[ParlTrack]

2018/2170(REG)

György SCHÖPFLIN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 211 – title

Public hearings and plenary debates on citizens’ initiatives

2018/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2018/2170(REG)

György SCHÖPFLIN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Parliament's Rules of Procedure
Rule 211 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Parliament shall hold a plenary debate on a citizens' initiative published in the relevant register pursuant to point (a) of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011, at a part-session following the public hearing and shall, when placing the debate on its agenda, decide whether or not to wind up the debatewith a resolution. It shall not wind up the debate with a resolution if a report on an identical or similar subject matter is scheduled for the same or the next part- session, unless the President, for exceptional reasons, proposes otherwise. If Parliament decides to wind up a debate with a resolution, the committee responsible for the subject matter or a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold may table a motion for a resolution. Rule 123(3) to (8) concerning the tabling and voting of motions for resolutions shall apply mutatis mutandis.

2018/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas only 27% of Europeans are familiar with the single European emergency telephone number 112, and not everyone has access to it yet;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the FRA study on “Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union” states that victims of severe labour exploitation who are in an irregular situation of residence are discouraged by their status from reporting to any public authority;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas the FRA study “Making hate crime visible in the European Union: acknowledging victims’ rights” states that an immigrant status enhances the risk of being criminally victimised, independent of other known risk factors;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas the FRA survey “Second European Union minorities and discrimination survey” states that only one out of eight respondents reported or filed a complaint about the most recent incident of discrimination they experienced because of their ethnic or immigrant background;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes with concern that the 2017 FRA paper entitled ‘Challenges to women’s human rights in the EU’ confirms that women and girls experience persistent gender discrimination, sexist hate speech, and gender-based violence in the EU, which severely limits their ability to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society; whereas the report published in March 2014 by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU- wide survey’ shows that one-third of all women in Europe have experienced physical or sexual acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, 20 % have experienced online harassment, one in twenty have been raped and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the signing of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017~~, despite the limitation to only two mandates~~ namely the first comprehensive legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, at international level; regrets that~~, to date,~~ only 1920 Member States have ratified ~~the Convention~~it, to date and calls on the remaining Member States to do so without delay; recognises that when it comes to determining European standards for the protection of women against violence, the Istanbul Convention is the most important point of reference; calls on the Council to swiftly agree on the Code of Conduct, which will govern the implementation of the Convention by the EUurges Member States and the Council Presidency to speed up the EU ratification process;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Exp~~Stresses ~~concern about the risk of misogyny in European societies and its~~ that sexism and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women, have a severe impact on women’s fundamental rights in all spheres of life; calls on Member States to address the key obstacles to gender equality in economic empowerment and political participation, including sexual harassment which hampers women’s full participation in the labour market; highlights the fact that gender stereotypes must be tackled from an early age to effectively address the under- representation of women in work, decision making and politics; calls on Member States to appropriately address this issue in school curriculaeducation at all levels and for all ages on equality between women and men, on non-stereotyped gender roles and on the respect for personal integrity is required to effectively address all forms of discrimination; calls on Member States to appropriately address this issue in school curricula; deplores that women still suffer from inequalities at work, such as lower participation rates in employment, the pay gap, the greater incidence of part-time employment, poorer pension entitlements, career segregation and poorer levels of progression; structural barriers to women’s economic empowerment are the result of multiple and intersecting forms of inequalities, stereotypes and discrimination in the private and public spheres;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Strongly condemns all forms of violence against women (VAW) and therefore calls, once again, the Commission to propose a Directive that introduces common definitions and legal standards on criminalizing VAW with dissuasive sanctions for perpetrators, including measures to tackle effectively sexual harassment and violence in public spaces, at workplace, offline and online; calls on Member States to offer victims full support to report cases of violence against women safely and without fear of consequences, and to ensure appropriate training for professionals dealing with the victims; notes that cases of obstetric violence are more and more reported and that this issue should also be addressed by Member States, in full cooperation with adequate partners such as physicians’ and gynaecologists’ unions and organisations, hospitals and universities;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Encourages EU Member States to take effective s~~Supports demonstrations that took place in several Member Stateps ~~to respect and protect women’s~~in2017, following retrogressions related to sexual and reproductive health rights, including a range of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to life, to health, to be free from torture and ill-treatment, to privacy, equality and non-discrimination; recand strong mediatisation of sexual harassment cases; strongly affirms that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights services, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of violence against women and girls; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on alls thate Member States have the obligation, under international human rights law, to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive healthcare and services; notes that this should include the elimination of laws, policies and practices that infringe upon these rights as well as the pto guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning and the full range of reproductive and sexual health rights services, including modern contraception and safe and legal abortion; calls every Member State to refrain from adopting any legislative reform that would amount to a retrogression of already restrictive legislation on women’s access to safe and legal abortion; strongly reaffirms its support for women’s rights organisations, as they have revcent~~ion of the erosion of existing~~ly been the target of legal protsecutions; ;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Article 1~~9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 13 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child~~1 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrine every individual’s right to hold opinions without interference, the right to freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media, regardless of frontiers;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that public deliberation and debate are ~~the lifeblood of a healthy and functioning~~vital to democracy and encourages, in this context, the EU and the Member States to take further steps to safeguards and protect freedom of speech and assembly ~~as basic principles of democratic processes~~; strongly condemns in this regard ~~the increasing~~any restrictions on freedom of assembly, which the authorities have enforced in some cases with violence against protesters; reaffirms the crucial role of these fundamental freedoms in the functioning of democratic societies and calls on the Commission to take an active role in promoting these rights in line with ~~international human rights~~EU standards;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the fact that whistle- blowing is an essential element in investigative journalism and press freedom~~, and~~; denounces the threats, retaliations and condemnations that whistle-blowers still face in the EU; in this context, recalls its resolution of 24 October 2017 on legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies3; points out that, according to the Communication from the Commission on Strengthening whistle-blowers protection at EU level in April 2018, only ten Member States have introduced comprehensive legislation to protect whistle-blowers; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a horizontal Directive on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law, and calls on co-legislators to swiftly pursue and end negotiations in that regard; __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0402.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the Commission’s decision to establish a High Level Expert Group on fake news and online disinformation; expresses its concern about the potential threat th~~e notion of~~at fake news could pose to freedom of speech and expression and to the independence of the media, while underlining the negative effects that the spread of false news might have on the quality of political debate and on the well- informed participation of citizens in democratic society; stresses that political profiling, fake news and manipulation of the information may be used by parties and private or public entities inside and outside the EU, and may hinder EU and national democratic processes, such as the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal; calls on the Commission and co- legislators to work on legislations that would prevent political profiling and manipulation of the information and that would guarantee data protection, transparency and cybersecurity;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Expresses concerns about the obstacles to the work of human rights defenders, including civil society organisations active in the field of fundamental rights and democracy, including serious restrictions of freedoms of association and speech for those organisations and citizens, and restrictions of financing; recognises the key role of these organisations in making fundamental rights and values a reality for everyone and stresses that they should be able to carry out their work in a safe and well-supported environment; is concerned by the closing down of civil society space; calls on the EU and the Member States to address proactively the root causes of shrinking civil society space and to uphold their fundamental rights; calls for adequate EU funding to protect fundamental rights and support civil society organisations in the European Union, and for the integrity of those funding; invites the European Commission to establish guidelines regarding civil society and indicators on civic space in the EU;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Points out that EU and its Member States should address a~~dequat~~nd combat effectively discriminatory or violent treatment and reactions against the schooling ofand participation of children from minority backgrounds, especially migrant and refugee, and Roma children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion; calls on Member States to structurally address and promote respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights, including children’s rights, in regular school curricula;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to make efforts to systematically ~~record, collect and publish annually comparable data on~~fight ethnic discrimination and hate crime ~~in order to enable them and~~and, along with other key stakeholders, to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy responses to these phenomena; ~~recalls that any data should be collected~~considers that if data on ethnic discrimination and hate crime were to be collected, it should be for the sole purpose of identifying the roots of and fighting xenophobic and discriminatory discourse and acts, in accordance with national legal frameworks and EU data protection legislation;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. CIs concerned by the increased levels of racial violence and hatred, such as Afrophobia, anti-Gypsyism, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, or other forms of hatred based on intolerance whether expressed in the form of hate crimes, messages spread on social networks, protests or political propaganda, that have come to be seen as normal in some Member States; calls on the Member States to continue their efforts to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) 4 and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to tackle persisting discrimination against Roma, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism; points out that the Member States should put forward or review their national integration strategies to ensure that all people regardless of race, ethnicity, religion gender or any other status are empowered to engage actively in the process of inclusion by promoting their social, economic, political and cultural participation in society; ~~__________________ 4~~calls for the adoption of the proposed 2008 Equal Treatment Directive which is still pending for approval by the Council; considers it a condition to secure a consolidated and coherent EU law framework against discrimination; __________________ 4 OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22. OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Condemns incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation, sex characteristics or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls for a zero tolerance approach to any discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, membership of a national minority, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, residence status or health; expresses its concern on the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores the fact that in 2017, LGBTI people were still victims of ~~discrimination and hatred and encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia;~~ bullying, harassment and violence and were facing multiple discriminations including in the areas of Education, Health, and Employment; encourages the Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; Welcomes the implementation of some items contained in the list of actions by the Commission to advance LGBTI equality (2014-2019); calls on the European Commission to maintain an ambitious and multiannual planning in this field in close cooperation with civil society organisations working in this field;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Condemns firmly the promotion and the practice of LGBTI conversion therapies and pathologisation of trans identities; urges all Member States to criminalise LGBTI conversion therapies and to adopt measures that respect and uphold the right to gender identity and gender expression; denounces the fact that several Member States keep imposing requirements on transgender people such as medical intervention in order to have the changed gender recognised and forced sterilisation as a condition for legal gender recognition; notes that such requirements are clearly human rights violations; calls on the Commission to provide guidance to Member States on the best models for legal gender recognition in Europe; calls on Member States to recognise change of gender and to provide access to quick, accessible and transparent legal gender recognition procedures without medical requirements such as surgery or sterilisation or psychiatric consent;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the 112 emergency hotline is fully accessible for disabled persons and that awareness of it is raised through campaigns;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Recalls that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is a legally binding international treaty, signed and ratified by the EU, currently implemented with the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020, to ensure equal opportunities, regarding: accessibility, participation, equality, employment, education and training, social protection, health, and EU external action; underlines that, in its implementation report of the European Disability Strategy in February 2017, the Commission noted that although progress was made, particularly with the European Accessibility Act proposed in 2015, persons with disabilities are still disadvantaged and discriminated regarding employment, education and social inclusion; in that regard, stresses that the objectives of the Strategy remain, that accurate actions should be taken between 2017 and 2020 and that the European Parliament Resolution of 30 November 2017 recommended: compulsory requirements regarding accessibility in public space, minimum percentage for employment of persons with disabilities, guarantees for an inclusive education, including access to initiatives such as Erasmus +, and a particular attention for women and children with disabilities;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Regrets multiple and intersectional discriminations faced by elderly people in an ageing European society; calls on all level of governments to better integrate this dimension when drafting and implementing policies, including in the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Insists that the UK Withdrawal Agreement and any Future Relationship Agreement between the EU27 and the UK must comply with fundamental human rights obligations, specifically in relation to those EU nationals’ resident in the UK who may no longer have these rights protected by the CJEU; Calls for the fundamental rights of EU citizens who moved within the union under freedom of movement to have these rights upheld after Brexit; calls for guarantees to be included in any Future Relationship Agreement; demands legal protection ensuring these rights cannot be removed in the future;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Affirms that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary are essential to ensure the effective functioning of the rule of law in any society; recalls that this concept is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in Article 47 of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, in the principles of equality before the law, the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established before the law;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the rule of law is part of and a prerequisite for the protection of all values listed in Article 2 of the TEU; calls on all relevant actors at EU level and national level, including governments, parliaments and the judiciary to step up efforts to uphold and reinforce the rule of law; recalls that these actors have the responsibility to address rule of law concerns and t~~hat they play an important role in~~o prevent~~ing~~ any erosion of the rule of ~~law, which is not a blind application of law but our democratic acceptance of being ruled by~~ law;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Asserts that neither national sovereignty nor subsidiarity can justify the systematic refusal from a Member State to comply with the fundamental values of the European Union and the European Treaties, which every Member State has willingly endorsed and committed to respect when entering the EU; recalls that having accessed to the EU by complying with the Copenhagen Criteria does not allow any Member State to then breach EU fundamental values and the Treaties; Whereas some governance practices, including the participation of parties promoting racist, xenophobic and other discriminatory ideas, policies and practices in coalition governments, 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;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Recalls that the Commission, as guardian of the Treaties, has the legitimacy and authority to ensure that all Member States are upholding the principles of the rule of law and the other values ~~referred to~~enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; insists that Article 7 of the TEU should be ~~employ~~activated if all other remedies have failed and invites the Council to examine and follow-up any proposals from the European Commission and the European Parliament relating to that procedure;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recalls Parliament’s resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights5 , adopted on 10 October 2016; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit, on the basis of Article 295 of the TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation between the Union institutions and the Member States in the framework of Article 7 of the TEU; ~~__________________ 5~~considers that this Mechanism would be a fair, balanced, regular and preventive mechanism regarding any breach of the values listed in Article 2 of the TEU, that could function as the European Semester on economic policies; __________________ 5 OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162. OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Expresses concerns about persistent fundamental rights challenges in the area of migration, with regard to access to territory, reception conditions, asylum procedures, immigration detention and protection of unaccompanied children;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee that the interoperability of large-scale IT systems does not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children and assisting family reunification;deleted

