SDGs as an avenue for fighting global poverty, and for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, with special attention to the right to education; make fighting corruption in education and health-care sectors a priority;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w

(w) encourage ~~a deepening~~fulfilment of international commitments to put anti- corruption ~~at the heart of the SDGs~~ as an avenue for fighting global poverty, and for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, with special attention to the right to education;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x

(x) insist on the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on financial crime, corruption and human rights with a comprehensive mandate, including an objectives-oriented plan and a periodic evaluation of the anti-corruption measures taken by states; take the lead in mobilising support among Human Rights Council member states, and to become joint sponsors of a resolution that will bring about the proposed mandate; detail, in this, the requirements to be met by candidates for the post in order to ensure the proper performance of their mandate, and specifying the process of transparency and authorship to which the successful candidate will be subject before taking office;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x

(x) insist on the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on financial crime, corruption and human rights with a comprehensive mandate, including an objectives-oriented plan and a periodic evaluation of the anti-corruption measures taken by states; this Special Rapporteur would also be responsible for assessing the level of financial dependence of his or her own institution in order to guarantee its impartiality; take the lead in mobilising support among Human Rights Council mMember sStates, and to become joint sponsors of a resolution that will bring about the proposed mandate;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y

~~(y) initiate the procedure for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019;~~deleted

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y

~~(y) initiate the procedure for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019;~~deleted

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 c (new)

— having regard to the open letter sent by the renowned film and TV director Andrei Nekrassov to the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen and to the VP/HR Josep Borrell on 21 September 2020, about the so-called “EU Magnitsky Act”,

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y

(y) initiate the procedure for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019; insist on EU Member States to publicise and meet GRECO recommendations;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point y

(y) infacilitiate ~~the procedure~~discussion on the possibility for the EU to become full member of GRECO, in which the EU has held observer status since 2019;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z

(z) advance discussions about an international infrastructure to address the impunity of powerful individuals involved in large-scale corruption cases, including international investigative mechanisms, prosecutors and courts; when cases of corruption arise in the upper echelons of international organisations, take appropriate measures and thoroughly investigate these high-ranking officials and their associates as regards their assets and potential bribes;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z

(z) support the establishment of an International Anti-Corruption Court, which would serve as a court of last resort to prosecute cases of grand corruption; advance discussions about an international infrastructure to address the impunity of powerful individuals involved in large-scale corruption cases, including international investigative mechanisms, prosecutors and courts;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point z a (new)

(za) have the relevant EU bodies launch an investigation into the IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva, who, when occupying the post of Chief Executive of the World Bank, put pressure on her subordinates to manipulate the statistics in the annual 'Doing Georgieva report in order to favour China and Saudi Arabia; points to the need to exercise tax control over all international organisations and recalls the corruption scandal involving the UN in the ‘Oil-for-Food’ programme, under Kofi Annan, who was accused along with his brother of having siphoned off large quantities of money in what was the biggest ever corruption scandal in the UN’s history;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa

(aa) promote European standards, including on anti-money laundering, beneficial ownership transparency and protection of whistleblowers in other multinational forums, and support the adoption of these standards by third countries; ensure that beneficial ownership registries in EU Member States are up-to-date and open to the public;

Amendment 237 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab

(ab) promote the inclusion of non- governmental stakeholders, including academia and CSOs, as observers in subsidiary bodies of the Conference of States Parties of the UNCAC and other multilateral anti-corruption mechanisms;deleted

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab

(ab) promote the ~~inclus~~meaningful and effective participation of non- governmental stakeholders, including academia and CSOs, as observers in subsidiary bodies of the Conference of States Parties of the UNCAC and other multilateral anti-corruption mechanisms;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)

(ab a) encourages the EU to develop and implement specific programmes devoted to raising awareness on corruption, its costs for society and the means to fight against it, since education and information are fundamental tools for fighting corruption;

Amendment 24 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 32 d (new)

— having regard to the comprehensive and operational set of measures on enhancing the response to migrant smuggling networks, as approved by the Council at its 3661st meeting held on 6 December 2018,

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab a (new)

(ab a) advance efforts to effectively enforce the prohibition of corruption in the private sector, in line with the UNCAC, to effectively enforce penalties on corporations for acts of corruption and to extend the prohibition of corruption to all corporation under national jurisdictions, regardless of where the act of corruption takes place;

Amendment 241 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ab b (new)

(ab b) require all large companies and all listed companies, included those established in the EU and non EU companies operating in the EU market, to report on the impact of their activities and on the policy they implement on anti- corruption and anti-bribery matters;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac

