Activities of Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that states that ratify a human rights treaty undertake to protect, respect and fulfil the commitments adopted in the international, regional and national framework for the protection of these rights; takes the view in this regard that the international community’s recognition of the right to water and sanitation must encompass protection and enforceability arrangements and, therefore, calls on the EU to promote protection mechanisms at international, regional and national level to ensure that upholding the right to water and sanitation is not optional for states but rather an enforceable right; calls for better international agreements on the issue of sharing the waters of major rivers; cautions Ethiopia which, with its Renaissance Dam project, is threatening the flow of the Nile towards Sudan and Egypt;

2022/01/19
Committee: AFET

2021/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. C~~alls on the Commission to discourage~~onsiders that the practices of ~~water- grabbing and~~ hydraulic fracturing ~~and make them subject to environmental and human-rights impact assessments~~remains a matter for states, because of their sovereign control over their subsoil;

2022/01/19
Committee: AFET

2021/2187(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores that, as several UN experts have stated, the commodification of water and speculation in futures markets is in breach of basic human rights and contributes to increasing environmental degradation and exacerbating the vulnerability of the poorest and most marginalised in society, flying in the face of the Sustainable Development Goals; considers that exercising strategic control over water supply and over water treatment must remain a matter for states, as it is the best way to prevent water from becoming a speculative and expensive product;

2022/01/19
Committee: AFET

2021/2187(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that inequalities in access to water and sanitation are often attributable to systemic inequalities or exclusion; calls on governments to guarantee the absence of discrimination in access to water and sanitation services, as a public good, ensuring the provision thereof for all, ~~in particular by affording priority to access for marginalised groups with a view to remedying systemic discrimination~~among nationals and residents on their territories;

2022/01/19
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. To achieve the strategic objective of developing its global leadership role, the EU should shape its CFSP on the basis of the following five actions: - taking the lead in strengthening multilateral partnerships on global priorities, - improving EU decision-making and making full use of the EU’s hard and soft powers, - achieving European sovereignty by interlinking the EU’s external actions, - further developing regional strategies, including on security cooperation, - strengthening democratic oversight and the parliamentary dimension of the EU’s CFSP;deleted

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Welcomes~~Expresses concern about the EU’s growing ambition and initiatives to take the lead in promoting global partnerships on key priorities and in strengthening the multilateral order through a reform of key institutions and organisations;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Encourages the EU to develop its leadership role in the defence and~~Insists that the EU does not have the mandate to defend or promot~~ion of~~e human rights in ~~multilateral forums, and in particular the UN; believes that the EU should ensure an effective use of the EU Global H~~the world, and that this mandate lies with the United Nations; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human Rrights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act), including the development of a complementary EU anti-corruption sanctions regime, and better enforce the human rights provisions of the international agreements it has concludedd democracy watchdog, and nor should it be;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Susanna CECCARDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. points out that the network connecting people across continents extends along maritime routes and across the ocean floor, where thousands of kilometres of cable carry 97% of data traffic; stresses, therefore, that a new international geopolitical and geo- economic debate concerns infrastructure such as underwater cables, which are essential for improving internet connections and IT data;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Susanna CECCARDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the EU’s efforts as a global frontrunner in the fight against climate change ~~and urges the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to propose new initiatives such as the internationalisation of the European Green Deal~~; believes that the implementation of the European Green Deal will have significant geopolitical consequences and will influence the EU’s relations with some of its partners;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Susanna CECCARDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the EU to develop global partnerships for the establishment of norms and standards on a rules-based, ethical use of technologies which respect the privacy of individual users, in particular as regards artificial intelligence;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Reiterates that the EU needs first and foremost a stronger and genuine political will~~Considers that a common EU foreign policy is not possible, given the different national interests of ~~its~~the Member States t~~o jointly agree on and promote EU foreign policy goals and EU security and defence cooperation~~hat should be preserved and respected;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the Treaties provide for the possibility to improve decision-making procedures for the CFSP; stresses that unanimity hampers the EU’s ability to act and therefore calls for the Member States to use qualified majority voting for specific aspects of the CFSP; in particular, reiterates its call for the introduction of qualified, however, that in order to preserve the sovereignty of Member States, unanimity must remain the decision-making benchmark in the Council when it comes to foreign and security policy; considers that the interest of Member States are vastly different in light of geopolitical realities and that these interests can only be preserved through unanimity, as any form of majority voting ~~for~~has the ~~adoption of sanctions; stresses that the use of Article 44 TEU could improve the EU’s flexibility and capacity to act~~potential of ignoring and undermining vital national interests;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Reiterates its call for the establishment of new formats of cooperation such as the European Security Council; recalls that the ongoing Conference on the Future of Europe provides a relevant framework to shape innovative proposals in this respect;deleted

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. CRecalls ~~for the EU to ensure its strategic sovereignty in specific areas that are fundamental to the Union’s existence~~that existence on the global scene, as the term itself suggests, is based exclusively on the representation onf the ~~global scene, such as economics, security and technology, and to establ~~Member States; stresses that the European Union has absolutely no legitimacy in thish a ~~European Defence Union~~rea;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that ~~EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deploy~~the framework of NATO is an impediment tof strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation with partners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement that the EU and NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR sovereignty and undermines any credible European defence project serving the inherent interests of European countries;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses that ~~EU sovereignty in the field of security and defence means the development, coordination and deployment of~~there is no such thing as “EU sovereignty” since the EU is not a strategic capabilities, an efficient division of labour between the Member States and the EU’s ability to decide and act autonomously, in line with its own interests, principles and values; stresses that this approach reinforces cooperation w, and can therefore not sovereign; emphasises that the EU derives iths p~~artners, in particular within the framework of NATO; welcomes in this regard the Commission President’s announcement~~ower to act from the Member States, and that the EU can~~d NATO will present a joint declaration on cooperation by the end of 2021; welcomes the discussion on an ‘initial entry force’ as presented by the VP/HR~~ only act because of the conferral of power by the Member States;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines th~~e need for the Union to develop its technological sovereignty through the enhancement of industrial defence capabilities, in particular in emerging disruptive technologies (EDTs), and the~~at common defence projects have always been founded on transnational cooperation; rejects any drift towards federalism in this area, as envisaged by the Commission; stresses that Member States should not have their technologies and research protject~~ion and resilience of critical infrastructur~~s jeopardised by the Europeanisation of industrial defence bases;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates its call for accelerating the enlargement process, with a focus on strengthening democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, as well as fostering reconciliation in the Western Balkans, as prerequisites for durable stability and prosperityrejects any new plans to further enlarge the European Union;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Susanna CECCARDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Hopes that third countries do not exploit or use EU funds as a tool for intimidating and blackmailing Member States and the EU;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Susanna CECCARDI, Marco ZANNI, Anna BONFRISCO, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular as regards their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders; condemns Russia’s direct and indirect involvement in armed conflicts, occupations and military build- ups inside the region or on its borders with the region; urges the Eastern Partnership countries, and in particular those that have chosen to pursue the path of European integration, to ensure that fundamental freedoms are upheld and to continue implementing the necessary reforms; reiterates that the EU’s support is conditional upon concrete progress on those reformsconsiders that the adversarial relationship maintained by the EU bodies with Russia can only have damaging consequences for the stability and security of the entire European continent;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. ~~Is concerned by~~Condemns the Turkish Government’s increasingly a~~ssert~~ggressive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, proportionate and reversible manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possible;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Bernhard ZIMNIOK, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Is concerned by the Turkish Government’s increasingly assertive foreign policy, which is repeatedly putting the country at odds with the EU and individual Member States; deplores the long-deteriorating situation regarding human rights and democracy in Turkey; ~~recalls, however, that Turkey will continue to be a country of key strategic interest for the EU and that engagement needs to continue in a phased, propor~~insists that all accession negotiations with Turkey be unconditionatelly and irreversibl~~e manner, keeping the country as closely anchored to the EU as possible~~y terminated;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Underlines th~~e need to streng~~at then E~~U-US transatlantic cooperation on the basis of an equal partnership; welcomes~~ uropean Union tagging along behind this context the statement ‘Towards a renewed Transatlantic partnership’ from the EU-US summit 2021, which provides a good basis for an ambitious transatlantic agenda; fully supports and commits to pursuing synergies and shared foreign and security objectives by further deepening cooperation in the framework of the EU-US transatlantic dialogue; highlights that the EU should be prepared to reflect on how to adapt to the changing role of the US on the global stagee United States on the global stage runs counter to the diplomatic, strategic and economic interests of European countries and undermines Member States' sovereignty;

