918 Amendments of Bernard GUETTA
Amendment 23 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the inconsistency of the EU strategy to support and defend democracy in Russia has contributed to the Kremlin regime’s has suppression ofed all rights and freedoms of the Russian people over the last few decades, ultimately leading to the destruction of Russia’s constitutional statehood and to the establishment of dictatorship in Russia; whereas the EU and its Member states persistently lack any strategy in front of this progressive denial of rights and freedoms;
Amendment 23 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the inconsistency of the EU strategy to support and defend democracy in Russia has contributed to the Kremlin regime’s has suppression ofed all rights and freedoms of the Russian people over the last few decades, ultimately leading to the destruction of Russia’s constitutional statehood and to the establishment of dictatorship in Russia; whereas the EU and its Member states persistently lack any strategy in front of this progressive denial of rights and freedoms;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia has been one of the main causes of the Kremlin’sial power of the Kremlin is responsible of the war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the dictatorship in Russia has been one of the main causes of the Kremlin’sial power of the Kremlin is responsible of the war of aggression against Ukraine, which began with the occupation of Crimea in 2014 and continued with Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022;
Amendment 67 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory, to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracieand its Member states objective along with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies must absolutely continue to be the restauration of Ukraine's control over its internationally recognized borders and the defeat of Mr Putin’s regime imperial aspirations; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
Amendment 67 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU’s objective in this war is Ukraine’s victory, to be accomplished with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracieand its Member states objective along with the support from a broad coalition of liberal democracies must absolutely continue to be the restauration of Ukraine's control over its internationally recognized borders and the defeat of Mr Putin’s regime imperial aspirations; whereas this victory is necessary not only for the sake of Ukraine, but for that of the whole democratic world;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against Russia cwould open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlin regime; whereas this maywill doubtless lead to major political transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a decisive Ukrainian victory against Russia cwould open a window of opportunity for fundamental political changes in Russia, potentially led by the Russian people and resulting in the fall of the Kremlin regime; whereas this maywill doubtless lead to major political transformations in the broader region of Eastern Europe, including Belarus;
Amendment 119 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, its partners and allies should not be afraid of these transformations but must on the contrary prepare for them;
Amendment 119 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU, its partners and allies should not be afraid of these transformations but must on the contrary prepare for them;
Amendment 123 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in recent decades Putin and his Kremlin regime have been doing everything possiblthe Russian nation, in spite of the efforts of Putin and his regime to convince the wWestern democracies that democracy in Russia is not possible; whereas the strategy of liberal democracies should maintain that the Russian nation, like other Eastern European nations (such as Ukraine or Belarus), is aspiring, and is able, to live in a democracyrule of law and freedom are not possible in Russia, is aspiring, and is able to live in a democracy like the Ukrainian and Belarussian people and like every nation; whereas the Russian people has shown his aspiration to freedom during the second half of the 19th century, in 1905, in February 1917 and during the destabilisation and the perestroika;
Amendment 123 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in recent decades Putin and his Kremlin regime have been doing everything possiblthe Russian nation, in spite of the efforts of Putin and his regime to convince the wWestern democracies that democracy in Russia is not possible; whereas the strategy of liberal democracies should maintain that the Russian nation, like other Eastern European nations (such as Ukraine or Belarus), is aspiring, and is able, to live in a democracyrule of law and freedom are not possible in Russia, is aspiring, and is able to live in a democracy like the Ukrainian and Belarussian people and like every nation; whereas the Russian people has shown his aspiration to freedom during the second half of the 19th century, in 1905, in February 1917 and during the destabilisation and the perestroika;
Amendment 131 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU hasand its Member states are still looking forward to the time when it will be finally possible to envisage political, strategical and economic cooperation with a democratic Russia ; whereas the EU and its Member states have to be ready for and help the transformation of Russia into a democracy when such an opportunity arises in the near to medium-term;
Amendment 131 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU hasand its Member states are still looking forward to the time when it will be finally possible to envisage political, strategical and economic cooperation with a democratic Russia ; whereas the EU and its Member states have to be ready for and help the transformation of Russia into a democracy when such an opportunity arises in the near to medium-term;
Amendment 145 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas democracy in Russia is the only way to ensure a sustainable peace inon the Europe once Russia is defeated in its war against Ukrainean continent;
Amendment 145 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas democracy in Russia is the only way to ensure a sustainable peace inon the Europe once Russia is defeated in its war against Ukrainean continent;
Amendment 149 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament’s recommendation of 16 September 2021 on the direction of EU-Russia political relations1[1] made recommendations to the EU institutions in six policy directions asking for the adoption of a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and a democratic Russia, which will assist the Russian people in its struggle to have a normal life and transformchange Russia back into a democracy; _________________ 1 OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 170.pluralist, peaceful and fair democracy;
Amendment 149 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Parliament’s recommendation of 16 September 2021 on the direction of EU-Russia political relations1[1] made recommendations to the EU institutions in six policy directions asking for the adoption of a comprehensive strategy of future relations between the EU and a democratic Russia, which will assist the Russian people in its struggle to have a normal life and transformchange Russia back into a democracy; _________________ 1 OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 170.pluralist, peaceful and fair democracy;
Amendment 170 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EU should takeand its Member states should work on a holistic view of the transformation of Russia into a democracy, which should include a broad array of democracy support measures before and after the change of power in Russia, including the ones necessary to sustain democratic and social changes in Russia over the long term;
Amendment 170 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the EU should takeand its Member states should work on a holistic view of the transformation of Russia into a democracy, which should include a broad array of democracy support measures before and after the change of power in Russia, including the ones necessary to sustain democratic and social changes in Russia over the long term;
Amendment 173 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the EU and its Member states should aim at helping the new Russian diaspora to develop a pluralist political culture and to lay the foundations for a peaceful and fair transition to democracy;
Amendment 173 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the EU and its Member states should aim at helping the new Russian diaspora to develop a pluralist political culture and to lay the foundations for a peaceful and fair transition to democracy;
Amendment 187 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Emphasises that the Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeatreturn to its internationally recognized borders and the defeat of Mr Putin’s regime will open a window of opportunity for the transformation of Russia into a democracy and therefore the EU should strengthen the following policies:
Amendment 187 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
Paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Emphasises that the Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeatreturn to its internationally recognized borders and the defeat of Mr Putin’s regime will open a window of opportunity for the transformation of Russia into a democracy and therefore the EU should strengthen the following policies:
Amendment 225 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped in a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society and democratic forces; Notes that the democratic opposition has to give itself more visibility and embodiment through spokespersons who are already well known throughout the world and whose intellectual prestige and moral integrity make them key interlocutors for the major capitals;
Amendment 225 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the preparation for the transformation of Russia into a democracy has to be inclusive and be shaped in a regular and structured EU political dialogue with Russian civil society and democratic forces; Notes that the democratic opposition has to give itself more visibility and embodiment through spokespersons who are already well known throughout the world and whose intellectual prestige and moral integrity make them key interlocutors for the major capitals;
Amendment 327 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EU should expect a broad and pluralistic coalition of democratic forces in Russia to immediately start work on preparing a new constitutional framework based on the principles of parliamentary democracy and delegation of important decision-making powers to the regions, and that this frameworkprogramme should include the major economic and social reforms Russia needs in order to facilitate the transition and build a solid basis for sustainable democracy over the long term;
Amendment 327 #
2023/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the EU should expect a broad and pluralistic coalition of democratic forces in Russia to immediately start work on preparing a new constitutional framework based on the principles of parliamentary democracy and delegation of important decision-making powers to the regions, and that this frameworkprogramme should include the major economic and social reforms Russia needs in order to facilitate the transition and build a solid basis for sustainable democracy over the long term;
Amendment 31 #
2022/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution voted on 9 June 2022 calling on the European Council to agree to start the process to revise the EU Treaties,
Amendment 50 #
2022/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas nevertheless a European Union which intends to enlarge has to tackle, without taboos, the issue of its institutional future in order to avoid paralysis;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) Future and cohesion of the Union
Amendment 153 #
2022/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) considers that the challenge of achieving the fundamental objective of enlargement while guaranteeing the proper functioning of the European Union can only be met through a thorough reform of its institutional architecture;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Condemns in the strongest possible terms Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine; expresses, in this regard, its deep grief at the human suffering and serious human rights violations caused by the Russian armed forces at the EU’s borders; welcomes the joint efforts of the EU and its Member States in response to the war; welcomes, moreover, the solidarity shown by a great number of countries towards Ukraine, as highlighted by their stance during the sessions and votes of the UN General Assembly on the crisis in Ukraine; calls for the EU and its Member States to give the Ukrainian people the support they need to defend democracy, human rights and international law; welcomes the unprecedented ambition of the sanctions imposed in the context of the war and calls for the EU and its Member States to continue to use all of the instruments at their disposal to support the Ukrainian people in their fight to free Ukraine from its occupiers; calls for the EU and its Member States to provide support also to the Russian victims of this outrageous war, and to make efforts to sustain and reinforce the Russian independent civil society with a view to helping to lay the foundations of a future democracy in Russia;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Fully supports the work of the EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights in defending and advancing human rights in the world through engagement with third countries and cooperation with like-minded partners, and his important role in enhancing the effectiveness of the EU’s human rights policies through efforts to increase their coherence; underlines the need for close cooperation between the EUSR for Human Rights and other EUSRs on countries and regions in order to further improve this consistency, and calls for greater visibility for the role of the EUSR for Human Rights; proposes to set up a framework whereby the EUSR is accountable by the European Parliament for achieving the goals set out in their working programme at the beginning of their mandate and give a report on a regular basis on the progress towards those goals;
Amendment 186 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses that corruption seriously hinders the enjoyment of human rights worldwide; calls for the fight against corruption to be a part of all of the EU’s efforts and policies to promote human rights and democracy, by formulating a dedicated global anti-corruption strategy, including programmes under the EU’s external financial instruments and enhancing Parliament’s role of scrutiny; underlines the utmost importance for the EU and its Member States to lead by example by applying the highest transparency standards to their external funding and by stepping up their support for civil society organisations, activists and investigative journalists engaged in the fight against corruption; urges the EU to work towards proposing the creation of a set of anti-corruption standards that are uniformly applicable to countries both outside and inside the European Union;
Amendment 533 #
2022/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. Calls for the EU to fund research on finding effective digital ways to automatically filter and counter digitally spread fake news, disinformation and malicious propaganda;
Amendment 82 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the light of the above challenges and the related structural changes in the EU Defence industry, and in accordance with Article 173 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union where the Union and the Member States aim at ensuring that the competitiveness of the Union’s industry exist, it appears necessary to speed up the adjustment of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base, enhance its competitiveness and efficiency, and thereby contribute to strengthening and reforming Member States’ defence industrial capabilities. Addressing industrial shortfalls should include promptly tackling the most urgent gaps.
Amendment 133 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Furthermore, the common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to control or restriction by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity that limits Member States’ ability to use, maintain, modify or transfer it.
Amendment 166 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘procurement agent’ means a contracting authority as defined in Directive 2009/81/EC, established in a Member State or an associated country, or the European Defence Agency or an international organisation such as OCCAR, designated by at least three Member States to conduct a common procurement on their behalf, including Union bodies or international organisations; ;
Amendment 172 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) ‘defence products’ means products and services within the scope of Article 2 of Directive 2009/81/EC.
Amendment 173 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 b (new)
(6b) ‘classified information’ means information or material, in any form, the unauthorised disclosure of which could cause varying degrees of prejudice to the interests of the Union, or of one or more of the Member States, and which bears an EU classification marking or a corresponding classification marking, as established in the Agreement between the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, regarding the protection of classified information exchanged in the interests of the European Union;
Amendment 175 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 c (new)
(6c) ‘sensitive information’ means information and data, including classified information, that is to be protected from unauthorised access or disclosure because of obligations laid down in Union or national law or in order to safeguard the privacy or security of a natural or legal person;
Amendment 176 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to foster the competitiveness and efficiency of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), including SMEs and mid- capitalisation companies (mid-caps), for a more resilient Union, in particular by speeding up, in a collaborative manner, the adjustment of industry to structural changes, including the creation and ramp- up of its manufacturing capacities, in accordance with the legal basis of the instrument, in order to provide the most critical and urgent defence products needed by Member States;
Amendment 197 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The objectives shall be pursued with an emphasis on strengthening and developing the Union defence industrial base to allow it to address in particular the most urgent and critical defence products needs, especially those revealed or exacerbated by the response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, taking into account the work of the Defence Joint Procurement Task Force and the capability gaps identified in the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High-Representative on Defence investment gaps analysis. This can be achieved through the replenishment of stockpiles, including with the equipment in the EDTIB, as well as through the replacement of obsolete ones, especially post-Soviet equipment, and the reinforcement of overall defence capabilities.
Amendment 207 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Nothing in this Instrument shall be interpreted as constraining the Member States arms export policies, in particular shipments to Ukraine.
Amendment 210 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Instrument for the period from the entry into force of this Regulation to 31 December 2024 shall be EUR 500 m1.5 billion in current prices.
Amendment 226 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. WBy way of derogation to Article 193 of the Financial Regulation, and where necessary for the implementation of an action, financial contributions may cover a period prior to the date of the request for financial contributions for that action, provided that the action has not started prior to the 24 February 202218 May 2022 and the common procurement has not been tendered before the signature of the Grant Agreement.
Amendment 235 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the actions shall involve new cooperation or an extension of existing cooperation to at least one new Member States or associated countries;
Amendment 248 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. By way of derogation from paragraph 4, a legal entity established in the Union or in an associated third country and controlled by a non-associated third country or a non-associated third country entity may participate as contractor and subcontractor involved in the common procurement only if it provides guarantees approved by the Member State or associated third country in which the contractor is established are made available to the Commission by the procurement agent or if it demonstrates that it has been subject to a screening within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/452 and, where necessary, to mitigating measures equivalent to the conditions of paragraph 7.
Amendment 254 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The participating Member States shall provide to the Commission a notification from the procurement agent on the guarantees or the equivalent measures provided by a contractor or subcontractor involved in the common procurement that is established in the Union or an associated third country and controlled by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity. The guarantees, the equivalent measures and related provisions in the procurement contract shall be made available to the Commission upon request. The guarantees and equivalent measures shall provide assurances that the involvement of the contractor or subcontractor involved in the common procurement does not contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States as established in the framework of the CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU, or the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation.
Amendment 256 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. The guarantees and equivalent measures shall in particular substantiate that, for the purposes of the common procurement, measures are in place to ensure that:
Amendment 260 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 269 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9
Article 8 – paragraph 9
9. Common procurement procedures and contracts shall also include a requirement for the defence product to not be subject to a restriction by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity that limits Member States’ ability to use, maintain, modify or transfer it.
Amendment 272 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. By way of derogation from paragraph 9, and in regard of the urgency of the situation and the short-term nature of the Instrument, a defence product subject to a restriction by a non- associated third country or a non- associated third country entity shall be eligible for common procurement only if the Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement request to waive this requirement. The request shall in particular substantiate that the following conditions are cumulatively met: (a) The waiver shall only concern defence products being in use prior to 24 February 2022 within the Armed Forces of all Member States or associated countries participating in the common procurement. (b) The waiver shall only concern defence products the stocks of which need to be replenished due to the new security environment in Europe, and (c) The waiver shall only concern defence products the non-availability of which, due to an absence of waiver, would put at risk the requesting Member States’ immediate ability to defend themselves’.
Amendment 275 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. For the purposes of this Article, and in view of criticality and urgency to procure to fulfil the objectives of this regulation, ‘subcontractors involved in the common procurement’ means all of the followingre only the ones:
Amendment 278 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point a
(a) subcontractors with a direct contractual relationship to a contractor;
Amendment 281 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point b
(b) other subcontractors to which at least 105 % of the work share is allocated;
Amendment 283 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 10 – point c
(c) subcontractors which may require access to classified informaproviding critical inputs that possess unique attributes essential for the function ing order to carry out the common procuremenf a product.
Amendment 285 #
2022/0219(COD)
10a. The proportion of the equipment originating from non-associated third countries shall not exceed 20 per cent of the value of the end product. No components shall be sourced from non- associated third countries that contravene the security and defence interests of the Union and its Member States, including respect for the principle of good neighbourly relations.
Amendment 297 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
7a. The contribution of the action to diversifying the supply chain by involving SMEs and mid-capitalisation companies in the manufacturing process.
Amendment 330 #
2022/0219(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Application of the rules on classified information 1. Member States and associated countries participating in a common procurement shall determine among themselves the arrangements applicable to the protection of classified information for the purposes of the common procurement, in accordance with national laws and regulations. 2. The Commission shall protect EU classified information received in relation to the Instrument in accordance with the security rules set out in Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444. 3. The Commission shall set up a secured exchange system in order to facilitate the exchange of sensitive and classified information between the Commission and the Member States and associated countries and, where appropriate, with the applicants and the recipients. That system shall take into account the Member States’ national security regulations.
Amendment 30 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to the final communiqué issued by the ECOWAS extraordinary summit of 8 September 2021,
Amendment 32 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the rise in global threats and the Union’s vulnerability to its external dependencies; whereas the pandemic has expanded the concept of security and strategic autonomy to cover health, technological and economic concerns;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Europe is facing a rapid and lasting deterioration in its strategic environment; whereas terrorism remains a major threat; whereas states are displaying their ambitions for more power and are pursuing expansion strategies that involve the use of armed force; whereas the result of such strategies is a risk of militarising the sea, space, the Arctic and cyberspace as well as reviving the arms race;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the proliferation of cyber- attacks against strategic infrastructure during the COVID-19 crisis, and more recently the Pegasus affair, are examples that justify the rapid development of protective measures against the most recent forms of cyber-threat and the most advanced spying techniques; whereas the EU has committed to investing EUR 1.6 billion in response capacity and the deployment of cybersecurity tools for public authorities, enterprises and individuals, and to increasing cooperation between the public and private sectors;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the European Parliament, as the forum for the expression of European democracy, is a target; whereas the digitisation of activities resulting from remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic has only served to increase our exposure to existing threats;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas, through the military capabilities of its Member States, the EU has a total budget of EUR 395 billion, putting it in second place globally; whereas Europe is, however, not the second largest military power in the world, since its capabilities are fragmented and suffer from duplication, gaps and a lack of interoperability;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the increasing complexity of threats is linked to technological development, the digitisation of societies and the integration of international economies; whereas, as a result, hybrid threats are proliferating, combining military and/or non-military means such as disinformation, migration blackmail, cyber-attacks or economic pressure that run counter to European interests and values and constitute a growing threat to the security of the EU, its enterprises, its public services and its citizens;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas, in order to address the risks of crisis that are multiplying at the Union’s borders and in the areas in which it has an interest, the Member States have committed to providing rapid response capabilities in line with the EU’s Headline Goals, namely the battlegroups; whereas these suffer from various limitations in political, organisational and financial terms; whereas, as a result, they have never been deployed;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the international community, and especially the EU, has a commitment to the Sahel and to Mali in particular; whereas the Malian junta has made declarations about its readiness to use a private Russian security firm to participate in military activities in Mali; whereas that firm has committed atrocities in every location where it has intervened;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return to power of the Taliban is leading to an increased terrorist risk for the region and also outside its borders; whereas the EU deployed a CSDP mission, EUPOL Afghanistan (2007-2016), and granted EUR 17 billion to Afghanistan; whereas during the withdrawal Member States depended on the United States, which deployed 6 000 soldiers to secure Kabul airport within a very short time, making it possible to evacuate European citizens as well as Afghan nationals who were in danger; whereas, in this situation, the EU was unable to put an air bridge in place or to coordinate its own evacuations; whereas if the EU were to have to run an operation similar to the evacuation from Kabul, it would not, as things currently stand, be able to take decisions swiftly, deploy troops or successfully implement evacuations or air bridges effectively and proactively; whereas, therefore, the EU and its Member States must urgently learn all the lessons of the Afghan crisis in order to strengthen the EU’s capacity to act autonomously in similar circumstances; whereas the Strategic Compass should make it possible to set the EU’s level of ambition, in particular in terms of the lessons learnt from the Afghan failure;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that the Union is currently deploying 11 civilian missions and six military missions and operations; recalls that only three of the military missions are executive missions; notes that these missions and operations are suffering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected their activities and limited their effectiveness;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the actions of the coup leaders in Mali; is deeply concerned at the lack of essential state services in Mali and in the Sahel in general; expresses its deep concern at the deteriorating security in the region; notes the announcement of the reorganisation of French military action in the Sahel, in conjunction with our international and African partners; welcomes the increasing involvement of Europeans in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali) to the regionalisation process; calls on the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activities; continued commitment of the EU and Member States to the stabilisation of the countries of the G5 Sahel, particularly through support to the G5 Sahel Joint Force, through the strengthening of the EU’s CSDP missions and the increasing involvement of Europeans in the Takuba Task Force; welcomes the adaptation of the new extended mandate of the European Union Training Mission in Mali (EUTM Mali); calls for the reinforcement of structural cooperation and non-executive support for the armed forces, as well as a speeding up of the regionalisation process so that it is possible for the mission to provide military assistance to the armed forces of the G5 countries, and in particular Burkina Faso and Niger; stresses the opportunities opened up by the European Peace Facility with regard to the delivery of materiel intended for the training of the Malian armed forces, who will be vital in reinforcing the action and effectiveness of European action; stresses the importance of being able to provide more active support to the states bordering the Gulf of Guinea in order to be able to counter the spread of the terrorist threat; calls on the Member States to make a significant contribution to EUTM Mali’s advisory activities and to send staff who can make a contribution to them; expresses grave concern at the growing influence of private foreign military companies that could jeopardise the joint objective of the EU and Mali to achieve security, stability and sustainable development in the country; points out that in the Sahel the process of regionalising the CSDP must be pursued in order to strengthen cooperation and coordination with the international actors and the EU Member States involved in the region, through initiatives in progress such as the Partnership for Security and Stability in the Sahel (P3S); stresses that the EU is also providing significant support for the operationalisation of the G5 Sahel Joint Force and its associated Police Component; stresses the efforts made by EUCAP Sahel Mali to support the deployment of Malian security forces in the centre of Mali; stresses the efforts of EUCAP Sahel Niger in providing assistance for the drafting of a Niger national defence and security policy; points out that the regionalisation of the CSDP actions is intended to support the EU’s integrated approach to the Sahel and that, therefore, action by the RACC should continue; points out that in order for military and security responses to have lasting effectiveness they must be accompanied by concrete and visible measures for the populations in terms of essential services;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that EUNAVFOR ATALANTA, EUCAP and EUTM Somalia form a coherent whole supporting the Union’s Strategic Framework for the Horn of Africa; welcomes the crucial role played by Operation ATALANTA in the fight against piracy and trafficking in the Horn of Africa and that of EUCAP Somalia in advising the federal and regional authorities of Puntland and Somaliland on developing the coast guard and maritime police functions; stresses that the EU’s commitment in the Horn of Africa region remains relevant in order to strengthen the capacities of the Somali security forces; also emphasises the need to improve their effectiveness;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern the deteriorating political and security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR); denounces the growing threats and hostile incidents targeting MINUSCA by certain local and foreign armed forces, including foreign security companies, and disinformation campaigns targeting Union action; welcomes and fully supports the establishment of the EU Advisory Mission in the CAR (EUAM RCA); welcomes and fully supports the action of the EUTM mission, and particularly the training of officers and non-commissioned officers in the Central African Armed Forces (CAAF) and its contribution to the overall security sector reform (SSR) process coordinated by MINUSCA; emphasises the need to communicate with the population regarding the mission’s aims and progress; emphasises the importance of assessing the EU’s actual capacity to respond to CAAF needs in terms of equipment, as part of the strategic review to be held in the first half of 2022; emphasises the fact that support within the framework of the European Peace Facility to the units trained by the EUTM must be conditional on positive changes in the political situation, both internal and regional, implemented by the Central African authorities;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the strategic importance for European interests of the Mozambique Channel; welcomes the commitment of the Member States and the VP/HR to respond to the growing terrorist threat in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTMCabo Delgado and is concerned about the risk of this threat expanding in the area; notes the forthcoming establishment of an EUTM and calls for it to be deployed as rapidly as possible, in view of the situation; urges the Member States to contribute to the generation of forces for the mission;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the renewal of the Althea mission in 2020 and the refocusing of its mandate in support of the Bosnia- Herzegovina authorities in an effort to maintain a safe and secure environment; stresses the importance of continuing with the secondary activity of mine clearance and the collective training of the armed forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina; insists that the Member States fulfil their commitments concerning the generation of forces for Althea;
Amendment 201 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes with satisfaction the results of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia); approves its extension for a period of two years; stresses the need for further reflection on CSDP commitments in the area; is concerned about the deteriorating security situation in the region; is concerned by the disinformation campaigns besetting EUMM Georgia and calls for a reinforcement of its strategic intelligence, analysis and communications capacities;
Amendment 210 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes the reinforcement of the EUAM Iraq advisory mission with the addition of a component to support the implementation of the internal security reform to the implementation of national terrorism combating and prevention strategies (including combating violent extremism) and organised crime, with specific reference to border management, financial crime, and particularly corruption, money-laundering and trafficking items of cultural heritage;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Encourages the deployment of EUBAM Libya members to Tripoli, from where the mission should operate; proposes that the mission, engaged in supporting the Libyan authorities to dismantle the organised crime networks involved in trafficking migrants, trafficking in human beings and terrorism in the border management field, should continue to explore, within the framework of a regional strategy, the opportunities for supporting the development of the border capabilities of the Sahel states run by the EU, working together with the CSDP missions in the Sahel (and particularly EUCAP Sahel Niger);
Amendment 213 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Welcomes the results of the European Union Liaison and Planning Cell (EULPC), consisting of offering expertise relating to security, intelligence and planning to EU actors in Brussels, in the theatre of operations (DUE, EUBAM, EUNAVFOR MED) and to UNSMIL;
Amendment 214 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Welcomes the launch of the CSDP operation in the Mediterranean, EUNAVFOR MED IRINI; stresses its key role in the implementation of the arms embargo and in the training of the Libyan coastguard; deplores the fact that, in 2020, it encountered many refusals to allow inspections; calls for a transparent communication from the European External Action Service (EEAS) on this issue; laments the fact that NATO, which is active in the area through Operation Sea Guardian, is unwilling to cooperate, in order to supplement the action and aims of Irini; stresses the strategic importance of publicly communicating information about the mission relating to seizures, friendly approaches and inspections, including refusals;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of providing military missions with more flexible and more robust mandates; calls for closer linkages between existing European ad hoc operations and CSDP military missions or operations, particularly when facing an urgent crisis or ensuring access to contested strategic spaces;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is deeply concerned about the low force generation for operations and missions, and urges the Member States to address this matter as soon as possible; considers that third-country participation in CSDP operations and missions must always be in line with European interests and values; calls on the EU to provide staff in missions and operations with appropriate equipment and training to become more alert and more resilient under less permissive conditions, including with a view to addressing hybrid threats, CBRN risks and cyber-attacks; welcomes the creation of the response capability reserve to deal with any crises in the field of CBRN incidents;
Amendment 259 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the increasing information manipulation, disinformation and hybrid threats affecting several theatres; calls for a structured response to these threats by CSDP missions; urges the HR/VP to provide concrete support to the CSDP missions and operations through a strategic communication;
Amendment 264 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a strengthening of the Union’s command structures, in particular the Military Staff (EUMS) and the Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), which must be provided with the requisite personnel, equipment and resources as soon as possible, and be able to exchange classified information safely, including with Member States and missions/operations; calls for the creation of a European HQ for conduct of operations; in this connection, deplores the postponement of the progression of the MPCC to phase 2 and calls on the Member States to fully meet their commitments in order to permit such a progression; stresses the importance of making the MPCC, as soon as possible, into a genuine command and control structure (HQ) that is fully operational, able to fulfil a strategic forward-looking and advance planning function, to lead European operations and missions with the proactive and flexible approach required by the strategic context and to strengthen the operational strategic autonomy of Europeans;
Amendment 279 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the cooperation capacity of European armies in helping citizens in the fight against the pandemic in 2020; calls on the EU and the Member States to set out detailed arrangements for the implementation of Article 44 TEU so as to enable the Union to respond rapidly and effectively to crises, including by permitting an ad hoc operation run by a group of Member States to have an ex post mandate; welcomes the positive pooling and coordinating role played by air forces during the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular as regards transfers for medical treatment and deliveries of equipment between Member States; welcomes in particular the role of the EATC in the evacuation and transfer of patients and the delivery of medical equipment during the pandemic; in general terms, encourages military air mobility, including transport, in-flight refuelling and aeromedical evacuation in Europe, guaranteeing the effectiveness and efficiency of military air transport in Europe;
Amendment 296 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Supports the ambition of creating a ‘rapid entry force’ that may be mobilised in the context of a security emergency; points out that currently the EU lacks the ground, sea and air expertise and capabilities needed to run first entry operations to re-establish security in a theatre of war; considers that it is realistic and necessary, initially, for Member States to agree, within the framework of the Strategic Compass, on the circumstances that would make it necessary to mobilise such a force, and to agree on one or more operational scenarios, including under extremely tight deadlines; recalls the existence of battlegroups and the need to make them credibleoperational by conducting regular field exercises; deplores the Member States’ lack of commitment to the battlegroups; criticises the fact that only one battlegroup, led by Italy, is operational in 2021; laments the weakness of the planning for 2022 and 2023; shares the level of ambition set by the High Representative regarding the robustness of the EU’s military tools, particularly ad hoc tools;
Amendment 308 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for a re-examination of the processes for monitoring and managing CSDP missions and operations; believes it is necessary to delegate more operational responsibilities in the conduct and management of missions and operations to their military commands; calls, more generally, for EU military structures to be systematically linked to all policies and instruments with an impact on the operational commitment of European armed forces and particularly to the work of the European Defence Fund’s programme committee;
Amendment 311 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses the importance of precise and timely intelligence to support decision-making, secure missions and operations and improve the combating of influence and disinformation campaigns targeting them; calls on the EEAS to put in place an intelligence capability for theatres of operation, through the creation of intelligence cells in all the CSDP missions and operations, which feed in real time into INTCEN, EUMS and the CPCC to support decision- making; more generally, stresses the importance of situational knowledge and coordination between national intelligence agencies, and would like to see the creation of an EU intelligence coordination cell;
Amendment 329 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes the EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap of November 2020; considers that it is vital, in order to preserve the competitiveness of EDTIB, to support its enterprises’ access to banking and non-banking finance; stresses that defence production is mainly dual in nature, and is used in the civilian field; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that the contribution of European defence enterprises to the EU’s strategic autonomy is duly taken into account when the European Ecolabel is awarded;
Amendment 345 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses the European Union’s competences and power, including its legislative power, in the area of resilience;
Amendment 356 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes, in this context, the launch of the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMPs) and a pilot project in the Gulf of Guinea; calls for this concept to be extended to other areas of interest, in particular the Indo-Pacific region; calls for the UnionCommission and the EU to update its maritime security strategy by 2022;
Amendment 360 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Welcomes the launch in early 2020 of the EMASOH mission, and supports its twin objectives of ensuring a safe navigation environment and lowering existing tensions in the region; welcomes the ‘holistic and coordinated’ strategic review of EUNAVFOR Atalanta, EUTM Somalia and EUCAP Somalia and their extension, with a view to encompassing all aspects of security;
Amendment 366 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Condemns the malicious cyber acts committed against Member States; insists that the Union and the Member States react firmly and in coordination against any new malicious, illegal or destabilising cyber activity by making full use of the instruments at the EU’s disposal and in coordination with its partners; calls on the Union to work towards the creation of a legal instrument to respond to hybrid threats and to develop a comprehensive cyber capacity including the securing of networks, communications and information-sharing, the implementation of training/exercises, including via CSP projects, and by making good use of the EU’s cyber diplomacy toolkit; calls for a revision of the cyber-defence policy framework in order to increase the prevention and deterrence capacity of the Union and its Member States, by enhancing their posture capability, situational awareness, tools and procedures;
Amendment 378 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the EEAS to create, as part of the European democracy action plan, an EU toolbox intended to step up the fight against disinformation and deliberate malicious behaviour, in order to identify, deter and thwart it;
Amendment 380 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Insists, in view of the changed threat and the need to adapt our institutions, that measures be put in place in the European institutions, including the European Parliament, to consolidate their internal capacities; stresses the importance of the inter-institutional coordination established by CERT-EU; urges the European institutions, in particular the Commission, to make available the human resources needed to strengthen CERT-EU;
Amendment 384 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for mutual operational assistance between Member States to be enhanced; stresses the importance of carrying out additional exercises based on crisis management scenarios, including the activation of Article 222 TFEU and Article 42(7) TEU in a hypothetical cyber-attack scenario;
Amendment 391 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Union to develop a space defence strategy, which is essential for its strategic autonomy in space; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence suppor, in order to maintain autonomous space access for the EU and its Member States, promote the emergence of a common European strategic space security and defence culture, reduce strategic dependencies and improve the operational governance of European space programmes; encourages the Union to improve its situational awareness and geo-intelligence support, by strengthening its expertise capacities (via SATCEN) and those of the Member States, to ensure a link between the CSDP and the EU space programme via Galileo, notably the PRS and Copernicus, to leverage investment possibilities (notably Horizon Europe and the European Defence Fund) and to explore other possible synergies between space and defence (including capabilities); regrets that the funding of SATCEN missions cannot benefit from the long-term budget programming of the European Union; wants the technological development needs of SATCEN to be taken into account in the work programme of the European Defence Fund; suggests creating a geospatial data analysis community under the CSP; considers that SATCEN should play a major role in this context; considers that the activities of this community should be covered by the EU budget; stresses the importance of the Union having autonomous access to space and its own launchers; insists that the Union should lead the way in strengthening the increasingly contested area of international space law;
Amendment 406 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Suggests that the European Parliament sign an agreement with SATCEN giving it access to the centre’s imaging and analysis services which are useful for its information and for taking positions and decisions, in full compliance with SATCEN’s confidentiality and security procedures;
Amendment 407 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Welcomes the proposal for a European new secure connectivity project, including quantum satellites; calls for this project to be concluded swiftly in order to raise the level of telecommunications security in the Union; stresses the growing risk of cyber and physical attack on European and Member State satellites; stresses the need to prevent such attacks and to provide for defensive mechanisms;
Amendment 408 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28c. Is concerned about the continuous increase in space debris, particularly in low orbit, which is putting at risk our satellite capacities, and in the number of microsatellites; stresses that the new mega-constellations of satellites further increase the risk of collision; welcomes the work being undertaken to develop a European space traffic management policy and calls for the negotiations to be stepped up in order to obtain international responses; considers that one of the tangible achievements of such a policy should be an improvement in space debris monitoring capacities;
Amendment 410 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Insists that freedom of air traffic must be maintained; calls on the Union to defend itself against any threat to civil aviation or any failure to respect its airspace and to defend international aviation safety; calls on the HR/VP to ensure that work is begun to evaluate the usefulness of extending to the air sector the concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences;
Amendment 417 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for existing Union instruments to be made operational so that they can contribute more effectively to preventing and countering hybrid threats and to protecting critical infrastructure; stresses the urgency for the European institutions, agencies and other bodies of developing secure communication systems and a capacity to react rapidly to attacks, and to greatly increase their resilience to them;
Amendment 422 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Union to put into practice the lessons learned from exercises based on Article 42(7) TEU scenarios and to develop a flexible and non-binding action plan for its activation in order to strengthen the mutual assistance and solidarity between Member States;
Amendment 428 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the pandemic has exposed our vulnerabilities and calls, therefore, for a reduction in Europe’s strategic dependencies, in particular where they affect its capacity to take military action; recalls the goal of enhancing the Union’s strategic autonomy in order for it to be a credible and demanding strategic partner capable of defending its interests and values; welcomes, in this regard, the work and initiatives of the Commission;