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Strongly denounces that some Member States do not comply with EU asylum and return legislation and violate migrants and asylum seekers’ rights, such as failing to provide effective access to asylum procedures, failing to give clear information on legal remedies following a return decision, depriving migrants and asylum seekers of food or using automatic and systematic detention;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls on Member States to effectively ensure the right to asylum and to accept relocation of asylum seekers, as agreed in the Council’s decisions in September 2015; calls on the Council to swiftly move on with the Dublin Regulation reform, that it currently blocks, and that prevents the European Common Asylum System from working properly; Stresses that Commission should initiate and Member States should implement a combination of protection- related schemes, such as resettlement and humanitarian admission, and regular mobility schemes to promote legal pathways to the EU for persons in need of protection; recalls that any action undertaken by a Member State, when acting within the scope of EU law, must respect the rights and principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; also calls on Member States to respect the principle of non-refoulement and introduce adequate procedural safeguards to their asylum and border procedures, including safeguards against collective expulsion;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Emphasises that the EU and the Member States should ~~develop credible and effective systems that would make it unnecessary to~~not detain children for asylum or return purposes; stresses the importance of taking the principle of the best interests of the child into consideration in all aspects concerning children as well as of the practical implementation of the right to be heard; recalls that Article 14 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 28 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child guarantee the right to education to every child, including migrant and refugee children, both unaccompanied and accompanied and avoiding separated schooling and segregation; stresses that Member States should ensure that migrant and refugee children are effectively supported through linguistic, social and psychological support based on individual assessment of their needs;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Underlines that Member States take responsibility for making it even more difficult for migrants to arrive in the EU, for any life losses in the Mediterranean Sea, and for externalising EU migration policies; notes that the HCR reported common serious human rights violations and abuses in third countries that the EU cooperates with, such as Libya;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26.~~ Recognises the work carried out by ~~26.~~ different NGOs operating in the Mediterranean in their effort to save lives and provide humanitarian assistance to those in need; calls on Member States to support NGOs instead of hindering their work and calls on the European Commission and Member states to develop and guarantee search and rescue operations; calls on Member States to transpose the humanitarian assistance exemption provided for in the Facilitation Directive with the objective of reducing the unintended consequences the Facilitators’ Package has for citizens and organisations providing humanitarian assistance to migrants and on the social cohesion of the receiving society;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2103(INI)

Sylvie GUILLAUME, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Ana GOMES, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Emilian PAVEL, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Tanja FAJON, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on Member States to introduce specific safeguards to guarantee, if large-scale IT systems are to be made interoperable, that it should not lead to adverse effects on the rights of children or vulnerable persons, such as applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection, or to discriminatory profiling; calls on Member States to ensure that the implementation of interoperability aims at fulfilling a child protection objective, such as identifying missing children and assisting family reunification;

2018/10/05
Committee: LIBE

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the 2018 State of the European Union address of 12 September 2018 by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker,

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Union is an example of supranational integration w~~ithout equal and~~hich has brought lasting peace, prosperity and welfare to its peoples ever since the groundbreaking Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the Union has achieved fundamental transformations, such as the free movement of goods, services, capital and people, the single currency, the Erasmus programme, regional, agricultural and cohesion policies, and Horizon 2020, among many others, that contribute to the well-being of European citizens;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the 2014-2017 period has seen more socially balanced and effective monetary and macroeconomic policies that have contributed to the economic ans social recovery, such as the non-standard policies of the ECB, the flexibility of the Stability and Growth Pact, and the Investment Plan for Europe;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas although Europe has managed to overcome the most critical moments of the economic crisis, important and urgent reforms still lie ahead in the area of economic governance in general and in the euro area in particular, as well as in terms of recovery and development of the social standards of our welfare state;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in view of the multiple current and future challenges facing the Union in a ~~hostile~~ global world, in particular those concerning migration, demographic decline, terrorism, security, climate change, completing the EMU, globalisation, ~~climate change,~~ international trade, foreign affairs and defence, the development of the social pillar, and the fight against anti-EU populism, the objective enshrined in the Lisbon Treaty of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe ~~should~~must continue to inspire the actions taken by the Union~~; whereas these clear challenges can only be addressed if tackled together~~ in order to complete the process of European political integration, so these challenges can be effectively tackled;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas theEuropean Parliament is very concerned about the rise of populist, xenophobic and anti-European movements all over Europe; whereas the Union and its Member States must strengthen their efforts to defend and promote the democratic values, founding principles and objectives of European integration;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the referendum in the UK of June 2016 leading to the UK’s ~~announcement~~notification on 29 March 2017 of its intention to leave the European Union has intensified the debate on the future of the Union; whereas this is reflected, besides in Parliament’s own resolutions on the future of Europe of 16 February 2017, in the Bratislava Declaration and Roadmap, the Commission White Paper on the Future of Europe, the Rome Declaration, the Leaders’ Agenda adopted by the European Council in October 2017, and various contributions by individual Member States or groups of them;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. Whereas the negotiation on the envisaged departure of the UK from the EU have revealed the high level of interdependence of the member states, the degree to which we all rely on joint instruments and policies and the costs of any departure;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas according to the Eurobarometer the EU is at its highest level of popularity since 1983; whereas the latest Eurobarometer survey, conducted between 17 and 28 March 2018, shows that a majority of Europeans have a positive image of the EU (40 %) and that this proportion continues to exceed that of those who have a neutral image of the EU (37 %); whereas just above a fifth of Europeans have a negative image of the EU (21 %);

