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Constituencies
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2007/12/10 - 2009/07/13
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Romania
Partidul Naţional Liberal
2007/12/10 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering | 2012/03/28 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Foreign Affairs | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Member of | Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community | 2007/12/13 | 2009/07/13 |
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2013/2020(INI) | Human rights situation in the Sahel region |
| Opinion | 2012/2285(INI) | Annual report 2011 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud |
| Shadow | 2012/2130(INI) | Situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary (pursuant to the European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012) |
| Responsible | 2011/2246(INI) | EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU |
| Shadow | 2011/2069(INI) | Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011) |
| Responsible | 2011/0242(COD) | Border control: common rules on temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances |
| Shadow | 2011/0138(COD) | Visas: third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement |
| Shadow | 2011/0051(COD) | External and internal borders: rules on movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) |
| Shadow | 2010/2276(INI) | EU strategy on Roma inclusion |
| Opinion | 2010/2096(INI) | Setting up an EU rapid response capability |
| Shadow | 2010/0312(COD) | Schengen: evaluation mechanism to verify application of the Schengen acquis |
| Shadow | 2009/2213(INI) | EU strategy for the relations with Latin America |
| Responsible | 2009/0802(CNS) | Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. Framework Decision. Initiative Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden |
| Opinion | 2008/2073(INI) | Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the development of the institutional balance of the European Union |
| Opinion | 2008/2031(INI) | Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights |
| Responsible | 2008/0804(CNS) | Strengthening of Eurojust (amend. Decision 2002/187/JHA). Initiative Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden |
| Responsible | 2008/0182(COD) | Mergers and divisions: reporting and documentation requirements (amend. Second Directive 77/91/EEC, Third Directive 78/855/EEC, Sixth Directive 82/891/EEC and Cross-border mergers Directive 2005/56/EC) |
| Opinion | 2008/0062(COD) | Road safety: cross-border enforcement of sanctions |
Born
1955/08/03 Botoşani- Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest (1979); Visiting scholar, Columbia University, New York (1994); Lawyer at the Bucharest Bar (1979-present); Lecturer, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (1997-2003); Lector, Faculty of History, University of Bucharest.
- Adviser to the Romanian President on constitutional and legislative affairs (December 2004-December 2005).
- Member of the European Parliament (2007-present); Head of the PNL (National Liberal Party) delegation (2008-2009).
- Head, EU election observation mission to Bolivia, 2009; Head, EP election observation delegation to Ecuador, 2008; Head, EP election observation delegation to Ecuador, 2009.
- Member, Management Board, European Agency for Fundamental Rights (2007).
- President, Soros Foundation (1998-2007); Executive President, Centre for Legal Resources; Member of numerous national and international human rights organisations.
- Author of over 50 publications.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 30 |
2008/0242(COD) Asylum: EURODAC system for the comparison of fingerprints of third-country national or stateless applicants. Recast
2010/10/12
LIBE
5 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Amendment 23 #
2a. Calls on the Commission to reaffirm the principles laid down in Article 6 of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council1, which require, inter alia, that data be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a way incompatible with those purposes and that data be kept for no longer than required for processing in connection with those purposes, and that those principles will also apply to Eurodac in the future.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 5 5. The procedure for taking fingerprints shall be determined and applied in accordance with the national practice of the Member State concerned and in accordance with the safeguards laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and with regard to the fact that the best interests of children shall be the primary consideration of Member States in the application of this Regulation.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 A common leaflet, drafted in clear, simple and understandable language, containing at least the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the information referred to in Article 4(1) of the Dublin Regulation shall be drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 40(2) of the Dublin Regulation.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 24 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5 Where a person covered by this Regulation is a minor, Member States shall provide the information in an age-appropriate manner. The best interests of children shall be the primary consideration of Member States when implementing this Article.
source: PE-454.518
2012/12/11
LIBE
25 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) Access to EURODAC data by Europol should be allowed only for specific cases, under specific circumstances and under strict conditions.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 a (new) (12a) The results of the comparison should be immediately checked in the Member State of origin by a fingerprint expert. Final identification should be made by the Member State of origin in cooperation with the Member States concerned, pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No [.../...] of the European Parliament and of the Council [establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person].
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 b (new) (12b) Information received from the Central System relating to other data found to be unreliable should be erased as soon as the unreliability of the data is established.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. For the purposes laid down in Article 1(2), Member States shall designate the authorities which are authorised to access EURODAC data pursuant to this Regulation. Designated authorities shall be authorities of the Member States which are responsible for the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences and other serious criminal offences. Designated authorities shall not include agencies or units responsible for intelligence relating to national security.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The verifying authority shall perform its duties and tasks independently and shall not receive instructions as regards the exercise of the verification.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The verifying authority shall perform its duties and tasks independently and shall not receive instructions as regards the exercise of the verification.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Temporary or permanent impossibility to provide usable fingerprints shall not adversely affect the legal situation of the individual. In any case, it cannot represent sufficient grounds to refuse to examine or to reject an international protection application.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 14 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Temporary or permanent impossibility to provide usable fingerprints shall not adversely affect the legal situation of the individual. In any case, it cannot represent sufficient grounds to refuse to examine or to reject an international protection application.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Once the results of the comparison have been transmitted to the Member State of origin, the Central System shall forthwith: (a) erase the fingerprint data and other data transmitted to it pursuant to paragraph 1; and (b) destroy the media used by the Member State of origin for transmitting the data to the Central System, unless the Member State of origin has requested their return. Temporary or permanent impossibility to provide usable fingerprints shall not adversely affect the legal situation of the individual. In any case, it cannot represent sufficient grounds to refuse to examine or to reject an application for international protection.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 – paragraph 3 3. In exceptional cases of urgency of the need to prevent an imminent danger associated with serious criminal or terrorist offences, the verifying authority may transmit the fingerprint data to the National Access Point for comparison immediately upon receipt of a request by a designated authority and only verify ex- post whether all the conditions of Article 20 or Article 21 are fulfilled, including whether an exceptional case of urgency actually existed. The ex-post verification shall take place without undue delay after the processing of the request.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (ba) there is a substantiated suspicion that the perpetrator of a terrorist or other serious criminal offences has applied for international protection;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) there is an overriding public security concern which makes proportionate the querying of a database registering persons with a clean criminal record, and there are reasonable grounds to consider that such comparison with EURODAC data will substantially contribute to the prevention, detection or investigation of any of the criminal offences in question.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. However, access to EURODAC data by Europol shall be allowed only for specific cases, under specific circumstances and under the strict conditions provided for in Article 20(1).
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) regarding the purpose for which his or her data will be processed within EURODAC including a description of the aims of the Dublin Regulation, in accordance with Article 4 of that Regulation and the fact that EURODAC may be accessed for law enforcement purposes.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 31 – paragraph 1 1. The European Data Protection Supervisor shall ensure that all the personal data processing activities concerning EURODAC, in particular by the Agency and by Europol are carried out in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and this Regulation.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 32 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Both the national and European supervisory authorities shall be provided with sufficient financial and personal resources to be able to supervise the use and access to Eurodac data adequately.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 33 – paragraph 4 Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) physically protect data, including by making contingency plans for the protection of
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 2 – point k (k) monitor the effectiveness of the security measures referred to in this paragraph and take the necessary organisational measures related to internal monitoring to ensure compliance with this Regulation (self-auditing) and also near real-time observation of the system using specialized tools.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 34 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. In cases of security incidents, Member States shall inform the Agency about the security incidents detected on their system. The Agency shall inform all stakeholders about security incidents. All parties shall collaborate during a security incident. National Supervisory authorities and the EDPS shall be informed about security incidents.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 35 Personal data obtained by a Member State or Europol pursuant to this Regulation from the EURODAC central database shall not be transferred or made available to any third country or international organisation or a private entity established in or outside the European Union. This prohibition shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to transfer such data to third countries to which the Dublin Regulation applies. Personal data obtained by a Member State or Europol and processed further in national databases shall not be transferred or made available to any third country or international organisation or a private entity established in or outside the European Union.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Member States shall constantly update the information they have provided to the Commission. The Commission shall make this information available to the other Member States, Europol and the public via a constantly updated electronic publication.
Amendment 181 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 43 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Europol shall constantly update the information it has provided to the Commission. The Commission shall make this information available to the other Member States, Europol and the public via a constantly updated electronic publication.
source: PE-500.400
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2009/0104(CNS) Visas: third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement (amend. Regulation (EC) No 539/2001)
2009/01/10
AFET
1 amendments...
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act Recital 5 a (new) (5a) This process of visa liberalisation should serve as a reference for defining relations with the Eastern partners of the European Union and particularly with Moldova, a country in which there has recently been a significant democratic shift.
source: PE-428.324
2009/10/15
LIBE
1 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 a (new) (5a) This process of visa liberalisation should serve as a reference for defining relations with the Eastern partners of the European Union and particularly with Moldova, a country in which there has recently been a significant democratic shift.
source: PE-429.562
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2009/0802(CNS) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: prevention and settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. Framework Decision. Initiative Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden
2009/09/23
LIBE
1 amendments...
Amendment 22 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 5 5.
source: PE-428.153
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2009/2161(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - Effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon
2010/11/11
LIBE
25 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to its resolutions, as well as its oral questions with debates, in 2009 and 2010 on specific fundamental rights such as privacy, personal dignity and data protection, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and information, press freedom, non-discrimination and the use of minority languages, freedom of movement of EU citizens, on Roma issues, on discrimination against same-sex marriages, and on the illegal detention of prisoners; stresses that all these resolutions reflect the spirit of the Charter, show its clear commitment to the everyday protection of fundamental rights, and send political messages to European citizens, Member States and the EU institutions;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Draws attention to its resolutions, as well as its oral questions with debates,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out that promotion of respect for the core values of the EU constitutes common ground in the Union's relations with third countries, and stresses that the
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Reaffirms that EU accession to the ECHR will provide an additional mechanism for enforcing human rights, namely the possibility of lodging a complaint with the ECtHR in relation to an act, or a failure to act, by an EU institution or a Member State implementing EU law, falling within the remit of the ECHR; and that ECtHR case law will thus provide
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness of the benefits of accession to the ECHR and of the requirements to be fulfilled, by developing guidelines on the adequate application and the effects of this additional mechanism
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Reminds the Member States of their duty to provide the Commission, as guardian of the treaties, with reliable data and facts, when requested;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Suggests to complement the infringement and the fundamental rights proceedings with a procedure by which contested national policies and practices, falling within the remits of EU law and fundamental rights (and applying exceptions and/or derogations to European rights and freedoms) will immediately be frozen until the Commission decides upon the formal launching of the infringement and/or fundamental rights proceedings and reaches a formal decision on their lawfulness and compatibility with European law and fundamental rights;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Emphasises the importance of the Commission's annual monitoring of compliance with the Charter, and notes that its monitoring reports should contain an assessment of the implementation of the various rights and an evaluation of the most contentious issues and of the situation of the most vulnerable groups in the Union; recommends the dissemination of
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Suggests that the Commissioner responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship be invited regularly to the meetings of
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Council to adapt to the changes required by the Treaty and to comply with the Charter when legislating; therefore welcomes the establishment of
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls for
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Reaffirms the fact of the CJ's enhanced role in ensuring that all EU institutions, agencies and Member States implementing EU law apply the Charter accordingly, and notes that this will enable the CJ to strengthen and further develop its case law on fundamental rights; stresses the need for enhanced cooperation between national courts, the CJ and the ECtHR in furthering the development of a coherent system of case law in the field;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that the FRA constitutes a guarantee of the ongoing protection of fundamental rights within the Union and that it should therefore have adequate resources for its increased tasks following the implementation of the Charter; points out that its monitoring role should extend to the acceding countries; reiterates
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Stresses that the main task of the FRA is to provide the decision-making institutions with facts and data on matters related to fundamental rights and that, to this end, it collects and analyses information and data, as well as raising awareness by carrying out scientific research and surveys based on thorough methodologies, publishing thematic and annual reports and networking and promoting dialogue with civil society; welcomes its 2009 annual report and its approach of providing a comparative overview and highlighting good practice in the 27 Member States;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Underlines the fact that the EU and the Member States share
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 a (new) 28a. Reaffirms its right to annually issue a report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU, hereby not refraining itself from naming and shaming EU institutions, agencies or Member States if deemed necessary;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Suggests that ways be found for EU institutions and agencies to cooperate better with international organisations committed to the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and to make better use of, and more effectively channel, the results of experience in the field;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the EU institutions to exploit the full potential of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the EU, in the interests of greater synergy and consistency at European level, and suggests that better use be made of the expertise of the human- rights monitoring mechanisms, standards and findings developed by Council of Europe, thus avoiding duplication of work; reaffirms the need for the Union to be more involved in the work of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 31. Calls on the EU Member States to sign up to, and ratify, the core Council of Europe and United Nations human-rights conventions and the additional optional protocols: among others, the European Social Charter (revised), the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; furthermore, suggests that, in the European legislative process, more account be taken of international documents and more reference made to them;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – introductory part 35. Recalls, therefore, all its resolutions and debates on fundamental-rights issues
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – indent 1 – protecting the four fundamental freedoms as the basic EU achievements, with specific attention to the freedom of movement of EU citizens,
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – indent 2 – protecting data and privacy, including transfer and storage of financial and personal data, both within and outside the EU, and promoting the right balance between individual freedoms and collective security challenged by new forms of terrorism,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – indent 4 – protecting the rights of victims, a
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – indent 6 – prohibiting and eliminating all forms of discrimination
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 – indent 7 a (new) – setting up of a EU wide framework on procedural rights for suspects in criminal proceedings,
source: PE-452.639
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2009/2213(INI) EU strategy for the relations with Latin America
2010/02/19
AFET
5 amendments...