(ac) set up an EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HRDD) instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, and which includes strong anti-corruption provisions and obligatory grievance mechanisms;deleted

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac

(ac) set up an EU ~~mandatory~~ human rights and environmental due diligence (HRDD) instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, and which includes strong anti- corruption provisions and ~~obligatory~~ grievance mechanisms;

Amendment 244 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac

(ac) recall the key role of the financial sector in preventing corrupt practices that facilitate land grabbing in particular; advance efforts to ensure that banks and financial institutions should undertake ‘customer due diligence’ to combat money laundering linked to corruption and ensure that the investors they support take effective human rights due diligence measures; require disclosure of details about companies’ land acquisitions in third countries and upgrade their support to developing countries to ensure effective implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT) as a means to address corruption in land deals; ensure that trade deals include mandatory and enforceable human rights clauses ensuring that private companies and state authorities respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards, which are essential to fight corruption; apply the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; set up an EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HRDD) instrument that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, and on environment and which includes strong anti-corruption provisions and obligatory grievance mechanisms;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac

(ac) urgently set up an EU mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence (HRDD) ~~instrument~~legislation that requires companies to engage actively in the identification, assessment, mitigation, prevention and notification of any adverse impacts of their businesses and supply chains on human rights, and which includes strong anti-corruption provisions and obligatory grievance mechanismsundertakings, including banks and financial institutions, to identify, prevent, mitigate, cease and account for human rights violations, including acts of bribery and corruption arising from their business models and operations in their global value chains, with robust enforcement mechanisms and liability regimes enabling victims to hold companies into account and to seek for remedy;

Amendment 246 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ac a (new)

(ac a) ensure that due diligence obligations apply to the bribery of foreign public officials, occurring directly or through intermediaries and is imposed to all entities and business relationships on a company’s global value chain; ensure liability of the company directing, authorizing or covering acts of corruption;

Amendment 248 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad

(ad) develop an action plan to ~~strengthen HRDD~~avoid possible corruption in sectors such as finance, accounting or real estate that often provide the enabling structure for global corruption by providing avenues for the proceeds of corruption to find their way into the legitimate economy;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ad a (new)

(ad a) enact binding provisions and guidance for companies to guarantee safe internal and confidential reporting by directors, officers, employees and business partners on breaches of anti- corruption rules and professional ethics within the company and to protect these stakeholders, in line with the EU whistleblower directive;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

- A. whereas the European Union has no consolidated definition of corruption, despite the fact that Article 83(1) TFEU recognises corruption as a criminal offence against Europe and numbers it among the particularly serious cross- border crimes;

Amendment 250 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae

(ae) reconfirm the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by ensuring that all Member States that have not yet adopted national action plans do so as soon as possible, and promote the adoption of action plans by third countries; engage constructively and actively in the negotiations on the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;deleted

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae

(ae) reconfirm the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by ensuring that all Member States that have not yet adopted national action plans do so as soon as possible, and promote the adoption of action plans and corporate due diligence legislations by third countries; engage constructively and actively in the negotiations on the UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae a (new)

(ae a) support the reform, both within the EU and worldwide, of beneficial ownership laws, in order to enable appropriate transparency of ownership of trusts and shell companies and thus to allow victims of corruption-related human rights violations, as well as law enforcement and tax authorities, to identify the effective owner of such entities;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae b (new)

(ae b) encourage third countries to allocate adequate resources for national contact points and to establish other non- judicial grievance mechanisms to provide remedies to individuals and communities affected by corrupt business practices;

Amendment 254 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ae a (new)

(ae a) work closely with the Member States on improving communication between different law enforcement institutions that work on identification and freezing of assets;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8

Sanctioning corruption through the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act )

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8

Sanctioning corruption through ~~the EU Magnitsky Act~~a new EU anti-corruption sanctions regime

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8

Sanctioning corruption through the so- called "EU Magnitsky Act"

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 8

Sanctioning corruption through ~~the EU Magnitsky Act~~a new targeted sanctions Regime

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a ~~legislative~~ proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by extending its scope to include acts of corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 26 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

