8 Amendments of Balázs HIDVÉGHI related to 2023/2068(INI)
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the Council has yet to adopt a decision; whereas some Member States have been blocking concrete progress on this specific file in the Council due to the absence of unanimity as required under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas Article 83(1) TFEU requires unanimity in the Council to identify ‘other areas of crime’; whereas this requirement proved detrimental to achieving necessary common progress in an area, under Article 83(1) TFEU, the proposal for a directive defining the concept of hate crime can be submitted only after the Council decision has been adopted; whereas the drafting of a sufficiently clear and precise legal text is hampered by the fact that there is no single concept of hate crimes accepted either at European or at international level, and, moreover, the interpretation in this regard differs widely between the Commission and the Court of Justice on the one hand, and the Member States on the other; whereas the common European interest should prevailre were never any identifiable fundamental problems with the current content of Union crimes, until the planned extension – with regard to hate crimes and, in particular, to hate speech – the fundamental problem is that there is no consensus on its content, since that content is impacted in its foundations by the Member States’ cultural determination;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Council to adopt a decision to includecontinue the dialogue with the Member States about the inclusion of hate speech and hate crime as a criminal offence within the list under Article 83(1) TFEU, so that the Commission can initiate the second stage of the procedure;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws the Commission’s attention to the excessively brief and generic formulation, which would give almost ‘carte blanche’ to the extension of the range of European crimes; emphasises that, as a result, it would be appropriate to make clear in the proposal exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred would be worth including under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to submit a proposal which, taking into account Member States’ rules of criminal law and practice, makes clear its position on exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred it would include under Article 83(1) TFEU; asks the Commission to draw up a clear and precise normative text by means of dialogue and negotiations among Member States, thereby ensuring that the expansion of Union competences takes place exclusively in areas where a Union approach can undeniably be more effective than action at national level;