2021/10/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)

— having regard to the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States of 1933,

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is extremely concerned by the challenges to human rights and democracy, resulting in the weakening of the protection of democratic institutions and of universal human rights, as well as the shrinking space for civil society, observed around the world; calls for the EU and its Member States to make stronger efforts to address the challenges to human rights, both individually and in cooperation with like- minded international partners; recalls, however, that the EU does not have the mandate to impose its vision of human rights and democracy on the world; emphasises that the EU is not the world’s human rights watchdog, nor should it be;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the importance of both the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe and the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2020–2024 for this goal; ~~recalls that the use of the rule of qualified major~~insists that unanimity voting within the Council on human rights issues ~~would result in a more effective and proactive EU foreign and security policy, and would strengthen cooperation on matters of key strategic interest for the EU, while reflecting its~~must remain in place and that a move towards qualified majority voting in foreign policy matters will cause a slippery slope that will even further erode the sovereignty of Member States; recalls that the ability to enter into relations with other states, and by analogy the ability to determine foreign policy, is one of the founda~~mental values;~~tional elements of statehood and sovereignty as encapsulated in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States.

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is deeply concerned by increasing number of illiberal democracies and autocratic 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 to support good governance, democratic institutions and space for civil society worldwideRecalls that the vote, freely exercised and legitimate, is the foundation of democracy;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Stresses that all civil society actors, in particular independent civil society organisations, have a vital role to play in the dialogues,~~ Recalls that in a democracy, the legitimacy of representation is based on the expression of the popular vote, establishing terms of providing input both to the dialogues and to evaluation of their outcomes; underlines that such organisations should therefore be consulted within the framework of official and informal dialogues, as well as exploratory talks; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to improve communication and transparency with regard to civil society organisations; to this end, calls on the EEAS and the Commission to appoint human rights focal points at the geographical divisions of their headquartershe exercise of power by a majority that emerges from an election, and on a political opposition which is properly represented and which enjoys the right to exercise its mandate; stresses that the European Union’s continuous calls to build links with ‘civil societies’ demonstrate a subjective and biased approach which is far removed from the principles of respect for democratic representation;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly condemns the killing of human rights defenders around the world and stresses that most of them were engaged in the protection of their land and the environment and the defence of the rights of indigenous peoples; reiterates its call to ensure that the principle of free, prior and informed consent is fully respected, in line with International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples; stresses the need to improve access to justice throughout the world with a view to combating the widespread impunity for such killings; notes, however, that greater efforts are needed not only on reparation and redress, but also in prevention through, inter alia, the strengthening of national plans for the protection of human rights defenders in third countries; stresses, however, that it is neither the duty nor the mandate of EU institutions to actively support self-appointed, undemocratic and subjective organisations and individuals engaged in defending democracy and human rights;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Notes with concern that NGOs have played a major role in facilitating human smuggling and that private entities should not be actively involved in carrying out search and rescue missions;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Highlights the interdependence between human rights, a healthy environment and combating climate change, and welcomes the UN’s call for global recognition of the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; underlines the vital role played by environmental human rights defenders and local and indigenous populations in preserving such an environment, despite the threats of violence that they often face from those responsible for, and profiting from, environmentally harmful practices; encourages the EU and the Member States to promote the recognition of ecocide as an international crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC, and requests that the Commission study the relevance of ecocide to EU law and EU diplomacy;deleted

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the crucial importance of advancing women’s rights and welcomes the EU Action Plan on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in External Action 2021–-2025 (GAP III) as a sign of the EU’s commitment in this field; commends the important role played by female civic activists in political, social and environmental movements, and deplores the fact that women often become targets of violence as a result of both their gender and their activities, even paying for them with their livesDeplores the fact that, across the world, as Islamic law becomes more widespread, women in the countries in question are seeing their rights curtailed and sometimes even their safety jeopardised;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Reiterates its strong condemnation of discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance, persecution and killings linked to race, ethnicity, nationality, social class, disability, caste, religion, belief, age, sexual orientation and gender identity that continue to be a major problem in many countries; welcomes the launch of the EU’s anti-racism action plan 2020–-2025, which recognises not only the individual and social dimensions, but also the structural nature of this phenomenon; stresses that in spite of 20 years of work since the signing of Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in 2001, racism, discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance continue to be a scourge around the world and calls for a zero-tolerance approach to them; recalls that Christians are by a very large margin the most persecuted religious group in the world;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Expresses its deep concern regarding policies of reverse racial discrimination in South Africa; notes that South Africa is the only country in the world where a majority of 80% is protected through affirmative action policies against a minority of no more than 8%, more than 25 years after the end of apartheid; further condemns the brutal and torturous murders of white South Africans, and farmers in particular; urges the South African government to prioritise the prevention, investigation and prosecution of these attacks and murders as a matter of extreme urgency, to prevent a potential genocide from occurring and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable; further confirms the right of peoples in South Africa to pursue self- determination in all its forms and urges the South African government to ensure that the right to self-determination is given meaningful effect for all peoples in South Africa, and in particular for minorities; further condemns the fact that these attacks are widely ignored or rationalised by the international community in its perpetual pursuit of political correctness; urges EU Member States to condemn all such acts of violence against minority groups in South Africa;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Fully supports the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, to hold a belief, or not to believe, and the right to manifest and to change or leave one’s religion or belief without fear of violence, persecution, or discrimination; deplores the persecution suffered by minorities on the grounds of belief or religion in many places in the world; condemns the abuse of blasphemy laws to perpetuate discrimination and deplores the use of religion and religious institutions to the detriment of human rights through the persecution, including by legal means, of belief or religious minorities, women and LGBTIQ personsis deeply concerned about the increase in desecration and vandalism of sacred and religious sites; calls on the EU and its Member States to condemn all such actions and stand in defence of the Christian heritage;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Notes with concern that Christians remain the most persecuted religious community in the world; condemns in the strongest terms the perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists; recognises that expressions of sorrow are inadequate in protecting these vulnerable communities from further violence; emphasises the role EU Member States have to play in condemning and confronting these attacks against communities that share their Christian heritage;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls for the extension of the scope of the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act to include acts of corruption in order to ensure the effective targeting of the economic and financial enablers of human rights abusers; stresses the need for an effective strategy to implement the EU GHRSR-EU Magnitsky Act, consistent both with the EU’s other external policies, in particular with its human rights policies, and with the existing international frameworks on sanctions, international criminal law and international humanitarian law; welcomes the Commission’s announcement that in 2021, it will conduct a review of practices undermining sanctions and of the existing reporting obligations for Member States on their implementation and enforcementRecalls that any human rights sanctions regime against a third country must be based exclusively on national regulatory provisions, since it qualifies as a foreign policy prerogative;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. ~~Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants and refugees, and c~~Argues that the reception of nationalls for the EU and its Member States to fully uphold them in their cooperation with third countries, both in terms of the establishment of high legal standards and, equally importantly, their operationalisation in order to ensure the effective protection of these rights in practice; reiterates its call on the Commission to carry out a review of the human rights impact of migration policy frameworks and of the EU’s cooperation on migration within a Member State must be governed by national laws and regulations, and that the EU cannot require a Member State, as a matter of principle, to receive a third -countries; underlines the risks related to informal arrangements on return and readmission, which are not subject to judicial scrutiny and therefore do not allow for effective redress for human rights violations suffered by migrants and asylum seekersy national, especially one in an irregular situation;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Reaffirms the inalienable human rights of migrants and refugees, and calls for the EU and its Member States to fully uphold them in their cooperation with third countries, both in terms of the establishment of high legal standards and, equally importantly, their operationalisation in order to ensure the effective protection ofbut emphasises that these rights have to be balanced with these rights in practice; reiterates its call on the Commission to carry out a review of the human rights impact of migration policy frameworks and of the EU’s cooperation on migration with third countries; underlines the risks related to informal arrangemof citizens of Member States; calls for the EU Member States to interpret the Geneva Convents ion ~~return and readmission, which are not subject to judicial scrutiny and therefore do not allow for effective redress for human rights violations suffered by migrants and asylum seeker~~as was originally intended and insists on a policy of regional placement of refugees;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. ~~Equally, calls for independent, effective mechanisms to monitor formal readmission agreements, both at the EU’s borders~~Urges the EU and its Member States to make anid in partner countries in order to ensure full respect for human rights, including the principle of non- refoulement; recalls that the right to asylum is guaranteed by Article 18 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; expresses its hope that the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, including the new European Union Agency for Asylum, will help the EU Member States in creating efficient, properly functioning asylum systems, improving protection for asylum seekers and respecting the principles of the fair sharing of responsibility and solidarity among Member States; reiterates the need for a European agreement on a humanitarian visa or on thgranted to developing countries conditional on agreements on the effective readmission of illegal migrants present in the EU; stresses the importance of blocking funding to civil society groups that act as an illegal shuttle use ~~of the European Temporary Protection Directive~~rvice to smuggle migrants;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2181(INI)

Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI, Susanna CECCARDI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Harald VILIMSKY, Filip DE MAN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Underlines Turkey’s role in creating new and escalating existing conflicts in various vulnerable regions; in this regard calls on the EU to permanently terminate accession negotiations with Turkey and to stop all funding to the country effective immediately;

2021/10/13
Committee: AFET

2021/2115(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes growing instability and the rise of unprecedented challenges in the international environment, which increased demands on the Union to act ~~as a global player~~together with the Member States, which must remain sovereign in matters of foreign policy;

2021/12/07
Committee: AFET

2021/2115(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Highlights the central role played by~~Wants the European External Action Service (EEAS) in conducting the Union’s external policy and welcomes that it lived up to the many challenges over the 10 years of its existence; notes, however, that enhanced EEAS performance has to be underpinned by a corresponding staff increase; calls for sufficient human resources to be made available in order to deliverto focus primarily on analysis and research; opposes any programmed increase in its staff; calls, in particular, for the EEAS not to recruit independently but to do so on the basis of diplomats being made available from the respective diplomatic corps onf the ~~Union’s external policy prioriti~~Member States;

2021/12/07
Committee: AFET

2021/2115(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes the ECA’s Special Report on Disinformation affecting~~Considers that the desire on the part of the Union, and calls for implementing the ECA recommendations in the Union’s action plan against disinformation; stresses the continuous need to fight foreign propaganda and expose disinformation and malicious foreign influence; underlines the impin particular the EEAS, to tackle issues relating to ‘disinformation’ is about taking subjective positions vis-à-vis third countries; calls fort an~~ce of the EEAS Strategic Communication Task Force and calls for providing it~~ end to the activities of the Task Force on Disinformation within the ~~necessary financial and personnel resources~~EEAS;

2021/12/07
Committee: AFET

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that expenditures in heading 4 ‘Global Europe’ are considered high-risk, except for budget support payment; notes that most errors found by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) in this area concern absence of essential supporting documents, non-compliance with public procurement rules, costs not incurred and ineligible costs; fully supports the recommendations formulated by the ECA and calls on taking steps so that international organisations provide the ECA with complete, unlimited and timely access to documents necessary to carry out our task in accordance with the TFEU; considers in general that appropriations for the ‘Global Europe’ programme are too high, and that the role of the European Union should not be to interfere constantly in world affairs, but to prioritise defending the Member States’ interests;

2021/12/07
Committee: AFET

2021/2106(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the ECA’s Special Report “Reducing grand corruption in Ukraine” focused on the Union’s contributions to anti-corruption and judicial reforms between 2016-2019; is concerned that grand corruption is still prevalent in Ukraine and has negative effects on the rule of law and economic development in the country; notes, however, that in comparison to the period before 2014 the country has clearly developed positively through huge efforts of real political reformers, civil society activities and comprehensive Union support and cooperation to this end; calls for implementing ECA’s recommendations to the Commission, the EEAS and the European Advisory Mission in Ukraine. considers that the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine has led to a worsening of corruption in the country, and calls on EU leaders to consider whether it is appropriate to maintain or expand the scope of that agreement;

2021/12/07
Committee: AFET

2021/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas ~~the defence sector is not mentioned in the 2015 Paris Agreement, leaving it to national governments to decide whe~~nation states must be able to retain full freedom in their ~~to include mitigation efforts by the defence sector in their national commitments towards the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)~~security and defence policy, including with regard to international climate commitments;

2021/11/12
Committee: AFET

2021/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) to make sure that climate change is mainstreamed in the Union’s external action; calls for climate-specific strategies, policies, procedures, measures and capabilities to be developed; calls on the VP/HR to make sure that the development of a Union policy on climate security and defence entails the implementation of a human security approachonsiders that the climate issue should not be used as a pretext for the European Union to interfere further in the defence and security prerogatives of the Member States;

2021/11/12
Committee: AFET

2021/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Statresses that ~~all military capabilities and services used by the Union should~~the EU Member States, in particular France, are among the world’s most exemplary countri~~bute to reach~~es ing t~~he EU’s climate targets and adapt to increasingly challenging climate conditions in order to be able, inter alia, to guarantee the fulfilment of their tasks at home and abroad~~erms of CO2 emissions, and that the European nations should therefore give priority to addressing the dangers that are an immediate threat to them, including radical Islam;

2021/11/12
Committee: AFET

2021/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Recalls that the importance of cooperation as a corner stone of the EU’s leading role in addressing climate change, as set out in the Roadmap; welcomes ongoing staff-to-staff exchanges with the UN and NATO, and stresses the need for closer cooperation in this field; calls on the EEAS and the relevant Commission services to further establish dialogue with other partners, such as the African Union, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Canada and the United States; stresses that there is also a need to address the current lack of reliable and internationally comparable data on energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the defence sectjects the concept of ‘climate refugees’ introduced by European Union bodies, which is a hoax that seeks to justify an increase in illegal migration flows and which would create a new channel for immigration that Europe's countries cannot afford;

