Activities of Helga STEVENS related to 2018/2044(INI)
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Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism (debate) NL
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Amendments (74)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the national security and intelligence agencies of EU Member States and of some third countries cooperate very effectively through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and on a bilateral and multilateral basis; whereas the EU has an established complex of structures dealing wholly or in part with terrorism, notably throughin particular Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), and the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN) through which CTG information reaches European policy makers;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator in accordance with his or her mandate as determined by the European Council ensures the implementation and assessment of the strategy and the coordination of work within in the Union as well as facilitates contact between the Union and third countries; whereas the EU Counter Terrorism Coordinator gives valuable advice to and maintains contact with EU institutions, agencies and Member States;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas Daesh’s sophisticated web communication strategy of marketing terrorism by glorifying it also offers alternative social and cultural opportunities to followers and design copied fromtakes note of the global ‘youth culture’ such as the popularity of online gaming, and thus has a strong appeal to minors;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
Recital AJ
AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content and doing so at a greater pace, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform-agnostic automated tools, such as the database of hashes which can identify online terrorist content in advance with a high degree of accuracy and prevent publication;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AR
Recital AR
AR. whereas decentralised systems and mechanisms for information exchange are managed by the Member States’ authorities and include: the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), for exchanging national criminal record information; the EUnational system for collecting passenger name records (PNR) system requiring airlines to sharepass on passengers’ data withto national authorities for all flights within the EU and between third countries and the EU; the Advance Passenger Information (API) system that collects information on passengers ahead of inbound flights to the EU; and the Prüm framework for exchanging DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registration data;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AS a (new)
Recital AS a (new)
AS a. whereas Advance Passenger Information (API) is collected only for traffic outside the EU, although there is also a great need for API for traffic within the EU, so that maximum benefit could be drawn from investigations for national PNR systems;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BC
Recital BC
BC. whereas the UK government has expressed its intention of leaving the EU on 29 March 2019; whereas the EU and the UK are highly interdependent in the area of security and counter-terrorism; whereas both should be able to continue to share, collect and analyse vital operational intelligence in the fight against serious crime on a level at least equivalent to the current one;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BF
Recital BF
BF. whereas there are differences in the Member States as to the number of competent authorities that can consult the Europol databases or be in contact with Europol without going through the national liaison officers; whereas some Member States lack restricted and safe national police communication networks, preventing their competent authorities from decentralised access, particularly to the Secure Information Exchange Network Application CT- SIENA;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BL
Recital BL
BL. whereas the Schengen area without internal borders is only sustainable if the external borders are effectively secured , illegal migration to the European Union ceases, and protected and internal security measures are adopted to face the risk of serious crimes;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR
Recital BR
BR. whereas the fact that Member States, and more specifically the airport operators on their territory, are not yet obliged to conduct conformity checks on passengers’ personal data on their ticket and ID card or passport or to correct any wrong passenger information that has been sent through, which makes it difficult to ascertain whether the given identity matches the true identity of the person; whereas this is of capital importance for flights within the EU;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BR a (new)
Recital BR a (new)
BR a. Whereas each Member State invests in a PNR processing system while such investment can only bring benefit if the collected data are sufficiently reliable; whereas this can be optimised through the mandatory collection and sending on of birth dates whereby fewer false-positive results will be recorded, which would also reduce the workload of PIUs and lead to fewer unnecessary passenger checks taking place;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW
Recital BW
BW. whereas in certain countries with less developed banking systems the prevalent use of mobile banking services oftenthere are no traditional financial institutions, but the use of mobile payments without bank account numbers, including pre- paid systems, is prevalent, which makes it difficult to identify the beneficiparties of cash transfersconcerned; whereas such transfers of funds by means of mobile banking present high risks for terrorist financing;
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CK
Recital CK
CK. whereas the role of, pursuant to Impact Assessment 8342/18 ADD 2 and the associated proposal of Regulation 2018/0103 (COD), training for customs authorities regarding explosives and explosive precursors at the external border should be better defined, as it currently varies between Member Statesexpanded;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CN
Recital CN