Amendment 433 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that fibre optic cables are the central nervous system of the global internet, carrying 97% of all internet traffic; stresses that these cables are a central and indispensable part of the EU’s critical infrastructure, and thus of great geopolitical importance, and that they have recently been targeted by foreign spying operations; believes that the EU should prioritise the security and protection of these cables; calls on the EU to set up an EU fibre optic cable security programme, including research, coordination, policy-making, incident follow-up and coast guard training;
Amendment 438 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Welcomes the progress made in enabling the development of new European military capabilities in connection with the European Defence Industrial Development Plan (EDIDP) and the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR); calls on the Commission to draw useful lessons from this for the European Defence Fund (EDF), with the aim of achieving operational results; welcomes the adoption of the EDF Regulation and the clear rules it sets out;
Amendment 447 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Laments the reduction in the amount of the EDF under the MFF, which makes coherence between Union defence initiatives even more necessary: PESCO, CARD, EDF; stresses, in this regard, the role of the European Defence Agency (EDA); points to the conclusions of the first Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and, in particular, to the importance of increasing coherence between European capability prioritisation initiatives and the various national planning processes; points in that connection to the ultimate responsibility of the Member States for achieving the objective of a coherent European capability landscape, in particular in the areas identified by the CARD report; points also to the importance of the Member States' commitment, made in various settings, to maintain a sustained pace of defence investment and to make use of the opportunities afforded by the European Defence Fund in order to stimulate new investment;
Amendment 458 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States with the following objectives: European added value, operational capability,are, firstly, tools to serve the Member States; stresses that PESCO and the EDF must make it possible to enhance defence cooperation between Member States that has genuine European added value; points accordingly to the objectives of greater Union strategic autonomy, enhanced operational capability of European forces, reduced fragmentation of the capability landscape and of the European defence market for those initiatives, and support for the competitiveness of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), strengthening of strategic autonomy and reduced fragmentation of the European defence market;
Amendment 468 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Regrets the accumulated delay in revising the decision on the governance of PESCO; points to the need to develop financial incentives; recalls that third- country participation in PESCO projects must be decided on a case-by-case basis; welcomes the initial stages of military mobility and calls for subsequent stages to be implemented swiftly; approves the participation of the United States, Norway and Canada in the military mobility project; asks to be fully involved in decisions to open up any PESCO project for third-country participation;
Amendment 479 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Stresses that the EDF must promote the build-up of European industrial sectors and European champions, with multiannual programming, and take advantage of civilian-defence synergies; stresses the need, therefore, to establish synergies with the various Union policies, and in particular Horizon Europe and the European space programme, so that EDF resources can be effectively concentrated on strictly military issues; welcomes the Commission's action plan for synergies between civil, defence and space industries, which promotes innovation in dual-use goods; calls on the Union and the Commission to take systematic account, in all policies, of the contribution of the EDTIB to the Union's strategic autonomy; calls also on the Commission to submit a specific industrial strategy for the EDTIB;
Amendment 488 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Backs the Commission proposal for VAT exemption for defence equipment designed and developed within the EU, which is a positive measure seeking to standardise practices at global level and foster European strategic autonomy;
Amendment 489 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)
Paragraph 37 b (new)
37b. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a reduction in the number of projects and an increase in its political monitoring; reminds the Member States of the importance of abiding by their commitments in this connection in order to achieve full operational capability on schedule, and in particular before 2025; deplores the lack of transparency on the progress of projects vis-à-vis the European institutions; deplores also the fact that Parliament is being excluded from the process of monitoring implementation of PESCO and considers that its governance needs to be reviewed in order to step up parliamentary oversight, particularly over the selection of projects that address the gaps, and to ensure that the Member States fulfil their commitments;
Amendment 490 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – introductory part
Paragraph 38 – introductory part
38. Welcomes the fact that the PESCO strategic review has led to a reduction in the number of projects and an increase in its political monitoring; laments the fact that Parliament has been excluded from the monitoring of its implementation; cConsiders that the Strategic Compass should aim to:
Amendment 500 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 2
Paragraph 38 – indent 2
- streamline the planning and capability development processes (CDP, HLG/HICG, PESCO, CARD) and maintain coherence of results with the respective NATO processes, in particular the NDPP,
Amendment 505 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 – indent 3
Paragraph 38 – indent 3
- integrate EU military capability development processes into national defence planning processes and make the best use of EU defence initiatives through PESCO and CARD,
Amendment 516 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Stresses that the digital sector is an area of opportunity but also of significant threat of malicious action against our security and democracies (by state and non-state actors, and erasing the lines laid down in the law of armed conflict), and that it transcends borders; considers that it is necessary to go further in order to ensure that Europeans have access to what is now a contested area and develop a culture but also effective tools for security and solidarity among Europeans; calls for particular attention to be paid to the impact of emerging technologies so as to ensure that they are applied and used throughout the Union, facilitate research and innovation and enhance the Union’s resilience, keeping in mind the need to control their use precisely;
Amendment 521 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 39 – indent 1 (new)
- work on the security and defence impact of artificial intelligence (AI), including the malicious use of this type of technology and the use of AI by Member States against such threats;
Amendment 522 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – indent 2 (new)
Paragraph 39 – indent 2 (new)
- work at EU level on the issues of ethics / autonomous weapons; support the work on autonomous lethal weapons systems within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), which, for the time being, remains the only appropriate international forum to address those issues;
Amendment 523 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – indent 3 (new)
Paragraph 39 – indent 3 (new)
- stress the importance of an innovative and competitive EDTIB (which is the vehicle for meeting the needs defined by the Member States and the EU) as well as identify strengths and vulnerabilities;
Amendment 524 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – indent 4 (new)
Paragraph 39 – indent 4 (new)
- guarantee the security of supply chains (both within and outside the EU), including raw materials, critical components and technologies;
Amendment 525 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – indent 5 (new)
Paragraph 39 – indent 5 (new)
- share alerts, information and threats in real time via the direct line to the operational centres;
Amendment 527 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39a. Welcomes the Member States’ renewed commitment to the common position as amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560, and stresses the importance of thoroughly assessing export licence applications for military technology and equipment according to the criteria stipulated therein; points out that Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560 and the relevant conclusions of 16 September 2019 reflect a growing awareness among Member States of the need for greater national and EU-wide transparency and convergence in the area of arms exports and of the need to strengthen public oversight in this sensitive national security domain; stresses that these decisions have the potential to ensure that national oversight bodies, parliaments and EU citizens are supplied with better information about the strategic choices made by their governments, in an area which directly affects their security and their countries’ adherence to values and norms;
Amendment 543 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls for support to be given to strengthening and preserving the conventional arms control architecture in Europe, in a context of gradual erosion marked by the USA’s and Russia’s withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies; calls for disarmament regimes and forums to be supported and strengthened in every aspect: universalisation, support for implementation, political and institutional support, and financial support; calls on the Union to pay particular attention to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risk, in conjunction with the OPCW, with particular emphasis on the prohibition regime and conventional obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and the fight against impunity; welcomes the extension of the New START Treaty and laments the end of the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF);
Amendment 568 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the establishment of an EU-US strategic dialogue on security and defence, with a view to helping build a mutually beneficial and balanced transatlantic relationship; stresses the operational dimension of the partnership and the importance of ensuring that the Union maintains its strategic autonomy, in particular as regards the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); welcomes the relevance of this format for addressing hybrid risks; welcomes, in this regard, the involvement of third countries in the EDA on the basis of administrative agreements, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding counterparts and safeguards to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 585 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls for a stronger NATO supported by a stronger European Union, and wishes to see very tangible development in the EU-NATO partnership, particularly with regard to the growing hybridisation of threats and the inclusion of non-directly military parameters in peacetime strategic competition; stresses that the current strategic situation calls for NATO’s unequivocal support for European defence initiatives, including in the area of capabilities, with due regard for the powers of each institution; recalls the importance of fully implementing the ‘Berlin plus’ agreements and of enabling classified documents to be passed between the two organisations; calls, in this context, for NATO’s new strategic concept to take full account of and be coherent with the EU’s Strategic Compass;
Amendment 603 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Welcomes the involvement of third countries in the European Defence Agency, provided that it is accompanied by legally binding quid pro quos and guarantees to protect the defence and security interests of the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 609 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls for closer relations with non- traditional partnerWelcomes the bilateral partnerships for security and defence dialogue, in particular with Canada and Norway, two important contributors to CSDP missions and operations; calls for closer relations with democratic countries in the Indo-Pacific region (India, Japan, Australia), and in specific policy sectors (cybersecurity, hybrid, maritime, etc.), and with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN);
Amendment 621 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Welcomes the ongoing discussions on the participation of Japan in EUTM Mali and Mozambique and that of India in CSDP operations and missions in Africa; is pleased to see Georgia’s active participation in CSDP efforts and in particular in training missions in the Central African Republic and Mali;
Amendment 654 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)
Paragraph 47 a (new)
47a. Welcomes the fact that DG DEFIS has become operational
Amendment 674 #
2021/2183(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Amendment 68 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and, autocratic and dictatorial regimes, which are in the majority for the first time in 20 years; calls for the EU and the Member States to make full use of the tools at their disposal, including and especially their economic leverage in mutual trade relations to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwide;
Amendment 83 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Pledges that it will strive for more effective communication in the field of protection of human rights, notably by publishing and distributing its urgency resolutions on human rights abuses to the local languages of the country concerned.
Amendment 103 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recommends that the EUSR devote a special focus in his work to those countries and topics which are covered in the Parliament’s monthly urgency resolutions on human rights abuses.
Amendment 184 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Notes that independent journalism and the existence of reliable media channels have never been as vital in maintaining safe, healthy, well- functioning human societies as they are today; stresses the need for more public support to independent journalism all around the world; stresses the need for more public support into research of novel ways of countering the spread of fake news;
Amendment 294 #
2021/2181(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Is conscious of the fact that the European Union cannot show a good example in the fight against corruption and the violation of human rights as long as some of its Member States show an unfavourable track record in these fields; expects the Commission and the Member States to step up with concrete action against the Member States’ malpractices in these fields; recommends that the Parliament, the Commission and the Member States provide significant support to anti-corruption civil society organisations, journalists and whistle- blowers not only beyond but within the borders of the European Union as well;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas corruption acts as a barrier to education, makes education financially inaccessible, distorts values of young people and causes lack of motivation to study, resulting in the waste of talents and negative effects on the economy;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas corruption reporting is among main causes of journalist killings; whereas according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, five journalists investigating corruption have so far been killed in 2021;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) design programmes under the IPA, the NDICI, and the EU trust funds to support anti-corruption capacity building; increase the efficiency of EU spending by including clear programme targets and timelines; enable EU Delegations and Member States’ embassies to assess and report on corruption in their regular briefings;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point q a (new)
(q a) call for a thorough investigation into and justice for the violence and killings of investigative journalists, HRDs and other anti-corruption activists;
Amendment 209 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(t a) establish European funding rules for political parties, NGOs and the media, especially when funding comes from non- democratic countries, to prevent malign influence and interference into democratic processes and public affairs of the EU and partner countries, including manipulation of people’s opinions resulting into erosion of trust in governments, electoral processes and politics in general;
Amendment 222 #
2021/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) encourage a deepening of international commitments to put anti- corruption at the heart of the SDGs as an avenue for fighting global poverty, and for the fulfilment of economic, social and cultural rights, with special attention to the right to education; make fighting corruption in education and health-care sectors a priority;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
— having regard to the resolutions adopted by the Parliament and recalled below reflecting the need to counter the external interferences of Mr Putin's regime and the constant violations of freedoms and human rights in Russia; the will of the European Union to stabilise the European continent while respecting international borders, the sovereignty of States and good neighbourly relations with the Russian Federation; its conviction that, like all people, the Russian people aspire to the universal values of freedom and democracy; the opportunity to present to the Russian people concrete proposals for mutually beneficial cooperation,
Amendment 11 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the joint communication from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social committee and the committee of the Regions - Tackling Covid-19 disinformation -Getting the facts right (JOIN/2020/8 final),
Amendment 12 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the European Parliament distinguishes - the Russian people and the Putin’s regime - and critical actions proposed in this report are directed towards the Putin’s regime, while stressing the urgent need to reach out to the Russian people and show that the EU is welcoming to them;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas Russia is an integral part of Europe and the biggest neighbour of European Union and the developments in Russia, its policies and character of its authorities are directly affecting EU’s immediate neighbourhood;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A
Recital -A
-A. whereas the Union's relations with the Russian Federation must be based on the principles of international law, democracy and the peaceful resolution of conflicts, and whereas the current Russian government has shown contempt for these principles;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas Russia is an authoritarian state run by President Vladimir Putin and his loyalists, in which there are no free and fair elections, both the State Duma and the Council of the Federation are submissive to Mr Putin’s orders, opposition forces are under constant intimidation and threat, which includes searches of their offices, arrests and imprisonment sentences, assassination attempts and actual killings;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the main interest of the EU is to keep stability and peace on the European continent, which is being threatened by aggressive external policies of the Russian authorities;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A a (new)
Recital –A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the Russian Federation has committed itself to the principles of democracy, the rule of law and human rights through its membership of the Council of Europe and the OSCE;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A b (new)
Recital –A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the EU is Russia's largest trading partner, while Russia is the EU's fifth largest trading partner;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A b (new)
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. whereas the EU believes in a different future that Russia can have, with its people aspiring to the universal values of freedom and democracy;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital –A c (new)
Recital –A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the current Russian regime is stirring up animosity and mistrust in Russian civil society towards foreigners, particularly Europeans, and conveying the image of the West as an enemy, and whereas this misinformation has become the cultural and political foundation of the policy of Russian authorities, which are losing economic and social credibility and deepening the rupture between Russia and Europe;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the Freedom in the World 2021 report placed Russia in the category of ‘not free’ countries; whereas citizens’ fundamental freedoms are limited in Russia the election environment is controlled, Russian people are discouraged from public protests by the burdensome bureaucratic procedures established in order for citizens to receive a permission and by police violence during peaceful protests;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A c (new)
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. whereas the EU strategy towards Russia needs to combine two major objectives: first, to stop the Kremlin’s external and domestic aggressiveness and second, to engage with the people of Russia and assist them in building a different future for Russia, which would benefit all the people on the European continent including the Russian;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities currently hold nearly 400 political prisoners in violation of the Russian Federation’s obligations under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 23 of the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A d (new)
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. whereas the Kremlin authority can be described as a stagnating authoritarian kleptocracy led by a president-for-life surrounded by a circle of oligarchs, who has started wars against his neighbours, assassinates opponents inside and outside Russia, interferes in the US’ and European elections, and acts as an anti- Western spoiler at every opportunity;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A e (new)
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. whereas the organisers and masterminds of the 2015 assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov remain unidentified and unindicted, while the OSCE report on this issue has concluded that “the main issue for addressing impunity is not the capabilities of the Russian law enforcement, but political will”;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2042(INI)
-Ae. whereas President Putin’s approach is clearly revisionist, trying to extend control over territories he considers lost after the collapse of the Soviet Union;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A f (new)
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues the illegal occupation of territories and maintains frozen conflicts in Moldova (Transnistria), Georgia (Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia), interferes directly in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, engages in the destabilisation and effective control of parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts directly and through Russian and local mercenaries, and especially annexed Crimea to Russia violently and illegally; whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues to consider these actions as favourable to its interests;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A f (new)
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. whereas the media space in Russia is controlled and owned by the state, there is no public broadcaster, the remaining few independent media sources struggle financially and face persecution, including physical attacks and imprisonment of media workers; whereas since 1992, 58 journalists have been killed in Russia; whereas the “sovereign internet” law enables the government to block any unwanted Internet content;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A g (new)
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. whereas the goals of Putin’s regime include the following elements: to assert its authority to be a great power; to consolidate the regime’s interference in post-Soviet countries and beyond; to place the sovereignty of powerful states above the sovereignty of other states; to use the concept of protecting ethnic Russians abroad as justification for hybrid war and disinformation; to use frozen conflicts areas as a strategic element for interfering in the affected country and preventing it from moving closer to the EU and NATO; to use energy resources and illicit money laundering practices as a tool for manipulation and blackmailing; to undermine the model of liberal democracy and to portray Russia as morally superior and the West as morally inferior; to supress democracy, democratic opposition and the right for the people to express free will in Russia;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A h (new)
Recital -A h (new)
Amendment 33 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A h (new)
Recital -A h (new)
-Ah. whereas the LGBTI+ community in Russia faces extensive discrimination, including harassment, torture, imprisonment and killings; whereas situation for LGBTI+ community is particularly dangerous in Chechnya, which in 2017 started its purge of LGBTI+ people, detaining and torturing dozens, with at least two killed, and many seeking for safe refuge abroad; whereas existing laws prohibit any public discussion on “non-traditional sexual relationships”;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A i (new)
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. whereas the Putin regime rejects multilateralism and the rule of law based international order, disregards international law and Helsinki OSCE principles, as demonstrated by the 2020 constitutional reforms elevating Russian law above international law;
Amendment 35 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A i (new)
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. whereas the behaviour of Russia’s current leadership poses one of the main challenges to the EU’s strategic and foreign policy agenda as well as to freedom, peace and security in Europe and beyond;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A k (new)
Recital -A k (new)
-Ak. whereas in 2019 Russia re-joined the Council of Europe but extensive violations of human rights continue, as well as its refusal to comply with the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A l (new)
Recital -A l (new)
-Al. whereas Russia uses other international institutions, primarily the UN and the OSCE, to prevent justice and conflict resolution worldwide;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A n (new)
Recital -A n (new)
-An. whereas a passportization policy is being used to boost the numbers of Russian compatriots and de facto incorporate into Russia citizens of territories occupied by it and breakaway territories, notably Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Donbas and the Crimean Peninsula; whereas these Russian actions are a violation of international laws;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A p (new)
Recital -A p (new)
-Ap. whereas the Kremlin’s propaganda opposes Russian and European/Western values by calling the latter “rotten liberal- progressive West” and supports pro- Russian and other organizations of divisive nature that are able to undermine policies of national governments, spread defamation and demonise the West, especially the EU and NATO, promote hatred, intolerance and Soviet nostalgia, and rewrite the history of Soviet crimes;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A q (new)
Recital -A q (new)
-Aq. whereas the “Russian World” is being promoted by state-owned media channels such as Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik in the native languages of the EU Member States; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is being used by Kremlin’s propaganda to seed division among the EU Member States, portray the EU as unable to cope with the pandemic, seed doubts about the vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency, discourage EU citizens from vaccination, and rehabilitate Russia’s image in the eyes of EU population, particularly via the promotion of the Sputnik V vaccine;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A r (new)
Recital -A r (new)
-Ar. whereas the Russian “foreign agents” law adopted in 2012 was used to get rid of Western grant-giving organisations and deprive democracy- promoting local NGOs from essential funding, and has been gradually expanding and currently any ordinary citizen can be branded as a foreign agent for its political activity; whereas another law prohibits the financing of public events in Russia by foreign governments, organizations and other actors labelled as foreign agents;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A s (new)
Recital -A s (new)
-As. whereas Russian embassies, consulates and their affiliated cultural centres in the EU Member States are offering free cultural events and Russian language lessons and numerous local NGOs and radical groups, including political movements, receive Russian funding;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A t (new)
Recital -A t (new)
-At. whereas the Russian financial support for political parties and movements is a direct interference into the democratic processes of the EU and its Member States, as these parties and movements promote Russia’s interests as well as values contradictory to those of the EU;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A u (new)
Recital -A u (new)
-Au. whereas the EU and its Member States institutions as well as objects of strategical importance, leadership and democratic processes such as elections are the constant target of Russian cyber- attacks;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A v (new)
Recital -A v (new)
-Av. whereas Putin’s Russia seeks to maintain its influence in the former Soviet space at any cost, it rejects the right of self-determination of neighbouring countries and openly disrupts their efforts to implement pro-European democratic reforms and jeopardises their ambitions to join the EU and NATO;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A w (new)
Recital -A w (new)
-Aw. whereas Russia remains engaged in several parts of the world and seeks to disrupt EU influence in the Eastern Partnership region, the Western Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America; whereas Russia establishes alternative models for cooperation such as the Eurasian Economic Union not necessarily with the intention to demonstrate its superiority, but to oppose the EU and the West in general;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russiathe current Russian regime is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Russia is continuing its aggressive behaviour on the border with Ukraine and interfering with acts of terrorism on the territory of EU Member States, such as Czechia, and its eastern neighbours, inter alia by supporting the illegitimate regime of Alexiaksander Lukashenkoa in Belarus;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Kremlin’s regime has in several weeks of March and April 2021 substantially increased its military presence on the eastern and northern border of Ukraine, which is the biggest concentration of Russian troops since 2014; whereas the Kremlin regime suspended the right of passage for warships and commercial vessels of other countries through part of the Black Sea in the direction of the Kerch Strait, which is in violation of navigation rights guaranteed by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which Russia is a party;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Amendment 70 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Russia uses its paramilitary organization (the “Wagner Group”) to support dictatorial regimes around the world and undermine the EU’s and international community’s efforts to mitigate conflicts, build peace and stability;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas illegal actions by the Kremlin regime on the territory of the United Kingdom, Czechia, Bulgaria, as well as many other EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries constitute a critical violation of their sovereignty; whereas the Kremlin regime is non-cooperative in investigating those crimes and is sheltering key suspects;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas President Putin’s political and economic investment into the survival of the illegitimate Lukashenko regime is the only reason why Mr Lukashenko is still able to continue the brutal persecution of Belarusian people who are demanding respect for human rights, free and transparent elections, rule of law and justice; whereas from the summer of 2020 the illegitimate Lukashenko regime incarcerated more than 360 political prisoners and arrested, persecuted and in many cases tortured more than 30 000 protesters;
Amendment 83 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas Kremlin continues its hybrid interference into EU domestic politics, mainly by building links between the Russian central authorities and the extreme right and populist nationalist parties and governments in the EU, which pose a threat to the fundamental values of the Union, i.e. the respect for democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights; whereas Putin’s Russia continues its efforts to destabilise EU candidate and associated Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries with the goal to create obstacles or to stop the process of their Euro- Atlantic integration;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the EU dependency on imports of Russia’s energy products is one of the major threats to EU’s geopolitical security;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas more than 60 per cent of EU imports from Russia in 2019 were energy products; whereas the EU needs to reduce the dependency of its economy, especially in the energy sector, on Russian gas supplies to EU markets, which is now at 48 % and has a tendency to increase;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the Green Deal is a major instrument of the EU’s geopolitical security and according to the European Commission’s forecasts, if the Green Deal is implemented, the EU’s oil and natural gas imports by 2030 are expected to shrink dramatically with oil imports dropping by 78-79 % and natural gas imports by 58-67 % compared to 2015 figures;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas the Russian Federation poses not only an external threat to European security, but is also waging an internal war on its own people in the form of the systematic oppression of the opposition and arrests on the streets; whereas Russia has continued to unlawfully detain its citizens and target opposition leaders, independent journalists, protesters, human rights activists; whereas the prison conditions in Russia remain dreadful and people imprisoned are subject to torture, harassment, physical attacks;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre, the Russian authorities currently hold nearly 400 political prisoners in violation of the Russian Federation’s obligations under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and Article 23 of the Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Kremlin’s regime continues the systemic repressions of democratic forces by means of a significant number of attempted poisonings and murders, arrests and political sentencings of main oppositioners and activists such as Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko, Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Sergei Protazanov, Vladimir Kara-Murza and others; whereas the organisers of these crimes remain unidentified and unindicted; whereas the OSCE report on the murder of Boris Nemtsov has concluded that ‘the main issue for addressing impunity is not the capabilities of the Russian law enforcement, but the political will’;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Russian authorities’ decision to declare the Anti-Corruption Foundation headed by Alexei Navalny an extremist organisation is baseless, discriminatory and has been adopted with only one goal: to destroy opposition’s possibilities to effectively participate in election campaigns; whereas the law on ‘foreign agents’ is allowing individuals, associations and media to be stigmatised as ‘foreign agents’, thereby violating human rights, in particular freedom of expression and association, restricting the citizens’ right to commit and contribute to Russian civil society and putting their personal safety at risk by bearing such a stigma;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Kremlin’s regime adopted the laws on persons or entities supporting ‘foreign agents’ and ‘undesirable foreign organisations’, by which it has systemically banned active members of civil society, human rights NGOs, and the opposition from participating in the 2021 Parliamentary elections in Russia;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas the Russian authorities are holding the key opposition players of parliamentary election campaign in prison or under home arrest; whereas continuing repressions by Russian authorities on opposition candidates by abusing the registration procedures and selectively targeting political opponents and civil society organisations in the streets and courts under fabricated cases will make it simply impossible to speak about fair parliamentary elections in September 2021, as by these actions the regime in Russia is destroying political competition and pluralist democracy as does the dictatorship in Belarus;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the endlessly increasing systemic oppression by the Kremlin of the opposition in Russia is an eye opener for the whole international community and whereas the EU must be ready to face it and develop a coherent strategy of response if it wants to save its own reputation; whereas, in particular, the EU has to build an increasing pressure on the Kremlin regime in the run-up to the 2021 parliamentary election and in its aftermath in order to defend the right for the Russian people to have free elections;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas in the light of recent developments in the area from Brest to Khabarovsk, Belarus and Russia are living through a moment of significant changes and the processes in both countries are very heavily influencing each other; whereas both regimes in Russia and Belarus are fearing the growing demand for change among their peoples, which is why stealing elections presents itself as a convenient political solution;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas these domestic developments are a warning to the EU of what may come in the preparation and in the aftermath of the September 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia, when Mr Putin, in the same manner as Mr Lukashenkoa in Belarus, is waging a war against the people of Russia;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in July 2020 the Russian authorities enacted a series of constitutional amendments – including an amendment giving President Putin a waiver from presidential term-limits in 2024 – in a procedure that violated both Russian law and the Russian Federation’s OSCE obligations, and that the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) has assessed as ‘clearly inappropriate’; whereas the constitutional and legislative amendments further eroded the right to a fair trial in Russia, including by giving the President the power to nominate the judges of the Constitutional and Supreme Courts, and initiate the appointment of all federal judges and dismissal of senior federal judges;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the EU and Russia have longstanding trade relations, the EU is the largest trading partner for Russia, while Russia is the fifth largest trading partner for the EU, and the EU is the largest investor in Russia; whereas the EU is dependent on Russian gas and oil imports, which will further increase should the Nord Stream 2 project be completed;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas Russia ranks 120 out of 180 countries in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index, as massive state-level corruption prevents Russian population from quality public services, which remain underfunded, including the public health care, which is of particular importance during the pandemic; whereas nearly 19 million of Russians live under the poverty line;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the Russian Government has approved a list of “unfriendly countries”, which includes Czechia and the United States;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in its resolutions of 17 September 2020, 21 January 2021 and 29 April 2021 Parliament called upon High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy / Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell for a review of the EU’s policy vis-à-vis Russia, including the five guiding principles agreed in 2016, emphasised that future EU relations with Russia would depend on the pace of Russia’s democratic transformation and called for the EU institutions to devise a new strategic approach on the assumption that any dialogue with Russia must be based on respect for international law and human rights, in particular to develop a new comprehensive strategy, which will be conditional on further developments in the area of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights by the Russian leadership and authorities;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the European Parliament has also asked the Council to immediately start preparations and adopt an EU strategy for future relations with a democratic Russia, including a broad offer of incentives and conditions to strengthen domestic tendencies towards freedom and democracy;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is growing concern in the world about Russia's involvement in several international and national conflicts and there is a need for the European Union and the Russian Federation to find common ground, healthy and balanced relations, where their interests converge;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the democratic transformation of Russia is a major geopolitical security interest of the EU, since democracies are not fighting each other and President Putin’s Russia remains the biggest challenge for European security;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the latest developments in Russia have shown that the EU’s strategy on Russia needs to be much more proactive and have a clear-defined ‘engagement’ objective, which should focus not only on traditional so-called ‘selective’ engagement with the Kremlin, but rather on a ‘strategic’ engagement with the civil society of Russia to assist in the transformation of Russia towards democracy;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the current confrontation between the EU and the government of the Russian Federation is not in the interests of either party and whereas this confrontation jeopardizes peace and stability of the entire European continent;
Amendment 161 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas a constructive relationship would still be in the interests of both parties and their peoples, although a constructive dialogue with the Russian authorities will require closer cooperation and unity between the Member States and more strength and firmness in its response to any provocation and aggression from Moscow;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas a successful, prosperous and democratic EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood is considered by the Kremlin as a threat to the stability of President Putin’s regime, because it may provide ‘soft power’ inspiration to ordinary people in Russia; whereas the democratisation of the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, therefore, has crucial importance for the future democratisation of Russia; whereas the Kremlin’s true aim regarding the conflicts in this region is not to back particular sides or personalities but rather to delegitimise democratic change as a means of transferring power, to prevent the successful development of these states, to discredit liberal democracy, and to export Russia’s own system of power;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas the EU must remain open to a dialogue and a reinforced relationship and would be prepared to return to relations based on cooperation with Russia if the Russian authorities fully respected their legal and international obligations and demonstrated in practice their commitment to restoring the trust that has been broken;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should support Russia on its path towards a democratic European type of country by (1) pushing back and adopting targeted sanctions on those within and close to the Kremlin, who are ready to steal or bribe elections or commit other major crimes against human rights and democracy values, both inside Russia and with tentacles in EU immediate neighbourhood, (2) making a success out of the Eastern Partnership countries by means of an ambitious EU integration policy and by developing the EU’s strategic responsibility and geopolitical leadership capacities needed for the implementation of such policies; this will inspire ordinary Russian people to seek democratic transformation of Russia, and (3) having a strategy of engagement with the pro-democratic society of Russia and setting out a path for future relations with Democratic Russia;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas any new framework for relations between the EU and the Russian Federation must be based on full respect for international law and the founding principles of the OSCE;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas one of the major challenges for EU will be to keep united strategy towards Russia, since Russia's policy towards the EU has for a long time been characterised by the will to side-line European institutions in favour of bilateral relations, attempt to add to EU- internal divisions and support the mostly right-wing nationalist anti-European parties and movements;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F g (new)
Recital F g (new)
Fg. whereas the transformation of Russia back into a democracy will depend on the willingness of the Russian people, and the EU must be ready to assist them in their wish to have a democratic country;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU strategy on Russia should be based on the assumption that Mr Putin will not change, but the people of Russia can transform their country into a democracy; if Ukrainians and Belarusians are ready to risk their lives for the sake of democracy and justice at home, - Russian people are not different;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the role of the EU as a global actor and the foreign policy competences of the EU institutions should be strengthened;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas it is in the Union's interest to strengthen the strategic, democratic and social progress of its eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Affirms that the European Union must adopt a firmer and more forceful overall strategy towards the Russian authorities and that its Member States must unify their approaches towards Russia in order to strike a balance between firmness and openness to dialogue on issues of common interest;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Stresses that the EU's foreign and security policy approach towards the Russian authorities requires greater coordination and coherence, in particular in strategic areas such as the European Defence Union, the European Energy Union, cyber defence, cyber terrorism and strategic communication tools;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Recalls that HR/VP Josep Borrell outlined, after his visit to Moscow, the contours of a new strategy that the European Union should adopt towards Russia based on three pillars: retaliation, pressure and dialogue, and that it would be useful to identify the best tools to transform this vision into concrete policies;
Amendment 201 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Is aware that the revanchism of the current government and its nostalgia for the Soviet borders are fuelling the mistrust of the countries formerly under the yoke of the Soviet Union, which, as members of the EU, would reluctantly consider any premature official dialogue with the Kremlin;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. Deplores the fact that the Russian authorities are tending to lock themselves into a privileged partnership with China, which can only weaken the Russian Federation and the entire European continent and, in particular, enable the Beijing authorities to expand their presence and influence in Central Asia and Siberia;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. Stresses that it is nevertheless necessary to keep the channels of communication open with Russia, and in particular to promote dialogue in multilateral forums, notably the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Arctic Council or the Council of Europe;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
Paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Recommends that the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) review, together with the Member States, the EU policy vis-à-vis Russiathe current regime of the Russian Federation, including the five guiding principles, and develop a comprehensive EU strategy towards Russia based on the following principles and actions:
Amendment 218 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by taking a more active role in the peaceful resolution of the ongoing conflicts and in the prevention of any future conflicts, by pressing Russia not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the EU, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by pressing Russian authorities not to interfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the EU, in particular the Member States, should deliver on their commitments for collective defence made within the frameworks of the EU and NATO, which is the only power on the European continent that can deter Russia’s nuclear capabilities and this is why NATO cannot be replaced by the EU’s strategically autonomous military capabilities;
Amendment 235 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) the EU needs to strengthen the cooperation of security services of EU Member states in order to be more effective in preventing Russian special services to implement on EU territory their terrorist attacks, poisoning or killing of opponents; and to work further with the US administration on the new measures to push-back on Kremlin’s sponsored terrorism;
Amendment 237 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a c (new)
(ac) the EU should have a strategic responsibility for stability and development in the EU neighbourhood, especially the Eastern Partnership region and should keep demanding Russia to implement its international obligations and give back control of the occupied territories, as well as remove its military resources from the sovereign territories of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, including in the Sea of Azov; the EU should keep its sanctions in place until Russia fully implements its commitments under the Minsk agreements;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a d (new)
(ad) the EU should be more effective in pushing back and broaden the scope of its sanctions to increase the price Russia pays for blocking the implementation of the Minsk agreements and the talks in the Normandy format; the EU should coordinate these measures with the US in order to increase their effectiveness;
Amendment 241 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a e (new)
(ae) the EU should consider launching a series of security compacts – frameworks for increased security, military, intelligence, and cyber cooperation – with select friendly countries in the EU’s neighbourhood and start investing in military and security partnerships with countries such as Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia; the EU needs to involve strong security partners in its neighbourhood and should not see security coordination with these countries only through the prism of NATO enlargement; the EU in its security dialogue with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova should be ambitious, take into account its assessment of the security challenges on the ground, and coordinate the Member States’ military support to Ukraine and, if necessary, to the remaining Eastern Partnership countries with the provision of defensive weapons, in line with Article 51 of the UN Charter that allows individual and collective self- defence;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the EU should be ready to call for the exclusion of Russia from the SWIFT payment system and to stop all the imports of oil and gas from Russia immediately if the Russian authorities continue their aggressive threats and military action against EU Member States and EaP neighbouring countries;
Amendment 251 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on how to cut its dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in power; the EU needs to elaborate and implement a clear strategy on how to decrease dependency on Russian gas; the EU geopolitical security should have as a major priority the implementation of the Green Deal package to reduce EU’s dependency on Russia’s gas and oil supplies radically in the next 10 to 15 years, which includes measures, such as EU carbon leakage tax and decarbonisation initiatives with development of green hydrogen industries; the EU needs to implement immediately new physical measures, such as reverse flow capabilities and additional cross-border infrastructure between Member States; the EU needs to apply energy diversification, including by developing the new capacities for LNG imports, energy transition and decarbonisation initiatives, which are rapidly gaining traction and could lessen demand for fossil fuels thereby ending Russia’s energy dominance on the European continent;