2021/11/12
Committee: AFET

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime (EU Magnitsky Act) is an essential addition to the EU’s toolbox; whereas Parliament has requested the extension of its scope to include acts of corruption; whereas the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom have adopted similar anti-corruption sanctions regimecontravenes the principles of sovereignty and the free exercise of diplomatic relations by a Member State; considers that only states have the authority to impose sanctions on a state or on individuals; opposes any instrumentalisation of human rights decisions;

2021/09/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) place the fight against corruption front and centre in all EU efforts and policies promoting human rights and democracy around the world; ensure that EU officials acting in the framework of European Union representations in third countries and organisations are rigorously vetted;

2021/09/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) prioritise the fight against corruption in pre-accession negotiations and criteria; focus on capacity building, such as specialised anti-corruption bodies; put an end to any accession negotiations in the event that cases of corruption are identified;

2021/09/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2066(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

(af) ~~swiftly come forward with a legislative proposal to amend the current EU Global Human Rights S~~consider that any human rights and anti-corruption sanctions Rregime ~~by extending its s~~s must remain a compe ~~to include acts of corruption; note the risk of corrupt actors moving their assets to the EU as more and more countries adopt stricter frameworks~~tence of states; oppose any project in this field aimed at introducing a qualified majority decision mechanism, and to maintain, in any case, the principle of unanimity voting;

2021/09/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas in 2018, Christians were harassed in 145 countries, Muslims in 139, Jews in 88, Buddhists in 24, Hindus in 19 countries and non-believers in 18 countries12 ; whereas, according to a report by the Open Doors association, in terms of numbers Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world, with more than 340 million believers being persecuted and discriminated against; __________________ 12According to data collected by the Pew Research Center (10 November 2020).

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Is deeply concerned about the rise over the last decade of violence against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon, which is intensifying and affecting more and more countries; notes that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians ~~(including Copts)~~, particularly Eastern Christians, Jews, Muslims ~~(including~~, particularly Ahmadis and Alevis), as well as Shia minorities in some countries on the Arabian Peninsula, Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrians, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Strongly deplores that millions of Christians have been uprooted from their homes, and that many have been killed, kidnapped, imprisoned, discriminated against and have had restrictions placed on their freedom of worship; notes that forms of persecution also exist in all aspects of social life, including in employment and education; condemns the Islamic law concepts involving the forced conversion of Christians, the persecution of Christians and the degrading status of ‘dhimmis’, according to which Christians are second-class citizens;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes with particular concern that the Middle East and North Africa present the highest regional levels of anti-Semitic attitudes, and that Holocaust denial is prevalent among certain segments in society and even at state level, such as in Iran; condemns the Algerian Government’s systematic persecution of and discrimination against Christians, especially those who have converted to Christianity;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly condemns terror attacks on places of worship, including the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka in 2019, when nine suicide bombers from Islamist jihadist groups carried out a series of attacks, including on three churches;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes with particular concern the rise of terrorist groups and Islamist militias in several parts of Africa, including in the Sahel, Nigeria and Mozambique, and of terrorist violence against religious minorities;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 Lukashenko in Belarus, is waging a war against the people of Russia Russian people are sovereign and whereas, in keeping with the democratic framework it has enjoyed since 1991, its choices must be respected and protected from foreign interference;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) the E~~U, together with NATO and international partners, should deter Russia and keep stability in the EaP region by pressing~~uropean Union, while respecting the interests of nation states, should break free from NATO’s tutelage in order to pursue a policy of dialogue with Russia n, both to i~~nterfere in the region and to return the occupied territories in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood~~ts benefit and to that of the members of the Eastern Partnership, who should not be instrumentalised by those harking back nostalgically to the Cold War;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the EU should be ready to call for the exclusion of Russia from the SWIFT payment system if the Russian authorities continue their aggressive threats and military action against EU Member States and EaP neighbouring countriesconsiders that the repetition of threats, sanctions and provocations against Russia has not produced any beneficial effects either for the Member States or for the members of the Eastern Partnership;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c

(c) the EU must ~~have a clear goal and plan~~represent the interests of the Member States oin ~~how to cut its dependency on Russian gas and oil, at least whil~~their search for energy independence and diversification of their sources of supply without facing threats or blackmail such as those Pre~~sident Put~~cently formulated by the US admin is ~~in power~~tration against participants in the Nord Stream 2 project;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;deleted

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 sanctions mechanism (EU Magnitsky Act) to address cases of corrupmust respect Russian sovereignty, without artificially financing or constructing oppositions or political figures whose importance in Russia is inversely proportional to their audience within the EU institutions;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2042(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point m

(m) the EU must ~~be prepared not to recognise the parliament of Russia and to ask for Russia’s suspe~~undertake to respect democratic choices and base its actionsi on ~~from international organisations with parliamentary assemblies if the 2021 parliamentary elections in Russia are recognised as fraudulent~~objective, reasonable and substantiated elements when commenting on the conduct of elections;

2021/06/02
Committee: AFET

2021/2041(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~China’s continued military belligerence against Taiwan poses a grave threat to the status quo between Taiwan and China, as well as to the peace~~relations between the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan must be conducted in a peaceful manner, with mutual respect for the sovereignty and s~~tabil~~ecurity of ~~the Indo-Pacific region~~both states;

2021/06/03
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the adoption of the new proposal of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for an EU-US agenda for global change in December 2020 as a blueprConsiders that the US cannot claim to govern the world, as Joe Biden has stated on many occasions; maintains that, in a world that mainly revolves around multilateralism, the Biden Administration’s restated ambition to once again impose its interests can only be a destabilising factor; considers that the European countries can achieve true strategic autonomy only by disengagintg f~~or a renewed transatlantic partnership~~rom the structural relationship between the EU and US;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Underlines the need to establish stronger structures for legislative cooperation and an inclusive transatlantic dialogue based~~ Considers that, rather than pursuing any supposed legislative and normative cooperation bowith legislative branches, such as a transatlantic legislators assembly; encourages the US Congress to enhance the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue by authorising it as a United States-European Union Interparliamentary Groupthe US, the EU Member States should categorically reject the attacks perpetrated by the US against many European businesses based on the extraterritoriality of its law;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Finds it necessary to work together with the US on strengthening the multilateral trading system and reforming the World Trade Organization~~Considers that any relaunch of the Transatlantic Treaty should be rejected, and welcomes the decision made by the Trump administration to halt the process;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages the US to move towards the abolition of the death penalty, the reform of the criminal justice system, including through addressing systemic racism, and the end of all discrimination against LGBTQI persons; urges dialogue and exchange of best practices between the EU and US on promoting racial and gender equalityStates that the death penalty, as with any standard in matters of criminal law, should remain at the discretion of the Member States; rejects any import into Europe of US political and social movements, notably encouraged by the Biden Administration, which are based on communitarianism and racialism, and which tend to structure society along racial, ethnic or behavioural lines;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the common need to defend global democracy against rising authoritarianism, also within the transatlantic community, by, inter alia, fostering inclusive social and economic policies that address the root causes of inequalities and fighting extreme nationalist views that provide a fertile ground for far-right movements to thrive, the principle of freedom of opinion, and political and institutional sovereignty for Member States;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls for close cooperation to jointly address the range of threats emanating from the Russian Federation, such as the continued destabilisation of Ukraine and Georgia, interferences in democratic processes in the EU and the US, hybrid threStresses that the EU Member States have no intention of maintaining a permanent state of hostility with Russia, in the interests of the United States a~~nd disinformation campaigns, while at the same pursuing selective cooperation in~~lone; calls for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to become the apre~~as of shared tr~~ferred structure for the collective organisat~~lantic interest, notably in the area of arms contr~~ion of security for the European continent as a whole;