CN. whereas on online marketplaces chemicals can be found by their written name, their formula, or their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) identification number, but in many cases are only listed by their writtengeneric name; whereas there are so many variations to names that it would be easier to identify listings for specific substances if inclusion of a searchable CAS number were also required;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a considers that the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator should continue to play a proactive role in strengthening the EU’s response in the fight against terrorism; insists on a clarification of the status and role of the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator as a bridge between competent EU institutions and national agencies;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States towards more transparency and a common understanding of threat levels; calls on the Member States to swiftly transmit information on the change of the threat level and the rationale behind it;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a calls on Member States to jointly build up stocks of essential medicines to treat fist responders and citizens in the case of an attack where chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear material is used, in accordance with Article 24 (5) of EU Directive 2017/541 on combating terrorism;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, with inadequate sentences being issued forand that serious crimeinals and radicalised individuals are being punished insufficiently or released prematurely or on parole; therefore encourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to ensure effective intervention vis- à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenderin order to sufficiently dissuade such delinquents and habitual offenders from turning into (radicalised) career criminals;
Amendment 741 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the creation of an EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation (CoE PR)’, to be embedded in the Commission with adequate financial and human resources; believes its tasks should include coordination, including of funding, and facilitation of cooperation among Member States, policy-makers, practitioners (by involving former RAN and ESCN structures), exp to ensure cooperation among relevant stakeholderts and researchers in the area of preventing and countering radicalisation, exchange of best practices, lighthouse projects and training, also by partnering with key strategic third countries, through the exchange of best practices, lighthouse projects and training, either to design effective deradicalisation processes or to refute this approach; considers therefore that this centre should also establish methodologies and criteria to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of such programmes and projectsassess such projects, in order to adapt the policy if necessary;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the European Court of Auditor’s report of 2018 on deradicalisation found that the Commission does not maintain a complete overview of EU-funded measures, and that no indicators or targets for EU funds are used to measure to what extent the approach is successful; calls on the Commission to propose a new financial instrument in the forthcoming MFF for preventing and countering radicalisation, which would streamline resources currently fragmented across different funds and programmes and allow for better coordination and visibility as well as higher impactchieve higher impact according to the criteria developed by the EU ‘Centre of Excellence for Preventing Radicalisation’;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to adopt comprehensive national and regional strategies for preventing and countering radicalisation, with adequate financial resources for communities and non-state actopartners at local level involved in the creation and implementation of programmes based on these strategies, and calls for a multi- agency approach; stresses that best results are achieved in partnership with local communities;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to encourage and tolerate only ‘practices of Islam’religious practices that are in full accordance with EU values; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communities
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains and to consistently bplackliste any hate preachers on a national blacklist; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch list so as to better exchange such national information on radical chaplains;
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to increase the offer of higher education opportunities for chaplains in the EU, with accreditinggive legitimacy only to theological education programmes integrating EU values; invites the Commission and the Member States to develop and fund a network of European religious scholars that can spread - and testify to - practicesvarious initiatives that adhere to and convey an interpretation of Islam that areis compliant with EUpresent-day values;
Amendment 818 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 832 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Member States to design a legal framework for mosques and places of worship that provides for prior as well as regular follow-up inspections of finances so that such organisations can be vetted if harmful foreign influences are detected; Urges the Member States to close without delay mosques and places of worship and ban associations that do notupon further inspection do not appear to adhere to EU values and incite to terrorist offences, hatred, discrimination or violence;
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and howso that data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centranaliysed database, set up with all the appropriate guaranteby the competent authorities;
Amendment 857 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and removein as far as possible to ban all religious literature withion their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts; asks for such literature to be removed from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unit;
Amendment 872 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Member States to establish binding procedures for schools for tackling the challenge of radicalised pupils, and to offer training fwith radicalised pupils to report teachers with regard to this; stresses the need for involvement of law enforcement and justice bodies in the process of addressing radicalisationhis in a simple, standardised way for follow-up by the authorities, and to offer training for teachers with regard to this;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve (semi-)automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; requests the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companielarge platforms to remove terrorist content fully within one hour and to introduce csubmitting smallear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist contenplatforms, knowing that they have less resources to detect violations, to an obligation to use best aend removal rates, as well aseavours, and to introduce sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