Amendment 252 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the EU must have a clear goal and plans on how to cut itswork towards the implementation of the European Green Deal and reduced dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least while President Putin is in power; the Nord Stream 2 threatens to increase this dependency, as well as finances Russian expansionism in neighbouring states;
Amendment 268 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) Considers as essential for the EU to invest in projects to strengthen its security and its joint military, counter- espionage, cyber and energy capacities;
Amendment 269 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) considers that the EU must step up its efforts to establish a genuine European defence within the framework of the strengthened Atlantic Alliance in order to be able to intervene with more effective, deployable, interoperable and sustainable military capabilities and forces, so as to project itself as a strong and confident international actor capable of deterring any aggression, threat or blackmail of a military nature;
Amendment 279 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Paragraph 1 – subheading 2
Containing the current Russian threat – fighting Russian interference in the EU and Eastern neighbourhood countries
Amendment 292 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) the EaP policy poses no threat to Russia and its relations with EaP countries; the EU must recognize the European aspirations of neighbouring countries and keep its own doors open for willing and capable countries, as there can be no compromises and concessions to appease Russia or follow its policy of spheres of influence;
Amendment 312 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the EU should continue its work on the containment of Russian hybrid threats with instruments able to eliminate Russian hybrid influterferences from the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 314 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) increase resilience and strengthen capacities to react to hybrid treats posed by Russia and others: cyber-security, propaganda and disinformation; call out Russia each time it executes hybrid attack against the EU and the Member States; increase resilience to cyber-attacks and expand capacities of the EU StratCom, as there is a need to cover not only the East and the Western Balkans, but also disinformation in the EU space;
Amendment 317 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) the EU has to clean its own house from the Kremlin hybrid interferences and Kremlin’s money laundering practices having an impact on European political and business elites, if it wants to be effective in assisting the Russian people on their path towards democracy;
Amendment 320 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) deplores the fact that Russian civil society organizations and NGOs are systematically deprived by the Russian authorities of the means to fight corruption;
Amendment 324 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) ensure a swift implementation of the incoming proposals of the European Parliament Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE);
Amendment 325 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) the EU needs to have a consolidated, well-coordinated and holistic anti-hybrid containment strategy, which must also address cyber security threats and traditional forms of espionage;
Amendment 326 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) the EU needs to push-back the Kremlin’s activities designed to undermine the European project, destabilise our political system, raise divisions amongst Member States through fake news in social media, support for populist, extremist, mostly right-wing parties or political separatists, cyber- attacks against sensitive infrastructure and killings of exiled opponents; the EU should limit the flow of Russian online disinformation campaigns by punishing people responsible for spreading Russian disinformation;
Amendment 328 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(ec) strengthen the EU’s role as a global player, as well as the capacities of the EU institutions, not allow Russia to continue a so-called bilateralization of relations with the EU, as Brussels should be the only capital where key decisions about the EU-Russia relations are taken;
Amendment 329 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) the EU should boost cooperation with its Eastern Partners and learn from their expertise and experiences in the sphere of hybrid threats, traditional espionage, cyber security and the fight against disinformation; the EU needs to acknowledge that the Eastern Partnership countries possess a unique experience and knowledge of Russia’s interfering strategies and modus operandi, which is of a great value to the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 330 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e d (new)
(ed) the EU should maintain close coordination with transatlantic partners in implementing decisions towards Russia, and, in coordination with transatlantic partners, consider additional sanctions to Russia should it fail to reduce tensions on Ukraine’s borders; sanctions against Russia can only be lifted or mitigated once Russia has fully implemented the Minsk agreements;
Amendment 331 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e e (new)
(ee) the EU should be alerted by the role Kremlin is playing in the Western Balkans, which includes state-backed disinformation and building political and military ties to the regional political elites; the Kremlin’s interference in the elections and support of anti-democratic forces in the Western Balkan region remains an issue notably in the countries, which are also the members of NATO;
Amendment 332 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e f (new)
(ef) the EU needs to respond to the fact that the President Putin is openly supporting Mr Lukashenka’s regime in its brutal repressions against the people in Belarus and collaborates with Lukashenka on hybrid attacks against democratic forces of Belarus; President Putin’s support, manipulations and interference in Belarus is the only reason why Mr Lukashenka’s regime still keeps massively repressing Belarusian people; the EU needs to make it clear that this way the Kremlin is posing a direct threat to the sovereignty of Belarus, and has to demand that, if Russia continues this kind of policy on Belarus, the EU will have to introduce additional harsh measures of containment and deterrence of Russia;
Amendment 333 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e g (new)
(eg) the EU needs to build its strategy on Russia on the understanding that by defending democracy in Belarus, the EU also supports democracy in Russia;
Amendment 334 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e h (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e h (new)
(eh) in order to contain President Putin’s revisionist conduct towards his neighbours, the EU needs to further consolidate and strengthen its ties with the Eastern neighbourhood countries and to intensify its work for the rapprochement of these countries with the EU, in particular by taking into account that Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are showing the same development and integration progress as the Western Balkan countries, therefore the EU needs to explore further areas of cooperation to bring a new momentum for European integration in these countries;
Amendment 335 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e i (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e i (new)
(ei) the EU in its engagement with Russia should work towards two directions: conditional selective dialogue with Kremlin authorities and strategic engagement with the civil society of Russia, which is striving for democracy in Russia;
Amendment 336 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e j (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e j (new)
(ej) the EU strategy towards Russia should not preclude engaging with the Kremlin authorities where it is in the interest of the EU; without undermining the EU’s commitments to human rights and democracy goals, as it is still important for the EU to find ways to de- escalate current tensions by identifying measures to increase transparency and reduce the risk of misunderstandings and miscalculations;
Amendment 337 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e k (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e k (new)
(ek) the EU should keep options for dialogue with Russia on topics of common interest, for example, in areas such as, implementation of arms control policy on European continent, return to Open Skies treaty, having the JCPOA with Iran fully operational again, the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement, of which Russia is a signatory;
Amendment 338 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e l (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e l (new)
(el) the EU must ensure that any further engagement with the Kremlin should depend on the Kremlin’s promise to end its domestic aggression against its own people, to stop systemic repressions of the opposition, intimidation and torture of political prisoners, to repeal the legislation on the foreign agents, to stop the repressions of civil society organisations, in particular of the ones fighting corruption and defending human rights in Russia, and to end its external aggression against the neighbouring countries;
Amendment 339 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e m (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e m (new)
(em) in particular, in this context, the EU should call on the Russian Federation to cooperate fully with the investigation of major international crimes, incidents and tragedies, such as the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, as well other recent incidents involving the participation of the Russian intelligence services in the territory of EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries, including in Belarus;
Amendment 340 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
(en) in its attempts for engagement with the Kremlin, the EU must have clearly defined red lines: the EU should not seek any grand bargain with Kremlin, if the Kremlin will seek a free hand at home and a free hand in its zone of privileged interests (Ukraine, Belarus, etc.); the EU must make it absolutely clear that it will not sacrifice other countries on the altar of better relations with Moscow;
Amendment 341 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e n (new)
(en) the EU should reiterate its call made on numerous occasions upon the Russian authorities to return to Poland the wreckage and black boxes of the Tu- 154 Polish Government aeroplane, which crashed near Smolensk in April 2010;
Amendment 342 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e o (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e o (new)
(eo) the EU should urgently equip itself with the necessary resources and tools to analyse and effectively counter Russian State and non-state actors’ hybrid threats and multiple forms of interferences in our democratic systems, including in the cyberspace;
Amendment 343 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e p (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e p (new)
Amendment 344 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e q (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e q (new)
(eq) the EU should establish a regulatory framework to fight the Russian financing of our democratic processes, including the strategy of elite capture and the technique of co-opting top-level civil servants and former European politicians; it should respond to and prevent the funding, by Russian actors, of political parties, political movements and political campaigns;
Amendment 345 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e r (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e r (new)
(er) the EU should fight against Russian state-backed investments in strategic policy areas, strategic infrastructures and bodies, including universities, which risk creating or reinforcing the dependency of certain economic sectors on Russia and can serve as entry points for Russian espionage and security threats;
Amendment 346 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e s (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e s (new)
(es) the EU should deepen comprehensive cooperation with strategic partners who are facing similar hybrids threats and attacks from Russian state and non-state actors;
Amendment 347 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e t (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e t (new)
(et) concerning the fight against harassment, intimidations and attacks against Russian refugees and asylum seekers in Europe, the EU Members States should refrain from allowing or enabling deportations and extraditions of political opponents and asylum seekers to Russia, where their life or physical integrity would be in danger;
Amendment 352 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) the EU should establish with the US a transatlantic alliance to defend democracy globally and propose a democracy defence toolkit, which should include joint actions on sanctions, anti- money laundering policies, rules on the conditionality of economic and financial assistance, international investigations, and support for human rights activists and defenders of democracy; the EU transatlantic agenda should include a policy to support democracy in Russia and Belarus alongside China, Hong Kong and other countries;
Amendment 368 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 project, which in addition to increasing the EU dependency on Russian gas, will expose Ukraine to Russian malevolence and pressure to recognize the autonomy of separatist regions;;
Amendment 372 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) in line with the ‘democracy first’ principle, the EU should strengthen the requirement of conditionality in its relations with Russia by including in any dialogue or agreement with Russia measures aimed at protecting human rights, including in the territories illegally occupied by the Russian Federation, and the holding of free elections; accordingly, the EU and its Member States should revise their investment support and economic cooperation projects, starting with the halting of the Nord Stream 2 project;
Amendment 378 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) the EU should apply the ‘democracy first’ principle in its reassessment of the financial support programmes to Russia and investments in Russia, which among other measures should include a revision of the lending mandates of EU’s financial institutions; in the same spirit, the EU should review its cooperation with Russia in various foreign policy platforms;
Amendment 380 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Amendment 382 #
2021/2042(INI)
(gc) the EU should expand the EU global human rights sanctions regime and apply it to the grave human rights abuses in all territories affected by frozen conflicts or occupied regions of the Eastern Partnership countries to address the human rights violations for which the Russian Federation is accountable in accordance with international law;
Amendment 383 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) increase efforts to curb the Kremlin’s strategic investments, which often stem from the EU Member States through the financial flows of Russian oligarchs and companies set up to fund Russia’s malign interference and spread of corruption in the EU;
Amendment 384 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g d (new)
Amendment 386 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g e (new)
(ge) strengthen the European banking system in order to detect and prevent money laundering by Russia and other countries;
Amendment 387 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g f (new)
(gf) initiate a review of Russia's compliance with its commitments to the Council of Europe;
Amendment 397 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the EU should increase its ability to prepare and adopt sanctions against the Russian authorities for their systemic repression of democratic forces in Russia and to centralise EU decision-making by making the triggering of sanctions automatic in cases of corruption or violation of human rights, including by updating the EU global human rights sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corruption;
Amendment 408 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) the EU should deny recognition of any attempt by President Putin to continue in office beyond the end of his current and final presidential mandate on 7 May 2024, should he attempt to do so on the basis of fraudulent 2020 constitutional amendments as concluded by the Venice Commission;
Amendment 416 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) the EU should establish a centralised anti-money laundering framework, including an EU authority for financial controls, to be put under Parliament’s supervision and to be entrusted with the protection of the EU and its Member States from illicit financial practices and influterferences from Russia;
Amendment 417 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) the EU should create as soon as possible effective legal means to counter trans-border corruption and related money laundering, especially when it concerns corruption and illicit financing practices coming from Russia, and apply much more extensively the non- conviction-based confiscation (NCBC) to deal effectively with the Kremlin kleptocracy;
Amendment 418 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) the EU should penalize the Russian assets used directly and indirectly to interfere in the democratic processes of EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 419 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j c (new)
(jc) the EU should build capacity to expose and stop the flows of dirty money from Russia and Belarus, as well as to expose the hidden treasures and financial assets of Russian and Belarusian regimes’ autocrats and corrupted oligarchs in the EU Member States, as well as to report periodically on these cases to semi-annual hearings of the European Parliament on the state of democracy in Russia in Belarus; these reports should include the names of the most important members of Putin and Lukashenka entourage, as well as should reveal Russia's financial interferences in Belarus, including in strategic sectors like military, energy or transport;
Amendment 420 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j d (new)
(jd) the EU must include Russia and Belarus into a list of third countries with a high risk of money laundering, which should be instrumental to have a stronger EU control of all financial flows originating from Russia and Belarus;
Amendment 430 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) must call all the national governments and the international organisations to conduct inquiries on hidden patrimonies of the main Russian leaders and oligarchs and publicize those figures;
Amendment 433 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(ka) demand that the Russian authorities release all those unjustly imprisoned for political reasons, including Alexei Navalny, Alexei Pichugin, Yuri Dmitriev, and all the others designated by the Memorial Human Rights Centre as “political prisoners” in accordance with the criteria of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Resolution 1900 (2012)
Amendment 450 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) the EU should confront the Russian-language propaganda of President Putin’s regime and support the establishment of a Free Russia Free Television with 24/7 airtime;
Amendment 472 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should look in to the future of EU relations with a free, prosperous and democratic ‘Russia after President Putin’; the EU should adopt and announce a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broad offer with conditions and incentives such as visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation of Russia;
Amendment 474 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
(n) the EU should adopt and announcpromote a strategic vision for its future relations with a democratic Russia, which should include a broad offer with conditions and incentives such as visa liberalisation, free trade investment and modernisation programmes, and a strategic partnership aiming among others at the stability of the continent and the full respect of its international borders; it should also convey the potential benefits that it is willing to offer in return for a democratic transformation of Russia;
Amendment 478 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) the EU should adopt a comprehensive list of all available instruments for engaging with democratic society in Russia, which may include proposals elaborated by many Russian civil society organisations, such as appointing a special EU representative for inter-societal cooperation with Russia;
Amendment 480 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) urges the EU and its Member States to continue and intensify the promotion of good relations with Russian citizens, particularly in key areas such as education, research, science, culture, the environment and cross-border cooperation;
Amendment 482 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(nb) therefore stresses the importance of intensifying dialogue with the Russian people and of strengthening political and financial support for civil society activists, human rights defenders, independent media, investigative journalists, academics and public figures and NGOs; calls on the EU Member States to contribute more -materially and technically - to this support;
Amendment 483 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n b (new)
(nb) the EU should increase substantially its financial and technical assistance to trade unions, independent media, non-government and civil society organisations and civic sector capacity building measures in Russia, including people to people contacts, and look into the facilitation of the visa issuance process;
Amendment 485 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
(nc) suggests that the EU-Russia parliamentary delegation should take on the task of identifying persons of interest, playing a leading role in society, who would be open to the establishment of a constructive and uninterrupted dialogue and to setting up an agenda of public contacts with Russian civil society, its universities, its major scientific and cultural institutions, its non-governmental organizations, its political movements and its artistic and intellectual circles;
Amendment 487 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n c (new)
(nc) the EU should support financially humanity studies programmes in European universities, which would allow Russian people, and students in particular, to be prepared to engage in a democratic transformation of their country;
Amendment 488 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n d (new)
Amendment 491 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n e (new)
(ne) urges the EU to establish a binding legal framework enabling it to react strongly to campaigns aimed at undermining democracy or the rule of law, including through targeted action against those responsible for such campaigns;
Amendment 492 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n f (new)
(nf) is deeply concerned about the links between the Russian government and far- right parties and populist governments in the EU and must fight against aggressions to democracy;
Amendment 494 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n g (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n g (new)
(ng) stresses that money laundering and criminal financial activities perpetrated by Russian nationals constitute a threat to the security and stability of Europe;
Amendment 496 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Paragraph 1 – subheading 5
Engagement to support the Russian people and democracy – Eastern Partnership success as an inspiration for the people of Russia
Amendment 498 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n h (new)
Paragraph 1 – point n h (new)
(nh) considers that the Union should continue to support the fulfilment by Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus of the political, democratic, social and legal criterias of the Union on which the EU treaties and charters are based;
Amendment 509 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) the EU should express its will to improve relations between the itself and the people of the Russian Federation by the adoption and the publication of an "Address to the Russian people";
Amendment 510 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o a (new)
(oa) the EU should push for more ambitious strategy for integration of EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU, especially when they are showing the same level of development and integration as the Western Balkan countries; the EU in such a way will motivate the EU- associated Eastern Partnership countries to enact European inspired reforms;
Amendment 512 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o b (new)
(ob) the EU should launch as soon as possible a new momentum of European integration, which could concentrate on Romano Prodi formula to offer EaP countries that have an association agreement with the EU an ‘everything, but the institutions’ model and give them the full benefits of EU integration, such as access to EU common policies, the opening of EU financial resources, access to EU jurisdiction, and a progressive integration into the EU institutions;
Amendment 514 #
2021/2042(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point o c (new)
(oc) the EU should propose in the forthcoming Conference on the Future of Europe an institutional reform agenda, which would allow the EU to prepare for a new momentum of European integration of the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 14 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 20 May 2021 on Chinese countersanctions on EU entities and MEPs and MPs;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2020 on Forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 d (new)
Citation 5 d (new)
— Having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2020 on the PRC national security law for Hong Kong and the need for the EU to defend Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2037(INI)
A. whereas through its strong economic growth and ambitious foreign policy agenda, notably its investment strategy and its policies “Going Global”, “Made in China 2025” and its “Belt and Road Initiative”, China is asserting a stronger global role both as an economic power and as foreign policy actor, which poses serious political, economic, security and technological challenges to the EU, and has significant and long-lasting consequences foron the world order and poses threats to liberal democracy;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas China is a cooperation partner but also an economic competitor and systemic rival; whereas, in this respect, the EU may share policy objectives with China, but it also has vulnerabilities that need to be carefully assessed, in order to develop a strategic response to Chinese projection of power and influence in the world and in to Europe;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas in recent years the EU faced a rising number of challenges from China through the Belt and Road Initiative, the 16 +1 format, divide-and- rule tactics, the Chinese investment strategy, disinformation campaigns, technological challenges and an increasingly assertive diplomacy;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas Chinese foreign policy expansion poses threats to liberal democracy, by indebting African, Asian, Latin American and even some Western Balkan countries through its Belt and Road Initiative and by attempting to assert its illiberal views through its growing influence in international organisations;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas China has a track record of human rights violations that eschew the country’s bilateral and multilateral commitments in these areas; whereas goodwill measures and non-binding commitments have not been sufficient to increase Chinese commitment to values that are fundamental for the EU;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports greater dialogue and cooperation with China on peace and security, sustainable development, science, technology and innovation, environmental issues, space and aerospace, the reform of the WTO;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. recognizes the importance of cooperation with China in supporting the peace process in Afghanistan and discouraging North Korea of continuing its nuclear programme, inter alia;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for Human Rights Dialogues to be held regularly and calls for a solid benchmarking of the progress made in bilateral dialogues more generally; calls furthermore for a shadow human rights dialogue involving EU and member states diplomats, Chinese diaspora, NGOs, academics and lawmakers aimed at forging a better understanding of the Chinese system and devising better strategies to influence human rights progress in China;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2037(INI)
(b) a recommitment by China to uphold its international commitments to Hong Kong under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and Hong Kong’s Basic Law through the suspension of planned reforms to the city’s electoral system;
Amendment 214 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point c
Paragraph 8 – point c
(c) the lifting the counter-of sanctions imposed by the Chinese Ggovernment on EU entities and individuals, including Members of the European Parliament and the Subcommittee on Human Rights in retaliation of the Council 22nd March’s decision to impose sanctions on 4 Chinese officials and one entity;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. States its support for UN to carry outUrges the EU and its Member States to intensify efforts to reach enough international support for an independent UN legal investigations into alleged genocide and crimes against humanity taking place in the Xinjiang region and in the meantime to commission an EU led legal investigation to make preliminary determinations into the alleged crimes;
Amendment 228 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. States its support for UN to carry out legal investigations into alleged genocide and crimes against humanity taking place in the Xinjiang region; calls on China to comply with its obligations under national and international law to respect human rights, including the rights belonging to minorities in Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia;
Amendment 238 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the introduction of a unilateral ban on the import of products from forced labour and child labour or any other form of modern slavery; Calls on the Commission to bring forward the proposed Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Framework as a matter of urgency; Underlines the need to ensuring that the current trade and internal market legislation, as well as any due diligence framework or forced labour import ban, be efficiently and effectively used in order to exclude entities directly or indirectly involved in human rights abuses in Xinjiang, operating on the EU internal market;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 255 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Commission to address the crackdown on foreign NGOs by Chinese authorities and urges it to delete the ninth section of Annex II of the CAI that states that senior staff of foreign NGOs that are operating in China must be Chinese citizens; believes that the passage further restricts the work of foreign NGOs that already have to operate under the strict NGO law of 2017;
Amendment 259 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the EU Member States to fully implement the package of measures that was agreed following the introduction of the National Security Law for Honkong in July 2020 and to review their asylum, migration, visa and residence policy for Hong Kongers; Calls for targeted measures under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, as necessary, in order to address repressions in Hong Kong;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the future EU strategy on China should provide the necessary tools and data to analyse the political, economic, social and technological threats stemming from China, its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and 176+1 policies, its investment strategy and their implications for the Union’s strategic autonomy and the liberal order;
Amendment 274 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to commission an EU-wide audit of the EU dependency on China in certain strategically important and critical sectors on both national and subnational levels, setting out plans to reduce dependency, while maintaining overall trade relations with China, which should be as open as possible;
Amendment 291 #
2021/2037(INI)
(b) building on the EU toolbox for national, regional and local risk-mitigating measures, to develop joint standards for the new generation of technologies, such as 5G networks;
Amendment 327 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Believes that the future EU-China strategy should be more coordinated between the EU institutions and the Member States, as well as between the different Commission Directorates General; believes that policies should also be coordinated with regional and local actors that develop and maintain links with China;
Amendment 332 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Believes that the EU-China strategy should have appropriate budgetary arrangements and financing, as well as integrated performance measurement, monitoring, reporting and evaluation arrangements;
Amendment 351 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that the increasing number of hybrid attacks originating from China requires special attention, due to their destabilising and dangerous nature; Recalls that these attacks are by itself often not serious enough to trigger Article 5of the NATO treaty or Article 42(7) of the TEU, though have a strategic effect cumulative and cannot be effectively tackled by retorsions by the injured member state; Believes that the EU should therefore strive to find a solution to fill this legal vacuum in a way that would reserve the right for collective defence below the collective defence threshold and allow for collective countermeasures of EU Member States on a voluntary basis;
Amendment 357 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Supports expanding contacts between peoples on both sides as well as mutual exchange visits of students but encourages the EU member states to better monitor the impact of Chinese government interference in academic freedom, and if deemed necessary counter Chinese efforts to undermine academic freedom;
Amendment 362 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the VP/HR to coordinate the Union’s actions with like-minded partners on the protection of human rights and support for civil society in China and for Chinese diaspora around the world, as well as the defence of liberal democracy in the world, notably in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and with a view to engaging China to respect international law, the freedom of navigation in the South China and the East China Seas and the peaceful resolution of disputes;
Amendment 441 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers it necessary to develop new industrial policies in areas such as microchips and semiconductor production, rare earth mining, cloud computing and telecoms technology in order to decrease EU’s reliance on Chinese supply chains, always with an outlook to ensure better coordination of those policies with that of other like-minded liberal democracies whilst exploring the potential to jointly pool resources and create new synergies along the way;
Amendment 454 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Encourages a close observation of China's involvement in the Arctic region and preparedness to ensure freedom of navigation in the Arctic’s Northern Sea Route;
Amendment 459 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Believes that the Union should continue working towards its transformation into a geopolitical player by ensuring a more united geopolitical approach of its Member States, as well as by fostering its strategic autonomy and capacity;
Amendment 464 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. Highlights that success of the European Neighbourhood Policy determines the EU's capacity to take upon the role of global actor; warns about the icreasing role of China in the immediate neighbourhood of the EU, including the candidate countries, and calls for active EU's engagement in providing the neighbouring countries with a viable alternative to Chinese investments;
Amendment 466 #
2021/2037(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Points to the need to strengthen the EU’s tools to defend itself, increase its capacity to protect its interests overseas, acquire greater influence in its direct neighbourhood and ensure that the Member States are united in their geopolitical approach; finds that in this regard the EU should urgently develop an effective toolbox comprising economic instruments to tackle threats of economic coercion and of weaponization of choke points in an increasingly networked global economy;
Amendment 500 #
2021/2037(INI)
37. Points out the need to equipprovide the European External Action Service with a mandate and the necessary resources to study and counterto monitor and address Chinese disinformation operations;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP)),
Amendment 20 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 September2020 on effective measures to ‘green’ Erasmus+, Creative Europe and theEuropean Solidarity Corps (2019/2195(INI)),
Amendment 30 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the cultural and creative sectors, of which news media and audiovisual sectors are an integral part, have been among the hardest hit by the fallout from COVID-19; whereas these sectors are also expected to recover at a more moderate pace than the general economy; whereas COVID-19 has had different kinds of impact on the various actors of the media and audiovisual sector and industry, who are therefore facing different challenges; whereas these challenges therefore need to be addressed with global plans but also tailored measures to overcome this crisis;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas cinemas and film festivals play a central role in the European audiovisual ecosystem, particularly in terms of distribution but also regarding the viewing experience they provide to Europeans; whereas cinemas have suffered greatly from the closure of cultural venues and the social distancing measures that prevent them from operating at full capacity, if at all;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the audiovisual sector plays a vital part in fostering the resilience of our democratic societies; whereas the European audiovisual sector is mostly comprised of a variety of small businesses; whereas the heterogeneity of the sector is also one of its strengths, helping to promote and strengthen Europe’s cultural, linguistic, social and political diversity; whereas the structuring of the European audiovisual and media sector into a competitive industry should therefore go hand in hand with the promotion of cultural diversity and market access for smaller operators;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the fallout of the economic downturn, and strongly reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to increase support available for the news media and audiovisual sectors, and the cultural and creative sectors more broadly; considers that allocations for the media and audiovisual sector should be increased across various multiannual financial framework (MFF) programmes;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. AcknowledgeRegrets that some parts of the audiovisual ecosystem are not covered by current support measures; invites the Commission to continue exploring tailored support schemes; urges particular attention be paid in all support actions to Member States with low audiovisual production capacity;
Amendment 119 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that tax policies can help recovery and resilience of these sectors; encourages Member States with adequate fiscal scope to help boost media and cinema consumption and admissions through VAT rates that accommodate this;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the European Commission's announcement of an additional financial support for the European network of cinemas; calls, however, on the Commission to quickly consider tailored support for cinemas, that have to operate at reduced capacity and with additional costs, as well as for European film festivals;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Considers that more coverage should be devoted to European news in order to inform citizens about the activities of the Union; reiterates its support for the news media which have made the editorial choice to cover European affairs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue their efforts to promote the emergence of a genuine European media sphere;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that global online platforms have a vast disruptive impact on the media and audiovisual sector, as they dominate the data and advertising market, and have radically changed audience consumption patterns; underlines that current legislation does not regulate pivotal issues in the information and audiovisual ecosystems such as access to data, digital advertising, algorithmic transparency, platform accountability, must-show and other questions which are crucial for the European media and audiovisual stakeholders to be able to fairly compete with these platforms; considers that timely adoption of legislation, such as the upcoming Digital Markets Act, to help address these shortcomings is a matter of urgency;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the additional challenges for news media operating in smaller markets, including local, regional and niche media, which have limited revenues, and are not viable using current commercial business models, and which cannot embrace new ones that media operating in larger markets can; believes, therefore, that public funding mechanisms based on the arm’s length principle are increasingly necessary, coupled with unobstructed access to the advertising market;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Is of the opinion that the correct, complete and timely implementation of European legislation in favour of audiovisual and news media stakeholders, such as the 2019/790 Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, and the 2018/1808/EU Directive on Audiovisual Media Services(AVMSD), is of key importance to ensure a level-playing field for European actors;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to elaborate comprehensive European news media and audiovisual sector strategies, including sector-specific strategies for high added value activities where the EU is a competitive player or has the potential to be one, such as video games or virtual reality;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 226 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges that the existing creation and distribution models in the European audiovisual sector are largely based on territorial exclusivity, and ownership of intellectual property rights by independent producers and creators; calls on the Member States and the Commission to pay particular attention to the right of authors to receive fair remuneration for the exploitation of their works, especially in the digital environment;
Amendment 238 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Considers that more visibility should be given to EU programmes and initiatives aimed at promoting the circulation of high quality European works with international potential, such as Creative Europe MEDIA or the LUX Audience Award;
Amendment 239 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Recalls the adoption of the revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which requires the catalogues of VOD platforms operating in the EU to offer and promote 30% of European works; asks the Commission and the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) to closely monitor the effective implementation of this measure, and to evaluate the success of its objective, in particular with regards to the definition of the “European works”;
Amendment 242 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines that video on demand (VOD) platforms and other innovations are reshaping the audiovisual media landscape, and by extension creating challenges and also opportunities for incumbent players; notes that in many respects, an irreversible transformation is under way and that the deployment of multiterritorial VOD platforms should not hamper the cultural and linguistic diversity of the European union; encourages the sector’s legacy players to enter new markets and embrace innovative business models;
Amendment 248 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Stresses the opportunities offered by the major non-European VOD platforms to European audiovisual creators and producers; is concerned, however, about the system of work-for- hire and buy-out contracts used by these companies, which tend to buy the intellectual property rights to a work in return for a one-off payment and thus profit from the revenue generated by the exploitation of these works; calls on the Commission to monitor this trend, in particular in the light of the 30% of European works required under the AVMS Directive, which could then be fulfilled with European works held by non-European companies;
Amendment 264 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Considers that the audiovisual and media sector is in many ways a pioneer in the European ecological transition and could benefit from more exchange of best practices; welcomes therefore the European Commission's intention to produce a best practice guide for green production and provision of services;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas educationlifelong education and training is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration and, the digital shift or changes in labour market needs require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas citizenship education contributes to the development of psycho- social and civic competences, thereby reinforcing employability and social wellbeing;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the resurgence of antisemitism in all its forms and xenophobia, the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, informal and lifelong- learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas political support of the Union tends to be expressed more in terms of feelings, attitudes and values rather than of concrete impact in daily lives; whereas there is a clear lack of proximity with and readability of the Union’s democratic processes and mechanisms amongst citizens, especially youth; whereas ignorance about the Union is often source of a shift from adherence in principle to mistrust and disengagement; whereas a European dynamic of renewed citizenship education can be a way of reconciling young people with elections, containing temptation for extremist and populist discourses, as well as offering appropriate tools, in line with new modes of youth participation;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the emergence of a dynamic European citizenship has been hindered by a knowledge and, emotional and participation gaps; whereas insufficient knowledge about the EUEU citizenship and a poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and may lead to Euroscepticism in Member States;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the European Parliament Report of 11 November 2021 on the European Education Area calls for the EEA to allow for a greater flow of learners, teachers and knowledge, fostering a sense of European belonging and civic awareness, guaranteeing rights and values, providing fair and equal opportunities, and improving social cohesion;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 86 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes that several Member States have developed national volunteering in civic service; whereas these schemes are essential in fostering citizenship education, especially on the practical level; whereas a civic service strengthens social cohesion, allows for the mobilisation for causes of general interest, and the construction of prospects for young people, especially the most vulnerable, contributing to their personal and professional development;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Believes European mobility presents the prospects of rallying young people to the European community and of reinforcing the emergence of a citizens’ Europe; whereas national volunteering schemes and civic services have the potential to be a natural gateway towards European mobility for young people, especially those with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Notes the European Solidarity Corps launched in 2018 has the potential to become the foundation for a universal European general interest mobility experience but has a too limited budget over the 2021-2027 period, lacks visibility and currently generates geographical imbalances; whereas existing national volunteering schemes and civic services are functioning in an isolated manner from the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Recalls the European Commission and Member States to develop common and participatory educational research, also on citizenship education, with a well- defined mandate and budget with the remit of EU competences;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteethe supervision of youth activities, volunteering, mentoring and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to work on the inclusion of a co-constructed teaching unit in the initial training of teachers across the Union to introduce them to European education systems, best educational practices, EU exchange platforms, tools and partnerships, reflective practice and European values; calls for the creation of a European oath of teachers, similar to the universal oath of hippocrates;
Amendment 136 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Considers the more flexible and hybrid mobility features of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027 as an opportunity to increase the mobility opportunities for teachers and future teachers; encourages the European Commission to promote short-term mobility of teachers and to establish long-term mobility partnerships using the digital component;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles - such as human dignity, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, equality, tolerance, the respect of diversities and freedom of conscience;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Amendment 207 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Encourages all Member States to develop national volunteering schemes or National Civic Services, including with the incent and leverage of the European Solidarity Corps; urges the European Commission and Member States to considerably increase European cooperation in civic service and youth volunteering, to ensure mutual recognition between national systems; encourages National volunteering schemes and Civic Services to earmark European mobility experiences, on a reciprocal basis, eventually under the umbrella of the European Solidarity Corps programme; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to substantially increase the resources for the European Solidarity Corps and to urgently work towards the objective to create a six month European Civic Service, in full complementarity with the European Solidarity Corps;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency, unit or task force on citizenship education, with the participation of specialists from all Member States, to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; believes it could be an opportunity to increase the support to and coordination of Member States’ citizenship education actions and their implementation, to give strategic orientation for the development of national structures and curricula of citizenship education and to set minimum common standards in terms of content and methodology in citizenship and civic education across the Union;
Amendment 3 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of a social, educational and cultural nature; therefore, increases the allocations of Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Programme to better support the recovery, in particular by and the ‘greening’ of those programmes; underlines that particular attention should be paid to ensure good outreach to vulnerable people, whose exclusion has been worsened by the pandemic;
Amendment 8 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors (CCS) and industries, reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations and artists in their recovery, to provide targeted support for the performing arts, in particular the music sector, and to ‘green’ the programme;
Amendment 10 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reiterates that the increase in programme budgets must go hand in hand with a linear and gradual growth in annual allocations, in order to avoid disproportionate increases and absorption difficulties in the final years of the 2021- 2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF);
Amendment 12 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS and industries, in line with Parliament's request; welcomes the fact that some Member States have already earmarked part of their recovery plans to benefit CCS and industries;
Amendment 21 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Increases the budget for “Multimedia actions” by EUR 2,2 million and creates a reserve of EUR 5 million, in order to encourage the Commission to provide more stability and predictability for radio networks covering EU affairs with funding covering at least two years; calls, however, for this reserve not to penalise the partnerships concluded by the Commission with other partners for the provision of quality European information, in the framework of "Multimedia actions"; affirms in particular its support for the editorial partnership concluded with Euronews in this perspective; furthermore, splits the existing budget line into its four components, for enhanced budgetary scrutiny.