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas a new administration has taken office in the United States, raising great expectations,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Reiterates its belief that the internal stability of many Latin American partner countries continues to depend on state reform, which must include participation in the decision-making process by all indigenous populations and other minorities, so as to prevent discrimination of all kinds and foster the preservation of their cultures and traditions, as this will help to enrich societies further and strengthen democratic governability;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Recommends coordination of the stances to be taken in the various forums for dialogue on the environment and climate change, with particular reference to the UN; deplores the failure to reach an agreement on climate change in Copenhagen in December 2009, and hopes that more tangible results will be forthcoming at the summit in Mexico in 2010; calls for meetings of the environment ministers of both regions to continue, following the first such meeting held in Brussels in March 2008;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Trusts that the opening of a serious and rigorous dialogue on topics linked to science, technology and innovation may boost the creation of a Euro-Latin American area of innovation and knowledge, with the agreement on innovation concluded with Chile being taken as an example to follow;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that the subregional partnership agreements currently being negotiated should be concluded and regrets the fact that some of those agreements are currently and for various reasons in a state of paralysis, but warns that, where there are unbridgeable differences of opinion, alternative solutions should be sought - without losing sight of the overall strategic vision - in order not to isolate those countries that wish to establish closer political, commercial and social relations with the EU;
source: PE-438.495
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2009/2241(INI) Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
2010/03/29
LIBE
7 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that EU accession to the ECHR will provide the Union’s citizens with an additional mechanism for enforcing their rights, namely the possibility of lodging a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in relation to an act or failure to act by an EU institution or a Member State implementing EU law and falling at the same time within the remit of the ECHR. Stresses, however, that this does not alter the present system of jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), and that the requirement that all domestic judicial remedies should have been exhausted will remain the condition for the eligibility of any application; underlines in this context that it will be necessary to ensure that Member States' courts refer cases to the ECJ when there is an arguable fundamental rights issue at hand;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – introductory words 7. Points out that there are a number of legal, technical and institutional issues which are still outstanding and which will have to be addressed in the mandate to be adopted under Article 218 TFEU, as well as in the negotiations with the Council of Europe on accession to the ECHR.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – indent 1 –
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – indent 2 – the
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – indent 3 – the
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – indent 4 –
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that, as the accession to the ECHR concerns not only the EU institutions, but also the Union’s citizens, the European Parliament should be consulted and involved throughout the negotiation process, and should be associated and immediately and fully informed at all stages of the negotiations, as provided for in Article 218(10) TEU;
source: PE-440.026
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2010/0209(COD) Intra-corporate transfer: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
2011/07/22
LIBE
14 amendments...
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13)
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point k (k) ‘single application procedure’ means the procedure leading, on the basis of one application
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall determine whether an application is to be made by the third- country national or by the host entity. If the application is to be submitted by the third-country national, Member States shall allow the application to be introduced from a third country or, if provided for by national law, on the territory of the Member State in which he or she is already legally present.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 2 2. The application shall in principle be considered and examined
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. The application shall be lodged to the
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. The period of validity of the intra- corporate transferee permit shall be at least one year or the duration of the transfer to the territory of the Member State concerned, whichever is shorter, and may be extended to a maximum of three years for managers and specialists and one year for graduate trainees. After the period of validity ends it shall be possible to renew the intra-corporate transferee permit through a new application, following the provisions of Article 10 and Article 5.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. The intra-corporate transferee permit shall be a single document. Member States may indicate additional information related to the employment relationship of the third-country national in paper format, or store such data in electronic format as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) 1030/2002 and point 16 of its Annex I as amended by Regulation (EC) 380/2008.
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Third-country nationals who have been granted an intra-corporate transferee permit in a first Member State, who fulfil the criteria for admission as set out in Article 5
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a directive Article 16 – paragraph 3 3. The maximum duration of the transfer to the European Union shall not exceed three years for managers and specialists and one year for graduate trainees. After this period has extended the intra-corporate transferee permit it should be possible to renew the intra-corporate transferee permit through a new application, following the provisions of Article 10 and Article 5.
source: PE-467.241
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2010/0210(COD) Seasonal employment: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
2011/07/20
LIBE, EMPL
7 amendments...
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 14 (14) Member States should
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point e (e) ‘single application procedure’ means a procedure leading, on the basis of one application
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall require that the seasonal worker will have sufficient resources during his/her stay to maintain him/herself without having recourse to the social assistance system of the Member State concerned, based on the documentation provided as set out in paragraph 1 (a)-(d).
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. Member States
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall determine whether an application is to be made by the third- country national or by the employer. If the application is to be submitted by the third- country national, Member States shall allow the application to be introduced from a third country or, if provided for by national law, on the territory of the Member State in which he or she is already legally present.
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. The seasonal worker permit shall be a single document. Member States may indicate additional information related to the employment relationship of the third- country national in paper format, or store such data in electronic format as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) 1030/2002 and point 16 of its Annex I as amended by Regulation (EC) 380/2008.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 Member States shall require employers of seasonal workers to provide evidence that the seasonal worker will benefit from accommodation that ensures a
source: PE-467.243
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2010/2154(INI) Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners
2011/03/25
LIBE
11 amendments...
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that only few Member States have carried out trials of body scanners1 and many of these have abandoned body scanners subsequently, due to the high costs, delays and inefficacy2, while most of the Member States have not deployed body scanners or have opposed or affirmed that they do not intend to buy, deploy and use of body scanners; 1 UK, NL, DE, DK. 2 IT and FIN.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that, regardless of the inclusion of body scanners in the list of methods of screening allowed, those Member States already using body scanners are bound to ensure that citizens’ fundamental rights enshrined in the ECHR and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected, protected and promoted, notably the right to privacy and to health, as furthermore requested by the European Parliament;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Highlights that those Member States that used body scanners have excluded some categories of vulnerable persons, such as children, pregnant woman, elderly people and persons with disabilities or with implanted medical devices and workers who are frequently exposed to radiations, and that common rules in this field shall be applied at EU level when Member States deploy and use body scanners;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Believes that body scanners should only be used by those Member States that decided or will decide to deploy them, on an ad hoc basis, and for those flights were there are reasons to believe that security is at stake, for instance on the basis of intelligence information, of specific risks or threats, of the country of destination of the flights (if the country of destination requested body scanning of the passengers for specific security reasons) or of origin (if the country of origin is targeted by terrorist groups); believes that body scanners should not be used for intra-EU flights;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 e (new) 2e. Reiterates its negative opinion in relation to the efficacy, necessity and proportionality in a democratic society of the use of body scanners, due to their intrusiveness and impact on the fundamental rights to privacy, data protection, health, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, non- discrimination, as well as in relation to the high costs and time-consuming procedures, that repercute negatively on citizens and passengers;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 f (new) 2f. Calls the Commission not to add body scanners to the list of authorised screening methods, as this would create an incentive for the use of body scanners at national level, but calls it to issue instead binding recommendations to Member States in relation to the rules for the use of body scanners, shall they decide to continue trials or apply more stringent measures in relation to the use of body scanners in aviation security;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 g (new) 2g. Calls for a in depth analysis, evaluation and review of current security situation and procedures at airports, including the liquids regulation, and for an anticipation of the timetable related to the suspension of the ban on liquids and of the conditions foreseen in relation to the availability of screening technologies, while questioning the efficacy and high costs of the future procedures for systematic screening of liquids;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 h (new) 2h. Believes that the comitology procedure in the aviation security sector, at least for measures having an impact on citizens' rights, is inappropriate and calls for the EP to be fully involved through co- decision;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Expects that the Commission will base its proposal on extensive independent and objective scientific information gathered among EU experts in the field and without interferences from the industry sector, Member States governments and third countries;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls the Commission, the Council and Committee responsible to substitute the words ‘security scanner(s)’ with the words ‘body scanner(s)’ where the scanners are used to screen persons, including in the title of the report, hereby avoiding inappropriate and unnecessary confusions and ambiguities;
source: PE-460.651
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2010/2273(INI) Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
2011/04/05
LIBE
7 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation -1 a (new) - having regard to Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the Commission communication of 13 April 2011 'Single Market Act - Twelve levers to boost growth and strengthen confidence "Working together to create new growth"', that includes workers' mobility as one of its twelve key instruments (COM(2011)0206),
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to paragraph I, point g), of the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum1 adopted by the European Council, that invites Member States to establish ambitious policies to promote the harmonious integration of legal immigrants, including specific measures to promote language-learning and access to employment,
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to make use of the EURES network and other European instruments that offer advice and assistance for placement and recruitment in order to offer more accessible and transparent information related to the rights that family members of migrant workers have, especially regarding their right to work, their social rights and their children’s right to education in the host Member State;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Expresses deep concern regarding labour market related laws and policies existing at national level that deviate from the provisions and the core values of the European Union law;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Urges the Member States not to make use of the transitional restrictions regarding the access of Romanian and Bulgarian workers to their labour market as a possibility to perpetuate discriminatory, protectionist and anti free- movement policies, but to take further steps in fully eliminating these remaining obstacles to intra-EU mobility in the context of the Single Market Act;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for an improved cooperation between the EU, the Member States and third countries regarding the development of successful, fair and transparent EU immigration and intra-EU migration policies for third-country workers, based on solidarity with third countries as well as on the EU labour market needs in the context of its present demographic challenges and prospect for economic development.
source: PE-464.709
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2010/2276(INI) EU strategy on Roma inclusion
2011/01/17
LIBE
23 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, which deals with fundamental rights in the Union,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union which provides for sanctions and suspension of rights in case of serious breaches of Union law,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2008 on the census of the Roma on the basis of ethnicity in Italy1, 1 OJ C 294 E, 3.12.2009, p. 54.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 9 September 2010 on the situation of Roma and on freedom of movement in the European Union1, 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2010)0312.
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a large proportion of Europe's 10-12 million Roma
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas discriminations, evictions, expulsions, persecutions, segregation, racist speeches inciting to hate by political and governmental leaders, fingerprinting and ethnic profiling, inter alia, still occur on the EU territory and whereas the EU shall address these issues in the framework of the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion by ensuring a stronger implementation of the directives on free movement, on discrimination based on race or ethnicity, on data protection, as well as of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, in cooperation with the Member States and with the support of the Fundamental Rights Agency, the Council of Europe and NGOs,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to propose and the Council to adopt an EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion (hereinafter: ‘the Strategy’)
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point a – indent 1 – fundamental rights, equality and non- discrimination
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point a a (new) (aa) present in the Strategy a roadmap for introducing binding minimum standards at EU level for the Priority Areas on education, employment, housing and healthcare;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 1 –
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – point b – indent 2 – combating prejudices, stereotypes, racism and anti-
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses the
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – indent 2 – take responsibility for supervision, coordination, monitoring, reporting, evaluation, facilitation of implementation, mainstreaming and follow-up, thereby meeting the need for an independent, multi-sector body serving as an ‘external facilitator’ which can assess and balance the various national and sectoral interests
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – indent 3 – review and update the Strategy
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – indent 6 – ensure the involvement of concerned stakeholders and Roma communities from all levels through the European Roma Platform, and work in partnership with the other institutions, Member States
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on Member States to appoint a government official or an administrative body to act as ‘National Contact Point’
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 – indent 12 a (new) - situations of serious violations of human rights, discrimination, evictions, expulsions, racism, targeting of the Roma population by local or regional authorities or third parties;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission to encourage in the Strategy Member States, relevant international and European institutions, NGOs, Roma communities, other stakeholders and the public to use the Roma / Roma and Sinti denomination in all referrals to this minority;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Requests the Commission to provide Parliament with a list of projects benefitting the Roma population which have been financed by the Commission during the last ten years, giving indications about the results achieved;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to improve access to EU funds for local authorities and relevant NGOs working by simplifying the rules;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for the inclusion in the Strategy of a mechanism of cooperation, exchange of information and monitoring, not only at EU but also at national level, together with the Fundamental Rights Agency, the Council of Europe, other relevant international and European institutions, NGOs, Roma communities, other stakeholders, in order to address problems and find solutions and to ensure that the Strategy is correctly and fully implemented both at EU and national level by those responsible for it, thereby ensuring the success of the Strategy;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Commission to introduce in the Strategy a mechanism which promotes the hiring of Roma in public administration both at EU and national level, especially in institutions participating in the programming and implementation of EU and national funded programmes for Roma inclusion;
source: PE-456.648
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2010/2294(INI) Public access to documents (Rule 104(7)) for the years 2009-2010
2011/05/30
LIBE
28 amendments...