A. whereas corruption ~~is a human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment~~facilitates, perpetuates and institutionalises violations of human rights, directly undermining the observance and implementation of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable and marginalised individuals and groups in society, barring them, in particular women, from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while ~~exacerbating poverty and inequality~~undermining governance, misappropriating wealth and public goods and exacerbating poverty and inequality, in some cases even leading to loss of life;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to ~~amend the current EU Global Human Rights S~~create a stand-alone global sanctions regime to tackle acts of corruption defined on the basis of the UNCAC; ensure oversight of the European Parliament on the implementation of this new sanctions Rregime ~~by extending its scope to include acts of corrup~~and adopt strict reporting requirements to monitor the implementation of sanctions; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to acomplemendt the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by e~~xtending its scope to include acts of~~stablishing a new EU thematic sanctions regime, dedicated to address acts of corruption; address the particular responsibility of individuals and entities that enable corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by extending its scope to include acts of corruption and cooperate closely with the United Kingdom that has already adopted a new sanctions regime on corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by deleting the reference to a controversial figure and extending its scope to include acts of corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by extending its scope to include acts of corruption and a proactive role for the Parliament; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) ~~swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights S~~consider that any human rights and anti-corruption sanctions Rregime ~~by extending its s~~s must remain a compe ~~to include acts of corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks~~tence of states; oppose any project in this field aimed at introducing a qualified majority decision mechanism, and to maintain, in any case, the principle of unanimity voting;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) ~~swiftly~~ come forward with a legislative proposal ~~to amend the current EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime by extending its scope to include act~~for a targeted sanctions Regime for acts of corruption, with rules tailored to the specificities of corruption offences; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)

(af a) review the decision-making system in the Council for sanctioning individuals through the European Magnitsky Act and propose qualified majority voting as a more effective and logical way of implementing this sanctions mechanism, thereby strengthening the EU’s role as a global human rights actor;

Amendment 268 #

Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af b (new)

(af b) bear in mind that the sanctions under this mechanism are particularly relevant when it comes to discouraging magnates, corrupt officials, terrorists, criminals and dictators from conducting their illegal activities, which are covered by this mechanism; ensure that the restrictive measures applied under this regime hinge around banning those punished from entering the European Union, freezing the assets of the perpetrators of such crimes in the EU and prohibiting any person in the EU from making funds and other economic resources available to the perpetrators;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af c (new)

(af c) call on the Member States to duly implement the sanctions, placing special emphasis on the identification and freezing of assets, in order to stop Europe becoming a money laundering centre;

Amendment 27 #

Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas corruption is a human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, educacomplex global phenomenon, affecting both North and South, that can be defined as the abuse of entrusted power for individual, collective, direct or indirect private gain, which poses a serious threat to the public interest and social, political and economic stability and security by undermining public trust and the efficiency and effectiveness of institutions, ~~health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality~~and the values of democracy and human rights, ethics, justice, sustainable development and good governance;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af d (new)

(af d) diligently monitor the implementation of sanctions by the Member States; take action against those Member States which do not properly implement these;

Amendment 271 #

Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Gabriel MATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af e (new)

(af e) step up cooperation with like- minded democracies to coordinate the joint adoption of concrete restrictive measures against illegal practices under this sanctions regime and thus maximise their effectiveness;

Amendment 272 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af a (new)

(af a) swiftly adopt targeted sanctions, including asset freeze and travel bans, to high-ranked officials and economic actors responsible for acts of corruption; share information and coordinate with likeminded partners;

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ag

(ag) ensure anti-corruption measures are mainstreamed into the COVID-19 response in order to provide and fairly distribute public health services or vaccines, including by strengthening of public institutions against capture phenomena and ensuring the full transparency of the measures and the use of funding;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ag

(ag) ensure anti-corruption measures are mainstreamed into the COVID-19 response in order to provide and fairly distribute public health services and access tor vaccines, including by strengthening of public institutions and ensuring the full transparency of the measures and the use of funding;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ag

(ag) ensure anti-corruption measures are mainstreamed into the COVID-19 response in order to provide and fairly distribute public health services orand vaccines, including by strengthening of public institutions and ensuring the full transparency of the measures and the use of funding;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ah

(ah) ensure that the EU’s pandemic- related financial support to Member States and third countries is tied to a robust commitment to anti- corruption efforts;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ai a (new)

(ai a) regrets the lack of transparency and credibility in the management of the pandemic by the WHO, which remained continually opaque in each and every one of its actions and which, moreover, held back vital information when Taiwan sounded the coronavirus alert on 31 December 2020, exacerbating the spread of the virus by this murky and suspicious retention of information;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ai b (new)

(ai b) urges the EU to back an independent investigation not only into the origin of the coronavirus, but also into the action and role played by the WHO in its close relations with China where, according to the US State Department, there is sufficient evidence to believe that the organisation, along with its senior leaders, were bought or subject to extortion by the Chinese Communist party;

Amendment 279 #

(aj) recognise the linkages between environmental degradation as an impediment to the enjoyment of human rights, and the underlying networks of corruption, bribery or organised crime; work towards mainstreaming anti- corruption in EU climate action, focusing on the sectors most at risk, such as the extractive industries;deleted