2021/05/31
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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~~that the situation in Xinjiang is still a matter of concern; calls on China to respect the identity of Uyghur populations and to improve the situation of the populations in Xinjiang; states, furthermore, that China has a right to defend itself against Islamist terrorism, which is recruiting particularly dangerous individuals in the region;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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 17+1 policies, its investment strategy and their implications for the Union’s strategic autonomy and the liberal order; states, however, that each Member State is free to conclude agreements under the ‘new silk roads’ programme, in accordance with the fundamental principles of the strategic autonomy of states;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a

(a) ~~preserving the EU’s unity~~not encroaching upon the Member States’ foreign policy prerogatives, which must be able to have their own, fully autonomous diplomacy with regard to China;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c

(c) ~~strengthening the EU’s unique brand of responsible global leadership~~respecting the Member States’ foreign policy and defence prerogatives, and not attempting to impose a qualified majority within the Council for external policy decisions;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2037(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers it necessary for the EU to promote a balanced and prosperous transatlantic relationship with the Biden Administration, in order to maintain and demonstrate the united strength of global liberal democracies in multilateral organisationsthat the Member States of the European Union should not allow themselves to be systematically drawn into the sphere of the exclusive interests of the USA, which now sees itself as China’s main rival;

2021/05/27
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Anna BONFRISCO, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

a) consolidate the progress in the Strategic Partnership achieved since last year’s Summit and make tangible advances on priority issues, notably resilient global health, climate change and green growth, technology, connectivity, trade and investment, and foreign, security and defence policy; view India, in the light of its commitments and the common threats it faces, as a privileged partner of European countries in the fight against Islamist terrorism;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)

f c) Propose enhanced cooperation at the level of urban development networks and chambers of commerce;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g c (new)

g c) examine the possibilities of India's participation concerning state-of-the-art technology projects of the Permanent Structured Cooperation;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

h) emphasise the need for closer thematic coordination of international security policies and for action in areas such as nuclear security and the non- proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological weapons, the promotion of regional conflict prevention and peacebuilding, counter-piracy, maritime security, countering violent extremism, as well as cybersecurity, hybrid threats and outer space; condemn the attitude of countries such as Pakistan, which are known to support radical Islam;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o

o) take note of India’s security concerns as regards the expansive policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC); support the resolution of disputes and the upholding of international law on the India-PRC border; support the Indian Government's actions in Kashmir, where its armed forces and representatives are regularly targeted by Islamist terrorism from Pakistan;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point s

s) ~~encourage~~recognise the progress and the will of India, as a member of UN Human Rights Council, ~~to accept and~~cooperate bilaterally in order to facilitate the visits of UN special rapporteurs for the monitoring of developments in civic space and fundamental rights and freedoms, as part of its pledge to foster the genuine participation and effective involvement of civil society in the promotion of human rights;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2023(INI)

Emmanouil FRAGKOS, Anna BONFRISCO, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Marco ZANNI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point af

af) call for a deeper partnership in education, research and cultural exchange declaring 2022 as a year of EU-Indian friendship; call on the EU Member States and India to invest especially in young people’s capacities and leadership and to ensure their meaningful inclusion in political and economic life;

2021/03/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to counter any forms of discrimination based on ~~gender~~sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ~~gender identity,~~ class, religion, disability or age, as part of EU external action;

2021/06/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2003(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Expects specific and measurable baselines and targets to be added to the joint staff working document on the objectives and indicators to frame the implementation of the GAP III (SWD(2020)0284), as well as road maps and timelines for all objectives~~, and sanctions in case of non-fulfilment~~.

2021/06/22
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

— having regard to the study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled "Illicit Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition to, from and across the European Union",

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas rampant corruption and organised crime remain a serious concern across the Western Balkan region and pose a serious threat also to the Member States of the EU;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas, according to the report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and several Europol reports, the Western Balkans remain one of the most important supply regions for illicit arms trafficking into the EU; whereas the number of unreported cases of illicit firearms in the Western Balkans is enormous, which means that the threat of Islamist attacks, such as those in Paris in 2015, is still present; whereas the illicit arms trade poses a serious threat to the security of the Member States of the EU;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the threat posed by criminals originating from the Western Balkans ~~has been used as an argument against EU accession in some countries~~constitutes a serious obstacle to their EU accession;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that organised crime and corruption first and foremost hurt the citizens of the Western Balkan countries, ~~as they undermine their right to safety and social cohesion as well as their trust~~ but also the populations of the current Member States, not least because the rationale behind the ~~democratic system, create obstacles to democratic reforms and hamper the accession proces~~Schengen system is effectively facilitating the spread of mafia activity from the Western Balkan countries to all EU Member States;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that ~~depriving~~encouraging EU accession for countries of the Western Balkans ~~of a European perspective is worsening rather than improving the situation as regards organised crime, and underlines that only by fostering the EU integration process can it be improved~~would have serious implications in terms of mafia activity throughout the Union;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the lack of employment opportunities, corruption, elements of state capture, and inequality ~~and the slow process of EU accession~~ are among the factors that make Western Balkans societies vulnerable to organised crime, and urges both the authorities of the Western Balkan countries and their international partners, including the EU, to intensify their efforts in addressing these challenges;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI, Jaak MADISON, Maximilian KRAH, Harald VILIMSKY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the lack of employment opportunities, corruption, elements of state capture, inequality and the slow process of EU accession are among the factors that make Western Balkans societies vulnerable to organised crime, and urges both the authorities of the Western Balkan countries and their international partners, including the EU, to intensify their efforts in addressing these challenges; condemns the actions of so-called humanitarian organisations, such as those funded by George Soros, which are actually complicit in criminal trafficking;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the Western Balkan countries serve as a transit corridor for ~~migrants and refugee~~illegal migrants and that the large population movements in recent years have posed an enormous challenge to the region in fighting the smuggling of illegal migrants; calls for greater exchange of information and enhanced coordination between countries of the Western Balkans, and encourages the EU and its Member States to provide more assistance in addressing these issues through~~, inter alia, the Joint Operational Office and the Operational Platform – Eastern Mediterranean Route~~; calls, in the light of a new migration wave from Afghanistan to Europe, for efficient EU external border protection, especially at the borders with the Western Balkan states, and for the right of the Member States to secure their own borders;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/2002(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Maximilian KRAH, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the Western Balkan countries’ commitment to combating illicit firearms trafficking, in particular the adoption of a regional roadmap at the EU- Western Balkans Summit in London, which aims to tackle the illicit possession, use, manufacturing and trafficking of firearms; notes, however, that according to the latest report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as in several Europol reports, the Western Balkans remain one of the main supply regions for illicit arms trafficking to the EU; stresses that this continuing threat endangers the security of EU Member States and further exposes them to a terrorist threat, in particular from Islamists;

2021/09/08
Committee: AFET

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes that the maj~~Deplores the exorbit~~y of external action~~ant and unprecedented level of spending is concentrated under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe (NDICI-Global Europe), andmounting to EUR 89.4 billion for the years 2021-2027, as well as the sums devoted at the same time to the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III) ~~and insists on supporting agreed priorities under those external financing instruments, including those decided during the NDICI-Global Europe high level geopolitical dialogu~~, totalling EUR 14.2 billion; considers such instruments to constitute a challenge to the independence of the Member States in terms of external policy; calls for a halt to all new accession procedures as a matter of principle;