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas furthermore the EU progressively risks to become the target of criticism because of the continuous lack of transparency, openness and access to documents and information for citizens, as demonstrated by the impossibility to adopt a new Regulation on the right of access to documents, due to the Commission refusal to accept Parliament’s amendments and Member States’ unwillingness to open up their documents, discussions and deliberations to citizens and the Parliament,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas further and more stringent measures against corruption should be taken at EU level to ensure that EU institutions are immune from it, at all levels and everywhere, and whereas the EP shall learn from recent negative experiences by elaborating rules, including providing for enhanced transparency, on the relations of MEPs and Parliament’s staff with lobbyists and interest groups,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas, in order to ensure the accountability and legitimacy of a democratic political system, citizens have a right to know how their representatives act, once elected or appointed to public bodies or representing the Member States at European or international level (principle of accountability), how the decision-making process works (including documents, amendments, timetable, players involved, votes cast, etc), and how public money is allocated, spent and with which results (principle of traceability of funds),
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas Article 15 TFEU and Article 4
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that interventions by the Court of Justice, the European Ombudsman and the EDPS, which basically take positions on individual cases, cannot replace legislative activity as regards legal certainty and equality before the law; regrets that even when the Court of Justice has established a clear principle, as for example in the Turco case on legislative transparency, it is still not complied with; consequently repeats its call to institutions to abide by the Turco judgment on legal service opinions drafted in the framework of the legislative process; reaffirms that the legislator shall address and overcome the problems highlighted by the Court of Justice jurisprudence and implement the right to access to documents fully and more extensively, in the spirit of the new Treaty modifications clearly establishing a fundamental right of access to documents;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers, in the light of ten years of experience with the application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and taking into account the case-law of the Court of Justice, that it is necessary to revise that Regulation in order to clarify some of its provisions, narrow its exceptions and ensure that the transparency promised by the Treaties becomes a reality, by strengthening the right of access to documents, without in any way reducing the existing standards for the protection of that right;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recalls that the Court of Justice has clarified in the case Sweden v Commission (case C-64/05 P) that Member States do not have an absolute veto right regarding documents originating from them, but only the possibility of an assent procedure, confirming that none of the exceptions to the right of access to documents set out in Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is applicable; considers that a legislative clarification is needed in order to ensure the correct application of this case-law to avoid the still existing delays and controversies, as shown by the IFAW case;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls especially on the Council to grant Parliament full access to classified documents connected with international agreements, as provided for by Article 218 TFEU, as well as classified documents connected with EU evaluation procedures, to avoid interinstitutional problems such as were encountered, for example, regarding the EU’s accession to the ECHR, the Schengen evaluation regarding Bulgaria and Romania, ACTA or the EU-
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Recalls that the landmark judgment of the Court of Justice in the joined cases Sweden and Turco v Council stressed an obligation of transparency in the legislative procedure, as ‘openness in that respect contributes to strengthening democracy by allowing citizens to scrutinise all the information which has formed the basis of a legislative act’; stresses therefore that any exceptions referring to the legislative procedure, including legal advice and the so-called ‘space to think’, should be extremely limited, if permitted at all;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Emphasises that, regardless of this clear principle, this is still not implemented in practice, as shown by the recent judgment in the Access Info Europe case regarding the refusal by the Council to disclose positions of Member States on the proposed recast of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, and by the case ClientEarth v Council, pending before the General Court, on a legal opinion regarding the recast of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001; notes that the public disclosure of Member States’ positions during the negotiation of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and many subsequent adopted measures did not in any way undermine the decision-making capacity of the Council, since these disclosures did not prevent the successful conclusion of the relevant legislative procedures;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the Council to review its rules and extend transparency to the working groups
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to make publicly available agendas, minutes and declarations of interests as regards expert groups, and names of members, proceedings and votes of the ‘comitology’ committees, as well as all of the documents considered by such groups and committees, including draft delegated acts and draft implementing acts; calls on the Parliament to adopt a more transparent and open procedures, including internally, to deal with these documents;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that transparency as required by the Treaties is not limited to legislative procedures but includes as well non- legislative work of EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; stresses that Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 is the only proper legal act for assessing the right of access to documents, and that other legal acts, such as
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Regrets that recent negotiations between the EU institutions for a ‘common understanding’ on delegated acts and for a new framework agreement between the Commission and the Parliament have not been fully transparent; commits itself to make fully transparent its negotiations with the Council and Commission for ongoing or future Inter-Institutional Agreements or for comparable agreements;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Notes that the Court of Justice, like all other EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, must carry out its work ‘as openly as possible’, pursuant to Article 1 TEU; emphasises that while Article 15 TFEU only specifically applies to the administrative documents of the Court, this does not preclude the adoption of measures on a different legal base, conferring the right of access on other Court documents, in accordance with Article 1 TEU; considers that the current proposal for the amendment of the Statute of the Court of Justice should be amended by the Parliament and Council to adopt rules to this end, and also to adopt rules concerning access to the Court proceedings, as an amicus curie, by EU bodies such as the Fundamental Rights Agency, by civil society organisations and by certain international bodies such as the UNCHR; believes that such rules should be modelled on the best practice of the European Court of Human Rights, the Member States’ judicial traditions and the procedures applicable in the courts of some third States;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Emphasises that the so-called ‘comitology’, first reading trialogues and the conciliation procedures (as explicitly listed in Article 294 TFEU) are a substantial phase of the legislative procedure, and not a separate ‘space to think’; believes that the current procedures fail to ensure a satisfactory level of transparency and access to documents, both internally to the Parliament, and externally in relation to citizens and the public opinion; underlines that the Parliament has a statutory duty to hold its meetings in public and an obligation to publish the documents it examines, notably of legislative nature, as foreseen by the Treaties, jurisprudence of the Court of Justice and its rules of procedure; requests, therefore, that the documents created in their framework should not be treated differently from other legislative documents, and that they should be made public; consequently charges its competent bodies to standardize this procedure and publish such documents and calls other institutions to do the same;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Highlights the need to establish an appropriate equilibrium between transparency and data protection, as made clear by the Bavarian Lager case-law, and stresses that data protection should not be ‘misused’, in particular, for the purpose of covering conflicts of interest and undue influence in the context of EU administration and decision-making; points out that the judgment of the Court of Justice in the Bavarian Lager case is based on the current wording of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and does not prevent the legislature from establishing a new equilibrium, which is necessary and urgent notably after the clear proclamation of the right of access to documents in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Reiterates the importance of the principle of traceability, so to ensure that citizens can know how public money is allocated, spent and with which results, and calls EU institutions to apply this principle in relation to the running of the institution and to the policies and funds allocated to implement them, at all levels;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 28. Stresses that when international agreements have legislative effects, access should be granted to the public, including access to documents adopted by or submitted to any bodies which have the task of implementing or monitoring the application of such agreements; points out that Parliament, which is elected by the EU citizens,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Emphasises the current lack of coherent EU administrative law, such as rules regarding the delivery of administrative decisions that can be appealed against, or a clear concept of ‘administrative tasks’ as mentioned in Article 15(3) TFEU; calls, therefore, on the EU institutions to urgently define a common EU administrative law, pursuant to Article 298 TFEU, and to provide a common and horizontally applicable definition of an ‘administrative task’ especially for the European Central Bank, the European Investment Bank and the Court of Justice; commits itself to make a recommendation for a legislative proposal on this issue, pursuant to Article 225 TFEU, which should inter alia address the issue of the transparency and accountability of the Commission’s conduct of infringement proceedings to complainants, the Parliament and citizens;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Considers that copyright rules, to the extent that they apply at all to documents within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, cannot be invoked to refuse public access to documents or to prevent the publication of such documents on the Internet;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Reiterates that Parliament should be at the forefront of the proactive approach on publicity, transparency, openness and access to documents and highlights the success of webstreaming of hearings and committee meetings in addition to plenary sittings, and believes that this should become the norm and that the Legislative Observatory (OEIL) should be even further expanded to include all EU official languages and information, both at committee and plenary level, such as amendments, opinions from other committees, Legal Service opinions, voting lists, roll call votes, present and voting MEPs, interinstitutional letters, names of shadow rapporteurs, a ‘search by word’ function, multilingual search, tabling deadlines, RSS feeds, an explanation of the legislative procedure, links to webstreamed discussions, etc.;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Believes at the same that transparency has to apply to the work of Parliament’s internal bodies (such as the Conference of Presidents,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Considers that transparency at EU level should be mirrored by Member States when transposing EU legislation into national law, notably by establishing correlation tables, and invites national parliaments and the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees of Parliaments of the European Union to examine the proposals contained in this resolution and to promote an EU register of parliaments’ and parliamentarians’ activities which could serve to ensure and increase mutual cooperation and consultation between the EU, the Parliament and national parliaments, drawing also on best practice in terms of e-Parliament and e- government transparency;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 39. Notes some improvements in the registers of the Council and the Commission, but draws attention to the still existing lack of coordination and interoperability between the different institutions, as no common information model for their registers exists that would allow the citizen to find the necessary documents and the information they include at a ‘single point’, as well as to use a common search engine integrally connected notably to the Legislative Observatory (OEIL) where documents pertaining to one legislative procedure are grouped together;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 a (new) 39a. Believes that, in order to make the legislative process more accountable, comprehensible and accessible to the public, Parliament’s committees should in all cases adopt orientation votes prior to entering into trialogues with the Council; the Council, for its part, should adopt ‘general approaches’ or approve negotiating positions agreed in Coreper prior to entering into trialogues with the Parliament, with all such Parliament and Council documents immediately made public; furthermore, to make available to the public the agendas and a summary of the outcome of all trialogue meetings, as well as the ‘four column’ documents drawn up for the purposes of facilitating negotiations, also indicating to citizens the precise state-of-play of each set of ongoing negotiations;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 39 b (new) 39b. Calls on the Council and Commission to negotiate with the Parliament to amend the Joint Declaration on the co-decision procedure, and the Inter-Institutional Agreement on better law-making, to this end; commits itself, in the interim, to amend its rules of procedure, including the annexed code of conduct on co-decision negotiations, to give full binding effect to these principles;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 40. Considers that the Interinstitutional Committee established by Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 should
source: PE-466.991
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2011/0138(COD) Visas: third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement
2011/07/12
LIBE
3 amendments...
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) The mechanism regarding reciprocity to be implemented if one of the third countries included in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 decides to make the nationals of one or more Member States subject to the visa obligation needs to be adapted to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in combination with the case law of the Court on secondary legal bases. In addition, the mechanism needs to be adapted to provide for a Union answer as an act of solidarity, if one of the third countries included in Annex II to this Regulation decides to make the nationals of one or more Member States subject to visa requirements.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Upon receipt of a notification from a Member State that a third country listed in Annex II to this Regulation has decided to introduce visa requirements for that Member State’s nationals, all Member States should react collectively, thus providing a common response to a situation which affects the Union in its entirety and allows for its citizens to be subjected to differing treatments.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 – point b Regulation (EC) No 539/2011 Article 1 – paragraph 4 (b)
source: PE-478.421
2011/09/11
AFET
1 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) This Regulation establishes a visa safeguard clause allowing the rapid, temporary suspension of the visa waiver for a third country on the positive list in case of an emergency situation, where an urgent response is needed in order to resolve the difficulties faced by one or more Member States, and taking account of the overall impact of the emergency situation on the European Union as a whole and the impact on its foreign relations policies with third countries in cases of suspension of the visa waiver.
source: PE-475.888
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2011/0167(NLE) EU/Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and United States Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
2012/05/21
LIBE
5 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines, at the same time, that it is crucial to strike the appropriate balance between enforcement of IPRs and fundamental rights such as freedom of expression, the right to privacy and protection of personal data
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 15. Considers that when fundamental rights are at stake
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Shares the concerns expressed by the EDPS in its opinion on ACTA, notably in relation to the unclear scope, the vague notion of "competent authority", the processing of personal data by ISPs through voluntary enforcement cooperation measures and the lack of appropriate safeguards in relation to fundamental rights;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Is of the opinion that ACTA does not comply with the rights enshrined in the Charter;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Invites the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to recommend that Parliament declines to consent to the conclusion of ACTA;
source: PE-489.544
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2011/0242(COD) Border control: common rules on temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances
2012/12/03
LIBE
13 amendments...
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 a (new) (5a) Based on the experiences gathered so far with respect to the functioning of the area without border controls the Commission should draw up guidelines on the reintroduction of internal border controls, both in cases which require such a measure as a temporary reaction and in cases where an immediate action is needed. The Commission should draw up such guidelines in order to ensure coherent implementation of the Schengen rules. The guidelines should provide for clear indicators to facilitate the assessment of threats to public policy and national security.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) The temporary reintroduction of certain controls at internal borders could also be a response to serious deficiencies identified by Schengen evaluations in accordance with Article 15 of the Regulation on the establishment of an evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 a (new) (7a) It is necessary for the Commission to present at least an annual overview to the Union institutions on the functioning of the Schengen area. This should provide the basis for an annual debate in the European Parliament and in the Council and contribute to the strengthening of political guidance and cooperation in the Schengen area.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8)
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 23 – paragraph 2 2. Border control at internal borders may only be reintroduced in accordance with the procedures foreseen in Articles 24, 25 and 26 of this Regulation. The criteria listed in Article 23a must be
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 23 – paragraph 3 3. If the serious threat to public policy or internal security at the Union or national level persists beyond the period provided for in paragraph 1, border control at internal borders may, taking account of the criteria listed in Article 23a, be prolonged on the same grounds as those referred to in paragraph 1 and, taking into account any new relevant elements, for renewable periods of up to 30 days.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 23a – paragraph 1 – point c (c) the current and likely future impact of any serious deficiencies related to external border control
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 23a – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Based on the experiences gathered so far with respect to the functioning of the area without border controls, the Commission shall issue guidelines on the reintroduction of internal border controls, both in cases which require such a measure as a temporary reaction and in cases where an immediate action is needed. The Commission shall draw up such guidelines in order to ensure coherent implementation of the Schengen rules. The guidelines shall provide clear indicators to facilitate the assessment of threats to public policy and national security.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 24 – paragraph 3 3. Following
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 24 – paragraph 4 4. The
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 26 – paragraph 1 1. In cases where the Commission finds that there are persistent serious deficiencies related to external border control
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 1 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 26 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new) The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council, at least annually, a report on the functioning of the area without internal border controls. The report shall include a list of all decisions to reintroduce controls at internal borders taken during the year covered.
source: PE-485.851
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2011/0303(NLE) EU/Central America Association Agreement
2012/12/09
AFET
4 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a decision Recital B B. whereas the development of relations with Latin America and, in particular, with Central America is of mutual benefit and brings advantages to all EU Member States,
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a decision Recital C C. whereas the EU is
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 - point j (j) Stresses that the Association Agreement with Central America should be seen as an ideal framework for joining forces, as equal partners, to combat social inequality and poverty, to foster inclusive development and to address the remaining social, economic and political challenges;
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a decision Paragraph 1 - point n (n) Stresses that social cohesion is a priority objective of regional cooperation policy; insists that social cohesion can only be achieved by reducing poverty, inequality, social exclusion and all forms of discrimination through proper education, including vocational training; stresses that social inequality has not been sufficiently reduced in recent years and that public safety is a matter of great concern in Central America;
source: PE-492.929
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2011/0405(COD) European Neighbourhood Instrument 2014-2020
2012/06/15
AFET
8 amendments...