Amendment 28 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas corruption is a human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, violating the right to non-discrimination enshrined in human rights law and barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aj

(aj) recognise the causal link~~ages~~ between environmental de~~grada~~struction as an impediment to the enjoyment of human rights, and the underlying networks of corruption, bribery or organised crime; ~~work towards~~ mainstream~~ing~~ anti- corruption in EU climate a~~ction,~~nd environmental action advancing transparency and good governance of natural resources and the fight against land grabbing, and focusing on the sectors most at risk, such as the extractive industries;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aj

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aj a (new)

(aj a) promote the adoption of clearly defined social, environmental, and anti- corruption safeguards to be installed in climate project activities; stress that these safeguards must be consistent with international obligations, including human rights and the 2030 Agenda, as well as reflect the local environmental and social context;

Amendment 283 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak

~~(ak) protect environmental HRDs and land defenders, particularly women and indigenous HRDs, who face the greatest risk of harassment, intimidation and violence;~~deleted

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak

(ak) protect environmental HRDs and land defenders, particularly women and indigenous HRDs, who face the greatest risk of harassment, intimidation and violence and killings, including through issuing emergency visas and providing temporary shelter in EU Member States;

Amendment 285 #

David LEGA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak

(ak) protect environmental HRDs and land defenders, particularly women and indigenous HRDs, who face the greatest risk of discrimination, harassment, intimidation and violence;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak

(ak) protect ~~environmental HRDs and land defenders, particularly women and indigenous HRD~~- particularly women and indigenous - environmental HRDs and land defenders and their lawyers, who face the greatest risk of harassment, intimidation and violence;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point ak a (new)

(ak a) recognise that corruption is widespread in land administration, resulting in a wide range of adverse human rights impacts, ranging from forced displacement of communities without adequate compensation to the killing of land defenders; urge the investing companies to seek the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of all affected communities, including indigenous peoples, and to take human rights due diligence measures, including through the setting-up of a strong whistleblower protection mechanism, to ensure that their subsidiaries and business partners do not resort to corruption;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 11

Gendered and other impacts of corruption

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al

(al) note that corruption exacerbates gender inequality and affects the extent to which women’s rights are ensured and protected; promote gender mainstreaming in anti-corruption action, as recommended by the UNODC; take into consider that corruption impacts on other vulnerable groups such as children, people with disabilities, the elderly, economically vulnerable persons and persons belonging to minorities;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al

(al) evaluate the gendered aspects of corruption and its differentiated impact on women and men; note that corruption exacerbates gender inequality and affects the extent to which women’s rights are ensured and protected; promote gender mainstreaming in anti-corruption action, as recommended by the UNODC; ensure that women are aware of their rights so as to reduce their vulnerability to corruption; address the impact of corruption on women’s rights;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al

(al) note that corruption exacerbates gender inequality and affects the extent to which women’s rights are ensured and protected; promote gender mainstreaming and diversity in anti-corruption action, as recommended by the UNODC;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point al a (new)

(ala) take into account the potential connection between trafficking in human beings and corruption;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point am

~~(am) design programmes to help the victims of sexual extortion, a particularly extreme, gender-specific form of corruption involving the human body as the currency of corruption;~~deleted

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point am

(am) recognise sextortion as a form of corruption; design programmes to help the victims of sexual extortion, a particularly extreme, gender-specific form of corruption involving the human body as the currency of corruption; collect data to measure the prevalence of sextortion adopt legal frameworks and instruments to adequately address and sanction sextortion cases and promote these steps in multilateral fora;

Amendment 296 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point am a (new)

(am a) Victims of corruption set up grievance mechanisms whereby victims of corruption resulting from external actions of the EU and European companies operating in third countries can have access to justice and complain about human rights abuses related to corruption cases, which includes provisions for accountability and judicial redress, both individual and collective; recognise collective redress as a key tool for the protection of fundamental rights; advance efforts to ensure that victims of corruption – individuals as well as communities – are identified and informed of their right to obtain compensation for the damages caused by corruption;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

— having regard to the 1997 Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas corruption ~~is a~~spawns serious human rights violation, directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas corruption is ~~a human rights violation,~~ directly undermining the enjoyment of human rights and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality;

Amendment 32 #

A a. whereas corruption can result in the violation of human rights, by directly undermining their enjoyment, increasing inequalities and disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable groups in society, such as women, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly, indigenous people or people belonging to minorities, barring them from equal access to political participation, basic and public services, justice, natural resources, jobs, education, health and housing, while exacerbating poverty and inequality; whereas, in particular, systemic corruption undermines democracy, democratic accountability, good governance, the rule of law, legal security, political freedom as well as countries’ economic capacities, social capital and trust in the institutions;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas prevention is a priority focus of the fight against corruption and many EU Member States have therefore adopted rules and set up special bodies to prevent it effectively and hence to improve the quality of governance, institutions and the public sector;