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the task of implementing greater and better integration requires working in three different and related levels: a) defending past achievements and the acquis; b) exploiting to the full extent the current provisions of the Treaty Lisbon; c) reforming the Treaties in order to improve the institutional decision- making and the balance of competencies;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

J a. whereas the promotion of an European dimension of culture and education are vital for the reinforcement of European citizenship, taking into account that the Union suffers from a knowledge deficit which causes that the Unions achievements tend to be taken for granted by the younger generations;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the Union must tackle the challenges of its future with greater and better political integration, with full respect for fundamental and democratic values, and by working together; agrees with the heads of state and government who addressed Parliament in plenary during the debates on the future of Europe that citizens want a Europe that protects their rights and their social model on the basis of shared sovereignty, and that the problems we face in Europe can only be solved together, thus full political integration is required;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its belief that differentiated integration must remain open to all Member States and continue to act as a~~n example~~ method of deeper European integration, ~~not as a way to facilitate à la carte solutions~~although this must not be confused with "à la carte" method; insists on the need to avoid any perception of the creation of first-class and second-class membership within the European Union in the current debate on the evolution of differentiated integration;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Suggests to render the requirements for establishing enhanced and structured cooperation less restrictive, inter alia by lowering the minimum number of participating Member States and recalls that differentiated integration should not be a way to reduce the political integration;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the crisis has produced an imbalance between the main institutions of the Union, and that the ~~Council, and in particular the~~ European Council, is exercising its own political initiative to the detriment of the Commission’s right of initiative by reinforcing the intergovernmental method;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates that the unanimity, which the Treaties require in some fundamental matters, is an almost insurmountable obstacle in important moments and decisions, and advocates therefore, with regard to decision-making procedures, the principle of qualified majority voting (QMV) in Council and for legislation the use of the ordinary legislative procedure; recalls that under the current Treaties this can be achieved by using the various passerelle clauses or, in the case of enhanced cooperation, by using Article 333 TFEU;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Richard CORBETT, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes in particular the fact that the Commission and some Member States are also contemplating using QMV for the common foreign and security policy, given the importance of speeding up decision- making and making it more effective, and the need for the Union to speak ~~with one voice~~clearly;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Re~~iterates its suggestion to transform~~calls that the Council i~~nto a true~~s a legislative chamber and toreiterates that this should be made more visible to the public by improveing the transparency of its decision-making process; points in this context to the special report by the Ombudsman on the transparency of the Council’s legislative process and the initiative of a majority of national parliaments calling for more transparency from the Council and informal bodies such as the Eurogroup, in line with similar requests made by Parliament in this respect;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Reminds that the number of European Commissioners should be reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon (art. 17 TUE);

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Recalls the need to provide the European Parliament with a legislative initiative power, taking into account that is the only institution directly elected by citizens, and without prejudice to the basic legislative prerogative of the Commission;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8 c. Insists that Parliament’s right of inquiry should be reinforced and that it should be granted specific, genuine and clearly delimited powers which are more in line with its political stature and competences;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Takes note of the report of the Task Force on Subsidiarity, Proportionality and ‘Doing Less More Efficiently’ of 10 July 2018, presenting recommendations on a new way of working; recalls, in this respect, that the effective application of the principle of subsidiarity is one of the ways of combating euroscepticism and underlines the fundamental role of local and regional authorities in the application of Union law;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Pervenche BERÈS, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the joint proclamation endorsing the European Pillar of Social Rights; points out that the competences and tools required to deliver on the pillar are mainly in the hands of local, regional and national authorities, as well as social partners and civil society, while progress in its implementation should receive particular attention within the economic policy coordination of the European Semester; recalls in this context that social dialogue has proven to be an indispensable instrument to improve EU policy- and law- making and that the more it offers a high level of social protection to its citizens, the less the question of its legitimacy will arise;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Points out that horizontal social clause enshrined in article 9 TFEU requires the Union to give careful consideration to the impact of EU legislation on social standards and employment and with a due consultation of social stakeholders,

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Suggests that the coordination of economic policies as provided for in Article 5 TFEU should become a ‘shared competence’ between the Union and the Member States;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Commission communication on a European Minister of Economy and Finance; points out that merging the positions of Commission Vice-President for Economic Affairs and Chair of the Eurogroup could improve parliamentary accountability a~~t European level~~nd the democratic control of economic governance at European level, as well as avoid a duplication of roles that is confusing for the public; recalls in this respect its wish to progressively see the coordination of economic policies, as presented in Article 5 TFEU, become a shared competence;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls for the completion of the Banking Union with the implementation of the European Deposit Insurance Scheme;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Supports the transformation of the European Stability Mechanism into a European Stability Fund, accountable to the European Parliament;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14 c. Reminds the need to issue European bonds in order to generate additional own resources and provide the Eurozone with a European Safe Asset;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14 d. Calls for the development of a European Unemployment Insurance linked to the Euro Area fiscal capacity;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14 e. Calls on the Commission to activate article 116 TFEU in order to circumvent the hijacking of the Council by certain Member States in the field of tax harmonization and calls for the fight against tax fraud and avoidance to become an objective of the Union;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the Commission proposal on own resources introducing new real own resources, as requested by Parliament; express concern at the Commission proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 because it suffers from the lack of financial engagement to face the current as well as the new challenges ahead for the EU, and regrets the positions taken by some Member States that refuse to provide more resources to the EU, despite unanimous recognition of the need to face new challenges and responsibilities, and therefore the need for more financial resources; points out that spending at EU level can save money at national level by avoiding duplication and through economies of scale;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Stresses that Europe is, and should continue to be, a positive force in the world, by upholding its values, multilateralism and International law; recalls that the Union and its Member States are the largest contributor to international development aid;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Considers that the Union should continue to advance international trade while defending social, labour and environmental standards; warns against tradewars that only produce losers and increase political and security tensions;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. DStrongly deplores the absence of agreement among the Member States on the priorities and implementation of an EU-level comprehensive immigration policy, which would make it possible to organise and regulate migratory flows, control our external borders more effectively, cooperate with countries of origin and transit, and guarantee respect for the fundamental rights of migrants and asylum seekers, among other objectives; underlines that the obvious contradictions in interests exposed by Member States need to be overcome in order not to jeopardise the European integration project which suffers directly from an instrumentalisation of the migration issue by the Eurosceptic parties;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Richard CORBETT, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines its determination to continue with the Spitzenkandidaten process for the election of the next Commission President, and welcomes the support of the Commission and certain Member States in this respect; underlines that it will reject any candidate in the investiture procedure of the Commission President who was not appointed as a Spitzenkandidat in the run-up to European Parliament elections and who does not have a sufficient parliamentary majority; considers it essential to strengthen the ~~social~~ legitimacy of the European elections and the supranational role of the European Parliament as an exponent of European citizenship and European ~~sovereignt~~democracy;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20.~~ Regrets the frequent and ~~20.~~ widespread temptation to attribute unpopular decisions to Brussels and to free national authorities of their responsibilities and politics, given that this unjust and opportunistic attitude damages Europe, promotes anti-European nationalism and discredits the EU institutions; considers that the Member States’ failure to comply with agreements adopted at European Summits and Councils seriously undermines the credibility of the European institutions, and their implementation should therefore be more effectively guaranteed;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Pervenche BERÈS, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Underlines the need for a stronger assessment of the social and environmental consequences of EU policies, by keeping in mind also the cost of non-legislation at European level (so- called “cost of non Europe”);

