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Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2017/2125(INI)

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Amendments (21)

Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
— having regard to the reports by national, European and international NGOs,deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the aberrant governance practices seen in some Member States reflect a selective approach to the benefits and responsibilities of EU membership, and whereas the refusal by those Member States to fully uphold EU law, the separation of powers, the independence of the judiciary and the predictability of State actions is undermining the credibility of the EU as a legal area;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the dangers faced by refugee and migrant children include separation from their families, detention, sexual and gender-based violence, exploitation and physical and psychological damagerights of children must be respected according to national law of the Nation States;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas the ongoing wave of terrorist attacks across the EU has fuelled widespread mistrust of Muslim migrants, and whereas certain political parties are employing the rhetoric of cultural isolationism and hatred of those who are different;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas the systematic use of states of emergency and border controls does very little to deter terrorists, who have all, thus far, been long-term residents of EU Member Stateose who have been long-term residents of EU Nation States but follow radical Islam, must be observed and the right to residence inside the EU must be revoked if a threat to the national security of any Nation State exists;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas hate speech includes all forms of expression which propagate, encourage, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or other forms of hatred based on intolerance; whereas the development of new kinds of media is making it easier to engage in online hate speech;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas there is a risk that the increased levels of hatred, xenophobia and Afrophobia, whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, anonymous messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, will come to be seen as normal in the Member States;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas , as the Council of Europe has stated, the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Asserts that neitherthe concept of national sovereignty norand subsidiarity can justify or legitimise the systematic refusal on the part of a Member State to comply with the principles of governance which inspired the introductory articles of the European Treafor all Nation States must be respected at all times;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the Commission’s efforts to ensure that all Member States fully uphold the rule of law, but also the ineffectiveness of the instruments used thus far; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should no longer be regarded merely as a hypothetical tool, but should be employed if all other remedies have failed;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the EU needs a common approach to governance, which does not yet exist, and which must be developed by pooling experiences of European governance;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that in its resolution of 25 October 20161 it recommends the establishment of a European mechanism for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; points out that this mechanism would be central to the coordinated European approach to governance which is currently lacking; _________________ 1_________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0409. Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0409.
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to put forward a proposal to establish such a mechanism, as the resolution of 25 October 2016 calls on it to do;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Takes the view, therefore, that a clear distinction should be drawn between migrants who can legitimately claim refugee status and those who cannot; calls for migrants to be identified and for their requests for entry into the EU to be processed before they comebefore attaining entry into the EU;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly condemns the upsurge in the trafficking of human beings in Africa and towards Europe, the perpetrators of which – including official and governmental players, as well as NGO's – should be made to feel the full force of the law;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Takes the view that the existing legal channels should be available for migration, including from Africa, but not for all the men and women hoping to come to Europe; takes the view that the best way to protect the rights of persons who cannot legally enter Europe would be to bring about the rapid and robust development of Africa, which Europe could promote by stepping up its involvement on the African continof Nation States that are already available for migration are sufficient;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for measures to be taken as a matter of priority in all the Member States to give immigrant children access to education, language learning, healthcare, good living conditions and the opportunity to be reunited with their family;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation of women and the rights of women in the EU, be they immigrants, victims of abuse or modern slavery, alone or accompanied by children; points out that the EU and the Member States must set an example in this regard;
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Expresses concern at the rhetoric of hatred and fear directed at migrants entering Europe and the upsurge in anti- Islamic, anti-Semitic and anti-African rhetoric;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social networks and the anonymity guaranteed by many different media platforms encourage many forms of expression of hatred, from jihadist preaching to anti-Islam speech, and calls for this phenomenon to be curbed through closer monitoring and the identification and prosecution of the authors of statements or words incompatible with European culture and law;deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.deleted
2017/11/20
Committee: LIBE