10 a. Considers that a responsible contact for radicalisation in the prison system might be useful, as the observed information would be placed in the right context and could then be dealt with by the competent internal and external authorities; urges the Member States to examine whether such a legal framework would bring added value in the context of their national security apparatus;
Amendment 984 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges Member States to adopt the approach of ‘information sharing by default’ when it comes to sharing CT- related information, thus exchanging such information as a rule, and refraining from such exchange only in specific cases where circumstances require that it be withheld; examine whether the sharing by default of important (background) information with reliable partners in the scope of CT, barring exceptions imposed by state security, as well as the use of intelligent ICT systems, could bring added value, also considering the manpower that such data analysis would require; therefore calls on the Commission to collect data on the implementation of existing obligations with regard to information-sharing by default, including in the Terrorism Directive;
Amendment 999 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Points out that existing opt-outs by some Member States from police and judicial cooperation measures for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences could endanger the speed and efficiency of terrorism investigations and may have detrimental effects; calls on Member States to abstain fromkeep this in mind and to thoroughly weigh up the pros and cons of opt-outs in this crucial field;
Amendment 1022 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Urges the Member States to ensure that thshare national, local and where relevant regional information available at local or regional level and in their databases is automatically uploadedwith each other and to feed it into European databases, where possible through automated or smart technical solutions, to national systems and, where appropriate, to relevant European databases whilst ensuring data quality standardprevent information from being lost as a result of the fragmentation of jurisdictions;
Amendment 1039 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for private planes, charter flights and travel agencies to be covered by the EU PNR Directive and for air carriers to be obligedin order to collect PNR data;
Amendment 1040 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Calls for private planes, charter flights and travel agencies to be covered by the EU PNR Directive and for air carriin orders to be obliged to collect PNR datasend PNR data through to the national authorities;
Amendment 1045 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Member States to interconnect their PIUs in order to facilitate the exchange of PNR, data and calls on the Commission to propose technological solutions to make the exchange of PNR data less time-consuming and demanding in terms of human resources by automating the processing of requests from one PIU to another; encourages, therefore, projects such as the ISF project led by the Netherlands to develop PIU.net based upony analogy with the established FIU.net; asks the Commission, together with Europol, to support the development of joint targeting rules and risk assessments to be applied by the Member States, in order to enable Europol to search national PNR data with central algorithm consequently to enable Europol to directly query the decentralised PNR databases;
Amendment 1057 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls on Member States to consider creating systems similar to PNR for other international modes of transport such as buses and trains, and for this purpose to take account of arrangements made by the task force chaired by Belgium with the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom;
Amendment 1066 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Calls on Member States to strengthen the Prüm network by updating their national processing systems to adapt to modern information technology; urges the Commission to further develop a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model to link national systems more efficiently via a central routlign these in terms of ICT, not to mention the advisability of containing the fragmentation of competencies among internal services, so that data could be processed faster and thus be exchanged with European partners;
Amendment 1075 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51
Paragraph 51
51. Calls for the delineation of harmonised minimum data quality standards for data input, to be established at EU level and applied across IT systems in order to ensure consistent quality of the data therein; urges eu-LISA to elaborate common indicatorstandards and checks and to develop a central monitoring capacity for data quality for all systems under its competence; calls for the implementation of automated data quality control mechanisms as proposed by the Commission; further recommends that when eu-LISA notes irregularities in its quality reports to the Member States, the Member State concerned should be obliged to correct the data or justify the lack of correction;
Amendment 1080 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Criticises the lack of appropriatealls for an assessment as to whether there is sufficient funding and staffing for eu-LISA, considering its continuously increasing responsibilities; calls for eu-LISA to be reinforced with the additional capacity and resoand for appropriate measurces needed to perform the new tasks efficiently, and for this to be reflto be taken in this respected in the new MFF;
Amendment 1082 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Calls on the Member States that have not yet done so to create national counter-terrorism ‘fusion centres’/coordinationonsiders that a proactive local and, where appropriate, regional policy is a prerequisite for an integral national security policy; Calls on the Member States therefore to create special local safety units, as well as coordinated databases, in order to centralisgainst terrorism, with civil society stakeholders such as social preventive tserrorism-related information and intelligence from all relevant national stakeholdersvices, local administration and local politicians, to discuss all indications of radicalisation, with shared professional secrecy so that stakeholders with a professional duty of secrecy could also contribute;