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 2 2. Union support under this Regulation shall be used for the benefit of partner countries
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, principles of equality and non- discrimination, establishing deep and sustainable democracy, promoting good governance and developing a thriving civil society including social partners;
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) achieving progressive integration into the Union internal market and enhanced sector and cross-sectoral co-operation including through legislative approximation and regulatory convergence towards Union and other relevant international standards, related institution building and investments, notably in interconnections, such as communication, exchange of expertise and information as cost-effective measures to promote development;
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. The partnership and cooperation agreements, the association agreements and other existing or future agreements that establish a relationship with partner countries, corresponding Communications and Country Reports, Council conclusions and European Parliament Resolutions as well as relevant conclusions of ministerial meetings with the partner countries shall constitute the overall policy framework for programming and implementing Union support under this Regulation.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. Jointly agreed action plans or other equivalent documents between the partner countries and the Union, as well as the Union's internal goals and objectives shall provide the key point of reference for setting the priorities for Union support.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 3. The Union and the Member States shall coordinate their respective support programmes with the aim of increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the delivery of support and policy dialogue in line with the established principles for strengthening operational coordination in the field of external support, and for harmonising policies and procedures. Coordination shall involve regular consultations and frequent exchanges of relevant information during the different phases of the support cycle,
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. For countries where the documents referred to in Article 3(2) do not exist, a comprehensive programming document including a Strategy and a Multi-annual indicative programme shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 15(3) of the Common Implementing Regulation. It shall define a Union response strategy on the basis of an analysis of situation of the country concerned, and of its relations with the Union, the partner countries' strategies or plans, the priorities for Union support and the indicative level of funding broken down by priority. It shall have an appropriate multi-annual duration, which may be subject to modification on the basis of the commitment and progress made by the country in implementing agreed reforms objectives.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 Without prejudice to the provisions on the suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agreements and association agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country fails to observe the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, or fails to achieve the priorities listed in the programming documents, the Union shall invite the country concerned to hold consultations in view of finding a solution acceptable to both parties, except in cases of special urgency. Where consultation with the country concerned does not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, or if consultations are refused or in case of special urgency, the Council may take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 215(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which may include the delay, the freezing, the full or partial suspension of Union support.
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2011/0427(COD) European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR)
2012/09/27
LIBE
27 amendments...
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) The establishment of a European Border Surveillance System (hereinafter referred to as ‘EUROSUR’) is necessary in order to strengthen the information exchange and operational cooperation between national authorities of Member States as well as with the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union established by Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 of 26 October 2004 (Frontex), hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agency’. EUROSUR should provide these authorities and the Agency with the infrastructure and tools needed to improve their situational awareness and reaction capability
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 a (new) (1 a) Migration and the crossing of external borders by third-country nationals should not per se be considered to be a threat to public policy or internal security. A border surveillance system should not be built on the assumption that irregular migration is a pattern among third-country nationals.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) This Regulation respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised by Articles 2 and 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, notably human dignity, prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, right to liberty and security, right to the protection of personal data, non-refoulement, non- discrimination and rights of the child. This Regulation should be applied by Member States in accordance with these rights and principles.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 This Regulation establishes a common framework for the exchange of information and cooperation between Member States and the Agency in order to improve the situational awareness and reaction capability towards situations which might turn out to be irregular migration and cross-border crime with an aim to protect and save lives of people in distress at the external borders of the Member States and of the European Union, hereinafter referred to as the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR).
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 1. This Regulation shall apply to the surveillance of land and sea external borders of the Member States, including measures for protecting and saving lives of people in distress at the external borders of the Member States for monitoring, detection, identification, tracking, prevention and interception of illegal border crossings.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 3 3. Member States and the Agency shall comply with human dignity and fundamental rights principles, including data protection requirements, when applying this Regulation. They shall give priority to the special needs of children, victims of trafficking, persons in need of urgent medical assistance, persons in need of international protection, persons in distress at sea and other persons in a particularly vulnerable situation.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new) (b a) ensure that its personnel and the personnel of other authorities with a responsibility for external border surveillance are properly trained for detecting and dealing with situations involving vulnerable persons, such as persons in need of international protection, unaccompanied minors and victims of trafficking;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point b b (new) (b b) ensure compliance with human rights and the principle of non- refoulement within each activity carried out by the National Coordination Centre and the other authorities with a responsibility for external border surveillance;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point f (f) measure regularly the effects of national border surveillance activities and assess compliance with human rights and the principle of non-refoulement;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new) (d b) ensure compliance with human rights and the principle of non- refoulement within each activity carried out in the framework of EUROSUR.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 1. The national coordination centre shall establish and maintain a national situational picture, in order to provide all authorities with responsibilities in border surveillance at national level with effective, accurate and timely information which is relevant for the prevention of the loss of lives and as well for saving and protecting lives of people in distress at the external borders of that Member State and for the prevention of irregular migration and cross-border crime at the external borders of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) a sub-layer on irregular migration, which shall contain information on incidents concerning illegal border crossings of migrants occurring at or nearby the external borders of the Member State concerned, on facilitations of irregular border crossings and on any other relevant irregular migration incident, such as a search and rescue mission for persons whose life or personal integrity is at risk and who may or may not be attempting to cross the border illegally.
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point c (c) a sub-layer on crisis situations, which shall contain information with regard to natural and man-made disasters, accidents, other situations when people's lives or personal integrity are at risk and any other crisis situation occurring at or nearby the external borders of the Member State concerned, which may have a significant impact on the control of the external borders;
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point d Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 9 – point d a (new) (d a) all crisis situations related to preventing the loss of human lives and rescuing people within the land and sea borders of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency shall establish and maintain a European situational picture in order to provide the national coordination centres with information and analysis which is relevant for the prevention of loss of lives as well for saving and protecting the lives of people in distress and the prevention of irregular migration and cross-border crime at the external borders of the Member States.
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Processing of personal data by the Agency shall be limited to personal data regarding persons who are suspected, on reasonable grounds, by the competent authorities of the Member State, of involvement in cross-border criminal activities, in facilitating illegal migration activities or in human trafficking activities as defined in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(1) of Council Directive 2002/90/EC of 28 November defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and residence1. _______________ 1 OJ L...
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 6 – point c (c) an intelligence picture sub-layer, which shall contain migrant profiles, which shall not include personal data, routes, information on the impact levels attributed to the external land and sea border sections and facilitation analysis;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 7 Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency shall establish and maintain a common pre-frontier intelligence picture in order to provide the national coordination centres with information and analysis on the pre-frontier area which is relevant for the prevention of loss of lives and as well for saving and protecting the lives of people in distress and the prevention of irregular migration and serious or organised crime at the external borders of the Member States and in neighbouring third countries.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. All surveillance tools used for the purposes of this Regulation shall be used with the main aim of preventing the loss of lives as well as of saving and protecting lives of people in distress at the external borders of the Member States.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. With respect to privacy rights, the exchange of data in the context of EUROSUR shall fully comply with the provisions of Directive 95/46/EC, the national implementing legislation and other relevant Union or national legislation.
Amendment 254 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 1. The exchange of information and cooperation with neighbouring third countries on preventing the loss of lives as well as saving and protecting lives of people in distress at the external borders of the Member States and preventing irregular migration and cross-border crime may take place on the basis of bilateral or multilateral agreements between one or several Member States and one or several neighbouring third countries concerned. The national coordination centres of the Member States shall be the contact point for the exchange of information between the network referred to in Article 7 and the regional networks with neighbouring third countries.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 3 3. Any exchange of information under paragraph 1 of this Article and under point (h) of Article 9(2) shall be done in compliance with the conditions of the bilateral and multilateral agreements concluded with neighbouring third countries and with Directive 95/46/EC, the national implementing legislation and other relevant Union or national legislation.
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 The European Commission shall, in close cooperation with the Member States
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 1. The Agency shall ensure that procedures are in place to monitor the technical and operational functioning of EUROSUR against the objectives of achieving an adequate situational awareness and reaction capability at the external borders and the compliance with human dignity and human rights principles.
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 2 2. The Agency shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission a report on the functioning of EUROSUR on 1 October 2015 and every two years thereafter.
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2011/2069(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011)
2012/07/25
LIBE
88 amendments...
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Regrets that citizens of Roma origin are subjected to collective expulsion procedures by Member States and deplores the weak reaction of the Commission in certain cases;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Urges Member States to adopt the necessary legislative changes with regard to sterilization and to financially compensate the victims of coercive sterilizations performed on Roma women and women with mental disabilities, in line with the case-law of the ECtHR;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Member States to eliminate spatial segregation, forced evictions and homelessness faced by the Roma setting up effective and transparent housing policies;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Calls on the Member States to address the high levels of unemployment among the Roma by removing barriers to accessing employment;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Calls on the Member States to reform their national educational systems in order to address the needs of Roma children and to dismantle segregated educational arrangements;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 e (new) 20e. Reiterates its call for a targeted approach to the social inclusion of Roma women in order to avoid multiple discrimination and ethnic segregation;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the EU institutions to explore the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in the EU legal framework;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Reiterates its position on sexual and reproductive health rights, as stated in its resolutions of 8 March 20111 and 13 March 20122 on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2010 and 2011; expresses concern in this respect about recent restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive health services in some Member States, in particular safe and legal abortion, sexuality education and funding cuts to family planning; 1 P7_TA(2011)0085 2 P7_TA(2012)0069
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Member States to ensure through efficient measures the protection for pregnant workers and women on maternal leave;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Urges Member States to address the issue of violence against women, domestic violence and sexual exploitation in all its forms and to combat trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Calls on the Member States to ensure that national action plans address multiple discrimination and protect women belonging to ethnic minorities and immigrant women;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on Member States to adopt the national legislative framework to address discriminations experienced by LGBT people and same-sex couples on grounds of their sexual orientation or gender identity, and urges them to guarantee effective implementation of the existing EU legal framework and CJEU case-law
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Welcomes the Commission proposals on jurisdiction and applicable law for the property effects of marriages and registered partnerships; considers however that the choice of two different instruments 1 and of a separate approach for registered partnerships and marriages are unjustified; considers that the same choices of jurisdiction and applicable law should apply in both cases; __________________ 1 COM(2011)127 final and COM(2011)126 final.
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls on Member States who have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States and calls on the Commission to issue a proposal with this aim; recalls the Member States’ obligation to fully implement Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including for same-sex couples and their children; welcomes the fact that more and more Member States have introduced and/or adapted their laws on cohabitation, civil partnership and marriage to overcome the discriminations based on sexual orientation lived by same- sex couples and their children and calls on other Member States to introduce similar laws;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to intervene more forcefully against homophobia, violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, including by calling Member States’ mayors and the police to protect freedom of expression and demonstration on the occasion of LGBTI prides and by officially granting support to them; calls on the Commission to finally follow up the repeated calls by the European Parliament and NGOs and issue as a matter of urgency the EU Roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, to be launched at the latest in 2013;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in a number of Member States; calls on Member States to introduce or review legal gender recognition procedures on the model of Argentina and review conditions (including forced sterilisation) set for legal gender recognition; calls on the Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11);
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 c (new) 26c. Welcomes the new set of asylum rules introduced in the Qualification Directive which include gender identity as a ground of persecution; maintains that the asylum package must remain coherent and include sexual orientation and gender identity in the Asylum Procedure Directive;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 d (new) 26d. Calls on Member States to ensure access to employment and goods and services without discrimination on grounds of gender identity, in line with EU law1; __________________ 1 Directive 206/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast); Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 e (new) 26e. Welcomes the launch of a FRA survey that will gather comparable data on the experience of LGBT people in the European Union and Croatia;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 f (new) 26f. Welcomes the launch of a FRA survey that will gather comparable data on the experience of LGBT people in the European Union and Croatia;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 g (new) 26g. Calls on the Commission to use the results of this survey to prepare an EU Roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, with a view to adoption by 2014;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 h (new) 26h. Calls on Member States to ensure the effective protection of participants in LGBT public events, including pride marches, and to ensure these events can take place lawfully;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 a (new) 30a. Calls on all the Member States to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol and to ensure that all national action plans are in line with the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 and aim at improving accessibility, employment, inclusive education and training, as well as independent living for the disabled;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 b (new) 30b. Calls on the EU and on the Member States to improve access to employment and training of persons with disabilities, including persons with intellectual disabilities, using existing EU funds;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 c (new) 30c. Calls on the Member States to fund organisations active in supporting the independent living of disabled people and de-institutionalisation programmes;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 d (new) 30d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that EU funds are not directed towards renovating existing or building new institutions for persons with disabilities but are used instead to facilitate community living, in accordance with Articles 5 and 19 of the CRPD and Articles 21 and 26 of the Charter;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 e (new) 30e. Stresses the need to increase the political participation of persons with disabilities in elections by accommodating their special needs;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Is concerned at the existing trends of restricting the independence of data protection authorities and welcomes the Commission vigilance; calls on Member States to comply with existing provisions and the relevant case-law1; __________________ 1 CJEU, C-518/07, Commission v. Germany, 9 March 2010.
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 b (new) 32b. Expresses its concern regarding the shortcomings of the Data Retention Directive highlighted by the Commission’s report, the EDPS, several national parliaments and the constitutional courts of several Member States that have declared it unconstitutional;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 c (new) 32c. Welcomes that under the EU- Australia PNR agreement data is collected only for the purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences or serious transnational crime, and that effective redress and protection safeguards are ensured;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 d (new) 32d. Regrets that in the EU-US PNR Agreement, the purposes for the collection of PNR data are not explicit and that data protection safeguards provided for in the agreement are not fully in line with EU standards;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 e (new) 32e. Calls on the Commission to address the concerns expressed by the EDPS, the Article 29 working party, the EESC, the FRA and by several national parliaments on the proposed directive on the European Passenger Name Record (PNR) 1 ,by limiting the scope of application to flights to and from third countries, the length of data retention and the list of data stored and by ensuring an effective evaluation of the system; __________________ 1 COM(2011) 32 final.
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 f (new) 32f. Points out with concern that the first inspection performed by the Europol Joint Supervisory Body (JSB) raises serious concerns about compliance of the TFTP Agreement of the EU with the US with data protection principles;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 g (new) 32g. Stresses that a European terrorist finance tracking system 1 should be an efficient and targeted extraction system with clear access rights ensuring the termination of the current transfers of bulk data to the US as soon as possible; __________________ 1 COM (2011) 429 final.
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 a (new) 35a. Welcomes the improvements in the revised Qualification Directive 1 , notably a greater acknowledgment of gender- specific forms of persecution, the inclusion of gender identity as a ground of persecution for which protection should be granted, and the commitment to take the best interest of the child into account; __________________ 1 OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p.9.