Amendment 34 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas Member States play a key role in the prevention, detection, monitoring, implementation and enforcement of anti-corruption laws;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the OECD has declared that bribery and corruption are damaging to democratic institutions and the governance of corporations and a duty to adopt preventive measures against corruption should be part of the due diligence obligations imposed on companies operating in the Union;

Amendment 36 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas empirical evidence supports that corruption harmfully impacts the preservation of natural environment and environmental sustainability;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas corruption often has a cross-border nature and is linked to organised crime; whereas corruption and human rights violations are also linked to conflicts in some countries, in particular in Africa;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. wWhereas the fight~~ing~~ against corruption is an integral part of ~~the~~ international commitments to fulfil human rights, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030, in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societierespect human rights;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas fighting corruption is an integral part of the international commitments to fulfil human rights, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030, in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 ~~to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societie~~; whereas SDG16 focuses on peace, justice, the building of strong institutions and the fight against corruption; whereas in order to achieve SDG 16, the EU needs to urgently and directly address diverse issues in which corruption plays a key role, ranging from human rights violations to poverty, hunger and injustice; whereas the need to fight against corruption must always be considered a priority over the pursuit of profit and commercial interests;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

— having regard to the Sustainable Development Goals set out in the UN resolution of 25 September 2015 entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, including SDG 16 which covers efforts to combat corruption,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas corruption is a transnational phenomenon requiring international cooperation, including in the recovery of the proceeds of corruption; whereas fighting corruption is an integral part of the international commitments to fulfil human rights, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030, in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 16 to promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption is caused by the failure of political, economic and judicial systems to provide robust and, independent oversight and accountability; whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power~~, a lack of accountability~~, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas it is often a form of transnational organised crime; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas the emergence of undemocratic regimes is a breeding ground for corruption;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, the perpetuation of kleptocracies, the undue enrichment of high-ranking officials, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, ~~clientelism~~kleptocracies and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas corrupt administrations are bound to act as a trigger for conflicts, especially in developing countries, and these lead to wholesale human rights violations;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption~~, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies;~~ ; whereas, despite the factors which encourage corruption in certain countries, corruption exists in all countries in the world, regardless of the economic and political system of a given country, and combating it calls for international cooperation;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas corruption makes countries vulnerable to foreign malign influence and further damages democratic institutions;

Amendment 47 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies; whereas countries, communities, companies or individuals can become victims of corruption;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas corruption typically involves the misuse of power, the capture of structures of the State, a lack of accountability, the obstruction of justice, the use of improper influence, the institutionalisation of discrimination, clientelism, nepotism and the distortion of market mechanisms among other things, and is facilitated by inadequate transparency and access to information; whereas rising authoritarianism provides fertile ground for corruption, the combating of which calls for international cooperation with like- minded democracies;

Amendment 49 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas those involved in efforts to investigate, report, prosecute and try corruption are at heightened risk of human rights violations and require effective protection;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2011) and the development of standards in the fight against corruption,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas anti-corruption efforts need to comply with human rights standards, otherwise they lose their legitimacy;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas corruption undermines institutions, checks and balances and democratic principles, weakens the rule of law, corrodes public trust and impedes sustainable development, leading to the impunity of perpetrators, the illicit enrichment of those in power and power- grabbing to escape prosecution; whereas corruption destabilises peacebuilding efforts; whereas corruption is a key factor in boosting the illegal activities from which organised crime grows rich;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas corruption undermines institutions, checks and balances and democratic principles, weakens the rule of law, corrodes public trust and impedes sustainable development, leading to the impunity of perpetrators, the illicit enrichment of those in power and power- grabbing to escape prosecution; whereas corruption is a major factor of conflict and destabilises peacebuilding efforts;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas corruption undermines and seeks to capture institutions, checks and balances and democratic principles, weakens the rule of law, corrodes public trust and impedes sustainable development, leading to the impunity of perpetrators, the illicit enrichment of those in power and power- grabbing to escape prosecution; whereas corruption destabilises peacebuilding efforts;