Amendment 1102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Recommends that Member States provide guidance or a legal framework in national lawthrough legislative action give an indication as to when it is permissible to exchange information between policy and information services, and believes that aligning national standards on this issue is a precondition forwould contribute to an EU-wide solution to the issue of when such information can be used and shared;
Amendment 1116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Calls on Member States and European stakeholders to continue existing operational capabilities and enhance maximum effective cooperationto continue providing sufficient operational capacity in the fields of counter-terrorism and internal securitythrough adequate budgeting, so as to maintain a national security culture that is equipped to deal with the threat in the medium term;
Amendment 1124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Calls for Europol to become a veritable hub for information exchange and cooperation in the field of counter- terrorism between Member States in the EU, and if necessary with a stronger mandate; calls for an ongoing exchange of strategic information on counter- terrorism by national security services with EU institutions via EU INTCEN to support European decision-making by the Commission and Council (TWP, COSI, JHA, COTER, PSC and FAC);
Amendment 1151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Calls onUrges the Member States to make full use of technical solutions to improve sharing of information with Europol, in particular by automating the process of uploading data to the Europol information system for cross-checking purposes, for example by usinginvestigate whether any automated exchange with Europol of important (background) information in the scope of counter-terrorism, as well as the use of intelligent ICT systems, could bring added value, considering also the manpower that the ‘data loaders’ developed by Europolanalysis would require;
Amendment 1160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Calls on Member States to ensure cooperation among all relevant stakeholders with a view to increasing the decryption abilities of the competent authoritithat the decryption abilities of the competent authorities is up to standard in view of legal prosecution, considering the usefulness of electronic communication as proof against suspects who are active in foreign war zones; calls for the swifurgent creation of a ‘Decryption Hub’ at Europol to develop decryption tools and expertisethis capacity, in order to better support Member States;
Amendment 1190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of a legislative proposal that obliges service providers and communications platforms present on the EU market to cooperate when it comes tohelp decrypt encrypted communications if there is a judicial decision to that effect;
Amendment 1197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72 a. Recommends that Member States re-evaluate Directive 2016/680 to address data retention regulations to ensure that Europol and third countries can retain data related to criminal networks and activities older than 3 years to maintain the counter-terrorist agencies’ corporate memory and understanding, and to ensure that previous case work can be utilised in anticipation of a ‘reunion’ of terrorist organisations with organised criminal groups and activities;
Amendment 1200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 b (new)
Paragraph 72 b (new)
72 b. Recommends that Member States re-evaluate Directive2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities and its subsequent directives on the transfer of data to third countries for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences to ensure that Member States, Europol and third countries are able to share data in real time;
Amendment 1221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
76. Encourages the Commission to continue negotiations with third countries on return and readmission and to evaluate whether the Return Directive (Directive 2008/115/EC) provides an adequate legal framework for the return of irregular migrants who pose as asylum seekers but in fact haveith terrorist motives andwho are a clear risk to public security;
Amendment 1229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Calls on the Member States to make it compulsory for airport operators to conduct conformity checks when passengers board a plane in order to make sure that the identity stated on the ticket matches the ID card or passport in the passenger’s possession; and in the case of non-compliance, to modify the passenger information that is sent through;
Amendment 1253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84
Paragraph 84
84. Calls onUrges the Member States to introduce the systematic and swift reporting to EBCGA ofvestigate whether any automated exchange with EBCGA of important (background) information coming from national investigations into incidents and illegal activities at border crossing points and irregular entry/exit movements, in order to create a comprehensive situational pictuas well as the use of intelligent ICT systems, could bring added value when establishing a comprehensive situational picture, considering also the manpower that the data analysis would require;
Amendment 1262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Welcomes Europol’s participation in the law enforcement cell of the US-led Operation Gallant Phoenix (OGP) in Jordan, whereby it processes information obtained from the battlefield (and if possible, the identity of victims) and exchanges it through established channels and procedures with Member States’ law enforcement authorities via the Europol National Units;
Amendment 1269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Encourages all relevant actors to enter battlefield informationcomplete the relevant databases, systematically and without delay, in the relevant databases so as to enable the immediate identification of foreign terrorist fighters when they try to cross the external borderswith information collected in the battlefield so that the information reaches border controls at European external borders and national police and information services in time;
Amendment 1280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88
Paragraph 88
88. Calls forupon the Council to extend the mandate of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia to be extended andinclude the fight against terrorism and to enlarge its territorial scope enlarged with a view to better responding to changing migration patterns such as ghost landings from Tunisia , and for the fight against terrorism to be specifically included in its mandate;