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 b (new) 35b. Urges Member States to implement the Qualification Directive in a manner which ensures full consistency with international human rights law and calls on the Member States that wish to do so to go beyond the minimum level of benefits and rights ensured by the text;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 c (new) 35c. Stresses that the broadened scope of the Directive on Long-term Residents 1 to refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, will contribute to their effective integration that carries benefits for the EU and the Member States; __________________ 1 OJ L 132, 19.5.2011, p. 1
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 d (new) 35d. Welcomes the revised Commission proposal recasting the Reception Conditions Directive 1 and stresses that basic reception conditions should be offered from the moment asylum seekers arrive and that they should be encouraged to contribute to the host community, irrespective of the length of their stay; __________________ 1 COM(2011) 320 final.
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 e (new) 35e. Stresses that gaps and ambiguities in the amended proposal of a Directive on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status 1 must be addressed in a manner which can enable Member States to avoid the risk of increased costs and potential misuse, while ensuring access to fair and high quality asylum decisions for those in need of protection; __________________ 1 COM (2011) 319 final.
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 f (new) 35f. Recommends the setting up of asylum expert teams assisting states with insufficient asylum infrastructures; takes the view that the existence of minimum standards and of quality assessment mechanisms can raise the quality of asylum decision-making;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 g (new) 35g. Emphasises that asylum-seekers do not enjoy equivalent levels of procedural and substantive protection in all Member States due to inadequate transposition of EC law or to differing approaches to implementation;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 h (new) 35h. Expresses concern at the current Dublin system’s impact on the legal rights of asylum-seekers, including their right to have their claim to asylum examined fairly and, where recognized, to effective protection, as well as at the uneven distribution of asylum claims among Member States;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 i (new) 35i. Stresses the need for completing negotiations on an effective mechanism for suspending transfers under the Dublin II Regulation to Member States where there is a risk of a violation of their fundamental rights, in line with recent ECtHR 1 and CJEU case-law 2; __________________ 1 In the case of M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece the ECtHR condemned Greece and Belgium for violation of Articles 3 and 13 of the ECHR. 2 Joint Cases: NS/Secretary of State for the Home Department (England and Wales - C-411/10) and M. E. e. a./Refugee Applications Commissioner, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Ireland - C-493/10), judgement of 21 December.
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Stresses the need to monitor the practical implementation of EASO’s mandate and that the fundamental rights related aspects of Europol’s work should addressed in the renegotiation of its mandate in 2013;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 b (new) 36b. Calls for the effective implementation of the provisions on fundamental rights of the Schengen Borders Code and of the Community Code on Visas in the context of future Schengen evaluations;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 c (new) 36c. Stresses that the principles of necessity and proportionality of the data collected and stored should apply to the new technologies for storing personal data and for border surveillance;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 37 37. Strongly
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Stresses the importance of an EU driven evaluation and monitoring mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis in line with fundamental rights principles
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Calls on the EU institutions and on all Member States to elaborate child- friendly policies in areas such as employment, environment, security or migration; stresses the importance of investing in children-oriented actions by re-orientating existing budgetary lines and by new investments;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 a (new) 40a. Calls on other stakeholders such as EU agencies such as EUROPOL and Member States, while making human rights a paramount issue to secure EU level cooperation in a holistic, coordinated and integrated approach; calls on Member States to adopt appropriate legal frameworks and appropriate and uniform definition of trafficking in human beings and to ensure national coordination among state actors which have to guarantee protection and promotion of human rights of the victims of trafficking; calls on Member States to encourage research in the field of trafficking in human beings in order to properly adjust government policies in areas such as migration, labour market, the economy, etc.;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 b (new) 40b. Calls on the Member States to ensure the adequate implementation of the Directive on combating the sexual abuse of children and child pornography 1 and of the Directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings 2; __________________ 1 OJ L335, 17.12.2011, p.1. 2 OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p.1.
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 c (new) 40c. Calls on all EU Member States who have not yet done so to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN CRC on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the 2007 Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 e (new) 40e. Stresses the need to evaluate the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings in the light of the findings of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 f (new) 40f. Welcomes the Commission’s action plan on unaccompanied minors 2010- 2014; calls on the Commission to inform the EP on the findings of the expert group on unaccompanied minors in the migration process;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 g (new) 40g. Calls on the Commission to mainstream children’s rights in all EU activities and to assess the work to date of the Children’s Rights Coordinator and the European Forum on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 40 h (new) 40h. Encourages the use of child rights indicators elaborated by the FRA in the reviewing of EU actions; calls for the elaboration of practical guidelines on how such indicators could best be used;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 a (new) 41a. Calls on Member States to reform their asylum procedures in order to comply with the requirement to ensure an effective remedy as laid down by the ECtHR and CJEU case-law, notably on applicable timelines to lodge an appeal against a decision, a negative decision and provisions on the right to stay in the host country during the appeal process;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 b (new) 41b. Highlights the importance of negotiations in view of amending the Dublin II Regulation and stresses that more efficient procedures should not be sought at the expense of the rights of applicants;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 c (new) 41c. Recalls the importance of the directive for seasonal workers 1 for reducing irregularity at work and the risk of exploitation and urges the swift conclusion of negotiations; __________________ 1 COM(2010) 379 final.
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 d (new) 41d. Calls on the Commission, in the light of its evaluation of European Readmission Agreements 1 (EURAs) to refrain from supporting the hasty conclusion of new agreements that lead to violations of fundamental rights; calls on the Council to observe the ‘no agreement at any cost’ principle; __________________ 1 COM(2011) 76 final.
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 e (new) 41e. Strongly condemns the extensive use by most Member States of detention to facilitate removal of immigrants, including minors, and urges Member States to introduce alternatives to detention in national legislation;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 41 f (new) 41f. Calls for fundamental rights-sensitive border controls and stresses the need for democratic oversight by Parliament over Frontex operations;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43a. Urges Member States to restructure their court systems, review the level of court fees, reform the legal aid system and to provide alternative dispute settlement mechanisms so as to facilitate access to justice to the maximum extent possible;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 a (new) 43a. Expresses concern in relation to the respect of fair trial in the EU and its Member States and notably in relation to recent proposals on ‘secret evidence’ allowing the government to use evidence against individuals which they would be unable to challenge, or even to see, which would be in striking contradiction with European fundamental rights and standards;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 b (new) 43b. Urges the EU institutions and the Member States to examine how common legal principles on collective redress could fit into the EU legal system and into the legal orders of the Member States;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 b (new) 43b. Calls Member States to make sure extradition to third countries does not infringe fundamental rights and invites them to review their international treaties; expresses concern on the possible extradition of the 23-year-old Richard O’Dwyer from the UK to the US for copyright infringement and calls for a solution to be found to ensure that his fundamental rights are not violated;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 c (new) 43c. Calls on Member States to deal with gender-specific crimes and to propose effective means for tackling domestic violence, if necessary by adopting legislation on protection measures;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 d (new) 43d. Welcomes the Roadmap for strengthening the rights and protection of victims, adopted by the Council and the proposal by the Commission of the victims´ package that addresses specifically the needs of child victims and of victims of terrorism;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 e (new) 43e. Calls on the Member States to provide the financial resources for crime victim services, taking into account the upcoming assessment by the FRA of options and promising practices in the Member States;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 f (new) 43f. Stresses that international cooperation in the fight against terrorism should be based on full compliance with international standards and obligations in the area of human rights;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 g (new) 43g. Calls on Member States to establish the truth on their involvement in the CIA rendition and secret detention programmes, to investigate allegations of human rights and reform their systems to avoid future similar abuse;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 h (new) 43h. Welcomes the Roadmap on criminal procedures and calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts in order to achieve strong EU-wide standards for procedural rights of both defendants and victims;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 43 i (new) 43i. Draws attention to the remaining deficiencies regarding minimum guarantees of the rights of defence, and points out that the Commissioner for Human Rights of the CoE questioned the absence of effective remedies against the European Arrest Warrant and its use for minor crimes;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 44 a (new) 44a. Is extremely worried at the situation of democracy, rule of law, checks and balances, media and fundamental rights in some of the Member States and notably at the practice by those in power of selecting, appointing or firing persons for independent positions such as Constitutional Courts, the judiciary, public broadcasting media heads and media regulatory bodies, ombudsmen or commissioners, on the basis of mere party politics instead of competence, experience and independence;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to distribute information on the right to diplomatic and consular protection; calls on Member States to cooperate actively in order to secure the protection of EU citizens outside the EU, including in times of crisis or disaster;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 a (new) 45a. Calls the Commission to entrust the FRA with the task of issuing an yearly report monitoring the situation of media freedom and pluralism in the European Union;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 b (new) 45b. Points out the need to launch effective information campaigns that promote EU citizenship rights among young people such as setting up an ‘active citizenship programme’ in schools and universities;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 b (new) 45b. Expresses serious concern over the situation of detainees in the European Union; calls the Commission, the Council and the Member States to come up with proposals, together with the Council of Europe and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, to ensure that prisoners’ rights are respected and that reinsertion in society is promoted; calls for the implementation of its requests contained in its resolution of 15 December 20111 on detention conditions in the EU and notably for a legislative initiative on minimum common standards of detention in the EU and for the appropriate monitoring mechanisms; 1 P7_TA(2011)0585
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Welcomes the designation of 2013 as the European Year of Citizens and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that information campaigns on European citizenship and the rights connected to it are carried out;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 c (new) 45c. Calls for the strengthening of democratic and judicial oversight of secret services at national level, which is extremely urgent and necessary, as demonstrated by their involvement with extraordinary renditions and with CIA flights and prisons and as recent worrying events in Germany and France, among others, have shown; calls for the EU to strengthen its oversight in relation to the collaboration at European level between these agencies, including via EU bodies, and between these and third states;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 d (new) 45d. Underlines the need for swift reform of the European Parliament electoral system, ensuring the active participation of EU citizens in the EU’s functioning;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 d (new) 45d. Expresses concern in relation to the events of disproportionate repression by the police in Member States on the occasion of public events and demonstrations, as confirmed by the recent Italian judgment on the G8 in Genoa, and by other reports by NGOs, citizens and media involving many EU Member States; calls for Member States to make sure that democratic and judicial oversight of law enforcement agencies and personnel is strengthened, accountability is ensured and that impunity has no place in Europe, notably when acts of torture or inhuman or degrading treatments are committed;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 e (new) 45e. Calls on the EU and the Member States to increase public awareness of the Citizens’ Initiative, a tool for direct democracy aimed at enhancing the Union’s democratic functioning;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 e (new) 45e. Calls for the respect of dignity at the end of life, notably by ensuring that decisions expressed in living wills are recognised and respected;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 f (new) 45f. Believes that current policies on drugs have not reached their stated objectives and that the current prohibitionist approach based on criminalization and imprisonment creates stigmatization and marginalization; calls for the revision, at national, European and international level, of laws and policies on drugs on the basis of a new alternative approach based on fundamental rights, medical care and harm reduction;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 45 g (new) 45g. Expresses ongoing concern on the situation in Hungary, notably in relation to the new Constitution, government control on the media and the judiciary, restrictions to LGBTI rights and freedom of expression, discrimination among religious groups and of Roma and other minority groups, criminalization of homeless persons, the situation in the educational system and measures affecting students, the rise in extremism, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, as well as raising tensions with neighbouring states;
source: PE-494.582
2012/08/20
LIBE
46 amendments...