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Underlines the need to strengthen the European public sphere as a supranational area of European democracy; stresses that the major challenges Europe is facing must be addressed and discussed from a European perspective and not just from a national perspective; points out that, for this reason, European democracy needs ~~a European identity, a genuinely~~to protect all the fundamental values and principles of our democratic system while promoting the development of an European ide~~mos~~ntity, more European institutional education and a deliberative, more participatory and less national ~~social~~ framework;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Richard CORBETT, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Welcomes the approach taken to the current negotiations on the United Kingdom’s orderly withdrawal from the European Union, and underlines the remarkable unity displayed by the EU institutions and Member States; notes that experience in the negotiations to date has shown the enormous complexities of such decisions; recalls that there is still time for the UK to reconsider its intension to leave;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines once more that neither national sovereignty nor subsidiarity can justify or legitimise the systematic refusal on the part of a Member State to comply with the fundamental values of the European Union which inspired the introductory articles of the European Treaties and EU laws, which every Member State has willingly endorsed and committed to respect; underlines furthermore that upholding these values is fundamental for the cohesion of the European project, the rights of all Europeans and the mutual trust needed among the Member States; recalls its recommendation to establish a European mechanism for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights which based on a codecision procedure between the Parliament and the Council would sanction clear infringements of these principles;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reiterates that t~~he process of reflection on the future of Europe and on a review of the Lisbon Treaty should eventually lead to~~aking into account the present state of the integration project, the EU must exhaust every possible avenue to ensure the full implementation of the Lisbon Treaty. Points out that a subsequent revision of the Treaties should be based on a Convention being convened –- guaranteeing inclusiveness through its composition of representatives and providing a platform for reflection and engagement with stakeholders and citizens – with a view to discussing and drawing conclusions from the various contributions to the reflection process on the future of Europe by the institutions and other bodies of the Union and the proposals put forward by heads of state or government, national parliaments and civil society and in citizen consultations;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2094(INI)

Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls for the absorption of the Euratom Treaty´s provisions in the Constitutional Treaty;

2018/09/20
Committee: AFCO

2018/2009(INI)

Jytte GUTELAND, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament report of 12 March 2014 on evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law (2014/2006(INI) (A7-0122/2014)

2018/03/08
Committee: JURI

2018/2009(INI)

Jytte GUTELAND, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the establishment of a Justice Scoreboard in criminal matters will make a fundamental contribution to creating a common understanding of EU legislation in the field of criminal law among judges and prosecutors, thus strengthening mutual trust;

2018/03/08
Committee: JURI

2018/2009(INI)

Jytte GUTELAND, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to continue expanding the Justice scoreboard’s scope through the use of objective indicators in more areas of justice, including criminal justice;

2018/03/08
Committee: JURI

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Pursuant to Article 67 TFEU, the Union should constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights, to which access to justice is instrumental. In order to facilitate effective access to justice, and with a view to foster the mutual trust which is indispensable for the good functioning of the area of freedom, security and justice, it is necessary to extend financial support to activities of other authorities than judicial authorities and legal practitioners, as well as of civil society organisations, which contribute to these objectives. Support should be given, in particular, to activities which facilitate effective and equal access to justice for persons at risk, namely women, children, persons with disabilities, LGBTI people and migrants, irrespective of their residence status.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15

(15) Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 TFEU, the Programme should also support the mainstreaming of gender equality ~~between women and men~~ and non-discrimination objectives in all its activities.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16 a) As highlighted by the European Parliament's Report on the European Commission's 2017 Justice Scoreboard, there are still significant gender balance disparities among the Member States' judiciary and judicial staff, particularly (but not exclusively) in relation to the following aspects: proportion of female judges in higher levels of the judiciary, transparency in appointments, reconciliation between work and non- work responsibilities and the existence of mentoring practices. The Programme should therefore support training activities seeking to address those disparities. These activities may, for instance, be tailored for female professionals within Member States' judiciary and judicial staff or, where adequate, target both female and male professionals, in an effort to raise awareness among all relevant staff.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1

1. ‘Judiciary and judicial staff’ means judges, prosecutors and court staff, as well as other justice professionals associated with the judiciary, such as lawyers, legal experts working for civil society organisations, notaries, bailiffs or enforcement officers, insolvency practitioners, mediators, court interpreters and translators, court experts, prison staff and probation officers.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Indicators to report on progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the specific objectives set out in Article 3 are set out in Annex II. The data collected for monitoring and reporting shall, where applicable, be disaggregated by gender, age and staff category.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3

3. The performance reporting system shall ensure that data for monitoring programme implementation and results are collected efficiently, effectively, and in a timely manner. To that end, proportionate reporting requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union funds and Member States. The Commission shall make available user-friendly formats and provide orientation and support, in particular to applicants and beneficiaries who may not have the adequate resources and staff to meet reporting requirements.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3

3. analytical and monitoring activities25 to improve the knowledge and understanding of potential obstacles to the smooth functioning of a European area of justice and to improve the implementation of Union law and policies in the Member States, including research on how to eliminate obstacles to an equal and effective access to justice for all; _________________ 25 These activities include for instance the collection of data and statistics; the development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, researches, analyses and surveys; evaluations; impact assessment; the elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)

3 a. addressing gender balance disparities among the Member States' judiciary and judicial staff through training either tailored to female professionals (focusing, for instance, on aspects such as reconciliation between work and non-work responsibilities or mentoring practices) or targeting both female and male professionals (raising awareness on issues like the low proportion of female judges in higher levels of the judiciary or the need for transparency and objective criteria during appointment procedures).

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

2018/0208(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Caterina CHINNICI, Jytte GUTELAND

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 a (new)

capacity building and training of legal experts working for civil society organisations, that seek to promote effective access to justice for all and support of victims of crime, in particular persons at risk; fostering cooperation between these organisations and relevant national authorities.

2018/12/07
Committee: JURI LIBE

Jens GEIER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) limiting the availability and effectiveness of legal remedies, including through restrictive procedural rules, lack of implementation of judgments, or limiting the effective investigation, prosecution or sanctioning of breaches of law and action which erodes the independence of lawyers and encroaches on safeguards for confidential communication between lawyers and their clients.

2018/11/09
Committee: BUDG CONT

Mady DELVAUX, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Enrico GASBARRA, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Jytte GUTELAND, Evelyne GEBHARDT

(59an) Directive 2004/113/EC equal treatment for men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services.

2018/11/08
Committee: JURI

2018/0089(COD)

Mady DELVAUX, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Tiemo WÖLKEN, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI, Jytte GUTELAND, Evelyne GEBHARDT

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – point 59 a o (new)

(59ao) Directive Proposal [COM(2008)426] against discrimination based on age, disability, sexual orientation and religion or belief beyond the workplace.

2018/11/08
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19

~~– having regard to European Court of Auditors (ECA) Special Report No 17/2017 of November 2017 on the Commission’s intervention in the Greek financial crisis,~~deleted

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that the large number of infringement procedures in 2016 shows that ensuring the timely and correct application of EU legislation in the Member States remains a serious challenge and priority; ~~considers that some of those infringements are the result of the lack of resources dedicated to public administration in some Member States, sometimes as a result of ill-advised austerity measures;~~

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the fact that the number of new complaints is at its highest since 2011, with a record number of 3 783 new complaints; notes in addition that the areas of 'employment' and 'justice and consumers' are the most affected; recalls that the improper application or transposition of EU law by the Member States can considerably reduce consumers' and employees' rights;

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fall in the number of new EU Pilot files opened in 2016 (790 compared with 881 in 2014); notes, however, that the resolution rate fell slightly compared with 2015 (from 75 % to 72 %); recalls, however, that the Commission does not undertake any EU Pilot procedures in the event of the late transposition of directives;

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls in addition the special role of the social partners and civil society in creating legislation, in reporting shortcomings and in the transposition and application of EU law by the Member States;

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that Memoranda of Understanding concluded between the EU institutions and Member States are not considered EU acts~~, even if Member States are obliged thereunder to implement fiscal and tax policies for severe cutbacks~~ pursuant to Article 288 TFEU;

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that the duties conferred on the Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) within the Treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), important as they are, do not entail any power to make decisions of their own, and that the activities pursued by those two institutions within the ESM Treaty commit the ESM alone and not the EU institutions9; _________________ 9deleted Idem, paragraph 51.

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2273(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that major decisions for the EU, the Member States and its people, such as decisions on national budgets and reforms, are usually prepared in almost complete opacity and taken by ministers without adherence to basic transparency principles, often after very limited discussions and with no formal rules10; regrets that there is no accountability to Parliament for those decisions11and encourages the competent institutions to change this situation; _________________ 10See, inter alia: http://www.pierremoscovici.fr/2017/09/02/ my-speech-at-the-ambrossetti-forum-the- future-of-the-euro/ 11deleted Ibid.

2018/03/02
Committee: JURI

2017/2155(DEC)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Deplores that Eurojust faced budgetary availability issues due to known structural problems with its funding and that for the second successive year was forced to resort to mitigation measures subject to an amending budget, leading to the postponement of some of its ongoing activities and the deferral of valuable technological developments; points out in this regard that Eurojust has an ongoing dialogue with DG Justice and DG Budget in order to secure a proper level of funding for the coming years.