Amendment 51 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Bureau to draw up a translation of key foreign policy resolutions adopted under Rule 54 (own- initiative reports) into the non-Union official languages of the United Nations (namely Arabic, Chinese and Russian), as well as country-specific resolutions adopted under Rules 132 (resolution accompanying Commission/VPHR statements) and 144 (urgency resolution) into the official language of the country concerned, with a view to enhancing the impact and outreach of the Parliament's foreign affairs activities, and calls on the budgetary authority to ensure that sufficient appropriations are made available for that purpose;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and in particular Articles 14 and 15 thereof,
Amendment 7 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4,
Amendment 8 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘achieving the European Education Area by 2025’, (COM(2020)0625) and to the accompanying Commission staff working document (SWD(2020)0212),
Amendment 12 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience’(COM(2020)0274) and to the accompanying Commission staff working documents(SWD(2020)0121) and (SWD(2020)0122),
Amendment 14 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
— having regard to the Council Recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (2020/C417/01),
Amendment 16 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Digital Education Plan 2021-2027. Resetting education and training for the digital age’, (COM(2020)0624) and to the accompanying Commission staff working document (SWD(2020)0209),
Amendment 18 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 f (new)
Citation 2 f (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A New Industrial Strategy for Europe’ (COM/2020/0102),
Amendment 19 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 g (new)
Citation 2 g (new)
— having regard to Decision (EU) 2018/646 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC,
Amendment 20 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 h (new)
Citation 2 h (new)
— having regard to Eurofound research on the impact of digitalisation on skills use and skills development,
Amendment 21 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 i (new)
Citation 2 i (new)
— having regard to the Cedefop study entitled ‘Empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways’, volumes 1 and 2,
Amendment 21 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to the Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on promoting common values, inclusive education and the European dimension of teaching,
Amendment 22 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 j (new)
Citation 2 j (new)
— having regard to Cedefop’s report entitled ‘Skills forecast - trends and challenges to 2030',
Amendment 22 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
— having regard to the Paris Declaration of 17 March 2015 on Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination through education,
Amendment 23 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 Eurydice Report on Teachers in Europe, careers, development and well-being,
Amendment 25 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the 2021 study requested by the Committee on Culture and Education entitled ‘Education and youth in post-COVID-19 Europe - crisis effects and policy recommendations,
Amendment 26 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 19 March 2021 on Achieving the European Education Area by 2025,
Amendment 27 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas everyone has the right to inclusive and quality education, training and lifelong learning in order to acquire and maintain the skills and competences that will enable them to develop their professional and personal potential to the fullest extent;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU single market and other EU policies have contributed to the natural development of a European educational space, historically underpinned by the traditions of European humanism, fundamental rights and values;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ultimate goal is building a bottom-up European Education Area with common European vision and policy objectives, guaranteeing quality, inclusive and accessible education, reinforcing the exchange of good practices, ensuring an effective framework for European mobility, requiring existing obstacles to be removed, European tools to be utilised and supporting policies at national and European levels to be developed;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the fundamental right to education needs to be conceptualised broadly as ‘lifelong learning’, ranging from pre-primary to tertiary education, including vocational education and training as well as non-formal and informal modes of education, and being aimed at acquiring transversal skills;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the challenges the EU and its Member States are faced with today, including climate change, various forms of extremism and populism, disinformation and conspiracy, the undermining of evidence-based education and the COVID- 19 pandemic, require appropriate educational answers and concerted European action;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. Whereas across the Union, Member States, educational institutions and stakeholders had to face common challenges during the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as ensuring crisis management, pedagogical continuity, quality and accessible distance learning, hybrid mobility, innovative teaching, teachers and parental support, and the social and emotional wellbeing of learners; whereas all the education sector has been negatively impacted by the pandemic, in particular vocational education and training;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Parliament has called on Member States to prioritise investments in education and training, valuing education spending as an investment in our common future rather than an expense; whereas the European Parliament has called investment in education and training to be a substantial part of Member States’ Recovery plans and the European Commission’s Next Generation EU instrument; ;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas investing in education, training and the effective use of skills will beis crucial for the EU’s economic and social prosperity, particularly in the light of the green and digital transitions, demographic change and globalisation, which are changing the nature of work, the content of jobs and the skills and qualifications required;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the teaching profession is going through a vocational crisis while being the beating heart of the European Education Area and related educational strategies; whereas there is a need for improved recognition of the profession and more continuous training of motivated and competent teachers and trainers; whereas many were not equipped with the pedagogical and digital skills that the COVID-19 pandemic required; whereas there is considerable variation between Member States in teachers’ initial education and induction, working conditions, remuneration, appraisal, career and continuing professional development; whereas in 2018, only 40.9% of teachers in the EU have been mobile at least once as a student, teacher or both1a; _________________ 1a2021 Eurydice Report on Teachers in Europe, careers, development and well- being.
Amendment 54 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas progress has been made in building a European Higher Education Area, arising from the long-term efforts of the Bologna Process; whereas European universities need support with their transformative agendas and alliances; whereas they play a central role in creating synergies between education, research and innovation, and substantially contribute to European excellence and its geopolitical power;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas there is a clear lack of recognition of vocational education and training as a path of choice and excellence, on equal footing with other educational pathways, also contributing the Union's geopolitical influence; whereas there is a need for a common understanding and definition of VET learners across Europe; whereas there are too many remaining obstacles to long- term mobility for apprentices notwithstanding the progress made under the Copenhagen process;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has drastic consequences for the EU social market economy and the changing nature of our labour market needs; whereas education and training, up- skilling and re-skilling, is essential for leveraging opportunities and addressing the challenges generated by the crisis;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. whereas the COVID crisis exacerbated existing divides and inequalities in access to education and skills; whereas these have a significant impact on citizen’s employment prospects, earnings and inclusion in society; whereas policies aimed at building inclusive educational systems and labour markets should be intersectional;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
C c. whereas digital skills but also non- formal and informal skills have taken increased importance for citizens to actively participate in the labour market and society as a whole; including media literacy, critical and innovative thinking;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the role of the EEA in fostering a sense ofallowing a greater and better flow of learners, teachers and knowledge across the Union, fostering the European sense of belonging and in providing economic opportunidentity, while guaranteeing our rights, freedoms and values, and leading to the emergence of an educational culture and vision that draws from the richness of our diversity and exchange of practices by addressing existingon common challenges, enshrining Europe as a true educational challengespower;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers education a driver for European economic and social prosperity, and for ensuring that the EU is a globally competitive and resilient player and leading the green and digital transitions; insists therefore on the EEA to rely on the new European strategies for youth and skills;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for a clearer and stronger geopolitical dimension of the EEA, to allow the Union to strategically use its educational power with its closest neighbours and partners;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Insists on considering education and training as a common investment for not only the recovery, resilience and competitiveness of the Union, but also for ensuring its social cohesion and allow all people to find their life-course; welcomes the efforts of the European Commission and Member States to ensure pedagogical continuity during the COVID-19 crisis; highlights the need for greater cooperation and exchange of practice at the Union level on common opportunities and challenges related to education and training; urges the European Commission to ensure via Next Generation EU and Member States in their national recovery and resilience plans, to devote a substantial part of resources and reform to education, training and research; calls for a modernised and fully-fledged governance system for the implementation of the European Education Area, building on the ET 2020 framework;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the variety of visions of, and approaches to, an EEA, which express a common wish to provide a new impetus for common standards in education across the Union and for the ‘European project’ itself;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that the EEA should serve as the backbone and stimulus for more and stronger partnerships between stakeholders of, or related to, the education sector; recalls public-private partnerships are crucial, without undermining the essential role of the State; calling all actors of society to take part in overcoming the educational challenges of our society;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the urgent need to develop a common implementation strategy and roadmap that includes the European institutions, Member States and all relevant stakeholders, and defines their respective responsibilitiest local, regional, national and European levels, and defines their respective responsibilities and opportunities; insists that the EEA should be readable, clear and accessible, and echo, at all levels of governance; recalls the role of the European Semester for successful implementation of EU policies in the field of education;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the importance of ensuring inclusive and quality education, and promoting lifelong learning, including vocational education and training (VET), for all across the Union, to ensure equal opportunities in the labour market; welcomes, in this context, the development of a European approach to micro-credentials and individual learning accounts the launch of the Erasmus+ 2021-2027programme; calls the European Commission and Member States to promote and facilitate increased mobility for teachers and learners of all age; calls for the European Education Area, Skills Agenda, Council Recommendation on VET and interlinked policy initiatives to complement and mutually reinforce each other;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Insists on the valorisation of vocational education and training as a path of excellence leading to employment, fully integrated in the European Education Area and recognised on the labour market; welcomes, in this context, the initiative of Centres of Vocational Excellence and the development of a European approach to micro-credentials, modularisation and individual learning accounts; encourages the European Commission and Member States to work towards longer periods of mobility in vocational education and training, with a genuine European apprenticeship statute, and in partnership with the private sector; encourages the European Commission to work with Member States on an action plan to remove the remaining obstacles to European mobility, such as linguistic and administrative;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls for the European Education Area to support the Pact for Skills, requiring collective action of Member States, companies, social partners and other stakeholders; reiterates the need to unlock public and private investment in the up- and re-skilling of the European workforce; calls for more public-private partnerships in VET to strengthen the efficiency of educational systems and to match labour market needs, for instance in supporting teachers and trainers education, setting up training centres and contributing to research on labour market trends; urges Member States to support the private sector with education and training incentive measures;
Amendment 114 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. UHighlights the role of the European Education Area in fostering citizen’s sense of being part of European savoir-faire; underlines that basic, soft and cross- cutting skills, up- and re-skilling and lifelong learning are vital for sustainable growth, productivity, investment and innovation, and are therefore key factors for the competitiveness of businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); insists on the short and long term benefits of the practice of mentoring in educational systems, businesses and our society as a whole; encourages Member states to incentivise associations and companies using mentoring programmes with thorough policies and resources; encourages the European Commission to promote mentoring and ultimately work with Member States towards the development of mentoring certification and labelling;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights inclusiveness as a central dimension of an EEA and a prerequisite for achieving quality education for all, ensuring that no talentone is left behind;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2243(INI)
12 a. Urges Member States, in the allocation of their resources and investments in education, to adopt an approach that is sensitive to social inclusion, emphasising increased equity, integration and social justice, supporting the most marginalised, vulnerable and disadvantaged; insists, in relation to all levels of governance, on the promotion and support of practices such as mentoring and of intergenerational solidarity to reduce inequalities, exclusion, early school leaving or youth unemployment;
Amendment 120 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls for a common, rights based, child- sensitive and inclusive approach in the EEA to empower persons with disabilities, learning and thinking differences, such as those on the autism spectrum or with high potential; calls on Member States to support individual learning paths and the acquisition of competences for dealing with persons with specific pedagogical needs, especially for teachers and leaders of educational institutions;
Amendment 133 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Emphasises that European censuses, data collection and research on territorial needs and educational practices across the Union are an essential priority for education systems and Member States to identify common educational challenges and solutions; urges the European Commission and Member States to develop common and participatory research on education with a well-defined budget line and mandate within the remit of EU competences;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2243(INI)
15. Aims to fosterUrges Member States to develop media literacy and critical thinking initiatives at all stages of learning as an absolute priority and a central means to empower responsible European citizens; calls on Member States to see the EEA as embodying a commitment towards the development of basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and a culture of tolerance, solidarity and respect for others;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2243(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate and promote transparent mobility through the full implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive1 , and better useimprove the use and visibility of tools such as the European Employment Services (EURES) job mobility portal, the Europass online platform and the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) classification system; highlights, in this context, the need to improve the recognition of third-country nationals’ competences on the Union’s labour market; _________________ 1Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications, OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22.
Amendment 140 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Insists on the role of the EEA in reinforcing European citizenship and democratic participation; regrets civic education is not systematically taught in all Member States; encourages the European Commission and Member States in this respect to work towards a common strategy and flagship initiative;
Amendment 145 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a common frameworkstandards on the development of digital competences and on learning about the EU throughout all appropriate levels and areas of education;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Urges the Union to recognise connectivity and digital infrastructure as a fundamental right, allowing access for all, to a quality network and affordable subscription; calls on Member States to ensure that all learners, especially children, benefit from basic digital equipment;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of enhancing the promotion, competences and motivation in the education profession, especially supported through the improved recognition of educators’ value to society and by bolstering pedagogical autonomy; urges Member States, in cooperation with the European Commission, to invest in the initial education of teachers and trainers, especially on including a European dimension and transnational mobility in their curricula; welcomes the European Commission’s plans on the European Teachers Award and guidance for national career frameworks; stresses the need for increased mentoring support or induction at the beginning of careers; calls for a further strengthening of EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and the teachers academies as support and funding schemes for teachers' pedagogical competence and transnational mobility; calls for the further development of the E-Twinning and School Education Gateway initiatives;
Amendment 154 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Encourages the European Commission and Member States to put in place disaster mitigation strategies for the education sector, in partnership and consultation with all stakeholders; insists on the importance of European concerted action in times of crisis, such as with the COVID 19 pandemic;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Acknowledges the central role of European Universities in contributing to European identity, knowledge and evidence based society, digital and green transitions, sustainability, long-term resilience and societal engagement; calls for further efforts towards a European strategy for Universities, including a European approach to micro-credentials and the full completion and alignment to the Bologna process; notes the role of universities of the third age in providing seniors with lifelong learning opportunities and stimulating intergenerational solidarity;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls the European Commission and Member States to fully deploy the Copenhagen process and create a standalone European Education and Training Area, with the objective of improving the quality and coherence of VET in Europe and to facilitate the long term mobility of VET learners and trainers; asks the European Commission and Member States to work towards the creation of a European apprentices statute triggered during mobility; welcomes the initiative of European Centres of Vocational Excellence structuring the sector at European level;
Amendment 172 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the EEA to be the final milestone in the recognition of diplomas and qualifications across the Union; Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitatensure the expansion of automatic mutual recognition of learning outcomes and study periods abroad, including in VET;
Amendment 175 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Stresses that non-formal and informal competences play a key role in our society, education and labour market; calls the European Commission and Member States to promote a common vision and recognition of soft skills across the Union; urges for a European framework on civic and social competences, that values, promotes and recognises the benefits of practices such as mentoring and the supervision of youth activities, to be established;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Welcomes the proposal for a steering committee for the EEA, allowing a structured and systematic governance framework; regrets the proposed consultative and informal nature and would rather see a clear mandate be given to the steering committee in respect of subsidiarity; underlines the importance of the participation of the European Parliament in EEA governance;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Commission and the Member States to clarify the type of participation required from Member Statesthe European Commission, Member States, the European Parliament and other levels of government, including local and regional authorities, and to devise effective multi- level governance arrangements that respect subsidiarity while aiming to generate European added value;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Asks the European Commission and Member States to come up with a clear European education budget line, in the next multi-annual framework, for the governance and implementation of EEA initiatives;
Amendment 205 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the need for a European dimension in education by strengthening a distinct European perspective in students’ curricula and teachers’ training, including with support from Jean Monnet actions and teacher academies; proposes that these teacher academies be called ‘Comenius Teacher Academies’;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the need to provide learners with knowledge about European history and cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, and to foster a critical European memory and historical consciousness; calls on the European Commission, Member States and the Council of Europe to work towards the inclusion of European history and cultural heritage in curricula across the Union;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to familiarise learners with the European integration process, the institutions and policies of the EU, the rights emerging from EU citizenship and how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes; calls on Member States, in cooperation with the European Commission, to create a taskforce to establish common standards that can be implemented in curricula across the Union;
Amendment 219 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Underlines the importance of the Conference on the Future of Europe to discuss the way forward on European education challenges and policy development;
Amendment 302 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that stereotypes and taboo surrounding menstruation remain widespread in our societies, and that these can delay diagnosis of diseases such as the endometriosis disease, which despite affecting 1 women on 10 of reproductive age, being the first cause of women's infertility, causing chronic pelvic pain, has a median delay of 8 years for its diagnosis and for which there is no cure ; Calls on Member states to ensure comprehensive and scientifically accurate education about menstruation, to raise awareness and to launch major information campaigns on endometriosis targeting the public, healthcare professionals and legislators, and to invest on research about the causes and treatments of this disease;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2136(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Considering the current tensions generated by the UK's failure to comply with its obligations under the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2136(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. 1. Is deeply concerned about recent decisions taken unilaterally by the United Kingdom and going against the full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement to which both parties have committed; supports the actions taken by the Commission and calls on the UK to quickly return to a cooperative and good faith attitude;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2136(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. 1. Recalls that the Withdrawal Agreement provides that the practical modalities of its implementation can be discussed in the Joint Committee, while the EU has already shown flexibility in granting grace periods, a deliberate and unilateral violation of commitments made will have consequences;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2136(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. 3. Stresses the difficulties encountered by the EU delegation in the United Kingdom with regard to the recognition of its status, at a time when its work is particularly necessary following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union; hopes that solutions can be found and implemented rapidly to enable the EU delegation in the United Kingdom to fulfil its mission effectively;
Amendment 301 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EU to be vigilant of, and when necessary counter, Chinese attempts to shape international institutions around values and interests the EU does not share;
Amendment 314 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Expresses concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity and to create mistrust between the EU and Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries by the intensification of disinformation campaigns;
Amendment 361 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that the multilateral rules- based world order is vital for global peace, the rule of law and democracy; and believes that a geopolitical EU, together with like- minded partners, must play a firmer role in defending it and; underlines that international institutions should not be used for competition but for cooperation; believes that the EU must seek ways to de- escalate tensions between powers, notably when those tensions hinder multilateral action; notes that the COVID-19 crisis has shown both the need to strengthen multilateral cooperation, notably in global health governance, and the need to reform international institutions; calls on the EU Member States and HR/VP to promote and initiate structural reforms of multilateral organizations;
Amendment 368 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the EU's budget for external action in the MFF 2021-2027 to be strengthened and for the budgets of the NDICI, the European Defence Fund and the European Peace Facility to be sufficient so that the EU has the necessary resources to address the challenges in its neighbourhood, the geopolitical consequences of COVID-19 and can live up to its ambition to become a responsible geopolitical actor;
Amendment 402 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Believes that the end of the unanimity rule on foreign policy would help the EU to conduct a foreign policy that is more effective and more proactive; calls on the Council or European Council to follow the European Commission and European Parliaments' call to move to qualified majority voting, at least on human rights or sanctions implementation, by activating the passerelle clause;
Amendment 418 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the important role of the armed forces during the COVID-19 pandemic and believes that a more in-depth joint operation and coordination of member states’ armed forces within existing frameworks - such as the European Medical Command - or within new frameworks - such as military hospital trains - could lead to greater efficiency and contribute to the EU’s preparedness to fight pandemics; recognises the need to review the EU’s security and defence strategies to develop strategic autonomy, to become better prepared and more resilient to the new and hybrid threats and technologies that have made the nature of warfare less conventional and challenge the traditional role of the military, as well as for a future in which Russia and China are becoming more assertive; stresses that the future Strategic Compass on security and defence should reflect these developments and take account of the broader geopolitical implications of COVID-19; believes that, given the new political balance and a potential worsening of the international security environment following COVID-19, the EU defence budgets must not be cutfor military personnel to be sufficiently trained, prepared and equipped to deal with this kind of essential tasks in support of their fellow citizens;
Amendment 434 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recognises the need to review the EU’s security and defence strategies to develop strategic autonomy, to become better prepared and more resilient to the new and hybrid threats and technologies that have made the nature of warfare less conventional and challenge the traditional role of the military, as well as for a future in which Russia and China are becoming more assertive; stresses that the future Strategic Compass on security and defence should reflect these developments and take account of the broader geopolitical implications of COVID-19; believes that, given the new political balance and a potential worsening of the international security environment following COVID-19, the EU defence budgets must not be cut;
Amendment 474 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need to reduce dependency on third countries in certain strategic and existential sectors and might prompt diversification of its most critical supply chains; points out that COVID-19 has led to growing protectionism, therefore underlines the importance of finding the right balance between improving the resilience of our value chains to achieve strategic autonomy and maintaining trade relations as open as possible;
Amendment 575 #
2020/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Welcomes the EU's rejecting of vaccine nationalism and calls on the European Commission to take the lead in ensuring that any future vaccine is accessible to all;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to the European Council conclusions of 22 March 2019 (EUCO 1/19),
Amendment 28 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally competitive, resilientinnovative, inclusive, resilient, digitalised and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, strengthen European leadership and competitiveness and decrease dependency from other parts of the world in strategic value chains, while preserving an open market, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and decarbonised and renewable energy technologies;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correctfull functioning of the single market, create a level playing field inside and outside EU in particular by making reciprocal access to markets a principle and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Union’s sovereignty and strategic autonomy require an autonomous and competitive industrial base and a massive effort in research and innovation; whereas the industrial strategy should contain an action plan to strengthen shorten and diversify the supply chains of European industry in order reduce over-reliance on few markets and increase their resilience as well as a strategy on smart reshoring to increase the production and investments in strategic sectors, redeploy industries in Europe and relocate industrial production in some strategic sectors for the EU;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas, all sectors of the economy have been impacted ,in particular SMEs across sectors, and some have come to a complete standstill; this is particularly the case for the tourism and catering industry, the creative and cultural industry, but also for more traditional industries (automotive, building, space, aeronautics, aluminium, steel, textiles, etc.); whereas in this context any future- looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery while taking into account industrial long-term objectives;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, that has led to a shortage of medical devices and medicinal products, has once again revealed that Europe is over- dependent on foreign imports of raw materials and particularly for strategic sectors;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the economic downturn demonstrated the crucial role played by social shields in the event of economic shocks and the importance of ensuring access to social protection for all, especially for young, atypical or vulnerable workers;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions and strategic leadership and autonomy should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarante, creates long-term growth and global competitiveness based on innovation and strategic value chains, strengthens the entrepreneurial spirit, encourages the creation and upscaling of start-ups and companies and improves the Union’s strategic resilience and autonomy;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. ICalls for an inclusive industrial strategy that include all industrial ecosystems, SMEs, regions, communities and workers in its development and its implementation; is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and peoplEuropean production of essential products such as emission-intensive materials is transformed into a cleaner alternative rather than replaced by imports of the same products and that these transitions are fair and socially just, go hand-in-hand with the full implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, improved social and living standards and good working conditions, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and the most vulnerable people; calls on the Commission and the Member States to anticipate and map the industry needs for skilled labour in order to deliver skills strategies that overcome labour demand and supply mismatch, to develop knowledge-based economy that empowers citizens to adapt and accelerate the digital and environmental transition; call on the Commission to make full use of and increase the amounts allocated to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to financially support workers made redundant, as a result of restructuring due to Covid19 or due to the digital and environmental transformations, in their retraining, re-skilling and reintegration into the labour market in sectors of the future;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; considers nevertheless that the investments which, from the recovery phase onwards, support and accelerate the digital and environmental transformation and strengthen the autonomy of the Union should be encouraged; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives, the Union’s sovereignty and its strategic autonomy as priorities throughout;
Amendment 311 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e. gives preference to companies and SMEs that focus their business plans on digital and environmental transformation or that are necessary for the autonomy strategic of the Union in critical sectors;
Amendment 326 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to support a sustainable and fair recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis in order to enhance growth and autonomy in the EU by increasing investment in the digital and green transitions; asks the Commission to support an ambitious Recovery Fund that is within the framework of a stronger MFF and is integrated in the own resource decision, and to pursue fiscal policy coordination to strengthen the European fiscal framework; in this regard, highlights the position of the European Parliament on the reform of the EU own resources system, including the introduction of new resources that are better aligned with and incentivise progress in major EU policy priorities such as a digital services taxation, a financial transaction tax, proceeds generated by the establishment of a common consolidated corporate tax base, income from the emissions trading scheme, a plastics contribution and a carbon border adjustment mechanism; is of the opinion that, after the peak of the pandemic, the Fund should become a permanent Reconstruction Fund to foster the digital and green industrial transitions;
Amendment 340 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its impact assessment practice and to carry out a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures especially when a traditional industry has to adapt because of regulatory decisions; calls on the Commission to propose commensurate support to the affected sectors whenever a negative impact cannot be avoidedin order to keep a strong European industrial basis;
Amendment 574 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to promote the secure exchange of data among companies and among public institutions, to develop and process data on European soil, in particular data from public bodies, to build a better digital taxation system in which profits are taxed where companies have significant interaction with users, and to further develop European standards on cybersecurity, in particular for critical infrastructure; and certification on cybersecurity and disruptive technologies, in particular for critical infrastructure; therefore the protection of critical European data in such critical infrastructures should be guaranteed through an assessment of service and technology providers to meet security as well as trustworthiness criteria modelled on the EU 5G toolbox. calls for the swift implementation of the European Data Strategy and the adoption of the Digital Services Act;
Amendment 594 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that industrial transformation requires the integration of new knowledge and innovation into existing markets and their use in the creation of new ones; regrets, in this respect, that the Union invests less in R&D as a percentage of GDP than its global competitors and that it suffers from a serious lack of innovative capacity in small and medium-sized enterprises due to a shortfall in the necessary risk capital; highlights the need to increase considerably spending on research, development and innovation as key element to achieve the twin transition, improve strategic leadership and autonomy and increase long-term competitiveness; calls on the Member States to uphold their commitment of reaching 3% of GDP on research and development; Considers an increase of the funding of Horizon Europe as well as Digital Europe programs and Connected Europe Facility (digital and energy) is needed to achieve the ambitious targets. recognise the effective support of European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) and calls to strengthen their missions; calls for a public-private collaboration to promote the transfer of knowledge and technology from research centres and universities to the industrial process, taking advantage of the industrial ecosystem scheme; calls on the Commission to increase the budget for those programmes that underpin the transformation of the Union’s industry, including Horizon Europe and Digital Europe (DEP), and to foster synergies between regional, national, European and private financial sources by taking advantage of synergies among all Union programmes; calls on the Commission to target as a priority the whole range of decarbonised and renewable industrial processes; acknowledges the importance of intellectual property protection to incentivise R&D investments necessary to ensure continued participation of EU industry in the development of key technologies like 5G and 6G, necessary to achieve the EU 2025 connectivity objectives;