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas respecting and promoting these values is an essential element of the European Union identity and a condition to becoming an EU member and to fully preserving the member prerogatives;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas accession by the EU to the ECHR, as required by the TEU, will allow the acts of the EU to be subject to review by the ECtHR, creating greater accountability for the EU and improving access to justice for individuals;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the effective safeguard and promotion of rights must constitute an overall objective of all EU policies, including their external dimension and whereas observing the duty to protect, promote and fulfil does not require new competences for the EU but rather proactive institutional engagement with human rights;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the EU's hitherto fragmentary approach to human rights has led to calls for a coherent EU human rights policy; whereas no mechanism bringing together the various fundamental rights actors within the EU structure currently exists;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas citizens can enjoy their rights fully only if the fundamental values and principles, such as the rule of law, the independence of judiciary, freedom of the media and the lack of discrimination are respected;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas the gap between fundamental rights and their implementation undermines the credibility of the EU as well of its Member States and the effective respect and promotion of human rights, within its territory and throughout the world;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas together with Article 2 TEU, Article 7 TEU grants the EU institutions the power to assess human rights in the Member States, to politically engage with the countries concerned to prevent and redress violations;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the effective protection and the promotion of fundamental rights calls for Member States to accept in a spirit of solidarity and of sincere cooperation with the other Member states the EU scrutiny of the respect of EU values in the legislation policies and practices;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas the current economic crisis challenges the principle of solidarity, which is an essential component of the EU history and identity, as well as the underlying bond bringing together the EU citizens as member of the same political community 1; __________________ 1 see notably the Charter articles on social rights as well the relevant specific Treaties articles on solidarity: art. 80 and 122 TFEU.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 General recommendations -1. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to fully assume their responsibilities in relation to the proper and full application of the mandate and competences of the European Union in relation to fundamental rights, both on the basis of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and of the articles of the Treaties dealing with fundamental rights and citizens' rights issues, and notably Articles 2, 6, 7 TEU; believes that this is the only way to ensure that the EU equips itself - as it has done in other areas of common interest and importance, such as economic and budgetary matters - to deal with democratic, rule of law and fundamental rights crisis and tensions that are affecting the EU and its Member States; calls for the urgent strengthening of the European mechanisms to ensure that democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are respected in the EU;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. While welcoming steps by the Commission to ensure that legislative proposals comply with the Charter, notes that there remains considerable room for improvement, as proposals continue to emerge that fail to consider at all, or fail to consider adequately, the impact of proposed measures on fundamental rights; urges the Commission to take tangible steps towards improving the verification of its proposals with the Charter, including ensuring adequate expertise within the Commission's legal service, responsible for checking compliance of proposals with the Charter;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission – and Council, where it initiates legislation – to make systematic use of external independent expertise notably of the Fundamental Rights Agency during the preparation of impact assessments;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to draft an annual report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU, on the basis inter alia of Articles 2 and 6 TEU and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, instead of focusing only on the implementation of the Charter and adopting a minimalist approach; such a report should adopt a more balanced and self-critical analysis, to include not only positive developments but also an analysis of where it could strengthen its approach in the future; believes that such a report should include an analysis of the situation in the Member States, including on the basis of international organisations, NGOs, EP and citizens' concerns in relation to violations of fundamental rights, the rule of law and democracy; recalls that the Commission has a duty to conduct such activity both as guardian of the Treaties and of the Charter and on the basis of Articles 2, 6 and 7 TEU;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on the Council to include in its annual reports on human rights in the world an analysis of the situation in the Member States by taking also in account the measures to be taken to implement the ECtHR judgments and adapt the internal legislation and practice accordingly;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Deplores the insufficient cooperation between the Commission and Council with NGOs and civil society in pre- legislative and legislative processes and calls on the EU institutions to work closely with all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that a sufficient level of funding is maintained in funding programmes dedicated to fundamental rights during the coming Multiannual Financial Framework for NGOs working at the EU level to effectively represent the views of groups in society whose voices would not otherwise be heard at the EU level, such as the elderly, those living in extreme poverty, ethnic and racial minorities, children, LGBT persons, or persons with disabilities;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Call on the Commission to revise the EU legislative acquis by taking into account the light of the rights outlined in the EU Charter; the possible tensions between economic freedoms and fundamental rights should be addressed already at legislative level and not only by the EU judiciary;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 g (new) 4g. Regrets the Commission's apathy in revising the former third pillar domain (police and judicial cooperation in penal matters) in the light of the Charter; recalls its recommendation on the Stockholm Programme asking for a consistent revision of this legislation and reminds the Commission that on 1st December 2014 all that legislation adopted in a totally different constitutional framework will be applied as such in the EU and will unduly affect the rights of the individual under EU jurisdiction;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 1 – the lack of transparency
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 2 – the lack of transparency
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – indent 2 a (new) - the lack of transparency and openness, as well as of appropriate respect, protection and promotion of fundamental rights and of democratic and parliamentary oversight, in international negotiations, which has led the EP to reject international agreements such as, inter alia, ACTA, which shall lead EU institutions and Members States to change their current practices and respect citizens' rights;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Proposes to ensure continuous channels of information sharing on fundamental rights in the EU between the relevant bodies and within the EU institutions, and EU agencies, and to hold a yearly interinstitutional forum to discuss for assessing the situation on EU fundamental rights; considers that such a forum should be a preparatory step of the EP annual debate on fundamental rights and on the development of the European area of freedom security and justice; considers that such an interinstitutional forum should convene representatives of the Commission, the Council Working Group on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP), of the EP´s Committee of Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on Petitions (PETI), the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Regional Development, as well as representatives of the European Ombudsman, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), EUROFOUND, and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS);
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for the launch of a "European fundamental rights policy cycle", detailing on a multiannual and yearly basis the objectives to be achieved and the problems to be solved; such a cycle should foresee a framework for institutions and the FRA, as well as Member States, to work together by avoiding overlaps, building on each others' reports, taking common actions and organising joint events with the participation of NGOs, citizens, national parliaments, etc.;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Urges national parliaments to enhance their role in human rights scrutiny of EU activities and national implementation of EU law and invites them to hold periodic meetings focused on the strategies to be developed to implement the Charter and the jurisprudence of the EU Courts;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Deplores the unacceptable delays and blockages in the EU's accession to the ECHR,
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considers that the Commission and the Council should create a mechanism to ensure that the EU and its Member States respect, implement and transpose the ECtHR's jurisprudence, since this is a matter of common interest and an obligation in relation to the respect of fundamental rights in the EU;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that participation in international treaties for the protection and promotion of human rights can only serve to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights within the EU and welcomes the fact that the EU has joined the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and will join the ECHR; calls on the Council and Commission to take steps towards becoming party to other international human rights treaties, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Regrets the weak reaction of the Commission to specific violations of fundamental rights in Member States and calls on the Commission to ensure that infringement proceedings secure the effective protection of human rights, rather than aiming for negotiated settlements with Member States following a change in national legislation, notwithstanding the possible de facto continuation of rights violations;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that, in order to maintain the credibility of the accession conditions, Member States should also be continuously assessed for their continued compliance with the EU's fundamental values and the fulfilment of their commitments concerning the functioning of democratic institutions and the rule of law;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls therefore on the Commission to
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines its commitment to use its powers to act as a human rights litigant, in particular to ensure that EU acts respect, protect, promote and fulfil human rights;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls for the revision of the procedural rules of the CJEU and General Court to facilitate third-party interventions, by human rights NGOs in particular;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls for the setting-up of appropriate National Human Rights Institutions in all Member States and for measures facilitating the networking of these bodies across the EU with the support of the FRA; invites the EU institutions and the Member States to develop the capacity of Equality Bodies and Data Protection Bodies, of NHRIs and of FRA as human rights litigants;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points to shortcomings in the current multi-annual framework of the FRA, notably the limited number of comparative evaluation between Member States;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points out that the Paris Principles on NHRIs should be used as a model for reforming the national institutions as well the FRA and calls for the FRA Regulation to be urgently reviewed so that the remit of the FRA is enlarged and aligned following an ordinary legislative procedure by the European Parliament and by the Council to the full scope covered by Articles 2, 6 and 7 TEU and notably to the European Charter implementation by the EU Institutions Agencies offices and bodies as well to the Member State activities; considers that the independence of the FRA should be strengthened, as well as its powers and competences; considers that the FRA Scientific Committee and the FRANET network should submit to the European and national parliaments and publish annually a thematic and more focused report assessing the situation in the EU Member State, as was done until 2006 by the former Network of Experts on Fundamental Rights; calls on the FRA to fully respect Article 15 of the TFEU by making its proceedings open and by giving access to its documents via a publicly accessible register as foreseen by Regulation 1049/2001;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Considers that the FRA scientific committee should be composed of former members of the European and national constitutional Courts, appointed by designation, as follows: a third by the EP, a third by the Council and a third by the Commission; considers that it should play an independent and neutral role in the interest of the EU institutions, as is done by the Council of Europe Venice Commission;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Commission to fully respect the independence and the competences of the FRA and to refrain from exerting undue pressures on the FRA in relation to its opinions on the Commission proposals, as happened recently in relation to the opinion on jurisdiction and applicable law for the property effects of marriages and registered partnerships;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Calls on the FRA to ensure that NGOs that do not respect fundamental rights, tolerance, equality and non- discrimination and promote intolerance and discrimination are excluded from the FRA fundamental rights platform and believes that transparency should be required in relation to the way these organizations are funded and on their activities;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Believes that the Commission should stop stating that "citizens knock at the wrong door", minimizing the competence of the EU in relation to fundamental rights and turning down requests of citizens; stresses that the Commission must take note of citizens' concerns on violation of fundamental rights, make them aware of how to exercise their right of access to justice and enforce their rights in the most appropriate, relevant or competent fora; calls on the Commission to inform those citizens contacting it in relation to fundamental rights violations of these additional or more appropriate possibilities in detail, to keep record of these indications and to report on this in full detail in its annual reports on fundamental rights in the EU and on the implementation of the Charter; underlines that citizens' correspondence is extremely relevant in revealing possible structural, systemic, serious violations of fundamental rights in the EU and its Member States and consequently relevant to ensure the real application of Articles 2, 6 and 7 TEU by the Commission; considers that informal networks, such as those successfully developed for the internal market (SOLVIT), should be established at national and regional level to assist and advise people whose rights risk being violated (such as migrants, asylum seekers, vulnerable people); considers that these support structures for rights restoration and economic and social integration should be a priority for regional funds;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on Member States to collect disaggregated data for all grounds of discrimination, as well as to develop fundamental rights indicators in cooperation with the FRA, in order to ensure properly informed and targeted legislation and policies, particularly in the field of non-discrimination and in the context of national Roma integration strategies;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the Commission to propose a review of the Framework Decision to include other forms of bias-motivated crime, including on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Deplores the fact that not all Member States have properly transposed the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law 1; calls on Member States to prosecute xenophobia, racism, and hate speech; recalls that on December 1st 2014 this framework decision will become fully enforceable as well as all the FD into force at that time; __________________ 1 OJ 2008 L 328 of 12.5.2008, p. 55.
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Calls on the Member States to ensure that offences motivated by racist, xenophobic, homophobic or transphobic intent are punishable within the criminal law system, and that these crimes are investigated effectively, prosecuted and punished, that victims are offered proper assistance, protection and compensation, and that such offences are properly registered;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Stresses that the principles of human dignity and equality before the law are foundations of democratic society; deems
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief, including the freedom of those without a religion not to suffer discrimination as a result of excessive exemptions for religions from laws on equality and non-discrimination;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on Member States to address racial and ethnic discrimination in employment, housing, education, health, access to goods and services;
source: PE-492.760
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2011/2111(INI) EU foreign policy towards the BRICs and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies
2011/10/11
AFET
5 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas, with the process of consolidation of strong economic and foreign policy powers such as the BRICS, a multi-polar system has emerged, where global leadership is increasingly shared amongst several countries and regional blocks of countries; whereas such a multi- polar system entails a progressive shift in global economic power to the BRICS and other emerging economies and further entails a shift
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the consolidation of the economic and political power of the BRICS and other emerging countries as the world's largest economies may not necessarily be associated with the transition from low-income economies to middle-income economies and, thereby, the emergence and consolidation of a large middle class;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Stresses how the current economic crisis has demonstrated the interdependence between the emerged powers and the BRICS and other emerging countries; points out that stable economic growth of the latter is clearly conditional on stable economic growth of the former; emphasises that political and economic ties between emerged and emerging economies are mutually beneficial and believes that further enhanced political
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Believes that the interdependence between, on the one hand, the emerged powers and, on the other, the BRICS and other emerging powers maintains a relevant economic dimension, but is essentially political, as both the emerged and the emerging powers share an interest in ensuring an effective system of global governance and in tackling together those global stability and security risks which may curb the global growth potential; encourages the EU to develop a pragmatic approach in terms of effective multilateralism with the BRICS and other emerging powers, based on the convergence principle related to common areas of interest;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Believes that, with a view to ensuring effective democratic scrutiny of EU policy- making towards the BRICS and other emerging countries, and in order to facilitate an enhanced interparliamentary dialogue with such countries,
source: PE-473.930
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2011/2157(INI) Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
2011/09/15
LIBE
6 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers it essential that the EU fulfil, through its revised neighbourhood policy, the aspirations of those who fought for democracy and human rights,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Council and the Commission to set up a structured dialogue with third country authorities in order to develop a win-win approach to mobility and progress towards visa liberalisation
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to fa
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Strongly supports the partnership with societies approach and thus calls on the Commission and the Vice-President/High Representative to
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission and the Council to
source: PE-472.228
2011/11/10
AFET
7 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas respect for and promotion of democracy and human rights – particularly women’s rights and minorities’ rights – justice and the rule of law, fundamental freedoms – including freedom of speech, conscience, religion, association and the media –, strengthening of security, democratic stability, prosperity, the fair distribution of income, wealth and opportunities, the fight against corruption and the promotion of good governance are founding principles and aims of the EU which must constitute common values at the core of the ENP review,
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the proposal for a European Endowment for Democracy, which is a timely response to the clamour for democracy by the populations of our neighbouring countries; underlines that it should be based on the principles of transparency and flexibility and should complement already-existing EU Instruments and the exemplary work of longstanding European political or non- political foundations; stresses that its scope and organisation should be clearly defined and that its structures and procedures should be light and straightforward; calls for a truly political steering committee to be established with the participation of the European Parliament, which should also be involved in the ongoing control mechanisms, in order to ensure a better supervision and due-time coordination, as well as in the ex-post control mechanisms;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to provide a clear methodology and detailed benchmarks to assess the democracy record of these countries and to deliver regular sufficiently detailed reports, which should be the basis for the allocation of funds under the new performance-based approach ‘more for more’; insists that these reports gather the information through continuous performance- measurement mechanisms, which would allow a degree of flexibility and adaptability of the procedural and technical aspects of the reform agenda, in order to ensure the efficiency of the resource management; asks for these reports to be presented annually to its Committee on Foreign Affairs; insists on the need to systematically include civil- society organisations at all stages of the review process;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Invites the EEAS and the Commission to elaborate a sanction mechanism in case of violations of human rights or "deep democracy" principles, based on the "less for less" approach;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. States that differentiation should be applied to trade, invites ENP partner countries to move forward on creating the conditions that will allow the establishment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) and calls on the EU to assist them in their reform efforts and to open its internal market accordingly; underlines that the EU should also assess the political, social and environmental circumstances of each country with reference to their participation in the future DCFTA; stresses out that the trade ties, especially DCFTAs, should be, through their requirements, viewed as means to enhance the commitment towards democratic values of the ENP countries, as part of the conditionality principle;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Welcomes the reference to Article 49 of the TEU and believes that all partner countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) have a legitimate right to strive for EU membership; believes that the conclusion of association agreements does not exclude this perspective but can, on the contrary, be an important step towards further European integration; underlines that the EU institutions should have a coherent and united response towards the EaP countries’ integration perspective;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Emphasises that the allocation of resources should be based on a limited number of clearly defined priorities, taking into account partner countries’ needs and based on clear conditionality; underlines that budget support should be used only where there are guarantees for sound budgetary management and that the full range of available tools should be used to better reflect the priorities; outlines, in this context, the need for enhanced public procurement legislation and public finances management of the ENP countries;
source: PE-472.271
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2011/2182(INI) EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
2011/11/18
LIBE
12 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that EU citizenship is the fundamental status of Member States' nationals; underlines th
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned about the poor implementation
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that some categories of persons encounter discriminatory obstacles in the exercise of the right to free movement, notably LGBT persons in same-sex unions, transgender people, third country family members and Roma;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission to issue clear guidelines and bring infringement proceedings against those Member States that violate articles 2 and 3 of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States by denying same-sex spouses, same-sex and different-sex registered partners, or same-sex and different-sex partners in a durable and attested relationship and their families the right to free movement and residence, or the facilitation thereof, calls on the Commission to examine the implementation of Directive 2004/38/EC fully in conjunction with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and initiate infringement proceedings against Member States that discriminate against persons in same-sex unions, transgender people, third-country family members and Roma;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls the Commission to come up urgently with an ambitious proposal on the full mutual recognition of the effects of civil status documents across the EU so as to finally overcome the legal and administrative obstacles citizens face when moving in the EU, including same- sex spouses, different-sex and same-sex registered partners, or same-sex and different-sex partners in a durable attested relationship and their families, including their children;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Regrets that citizens of Roma origin are often targeted by Member States for expulsion, in violation of the Free Movement Directive and of the Race Directive, and subjected to collective expulsion procedures, such as in the case of France in 2010; underlines that Roma integration and inclusion is still pending issue in the EU agenda and in this regard calls on the Commission to urge Member States to treat Roma minorities equally and deepen their efforts in the areas of unemployment, housing health, education, free movement, anti- discrimination and fundamental rights; urges the Member States especially to focus on social inclusion of the Roma children;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that a large number of EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own are not fully and effectively informed about their rights; calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to focus their efforts in enhancing their information systems especially in areas EU citizens initially encounter problems, denial or restriction of their EU rights such as residence, work, social rights, health, marital status, consumer rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States to make the most of the upcoming European Year of Citizenship 2013 so to ensure that information campaigns on European citizenship and the rights connected to it are carried out and calls on the Commission to strengthen its activity of monitoring and support to citizens in facing violations of citizens' rights and overcoming them so to ensure that the European Year allows for concrete progress in citizens' lives;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Regrets that the administrative procedures in some Member States are too time consuming and thus sometimes are equal to a denial of EU citizen's rights; calls on the Commission to be more proactive on infringement procedures in this area ;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Notes with regret that the Commission has not been
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to make a comparative study on European citizenship, national citizenship, electoral rights to identify differences, divergences and gaps that could impact unfairly or disproportionately certain categories of persons in the EU (stateless persons, EU and non-EU citizens, Roma, etc) and accompany it with appropriate recommendations to overcome discriminations that are contrary to the values of the EU;
source: PE-475.993
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2011/2185(INI) Annual report on human rights in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter including implications for the EU's strategic human rights policy
2012/02/22
AFET
13 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) - having regard to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the activities of the Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders as well as the EU guidelines on Human Rights Defenders,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) - having regard to the EU Guidelines on the protection of the rights of the child and the guidelines on children and armed conflict, as well as many previous European Parliament resolutions touching on these issues,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas democracy
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas non-governmental organisations are essential to the development and success of democratic societies and the promotion of mutual understanding and tolerance;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Stresses that the mainstreaming of international justice must include systematically taking account of the fight against impunity in the broader context of trade, development and rule-of-law assistance; stresses that victims and affected communities must be the central concern, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, including women, children, young people and people with disabilities; recommends that the Rome Statute of the ICC be added to the package of international treaties on good governance and the rule of law to be ratified by third countries admitted to the System of Generalised Preferences Plus (GSP+); recommends the consistent inclusion of ICC clauses in EU agreements with third countries;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Recognises the critical role of the Rome Statute system in the fight against impunity through its promotion of the principle of complementarity, whereby States retain the primary responsibility to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute those accused of committing crimes under international law; welcomes the efforts of the European Commission to establish an "EU Complementarity Toolkit"; welcomes the efforts of EU Member States' civil society to support complementarity efforts in countries where crimes under international law and massive human rights violations have occurred, and encourages such efforts to continue;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38 a. Considers that since the "Arab Spring" began, in-country NGOs and organised citizens are playing a critical role in mobilising people and promoting their participation in public life both conducting education and awareness- raising campaigns aimed at informing people of their rights and empowering them to understand and embrace democracy; stresses that, in order to reinforce these processes, priorities on the political agenda for future reforms will need to stem from participatory consultations with in-country NGOs and civil rights advocates;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 51 a (new) 51 a. Calls on all Member States to actively intervene on the issue of the human rights of detainees and the overpopulation of prisons in and outside the European Union;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 61. Strongly condemns female genital mutilation (FGM) as a
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 62 62.