2021/09/02
Committee: AFET

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Emphasises the need to increase funding for~~Considers that the amounts allocated to the Western Balkan countries aund er the ~~countries of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood to support reforms and recovery from the COVID-19 crisi~~MFF 2021-2027, amounting to EUR 9 billion, are particularly high and have done nothing to dissuade the recipient countries from stepping up their relations with external powers;

2021/09/02
Committee: AFET

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes stronger~~Condemns the particularly large amounts to be earmarked for Turkey under the MFF 2021-2027, amounting to EUR 5 billion; condemns the vague and changing nature of the conditionality ~~rela~~criteria; noteds t~~o democracy, human rights and rule of law under the modernised IPA III; calls on dedicated budget lines for~~hat Turkey, in stepping up its acts of aggression and provocation against a number of Member States of the European Union, is failing to respect the said criteria in any way; calls for a halt to the process of Turkish accession, along with an end to all payments to Turkey, under both IPA III~~, which should support Turkish civil society~~ and the 2016 agreement on migrants;

2021/09/02
Committee: AFET

2021/0227(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights the importance of building a strong common security and defence policy) and enhancing cooperation in defence and security matters through the European Defence Fund, a key contributor to the Union’s strategic autonomyStresses that a genuine European security and defence cooperation policy can only result from cross-border cooperation projects and warns against any plans to impose qualified majority voting in this area;

2021/09/02
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that the degradation of ecosystems and the stress on them caused by climate change is leading to the extinction of species and the loss of biodiversity at unprecedented rates and is threatening the human rights of current and future generations, such as the rights to life, health, food, water and sanitation, as well as the rights of the most vulnerable people, including women and children, the rights of indigenous peoples and the rights of rural and natural-resource-dependent communities; also emphasises that the degradation of and stress on ecosystems is undermining progress towards the achievement of most of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the objectives of ending poverty and hunger, achieving food security and ensuring healthy lives; is opposed to the creation of the concept of ‘climate refugees’ as an additional pretext to justify large-scale, illegal immigration;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to mainstream biodiversity as a human right in EU external action and promote ambitious biodiversity-related policies in international fora, in accordance with the ~~European Green Deal and the~~ new EU Biodiversity Strategy; also calls on the Commission to deal with cooperation issues related to the conservation of biodiversity and respect for international environmental and human rights obligations in a common and consistent way, in particular through EU international comprehensive and sectoral agreements and political dialogues with partner countries; urges the Commission, in this regard, to make the most of human rights and sustainable development impact assessments and related recommendations; also calls on the Commission to draw up guidelines on the human right to a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment; underlines that the European Union’s trade policy, which aims to multiply mega agreements whilst minimising all possible limits, constitutes a large-scale attack on the environment and does not contribute to the aim of achieving zero-carbon economies;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2273(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the representatives of the EU and the Member States who will participate in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) in May 2021 in Kunming, China, to advocate for biodiversity and ensure that global action on biodiversity and related objectives are linked to respect for the rights to life, health, food and water, as well as the human rights of women and children; strongly supports, in this regard, the integration of human rights in the COP 15 post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and calls for the establishment of nature conservation objectives at global and national level, building on the right to a clean, healthy, safe and sustainable environment; stresses that encouraging large-scale, illegal immigration represents a major obstacle to safeguarding the environment, sustainable development and resource-monitoring;

2021/02/05
Committee: AFET

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)

— having regard to the significant progress on animal welfare made by all of the sectors involved in this report in recent decades,

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)

— having regard to the fact that the EU regulations and standards on animal welfare are the highest in the world, thanks to the efforts of our breeders, transporters and civil society,

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Committee of Inquiry started work on 23 September 2020, setting out the methodology for its work consisting of public hearings, consultations of experts, requests for data, evidence and research, which have not yet been concluded at the time of writing this report;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas a number of justifiable reasons exist for the movement of live animals, including marketing, fattening, slaughter, rearing and breeding;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas every year millions of animals are transported over long distances within and between Member States and from and to third countries;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the disappearance of local slaughterhouses prevents farmers from selling meat directly within their territory and this is one of the reasons for longer journey times; whereas this is a challenge that the Union and the Member States must tackle;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Harald VILIMSKY, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas slaughtering animals as close as possible to where they are reared allows farmers to promote their own agricultural products and is likely to ensure greater animal welfare;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Harald VILIMSKY, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas imports of animals into the EU often lead to unfair practices against our breeders as a result of insufficient animal welfare rules;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas EU rules and standards on animal welfare are the highest in the world, thanks to the significant progress made and the efforts of our breeders, transporters and civil society;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)

Kc. whereas it is important to support our livestock sectors, preventing loss of market share;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that ~~transport is~~, if it does not comply with the conditions laid down in the regulations and the provisions adopted by the Member States, transport can be stressful for animals and can have a potential impact on their health and welfare;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that in the Council conclusions of 16 December 2019 on animal welfare, all Member States recognised the challenges that long- distance transport implies for animal welfare, the shortcomings and inconsistencies in enforcing the rules and the need for better rule enforcement, as well as the need to ~~review and~~ update the current legislation;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that the Commission, in its 2011 report on the impact of Regulation (EC) No 1/2005, identified the enforcement of the regulation as a major challenge, partly because of differences in the ~~interpreta~~transposition of the requirements and partly because of the lack of controls by the Member States;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 ~~does not fully~~should be updated, takeing into account the research and testing activities carried out on transport based on the different transport needs of animals, according to species, age, size and physical condition, or specific feeding and watering requirements;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Concludes that ~~many~~some of the problems in animal transport originate from unclear requirements ~~and the lack of clear definitions in the current regulation~~, leaving room for ~~unev~~different application of the rules and for increased risks for animals, and for unfair competition among operators in the sector, leaving companies which abide by the rules facing unfair competition from those which do not;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls attention to the numerous reports and ~~information from citizens, NGOs and~~ audit reports on animal welfare problems during transport and non- compliance with the regulation, in particular concerning ~~long journeys and~~ transport from and to third countries, in some cases compromising the European Union’s obligation to ensure the protection of animal welfare during transport;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes good note of the information ~~provided by NGOs~~ regarding the complaints lodged with the Commission on the alleged failure to comply with Regulation (EC) No 1/2005; takes note of their conclusions of s~~ystematic~~ome breaches of the regulation;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Acknowledges the letters sent by the Commission, in the framework of the Farm to Fork strategy, asking Member States to ensure ~~immediate and~~ full compliance with EU requirements, including on animal welfare during transport, and expressing its determination to take legal action in the event of systematic non-compliance; notes that no infringements proceedings have been opened by the Commission against any Member State;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Points out that the space allowances as defined in the regulation create room for different interpretations by the competent authorities and transporters, in particular when adaptations are needed to take account of meteorological conditions and journey timesmeans of transport must comply with the regulation with regard to space allowances and ventilation conditions, which must be sufficient to ensure the welfare of the animals during transport; stresses that overcrowding is particularly harmful for animals when combined with inadequate ventilation;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Recognises that ~~unclear requirements for headroom often lead to situations where animals are not able to stand in their natural position, undermin~~it is in the absolute interest of sellers, transporters and buyers to ensure that all animal welfare requirements are met during transport, including the ~~objective of protecting animals during transport~~adroom and correct loading and unloading procedures, to ensure that animals arrive at their destination in the best possible condition;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Takes note of ~~several~~ reports of incorrect handling by some operators during animal loading and unloading, causing unnecessary stress and suffering; stresses that proper animal handling results in shorter loading and unloading times, reduced weight loss, fewer injuries and wounds and, ultimately, better meat quality;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Finds that i~~nadequate partitions in road vehicles constitute a common violation of the Animal Transport Regulation and have the potential to cause~~t is necessary to establish suitable funding and support for transport modernisation, with appropriate technology to load, transport and unload animals in complete safety, including for humans, without causing accidents and injuries to animals;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is very concerned about the ~~number of~~ reports of inappropriate vehicles being used to transport live animals, whether by land or by sea, and ~~recognises the major~~notes the differences between the Member States in ~~interpreting and~~ enforcing the regulation, as far as the approval of the means of transport is concerned;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out with concern that the inspection and certification procedures for livestock vessels are not harmonised and lack mandatory inspection criteria, which is aggravated by the fact that the results of these procedures are not communicated between Member States, leading to the real possibility of a vessel that has been rejected in one Member State being approved in another; notes that in some cases there is evidence that the authorities in some Member States have approved and/or permitted the use of vessels which do not comply with the EU rules on animal welfare;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Acknowledges the existence, in general, of well-developed national guidelines for the approval of livestock vehicles for road transport, but ~~regret~~notes that they are not always followed during the approval procedures;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Acknowledges that some road transport vehicles are not structurally appropriate and do not guarantee safety and comfort to the transported animals; notes that new and innovative solutions for watering and feeding systems, as well as solutions to better accommodate live animals during long journeys, are ~~still lack~~available and should be promoted and encouraged through appropriate EU funding;