Amendment 612 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to invest in the construction of an efficient and competitive European military-industrial complex by making optimal use of instruments such as the Defense Fund to support the sector in terms of research, development and prototyping and the development of industrial processes; welcomes the creation of DG DEFIS that it provides the administrative capacity for achieving this objective;
Amendment 623 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. highlights the relevance of Institutional Partnerships under Horizon Europe as efficient tools to promote R&I efforts within strategic industrial ecosystems;
Amendment 630 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; believes, moreover, that supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market failures and supporting efforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interests; calls for a governance of these ecosystems that integrates all relevant stakeholders form the industrial sectors which are key to achieve the energy and digital transition; considers that ecosystems should play a role in the definition of solutions and measures to be adopted in order to implement the European industrial strategy; recalls that sectorial action plans announced within the Green Deal and the industrial strategy as well as work already undertaken in previous European industrial forums, in particular the Strategic Forum for IPCEIs, should all be taken into account in the future work of industrial ecosystems;
Amendment 648 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Highlights the potential role of the regions in achieving the European industrial ambitions; believes that interregional cooperation aimed at the sustainable and digital transformations, as in the Smart Specialisation strategies, are to be strengthened in order to stimulate regional ecosystems; therefore asks the Commission to support the development of tools which can provide a clear roadmap for regions with a tailor- made approach to secure industrial leadership;
Amendment 654 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers public procurement to be a crucial driver of industrial transformation; calls on the Commission to study how to fully use the leverage of public expenditure and investment to achieve policy objectives, including by making environmental and social criteria mandatory in public procurement and by setting up mandatory reporting obligations for the Commission and the Member States; calls on contracting authorities to systematically use an approach based on the best price-quality ratio over the lifetime of the products and services; encourages contracting authorities to use the provision (Article 85 of the Utilities Directive) which makes it possible to reject bids if more than 50% of the value is added outside the EU so as to favour industrial jobs in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure that EU investment programmes do not go to State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) from third countries resulting in abnormally low tenders and unfair competition; calls also on the Commission to push for a more ambitious International Procurement Instrument that provides for reciprocity and mutual standards and to push for an European preference in defined strategic sectors;
Amendment 669 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the importance to provide political and policy direction and ambitious public programs to support the industry and to boost investments, particularly in R&D and space and defence industries; in this regards, highlights the importance of having adequate funding and fostering synergies in the next MFF for Horizon Europe, the European Space program and the European Defence Funds;
Amendment 676 #
2020/2076(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong Key Performance Indicator (KPI) system to analyse the ex-ante impact of Union regulations and instruments, and to monitor progress and results taking into account the SME dimension; calls on the Commission for regular reporting progress to the Competitiveness Council and to the European Parliament;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the assessment report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in accordance with Article 59(4) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use,
Amendment 4 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
- having regard to the Council Conclusions of 8 June 2010 on ‘Equity and Health in All Policies: Solidarity in Health’,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation",
Amendment 10 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
- having regard to Commission communication of 27 May 2020 on "The EU budget powering the recovery plan for Europe",
Amendment 14 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
— having regard to Report No 737 of 27 September 2018 entitled ‘Shortages of medicines and vaccines: focusing more closely on public health issues in the medicine supply chain’, drawn up by Jean- Pierre Decool on behalf of the French Senate fact-finding mission on the shortage of medicines and vaccines, which is inspired by the report of the French Academy of Pharmacy of 20 June 2018 on the unavailability of medicines,
Amendment 18 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal,
Amendment 27 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the increase in global demand has aggravated shortages of medicines in the EU, undermining health services in the Member States and exposing patients to considerable risks; whereas in France, 1 450 cases of unavailability of medicines were noted in 2019 compared to 44 cases in 2008; whereas in the Netherlands, the number of drug stock-out cases almost doubled in 2019, with 1,492 cases recorded, compared to 769 in 2018; whereas in the Czech Republic, 2,208 products suffered from a supply disruption in 2019, compared to 1,630 in 2018 and 19 in 2008; whereas the Member States have a duty to find swift and effective solutions through closer European integration;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union recognises the fundamental right of citizens to health and medical treatment;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas ensuring patient access to essential medicines is one of the core objectives of the EU and the WHO, and of Sustainable Development Goal 3; whereas universal access to medicines depends on their timely availability and their affordability for everyone, without any geographical discrimination;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas patients should have access to the healthcare and treatment options of their choice and preference;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas pharmaceuticals are one of the pillars of healthcare, and whereas insufficient access to essential medicinal products and high prices of innovative medicines pose a serious threat to population health and to the sustainability of national health care systems;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas, in many cases, the prices of new medicines, notably cancer treatments, have increased during the past few decades to the point of being unaffordable to many EU citizens
Amendment 59 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the entry of generics and biosimilars into the market is an important mechanism for increasing competition, reducing prices and ensuring the sustainability of healthcare systems; whereas their market entry should not be delayed;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the EU’s long-existing structural problems related to the supply of medicines, and the dependency on third-country import for medicines and medical materials;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas medicines to treat cancer, infections and disorders of the nervous system account for more than half of those in short supply; whereas injectable specialties appear to be the most vulnerable to the risk of shortage due to the complexity of their manufacturing process;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas shortage of medicines destabilizes the organization of care and generates high human and financial costs;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas access to suitable and affordable diagnostic tests and vaccines is as vital as access to safe, effective and affordable medicines;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas stocks of ‘strategic’ medicinmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest are inadequatecurrently insufficient, with chemicals that are cheap and easy to produce and mature medicines being in particularly short supply; whereas pharmaceutical firms operate on a just-in-time basis;
Amendment 160 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in the absence of a regulatory authority, stockpiling in some Member States is leading to a market imbalance and could, in the event of a health crisis, question the principle of solidarity;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the greater number, geographical spread and impact of epidemics is partly attributable to climate change, in combination with globalisation and increased travel; whereas European surveillance has been strengthened on vector-borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and West Nile viruses;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the geostrategic imperative that the Union regain its sovereignty and independence with regard to health care and secure its supply of medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines, medical devices and medical equipment;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that shortage of medicines is a global challenge; stresses that developing countries, such as a number of African countries, are the most affected by these shortages; urges that access to medicines in developing countries be tackled in a wider context in the WHO framework ; calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support to developing countries, in particular through the rescUE strategic reserve;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for health policies to focus on patients’ health and interests and for closer cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Securing supplies in the interests of patients and restoring health sovereignty
Amendment 259 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that medicines shortages have a direct impact on patients' health, safety and the continuation of their treatment; stresses that for patients, the consequences of drug shortages include: progression of the disease and / or worsening of symptoms due to delay in treatment, avoidable transmission of infectious diseases, increased risk of exposure to falsified medicines and significant psychological distress for patients and their families;
Amendment 261 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the risks are particularly high amongst vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly, pregnant women, people affected by a disability, patients with chronic diseases or cancer or people in intensive care unit (ICU);
Amendment 262 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that a higher price of the substitute medicine proposed to the patient, a lower reimbursement rate or the lack of reimbursement constitute in several Member States major obstacles to access to medicines for populations with low incomes or suffering from chronic conditions ; calls on the Member States to guarantee access to a substitute medicine at an equivalent price or subject to a similar reimbursement in the event of a supply shortage;
Amendment 263 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Welcomes the publication of the call for tenders launched by DG SANTE for a study on the causes of shortage of medicines in the Union; calls, however, for another study to be carried out on the impacts of drug shortages on patient care, treatment and health;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for the launch of a Joint Action on the prevention of shortage of medicines which would be funded by the future Health Program; considers that this Joint Action would allow an exchange of good practices between the Member States and the development of common prevention measures;
Amendment 265 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Stresses that patient associations should be more involved in defining research strategies for public and private clinical trials, in order to ensure that they meet the unmet needs of European patients;
Amendment 266 #
Amendment 267 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Recalls that no Member State is self-sufficient with regard to raw materials, intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines necessary to guarantee the proper functioning of the health system;
Amendment 278 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take whatever action is needed to restore European health sovereignty and local pharmaceutical manufacturing, giving priority to essential and strategic medicinesmedicinal products of major therapeutic interest ; calls on the Commission to map out potential production sites in the EU and their production capacity; suggests that the Commission also draw up a map of the production sites established in third countries;
Amendment 295 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a Task Force responsible for ensuring a constant inventory of the origin and production capacities of manufacturers in terms of active pharmaceuticals ingredients (APIs) and finished medicines,; considers that this independent body could establish and manage a database to prevent and steer European actions to avoid tensions or shortages on medicinal products of major therapeutic interest; stresses that this Task Force could ultimately assess the specific needs of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest of each Member State;
Amendment 307 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to address in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies issues relating tomake recommendations on ways to improve the availability and accessibility of medicines and to propose solutions to reduce manufacturers’ dependence on third countries in its next pharmaceutical and industrial strategies;
Amendment 325 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. calls on the Commission to present a specific strategy for managing shortages of medicines and medical products in Europe;
Amendment 339 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce tax and financial incentives in return for appropriate commitments and to authorise state aid to encourage producers to locate their operations in Europe, from compound manufacturing to packaging and distribution; emphasises the strategic significance of this sector and the importance of investing in European companies, in the interests of resource diversificationorder to diversify resources and encourage the development of innovative production technologies capable of enhancing the responsiveness of production lines, in particular the continuous manufacturing process;
Amendment 365 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that the pharmaceutical sector remains an important industrial pillar as well as a driving force in terms of job creation;
Amendment 368 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recalls that Articles 81 and 23a of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use have laid down general obligations for the supply of medicinal products to be borne by marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and distributors, as well as a notification obligation for MAHs in the event of a temporary or permanent supply interruption;
Amendment 375 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Regrets, however, the disparities observed by the EMA in the transposition of these obligations into national legislations;
Amendment 379 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Considers that the European Green Deal constitutes a major opportunity to encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers to participate to the green recovery plan by producing in compliance with environmental and ecological standards;
Amendment 380 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls for the revision of Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community code relating to medicinal products for human use in order to ensure the notification of shortages, to strengthen the obligations incumbent on marketing authorization holders (MAHs) and to be able to ensure compliance with all of the obligations of actors in the drug supply chain;
Amendment 381 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage marketing authorisation holders (MAHs) to build up and manage rolling stocks of medicines of major therapeutic interest in the form of finished products; considers that several months of rolling stocks would make it possible to absorb the supply shortfalls and avoid the losses linked to the expiry of the medicines;
Amendment 382 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Amendment 434 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create one or more European non-profit pharmaceutical undertakings which operate in the public interest to manufacture priority medicines of strategic importancemedicinal products of major therapeutic interest for health care; stresses the key contribution that can be made by new technologies, digitalization and artificial intelligence in enabling European laboratory researchers to form networks and share their objectives and findings;
Amendment 455 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the importance of research and innovation, and calls for the establishment of a genuine European network, given that the price of relocation must not be a deterioration in the quality of medical research; highlights the role of European projects and SMEs in improving access to medicines in the Union; underlines the crucial role of the Horizon Europe program in this respect;
Amendment 471 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for strengthening of the European Medicines Market to speed up patient access to medicines, make care more affordable, maximise savings in national health budgets and avoid administrative burdens for generic and biosimilar companies ;
Amendment 475 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Points out that generic and biosimilar medicines enable increased competition, reduced prices and savings for healthcare systems, thus helping to improve access to medicines for patients
Amendment 479 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Deplores the litigation cases aiming to delay generic entry; calls on the Commission to ensure that the end of the innovator's period of commercial exclusivity is respected;
Amendment 481 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Stresses that the added value and economic impact of biosimilar medicines on the sustainability of healthcare systems should be analysed, their market entry should not be delayed, and, where necessary, measures to support their introduction to the market should be examined;
Amendment 484 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Calls on the Member States to adopt a common position and start negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU;
Amendment 485 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11f. Calls on the Commission to present a revision of Directive 89/105 /EEC on the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products in order to ensure effective controls and full transparency of the procedures used to determine the prices and reimbursement of medicines in the Member States;
Amendment 514 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the recent creation green lanes, set up to facilitate the transport of all goods, in order to allow the smooth running of the transport not only of medicines but also of raw materials, intermediate products and related materials, including packaging;
Amendment 517 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls for the establishment of European lists of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' along the lines of the 'WHO model list of essential medicines'; suggests that the EMA shortage risk indicators (manufacturing and quality) be used to identify high risk products,
Amendment 518 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls for the introduction of a specific statute for certain mature medicines which would be accompanied by incentives for manufacturers to maintain their marketing on the European market and ensure diversification of European production;
Amendment 519 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Encourages the development of shortage prevention and management plans across all Member States; believes that these plans could result from an analysis of manufacturing and distribution risks and include measures on building up stocks, diversifying sources of supply for raw materials and creating other manufacturing sites to ensure resilience from production;
Amendment 520 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Underlines that several Member States have already established alert systems which facilitate the anticipation and prevention of shortages; calls for the establishment of alert systems to anticipate shortage of medicines at national and European levels;
Amendment 541 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 561 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 579 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for the adoption of common definitions of 'supply disruption' and 'stock-out' of medicines as well as a grid of criteria for assessing the risk associated with each of these situations;
Amendment 581 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls for the adoption of a common definition of 'medicinal products of major therapeutic interest' with reference to their usefulness in public health, the absence of an alternative and the fragility of the production chain;
Amendment 582 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop innovative and coordinated strategies and to step up exchanges of good practice in the area of stock management; considers that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) could be designated as the regulatory authority tasked with preventing shortages of essential medicines, with a correspondingly wider remit and more staff;
Amendment 613 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for further invitations to tender to be issuedjoint procurements at European level in an effort to counter shortages, as has been done following the onset of the COVID-19 virus, with simplified and transparent procedures in the interests of improved response times;
Amendment 621 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the full and rapid application of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials for medicinal products for human use; considers that this Regulation would facilitate the launch of large clinical trials carried out in a harmonised and coordinated manner at EU level;
Amendment 633 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that the differences in the price of a medicine from one Member State to another have led to the development of parallel exports, which can increase the risk of supply stress and cause of shortages; recalls that the free movement of goods within the Union allows certain wholesaler-distributors called "short-liners" to buy medicines in one Member State and to resell them more expensive in neighbouring countries; calls for the adoption of preventive measures to limit the parallel trade of medicines within the Union;
Amendment 658 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to set up an innovative centralised digital monitoring platform for sharing information provided by national agencies and all stakeholders regarding shortages of medicines and medical equipment; welcomes the introduction by the EMA of the SPOC and i-SPOC systems; calls for existing information systems to be improved so as to provide a clear overview of problems, shortages and requirements in each Member State, with a view to preventing stockpiling;
Amendment 659 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Recommends the development of a catalogue of shortages in all the Member States which would allow the EMA to easily update its public catalogue of shortages assessed by its Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) and / or its Committee for the pharmacovigilance risk assessment (PRAC);
Amendment 688 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Recalls that misinformation can lead to inappropriate use of medicines and the creation of unnecessary stockpiling;
Amendment 701 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for an electronic information notice to be drawn up in all the Union languages for every medicine on the EU market via bar or matrix codes, in order to facilitate sales of medicines between Member States and to fight against parallel trade; recommends the provision of more comprehensive information on the origin of medicines;
Amendment 708 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Condemns the exploitation of shortages for criminal purposes; recalls that counterfeiting or falsification of medicines and medical products worsens supply tensions; calls for the strengthening of measures to combat these practices: the control of online platforms offering drugs, the strengthening of cooperation between relevant EU and national agencies and the respect of the victims’ rights;
Amendment 710 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Subheading 3 a (new)
Preventing and responding to shortages in the event of health crises
Amendment 711 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Amendment 722 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to create a European strategic reserve of medicinal products of major interest, along the lines of the ‘RescEU’ mechanism, in order to alleviate shortages outside crisis periods; believes that the EMA could be the European regulatory authority responsible of this strategic reserve in order to prevent shortages of these medicines;
Amendment 726 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses that its resolution of 17 April 2020 calls for the creation of a European Health Reaction Mechanism (EHRM) to respond to all types of health crises, to ensure operational coordination at European level, to restore European sovereignty over products health and to strengthen European cooperation in research and innovation; considers that this mechanism could monitor the constitution and the triggering of the strategic reserve of medicines and ensure its proper functioning within the Union;
Amendment 728 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Recalls that its resolution also calls for the competences, budget and staffing of EMA to be substantially increased in order to allow it to coordinate medical responses in times of crisis; considers it essential that EMA has solid governance to meet future challenges such as monitoring and responding to shortages in coordination with the Member States; underlines that, in the long term, EMA should be able to make conditional marketing authorizations upon guarantees of supply and accessibility from manufacturers; hopes that the reinforcement of the staff of EMA will enable it to carry out inspections of production sites established in third countries;
Amendment 729 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21d. Recalls that a company that markets a medicine can enjoy data exclusivity for a period of eight years as of the first marketing authorization according to Article 14(11) of the Commission Regulation No. 726/2004; calls on the Commission to propose a revision of this regulation to temporarily authorize the granting of compulsory licenses in the event of a health crisis in order to allow a producer to market a generic medicine;
Amendment 730 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Considers that in the event of a health crisis the closure of borders and customs controls cannot constitute an obstacle to cross-border movement of medicinal products of major interest within the Union; calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up secure and rapid procedures for checking products at the border during a health crisis in compliance with EU law;
Amendment 736 #
2020/2071(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Welcomes, following the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the introduction of more flexible rules in a bid to mitigate shortages and facilitate the circulation of medicines between Member States: acceptance of different packaging formats, reuse procedure to enable marketing authorisation holders to obtain approval in another Member State, longer expiry periods, use of veterinary medicinal products, etc.; calls on the Commission to monitor strictly the use of these arrangements and to keep them available in the event of problems or shortages;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that Africa's future relies in the hands of its young generation; calls the EU to support concrete initiatives for the empowerment of youth and women in its renewed EU- Africa strategy ensuring their active involvement in decision-making processes of civic and political life.
Amendment 118 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the EU is among the first to bear the costs of all destructive policies employed against African nations, while other players, especially China and Russia, are focused only on their own benefits at the expense of African sovereignty and European security; calls the European Commission to take it into account in its EU-Africa strategy and to raise this issue at the future EU-China Summit;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Shares the opinion that the matter of the security of Africa should be transferred into the hands of Africans and that the EU should assist its African partners in the successful accomplishment of this ultimate goal.Recalls that the fight against terrorism is a common priority; calls the EU to continue its efforts to assist its African partners throughout its military operations and civilian missions and support for initiatives coming from the AU, regional organizations such as ECOWAS or G5 Sahel; encourages Member States to participate in EU missions and operations and in bilateral efforts; insists on the importance of the establishment of the European Peace Facility in order to provide a more comprehensive assistance to African partners in regions affected by terrorism;
Amendment 159 #
2020/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to strengthen the cooperation on migration, based on the respect for human rights and international law; calls on the EU to target its policies to tackle the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement, improving the return rates and to help African partners to fight against smuggling networks and human trafficking;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the need to strike a balance between economic, social, cultural and environmental needs in order to comprehensively ensure the long-term sustainability of tourism; stresses the need to study the resilience of cultural heritage;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that cultural tourism has significant potential to generate growth and jobs in the EU, with as many as four in ten tourists already choosing their destination on the basis of its cultural offering; recalls the role of the EAFRD and more particularly the LEADER programme;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to further promote sustainable cultural tourism, paying particular attention to local economies, lifestyles and traditions and ensuring that local industries and communities are closely involved; stresses the role of the Cohesion Funds, and in particular the ERDF, in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage, by making it possible to fund alternative tourism using new digital means and construction techniques where sites are too fragile to be visited;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists on the need, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to promote and supplement the capacities of the Member States in education and training in the field of sustainable tourism; stresses the importance of using virtual technologies to raise awareness of the cultural heritage; also recalls the importance of training skilled craftspeople and of the necessity of European exchanges of ancestral know- how;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is concerned about the impact on cultural heritage sites of poorly managed tourism and uncontrolled development; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures to preserve and protect cultural heritage in the light of these human-made hazards; calls for the most endangered European cultural sites to be identified at EU level in order to provide them with greater protection and adequate funding;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the impact of COVID-19 may result in a dramatic change in tourists’ destination choices and in the emergence of new opportunities for the tourist industry; in this context, stresses the importance of promoting a shift from mass tourism to other forms of cultural and sustainable tourism;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for European funds, within the framework of the Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative, to be mobilised to relaunch sustainable tourism and responsible territorial marketing in the regions hardest hit by the partial or total shutdown of the tourism sector, due to the COVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas during the transition period, EU law across all policy areas, is still applicable to, and in, the UK, with the exception of provisions of the Treaties and acts that were not binding upon, and in, the UK before the Withdrawal Agreement entered into force; whereas on the 14th of May 2020, the European Commission opened infringement proceedings against the UK for failure to comply with EU rules on free movement;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the European Parliament gave its position on the proposed mandate for negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in its resolution the 12 February 2020.
Amendment 7 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 8 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the negotiations on the future partnership shouldcan only be premised on the effective and full implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and its three protocols;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the United Kingdom (UK) ceased to be a Member State of the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020.
Amendment 21 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU and the UK agreed in the Political Declaration to convene at a high level in June 2020 to take stock of progress of the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and of the negotiations with the aim of agreeing action to move forward with negotiations on the future relationship;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas unity of the EU and its Member States should maintain their unity throughout the negotiations in order to defend the interests of their citizens in the best possible waythroughout the negotiations is essential in order to defend the interests of the EU, including those of its citizens in the best possible way; whereas the EU and its Member States have remained united throughout the negotiation and adoption of the Withdrawal Agreement and ever since; whereas this unity is reflected in the adoption of the negotiating mandate entrusted to the EU negotiator and Head of the EU Task Force Michel Barnier, who enjoys the strong support of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU and UK agreed in the Political Declaration that the future relationship should be underpinned by shared values such as the respect for and safeguarding of human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles, the rule of law, and support for non-proliferation, international rules-based order including support for non-proliferation, protection of the environment and that these values are an essential prerequisite for cooperation within the framework of the Political Declaration; whereas the future relationship should incorporatebe conditioned to the United Kingdom’s continued commitment to respect the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR);
Amendment 29 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas the Political Declaration states that the future economic partnership will be underpinned by provisions ensuring a level playing field for open and fair competition.
Amendment 31 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Amendment 32 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I c (new)
Recital I c (new)
I c. whereas facing a global pandemic and its foreseeable geopolitical, economic and social consequences reinforces the necessity to improve cooperation mechanisms between partners and allies.
Amendment 41 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Welcomes and insists that the Commission continues its practice to provide timely information to the Parliament on the negotiations, in line with the information that is shared with the Member States;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Strongly believes that transparency benefits the negotiation process and is also beneficial to citizens and businesses as it allows them to better prepare for the post-transition phase;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that the covid-19 pandemic directly affects the negotiation process; recognizes the willingness by both parties to continue negotiations during the covid-19 pandemic through virtual means in order to limit the extent of the delay; acknowledges that negotiations through virtual means pose additional challenges; calls on the parties to hold face-to-face meetings once this is deemed safe;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Strongly believes that the negative impact of the covid-19 pandemic on global trade and economic relations serves as an additional incentive to make substantial progress in the negotiations and work towards a comprehensive and ambitious partnership;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point iv
Paragraph 4 – point iv
(iv) the safeguarding of the EU legal order and the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) as the sole body responsible for interpreting EU law in this respect;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point vi
Paragraph 4 – point vi
(vi) a level playing field, ensuring equivalent standards in social, labour, environmental, competition and State aid policies, including through a robust and comprehensive framework on competition and State aid control, dispute settlement and enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point vii a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point vii a (new)
(vii a) the Parties' commitments to international agreements to tackle climate change including those which implement the United-Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change, in particular the Paris Agreement should constitute an essential element of the future agreement.
Amendment 91 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that without a balanced and long-term fisheries agreement that ensures reciprocal access to waters and resources with respect to the principle of sustainable management of fisheries and marine ecosystems and ensuring a level playing field, there will be no economic and trade partnership agreement;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasises the importance of making substantial progress on all topics in parallel, including on those that showed limited to no progress such as the level-playing field, governance, law enforcement as well as the timely conclusion of a fisheries agreement;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance of being ready for the UK’s withdrawal from the internal market and the customs union at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, regardless of the outcome of the negotiations; stresses that the consequences will be even more significant should no agreement be reached; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s sector-specific ‘readiness notices’, which seek to ensure that EU industry is ready for the inevitable shock that the UK’s withdrawal from the single market will cause; encourages the European Commission and Member States to enhance their efforts in order to fully inform European citizens and businesses of the risks that the transition period might end before an agreement is reached, in order to allow for and support adequate preparedness to such an unintended but possible outcome.