Amendment 54 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas corruption and illicit financial flows undermines institutions, checks and balances and democratic principles, weakens the rule of law, corrodes public trust and impedes sustainable development, leading to the impunity of perpetrators, the illicit enrichment of those in power and power- grabbing to escape prosecution; whereas corruption destabilises peacebuilding efforts;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas political campaign financing and party funding are particularly exposed to risks of corruption and used globally by domestic private actors and foreign states and non-state actors as a strategy to nurture political allies and to exert influence over political actors and political decisions for private gain, geopolitical and ideological interests; whereas this covert technique is increasingly used by foreign actors to interfere in elections, referendum campaigns and social debates and undermines the fair functioning of democratic processes;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas combating the economic consequences of corruption is necessary in order to improve the quality of public services, such as education, welfare, healthcare, infrastructure development, conflict resolution, as well as to eliminate inequalities and poverty and build trust in institutions, business and politics;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas in countries where the rule of law and the judicial system are undermined by corruption, there are violations of the principles of equality, non-discrimination, access to justice, the right to a fair trial and to an effective remedy, which constitute fundamental human rights; whereas the absence of an independent judiciary system undermines the respect for the rule of law;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

D c. whereas corruption in politics has the potential to violate civil and political human rights, namely the right to self- determination, the right to take part in the conduct of public affairs, and the right to vote and to be elected; whereas corrupt practices in politics include, amongst others, the electoral fraud, the illicit funding of political parties, and the cronyism; whereas this type of corruption also erodes confidence and trust in political parties and elected representatives, in the electoral process and governments, undermining democratic legitimacy and public trust in politics;

Amendment 59 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas financial secrecy is a key facilitator of corruption; whereas illicit financial flows from developing countries are facilitated and encouraged by secrecy jurisdictions and tax havens, as well as financial and legal actors, notably from within the European Union;

Amendment 6 #

— having regard to the Council Regulation (EU)2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuse,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

D b. whereas Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany and Malta rank respectively 6th, 8th, 14th and 18th out of 133 countries on the 2020 Financial Secrecy Index of the Tax Justice Network, which ranks jurisdictions according to their secrecy and the scale of their offshore financial activities;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

D c. whereas EU-based individuals and entities are regularly reported by investigative journalists and civil society organizations to be directly involved in grave acts of corruption in third countries, including as initiators, enablers or end-receivers; whereas the investigation and prosecution of such crimes remains very limited;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated corruption-related human rights abuses, as regions with higher levels of corruption face higher numbers of COVID-related deaths and the most vulnerable communities are disproportionately hit; whereas corruption cripples states’ capacity to provide and fairly distribute public health services or vaccines; whereas many governments have misused COVID-19 related emergency powers ~~to step up crackdowns on~~, leading on occasions to the suspension and restriction of citizens’ fundamental rights and drastically affecting freedom of movement, assembly and demonstration, expression and worship, and erasing for six months any genuinely effective parliamentary scrutiny of the governments that adopted such measures in order to muzzle their political opponents, step up crackdowns and impose censorship on dissident journalists, and whistleblowers ~~and~~, civil society organisations ~~(CSOs) working on exposing corruption~~and members of the general public working on exposing corruption, forcing on them a ‘cancel culture’ and limiting their scope for action; whereas, as in the case of Spain, the Constitutional Court’s declaration of the first and second states of emergency as being unconstitutional means that 47 million Spaniards were for months deprived of their fundamental rights and freedoms;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas in some countries the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated corruption-related human rights abuses~~, as regions with higher levels of corruption face higher numbers of COVID-related deaths~~ and the most vulnerable communities are disproportionately hit; whereas corruption cripples states’ capacity to provide and fairly distribute public health services ~~or vaccines~~; whereas many governments have misused COVID-19 related emergency powers to step up crackdowns on journalists, whistleblowers and civil society organisations (CSOs) working on exposing corruption;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. wWhereas the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated corruption-related human rights abuses, as ~~regions with higher levels of corruption face higher numbers of COVID-related deaths and~~it is being used by autocratic leaders to intensify their power; whereas the pandemic has become a fertile breeding ground for embezzlement and nepotism; whereas the most vulnerable communities are disproportionately hit; whereas corruption cripples states’ capacity to provide and fairly distribute public health services or vaccines; whereas many governments have misused COVID-19 related emergency powers to step up crackdowns on journalists, whistleblowers and civil society organisations (CSOs) working on exposing corruption;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas the European Union must make sure that corruption is combated successfully, starting on the inside and ensuring there is no recurrence of cases such as that of the Andalusia ERE dismissal agreements, when the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party was responsible for the worst case of corruption in the history of the European Union in which the Socialist Government defrauded, between 2000 and 2010, at least EUR 680 million from CSOs, Spanish and European taxpayers, resulting in a large proportion of the population being deprived of their fundamental rights at the height of the 2008 crisis;