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 66 66. Calls on the EU to encourage governments of developing countries to commit to land reform
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 67. Draws attention to the serious problem that exists in several countries in sub- Saharan Africa of children being accused of witchcraft, resulting in grave consequences ranging from social exclusion to infanticide, and to the ritual murder of children as sacrifices; notes that the State has a responsibility to protect children from abuse and, consequently, urges the EEAS to pay particular attention to the fate of these children in the human rights dialogues with the governments of the countries concerned and in the programming of the external financial instruments;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 67 a (new) 67 a. Notes that the Internet, including social media has become one of the most important vehicles through which individuals exercise their right to freedom of opinion and expression, and that it has played a crucial role in promoting human rights, democratic participation, accountability, transparency and economic development, as well as the positive role it has played in promoting and supporting the revolutions of the Arab Spring;
source: PE-480.864
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2011/2191(INI) Application of Croatia to become a member of the European Union
2011/10/25
AFET
12 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the accession process has significantly contributed to Croatia’s transformation into a solid and mature democracy based on European values; whereas the prospect of accession acts as a powerful catalyst for reform by mobilising the various actors in political, economic, social and cultural life; whereas reform efforts also need to be sustained beyond the completion of the negotiations and accession in order for the country and its citizens to
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas Croatian membership will make the EU stronger, enrich its European culture and heritage and make an important contribution to maintaining the credibility of the enlargement process, while, at the same time, being a good example of how the conscientious implementation of all commitments taken can lead to the achievement of all predefined goals;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas Croatia’s successful accession would have wider regional implications and give positive impetus to the process of European integration in the Western Balkan region; whereas the prospect of EU membership is a powerful incentive for candidate and potential candidate countries in the region on the path to European integration to pursue the necessary political, economic and legislative reforms and the strengthening of peace, stability and reconciliation based on good- neighbourly relations; whereas the EU should reinforce the European perspective for Croatia’s neighbouring countries and constantly encourage these countries to fulfil their obligations on their own route towards full EU membership;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the conclusion of the accession negotiations with Croatia, bringing to an end almost six years of negotiations and several years of preparations that have significantly altered the country’s socio-political, economic and cultural landscape; stresses the need to keep up the reform momentum and considers that this process is not complete but should continue with the same vigour and hard work after the conclusion of negotiations and beyond accession; expresses its strong confidence in the positive results of this process which will strengthen the support and trust of Croatia’s citizens in EU membership;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Strongly believes that the conclusion of the accession negotiations is proof of the credibility of the EU’s enlargement process; underlines that the progress on the road to membership reflects the fact that accession prospects continue to promote political and economic reforms and that European integration serves as a means of reconciling countries even beyond EU borders;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor further preparations for accession with rigour and objectivity and to help the Croatian authorities fulfil their commitments and obligations entered into in the negotiations; is of the view that the pre-accession monitoring mechanism is a way to provide Croatia with additional support in its continued reform efforts;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need to focus in particular on commitments undertaken in the area of the judiciary, fundamental rights, freedom and security, including the protection of freedom of the media as one of the crucial instruments of democracy, as well as the continued implementation of judicial reform and efficiency, impartial handling of war crimes cases, the fight against corruption, border management, police cooperation, the fight against organised crime, judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, as well as on commitments in the area of competition policy with a view to the restructuring of the shipbuilding and steel industries;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need to focus in particular on commitments undertaken in the area of the judiciary, fundamental rights, freedom and security, including the continued implementation of judicial reform and efficiency, impartial handling of war crimes cases, the fight against corruption, border management, police cooperation, the fight against organised crime, judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, as well as on commitments in the area of competition policy with a view to the adequate and efficient restructuring of the shipbuilding and steel industries;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers it one of the highest priorities to combat corruption, particularly high- level corruption, corruption at every level of the judiciary, law-enforcement agencies and the public administration, as well as large-scale corruption, which must be pursued with determination at all levels, by rigorous enforcement of the law and successful prosecutions; calls on the Croatian authorities to further strengthen the administrative capacities of anti- corruption bodies by following EU best practice and foster a culture of political accountability;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers it one of the highest priorities to combat corruption, particularly high- level corruption, corruption at every level of the judiciary, law-enforcement agencies and the public administration, as well as large-scale corruption, which must be pursued with determination at all levels, by rigorous enforcement of the law and successful prosecutions; calls on the Croatian authorities to further strengthen the administrative capacities of anti- corruption bodies and foster a culture of political accountability as a prerequisite for building and strengthening the rule of law;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages the Croatian authorities to continue their efforts to combat discrimination and to enforce the anti- discrimination legislation as well as to address resolutely cases of hate crimes, racial threats and intolerance against sexual minorities; further invites Croatia to continue to act in the spirit of tolerance and take appropriate measures
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for progress in the resolution of outstanding bilateral issues with some neighbouring countries, in particular
source: PE-473.953
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2011/2246(INI) EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU
2012/11/28
LIBE
20 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 – having regard to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, the declarations, recommendations and resolutions of the Co
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 – having regard to Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2010 on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audiovisual media services (Audiovisual Media Services Directive)1
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the European Charter on Freedom of the Press1a __________________ 1a http://www.pressfreedom.eu/en/index.ph p
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 – having regard to its resolutions of 20 November 2002 on media concentration2 , of 4 September 2003 on the situation as regards fundamental rights in the European Union (2002)3 , of 4 September 2003 on Television without Frontiers4 , of 6 September 2005 on the application of Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 89/552/EEC (‘Television without Frontiers’), as amended by Directive 97/36/EC, for the period 2001-20025 , of 22 April 2004 on the risks of violation, in the EU and especially in Italy, of freedom of expression and information (Article 11(2) of the Charter of Fundamental6 , of 25 September 2008 on concentration and pluralism in the media in the European Union7 ,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) – having regard to the Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States annexed to the TEU8a, __________________ 8a Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States (OJ C 83, 30.3.2010, p. 312) known as the Protocol of Amsterdam.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas media freedom is a qualifying criteria for accession of candidate countries to the EU on the basis of the Copenhagen criteria and one of the principles the EU promotes in its foreign policy and whereas the EU and its Member States should consequently lead by example internally, hereby ensuring credibility and coherence;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the EU has competences in media-related fields such as the internal market, audiovisual policy, competition,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L L. whereas concerns arise in relation to the challenges facing the media, notably public service broadcasters in terms of editorial independence, staff recruitment, pluralism, neutrality and quality of information, access and funding, caused by undue political and financial interference, as well as the economic crisis;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that Protocol 29 to the Treaties recognises that the system of public broadcasting in the Member States is directly related to the democratic, social and cultural needs of each society and to the need to preserve media pluralism and consequently foresees that Member States can fund public service broadcasting only insoar as this is provided for the fulfilment of the public service remit and without affecting trading conditions and competition in the Union to an extent which would be contrary to the common interest;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Believes that media ownership and management should be transparent and not concentrated; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure competition so as to address and prevent dominant positions and guarantee the access of new entrants on the market; calls for rules to ensure that conflicts of interest are properly addressed and resolved;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the importance of ensuring the independence of journalists, both from internal pressures from editors or owners and externally from political or economic lobbies or other interest groups; highlights the fact that the right of access to documents and information is fundamental
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on Member States to adopt legislation as to prevent the infiltration of newsrooms by intelligence officers since such practices highly endanger freedom of expression as they allow for the surveillance of newsrooms and generate a climate of distrust, hamper the gathering of information and threaten the confidentiality of sources and ultimately attempt to misinform and manipulate the public, as well as damage the credibility of media;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Supports the practical, bottom-up efforts initiated by European journalists to defend their fundamental rights by instituting a drop-in centre to document alleged violations of those rights (in line with the pilot project (Amendment No 1225) which was adopted by the plenary as part of Parliament's position on the 2013 budget on 23 October 2012);
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Believes that the EU has competences to take legislative measures to guarantee, protect and promote freedom of expression and of information, media freedom and pluralism, at least as much as it has in relation to the protection of minors and of human dignity, cultural diversity, citizens' access to information about and/or the coverage of important events, promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, consumer protection in relation to commercial communications, the right to reply, which are general interests covered by the AVMSD; at the same time, believes that any regulation should be done on the basis of a detailed and careful analysis of the situation in the EU and in its Member States, of the problems to be solved and the best ways to address them; believes that non-legislative initiatives, such as monitoring, self- regulation, codes of conduct, as well as the activation of article 7 TEU when appropriate, shall be better pursued at this stage, as requested by most stakeholders, bearing in mind that some of the most striking threats to media freedom in some Member States come from newly adopted legislation;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to review the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and evaluate extending its scope to minimum standards for the respect, protection and promotion of the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, media freedom and pluralism, and implement the related EU and ECHR jurisprudence, as the directive objective is to create an area without internal frontiers for audiovisual media services whilst ensuring at the same time a high level of protection of objectives of general interest, as the jurisprudence has spelled out the authorities' " positive obligation to put in place an appropriate legislative and administrative framework to guarantee effective pluralism"14a; consequently calls the Commission to institutionalise EU- level cooperation and coordination on the media, for instance by establishing a European regulators' group for audiovisual media services, and to harmonise the status of the national regulatory authorities provided for in Articles 29 and 30 of the A
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to take appropriate and timely, proportionate and progressive measures where concerns arise in relation to freedom of expression, information, media freedom and pluralism in the EU and in its Member States;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure transparency in media ownership and to ascertain whether public funds
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Expresses concern at the lack of transparency in media ownership in Europe and consequently calls on the Commission and the Member States to take initiatives to ensure transparency in media ownership and management, notably by requiring broadcast, print and similar media to submit to national media authorities, company registers and the public sufficient ownership information to allow identification of the beneficial and ultimate owners of media outlets, for instance by further developing the Mavise database;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that freedom of expression is fully respected on the Internet in relation to the provision and circulation of information and warns against efforts by authorities to require registrations or authorisations, or curb content allegedly harmful by them;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Underlines that according to the European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence, authorities have positive obligations under Article 10 ECHR to protect freedom of expression as one of the preconditions for a functioning democracy, as "genuine effective exercise of certain freedoms foes not depend merely on the State's duty not to interfere, but may require positive measures of protection";
source: PE-500.572
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2011/2286(INI) Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America
2012/03/23
DEVE
8 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 – indent 1 – an explicit link between the objectives and the sectoral concentration of bilateral aid in order to strengthen social cohesion, especially through the co-financing of active policies and programmes to reduce inequality in terms of income and opportunities, as well as other more advanced programmes supporting competitiveness and promoting sustainable development, including the promotion of technological and scientific cooperation and innovation, as well as technical assistance, priority access to thematic programmes, moves towards reimbursable aid and scholarship programmes;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Recalls that the Association Agreements and the Multiparty Trade Agreements are a powerful incentive in regional integration; argues that the lack of coherence between policies jeopardises this process;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Recalls that civil society plays a
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Expresses its concern at the social impact of the high levels of crime and violence in the region, in particular femicide; considers it necessary to define a strategy that will tackle its economic, social and political causes;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the definition of a new cooperation policy must take account of the specific priorities and needs of each country and the EU must collaborate with
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas some of the countries in Latin America
source: PE-483.728
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2012/0036(COD) Freezing and confiscation of proceeds of crime in the EU
2012/12/13
LIBE
11 amendments...