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2155(DEC)

Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Urges Eurojust to step up its efforts for finalising clear internal rules on the protection of whistleblowers; notes, however, that Eurojust was waiting for guidance or input from the Commission before it could finalise its rules;

2018/01/19
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Jo LEINEN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reiterates that the Venice Commission concluded already in its opinion on the fourth and most current amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary on 17 June 2013 that the measures taken amount to a threat for constitutional justice and for the supremacy of the basic principles contained in the Fundamental Law of Hungary; furthermore the Venice Commission stated that the limitation of the role of the Constitutional Court leads to a risk that it may negatively affect the separation of powers, the protection of human rights and the rule of law;

2018/02/05
Committee: AFCO

2017/2131(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Jo LEINEN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Reminds that the Venice Commission stated in its "opinion on the draft law on the transparency of organisations receiving support from abroad" (endorsed on 17 June 2017) that such law would cause a disproportionate and unnecessary interference with the freedoms of association and expression, the right to privacy, and the prohibition of discrimination;

2018/02/05
Committee: AFCO

2017/2131(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Jo LEINEN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Points out that the Venice Commission stated in its opinion on Act XXV of 4 April 2017 on the Amendment of Act CCIV of 2201 on National Tertiary Education that it appears highly problematic from the standpoint of rule of law and fundamental rights principles and guarantees to foreign universities who are already established in Hungary and have been lawfully operating there for many years; furthermore reminds that the European Commission decided to refer Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the grounds that its National Tertiary Education Law as amended on 4 April 2017 disproportionally restricts EU and non- EU universities in their operations and needs to be brought back in line with Union law;

2018/02/05
Committee: AFCO

2017/2131(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Jo LEINEN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that its resolution of 25 October 2016 with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights1 asked the Commission to submit by September 2017 a proposal for the conclusion of a Union Pact for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (EU Pact for DRF); notes that this proposal is yet to come and would be of utmost importance since there is an inconsistency between the Union’s support for the rule of law and democracy as far as accession and third countries are concerned and its support within the Union and its Member States; _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2016)0409.

2018/02/05
Committee: AFCO

2017/2131(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Jo LEINEN, Josef WEIDENHOLZER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Is concerned that Hungary, in which 6.3 % of its wealth (gross national income) is generated by Union investment and which is one of the countries that benefits most from EU funding, does not participate in the creation of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), which will be in charge of investigating, prosecuting and bringing to justice offences against the Union’s financial interests; is therefore of the opinion that, for the sake of sound financial management and transparency of the Union’s budget, the participation in the work of the EPPO should be a pre- condition to access EU funding and urges the Commision to ascertain how a strong conditionality between the respect of rule of law and access to EU funding could be introduced;

2018/02/05
Committee: AFCO

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – subheading 2 a (new)

having regard to Act CXI of 2012 on the Amendment of Act CLXI of 2011 on the organisation and administration of courts and Act CLXII of 2011 on the legal status and remuneration of judges in Hungary and to Act XX of 2013 on the legislative amendments relating to the upper age limit applicable in certain judicial legal relations.

2018/05/17
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 17 a (new)

(17a) The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) expresses in its Report 2015 deep concern that, following the significant legislative reform implemented during Hungary’s incumbent government’s first term in office, the independence and impartiality of the Hungarian judiciary can’t be guaranteed and the rule of law guarantees remain weakened.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 20 b (new)

(20b) Following a two-year investigation, OLAF has found “serious irregularities” around infrastructure projects co-financed by EU cohesion fund and connected to prime minister Viktor Orban’s son-in-law, indicating both high levels of corruption and conflict of interests.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 20 c (new)

(20c) Several indicators signal high levels of misconduct regarding EU funds. The share of contracts awarded after public procurement procedures that received only a single bid remains high at 36% in 2016. Hungary has the highest percentage in the Union of financial recommendations from OLAF in the areas of Structural Funds and Agriculture for the 2013-2016 period at 4,16% (which is 900% higher than the EU average). Hungary decided not to participate in the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Kati PIRI, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 29

(29) On 17 October 2017, the Hungarian Parliament extended the deadline for foreign universities operating in the country to meet the new criteria to 1 January 2019. Negotiations between the Hungarian Government and foreign higher education institutions affected, in particular, the Central European University, are still ongoing, while the legal limbo for foreign universities remains. Notes that the Central European University complied with the new requirements imposed by the Amendment of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Tertiary Education in due time, but the Hungarian Government is reluctant to sign the reached agreement.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Kati PIRI, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 38

(38) In February 2018, a legislative package consisting of three draft laws, also known as the “Stop-Soros Package” (T/19776, T/19775, T/19774), was presented by the Hungarian Government. On 14 February 2018, the President of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe and President of the Expert Council on NGO Law made a statement indicating that the package does not comply with the freedom of association, particularly for NGOs which deal with migrants. On 15 February 2018, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expressed similar concerns. On 3 March 2018, UN human rights experts warned that the bill would lead to undue restrictions on the freedom of association and the freedom of expression in Hungary. In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concerns that by alluding to the “survival of the nation” and protection of citizens and culture, and by linking the work of NGOs to an alleged international conspiracy, the legislative package would stigmatise NGOs and curb their ability to carry out their important activities in support of human rights and, in particular, the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. It was further concerned that imposing restrictions on foreign funding directed to NGOs might be used to apply illegitimate pressure on them and to unjustifiably interfere with their activities. The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 22 March 2018 requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on the compatibility of the “Stop Soros” draft legislative package with international human rights standards.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 48

(48) On 29 June - 1 July 2015, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights conducted a field assessment visit to Hungary, following reports about the actions taken by the local government of the city of Miskolc concerning forced evictions of Roma. On 26 January 2016 the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights sent a letter to the Hungarian authorities expressing concerns about the treatment of Roma in Miskolc. The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights and the Deputy- Commissioner for the Rights of National Minorities issued a joint opinion on 5 June 2015 about the fundamental rights violations against the Roma in Miskolc, the recommendations of which the local government failed to adopt.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 51

(51) On 3 July 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns about the fast-track procedure for amending asylum law. On 17 September 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed his opinion that Hungary violated international law by its treatment of refugees and migrants. On 27 November 2015, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement that Hungary’s response to the refugee challenge falls short on human rights. On 21 December 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights urged Hungary to refrain from policies and practices that promote intolerance and fear and fuel xenophobia against refugees and migrants. On 6 June 2016, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns about the increasing number of allegations of abuse in Hungary against asylum-seekers and migrants by border authorities, and the broader restrictive border and legislative measures, including access to asylum procedures. The Fundamental Rights Officer of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency visited Hungary in October 2016 as well as in March 2017, owing to the Officer’s concern that the Agency might be operating under conditions which do not commit to the respect, protection and fulfilment of the rights of persons crossing the Hungarian-Serbian border, that may put the Agency in situations that de facto violate the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Fundamental Rights Officer concluded in March2017 that the risk of shared responsibility of the Agency in the violation of fundamental rights in accordance with Article 34 of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation remains very high.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Birgit SIPPEL

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 51

(51) On 3 July 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns about the fast-track procedure for amending asylum law. On 17 September 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed his opinion that Hungary violated international law by its treatment of refugees and migrants. On 27 November 2015, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights made a statement that Hungary’s response to the refugee challenge falls short on human rights. On 21 December 2015, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Council of Europe and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights urged Hungary to refrain from policies and practices that promote intolerance and fear and fuel xenophobia against refugees and migrants. On 6 June 2016, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concerns about the increasing number of allegations of abuse in Hungary against asylum-seekers and migrants by border authorities, and the broader restrictive border and legislative measures, including access to asylum procedures. Given the worsening situation of asylum-seekers in Hungary the UN Refugee Agency called on 10 April 2017 for a temporary suspension of all transfers of asylum-seekers to Hungary from other European States under the Dublin Regulation.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 53

(53) On 12-16 June 2017, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on migration and refugees visited Serbia and two transit zones in Hungary. In his report, the Special Representative made several recommendations, including a call on the Hungarian authorities to take the necessary measures, including by reviewing the relevant legislative framework and changing relevant practices, to ensure that all foreign nationals arriving at the border or who are on Hungarian territory are not deterred from making an application for international protection. In his report, the Special Representative stated that violent pushbacks of migrants and refugees from Hungary to Serbia raise concerns under Articles 2 (the right to life) and 3 (prohibition of torture) of the ECHR. The Special Representative also noted that the restrictive practices of admission of asylum-seekers into the transit zones of Röszke and Tompa often make asylum- seekers look for illegal ways of crossing the border, having to resort to smugglers and traffickers with all the risks that this entails. The Special Representative concluded that it is necessary that the Hungarian legislation and practices are brought in line with the requirements of the ECHR. On 5-7 July a delegation of the Council of Europe Lanzarote Committee (Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse) also visited two transit zones and made a number of recommendations, including a call to treat all persons under the age of 18 years of age as children without discrimination on the ground of their age, to ensure that all children under Hungarian jurisdiction are protected against sexual exploitation and abuse, and to systematically place them in mainstream child protection institutions in order to prevent possible sexual exploitation or sexual abuse against them by adults and adolescents in the transit zones.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Birgit SIPPEL, Soraya POST, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 57

