Activities of Kristina WINBERG related to 2017/2256(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area (debate) SV
Amendments (27)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Schengen area is a unique arrangement, and one of the greatest achievements of the European Union, allowing free movement of peoplellowing free movement, both legal and illegal alike, of people and goods within the Schengen area without controls at internal borders; whereas this has been made possible through the proposal of a variety of compensating measures with very varying degree of success, such as re- enforcing the exchange of information through the establishment of the Schengen Information System (SIS) and creating an evaluation mechanism to verify the implementation of the Schengen acquis by Member States and foster mutual trust in the functioning of the Schengen area; whereas mutual trust also demands solidarity, judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters and common views on migration, visa and asylum policiesthe ability to uphold the external border in a secure manner, that so far has failed;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in recent years several factors have impacted theseveral years a multitude of factors have led to the non- functioning of the Schengen area; whereas these factors include a significant numbers of asylum seekers and irregularllegal migrants with related illegal secondary movements, some on a massive scale; whereas these factors also include terrorism and a heightened threat to public policy andthe citizens and cultures of Europe as well as the internal securtability of the Member States; whereas several Member States have also reintroduced and subsequently prolonged controls at internal borders since 2014;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Commission has proposed a series of ineffective measures with a view to restoring the so called “normal functioning of the Schengen area; whereas the proper functioning of the Schengen area depends on the adoption of such measures and on their implementation, in particular by M” a function that has over many years proven to be a detriment to the safety of European citizens and the democratic way of life in many member Sstates;
Amendment 27 #
D. whereas the permanent reintroduction of border controls would have serious impacts on citizens’ lives and seriously undermine their trust in European integration; whereas Schengen countries would face tremendous direct operational and investment costs, with crippling effects on their economies; whereas the estimations of those costs alone amount to more than EUR 18 billion per year for cross-border workers, tourists, road freight transporters and public administrationare imperative in order to safeguard citizens’ lives and protection of European cultures and values. Any costs incurred by these border controls is by far outweighed by the value of safeguarding life, health and the protection of democratic societies;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Schengen area is at a crossroads and requires decisive action to bring back the benefits it provides to the citizencurrently has shown its limitations and is unfit for the purpose of protecting European lives, health, prosperity and democratic values;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the support and capacity-building measures taken in the countries of origin to address the root causes of irregularllegal migration; considers it crucial that adequate maritime search- and-rescue aspects anny pull-factors enabling illegal migration such as lard scapabilities are embedded into all operational planning and execution, as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014le rescue operations that brings illegal migrants and refugees to Europe must cease immediately;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers cooperation with third countries, in particular in the context of development policy and readmission agreements, as one of the most essential elements in finding the solution to irregularllegal migration;
Amendment 92 #
6. Notes the work done in the field of cross-border police and law enforcement cooperation and the work of EUROPOL, in particular the European Migrant Smuggling Centre, to counter trafficking in human beings and illegal migration through intelligence, information exchange and joint investigations;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Sees greatFails to see the value in the renewed Schengen evaluation mechanism as it promotes transparency, mutual trust and accountability between the Member States by scrutinising the way they implement the different fields of the Schengen acquiSchengen already has shown its core weakness;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the current state of Schengen and the issues it has encountered are notpartly due to problems in the structurethe very concept of and construction of Schengen itself but rather to the connected fields of the acquis, such as shortcomings in the area of the Common European Asylum System, including the Dublin Regulation, and control of the external bordersas well as the inability to control both internal and external borders; especially as manifested during the illegal migration crises of 2015;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses great concern regarding the implementation of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation ((EU) 2016/1624) and underlines the need for Member States to comply with the requirements stipulated in the regulation, in particular regarding the commitments to the rapid reaction equipment pools it infringes on the sovereign rights of EU member states;
Amendment 129 #
12. CondemnFully supports the continued reintroduction of internal border checks as this undermines the basic principles of the Schengen area, and expresses doubts about the lawfulness of someso as to ensure economic, prolongations of controls; is also of the opinion that Member States have not taken the proper measures to ensure cooperation with other affected Member States to minimise the effects of these measures, nor have they provided enough information on the results of such controls, therefore hindering the analysis by the Commission and scrutiny by Parliament; considers the economic, political and social impacts of this practice to be detrimitical and social prosperity by defending safety, rule of law and democratic values. Refutes the Commission notion that targeted police controls is sufficiental to the unity of the Schengen area and harmful to the prosperity of European citizens; recalls that Member States have other tools available, namely targeted pocounter the threat to citizens and the democratic way of licfe controls, as recommended by the Commission;in EU member states.