2021/07/15
Committee: ANIT

2020/2269(INI)

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Rosanna CONTE, Annika BRUNA, Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is worried about the decision of the US to withdraw funding from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the general tendency of its President to withdraw the US from the multilateral organisations that were created to establish a rules-based world order;deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Chinese regime to fully cooperate with an independent investigation into the origins of COVID- 19, and calls on the Member States to present a united front towards a rising China, which is leading a crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and has threatened to annex Taiwan; ~~calls on the Member States to advocate Taiwan’s membership of the WHO;~~

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

~~14. Expresses concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity by the intensification of disinformation campaigns;~~deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Exp~~Stresses ~~concern over the structural attempts of the Russian Federation to undermine EU unity by the intensification of disinformation campaigns~~that Russia is an important partner in the fight against the COVID 19 crisis; demands, in view of a possible economic and health crisis and in order to calm the geopolitical tensions between Russia and the EU, that further sanctions to be avoided;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

~~A more assertive EU foreign policy to defend Europe’s interests, its values and the multilateral world order~~The foreign policy decisions of the Member States in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and a shift of competences at national level

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the multilateral rules- based world order is vital for global peace, the rule of law and democracy; ~~believes that a geopolitical EU must play a firmer role in defending it and seek ways to de- escalate tensions between powers;~~

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that only ~~a more united EU~~sovereign Member States, backed up by sufficient and credible military capacities, will be able to conduct a strong foreign policy~~, and believes that the VP/HR should receive a stronger mandate in speaking on behalf of the EU~~;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Believes~~is convinced 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 proactiv~~irreparably weaken the sovereignty of Member States and would have as well far-reaching consequences for the external action of Member States; stresses that unanimity on foreign policy issues must have remained in place;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Believ~~States 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~~should remain mandatory for any decision concerning foreign policy;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Underlines the important role of ~~the~~Member States' armed forces during the COVID- 19 pandemic and believes that ~~a more in- depth~~ joint operations and effective coordination of mMember sStates’' 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~~help ensure that the EU’ is prepared~~ness~~ 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 futurestresses that Member States' armed forces should take into account the wider geopolitical implications of COVID-19; is convinced that Member 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 cuts' defence spending must not be reduced in the face of a potentially deteriorating international security environment as a result of COVID-19;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Anna BONFRISCO, Marco ZANNI, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
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 cut;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Needs for a complete refocus of the priorities for the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF), taking into account the socio-economic impact of the pandemic in the medium to long term; calls for the budget envisaged for ‘climate mainstreaming’ to instead be mobilised for COVID-19-related measures;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls for the expansion and modernisation of EU communication strategies so that EU action is sufficiently visible both within and beyond the EU; urges the European External Action Service (EEAS) to further strengthen its capacities to counter disinformation, including the creation of a dedicated far- East StratCom Task Force focused on the disinformation emanating from China, and imposing costs on countries that deliberately spread disinformation to divide and harm the EU and its Member States;deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that its biggest global consumer market of almost 500 million people gives the EU Member States leverage on the world stage, and believes th~~at a geopolitical Commission should use this leverage when other countries are not prepared to comply with the rule of law or international treaties~~is leverage should be utilised in trade negotiations; urges the EU and its Member States to make aid granted to developing countries conditional upon agreements on the effective readmission of all illegal immigrants present in the EU eligible for return;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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; emphasises the fact that relocating the production of most medicines to within the Member States must be a top priority;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Jaak MADISON, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Thierry MARIANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Recalls its request for a strong global sanctions regime to address serious human rights violations, which would be the EU equivalent of the so-called Magnitsky Act;~~deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Recalls its request for a strong global sanctions regime to address serious human rights violations, which would be the EU equivalent of the so-called Magnitsky Act;~~deleted

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Harald VILIMSKY, Lars Patrick BERG, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Jaak MADISON, Thierry MARIANI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Underlines the strategic importance of EU engagement and support in its neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; stresses that the EU must give Western Balk~~calls for a rigorous monitoring and countr~~ies that are not yet part~~ol of ~~the~~how EU a ~~fair chance to join the EU, and that the EU must continue its efforts to invest in the region~~id is used by countries that receive it;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2111(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Underlines the strategic importance of EU engagement and support in its neighbourhood, both in the East and in the South; stresses that the EU must give Western Balkan countries that are not yet part of the EU a fair chance to join the EU, and that the EU must continue its efforts to invest in the regionCOVID-19 pandemic does not provide the excuse for the EU to expand still further, and under no circumstances should the EU admit new members; stresses that Turkey has taken advantage of the pandemic situation to continue its destabilising policies in the Eastern Mediterranean and all accession talks should be discontinued on a permanent basis;

2020/10/01
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the three-fold level of ambition under the EU Global Strategy in the field of security and defence covers securing external borders, countering hybrid threats and fighting against terrorism; whereas no Member State can protect itself alone, since security and defence threats faced by the EU, and which are targeted against its citizens and territory, are a joint threat and cannot be addressed by one single Member State on its own; whereas an effective EU system for addressing burden-sharing would be advantageous for the EU’s overall level of security and defencecloser cooperation between Member States which safeguards their individual sovereignty could prove more effective against the challenges posed by common threats;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas PESCO~~’s long-term vis~~, in its current configuration, is to ~~achieve a coherent full-spectrum force package available to the Member States; whereas PESCO should enhance the EU’s capacity to act as an international security provider in order to~~o rigid a framework to foster cooperation between States; whereas the fact that it makes planning bilateral cooperation protject ~~EU citizens and maximise the effectiveness of defence spending; whereas the cost of non-Europe~~s impossible is at odds with the experience of and successes achieved by the Member States in this area; whereas int se~~curity and defence is estimated to be more than EUR 100 billion per year~~ems particularly arbitrary, not to say absurd, to set the hypothetical ‘cost of non-Europe in this area’ at such a level;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the consequences of the EU not having enough competence when it comes to health care; whereas, by the same analogy, it would make sense to establish an EU common defence strategy in order to be able to respond to an attack on the EU’s borders and territories; whereas PESCO constitutes an important step towards achieving the objective of a common defence’s ineffectiveness in its current form;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas PESCO creates a binding framework between the pMS, which committed themselves to jointly investing, planning, developing and operating defence capabilities within Union framework in a permanent and structured manner by subscribing to 20 binding commitments in five areas set by the TEU; whereas these commitments should constitute a move from mere defence cooperation towards the integration of Member States’ defence forces; whereas despite these binding commitments, no effective compliance mechanism for PESCO is in placein reality, many Member States refuse to respect this framework;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the pMS do not pay enough attention to the 20 binding commitments to which they have subscribed, and not enough progress has been achieved with regard to significantly embedding PESCO into national defence planning processes;deleted