(57) In his report following his visit to Hungary, which was published on 16 December 2014, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights indicated his concern at measures taken to prohibit rough sleeping and the construction of huts and shacks, which have widely been described as criminalising homelessness in practice. The Commissioner urged the Hungarian authorities to investigate reported cases of forced evictions without alternative solutions and of children being taken away from their families on the grounds of poor socio-economic conditions. In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concerns about state and local legislation, based on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, which designates many public areas as out- of-bounds for “sleeping rough” and effectively punishes homelessness. On 15 February 2012 and 11 December 2012 the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called on Hungary to reconsider legislation allowing local authorities to punish homelessness and to uphold the Constitutional Court’s decision decriminalising homelessness.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2131(INL)

Josef WEIDENHOLZER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Tanja FAJON, Dietmar KÖSTER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Péter NIEDERMÜLLER, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Birgit SIPPEL, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Soraya POST

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 58 a (new)

(58a) The UN Committee on the Rights of Children’s report on ‘Concluding observations on the combined third, fourth and fifth periodic reports of Hungary’, published in 14 October 2014, voiced concerns over an increasing number of cases where children are being taken away from their family based on poor socio economic condition. Parents may lose their child due to unemployment, lack of social housing and lack of space in temporary housing institutions. Based on a study by European Roma Right Centre, this practice disproportionately affects Roma families and children.

2018/06/25
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter, its provisions are addressed, inter alia, to the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union; whereas Article 51 (1) states that the provisions of the Charter are addressed to the Member States “only when they are implementing Union law”.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, according to the CJEU, the fundamental rights recognised by the Charter are at the heart of the EU legal structure, and their respect ~~for those rights is a condition of the lawfulness of~~is a necessary precondition for legality of any EU acts;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas its study of November 2017 on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework1 considers, inter alia, the relevance of the Charter for the Commission’s activities under the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM Treaty) and in the context of the European semester; whereas little attention is being paid to the social rights of the Charter in the economic governance of the Union; whereas they must be considered as genuine fundamental rights. __________________ 1 ‘The Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework’, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C – Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, November 2017.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, by virtue of Article 51, the provisions of the Charter apply to the Member States only when they implement Union law; whereas, however, the uncertain boundaries of such a requirement make it hard to determine whether and how the Charter applies concretely~~, leading to a de facto shortfall in its implementation at national level~~;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the dichotomy between rights and principles enshrined in Articles 51 and 52 of the Charter is unclear and risks undermining the very essence of the Charter itself, and weakens, at the same time, the principle of the interdependence of human rights;deleted

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Recognises the several important steps made by the EU institutions to integrate the Charter into the EU legislative and decision-making processes; ~~regrets, however, their passive attitude toward the Charter focused principally on avoiding the violation of~~notes that the principal role of the Charter its ~~provisions rather than on actively promoting and ensuring the fulfilment of~~ to ensure that the EU’s legislation is in full compliance withe rights and principles ~~provided for therein~~enshrined in it;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that the procedures established by the EU institutions to assess the compatibility of legislative proposals with the Charter are mainly of an internal nature; stresses the need to provide for enhanced forms of consultation, ~~impact assessments~~ and legal scrutiny with the full involvement of independent fundamental rights experts; calls on the Commission to promote structured and regulated cooperation with independent external bodies, such as the FRA and civil society organisations working in the field, whenever a legislative file potentially promotes or negatively affects fundamental rights;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission, along with the necessary clarification of Article 51, to provide EU Member States with guidance as to how fundamental rights should be taken into account when they implement Union law.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission to take action when a lack of harmonisation among EU Member States endanger or weaken the fulfilment of the rights, freedoms and principles laid down in the Charter.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission to promote structured and regulated cooperation with independent external bodies, such as the FRA and civil society organisations working in the field, whenever a legislative file potentially promotes or negatively affects fundamental rights;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for the Commission, the Council and Parliament to re~~vise~~flect on a possibility of revising Council Regulation 168/2007 in order to allow the FRA to deliver non-binding opinions on draft EU legislation on its own initiative, and to promote systematic consultations with the Agency ~~through a revision of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making~~;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that the Court of Justice ruled4 that the Commission must fully respect the Charter also in the tasks allocated to it under the ESM Treaty, in particular when it comes to signing memoranda of understanding, and that the same applies to the country-specific recommendations in the context of the European semester; calls on the Commission to ~~better~~systematically integrate fundamental rights impact assessments into EU socio-economic governance; with particular attention to the compatibility with the social provisions of the Charter __________________ 4 Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 September 2016, Ledra Advertising Ltd and others v European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB), ECLI:EU:C:2016:701.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates its call on the Commission to revise its decision to divide its considerations on fundamental rights into the current three categories in its impact assessment – economic, social and environmental effects – and to create a specific category entitled ‘Effects on fundamental rights’, to ensure that all aspects of fundamental rights are considered;deleted

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure a comprehensive impact assessment; believes that there must be a balanced evaluation of economic, social and environmental consequences in particular, and that impact on the fundamental rights of citizens and equality between women and men must be assessed;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~set up a mechanism to identify the need to~~ take action at Union level in order to uphold and fulfil the provisions of the Charter, and, at the same time, to systematically ensure that Union law is adapted to take account of the legal and jurisprudential developments of international human rights law; reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal giving effect to Parliament’s resolution of 25 October 2016 on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights15 ; _________________ 15OJ C 215, 19.6.2018, p. 162.

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal giving effect to Parliament’s resolution of 25 October 2016 on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for the Commission, the Council and Parliament to establish procedures allowing for a systematic ex post review of the consistency of EU legislation with the provisions of the Charter such as, for instance, the regular inclusion, in legislative texts, of a human rights/Charter-based reporting and review clause;deleted

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the Charter’s application also extends to the EU agencies which must adopt a fundamental rights strategy ; Calls on every EU agency to set up independent mechanisms to detect and report violations of fundamental rights; encourages in particular Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to work on a culture of fundamental rights, not only for application in their general policies but also in the daily activities of the border and coast guards, as well as the asylum officers, assigned to these agencies;

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for ~~the EU legislators to endorse the outcomes~~respect of its right to democratic scrutiny based ofn the ~~judgment~~Treaties; insists ofn the ~~General Court of 22 March 2018 (case T-540/15) on~~necessity of enhancing transparency and access to ~~the~~ documents ~~of the trilogues16 , and to guarantee the overall transparency of these negotiation~~between EU institutions, in order to develop more effective interinstitutional cooperation, including accountability on matters related to fundamental rights; urges the Council to swiftly address the concerns raised with regard to the transparency of its decision-making process and access to documents in line with the relevant recommendations of the European Ombudsman; ~~_________________ 16 Judgment of the General Court of 22 March 2018, Emilio de Capitani v European Parliament, T-540/15, ECLI:EU:T:2018:167.~~

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that EU policy-making ~~must rely~~relies upon the principles and objectives set out in Articles 2, 3 and 6 TEU, while fully endorsing and implementing the requirements enshrined in the provisions having general application of Title II, Part I, of the TFEU;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Regrets the almost complete abse~~Stresses the importance of references to fundamental rights within the legal framework regulating EU economic and monetary policy; recalls, in this regard, that recourse to intergovernmental arrangements does not relieve the EU ~~institutions – a process in which they are nevertheless involved –~~ of their obligations to assess the compatibility of such instruments with EU law, including the Charter;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the Council to make macroeconomic decisions conditional on ~~robust human~~fundamental rights assessments, based on the full range of civil, political and social rights guaranteed by the European and international human rights law instruments; ~~calls, once again, on the Commission to take the steps required for EU accession to the European Social Charter;~~