Amendment 105 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls the negotiating directives, which set out that Gibraltar will not be included in the territorial scope of the agreement to be concluded between the EU and the UK, and that any separate agreement will require the prior agreement of the Kingdom of Spain;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the Withdrawal Agreement is the instrument for implementing the arrangements for the UK’s withdrawal, that it is not subject to any sort of renegotiation of its provisions and that the onlysole purpose of the EU-UK Joint Committee is to oversee its application; underlines the importance of the effective implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement as a litmus test for the good faith that the UK brings to the negotiating process and recalls that the outcome of the negotiations would be linked to ion the future relationship should be linked to implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on having solid guarantees that the UK will implementthe full implementation by the UK of the Withdrawal Agreement effectively and in its entirety before the end of the transition period; stresses that monitoring its implementation should be an integral part of the work on the future relations;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Pays special attention to the full respect of citizens' rights as defined in the Withdrawal Agreement; is determined to ensure that Member States fully respect and protect rights of British citizens living in the European Union under the Withdrawal Agreement; is equally committed to monitor closely that the UK fully respects and protects the rights of EU citizens living on its soil under the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Insists the European Parliament to be fully and immediately informed of all the discussions held and decisions taken by the Joint Committee; recalls in this respect the obligations stemming from Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United-Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community2, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof, which provides that Parliament must be in a position to exercise fully its institutional prerogatives throughout the Joint Committee proceedings;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Insists that the European Parliament is regularly informed regarding the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Notes with concern that the COVID19 pandemic had significant consequences on the possibility for EU citizens living in the UK to apply to the EU settlement scheme as front offices have been closed due to the lockdown decided by British authorities;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Expresses concern at reports that EU citizens under pre-settled status were denied social benefits in the UK due to bureaucratic obstacles; underlines that such situations equal undue discrimination and have significant consequences, especially at the time of severe economic and social uncertainty;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that under the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, designed and adopted in order to ensure the absence of a hard border on the island of Ireland while protecting the integrity of the Single market after the end of the transition period the UK, while being a third country, will have the task of implementing parts of the Union Customs Code, which will require unprecedented structures to be set up even before the end of the transition period, necessitating due consideration for the issue of proper implementation and enforcement; calls on the Commission to carry out efficient checks and controls; expresses concern at the repeated refusal expressed by the British authorities to authorize the opening of a permanent office for EU officials in Belfast to monitor the good implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; notes that the term goods ‘at risk of subsequently being moved into the Union’ used in Article 5 of that Protocol is unclear and depends on subsequent decisions of the Joint Committee which are exempt from formal European Parliament scrutiny; requests to be kept fully informed on the application of that Article and any proposals for decisions of the Joint Committee in that regard;
Amendment 162 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note that the UK has chosen to establish its future economic and trade partnership with the EU on the basis of a ‘Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement’ as laid down in the UK’s Approach to Negotiations; emphasises that, while the European Parliament is supportive of the EU constructively negotiating a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive FTA with the UK, by its nature an FTA will never be equivalent to ‘frictionless’ trade; expresses concern at the intention of the UK government to move away from zero tariffs and zero quota and avoid any commitments on the level playing field; emphasizes, in this regard, that the agreement should ensure open and fair competition, and prevent distortions in trade and unfair competitive advantages; shares the Commission’s negotiating position whereby the scope and ambition of an FTA that the EU would agree to is conditional on the UK agreeing to provisions related to the level playing field, given the geographical proximity and integration of markets, as well as on the conclusion of an agreement on fisheries;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2023(INI)
(-i) a level playing field;
Amendment 179 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point i
Paragraph 13 – point i
(i) reciprocal arrangement for mutually beneficial market access for goods, services, public procurement, recognition of professional qualifications and where relevant foreign direct investment to be negotiated in full compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules while recalling the necessary difference of treatment between a third country and a Member State;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point iii
Paragraph 13 – point iii
(iii) while striving for the widest possible trade in goods, the Commission should evaluate possible quotas and tariffs for the most sensitive sectors as well as the need for safeguard clauses to protect the integrity and stability of the EU single market; reiterates, moreover, that for instance with respect to food and agricultural products, access to the single market ishould be conditional on strict complianceregulatory alignment with all EU laws and standards ensuring a level playing field, particularly in the fields of food safety, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), pesticides, geographical indications, animal welfare, labelling and traceability, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards, and human, animal and plant health;
Amendment 202 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point vi
Paragraph 13 – point vi
(vi) commitments on services should be made with the aim of delivering a level of liberalisation in trade in services well beyond the parties’ WTO commitments, building on recent EU FTAs, while safeguarding the high quality of the EU’s public services in accordance with the TFEU and in particular Protocol 26 on Services of General Interest; audio-visual services should be excluded from provisions related to liberalisationthe scope of the economic partnership; reiterates that under an FTA market access for services is limited and always subject to exclusions, reservations and exceptions; all modes of supply of services should be covered, including commitments on the movement of natural persons across borders (Mode 4) and provisions, linked to EU rules and the respect for equal treatment of workers and recognition of professional qualifications while recalling the necessary difference of treatment between a third country and a Member State; the arrangements should include provisions on market access and national treatment under host state rules to ensure that EU service providers are treated in a non- discriminatory manner, including with regard to establishment as well as regulatory coordination platformexchange of information on regulations; the new arrangements should allow for the temporary entry and stay of natural persons for business purposes with the aim of providing services;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point vii
Paragraph 13 – point vii
(vii) there should be opportunities for access to both Parties to public procurement markets beyond WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) commitments, guaranteeing market access for EU companies in strategic sectors at all levels of government and a degree of openness equal to the EU’s public procurement markets; regrets the fact, in this regard, in specific areas at all level of governments without prejudice to their national rules aimed at protecting their essential security interests, guaranteeing market access for EU companies and a degree of openness equal to the EU’s public procurement markets; however, defence and security contracts will have to remain excluded from the provisions of the agreement; regrets the fact that the UK’s initial negotiating position does not cover public procurement;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point ix
Paragraph 13 – point ix
(ix) an overarching chapter on the needs and interests of micro-enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with regard to market access facilitation issues including, but not limited to, compatibility of technical standards, and streamlined customs procedures with the aim of preserving and generating concrete business opportunities and fostering their internationalisation; noteregrets that the UK’s approach to the negotiations does not include specific provisions reflecting these objectives;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that given the UK’s geographic proximity and economic interdependence with the EU, the breadth and depth of the agreement on a level playing field will be essential in determining the extent of the overall future EU-UK relationship; considers, therefore, that a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded are a condition in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ while contributing to sustainable development and the fight against climate change, with a view to dynamic alignment; stresses the need to ensure that the UK does not gain an unfair competitive advantage through the undercutting of levels of protection and to prevent regulatory arbitrage by market operators;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. Recalls its determination to prevent any kind of ‘dumping’ in the framework of the future EU-UK relationship; considerspoints out that a key outcome of the negotiations is to guarantee a level playing field through robust commitments and enforceable provisions on:
Amendment 249 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point i
Paragraph 16 – point i
(i) competition and State aid, which should prevent undue distortion of trade and competition and include provisions on state-owned enterprises; regrets, with regard to State aid, that the UK approach does not reflect the same ambition and only covers subsidies;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point ii
Paragraph 16 – point ii
(ii) relevant tax matters, including the fight against tax evasion and avoidance and, money laundering and terrorism financing;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point iv
Paragraph 16 – point iv
(iv) environmental protection and climate change related standards, the promotion of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals; the Parties' commitments to international agreements to tackle climate change including those which implement the United-Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement; enforceable midterm commitments to tackle climate change; the implementation by the UK of a system of carbon pricing of at least the same scope and effectiveness as provided for by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the same principles regarding the use of external credits by the end of the transition period should apply;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point v
Paragraph 16 – point v
(v) a high-level of protection and product sanitary quality in food sector for consumers;
Amendment 263 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that these provisions should ensure that standards are not lowered, while empowering both parties to modify commitments over time to lay down higher standards or include additional areas; stresses, moreover, that commitments and provisions should be enforceable by autonomous interim measures, a solid dispute settlement mechanism and remedies, to provide the Union with the ability to adopt sanctions as a last resort in every covered areas, including in relation to sustainable development with a view to dynamic alignment;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Strongly believes that the UK should adhere to the evolving standards on taxation and, anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing legislation within the EU acquis, including tax transparency, the exchange of information on tax matters and anti-tax avoidance measures, and should address the respective situations of its Overseas Territories, its Sovereign Base Areas and its Crown Dependencies and their non- compliance with EU good governance criteria and transparency requirements;
Amendment 276 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates the need to maintain high standards and a level playing field in the areas of medicinal products, medical devices, food safety and labelling, animal wellbeing and veterinary, phytosanitary, and environmental policy and standards;
Amendment 293 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Recalls that this is contrary to the provisions of the Political Declaration, which envisages an ambitious, broad, deep and flexible partnership in the field of foreign policy, security and defence and contains a part dedicated specifically to the EU-UK future security partnership, and to which the UK has agreed;
Amendment 376 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Points out that the entire Agreement with the UK as a third country, including among others provisions on the level playing field and fisheries, should include the establishment of a coherent and solid governance system as an overarching framework, covering the joint continuous supervision and management of the Agreement as well as dispute settlement and enforcement mechanisms with sanctions and interim measures where necessary with respect to the interpretation and application of the Agreement’s provisions;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2015(INI)
1. Recalls that artificial intelligence (AI) should serve humanity and that its benefits should be widely shared; stresses that, in the long-term, AI may surpass human intellectual capacity; stresses the need therefore to establish safeguards such as regular human control and verification of AI decision-making;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU should play an essential role in laying down basic principles on the development, programming and use of AI, notably in its regulations and codes of conduct, and in setting out a coordinated approach to deployment of artificial intelligence among its Member States;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2015(INI)
3. Recalls that AI cannot only perform activities which used to be exclusively human, but that it can also acquire and develop autonomous and cognitive features, through experience learning; stresses that AI systems can autonomously create and generate cultural and creative works, with only minimum human input; notes, moreover, that AI systems can evolve in an unpredictable way, by creating original works unknown to their initial programmers; reiterates, nevertheless, that in the field of culture, artificial intelligence should assist and not replace the creative human mind;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concern about the vacuum left between IPR and the development of AI, which could make cultural and creative industries and education sectors vulnerable to AI- generated copyright-protected works, and is concerned about possible infringement of intellectual property; calls on the Commission to support a horizontal and technologically neutral approach to IPR applicable to AI-generated works;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 53 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the development of artificial intelligence capacities in the dissemination of fake news and the creation of deep fakes; is worried by the breaches of intellectual property rights that could result;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that artificial intelligence can also be an effective tool for detecting and reporting the presence of copyright-protected content online; emphasises too the need to address the issue of liability for copyright infringements made by AI systems, as well as the issue of data ownership.
Amendment 65 #
2020/2015(INI)
6a. Stresses the importance of streaming services being transparent and responsible in their use of algorithms, so access to cultural content in various forms and different languages and impartial access to European works may be better guaranteed;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers in particular that the use of AI- enabled systems in armed conflicts must, abs provided by the principles of the Martens Clause,Martens Clause, abide by the general principles of IHL and must never breach or be permitted to breach the dictates of the public conscience and humanity; considers that this is the ultimate test forclause should guide the admissibility of an AI- enabled system in warfare; calls on the AI research community to integrate this principle in all AI-enabled systems intended to be used in warfare; considers that no authority can issue a derogation from those principles or certify an AI- enabled system;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for robust testing and evaluation systems based on norms to ensure that during the entire lifecycle of AI-enabled systems in the military domain, in particular during the phases of human- machine interaction, machine learning and adjusting and adapting to new circumstances, the systems do not go beyond the intended limits and willmust be used at all times in complyiance with the applicable international law;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that any AI-enabled system used in the military domain must, as a minimum set of requirements, be able to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants on the battlefield, not have indiscriminate effects, not cause unnecessary suffering to persons, not be biased or be trained on biased data, and be in compliance with the IHL general principles of military necessity, and humanity, and the implementing principles of proportionality in the use of force and precaution prior to engagement;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that in the use of AI- enabled systems in security and defence, fullcomprehensive situational understanding of the operator, ability to detect possible changes in circumstances and ability to discontinue an attack are needed to ensure that IHL principles, in particular distinction, proportionality and precaution in attack, are fully applied across the entire chain of command and control; stresses that AI- enabled systems must allow the military leadership to assume its full responsibility at all timthroughout each of their uses;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the HR/VP, in the framework of the ongoing discussions on the international regulation of lethal autonomous weapon systems by states parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), to remain engaged and help streamline the global debate on core issues and definitions where consensus has not been reached, in particular as regards concepts and characteristics of AI-enabled lethal autonomous weapons and their functions in the identification, selection and engagement of a target, application of the concept of human responsibility in the use of AI-enabled systems in defence, and the degree of human/machine interaction, including the concept of human control and judgment, during the different stages of the lifecycle of an AI-enabled weapon.
Amendment 6 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the endorsement, by the 2019 Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), of 11 Guiding Principles for the development and use of autonomous weapons systems;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to develop criteria for the use of AI in education, media and creative sectors, by developing benchmarks for ethically responsible and accepted uses of AI technologies in these areas, including a clear liability regime for products resulting from AI use; underlines that these criteria must be constantly adjusted to the progress in AI technologies;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that a UnionRecommends that a EU Member States' framework regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled systems in defence must respect all applicable legal regimes, in particular the international humanitarian law and the international human rights law, and be in compliance with Union law, principles and values; calls on the Union to assess the inherent AI-related risks with regard to the application of Union law, and foresee necessary adjustment and enforcement where needed;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notices that AI personalised learning systems are increasingly being deployed in schools and universities, which is changing the role of teachers in the learning process to one more of facilitationby individualising monitoring and teaching; stresses that this shift should be reflected in school curricula, as well as in teacher training; recalls that AI should always be a support and not a replacement for the education provided by teachers;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that current and future defence-related activities within the Union framework will draw on AI, on robotics and autonomy, and on related technologies and that the Union must assume leading role in research and development of AI systems in defence field; believes that the use of AI-enabled applications in defence offer number of direct benefits such as higher quality collected data, greater situational awareness, increased speed for decision-making, reduced risk of collateral damage thanks to better cabling, protection of forces on the ground, as well as greater reliability of military equipment; recalls that AI systems are also becoming key elements in countering emerging security threats;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that AI technologies are, in essence, dual use; highlights that AI in defence-related activities is a transverse disruptive technology whose development may provide opportunities for the competitiveness and the strategic autonomy of the EU;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that education should empower citizens to develop new forms of critical thinking, including ‘algorithm awareness’, an understanding of the functioning of AI and its inherent biases, and the ability to reflect on the impact of AI on information, knowledge, and decision-making;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the Union, in connection with the work carried out by the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ Governmental Expert Group, must be at the forefront of mastering those technologies by establishing well defined processes for their use, for understanding the related ethical aspects and for fostering an effective international regulatory framework that contains the inherent risks of these technologies and prevents use for malicious purposes; those include in particular unintended harm to persons, be it material or immaterial, such as breach of fundamental rights;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the importance for transparency and accountability of algorithms used by media streaming companies, in order to ensure access to culturally and linguistically diverse content; believes that every user should be properly informed when an algorithm is used to recommend content and optimise his or her choices; stresses that such algorithms should be designed in such a way that they do not privilege specific works by limiting their ‘personalised’ suggestions to the most popular works; considers that any user should also be able to disable content recommendation by AI;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that most of current military powers worldwide have already engaged in significant R&D efforts related to the military dimension of AI; considers that the EU must see to it that it does not lag behind in this regard; Stresses that for any defence application of AI enabled systems, the Union should set technical and organisational standards to ensure their resilience against cyber-attacks and digital influence, as well as their compliance with the highest possible trustworthiness standards as regards the collection and exploitation of operational data;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Insists that user data collected by AI, such as cultural preferences or educational performance, cannot be transmitted or used without the owner's knowledge;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stressed that all AI-systems in defence must have a concrete and well- defined domain of usemission framework and must be endowed with the ability to detect and disengage or diseactivate deployed systems should they move from their domain of usebeyond the mission framework defined and assigned by the human command or engage in any escalatory or unintended action;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the entire responsibility for the decision to design, develop, deploy and use AI-systems must rest on human operators and the human- in-the-loop principle must also be applied to the command and control of AI-enabled systems control should remain effective for the command and control, following a human- on-the-loop principle at the military leadership level; stresses that AI-enabled systems must allow the military leadership to assume its full responsibility and exercise the necessary level of judgment for taking lethal or large-scale destructive action be means of such systems;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the European Commission and on the VP/HR to present, also as part of an overall approach, a sectoral AI strategy for defence-related activities within the Union framework, that should propose a consistent regulatory approach spanning from the inception of AI-enabled systems to their military uses; calls on the Council, the European Commission and on the VP/HR to enter in a structured dialogue with the European Parliament to that end.
Amendment 5 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in order to fight against disinformation and fake news, reinstate a climate of trust in the media and counter threats to democratic political processes, a comprehensive strategy is needed, based inter alia on media and information literacy, and aimed at empowering citizens to critically assess media content and recognise the difference between opinion and facts; in this context reminds that, independent and pluralistic media based on freedom of information and expression is a core element of any functioning democracy;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that media freedom has been acutely deteriorating across Europe over the past decade, facing challenges highlighted by court cases, official enquiries, reports by the European institutions and non-governmental organisations; while the decline can be attributed to a range of legal, political and economic factors, the European institutions must respect and protect the fundamental rights of media freedom and pluralism as the essential pillar of democracy enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a strategy for improvement, implementation and monitoring of media legislation to effectively tackle the spread of disinformation and fake news, while supporting independent broadcasting, fostering transparency, credibility and independence of media and their freedom;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to work in close cooperation with the Member States, candidate countries and civil society organisations to develop commonly understood curricula on media literacy and to reach out to all citizens through formal, non-formal and informal education, and through lifelong learning; this should allow the citizens to fully understand the effects of disinformation, to identify and make the distinction between evidence and opinion, while giving them the ability to access and assess information;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the maintenance of media freedom and pluralism for democracy, and of strengthening the economic growth and its sustainability; therefore encourages the Commission to provide a common mechanism of transparency of media ownership and funding sources, thus allowing citizens to make an informed judgement about the source of the information received; reiterates the importance of ensuring the protection of journalists and adequate protection of journalistic sources, especially during the societal crisis and the transformation of the media sector;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the internet as the new digital common source of information, giving citizens new opportunities for participation, discussion, shaping of opinions and sharing of information; calls on the Commission to provide a clear legislative path with necessary regulatory and self-regulatory measures for safeguarding the citizens against the illegal content and goods; stresses that special attention needs to be given to measures aimed at preventing repeated offences;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas there is a significant risk that major military powers no longer tend to resort to arms control and disarmament to ease international tensions and improve the global security environment, ultimately leading to an increase in nuclear risks worldwide;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted in 2017 by 122 states, among which none of the nuclear -weapon States; whereas the European Union was not able to agree on a common position on the Treaty;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
Amendment 110 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) reaffirm the EU’s continuing commitment to the JCPOA as the best possible means for obtaining assurances of an exclusively peaceful use of nuclear energy by Iran, and as a vital tool for enhancing stability and security in the Middle East; reiterate the EU’s regret over deep concern over Iran's violations of its commitments since July 2019; and deplores the withdrawal by the US from the JCPOA and the re- impositions of sanctions; call on Iran to return to full compliance with its nuclear- related commitments under the JCPOA and the NPT;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the global crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic could have significant geostrategic repercussions and strengthens the need to build a genuine European strategic autonomy;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the countries of the Middle East and North Africa, a region of several armed conflicts, remain the foremost regional destination for exports according to the last two annual reports; is concernednotes that thisese regional focus undermines the Common Foreign and Security Policy (s face significant and continuing security challenges and that every export has to be assessed on a case by case basis, in the context of the wider CFSP) and EU specific EU actions aimed at regional peace and stability;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the update of the EU common position of 2008 to take into account relevant developments, such as the adoption of the Arms trade treaty, to which all Member States are party;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/1560 and the relevant conclusions of 16 September 2019 have the potential to ensure that EU citizens are furnished with better information about the strategic choices made by their governments in an area which directly affects their security and their countries’ adherence to values and norms;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes with concern the growingthat divergences between the arms export policies and practices of the Member States cand the failure to introduce new instruments to promote convergence towards the strict application slow down the convergence of EU rules in this area;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that most Member States have not outlined a common policy regulating the transfer of weapons components to another Member State which would ensure that any export to third countries from the Member State of assembly is consistent with the export policy of the Member State providing the components; notes that some of them continue to consider intra-EU transfers of arms and defence-related products as exports operations; regards this as particularly problematic in the context of the increasing divergences between licensing practices across the EU; observes thatcalls the Commission to assess the effects of Directive 2009/43/EC on intra- Community transfers has proven ill- equipped to achieveand the stated goal of setting high common standards for exports to third countries;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that despite a correlation between divergences in export policies and difficulties of intra-UE cooperation, the sooner is the consequence of the weakness of the European defence spending, the persistent fragmentation of the internal market for defence-related products and the existence of industrial duplications; calls therefore the European Commission, the Council and Member States to fully implement the European Action Plan for Defence; calls in particular for a swift adoption of the European Defence Fund and for an adequate level of funding enabling the reduction of market fragmentation and industrial consolidation while ensuring the EU and its Member States will dispose of military capabilities they need; calls the Commission to ensure the correct implementation of directive 2009/81/EC and Directive 2009/43/EC;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Notes that bilateral cooperation on industrial defence-related projects between Member States lead to export control agreements which can provide a baseline for the EU as a whole;
Amendment 156 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that bilateral and multilateral agreements may further reducepave the way towards convergence at EU level aund that the failure to regulate exports uniformly between the Member States ander certain conditions and that the lack of convergence in export decisions to third countries have a negative impact on human rights and international law,may generate market distortions, and hinder industrial strategic planning, economies of scale and a level playing field;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that EU funds such as the Preparatory Action on Defence Research (PADR), the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the European Defence Fund (EDF), initiatives such as the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and the European Peace Facility (EPF), legislation such as the intra-Community transfers and defence procurement directives of 2009, and the creation of administrative capacities such as the Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS) are heraldaiming ant increasing Europeanisation of arms production and capability development;
Amendment 175 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the fact that the interinstitutional agreement on the establishment of the EDF authorestablishes the Commission to assess whether the transfer of ownership or the granting of an exclusive licence of EDF-co-fundeda specific type of assessment function for the Commission with regard to a specific category of exports of military technology to third countravenes the security and defence interests of the EU and its Member States or the objectives of the fund as set out in Article 3 of the proposed regulation; notes that this new legislation establisies without prejudice to the competences of EU Member States export control authorities to grant thes a specific type of control function for the Commission with regard to a specific category of exports of military technology to third countriesuthorization in this framework;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that under the EPF, Member States and the European External Action Service (EEAS) will work on creating an EU-level systemagreeing EU-level framing principles for arms transfers to third countries;
Amendment 192 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Implementing the Common Position in the light of enhanced coordination on Europeanisedation of arms production at EU level
Amendment 196 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that the lack of convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making is becoming increasingly untenable in the context of the prevailing Europeanisgrowing Europeanisation of arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this further will require in the long run a progressive convergence of national arms export policies and decision-making; recalls the importance of the appropriation by Member States of such a process; regrets the current divergences between nation ofal arms production and the stated ambitions and plans to increase this furtherexport policies and decision-making; calls the Council to continue its efforts to favour the convergence of arms export policies and decision-making;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
Paragraph 19 – introductory part
19. Believes that the Europeanisenhanced coordination ofn arms production at EU level needs to go hand in hand with increased transparency; believnotes that there is still room for improvement in this area, particularly as regards the quality and uniformity of the data submitted by Member States; calls on the Working Party on Conventional Arms Exports (COARM): COARM information exchange system and the guide to the implementation of the Common Position are useful day-to-day tools for control authorities;
Amendment 217 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 – point b
Paragraph 19 – point b
Amendment 247 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point b
Paragraph 21 – point b
Amendment 254 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point c
Paragraph 21 – point c
c) to undertake a jointshare assessments of country situations or potential export recipients in the light of the principles and criteria of the Common Position within the framework of the CFSP and in consultation with external stakeholders, including Parliament;
Amendment 281 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 300 #
2020/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that regular consultations with national parliaments, arms export control authorities, industry associations and civil society are central to meaningful transparency; calls on COARM to enhancecontinue its dialogue with civil society and consultations with Parliament and arms export control authorities; encourages civil society and academia to exercise independent scrutiny of the arms trade and calls on the Member States and the EEAS to support such activities, including by financial means;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Insists on the importance that the ongoing discussion on the establishment of the future EPF lead to authorization of the supply of military equipment, including weapons and ammunition as well as lethal equipment to support military capability of African armed forces;
Amendment 398 #
2020/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Recommends that an harmonisation of the EU's modes of action be studied, particularly for civil and military actions, possibly through a regional centralized command centre;
Amendment 120 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) Health inequalities are rooted in social inequalities in terms of living conditions and models of social behaviour linked to gender, race, educational standards, employment, income and the unequal distribution of access to medical assistance, sickness prevention and health promotion services. The programme should facilitate the establishment of a common set of health determinants to monitor health inequalities by age, sex, socio-economic status and geographic location and introduce a methodology for auditing the health situation in Member States with the aim of identifying and prioritising areas in need of improvement and increased fundings. In its annual implementation assessment report, the Commission should evaluate the effectiveness of measures to reduce health inequalities resulting from policies relating to the social, economic and environmental risk factors. Through the allocation of fundings to the relevant regional and local stakeholders, the Programme should support a ‘local care approach’ to provide integrated healthcare, accessible at local or regional level, enabling patients to be better supported in their own local and social environment. The programme could also facilitate partnerships between border regions in order to share the cost of infrastructure and personnel and reduce inequalities with regard to health, particularly in respect of access to state- of-the-art equipment. The programme should therefore be implemented in close links with EU cohesion policy and structural funds.
Amendment 130 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) According to the definition of the World Health Organisation (WHO), "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." At this stage, the Union has not yet adopted a common definition of health. Following the COVID-19crisis. The Commission should propose a broader definition of the “public health” at European level.
Amendment 131 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
Amendment 164 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Due to the serious nature of cross- border health threats, the Programme should support coordinated public health measures at Union level to address different aspects of such threats. With a view to strengthen the capability in the Union to prepare for, respond to and manage healthany future sanitary crisises, the Programme should provide support to the actions taken in the framework of the mechanisms and structures established under Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council10 and other relevant mechanisms and structures established at Union level. Thise revision of Decision No 1082/2013/EU could includitiate strategic stockpiling of essential medical supplies, in addition to the reactive reserve created under RescEU during the Covid-19 pandemic, or capacity building in crisis response, preventive measures related to vaccination and immunisation, strengthened surveillance programmes. This revision could also introduce the creation of a European Health Response Mechanism to respond to all types of health crises (infectious, chemical, environmental, biological, food, nuclear), to strengthen operational coordination at European level and to monitor the constitution and the triggering of the strategic reserve of medicines and medical equipment and ensure its proper functioning. In this context the Programme should foster Union-wide and cross-sectoral crisis prevention, preparedness, surveillance, management and response capacity of actors at the Union, national, regional and local level, including contingency planning and preparedness exercises, in keeping with the “One Health” and “Health in all policies” approaches. It should facilitate the setting up of an integrated cross-cutting risk communication framework working in all phases of a health crisis - prevention, preparedness and response. __________________ 10Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC (OJ L 293, 5.11.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 183 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) As in the time of health crisis emergency health technology assessment as well as clinical trials can contribute to the rapid development of medical countermeasures the Programme should provide support to facilitate such actions. The Commission has adopted a proposal11 on Health Technology Assessment (HTA)TA to support cooperation on health technology assessment at Union level. The Council should adopt a common position and start the negotiations with the Parliament on this proposal. __________________ 11Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on health technology assessment and amending Directive 2011/24/EU, COM(2018) 51 final of 31.01. 2018.
Amendment 193 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) With a view to protect people in vulnerable situpopulations, including those suffering from mental illnesses andchildren, the elderly, pregnant women, people affected by a disability, patients with chronic diseases, the Programme should also promote actions which address the collateral impacts of the health crisis and medical products shortages on people belonging to such vulnerable groups.
Amendment 198 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted many challenges in ensuring the supply of medicines, medical devices as well as personal protective equipment needed in the Union during the pandemics. The Programme therefore should provide support to actions which foster the production, procurement and, management and distribution of crisis relevant products ensuring complementarity with other Union instruments. The Programme should promote the establishment of a specific Joint Action on the prevention of shortages of medical supply to allow the exchange of good practises between Member States and the development of common prevention measures. The Commission should also present a specific strategy for managing shortages of medicines and medical products in Europe in the framework of its Pharmaceutical Strategy.
Amendment 207 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to minimise the public health consequences of serious cross- border threats to health it should be possible for actions supported under the Programme to cover coordination of the activities which strengthen the interoperability and coherence of Member States’ health-systems through benchmarking, cooperation and exchange of best practices via an increased number of Joint Actions and ensure their capability to respond to health emergencies, that includes contingency planning, preparedness exercises and the upskilling of health care and public health staff and the establishment of mechanisms for the efficient monitoring and needs-driven distribution or allocation of goods and services needed in time of crisis.
Amendment 209 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the important need for Member States to organize stress tests to assess the resilience of their national health systems to all types of crises. These tests must be carried out on the basis of precise evaluation criteria set by the European Commission. The results of these tests could determine the weaknesses of the national health systems and the areas to be the subject to specific financial support.
Amendment 210 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) The coordination between national health systems is essential to guarantee solidarity within the Union. Joint procurement, coordinated transfer of equipment, reserve and circulation of blood products and organs, transports of patients for cross-border care should be adequately anticipated.
Amendment 211 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 c (new)
Recital 14 c (new)
(14c) In addition to an increased budget, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and its instrument RescEU should be strengthened to ensure a truly common, coordinated and effective response at EU level.
Amendment 212 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 d (new)
Recital 14 d (new)
(14d) The Union should be able to rely on the mobilization of health professionals through the “European Medical Corps” created to enable quick medical assistance and public health expertise to all Member States.
Amendment 213 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 e (new)
Recital 14 e (new)
(14e) European health agencies, in particular the ECDC and the EMA should be granted strengthened competences, resources and personnel to allow them to better and quicker carry out their duties efficiently to the benefit of European citizens. To anticipate any types of crises, the Commission should also evaluate the needs of the other European health agencies such as EFSA, ECHA and EU- OSHA. A stronger coordination between European Agencies should be guaranteed by the Commission.
Amendment 214 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 f (new)
Recital 14 f (new)
(14f) The Programme should support the revision of ECDC’s mandate to extend its competencies to the chronical diseases, to elaborate mandatory guidances for Member States and to be able to coordinate laboratory research in times of health crises.
Amendment 215 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 g (new)
Recital 14 g (new)
(14g) The programme should also support the revision of the EMA’s mandate to extend its competencies on clinical trial’s coordination and management of the shortages of medicines. EMA could therefore meet any future challenges such as monitoring and responding to shortages in coordination with the Member States. In the long term, EMA should be able to make conditional marketing authorizations upon guarantees of supply and accessibility from manufacturers. The reinforcement of the EMA’s personnel should enable the Agency to carry out inspections of production sites established in third countries.
Amendment 216 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 h (new)
Recital 14 h (new)
(14h) In order to facilitate EU Joint Procurement procedures, the Commission could adopt a specific legislation to promote their use to buy vaccines and treatments, to guarantee the efficiency and the transparency of the process and to ensure an equal access to medicines, medical devices, protective equipment and other relevant health products. A part of the medical products purchased via the EU joint procurement procedure could constitute a European contingency reserve of medical products subjected to shortages.
Amendment 217 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 i (new)
Recital 14 i (new)
(14i) The establishment of a communication portal for the public would allow the Union to share validated information, send alerts to European citizens and fight against disinformation. It could include a wide range of information, prevention campaigns and youth education programs. This portal could also be used to promote, in cooperation with the ECDC, a strong immunization coverage at European level.
Amendment 218 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 j (new)
Recital 14 j (new)
(14j) A digital exchange platform, such as the COVID-19 Data Portal, could facilitate exchanges on epidemiological data, science-based practice recommendations to health professionals and hospitals, and the exact state of mobilizable capacities and medical products stocks.
Amendment 231 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The programme should support innovations in the digitalization area that could bring concrete benefits to patients and healthcare professionals and provide cost-effective high-quality healthcare whilst reducing inequalities. Important steps could be taken in digital skills, both for healthcare professionals and patients training, especially in rural and sparsely populated areas.
Amendment 234 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 b (new)
Recital 15 b (new)
(15b) The programme should facilitate the reinforcement of e-health and m- health as well as the use of telemedicine and remote monitoring of patients, especially in times of sanitary crises.
Amendment 257 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Non-communicable diseases are a result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. Such non- communicable diseases as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, and diabetes, represent major causes of disability, ill-health, health- related retirement, and premature death in the Union, resulting in considerable affective, social and economic impacts. To decrease the impact of non-communicable diseases on individuals and society in the Union and reach goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals, Target 3.4, to reduce premature mortality from non- communicable diseases by one third by 2030, it is key to provide an integrated response focusing on prevention across sectors and policy fields, combined with efforts to strengthen health systems.
Amendment 275 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Programme therefore should contribute to disease prevention throughout the lifetime of an individual and to health promotion by addressing health risk factors, such as the use of tobacco and related products and exposure to their emissions, the harmful use of alcohol, abuse and the consumption of illicit drugs. The Programme should also contribute to the reduction of drugs-related health damage, unhealthy dietary habits via the adoption of a mandatory harmonized nutrition label such as the Nutri-Score and physical inactivity, and exposure to environmental pollution, and foster supportive environments for healthy lifestyles in order to complement Member States action in these areas. The Programme should also therefore contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork Strategy and, the Biodiversity Strategy and Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability.
Amendment 290 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18a) The Programme should continue supporting actions in the area of reducing and preventing alcohol related harm in the perspective of a revised EU alcohol strategy. Protecting children from alcohol commercial communication as well as product placement and sponsorship of alcohol brands, especially in the online environment, should be one of the Programme’s priorities.
Amendment 294 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)
Recital 18 b (new)
(18b) Vaccination prevents an estimated 2,5 million deaths each year worldwide and reduces disease-specific treatment costs. The introduction of large-scale protective vaccinations in Europe has significantly contributed to the eradication or decline of many infectious diseases. Nevertheless, the worrying phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy and the disinformation on vaccination should be addressed by the Programme to reassure European citizens.
Amendment 296 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the Member States after cardiovascular diseases. Cancer is caused by many factors in multiple stages and therefore requires a new prevention paradigm that addresses individual health determinants (genetic, lifestyle) and wider (populations) determinants related to occupational, environmental and social exposure factors; It is also one of non- communicable diseases that share common risk factors with others and the prevention and control of which would benefit the majority of citizens. Poor nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, tobacco and alcohol are risk factors common to other chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and respiratory diseases, and therefore cancer prevention programmes should be conducted within the context of an integrated chronic disease prevention programme. In 2020 the Commission announced the ‘Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan’ which would cover the entire cyclevery key stage of the disease starting from prevention and early diagnosis to tre:prevention, diagnosis, treatment, life as a cancer survivor, reinsertion and palliative care. The programme should promote actions to improve cancer patmient and quality of life of patients and survivorss' rights including the return to work with a disability, the right to be forgotten, the access to preserved fertility and provide optimal relief during the end-of-life stage. The measures should benefit from the Programme and from Horizon Europe’s Mission on Cancer. which will work in close link.
Amendment 328 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20a) The programme should encompass a “Health in all policies” and “Health in all fundings” approaches in its implementation and evaluation. In the programme’s framework, the Commission should proceed to a systematic health impact assessment, built on cross-sectorial indicators, of all EU policies and fundings in order to evaluate their impact on improving health and well-being of our citizens.