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Appreciates, as part of efforts to restore the normal functioning of Schengen, the proposal to amend the Schengen Borders Code; recalls that these changes should merely reflect the new challenges and diffuse threats to internal security and should not be a further avenue for prolonging internal border controlSupports the proposal to either abolish the Schengen policy or at least ensure that border controls can be reinstituted when and for whatever duration each EU member states see fit; with no ability from the EU to directly control or influence these decisions; considers that these steps are to be made carefulshould be implemented swiftly in order not to inflict further irreversible damage on the basic idea of free movementvarious societies affected;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that all the Member States shouldmust do their utmost to ensure a high level of control at their external borders as long as the current dysfunctional Schengen policy is in place by allocating sufficient resources through staffing and expertise, establishing the necessary command and control structures and formulating up-to-date risk analyses in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 for all tiers of command to facilitate effective operations;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that cooperation atthe pull-factors created by some irresponsible EU member states encourages illegal economic migration to such proportions that it is very difficult for the affected member states to fully cope with the inflow of illegal migrants. Throwing suspicion on the diligent work carried out on national level on the ground between different EU law enforcement services, the military, border guards and customs is often inadequate, resulting in fragmented situational awareness and low effectivenessunfair as well shifts the focus, in an unfortunate manner, away from the really issue at hand; how to decrease the pull-factors for illegal mass migration to Europe;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses the urgent need to address the identified critical shortcomings without delay in order to return to the normal functioning of Schengen without internal border controlseither abolish the Schengen policy or reinstate the full right for national border controls as decided upon by each member state without any EU influence;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls onSuggests that all Member States to implement fully the existing regulations and calls on the Commission to act decisively in matters of violations of commonly agreed rules by imposing proportionate and necessary measures on the Member States in question,, however retain the right to fully exercise their sovereign right to border controls as necessary due to the security situation in Europe in order to safeguard the interests of the other Member Statesafety of European citizens and of the Union as a wholeinternal stability of member states;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on theProposes to Member States to make available the necessary information and statistical data to facilitate the national management of resources and capabilities related to border control; calls on the Member States, in particular those directly affected, to prepare and sufficiently test necessary contingency plans to mitigate situations of disproportionate migratory pressure, as well as to increase their registration and accommodation capacity in case of such events; calls on the Member States to improve their capabilities to detect document fraud and clandestine entries;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on thPropose Member States to further develop mutual cross-border police cooperation through joint threat assessment, risk analysis and patrols; calls for the full implementation of the Prüm Convention and adhesion to the European Information Exchange Model and the Swedish Initiative; calls onsuggests that the Member States to improve their national law enforcement cooperation structures and to improve practical cooperation, in particular with neighbouring Member Sstates;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls onSuggests that the Member States to ensure swift and humane return procedures once a return decision has been issued; calls on the Member Sis issued and undertatkes to take specific steps to ensure adequate infrastructure, accommodation and living conditions for arriving asylum seekers, especially taking into consideration the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with minors; calls on the Member States to bring their detention facilities into line withkeep the returnees in humane holding conditions until such time the return can be arranged to hinder illegal secondary movement and the further growth of parallel societies; calls on the Member States to ensure that all their requirements so as to meet capacity demand, and to increase the use of alternative measures to detentionturn procedure arte compliant with applicable United Nations requirements;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to ensure the independent nature of the national data protection authorities, namely by providing sufficient financial resources and staff to fulfil their increasing tasks; calls on the Member States to ensure the necessary audits of information systems and their use; calls on the Member States to enable the rights of data subjects who hold citizenship in a EU member state to launch complaints and request their personal information, and to raise public awareness regarding information systems;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Insists that multipurpose operations be conducted by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency with the aim of responding to the need for maritime search-and-rescue assets (as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 656/2014) to be present in the relevant areas; requires the European Border and Coast Guard Agency to take a more active role in supporting the Member States in coordinated return operations and ensure that all persons recused at sea is brought back to the area or country in which they embarked from as it is of utmost importance that the pull- factors for illegal migration to the EU are drastically decreased;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33