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls, once again, on the Commission to take the steps required for EU accession to the European Social Charter;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Reiter~~Invites, in a wider context of possible Treaties ~~its call~~revision, to reflect upon the possibility for a social protocol to be incorporated into the ~~Treaties~~m, in order to strengthen fundamental social rights in relation to economic freedoms, and to impart effectiveness and tangible expression to the social provisions enshrined in the Charter;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. S~~upports the proposal for Charter- conditionality of EU funds under the multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027, which should be achieved inter alia by~~tresses the importance of the new mechanism ensuring respect for the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU); supports the introduc~~ing~~tion of strong and consistent fundamental rights clauses into the operational texts of the draft regulations establishing the large EU funds.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Expresses its deep concern for the de facto crucial, but ill-defined,~~Notes the crucial role of the Eurogroup in the economic governance of the euro area, and ~~for~~ the impact that its decisions might have in influencing policy- making, without being counterbalanced by appropriate mechanisms of democratic accountability and judicial control; reminds ~~the~~its members of ~~the Council of~~ their horizontal obligations deriving from Articles 2 and 6 TEU and from the Charter;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Condemns the unprecedented and isolated decision of Poland to oppose the Council conclusions on the application of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights during the Justice Ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg on 11th October 2018.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the Union’s action on the international scene must be guided by the principles enshrined in Article 21(1) TEU; is convinced that full respect for and promotion of the Charter’s provisions inside the EU~~nion’s internal sphere~~ represents a benchmark for assessing the legitimacy and credibility of the Union’s behaviour in its international relations, including within the framework of the enlargement process pursuant to Article 49 TEU;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Deplor~~Notes the limited jurisdiction of the CJEU in the field of Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and warns against any potential limitation of the rights to an effective remedy as enshrined in the Charter ~~and in the ECHR~~;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Points out that comprehensive trade agreements with third countries might have far-reaching consequences for a wide range of human rights; asks the Commission to ~~go beyond the usual ‘integrated approach’ followed in its impact assessments, and to~~ carry out specific human rights impact assessments prior to the conclusion of any trade negotiations, by taking ~~full advantage of~~into consideration the UN Guiding Principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Calls for a speedy accession of the EU to the European Convention of Human Rights; reaffirms that EU accession to the ECHR will constitute the minimum level of protection for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe and provide an additional mechanism for enforcing human rights, namely the possibility of lodging a complaint with the ECtHR in relation to a violation of human rights derived from an 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 extra input for current and future EU action on the respect for, and promotion of, fundamental freedoms in the areas of civil liberties, justice and home affairs, in addition to the case law of the Court of Justice in this field;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the potential of certain EU agencies to offer support to Member States in fulfilling their obligations deriving from the Charter, by frequently acting as an operational link between the EU and national spheres; points out that this task can only be effectively performed by developing a fully-fledged ~~human~~fundamental rights pra~~xis~~ctice within the agencies ~~themselves, taking into account both the internal and external dimension~~operating in the sphere of justice and home affairs ofr th~~e protection and promotion of fundamental rights~~ose specifically tasked with promoting and protecting rights and principles derived from the Charter;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Takes note of the different~~iated range of~~ policies and instruments developed by the various agencies to give effect to their ~~human~~fundamental rights’ obligations, resulting in varying degrees of implementation; stresses the need to promote EU intra- agency cooperation as well as structured dialogues ~~with relevant national stakeholders and independent human rights experts~~, and to build on existing best practices, in order to advance a common and strengthened ~~human~~fundamental rights framework;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the EU agencies ~~to adopt internal human~~operating in the sphere of justice and home affairs or those specifically tasked with promoting and protecting rights and principles derived from the Charter to adopt internal fundamental rights strategies and to promote regular fundamental rights/ and Charter training sessions for their staff ~~at all levels~~;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Regrets the absence, in many EU agencies’ founding regulations, of an explicit reference to the Charter; calls on the co-legislators to ~~urgently fill this gap~~, where necessary, fill this gap in possible future revisions, and to provide, taking account of the mandate and the specificities of each individual agency, for additional operational mechanisms such as, for instance, the establishment of internal fundamental rights officers;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Highlights the persistent awareness- gap concerning the Charter, its scope and degree of application among both ~~rights- holders~~those who benefit from its protection and legal and human rights experts, and deplores the scarcity of national action devoted to remedying such a deficiency;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its awareness-raising activities concerning the Charter, with the full involvement of civil society organisations, and to promote and fund Charter-targeted training modules ~~for national judges, legal practition~~aiming to improve the knowledge of Union policies and Union law including inters as well as civil servants at all levels of the national public administrations; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to equip the Member States with practical guidelines supporting them in the implementation of the Charter at national level; asks the Commission, in this context, to give full visibility to the FRA’s recently published Handbook on Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymakinglia substantive and procedural law, the use of EU judicial cooperation instruments, the relevant case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, legal language and of comparative law among national judges, legal practitioners as well as civil servants; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to equip the Member States with practical guidelines supporting them in the implementation of the Charter at national level;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Encourages the Member States to regularly exchange information and experience on the use, application and oversight of the Charter, and to mainstream the examples of best practice already developed at national level~~, such as, for instance, those presented in the report of the Dutch Presidency on the outcome of the seminar on the ‘National Policy application of the EU Charter of fundamental rights’~~;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Calls on the Commission, to give full visibility to the FRA’s recently published Handbook on Applying the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymaking at national level;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Is convinced that the current dualism characterising Article 51 of the Charter in relation to rights and principles, as well as the differences in the application of the provisions of the Charter between EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union and the Member States, is detrimental to the added value brought by the Charter, namely that of representing a set of common minimum standards of protection to be applied horizontally to all institutional actors and policies and activities connected to the EU sphere;deleted

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Stresses that the incorporation of the Charter into primary EU law, while not extending the Union’s competences and respecting the principle of subsidiarity as defined in its Article 51, creates new responsibilities for the decision-making and implementing institutions, as well as for Member States when implementing EU legislation at national level, and that the Charter’s provisions have thus become directly enforceable by European and national courts;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the EU institutions and the Member States to move toward a more flexible and unconstrained interpretation of Article 51 of the Charter, allowing for a straightforward application of the Charter as a whole, and to evaluate the possibility of repealing the article in the event of a possible future revision of the Treaties;deleted

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Encourages the Member States to review their procedural rules on legal scrutiny and impact assessments of bills from the perspective of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; such procedures should explicitly refer to the Charter, just like they do to national human rights instruments, to minimise the risk that the Charter is overlooked;

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2089(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25 b. Regrets that up to date, the Republic of Poland and the United Kingdom have not decided to withdraw from Protocol 7 of the Treaties, ensuring their opt-out from the Charter.

2018/12/04
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Mercedes BRESSO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – point 1

1. The European Parliament considers that it is necessary to revise Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative, since this instrument of participatory democracy needs to be simpler, clearer, more user-friendly and more widely publicised. In any event, the European Parliament looks forward to receiving the legislative proposal for the revision of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 that the Commission has announced that it will be ready to submit to the European Parliament and to the Council by the end of 2017.(Does not affect the English version.)

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Mercedes BRESSO, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Jo LEINEN

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part A – point 2

2. The objective of the revision is, in compliance with the Treaties, to enable Union citizens both to register and to submit a citizens’ initiative successfully and in a cost-effective manner, and to provide for their ~~petitio~~concerns to receive appropriate follow-up from the Commission, in order to encourage as many Union citizens as possible to become involved in taking the European integration process forward.

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point –1 (new)

(-1) Recital 3 is amended as follows: [...] similar possibilities [...] instead of [...] similar conditions [...] And the following is added: [...], in particular for people with disabilities.

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Mercedes BRESSO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point –1 a (new)

(-1a) In recital 7, the following sentence is deleted: “That should be set as the age at which citizens are entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament.” And amended as follows: “That should be set as the minimum age of 16 years.”

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point –1 b (new)

(-1b) In recital 13, the following phrase is deleted: “including, where applicable, a personal identification number or a personal identification document number”

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Mercedes BRESSO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point –1 c (new)

(-1c) Recital 17 is amended as follows: [...] from the date of collection [...] instead of [...] from the date of registration [...].

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Mercedes BRESSO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 1 – paragraph 1

~~In Article 3,~~Article 3 is amended as follows: In paragraph 4, the following phrase is deleted: [...] “at which citizens are entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament.” The same paragraph is amended as follows: [...] of the minimum age of 16 years [...] instead of [...] of the age to be entitled to [...] And the following paragraphs are added:

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Mercedes BRESSO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 2 – point a

~~(a) the following paragraph is inserted: “1a. A citizens’ initiative may concern the amendment of a current legislative proposal.;~~deleted

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Mercedes BRESSO, Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 4 a (new)

(4a) In Article 8(1), second subparagraph, the following text is deleted: (b) to the Member State that issued the personal identification number or the personal identification document indicated in the statement of support, as specified in point 2 of Part C of Annex III.

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 5 – point b – paragraph 2 a (new)

In article 10, the following paragraph is added: "3. Once the initiative has been successfully registered, the Commission will keep updated the organisers about its plans and the evolution of the legislative procedure.";

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Mercedes BRESSO, Claudia ȚAPARDEL, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 9 – paragraph 2

Member States and Union Institutions, and in particular the European Commission , shall carry out information campaigns in order to raise public awareness of the existence of the ECI, thereby maximising its added-value and promoting the active participation of citizens in the political life of the Union.” Registered ECIs may, on reasoned request, receive financial support from the Commission out of EU funds for technical and organisational purposes.

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2024(INL)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jo LEINEN, Claudia ȚAPARDEL

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – part B – point 1 – point 9 a (new)

(9a) In Annex III, the statement of support form — Part B (for Member States which require the provision of a personal identification number/personal identification document number) is deleted.