Amendment 330 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 b (new)
Recital 20 b (new)
(20b) The programme should guarantee a strong involvement of the civil society (in particular patients' associations) and academics (in particular healthcare professionals' societies) to ensure a balanced representation and participation in achieving public health goals. European health organizations should contribute to the implementation and the evaluation of the programme.
Amendment 331 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 c (new)
Recital 20 c (new)
(20c) The evaluations of the last and current programmes should be taken into consideration in the framework of the Conference on the Future of Europe, which could come forward with clear proposals to strengthen the European Health Policy.
Amendment 335 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In accordance with Article 114 TFEU, a high level of health protection should be ensured in the legislation adopted by the Union for the establishment and the functioning of the internal market. On the basis of Article 114 TFEU and point (c) of Article 168(4) TFEU, a considerable body of Union acquis was developed which guarantees the high standards of quality and safety for medicinal products and medical devices. Given the rising healthcare demand, Member States’ healthcare systems face challenges in the availability and affordability of medicines and medical devices. To ensure a better public health protection as well as the safety and empowerment of patients in the Union, it is essential that patients and health systems have access to affordable high quality healthcare products and can fully benefit from them.
Amendment 336 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) The programme should contribute to the strengthening of the European Medicines Market to speed up equitable access to medicines, make care more affordable, maximize savings in national health budgets and avoid obstacles for generic and biosimilar use.
Amendment 344 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The Programme should therefore support actions to monitor and respond to shortages of medicines, medical devices, vaccines and diagnostic tools and other healthcare products and to ensure greater availability and affordability of those products while limiting the dependency of their supply chains on third countries. In particular, in order to address unmet medical needs, the Programme should provide support to clinical trials so as to speed up the development, authorisation and access to innovative and effective medicines, promote incentives to develop such medicinal products as antimicrobials and foster the digitial transformation of healthcare products and platforms for monitoring and collecting information on medicines. The full and rapid application of Regulation (EU) N° 536/ 2014 on clinical trials for medicinal products for human use should facilitate the launch of large clinical trials carried out in a harmonized and coordinated manner at European level.
Amendment 358 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) In its Pharmaceutical Strategy, the Commission should introduce the revision of the orphan and paediatric legislation and of the Directive 2001/83/EC establishing a Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.
Amendment 360 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
(22b) To ensure effective controls and full transparency of the procedures used to determine the prices of medicines, the Commission should propose a revision of Directive 89/105/EEC on the transparency of measures regulating the price of medicinal products.
Amendment 371 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) According to WHO, 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in2012 – nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths. Environmental pollution factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation, contribute to more than 100 diseases and injuries.
Amendment 372 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 b (new)
Recital 23 b (new)
(23b) The Programme should promote and guarantee via its actions the environmental health of European citizens in the framework of the European Green Deal. The Union should adopt the WHO definition which describes environmental health as the inclusion of “ aspects of human health, such as the quality of life, which are determined by the physical, chemical, biological, social, psychosocial and aesthetic factors of our environment. It also concerns the policy and practices for the prevention, management and control of environmental factors likely to affect the health of present and future generations”.
Amendment 374 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Since environmentalthe pollution caused by human and veterinary pharmaceutical substances is an emerging environmental problem that can impact on public health, the Programme should foster measures to strengthen the assessment and appropriate management of environmental risks associated with the production, use and disposal of medicinal products, in line with the European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment15 . __________________ 15Communication of the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European economic and Social Committee ‘European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment’, COM(2019)128 final of 11.03.2019.
Amendment 379 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Union health legislation has an immediate impact on public health and safety, the lives of citizens, the efficiency and resilience of the health systems and the good functioning of the internal market. The regulatory framework for medical products and technologies (medicinal products, medical devices and substances of human origin), as well as for tobacco legislation, patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and serious cross-border threats to health is essential to health protection in the Union. The Programme therefore should support the development, implementation and, enforcement and improvement of Union health legislation, adopt early and long-term evaluation criteria in order to assess its implementation and provide high quality, comparable and reliable data to underpin policymaking and monitoring.
Amendment 394 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) The ERNs, established pursuant to Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and the Council16 are virtual networks involving healthcare providers across Europe. They aim to facilitate discussion on complex or rare diseases and conditions that require highly specialised treatment, and concentrated knowledge and resources. As the Networks can improve the access to diagnosis and the provision of high-quality healthcare to patients with rare conditions and can be focal points for medical training and research and dissemination of information, the Programme should contribute to the upscaling of networking through the ERNs, and other transnational networks. It should consider the extension of ERNs beyond rare diseases to complex communicable and non- communicable diseases such as cancer and in the field of health crises management. __________________ 16 Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 45).
Amendment 396 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27a) The programme should support the EU-wide mobility of healthcare professionals, during both their education and professional careers through Erasmus + fundings, and of their particular role in improving knowledge and expertise on health threats. The programme should also facilitate the implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive to ensure better mutual recognition of qualifications of health professionals within the Union.
Amendment 400 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 c (new)
Recital 27 c (new)
(27c) The programme should guarantee the sustainable funding of European research consortia on medicines, vaccines and biological tests designed for specific infectious and transmissible diseases.
Amendment 401 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 d (new)
Recital 27 d (new)
(27d) The Programme should take concrete actions against rare, complex and low-prevalence diseases. Early detection must be facilitated and projects such as “Rare 2030” encouraging with the objective to set up concrete and innovative policies for developing research and improving the lives of patients.
Amendment 402 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 e (new)
Recital 27 e (new)
(27e) The programme should facilitate the revision of the EU-OSHA’s mandate to promote healthy and safe workplaces across the Union and to support the Agency’s activities and analysis on occupational safety and health. The Commission should propose a new EU Strategic Framework on Occupational Safety and Health for the period 2021 – 2027 and continue updating the directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to carcinogens or mutagens at work. The programme should also support actions to facilitate people’s return to the workplace after long-term sick leave and to better include people who are chronically sick or have a disability in the workforce.
Amendment 403 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 f (new)
Recital 27 f (new)
(27f) The programme should effectively guarantee safe and timely access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), goods (e.g. medicines, contraceptives) and services (e.g. sex education, safe abortions).
Amendment 406 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) In order to optimise the added value and impact from investments funded wholly or in part through the budget of the Union, synergies should be sought in particular between the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health and other Union programmes, including those under shared-management and the EU agencies. To maximise those synergies and avoid duplications, key enabling mechanisms should be ensured, including cumulative funding in an action from the Programme for the Union's action in the field of health and another Union programme, as long as such cumulative funding does not exceed the total eligible costs of the action. For that purpose, this Regulation should set out appropriate rules, in particular on the possibility to declare the same cost or expenditure on a pro-rata basis to Programme for the Union's action in the field of health and another Union programme.
Amendment 413 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Cooperation with third countries should be strengthened on the exchange of knowledge and best practices in health systems preparedness and response. The programme should help building a strong and effective partnership between the Union and Africa and prioritise health systems strengthening, universal access to health services and global health research and development in the framework of the EU-Africa Strategy.
Amendment 414 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) The preamble to the Paris Agreement acknowledges the “right to health” as a key right; the article 4(1)(f) of the UNFCCC states that all Parties thereto should employ “appropriate methods, for example impacts assessments, formulated and determined nationally with a view to minimising adverse effects on the economy, on public health and on the quality of the environment, of projects or measures undertaken by them to mitigate or adapt climate change".
Amendment 418 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Programme will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 2530 % of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Programme's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of its mid-term evaluation.
Amendment 428 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘crisis relevant products’ means products and substances necessary, in the context of a health crisis, to prevent, diagnose or treat a disease and its consequences, included but not limited to: medicinal products - including vaccines - and their intermediates, active pharmaceutical ingredients and raw materials; bloods products and organs; medical devices; hospital and medical equipment (such as ventilators, protective clothing and equipment, diagnostic materials and tools); personal protective equipment; disinfectants and their intermediary products and raw materials necessary for their production);
Amendment 432 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
(5a) “Environmental health” means aspects of human health, such as the quality of life, which are determined by the physical, chemical, biological, social, psychosocial and aesthetic factors of our environment;
Amendment 442 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The Programme shall pursue the following general objectives, in keeping with the “One Health” and “Health in all policies” approaches where relevant:
Amendment 457 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) protect people in the Union from any serious cross-border threats to health;
Amendment 465 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) improvrestore pharmaceutical independence of the Union to improve ensure the availability in the Union of medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tools, medical devices and other crisis relevant products, contribute to their affordability, and support innovation via the Pharmaceutical Strategy;
Amendment 482 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) strengthen health systems and the healthcare workforce, including by digital transformation and by increased integrated and coordinated work among the Member States, sustained implementation of best practice and data sharing, to ensure interoperablity of their actions and increase the general level of public health.
Amendment 485 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) reduce health inequalities between Member States and within Member States while taking into account the “health in all policies” approach;
Amendment 493 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 b (new)
(3b) provide integrated healthcare, accessible at local or regional level, enabling patients to be better supported in their own local and social environment;
Amendment 495 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The general objectives referred to in Article 3 shall be pursued through the following specific objectives, in keeping with the “One Health” and “Health in all policies” approaches where relevant:
Amendment 503 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) strengthen the capability of the Union for prevention, preparedness and response to serious cross-border threats to health, and the management of health crises, including through organization of stress tests, coordination, provision and deployment of emergency health care capacity, data gathering and surveillance;
Amendment 506 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1a) Support the strengthening of the competences and resources of the European health agencies namely the ECDC and the EMA, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and EU- OSHA;
Amendment 517 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ensure the availability in the Union of reserves or stockpiles of crisis relevant products, and a reserve of medical, healthcare and support staff to be mobilised in case of a crisis such as the European Medical Corps;
Amendment 523 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) strengthen the European Medicines Market and support actions to ensure appropriate availability, accessibility and affordability of crisis relevant products and other necessary health supplies via a strengthened EU joint procurements on treatments and vaccines;
Amendment 535 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) strengthen the effectiveness, accessibility, sustainability and resilience of health systems, including by supporting digital transformation, the uptake of digital tools and services, systemic reforms, implementation of new care models and universal health coverage, and addressreduce inequalities in health;
Amendment 550 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) support actions aimed at strengthening health system’s ability to foster disease prevention and health promotion, patient rights and cross-border healthcare, and promote the excellence of medical and healthcare professionals, their education, training and mobility;
Amendment 583 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) support the development, implementation and, enforcement and when necessary the revision of Union health legislation and provide high-quality, comparable and reliable data to underpin policy making and monitoring, and promote the use of health impact assessments of relevant policies to evaluate their impacts on European citizen’s health and well-being;
Amendment 587 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) ensure healthy and safe workplaces across the Union and to support EU-OSHA’s activities and analysis on occupational safety and health.
Amendment 592 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) support integrated work among Member States, and in particular their health systems, including the implementation of high-impact prevention practices, and scaling up networking through the European Reference Networks through their extension beyond rare diseases to complex to communicable and non-communicable diseases and other transnational networks;
Amendment 628 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) any legal entity created under Union law or any international organisation such as public authorities, public sector bodies, health establishments, research institutes, universities and higher education establishments, patient associations etc.;
Amendment 649 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Indicators to report on progresassess the implementation of the actions of the Programme towards the achievement of the general and specific objectives set out in Articles 3 and 4 are set out in Annex II.
Amendment 655 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The interim evaluation of the Programme shall be performed and submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council once there is sufficient information available about their implementation, but not later than four years after the start of the implementation.
Amendment 656 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. At the end of the implementation period, but no later than four years after the end of the period specified in Article 1, a final evaluation shall be carried out by the Commission and submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Amendment 657 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4
Article 20 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall publish and communicate the conclusions of the evaluations accompanied by its observations, and shall present them to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
Amendment 660 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point a – point ii
Annex I – point a – point ii
(ii) Critical health infrastructure relevant in the context of health crises, tools, mechanisms, structures, processes, production and laboratory capacity, including tools for surveillance, modelling, forecast, prevention and management of outbreaks.
Amendment 670 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point b
Annex I – point b
(b) Transfer, adaptation and roll-out of best practices and innovative solutions with established Union level added-value between Member States, and country- specific tailor made support to countries, or groups of countries or regions, with the highest needs, through the funding of specific projects including twinning, expert advice and peer support.
Amendment 712 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point i
Annex I – point d – point i
(i) Implementation, enforcement, monitoring and improvement of Union health legislation and action; and technical support to the implementation of legal requirements;
Amendment 713 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point i a (new)
Annex I – point d – point i a (new)
(ia) Strengthening of European Health agencies namely the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Centre(ECDC), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and European Agency for Safety and Health at Work(EU-OSHA).
Amendment 726 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point viii
Annex I – point d – point viii
(viii) Networking by non-governmental organisations and their involvement in projects covered by the Programme and the evaluation of the implementation of the programme;
Amendment 727 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point ix
Annex I – point d – point ix
(ix) Collaboration with third countries on the areas covered by the Programme especially with African countries in the framework of the EU- Africa Strategy;
Amendment 730 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point x
Annex I – point d – point x
(x) National contact points providing guidance, information and assistance related the promotion and the implementation of Union health legislation and of the Programme;.
Amendment 731 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point d – point xi
Annex I – point d – point xi
(xi) Stakeholders in view of transnational and regional cooperation.
Amendment 742 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point i
Annex I – point e – point i
(i) Establishment and support of a mechanism to develop, procure and manage crisis relevant productsof a European Health Response Mechanism (EHRM) to respond to all types of health crises (infectious, chemical, environmental, biological, food, nuclear) and to strengthen operational coordination at European level;
Amendment 743 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point i
Annex I – point e – point i
(i) Establishment and support of a mechanism to develop, procure and, manage and secure crisis relevant products;
Amendment 744 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point e – point i a (new)
Annex I – point e – point i a (new)
(ia) Establishment of an EU contingency reserve of medicines of major therapeutic interest and medical equipment to be triggered and monitored by the European Health Reaction Mechanism(EHRM);
Amendment 777 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point f – point vii
Annex I – point f – point vii
(vii) Establishment and operation of a mechanism for cross-sectorial One-Health coordinationand Health in all policies coordination via a systematic health impact assessment, built on cross-sectorial indicators, of all EU policies and funding to evaluate their impact on improving health and well- being of our citizens.
Amendment 799 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point g – point ii
Annex I – point g – point ii
(ii) Training and mobility programmes for medical and healthcare staff, and programmes for temporary exchanges of staff;
Amendment 905 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point h – point ix a (new)
Annex I – point h – point ix a (new)
(ixa) Support actions in the area of reducing and preventing alcohol abuse in the perspective of a revised EU alcohol strategy;
Amendment 928 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point ii
Annex I – point i – point ii
(ii) Support actions to fight vaccine hesitancy and disinformation;
Amendment 968 #
2020/0102(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point i – point viii
Annex I – point i – point viii
(viii) Action to strengthen the environmental risk assessment of pollution factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures, climate change, ultraviolet radiation and pharmaceuticals;
Amendment 14 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the importance of maintaining Parliament's position regarding the amount of the European Defence Fund and the amount earmarked for military mobility.
Amendment 30 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the importance of maintaining Parliament's position regarding the amount of the European Space programme which strengthens Europe's role as a global player and is a strong asset for its security and defence.
Amendment 1 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
paragraph -1 a (new)
paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Considers that the primary objective of education should be to develop the potential of each individual and to provide a solid foundation for the consolidation of a fair, democratic and peaceful society;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
paragraph -1 b (new)
paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Notes that income inequality is often linked to unequal opportunities for access to education, training and social protection;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
paragraph -1 c (new)
paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. Calls the Member States to increase public investment in education and training in order to address the inequalities in access to and quality;
Amendment 6 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a genuine revision of the EU’s and the Member States’ education, training and skills policies to deliver education and lifelong learning that is accessible to all, addressing, in particular, the digital skills gap and the need for adaptation to the realities of the digitalised economy, and of preparing for the future impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market; stresses that these policies should promote personal and societal development as well as new future job opportunities, while respecting the goals of the energy transition towards the low- carbon economy; quality education, access for all and inclusiveness; calls on the MSs to accelerate the implementation of Country Specific Recommendations.
Amendment 8 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for a genuine revision of the EU’s and the Member States’ education, training and skills policies to deliver education and lifelong learning, addressing, in particular, the digital skills gap and the need for adaptation to the realities of the digitalised economy, and of preparing for the future impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market; stresses that these policies should promote personal and societal development while respecting the goals of thesustainable development, energy transition towards the low- carbon economy;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that socio-economic disadvantage is frequently a predictor of poor educational outcomes and vice versa; iInsists that a properly funded, quality education and lifelong learning system can help break this vicious circle and promote social inclusion and equal opportunities; supports the plans to make the European Education Area a reality in the foreseeable future with the aim of allowing everyone access to a quality education; calls on the Commission to assist the Member States in reforming and modernising their education systems, including digital learning;
Amendment 11 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that socio-economic disadvantage is frequently a predictor of poor educational outcomes and vice versa; insists that a properly funded, quality education and lifelong learning system can help break this vicious circle and promote social inclusion and equal opportunities, particularity gender equality; supports the plans to make the European Education Area a reality in the foreseeable future with the aim of allowing everyone access to a quality education, including disadvantaged groups, people with a migrant background and people with disabilities; calls on the Commission to assist the Member States in reforming and modernising their education systems, including digital learning; , and to foster the exchange of best practices within the Erasmus+ programme;
Amendment 19 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asserts that quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has a positive impact on all children, boys and girls, and even more so on children belonging to less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, thereby contributing to reducing social inequalities and foster social integration; stresses that ECEC has an impact on children’s development, learning and well- being in the short-term, and creates the building blocks for improving later long- term life outcomes;
Amendment 20 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asserts that quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) has a positive impact on all children, boys and girls, especially children with disabilities and even more so on children belonging to less privileged socio-economic backgrounds, thereby contributing to reducing social inequalities; stresses that ECEC has an impact on children’s development, learning and well-being in the short-term, and creates the building blocks for improving later long-term life outcomes;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that investing in human capital, with a particular focus on young people and people with fewer opportunities, including people with a migrant background, is key to boosting knowledge-intensive, sustainable and inclusive growth, in a context of increasing skills shortages and mismatches in a rapidly changing world of work, particularly in the era of digitalisation; underlines the importance of entrepreneurship education from an early age on, in order to motivate young people to opt to set up in business and of promoting environmental, digital and financial literacy among young generations;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up measures to promote quality apprenticeship in Europe and to explore ways of achieving a European statute for apprenticeship;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is of the opinion that the European Structural and Investment Funds can provide options for better access to information and the active inclusion of young people, especially those living in rural and remote areas and people with a migrant background;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to foster cooperation between education and businesses with a view to addressing skills mismatches, including by fostering technical, entrepreneurial and digital skills, as well as vocational training and dual studies, and to put in place effective and comprehensive methodologies for the mutual recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learningskills, diplomas and qualifications as well as non-formal and informal learning in order to facilitate mobility; stresses the need to effectively implement the European universities initiative with a view to ensuring that European universities become a pole of excellence and innovation;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Asserts that EU education and training funds must be more oriented towards reducing inequalities in educational access, social integration and opportunities; calls for a focus on targeted measures focusing on the most disadvantaged, including migrant and refugee children;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for an increase in the quality and efficiency of education and training systems, the strengthening of comprehensive lifelong learning and the upgrading of skills, notably of disadvantaged groups, including people, especially young adults, with a migrant background; stresses the need for educational systems to promote healthy habits, particularly sport practice which significantly contributes to social inclusion and integration and reiterates its support to citizenship education in schools as a key pillar of developing European democracy;
Amendment 46 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the importance of the learning of foreign languages to enhance student’s and workers’ mobility and in order to achieve the Barcelona European Council’s objective of “mother tongue +two”;
Amendment 50 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that effective governance and adequate funding for all educational settings, modern quality educational resources, tools and teaching, motivated and, competent, more rewarded, teachers and lifelong learning are crucial for achieving equity, diversity and excellence in education; stresses, in this context, the need to attract greater numbers of motivated candidates with sound academic or professional backgrounds and pedagogical skills into the teaching profession.
Amendment 52 #
2019/2212(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that effective governance and adequate funding for all educational settings, modern quality educational resources and teaching, motivated and competent teachers and lifelong learning are crucial for achieving equity, diversity and excellence in education; stresses, in this context, the need to attract greater numbers of motivated candidates with sound academic or professional backgrounds and pedagogical skills into the teaching profession.; calls for the need to ensure continuous quality training for teachers and trainers;
Amendment 21 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas enlargement has been one of the EU’s most successful policies and the most effective foreign policy instrument contributing to extending the area of democracy, peace and prosperity across Europethe Western Balkans belong geographically, historically as well as culturally to Europe; whereas the European Union will be more secure and stronger once the region is firmly anchored inside the Union;
Amendment 34 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the enlargement process is reform of the European Union should go hand integral part of European integration hand with the enlargement process;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the new methodology proposed by the European Commission aims at injecting new dynamism into the enlargement process and provides a new impetus for the transformation of accession countries;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Western Balkan countries should increase efforts to overcome political polarisation and protracted parliamentary boycotts to strengthen parliamentary oversight;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that the enhanced methodology sustains fully-fledged EU membership as the final goal and that the EU sets clear and predictable rules and criteria and applies them consistently, thus restoring its credibility;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to provide clear and consistent accession benchmarks as well as continued support throughout the process, and to improve the measuring of progress on the ground, ensuring that each accession country is assessed on the basis of its own merits;
Amendment 164 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
Amendment 176 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n
Paragraph 1 – point n
Amendment 189 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) to grant visa liberalisation to Kosovo, as the benchmarks have been fulfilled; once sufficient progresses are made on the fight against organized crime and smuggling networks;
Amendment 210 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point q
Paragraph 1 – point q
(q) to increase the involvement of rule of law experts from the Member States on the ground, to increase support in State capacity building and to improve the measuring of progress in this area;
Amendment 232 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to strengclosely associate then civil society in its role as an indispensable actor inand the youth to the proaccess of democratic consolidationion process;
Amendment 253 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to increase EU engagement in solving outstanding bilateral issues andby nominating a double-hatted EU Special Envoy for the Western Balkans working under the authority of the HRVP, that would focus on solving lingering conflicts throughout the region; to urge the Western Balkan countries to commit to reconciliation and peaceful solutions to longstanding disputes;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a j
Paragraph 1 – point a j
(aj) to establishfasten the entry into force of a regional roaming-free zone and further decrease tariffs for communications with the EU;
Amendment 335 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a k
Paragraph 1 – point a k
(ak) to acknowledge the difficulties Western Balkan countries face in managing migration and refugee flows and the substantial efforts the region has made to provide shelter and humanitarian supplies, primarily with the support of the EU; to monitor the implementation of the agreements between Western Balkan countries and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex);
Amendment 339 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a l
Paragraph 1 – point a l
(al) to improve the consistency, efficiency and transparency of Union financing in the field of external action thereby fostering the development of the Union's values, the rule of law, the fight against corruption and building strong and efficient democratic institutions;
Amendment 359 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a o
Paragraph 1 – point a o
(ao) to ensure that IPA III is driven by political priorities that have a direct impact on citizens’ lives and that pre-accession funding is allocated in a transparent, proportionate, and non-discriminatory manner; to ensure scrutiny of the European Parliament over the funding;
Amendment 372 #
2019/2210(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a q
Paragraph 1 – point a q
(aq) to ensure that the 2020 EU- Western Balkans Summit will evaluate, reassess and inject new dynamism into the enlargement process and provide a new impetus for the transformation of accession countriesdorse the new methodology proposed by the European Commission for a re-launch of the process in time for the Zagreb Western Balkans Summit as well as for the opening of negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia;
Amendment 14 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to Turkey's membership in the Council of Europe and in NATO;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas being a candidate country presumes a willingness to progressively approach in all aspects the values, interests, standards and policies of the EU and to respect and uphold the Copenhagen criteria and to align itself with EU policies and objectives;
Amendment 54 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas an analysis of the Commission’s reports on Turkey since 2014 and, in particular, the 2019 and 2020 reports, reveals that Turkey has increasingly and rapidly distanced itself from the EU’s values and its normative framework; not only by the domestic democratic backsliding but also by aggressive foreign policy moves, including illegal actions against EU member states; notes that these reports state that Turkey did not implement the recommendations of the previous reports, pointing to a lack of commitment from the Turkish side and calling into question Turkey’s wish for accession;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Parliament has substantially cut the Pre-Accession funding for Turkey, in light of the democratic backsliding and inability to adhere to the rule of law;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in spite of this principled stance by Parliament and all of the current circumstances, the European Council, in its conclusions of 1 October 2020, offered Turkey a renewed and broad positive agenda, provided that constructive efforts are sustained, in a further attempt to restore our relations; whereas after the European Council meeting of October 2020, no such constructive efforts were made;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with concern that Turkey’the Turkish government's continuous and growing distancing from European values and standards hasand the Turkish president’s threats and openly provocative, on occasions insulting, statements against the EU and its leaders have brought EU- Turkey relations to a historical low point, having deteriorated to such an extent that it requires both parties to profoundly reassess the current framework of relations;
Amendment 155 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that, since the Parliament’s last report, the situation, far from improving, has deteriorated even further; firmly insists, therefore, on therefore that, in line with the Negotiating Framework from October 2005, the Commission should recommend the formal suspension of accession negotiations with Turkey, in order for both sides to review in a realistic manner the appropriateness of the current framework and its ability to function, or, if necessary, to explore possible new models for future relations;
Amendment 177 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets the current lack of understandingstate of play of relations between the EU and Turkey, but reaffirms its firm conviction that Turkey is a strategic neighbour, key for the stability of the wider region, and ally with which the EU wishes to have the best possible relations, including within NATO; is deeply concerned about Turkey's current destabilising role in the wider region through its involvement in several conflicts;
Amendment 209 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Expresses its will to strengthen and deepen mutual knowledge and understanding between Turkish and European societies, combating all manifestations of social, religious or cultural prejudice; expresses its full commitment to continue supporting Turkey’s independent civil society in whatever circumstances and framework of relations that the future may bring; believes, nevertheless, that the accession process would still be the mostis a powerful tool to exercise normative pressure on the Turkish government and the best framework to sustain the democratic and pro-European aspirations of Turkish society; stresses that a purely transactional relationship will hardly contribute to the advancement of Turkey towards a more democratic modrecognises however that the advancement of Turkey towards a more democratic model will require political will at the highest political level;
Amendment 232 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes with deep concern that, despite the formal lifting of the state of emergency in July 2018, its impact on democracy and fundamental rights continues to be strongly felt, most recently with the mass sentencing on November 26 of 337 people to life imprisonment for taking part in the failed coup in 2016;
Amendment 271 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is deeply worried about the disregard by the Turkish judiciary of European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings and the increasing non-compliance of lower courts with the judgments of the Constitutional Court; recognises that there have been instances where Turkey has requested the re-trial of its prisoners following a decision by the ECtHR however, notes with regret that these retrials often fail to meet internationally recognised standards for a fair trial, such as in the Ilhan Sami Comak case;
Amendment 308 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is deeply concerned about the constant attacks and pressure on the opposition parties and sentencing of members of the opposition, which undermines the proper functioning of a democratic system;
Amendment 325 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on Turkeythe Turkish government to release all imprisoned human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, academics and others who have been detained on unsubstantiated charges and to enable them to carry out their work without threat or impediment in all circumstances; strongly condemns the re-arrest and continued detention of Osman Kavala, a prominent civil society figure; is appalled by the tragic death of human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik after 238 days of hunger strike at protest of her unfair trial after being convicted of membership of a terrorist organisation;
Amendment 377 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Turkeythe Turkish government to protect the rights of minorities and vulnerable groups, including women, LGBTI people and ethnic and religious minorities and to take further measures to end violence against women and the deplorable practice of so called “honour killings”; calls on Turkey to fully implement and abide by the Istanbul Convention to which it has signed up;
Amendment 475 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. RecallAhead of the 10-year anniversary of the conflict in Syria, commends the laudable role played by Turkey in responding to the migration crisis resulting from the war in Syria; acknowledges that Turkey continues to host and provide social services for 3.6 million Syrian refugees; takes the view that the EU should continue to give the necessary support to Syrian refugees and host communities in Turkey; supports an objective assessment of the EU-Turkey Statement and underlines the importance of both parties’ compliance with their respective commitments; recognizes the migratory pressure Turkey is facing however, firmly objects to the Turkish government using migrants as blackmail against the EU;
Amendment 516 #
2019/2176(INI)
26. Stresses that a modernisation of the Customs Union cwould be beneficial for both parties and would keep Turkey economically and normatively anchored to the EU; reiterates that this would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; highlights that it seems unrealistic to envisage any modernisation of the Customs Union given the current circumstancebelieves that a door should be left open for a modernisation of the Customs Union but stresses that would require a change of attitude and constructive efforts by the Turkish government to improve overall relations and would need to be based on strong conditionality related to human rights and fundamental freedoms; recalls that the current Customs Union will not achieve its full potential until Turkey fully implements the Additional Protocol in relation to all Member States;
Amendment 542 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is deeply concerned by the ongoing dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean and the related risk of a military escalation; condemns Turkey’s illegal activities in Greek and Cypriot waters, which violate both the sovereign rights of EU Member States and international law; expresses its full solidarity with Greece and the Republic of Cyprus; urges Turkey to engage in the peaceful settlement of disputes and to refrain from any unilateral and illegal action or threat; welcomes the proposal of the European Council for a Multilateral Conference on the Eastern Mediterranean and calls on the High Representative to launch it as soon as soon as possible;
Amendment 588 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Strongly condemns the Turkish military interventions in Syria, especially in the northeast and Idlib, which constitute grave violations of international law; reiterates its position as expressed in its resolution of 24 October 2019 on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences, including the call for an EU-wide arms embargo on Turkey;
Amendment 608 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on Turkey to remain committed to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Libya under the auspices of the UN, and to fully adhere to the arms embargo imposed by the UN Security Council and to not obstruct EU and NATO missions mandated to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya;
Amendment 621 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. RFirmly regrets that, rather than calling for an end to the violence and for a resumption of peaceful negotiations supporting the efforts of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, Turkey instead decided to unconditionally sustain the military actions of one of the sides in the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh thereby resorting to provocative rhetoric fuelling tensions instead of reducing them ; condemns the transfer of foreign fighters by Turkey from Syria and elsewhere to Nagorno-Karabakh, as confirmed by international actors, including the OSCE Minsk Group Co- Chair countries;
Amendment 640 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Recognizes the importance of a well-functioning NATO; deplores in this regard Turkey’s unilateral actions undermining NATO, obstructing its functioning and fuelling tensions within the alliance, including the purchase of Russian S-400missiles and provocative moves against allies operating under NATO command; calls on the Turkish government to overcome these tensions by halting actions that go against the interests of the alliance;
Amendment 648 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)
Paragraph 31 b (new)
31b. Calls on the EEAS StratCom division to document suspicions of Turkish disinformation directed at the EU, particularly in Africa and the MENA region and to report its findings to the European Parliament;
Amendment 650 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)
Paragraph 31 c (new)
31c. Calls for a transatlantic dialogue on relations with Turkey, as soon as the new US administration takes office, with the view of adopting a joint policy towards Turkey to assist in bringing Turkey back to compliance with values, interests and standards of the EU and of NATO;
Amendment 653 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Believes that it is high time to review the EU’s relations with Turkey and to define a comprehensive, unified and coherent strategy for the medium to long term, among all EU institutions and Member States; believes that the EU should not confuse Turkey with the policies of its current government, therefore underlines that the EU should remain committed to support Turkey’s civil society, human rights defenders and journalists and to increase opportunities for people-to-people contacts, academic dialogue, access for Turkish students to European universities, and media platforms for journalists with the objective of protecting and promoting democratic values and principles, human rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 684 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Takes the view that enhancing communication and dialogue at all levels are key to restoring mutual trust between the EU and Turkey; deplores the continuous and unjustified refusal of the Turkish side to reinstexpresses in this regard the hope thate the normal functioning of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee can be reinstated soon;
Amendment 691 #
2019/2176(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the European Council to take appropriate actions against Turkey, including restrictive measures, given the absence of progress, but underlines that these sanctions should not have an adverse impact on the Turkish people, its civil society or the refugees in Turkey;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Kosovo remains the only country in the Western Balkans whose citizens need a visa to travel to the Schengen Area although all benchmarks for visa liberalisation have been fulfilled since 2018;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2172(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Commission’s statement of 26 August 2020 confirming its assessment of Kosovo’s ability to benefit from the visa liberalisation regime, and calls on the Council to urgently proceed with the adoption of a visa-free regime for the citizens of Kosovo;
Amendment 398 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the continued presence of EUFOR’s Operation Althea in the country and the extension of EUFOR’s mandate until November 2021; regrets that the UK chose not to participate in the CSDP missions and operations anymore and withdrew from operation EUFOR Althea; questions the current composition of EUFOR Althea, including the presence of staff from non-EU countries;
Amendment 402 #
2019/2171(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Stresses the importance of enhancing efforts to fight against trafficking of small arms and light weapons in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in the region; to this end, praises the French-German initiative launched in 2018 and encourages BiH authorities to fully engage in resolute efforts, with the support of the EU;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the convening of the first intergovernmental conference without further delay, following the adoption of the negotiating framework by the Council and the fulfilment of all conditions mentioned in the Council conclusions of 25 March 2020 by Albania;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EEAS, the Commission and the EU Member States to systematically integrate gender mainstreaming into the EU’s foreign and security policy, empowerment of women and girls and women's representation into the EU’s foreign and security policy and for gender-responsive leadership to be part of middle and senior management job descriptions; calls on the EU to lead by example and make the EU's commitment to gender equality visible in all policy areas, in particular at international level;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing and recruitment, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchy; calls in this regard for mandatory and recurrent training on gender equality;
Amendment 30 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the VP/HR to make substantial and highly visible progress on gender equality in terms of leadership and management, staffing, organisational hierarchy, training, financial resources and organisational hierarchypay gap, and work-life balance; calls in this regard for mandatory training on gender equality;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman and only two out of eight EU special representatives are women; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; believes that advancing women's rights and gender equality should be horizontal priorities for all EU special representatives and should therefore be a cornerstone of their mandate, in particular for the EU special representative on human rights;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that not a single one of the 12 civilian CSDP missions is headed by a woman; calls on the VP/HR to draw up a gender strategy for CSDP missions with specific targets; invites the Member States to pursue active recruitment strategies and to identify and address specific obstacles limiting women’s participation, through mission reports that include relevant statistics;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that efforts to increase the recruitment and participation of women in peace and security matters, including in the armed forces, and to remove gender stereotypes are indispensable to achieve gender equality in the EU's foreign affairs and security policy;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolutionstrongly contributes to effective and lasting conflict prevention, management and resolution; notes in this regard the crucial role played by female human rights defenders and activists, civil society and community- based women’s organisations in peace building and the need for adequate capacity building and financial support to maintain and foster their work;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that developing and using gender analysis and the systematic integration of a gender perspective constitutes one of the foundations of effective and lasting conflict prevention and resolution; insists on the importance of women’s full participation in the rebuilding of their countries in line with sustainable development goals, and highlights the unique contribution that women make to peacebuilding and reconstruction efforts;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; insists on gender perspectives to be systematically addressed, together with gender balance and specific actions to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment, throughout all relevant policy frameworks of foreign and security policy; regrets, however, that translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the EU Strategic Approach to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and the EU Action Plan on WPS adopted in 2019; regrets, however, that despite clear objectives and indicators translating this policy commitment into action remains a challenge and calls for its robust implementation;
Amendment 129 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that gender equality is a prerequisite for efficient management of climate challenges and for the sustainable development of our societies.