Amendment 1290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 90
Paragraph 90
90. Calls on the Member States to reassess the possibilityInsists ofn a new UN Security Council resolution allowing enabling EUNAVFOR MED/Operation Sophia to take operational measures against vessels and related assets inside the coastal states’ territory which are suspected ofin the territorial waters of Libya, not only to act against vessels that are being used for human smuggling or trafficking, oil smuggling,and for violating the UN arms embargo , but also for terrorism-related offences and oil smuggling;
Amendment 1321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with Member States and international partners, ways of better monitoring financial flows in a targeted way and identifying users of electronic wallets and prepaid cards, crowdfunding platforms and online and mobile payment systems in relevantpolice or judicial investigations;
Amendment 1358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105
Paragraph 105
105. Asks the Commission to facilitateestablish a mapping of national crisis centres or crisis-response mechanisms;
Amendment 1376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110
Paragraph 110
110. Believes that a system must be set up for car rental agencies to check the identitywhereby police services can query the databases of cliar rentsal against police databases, showing only a red or green flagencies, for instance following a court order, to investigate the identity and activity of clients;
Amendment 1384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113
Paragraph 113
113. Calls for economic operators to be registered in order to be allowed to legally manufacture, distribute or sell substances listed in the Annexes, or involving mixtures or substances containing them; calls on Member States to set up inspection systems to identify non- compliance with the regulation by economic operators;
Amendment 1389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
Paragraph 116
116. Calls for standardised naming conventions that would allow economic operators and e-marketplaces to more easily track prohibitedidentify chemicals being posted on their sites; calls on e- marketplaces subsequently to screen postings against these standardised keyword lists, which would prevent listings where the item isof prohibited items;
Amendment 1396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 119
Paragraph 119
119. Highlights the importance of upgrading the regulatory framework on firearms, in order to avoid illicit firearms being trafficked illicitly from both within and outside the EU; calls for the loopholes in the existing firearms legislation to be closed, for example by taking measures to stop the circulation of easy-to-convert blank-firing guns, Flobert guns and alarm pistols;
Amendment 1401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 121
Paragraph 121
121. Believes the Member States should adopt an ‘investigate the gun’ approach, using specialised law enforcement cells and designed to pinpoint the actors and networks involved in this type of trafficking, combined with the checking of the various national ballistic databases;
Amendment 1428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 124
Paragraph 124
124. Calls for the simplification of the EU restrictive measures system, whether sanctions or restrictive measures to meet foreign policy goals, in order to make it an effective tool in the area of CT;
Amendment 1442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 d (new)
Paragraph 125 d (new)
125 d. Recommends that Member States work closely with the United States and Canada in areas of intelligence sharing and joint training;
Amendment 1443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 e (new)
Paragraph 125 e (new)
125 e. Recommends that Member States allocate resources to track and monitor ongoing ideological and dawa campaigns from religious elites and key opinion formers, with particular emphasis towards campaigns emanating from Iran;
Amendment 1444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125 f (new)
Paragraph 125 f (new)
125 f. Recommends that the EU and Member States sanction any State providing proscribed terrorist organisation with sponsorship, safe haven or any form of political, operational, religious, financial or logistical support;
Amendment 1446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
Paragraph 126
126. Calls on the Commission to establishassess whether an EU Coordination Centre for victims of terrorism (CCVT), which should provide timely and adequate crisis support in cases of mass attacks in one or several Member States, would bring added value; considers that the role of the CCVT win such a case could be to ensure the provision of expertise at EU level by promoting exchange of knowledge and best practices;
Amendment 1454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 127
Paragraph 127
127. Calls on the Commission to establish a single on-line platform in all EU languages for the rights of and support to victims of terrorism, which would in such a case be managed by the CCVT, with a single point of contact at each national level including a helpline;
Amendment 1460 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128
Paragraph 128
128. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on the victims of terrorism, including a clear definition of their specific status and rights, and a standardised form to claim compensation and clear duties for insurers; considers that there should be a simplified procedure at national level for granting automatic compensation to victims of terrorism direcshortly after an attack and for sanctioning fraudsters, and that the question ofin order to fulfil the immediate needs of the victim, and that further compensation should be reviewed at regular intervals on the basis of an assessment of the victim’s situation;
Amendment 1466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 129
Paragraph 129
129. Calls on the Member States to establish Crisis Intervention Centres – to be linked to the proposedtask multidisciplinary crisis response centres forthat provide coordination and emergency response – that guaranteewith the implementation of national and local protocols relating to the prioritised swift identification of victims and their immediate management and referral to the competent services;
Amendment 1486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 135
Paragraph 135
135. Calls on the Member States to ensure that all victims of terrorism are entitled to be a civil party in judicicriminal proceedings relating to a terrorist attack concerning them and to take into account the specific situation of cross-border, including foreign victims;