Amendment 67 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas the private sector and, in particular, banks can play a key role in detecting money laundering, terrorist financing and illegal activities linked to corruption; whereas it is vital to establish productive cooperation relations between state institutions and the private sector in order to fight corruption;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas corruption acts as a barrier to education, makes education financially inaccessible, distorts values of young people and causes lack of motivation to study, resulting in the waste of talents and negative effects on the economy;

Amendment 69 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas the external credibility of the EU also depends on effective anti- corruption action within its Member States and at EU level; whereas many EU Member States have put in place measures to prevent cases of undue influence and risks of corruption involving lawmakers and public officials; whereas these rules are only partially enforced and whereas harmonised rules at EU level are lacking and falling short to prevent risks of undue influence, conflict of interest and corruption;

Amendment 7 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

— having regard to United Kingdom's "The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021" and "General principles to compensate overseas victims (including affected States) in bribery, corruption and economic crime cases,

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

G b. whereas external actors such as Russia and China are using strategic corruption as a new foreign policy weapon within the EU, in countries in the EU’s eastern and southern neighbourhood and elsewhere in the world, thus destabilising these countries and hampering their progress towards functioning democracies;

Amendment 71 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

G c. whereas foreign states and non- state actors are increasingly implementing strategies of elite capture, including at EU level and within EU Member States, and the technique of co-opting top-level civil servants, among them former European politicians and highly qualified staff, recruited to advance specific interests in regulatory and legislative processes; whereas the regulation of professional activities and employment of former public officials in the private sector is a long-standing tool in the international fight against corruption and enshrined in the UNCAC;

Amendment 72 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the EU is the destination of several billion euros of misappropriated public funds and assets stolen from third countries; whereas European authorities are not yet able to confiscate and return the large majority of these stolen assets; whereas legal framework on stolen asset recovery is highly fragmented in the EU; whereas France has newly adopted a restitution mechanism for illicitly acquired assets to be returned to the country of origin;

Amendment 73 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas the protection of whistleblowers from discriminatory and retaliatory actions in public and private sector environments is essential to encourage the reporting of misuse of public funds, fraud, active bribery and other acts of corruption; whereas providing effective legal protection and clear guidance on reporting procedures is integral to efforts to combat corruption, to promote public sector integrity and accountability and to help businesses to prevent, detect and tackle bribery in commercial transactions;

Amendment 74 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas the private sector and business enterprises can play a significant role in addressing corruption in multinational groups and in global supply chains and have a key role in limiting Human Rights impacts and fighting corruption globally; whereas only three EU Member States are imposing legal obligation on larger companies related to the prevention and detection of corruption;

Amendment 75 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

H d. whereas States parties of the UNCAC, including all EU Member States, have committed to establishing the bribery of foreign public official as a criminal offence, punishable by criminal penalties and to establishing the liability of legal persons for the bribery of foreign public officials;

Amendment 76 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

I. whereas corporate due diligence regulations are indispensable means to prevent and tackle human rights and environmental violations; whereas the provisions of the UNCAC should form part of the due diligence obligations envisaged in the forthcoming Commission proposal on the mattershould never adversely affect European SMEs;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas corporate due diligence rleguislations are indispensable means to prevent ~~and tackl~~, tackle and effectively remediate human rights and environmental violations globally; whereas the provisions of the UNCAC should form part of the due diligence obligations envisaged in the forthcoming Commission proposal on the matter;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas mandatory corporate due diligence regulations are indispensable means to prevent and tackle human rights and environmental violations; whereas the provisions of the UNCAC should form part of the due diligence obligations envisaged in the forthcoming Commission proposal on the matter;

Amendment 79 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas corporate due diligence regulations are indispensable means to prevent and tackle human rights and environmental violations; whereas the provisions of the UNCAC should form part of the due diligence ~~oblig~~recommendations envisaged in the forthcoming Commission proposal on the matter;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

— having regard to the Council Decision (CFSP)2021/1277 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Lebanon,