Amendment 134 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the UN has warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating all kinds of inequalities, including gender inequality; calls on the EU to target specific actions and support for women and girls in all efforts to support third countries in addressing the socio-economic impact of COVID-19;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2167(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Believes that education is key to realising gender equality and empowerment of women and girls; therefore calls on the EU to increase its commitment to promoting gender equality and combating gender stereotypes in and through education systems in its upcoming Gender Action Plan III; furthermore calls for increased efforts to prevent and combat all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and serious violations of human rights of women and girls, including the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child, early and forced marriages and violations of the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Union cannot be a promoter of these European values unless they are protected and respected in all its Member States;
Amendment 18 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the need for a stronger and more united Europe when it comes to external relations is more urgent than beforin external relations is more urgent than ever in order to address the multiple challenges which directly or indirectly affect the Member States and its citizens: armed conflicts and fragile states, terrorism and particularly Jihadism, cyber-attacks, foreign interference in European political and electoral processes, tensions over the energy supply of EU Member States, the rise of organised crime at the borders and towards Europe, weakening of disarmament efforts, uncontrolled migration and climate change;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its regret at the gradual retreat by the United States from the multilateral world order, namely its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the UN Human Rights Council and Unesco, and its decision to suspend its funding of UNRWA;
Amendment 125 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers, in this regard, that the EU should rely more on trade and development instruments such as bilateral agreements and free trade agreements with third countries by making the ratification of an agreement conditional on compliance with the Paris Agreement and respect for fundamental European values;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Promotes an EU foreign policy that will unite the EU institutions and all foreign ministries behind a common and strong EU-level foreign policy; emphasises the need to build ad hoc coalitions to strengthen EU cohesion and demoncourages the establishment of ad hoc coalitions of Member States which contribute to greater flexibility and responsiveness of the Union’s external action, by reducing the pressure creatic legitimacyed by the need to achieve consensus among the Member States;
Amendment 245 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages the EU to further prioritise conflict prevention and mediation; underlines that this approach delivers a high degree of EU added value in political, social, economic and security terms; recalls that conflict prevention and mediation activities help to assert the presence and credibility of the EU on the international scene; highlights the Parliament’s valuable contribution in the field of mediation and dialogue, especially ininput on mediation, dialogue and the promotion of the values of democracy, the rule of law, respect for minorities and fundamental rights, particularly in the countries of the Western Balkan ands, the Eastern Partnership countriesand the Southern Neighbourhood, and calls for the further developmentdeepening of interinstitutional cooperation on mediationwith these countries;
Amendment 359 #
2019/2136(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Stresses that space is a genuine security challenge; calls on the European Commission to put in place concrete measures for a strong and innovative space industry, which protects the EU’s autonomous, reliable and economic access to space;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the lasting deterioration in the Union’s strategic environment in the face of multiple challenges directly or indirectly affecting the security of its Member States and citizens: armed conflicts and fragile states immediately to the east and south of the European continent, terrorism and particularly jihadist terrorism, cyber attacks, foreign interference in European political and electoral processes, tensions over EU Member States' energy supply, the rise of organised crime (drug, arms and human trafficking) at the borders and with Europe as its target, weakening of disarmament efforts and international arms control regimes, uncontrolled migration, increasing threats to natural resources, climate change, etc.;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 109 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to strengthen its freedom to assess, take decisions and take actits independent operational capacity comprising credible military forces, its industrial capacity to produce the equipment that its forces need and its political capacity to take decisions where circumstances so require in order to defend its interests and values;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved ifthe introduction of the concept of independent strategic autonomy requires the Member States to demonstrate solidarity, which is reflected in particular in the needtheir determination to prioritise the procurement of European capabilities where equipment is available and competitive;
Amendment 158 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. ConsiderReiterates that the principle of European strategic autonomy is a legitimate and necessary ambition and that it must remain a priority objective of European defence policy; stresses that its practical and operational implementation is a common responsibility of European sfalls to both the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 197 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the Union’s comprehensive commitment in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa through six civilian (EUCAP Mali, EUCAP Niger, EUCAP Somalia) and military (EUTM Mali, EUTM Somalia, ATALANTA) missions; welcomes and encourages the efforts made to regionalise the functioning of civilian missions in the Sahel in the face of security challenges extending beyond those countries where European missions are deployed and welcomes EU support for the G5 Sahel operation;
Amendment 229 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the lack of flexibility inat the objective of administrative and budgetary procedures, which is causing serious problems for personnel deployed on the ground for CSDP missions should be to guarantee rigorous management of those missions, but without being so rigid as to hamper their performance and effectiveness;
Amendment 243 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses that the recurring problem faced by armed forces ofin countries in which the EU is intervening is a lack of equipment, which is an obstacle to the success of training missions; notes the difficulty of supplying suitable equipment in a timely manner (bindingowing, in particular, to cumbersome public procurement procedures to be followed, etc.); believes that achieving positive results in terms of training and advice for third-country armies is extremely difficultwill not be possible in the long term without the capacity to back up such efforts with worthwhile and coordinated equipment- supply programmes; welcomes the Capacity Building for Security and Development (CBSD) initiative, which resulted in the revision of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (‘IcSP+’) in 2017 so as to provide funding for training and the supply of non- lethal equipment to third countries’ armed forces; notes that, to date, three projects have been carried out, in Mali, the Central African Republic and Burkina Faso; highlights the strong demand from local populations for support in the area of training and equipment supply;
Amendment 246 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Questions the appropriateness of continuing certain missions; believes that the Union should concentrate its efforts on missions where it generates the highest added value; is in favour of the establishment of and compliance with objective criteria to measure that added value and decide whether to pursue a mission;
Amendment 254 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes the decision of 26 September 2019 to extend the EU maritime operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFORMED Sophia) by six months to 31 March 2020; deeply deplores the decision temporarily to suspendcontinuation of the suspension of the naval presence; stresses the urgent need to reach agreement among the Member States and calls for the redeployment of naval assets and full implementation of the mandate;
Amendment 260 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Considers that the issue of financing for CSDP missions and operations is crucial to the sustainability of the policy; highlights the importance of reviewing the Athena mechanism so that it covers the full costs of CSDP military operations and missions; supports, in this connection, the proposal by the VP/HR, backed by the Commission, to create a European Peace Facility, which would finance part of the costs of EU defence activities, including the joint costs of CSDP military operations and those relating to military capacity-building for partners; hopes that the Member States will reach an agreement quickly so that this instrument can be introduced; stresses the importance of makadapting the Union’s financial rules more flexible in order to enhance its ability to respond to crises and facilitate the implementation of Lisbon Treaty provisions; calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider a flexible mechanism to help Member States wishing to participate in a CSDP mission to bear the cost of doing so, thereby facilitating their decision to launch or strengthen a mission; notes that this instrument would be wholly consistent with the Union’s strategic autonomy objectives in the operational field;
Amendment 261 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the VP/HR to regularly consult the European Parliament on all aspects of and the fundamental choices regarding the common security and defence policy; considers, in that regard, that Parliament should be consulted beforehand on strategic planning for CSDP missions, on changes to their mandate and on the potential to bring them to an end;
Amendment 273 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes the failure of the Union’s battlegroup project; the battlegroups have never been deployed since their creation in 2007, owing in particular to opposition on the part of allthe reticence of the Member States and the complexity of their implementation and funding, which is at odds with the original objective of speed and efficiency;
Amendment 291 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expects the Union to make effective use of all existing CSDP policy instruments in the areas of diplomacy, cooperation, development, humanitarian aid, conflict management and peacekeeping; stresses that CSDP military and civilian instruments cannot, under any circumstances, be the only solution to security issues and that a ‘comprehensive approach’ should always be adopted; considers that only the use of all these instruments on the basis of a ‘comprehensive approach’ will provide the flexibility needed to effectively achieve the most ambitious security objectives;
Amendment 296 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. stresses the growing and essential role of women in peacekeeping missions and security and defence policy and calls on the VP/HR to enter into dialogue with the European Parliament on the instruments to be introduced and action to be taken;
Amendment 305 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Notes that the defence and space industries are facing unprecedented global competition and major technological changes with the emergence of advanced technologies (robotics, artificial intelligence, cyber, etc.);
Amendment 330 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of June 2017 to create a European Defence Fund (EDF), which would foster cooperation between Member States and support thcoordinate, supplement and boost national investment in defence, foster cooperation between Member States to develop cutting-edge, interoperable defence technology and equipment, and support an innovative and competitive European defence industry; notes that this proposal is the first initiative for which Community funds are to be used in direct support of defence projects; recognises that this is a major step forward for European defence, from both a political and an industrial perspective; notes that the EDF could finance structural projects such as the future European aircraft or tank or a European anti-missile defence capability; notes thatwelcomes the 2019 work programme for theon preparatory action will focuson defence research (PADR), which is to earmark EUR 25 million for research on electromagnetic spectrum dominance and future disruptive defence technologies, two key areas for maintaining Europe’s technological independence in the long term; welcomes, also, the adoption by the Commission in March 2019 of the first European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP), which provides for co-financing to the tune of EUR 500 million for the joint development of defence capabilities for the period 2019-2020 and the publication of nine calls for proposals for 2019, including for the Eurodrone, which is a key capability for Europe’s strategic autonomy; points out that 12 further calls for proposals will follow in 2020, covering priority areas in all domains (air, land, sea, cyber and space); notes the link between the procurement decisions taken today by the Member States and the prospects for industrial and technological cooperation under the EDF;
Amendment 337 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal of June 2017 to create a European Defence Fund (EDF), which would foster cooperation between Member States and support the European defence industry; notes that this proposal is the first initiative for which Community funds are to be used in direct support of defence projects; recognises that this is a major step forward for European defence, from both a political and an industrial perspective; notes that the EDF could financebe involved in the financing of research and the development of structural projects such as the future European aircraft or tank or a European anti-missile defence capability; notes that the 2019 work programme for the preparatory action will focus on electromagnetic spectrum dominance and future disruptive defence technologies, two key areas for maintaining Europe’s technological independence in the long term; welcomes, also, the adoption by the Commission in March 2019 of the first European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) and the publication of nine calls for proposals for 2019, including for the Eurodrone, which is a key capability for Europe’s strategic autonomy; points out that 12 further calls for proposals will follow in 2020, covering priority areas in all domains (air, land, sea, cyber and space); notes the link between the procurement decisions taken today by the Member States and the prospects for industrial and technological cooperation under the EDF;
Amendment 340 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Emphasises the need for a European defence strategy to be adopted in order to steer and plan the use of the EDF in an effective manner;
Amendment 346 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the effective implementation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an important step towards closer cooperation in security and defence among Member States; stresses that this provision, introduced in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty (Article 46 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), is legally binding and includes a set of ambitious commitments to enable European countries wishing to do so to move ahead faster on common defence projects; recognises the rolecontribution that PESCO can play inmake to the structuring of European demand; notes that a significant number of EDIDP- eligible projects are being developed within the PESCO framework and may also benefit from higher rates of subsidy; supports full consistency between PESCO projects and the EDF;
Amendment 349 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Highlights the close link between PESCO,at it is vital that PESCO be aligned with the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) launched in 2017, and the EDF for, in order to enhancinge the Member States’ defence capabilities and optimise their budget expenditure in this field; stresses that new projects should be covered by the Capability Development Plan (CDP), which will serve to foster cooperation between Member States with a view to closing the capability gap through the work of the European Defence Agency; considers that the CARD should make an effective contribution to harmonising and ensuring the complementarity of the investments and capabilities of national armed forces in an effective manner, guaranteeing the Union’s strategic and operational autonomy and allowing Member States to invest more efficiently in defence;
Amendment 350 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Welcomes the full coordination between the capability roadmap established by the European Defence Agency and the capability planning that has been carried out, demonstrating that there is extensive interoperability between the armies of the EU Member States that are members of NATO;
Amendment 351 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. NotWelcomes the Commission’s proposal to allocate EUR 6.5 billion to military mobility projects in the next MFF; points out that the collective security and defence of the EU Member States and their ability to intervene in crises abroad are fundamentally dependent on the ability to move allied troops and civilian crisis management personnel, material and equipment across each other’s territory and outside the EU freely and rapidly;
Amendment 353 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. NotWelcomes the Commission’s proposal to allocate EUR 6.5 billion to military mobility projects in the next MFF; emphasises that progress needs to be made to establish military mobility that works for both the EU and NATO; is pleased that the project is part of PESCO;
Amendment 366 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Questions the slow start-up of the 34 projects and the delays to the launch of a third wave of 13 projects, given that none are as yet up and running; notes that only four projects will reach their initial operational capacity in 2019; highlights the lack of ambition and scale of some projects, which do not address the most obvious capability gaps, particularly those in the first wave, which are primarily capability projects involving as many Member States as possible; notes that the desired inclusion of participation in PESCO projects should not jeopardise a high level of ambition on the part of the participating Member States; considers that third countries’ involvement should be subject to should only be involved in PESCO in line with stringenct conditions laid down from the outset and based on established and effective reciprocity; calls on the Member States to submit projects with a strategic European dimension, thereby strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), which is an essential part of the strategic autonomisation process and relates more to the operational side in order to respond directly to the operational needs of European armed forces;
Amendment 371 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Stresses the still virtual nature of the European Defence FundCalls on the Council to adopt the European Parliament’s position on Article 5 of the Regulation establishing the European Defence Fund; emphasises the need to finalise the EDF without delay; points out that that this instrument has not yet been finally approved, with only partial and political agreement having been given in April 2019; stresses the importance of maintaining Parliament’s position concerning the amount of the EDF, the involvement of third countries and the establishment of an appropriate intellectual property policy in relation to security and defence in order to protect research results; draws attention, in that connection, to the highly sensitive and strategic nature of defence research, both for industrial competitiveness and for the strategic autonomy and sovereignty of the Union; calls for the initial lessons learned from the implementation of the EDIDP (in particular concerning the application of derogations for eligible entities), the pilot project and the preparatory action on defence research to be properly taken into account; calls on the Member States to be fully involved in the decision-making process in order to avoid bureaucratic excesses andto the extent that they are the final customers of the defence industries, so as to ensure that the programmes included address the strategic needs of the CSDP and the Member States; considers that the success of the EDF will depend on its ability to cater for the specific defence needs of the participating states and to guarantee the availability of sufficient budgetary resources, whilst ensuring that industrial know-how is not duplicated, national defence investment is not crowded out and cooperation does not become over- complicated; considers that developing the European defence industry by regulating access for entities controlled by non-EU third parties to projects financed by the Fund is fully consistent with the European ambition of strategic autonomy;
Amendment 380 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses the strategic dimension for Europe of the space sector, takes the view that an ambitious space policy can make an effective contribution to improving the ESDP and emphasises the need to make progress in developing new space capabilities and technologies with both civilian and military uses, in particular in the field of communications, information, surveillance, reconnaissance, disaster response and arms control, which are capable of ensuring European strategic autonomy; welcomes the inclusion Commission’s proposal for a regulation establishing the next MFF of the Commission’s EUR 16 billion space programme proposal to boost EU space leadershipspace programme of the Union and the European Union Agency for the space programme, the aim of which is to boost EU space leadership, under the next MFF; supports the European Parliament’s proposal to finance the programme with up to EUR 16.9 billion; welcomes the progress made on EU satellite services (Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS); emphasises that, if it is to enjoy decision- making and operational autonomy, the Union must have adequate satellite resources in the fields of space imagery, intelligence-gathering, communications and space surveillance; considers that space-based services should be fully operationalised in order to provide high- resolution satellite imaging in support of CSDP planning, missions and operations; stresses the need to finance, through the EDF, industrial projects with a space dimension where the Union can generate real added value and become a key player in new global space exploration initiatives;
Amendment 384 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses the strategic dimension for Europe of the space sector, and emphasises the need to make progress in developing technologies with both civilian and military uses which are capable of ensuring European strategic autonomy; welcomes the inclusion in the next MFF of the Commission’s EUR 16 billion space programme proposal to boost EU space leadership; welcomes the progress made on EU satellite services (Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS); emphasises that, if it is to enjoy decision-making and operational autonomy, the Union must have adequate satellite resources in the fields of space imagery, intelligence-gathering, communications and space surveillance; emphasises how important it is for the European Union to enjoy autonomous access to space; considers that space-based services should be fully operationalised in order to provide high-resolution satellite imaging in support of CSDP missions and operations; stresses the need to finance, through the EDF, industrial projects with a space dimension where the Union can generate real added value;
Amendment 386 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Emphasises that satellite communications are vital for defence, security, humanitarian aid, emergency response interventions and diplomatic communication, and are a key element of civilian missions and military operations, in particular in isolated environments with little or no infrastructure; welcomes the government satellite telecommunications initiative, Govsatcom, which will give Member States guaranteed access to secure satellite telecommunications; points out that Govsatcom was recognised as one of the elements comprising the 2016 global strategy;
Amendment 388 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
48b. Emphasises that space infrastructure is vulnerable to interference, attacks, and a host of other threats, including collisions with space debris or other satellites; reiterates the importance of securing critical infrastructure and communications, as well as developing resilient technologies; takes the view that there is a need for capacity-building to address emergent threats with regard to space, and welcomes the Commission’s proposal, as part of the space programme, to strengthen the space surveillance and tracking services (SST) currently in place;
Amendment 389 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 c (new)
Paragraph 48 c (new)
48c. Emphasises that, today, an increasing number of powers have military capabilities in space; points out that a principle against the weaponisation of space has been established in international law; notes, nevertheless, that certain powers have broken that principle, putting forward a proposal for legislation to set up a fully armed space force, and defining space as a setting for armed conflict; takes the view that the Union must condemn this trend towards the weaponisation of space, as well as the implementation of space deterrents designed to seriously undermine enemies’ space capabilities, as such developments are signs of a strategically unstable situation;
Amendment 390 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 d (new)
Paragraph 48 d (new)
42d. Takes the view that the Commission’s future Directorate-General for the Defence Industry and Space should look into the synergies between European space programmes and the European Defence Action Plan of November 2016 so as to ensure general consistency in this strategic area;
Amendment 415 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Recognises the increasingly prominent role of artificial intelligence (AI) in European defence; notes, in particular, the many military applications stemming from AI for managing and simulating operational environments, assisting the decision-making process, detecting threats and processing intelligence; stresses that the development of reliable AI in the field of defence is essential for ensuring European strategic autonomy in capability and operational areas; calls on the Union to keep up its investment in this area and in particular in disruptive technologies through existing instruments (European Defence Fund, European Innovation Council, future Horizon Europe, Digital Europe programme); calls on the Union to play an active role in the global regulation of autonomous lethal weapons systems;
Amendment 456 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Stresses the importance of cooperation between the Union and other international institutions, in particular the African Union and the OSCE; considers that the Union should also strengthen dialogue and cooperation with third countries in the regionthat share their values and strategic priorities and with regional and sub-regional organisations;
Amendment 479 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61
Paragraph 61
61. Considers that progress in European defence will pave the way for major structural changes; notwelcomes the announcement of the creation of a Directorate-General for the Defence Industry and Space at the Commission under the responsibility of the Commissioner-designate for the Internal Market; notes that this new DG should be responsible for supporting, coordinating or complementing the Member States’ actions in the area of European defence and would thus contribute to strengthening European strategic autonomy; notes the definition of its five main tasks (implementation and oversight of the EDF, creation of an open and competitive European defence equipment market, implementation of the action plan on military mobility, enhancement of a strong and innovative space industry, implementation of the future space programme), but; calls on the Commission to provide further details on the role and responsibilities of the new DG; Wwonders how it will coordinate its work with that of other defence policy structures which have other responsibilities (EDA, EEAS, etc.);
Amendment 483 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Points out that developing new formats, such as an EU Security Council, as advocated by Chancellor Merkel and President Macron, and new ways of coordinating more closely within the EU and with international authorities could potentially facilitate a more effective decision-making process for the CFSP; takes the view that, alongside the creation of those formats, new mechanisms should be developed to ensure their democratic scrutiny by the European Parliament;
Amendment 484 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 a (new)
Paragraph 61 a (new)
61a. Commits to providing close parliamentary scrutiny and monitoring of European defence missions, instruments and initiatives; calls on the HR/VP, the Council and the various European structures concerned to report to the subcommittee on a regular basis on the fulfilment of their mandate;
Amendment 485 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 b (new)
Paragraph 61 b (new)
61b. Calls for a European defence strategy to be drafted as a necessary supplement to the 2016 global strategy, providing a framework for steering and planning, both of which are vital to ensure that new instruments and resources can be implemented effectively;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Conclusions on Democracy, adopted on 14 October 2019,
Amendment 185 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the EU’s commitment to placing human rights and democracy at the centre of its relations with non-EU countries; stresses, therefore, that the objective of advancing human rights and democracy around the world requires it to be mainstreamed in all EU policies which have an external dimension; welcomes therefore the Council Conclusions on Democracy adopted by the Council at its meeting held on 14 October 2019 and calls on the Commission and EU Member States to adopt a new ambitious, comprehensive and binding Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, for the next years; asks for a strong monitoring mechanism;
Amendment 198 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that trade and human rights can and have to reinforce each other, and that the business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy and corporate responsibility; reminds the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) of the need to make effective use of human rights clauses within international agreements, based on political dialogue, the regular assessment of progress and recourse to the consultation procedure upon request from a party; requests that robust implementation and monitoring mechanisms of human rights clauses be put in place, involving Parliament, local civil society and relevant international organisations, as well as establishing a complaints mechanism for groups of citizens and stakeholders who are affected by human rights violations;
Amendment 250 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the EU’s efforts to promote the universality of the Rome Statute in 2018, during which the 20th anniversary of its adoption was celebrated, and reaffirms its unwavering support of the International Criminal Court; calls on the EU and its Member States to systematically support ICC examinations, investigations and decisions and to take the necessary steps to prevent instances of non-cooperation with the ICC; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to explore ways and present new tools to help the victims of violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law to access international justice and obtain remedy and reparation;
Amendment 287 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks for the creation of an urgency contact point where HRDs can notify the European institutions when violations of basic rights take place;
Amendment 302 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Strongly supports the EU’s strategic engagement for gender equality and its ongoing efforts to improve the human rights situation of women and girls, in line with the 2030 SDGs; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to further contribute to gender equality and girls’ and women’s empowerment by working closely with international organisations and non-EU countries, in order to develop and implement new legal frameworks regarding gender equality, and to eradicate harmful practices targeted at women and girls, such as child marriage and female genital mutilation; , female genital mutilation and use of sexual violence as a weapon of war; recalls that gender-related crimes and crimes of sexual violence are classified in the Rome Statute as war crimes, crimes against humanity or constitutive acts with respect to genocide or torture;
Amendment 324 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Emphasises the role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, in peacekeeping, humanitarian aid and post- conflict reconstruction operations and in the promotion of human rights and democratic reforms; calls on the EU to continue to include support for women in Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) operations;
Amendment 337 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for new EU initiatives to prevent and combat child abuse in the world, to rehabilitate conflict-affected children and to provide them with a sheltered environment in which care and education are fundamental; calls for the EU to initiate an international movement to advocate the rights of the child, inter alia by organising an international conference on the protection of children in fragile environments; calls also on the EU to continue to promote the EU and UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit through its external delegations and to effectively train the staff of its delegations on these issues;
Amendment 341 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reaffirms the urgent need for universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Child and its Optional Protocols; notes that child labour, recruitment of children in armed conflicts, sexual abuse and early and forced marriages remain critical issues in some countries;
Amendment 367 #
Amendment 370 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Reiterates its call on the EU institutions and Member States to intensify efforts and support initiatives to eliminate caste discrimination, such initiatives should include the promotion of specific indicators, disaggregated data and special measures to tackle caste discrimination in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, observance of the new UN Guidance tool on descent-based discrimination and support to states;
Amendment 389 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to step up advocacy in relation to FoRB, and to launch interreligiousfreedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to launch a dialogue with states and representatives of civil society and faith groups in order to prevent acts of violence and discrimination against persons on the grounds of thought, conscience, religion or belief; calls for the EU to continue to forge alliances and to enhance cooperation with a broad range of countries and regional organisations, in order to deliver positive change in relation to FoRB; reminds the Council and Commission of the need to adequately support the institutional mandate, capacity and duties of the Special Envoy for the promotion of FoRB outside the EU;
Amendment 401 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)
Subheading 10 a (new)
Freedom of the press and right to information
Amendment 402 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Amendment 403 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Urges the EUSR to pay special attention to the protection of the freedom, independence and pluralism of media worldwide; supports initiatives that help dividing fake news and propagandistic misinformation from information gathered as a result of genuine and independent journalistic efforts, such as the Journalism Trust Initiative; calls on the EU institutions and EU Member States to condemn any means of physical or judiciary intimidation that is used against journalists in an effort to silence them;
Amendment 431 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its support for the systematic introduction of human rights clauses in international agreements between the EU and third countries, including trade and investment agreements; calls on the Commission to systematically monitor the implementation of such clauses and to provide Parliament with regular reports on partner countries’ respect for human rights; Takes positive note of the GSP+ preference system as a means of stimulating the effective implementation of the 27 core international conventions on human rights and labour standards; acknowledges that global value chains contribute to enhancing international core labour, environmental and social standards, and represent an opportunity in terms of sustainable progress, particularly in developing countries;
Amendment 441 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the importance of elaborating an EU strategy to put new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, at the service of the people, and to address the potential threat of new technologies to human rights, including mass surveillance, fake news, disinformation and the abusive use of artificial intelligence, and to strike the right balance between human rights and other legitimate considerations, such as security or fighting crime, terrorism and extremism; expresses its concern at the ever-increasing use of certain cyber surveillance dual-use technologies against human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents; recalls, in this connection, Regulation (EC) 428/2009 setting up a regime for the control of dual-use items and the need to annually update its Annex I listing the controlled items;
Amendment 455 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Stresses the urgent need to tackle the root causes of migration flows such as wars, conflicts, persecution, networks of illegal migration, trafficking, smuggling and climate change and to find lasting solutions based on the respect of human rights and dignity; calls for the external dimension of the refugee crisis to be addressed, including by finding sustainable solutions to conflicts through building cooperation and partnerships with the third countries concerned; insists that the implementation of the Global Compacts on migration and refugees must therefore go hand in hand with the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda as set out in the Strategic Development Goals, as well as with increased investment in developing countries; calls on the EU and its Member States to be fully transparent in the allocation of funds to third countries for cooperation on migration issues, and to ensure that such cooperation does not benefit authorities involved in human rights violations;
Amendment 467 #
2019/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Environmental and natural disasters and climate change Underlines that the UN estimates that there will be many environmentally displaced people by 2050; recalls the obligations and responsibilities of States and other bodies responsible to mitigate the effects of climate change and to prevent it impacting negatively on human rights; welcomes international efforts to promote the integration of the issues of environmental and natural disasters and climate change with human rights;
Amendment 13 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the efforts made in the context of the Creative Europe programme to bring about greater gender parity in the creative and cultural sectors, and in particular the percentage of women running projects financed by the MEDIA programme; deplores, nonetheless, the fact that the number of women responding to calls for tender remains disproportionately low (71% men compared with 29% women);
Amendment 14 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Applauds the good results achieved by the guarantee facility in the cultural and creative sectors, in that access to funding for small and medium- sized enterprises has been facilitated and financial intermediaries have been made aware of the needs of such enterprises;
Amendment 15 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Commission to showcase the results of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, which received funding to the tune of EUR 8 million and during which over 23 000 events were organised in more than 37 countries, as is referred to in the report on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the European Year of Cultural Heritage; strongly encourages the Commission to maintain its efforts in promoting heritage, by applying the European Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage, which was published following the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018;
Amendment 20 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the under- representation of women (31%) in middle management positions at the EACEA; calls on the Agency to achieve the objective of 40% by 2020;
Amendment 22 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is alarmed by the conclusions of the Rapid case review of the European Court of Auditors on Euronews, stating that in the Financial Regulation there is no longer any reference to the fact that Euronews is pursuing a general Union interest; therefore urges the Commission to end its cooperation with Euronews.
Amendment 27 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. calls on the Commission to monitor more transparently and diligently the funds it grants to Euronews, while regularly verifying the independence of the journalistic production of this media; also encourages the Commission to consider further ways of strengthening the media providing independent and comprehensive European information to European viewers.
Amendment 43 #
2019/2028(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Reaffirms its strong support to the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP) aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovation capacity of the Union's defence industry; reiterates that EDIDP contributes to the relevance of the European Defence Technological and Industrial Basis until a fully-fledged European Defence Fund as of 2021.