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (1)
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (4)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall adopt the necessary measures to enable it to confiscate, either wholly or in part, property belonging to a person convicted of a criminal offence where, based on specific facts
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to enable it to confiscate proceeds and instrumentalities without a criminal conviction,
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that reasons are given for any decision to freeze property, that the decision is communicated to the person affected as soon as possible after its execution and that it remains in force only for as long as it is necessary to preserve the property with a view to future confiscation. Each Member State shall provide for the effective possibility to appeal against the decision to freeze by the persons whose property is affected before a court at any time before a decision on confiscation is taken. Frozen property which is not subsequently confiscated shall be returned immediately to its legitimate owner who preserves the right to an effective remedy if his / her property has been altered by the freezing measure.
Amendment 140 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that reasons are given for any decision to confiscate and that the decision is communicated immediately to the person affected. Each Member State shall provide for the effective possibility to appeal against the decision to confiscate before a court by the persons whose property is affected.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 6. Where the person whose property is affected is a third party, the person or the person's lawyer shall be informed immediately of the proceedings that can lead to a decision to confiscate that property and shall be allowed to participate in those proceedings to the extent necessary to effectively preserve the person's rights. That person shall have at least the right to be heard, the right to ask questions and the right to provide evidence before a final decision on confiscation is taken.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. A confiscation of an economic advantage has to have the effect, that the same economic advantage cannot be confiscated again. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to avoid multiple collections concerning the same economic advantage.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. If the court comes to the conclusion that confiscation would lead to the destruction of livelihood of the concerned person, the confiscation ought to be omitted in parts or completely in consideration of the principle of proportionality.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Each Member State shall take the necessary actions in order to ensure that confiscation does not endanger the injured persons' rights and titles against the accused resulting from his criminal action.
Amendment 156 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to make it possible to determine the precise extent of the property to be confiscated
source: PE-498.052
2013/08/01
LIBE
11 amendments...
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (1)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (4)
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall adopt the necessary measures to enable it to confiscate, either wholly or in part, property belonging to a person convicted of a criminal offence where, based on specific facts
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to enable it to confiscate proceeds and instrumentalities without a criminal conviction,
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 2 2. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that reasons are given for any decision to freeze property, that the decision is communicated to the person affected as soon as possible after its execution and that it remains in force only for as long as it is necessary to preserve the property with a view to future confiscation. Each Member State shall provide for the effective possibility to appeal against the decision to freeze by the persons whose property is affected before a court at any time before a decision on confiscation is taken. Frozen property which is not subsequently confiscated shall be returned immediately to its legitimate owner who preserves the right to an effective remedy if his / her property has been altered by the freezing measure.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 3 3. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to ensure that reasons are given for any decision to confiscate and that the decision is communicated immediately to the person affected. Each Member State shall provide for the effective possibility to appeal against the decision to confiscate before a court by the persons whose property is affected.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 6. Where the person whose property is affected is a third party, the person or the person's lawyer shall be informed immediately of the proceedings that can lead to a decision to confiscate that property and shall be allowed to participate in those proceedings to the extent necessary to effectively preserve the person's rights. That person shall have at least the right to be heard, the right to ask questions and the right to provide evidence before a final decision on confiscation is taken.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. A confiscation of an economic advantage has to have the effect, that the same economic advantage cannot be confiscated again. Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to avoid multiple collections concerning the same economic advantage.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. If the court comes to the conclusion that confiscation would lead to the destruction of livelihood of the concerned person, the confiscation ought to be omitted in parts or completely in consideration of the principle of proportionality.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Each Member State shall take the necessary actions in order to ensure that confiscation does not endanger the injured persons' rights and titles against the accused resulting from his criminal action.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 1 Each Member State shall take the necessary measures to make it possible to determine the precise extent of the property to be confiscated
source: PE-498.052
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2012/2016(BUD) 2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
2012/05/16
LIBE
4 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deplores the cuts proposed by the Commission in the programmes for preventing and fighting crime
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that a significant share of the available funds in the appropriate budget lines should be allocated to answer the EU's growing cybersecurity needs, making full use of possible synergies of existing programmes;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers it necessary to put into reserve: a) substantial parts of SIS II, until proof is received that the increase in funds is wholly justified, b) a part of the staff related budget until the legal proposal for the legal and technical framework for the extraction of financial transaction data on EU territory has been presented and all elements of the TFTP Agreement have been implemented according to its provisions and c) a positive reserve in the programme for Prevention of and fight against crime, in order to support actions to coordinate better the efforts on cybercrime between the different Agencies, including ENISA;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 source: PE-489.474
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2012/2032(INI) Enhanced intra-EU solidarity in the field of asylum
2012/06/19
AFET
6 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Underlines that the principle of solidarity and responsibility sharing, which is enshrined in the Treaties, should be applied not only among EU Member States, but also between the EU and the non-EU countries;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new) (2) Welcomes the external dimension of the comprehensive solidarity framework between member States, as well as of the inter-agency cooperation, as it will inevitably lead, inter alia, to the increase of the protection standards for asylum seekers and the full respect of the asylum seekers’ rights;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) (3) Welcomes the initiative of introducing joint processing mechanisms, which should offer added value with respect to the quality of the decision-making process, ensuring and facilitating fair, efficient and rapid procedures, therefore benefiting both asylum seekers and Member States;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 4 (new) (4) Notes that if joint processing is to lead to common decision-making process, then the concept of common European lists of safe third countries and safe countries of origin must replace the national lists and they must be adopted jointly by the Council and the Parliament;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the proposal for a Migration and Asylum Fund, in particular the external dimension thereof, which must dovetail with other areas of EU external action, in particular its development and external aid policies, and must as well closely cooperate with the external financial instruments, in order to ensure funding optimisation and to avoid any dublications;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Member States to adapt, taking into account the centralised information provided by the EASO, its asylum practices and procedures based on solidarity and burden-sharing principles to the international environment or crises in the third countries;
source: PE-491.333
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2012/2131(INI) Integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination
2012/10/24
AFET
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Supports the Migration and Mobility Dialogues and the conclusion of Mobility Partnerships on the basis of a ‘more for more’ approach
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recommends the introduction of a standard reciprocal social security clause in Association Agreements and, with countries that are not covered by an Association Agreement, the negotiation of an EU-level uniform and reciprocal social security agreement;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that, if well managed, migration – in particular circular migration – is beneficial for the EU and can contribute to better relations with third countries by enhancing better mutual understanding and cooperation through people-to-people contacts;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the EU should enable the European Asylum Support Office to increase cooperation with third countries in order to facilitate the implementation of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and to help them strengthen their asylum systems and national asylum legislation, and encourages cooperation with the UNHCR in promoting effective implementation of the Geneva Refugee Convention;
source: PE-498.060
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2012/2145(INI) Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2011 and the European Union's policy on the matter
2012/02/10
AFET
12 amendments...
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the lessons learned from the Arab Spring events must continue, to provide impetus for the EU to review
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas violations of freedom of
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Regrets that selective justice frequently manifests itself in new and transitional democracies under the guise of the rule of law and war on corruption; regrets that
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Underlines, further to the Arab Spring, the importance of developing a coherent and nuanced EU policy on transitional justice, including the linkage to the ICC as a court of last resort, to help countries in transition address the past human rights violations
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Emphasises, in view of principles of international humanitarian law spelled out in the 1907 Hague Regulations (arts 42-56) and the Fourth Geneva Convention (GC IV, art. 27-34 and 47-78) as well as in provisions of Additional Protocol I, the need for the EU to ensure that those partners falling under the category of occupying power, respect their duties towards the population in occupied territories; reminds that according to international humanitarian law, public health standards, provision of food and medical care to the population under occupation must be granted by the occupying power; reiterates that any transfer of civilian population of the occupying power into the occupied territory is prohibited, and that the accused of criminal offences must be provided with proceedings respecting internationally recognized judicial guarantees, such as being informed of the reason for their arrest, charged with a specific offence and given a fair trial as quickly as possible.
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Welcomes the enhanced EU outreach to civil society, and emphasises the need for civil society to contribute more systematically and regularly to the
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Remains extremely concerned at the lack of democracy, rule of law, fundamental freedoms and the respect for human rights in Belarus, the only European Neighbourhood country not to fully participate in the Eastern Partnership and the work of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, especially in the aftermath of the presidential elections in December 2010 and the subsequent violent crackdown on protesters and political opposition, including trials of activists 2011 which did not conform to international standards and saw disproportionately harsh sentences handed down; commends the EU's unity in response to the expulsion of EU diplomats from Belarus in February 2012; urges the Union and all of its Member States to remain coherent and consistent in their policies towards Belarus, and to keep up the pressure on the political regime, including through sanctions, while reaching out to civil society through such tools as enhanced visa facilitation and increased education, trainings and other exchange opportunities;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Urges the EU to apply the same consistent approach towards human rights abuses in all third countries, both partner countries and countries with which the EU has a less-developed relationship; insists that the EU be vocal in pointing out and condemning human rights violations whenever and wherever they occur, regardless of the level or strategic importance of partnership with the country concerned; emphasises that the EU should use financial aid and economic relations as a leverage mechanism to ensure the commitment to the universal values of human rights of all its partners;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Underlines that a longer-term approach covering the whole election cycle is required to appropriately follow up on the reports and recommendations of the EU Election Observation Missions; stresses the importance of drawing up realistic and achievable recommendations and of ensuring that these recommendations are monitored by the EU delegations; considers that Parliament's standing delegations and the joint parliamentary assemblies should also play an enhanced role in following up these recommendations and analysing progress with regard to human rights and democracy; outlines the fact that the transition to democracy, as well as the progress in promoting human rights, is requesting long-term strategies and may not be visible in short run, therefore encourages the Commission and the EEAS to deeply monitor more than one election cycle by deploying EU Election Observation Missions to countries that move from authoritarian regimes to democratic regimes or the ones that register serious democratic sideslips;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 56 56. Reiterates its support for the implementation of the concept of democratic ownership in EU development cooperation, and considers the role of civil society crucial in that context; emphasises the need for all EU staff to work closely with civil society in the countries of their posting; outlines the fact that a closer cooperation with the civil society would considerably contribute to drawing up feasible and realistic human rights country strategies, tailored to the priorities of these countries;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 72 72. Notes with concern that indigenous people are in particular danger of being discriminated against, and that they are especially vulnerable to political, economic
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 77 77. Notes that in their Trio Presidency programme, Poland, Denmark and Cyprus made a commitment to actively support all initiatives relating to efforts to combat violence against women, domestic violence and female genital mutilation, in particular its cross-border aspects; reiterates the need for coherence on EU internal and external policies on these issues, and urges the Commission to make it a priority to end violence against women and girls, as well as feminicide, and, through the allocation of appropriate financial resources, to support targeted and innovative programmes both within the EU and in third countries; encourages the EU and its Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;
source: PE-496.431
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2012/2223(INI) EU's mutual defence and solidarity clauses: political and operational dimensions
2012/03/10
LIBE
3 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on Member States to increase their capacities to respond to the obligations under the Solidarity Clause to "act jointly" and to "assist"';
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to use a broad definition of disasters and attacks, also taking into account cyber terrorism
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Points out that all responses to a terrorist attack or a natural or man-made disaster as well as actions to prevent them must be proportionate and respect the fundamental rights of EU citizens, including the protection of their personal data;
source: PE-496.574
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2012/2285(INI) Annual report 2011 on the protection of EU's financial interests - Fight against fraud
2013/04/18
AFET
3 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes with concern that, owing to the ongoing economic crisis, the Commission does not foresee increased EU funding for law enforcement authorities in Member States, aiming at a better protection of EU financial interests, in the context of its new comprehensive EU strategy; considers that this strategy should be a coherent and comprehensive response aiming to decrease the smuggling and increase collected revenues and therefore ensure that such an investment pays off in the future;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the Action plan to fight against smuggling of cigarettes and alcohol along the EU Eastern border, and notes that this illegal activity is leading to important financial losses for the EU budget and for the budgets of the Member States (estimated at EUR 10 billion/year); emphasises that this activity serves as an important source of financing for internationally structured criminal organisations, and outlines, therefore, the importance of strengthening the external dimension of the aforementioned Action plan, which foresees supporting enforcement capacity in neighbouring countries, providing technical assistance and training, raising awareness, stepping up operational cooperation, such as Joint Customs Operations (JCO), as well as sharing intelligence and enhancing international cooperation;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes anti-fraud policies at EU level that include a higher degree of cooperation with third countries, such as the Anti-fraud Transit Information System, which grants access to EFTA countries, the Mutual Administrative Assistance (MAA) and related anti-fraud provisions with third countries, the Joint Customs Operations (JCO) that took place in 2011, such as Fireblade with Croatia, Ukraine and Moldova and Barrel, with Croatia, Turkey, Norway and Switzerland; welcomes the results of these actions and their financial impact;
source: PE-510.501
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