Amendment 80 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas several States have in place Investor Citizenship and Residence Schemes, also called ‘golden visas’ programmes, which offer facilitated routes to citizenship or residence rights to foreign investors; whereas in order to make their programmes more competitive and to attract foreign direct investments, States, including EU Member States, tend to weaken their due diligence and integrity requirements, which increases the risk of misuse of these programmes for the purposes of money laundering or hiding funds obtained via corrupt activities and avoiding confiscation and persecution in home jurisdictions; whereas clients of these programmes increasingly come from China, followed by Russia;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas corruption and the resulting human rights violations take place in EU Member States; whereas the external credibility of the EU as a key anti-corruption actor depends on effective anti-corruption action within its Member States; whereas, for example, recent data show that only 9 out of 20 surveyed countries in Europe have regulations on public disclosure of media ownership;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime ~~(EU Magnitsky Act)~~ is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the extension of its scope to include acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted similar anti- corruption sanctions regimes;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the extension of its scope to include acts of corruption, in order to effectively combat all human rights violations, regardless of the nature of the offences; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted similar anti- corruption sanctions regimes;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the extension of its scope to include acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted similar anti-corruption sanctions regimecontravenes the principles of sovereignty and the free exercise of diplomatic relations by a Member State; considers that only states have the authority to impose sanctions on a state or on individuals; opposes any instrumentalisation of human rights decisions;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has repeatedly requested the extension of its scope to explicitly include acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted similar anti- corruption sanctions regimes;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime ~~(EU Magnitsky Act)~~ is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the ~~extens~~creation of ~~its scope to include~~a complementary sanctions regime in order to address acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted s~~imilar~~uch anti-corruption sanctions regimes;

Amendment 89 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)

— having regard to the adoption of new binding provisions by the French Parliament for the restitution of confiscated stolen assets to the people in the countries of origin,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas climate change must be addressed using scientific evidence, and whereas the over-achievement of climate neutrality and its harnessing for political and ideological purposes by countries with established democracies may damage growth and the rights of people in developing countries or in countries with undemocratic regimes; whereas the causal link between environmental degradation, climate change and unsustainable development, as well as the restrictions on the enjoyment of multiple human rights and corruption, must be scientifically verified;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

J b. whereas EU measures in the field of corruption must respect the sovereignty of democratic states and focus on regions where the population is subjected to undemocratic regimes;

Amendment 92 #

Raphaël GLUCKSMANN, Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR, Isabel SANTOS, Bettina VOLLATH, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

J c. whereas recent UN reports have shown that in countries with dictatorships, such as Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Peru, etc., human rights are being systematically breached and eroded, with in some cases this qualifying as crimes against humanity; whereas, once again, as stated in its report of 16 September 2021, the UN Human Rights Council has indicated that the systematic corruption in these regimes is a common practice directly affecting and contributing to the perpetration of crimes and human rights violations;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas the new EU framework for targeted restrictive measures to address the situation in Lebanon provides for the possibility to impose sanctions against persons and entities responsible for undermining democracy and rule of law, including for serious financial misconduct, concerning public funds, insofar as the acts concerned are covered by the UNCAC, and the unauthorised export of capital; whereas the EU should avoid fragmentation of its legal framework with country-based sanction regimes and should rather adopt an horizontal regime against acts of corruption;

Amendment 94 #

Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ, Malik AZMANI, Katalin CSEH, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Klemen GROŠELJ, Dragoş TUDORACHE, Bernard GUETTA, Charles GOERENS

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas the corporate anti- corruption measures put in place by transnational corporations operating in the EU currently still have to take into account the legal requirements of 27 different jurisdictions, which present significant variations between them; whereas the uneven implementation of anti-corruption norms results in distortions of competition in the internal market, and it is an obstacle to the operation of business activities across the EU;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas corruption reporting is among main causes of journalist killings; whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, five journalists investigating corruption have so far been killed in 2021;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas some NGOs – such as the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) – are suspected to be used for money- laundering and the public pursuit of private interests;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

J b. whereas the 2016 documentary film "The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes" contradicts Bill Browder's storytelling on the Sergei Magnitsky's case; whereas this investigative work was produced by Piraya Film, a multi-award winning Norwegian company, and supported by some of the most respectable European film and media organisations, such as Norwegian Film Institute, the Freedom of Expression Foundation, Filmkraft, Finnish Film Foundation and ZDF/ARTE; whereas the film's premiere was set for the European Parliament in Brussels on 27 April 2016; whereas the premiere was cancelled at the very last moment due to threats and pressures from Bill Browder; whereas the movie maker Andrei Nekrasov was never sued by Bill Browder despite the latter's accusations in the press for being defamed; whereas Der Spiegel, Telepolis (Germany’s oldest online magazine), Finans/Jullands Posten, Børsen and Berlingske (major Danish newspapers), have all published highly critical analysis of Browder’s Magnitsky narrative without being sued as well; whereas Danish journalists Birgitte Dyrekilde and Lars Abild released a whole book describing Browder’s chequered career and his posing as an anti-corruption crusader in an attempt to cover-up his own financial misdeeds;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point -a (new)

(- a) establish, on a consensual basis, an operational European definition of the word ‘corruption’;

Amendment 99 #