2017/09/11
Committee: AFCO

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s 2015 annual report on the application of EU law, and notes that ~~according to this report the three fields in which Member States were mostly subject to transposition infringement proceedings in 2015 were mobility and transport, energy and the environment~~the Commission focuses on the enforcement of the EU acquis;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that according to this report the three fields in which Member States were mostly subject to transposition infringement proceedings in 2015 were mobility and transport, energy and the environment; calls on the Commission to outline the specific reasons for this in greater detail;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that the primary responsibility for the correct implementation and application of EU law lies with the Member States, but points out that this does not absolve the EU institutions of their duty to respect primary EU law when they produce secondary EU law; emphasises, however, that the Commission makes available to the Member States a series of instruments designed to help them find joint solutions, such as handbooks, groups of experts, special internet sites, from dialogue concerning transposition plans to documents explaining how to recognise transposition problems early and address them;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission once again to bring together all the various portals, access points and information websites in a single gateway that will provide citizens with easy access to on- line complaint forms and user-friendly information on infringement procedures;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Notes that the Commission insists that the Member States notify it should they decide, when transposing directives into national law, to add elements which make it clear to the public which provisions are the EU's responsibility and which the Member State's; points out, at the same time, that this is without prejudice to the right of Member States to lay down, for example, higher social and environmental standards at national level;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines the important role of the social partners, civil society organisations, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and other stakeholders in creating legislation and in monitoring and reporting shortcomings in the transposition and application of EU law by the Member States;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the fact that for the first time since 2011, the number of new complaints has decreased by around 9 % compared to 2014, with a total of 3450 new complaints; notes with great concern, however, that the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion shows the highest number of new complaints;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/2011(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Points out that sincere cooperation between the Commission and Parliament is an obligation incumbent on both institutions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide a follow-up to every European Parliament resolution on monitoring the implementation of EU law;

2017/03/10
Committee: JURI

2017/0232(COD)

Evelyn REGNER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jytte GUTELAND, Enrico GASBARRA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)

(3a) The supervision of macro- economic imbalances within the European Union requires that the affected groups who bear the economic and social risks of financial crisis have a strong voice. Therefore, a strong and effective involvement of social partners is essential.

2018/06/25
Committee: JURI

2017/0232(COD)

Evelyn REGNER, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Jytte GUTELAND, Enrico GASBARRA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)

(3b) A gender balance within the General Board of the ESRB should be aimed at.

2018/06/25
Committee: JURI

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) Effective and efficient criminal law measures are essential to protect non-cash means of payment against fraud and counterfeiting. In particular, a common criminal law approach is needed to the constituent elements of criminal conduct that contribute to or prepare the way for the actual fraudulent use of means of payment. Behaviour such as the collection ~~and possession~~ of payment instruments with the intention to commit fraud, through, for instance, phishing or skimming, and their distribution, for example by selling credit card information on the internet, should thus be made a criminal offence in its own right without being directly linked to the actual fraudulent use of means of payment. So such criminal conduct should also cover circumstances where ~~possession,~~ procurement or distribution does not necessarily lead to fraudulent use of such payment instruments, if the offender is aware of such a possibility (dolus eventualis). This Directive does not sanction the legitimate use of a payment instrument, including and in relation to the provision of innovative payment services, such as services commonly developed by fintech companies.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 11

(11) It is appropriate to provide for more severe penalties where the crime is committed by a criminal organisation, as defined in Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA45 , or where a crime is conducted on a large scale, thus involving extensive or considerable damage to the victims ~~or an aggregate advantage for the offender of at least EUR 20 000~~. _________________ 45 Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA of 24 October 2008 on the fight against organised crime (OJ L 300, 11.11.2008, p. 42).

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Given the need for special tools to effectively investigate fraud and counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment, and their relevance for effective international cooperation between national authorities, adequate investigative tools ~~that are typically used for cases involving organised crime and other serious crime~~ should be available to competent authorities in all Member States for the investigation of such offences. Taking into account the principle of proportionality, the use of such tools in accordance with national law should be commensurate with the nature and gravity of the offences under investigation. In addition, law enforcement authorities and other competent authorities should have timely access to relevant information in order to investigate and prosecute the offences laid down in this Directive.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) theft or other unlawful appropriation of a payment instrument; concerning a digital payment instrument, unlawful appropriation shall at least be presumed where access to it has involved the infringement of a security measure;

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) ~~possession,~~ procurement for ~~use,~~oneself or another, including import, export, sale~~, transport,~~ and distribution o~~r otherwise making available of a~~f a payment instrument which has been stolen or otherwise unlawfully appropriated, or of a payment instrument counterfeited or falsified ~~payment instrument~~by another, in order for it to be used fraudulently.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that performing or causing a transfer of money, monetary value or virtual currencies, and thereby causing an unlawful loss of property for another person, in order to make an unlawful gain for the perpetrator or a third party is punishable as a criminal offence, when committed intentionally by:

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) hindering or interfering with the functioning of an information system without the right to do so;

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) introducing, altering, deleting, transmitting or suppressing computer data without the right to do so.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the attempt to commit an offence referred to in Articles 3 ~~to 6~~, points (a) and (b) of Article 4 and Article 5 is punishable as a criminal offence.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – point b

(b) they involve extensive or considerable damage ~~or an aggregate advantage of at least EUR 20 000~~.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b

~~(b) the offence is committed using computers or an information system on its territory, whether or not the offender commits the offence when physically present on its territory.~~deleted

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0226(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that effective investigative tools~~, such as those which are used in organised crime or other serious crime cases,~~ are available to persons, units or services responsible for investigating or prosecuting the offences referred to in Articles 3 to 7.

2018/04/12
Committee: LIBE

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The European Parliament, in its resolution on the European citizens’ initiative of 28 October 201525 called on the Commission ~~to review~~comprehensively to review and to revise as soon as possible Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 and ~~Commission~~ Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1179/2011. _________________ 25 2014/2257 (INI). 2014/2257 (INI).

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) This Regulation aims to make the European citizens’ initiative more accessible, less burdensome and easier to use for organisers and supporters, in order to achieve the full potential of the European citizens’ initiative as a tool to foster debate and citizen participation at Union level, ~~and to bring the Union closer to its citizen~~in order to encourage as many EU citizens as possible to play their part in shaping the ongoing European integration process.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) In order to promote participation and public debate on the issues raised by the initiatives, where an initiative supported by the required number of signatories and fulfilling the other requirements of this Regulation is submitted to the Commission, the group of organisers should have the right to present that initiative at a public hearing at Union level. The public hearing should be co- organised by the Commission and the European Parliament within three months from the submission of the initiative and ensure a balanced representation of relevant public and private interests well as the representation at an appropriate level of the Commission and the Council. Other institutions and advisory bodies of the Union as well as interested stakeholders should have the opportunity to participate in the hearing.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) To ensure the effective participation of citizens in the democratic life of the Union, the Commission should examine ~~a valid~~every initiative which has secured the requisite number of at least one million statements of support and respond to it. The Commission should therefore set out its legal and political conclusions as well as the action it intends to take within a period of five months from the receipt of the initiative, in particular whether it intends to put forward a legislative proposal. The Commission should explain in a clear, comprehensible and detailed manner the reasons for its intended action, and should ~~likewise~~in particular give its reasons if it does not intend to take any action.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall, upon request, provide information and appropriate expert and legal assistance about the European citizens’ initiative to citizens and groups of organisers.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b

(b) partially register the initiative if ~~a substantial~~ part of the initiative~~, including its main objectives,~~ does not manifestly fall outside the framework of the Commission’s powers to submit a proposal for a legal act of the Union for the purpose of implementing the Treaties;

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The group of organisers shall inform the Commission of the date chosen ~~at the latest 10 working days before that date~~.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3

Where the group of organisers wishes to terminate the collection of statements of support before the end of 12 months after the beginning of the collection period, it shall inform the Commission of the date at which the collection period is to end.(Does not affect the EN version)

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

The Commission and the European Parliament shall co-organise the public hearing at the European Parliament. Representatives of the Council, other institutions and advisory bodies of the Union, as well as interested stakeholders or experts, shall be given the opportunity to participate in the hearing.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3

The Commission and the European Parliament shall ensure a balanced representation of relevant public and private interest groups.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1

1. Within one month of the submission of the initiative, the Commission shall receive the group of organisers at an appropriate level to allow them to explain in detail the ~~matters raised by~~purpose of the initiative.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. Within five months after the publication of the initiative in accordance with Article 14(1), and after the public hearing referred to in Article 14(2), the Commission shall set out in a communication full details of its legal and political conclusions on the initiative, the action it intends to take, if any, and its detailed reasons for taking or not taking action.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission, Parliament and the Council and the Member States shall raise public awareness about the existence of the European citizens’ initiative through communication activities and information and publicity campaigns, thereby contributing to promoting the active participation of citizens in the political life of the Union.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2017/0220(COD)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Mercedes BRESSO, Jo LEINEN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

The Commission shall periodically review the functioning of the European citizens’ initiative and present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation no later than five years from the date of application of this Regulation, and every ~~fiv~~three years thereafter. The reports shall be made public.

2018/05/17
Committee: AFCO

2016/2328(INI)

Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Hugues BAYET, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Caterina CHINNICI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) entitled 'Severe labour exploitation: workers moving within or into the European Union ', published in June 2015,