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas major European defence projects such as the Future Air Combat System (FCAS) and the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) currently remain outside the scope of PESCO; whereas their integration within the remit of PESCO ~~would provide for sufficient strategic focu~~is not a requirement and does not guarantee greater effectiveness;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

~~Q. whereas the consistency between PESCO, CARD, national implementation plans (NIPs) and the CDP has to be further improv~~deleted;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital R

R. whereas the NATO Defence Planning Process (NDPP) drives defence national planning processes in most cases; whereas this raises questions about the real diplomatic and military sovereignty of the EU Member States and, by extension, of the EU itself;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

S. whereas interactions between Member States’ national priorities, EU priorities and NATO priorities should be synchronised at the earliest possible convenience; whereas PESCO can be an effective tool in order to achieve EU and NATO targets simultaneouslyt makes no sense to claim that Europe has strategic autonomy while making it dependent as a matter of principle on NATO;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)

Sa. whereas the fact that Turkey, a NATO member country, committed an act of military aggression against an EU Member State, France, confirms that NATO is brain dead;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Y

Y. whereas the governance of PESCO is led by pMS, a~~nd therefore eventually leads to the insufficient coordination and overall~~s a legitimate cons~~ist~~equencye of the ~~projects; whereas this should constitute grounds for the extension of the mandate of the PESCO secretariat~~ir respective military investments;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA

AA. whereas Pthe national parliaments should~~, jointly with the Council, exercise legislati~~ be systematically involved and ~~budgetary functions, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties~~should approve all programmes set up under PESCO;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB a (new)

ABa. whereas the enlargement of the European Union has weakened its unity and therefore diminished Member States’ capacity to defend their strategic autonomy;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital AB b (new)

ABb. whereas the EU Member States’ lack of solidarity with France in the fight against Islamism in the Sahel deprives rhetoric on the need for convergence of their defence policies of all credibility;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) ~~encourage the pMS to switch from a strictly national focu~~preserve States’ sovereignty in matters onf defence to a European one and to undertake structured efforts to increase the use of European collaborative approach as a priority, as no individual pMS alone has the potential to address identified capacity shortfalls, and ensure that on no account, particularly through the extension of qualified majority voting, is a ‘European’ approach taken in the form of exclusive competence in this area;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f

(f) ensure that PESCO is effectively used as an instrument to ~~reach EU defence integration as a common goal, in line with the ambition for greater EU Strategic Autonomy~~improve Member States’ security and strategic independence;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) ensure that PESCO is treated as a Union institutions sui generis, as is the case with the European External Action Service (EEAS), which would require amending the Financial Regulation8 in order to include PESCO, with a specific section in the Union budget; recognise that Parliament, jointly with the Council, exercises legislative and budgetary functions, as well as functions of political control and consultation as laid down in the Treaties; _________________ 8 OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.deleted

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k

(k) ensure that future key land, sea, air and other platforms for the armed forces of the Member States are ~~brought under PESCO or are at least closely connected to it~~explicitly under the sovereignty of those States;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) consider giving CDP a ~~more~~ n optional, non-binding character;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point r

(r) clarify the role of the Political and Security Committee in the PESCO process, which is not provided for by the TEU, and ensure, in this context, the central role played by the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) in the provision of ad hoc military advice to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t

(t) establish an EU Council on Defence based on the existing EDA ministerial Steering Board and the PESCO format of EU Defence Ministers, in order to guarantee the prioritisation of resources, and the effective cooperation and integration among the Member Statesnot accept any decision-making authority on defence that does proceed from the Council; require all decisions on defence to be made unanimously;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2080(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w

(w) clarify the rules governing third- party participation in PESCO, taking into consideration the ~~importance of EU decision-making autonomy and full reciprocity, with a case-by-case approach considered to be most beneficial for the EU~~unanimous agreement of Member States as to the inclusion of any cooperation programme in PESCO;

2020/07/08
Committee: AFET

2020/2076(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

- having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of 4 March 2020 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law) (COM(2020)0080),deleted

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16

~~- having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal (2019/2956(RSP))3 , _________________ 3 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0005.~~deleted

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20

~~- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on the European Green Deal (COM(2019)0640),~~deleted

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the ~~Union requires~~EU industrial sector has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic and needs immediate and substantial support for its recovery; whereas the Union and Member States require a new industrial strategy that make~~s its~~ their industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainable where there is the potential to achieve this goal without compromising their economic sustainability and competitiveness; whereas such a strategy should cover ~~the~~a rational and pragmatic transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings ~~and~~, renewable energy technologies and continued investment in existing low-carbon technologies;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas non-EU competitors often take advantage of less stringent climate and environmental regulations, thus hindering further EU competitiveness and being primarily responsible for the global carbon emissions increase;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the ~~correct~~smooth functioning of the ~~single market~~European economies, give a new boost to national economies, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, social rights and welfare, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas the global health crisis has shown the need to strengthen the self- reliance of States and the European Union in essential and strategic sectors; whereas in this context any future- looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and by supporting enterprises on a sustainable basis to ensure jobs and the transition to a more resilient European economy;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas reindustrialisation and relocation within the Union and the Member States should be the priority of the new European industrial strategy; whereas the relocation policies should be based on essential and strategic sectors that will guarantee the sovereignty of Europe, the Member States and European citizens, in particular against financial, social, health and environmental crises;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure and weaker human resources, leading to sluggish growth in the long term;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the European Defence and Aerospace industry and its supply chain has already proven to be a strategic asset for the whole European Union and an added value for the European industrial integration, research & development, technology & innovation, growth, occupation and competition;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Is of the opinion that digital ~~and environmental~~ transitions 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~~would include economic support and accompanying measures for recovery and conversion of the different industrial sectors, in particular through SMEs, and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU should gradually strive for environmental sustainability without compromising competitiveness and socio-economic welfare and without discriminating against any form of technology that can contribute to make the transition process economically sustainable;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. 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~~the unreasonable pressure coming from 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~~gradual, fair, socially just, and ensure a level playing field, 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 people;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Encourages the Member States and their national employment services to carry out, in the context of this initiative for vocational retraining and reshoring of industrial sectors, an assessment of the skills already acquired by workers in traditional industries and therefore immediately available to companies relocating to Europe;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
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 strengthening existing industries and the second aimed at re~~construc~~location and transformation; 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 as a priorit~~ies~~y throughout;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the sin~~gle~~ternal market;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms and weaken their economies; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate industrial production in essential and strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme through the increase of custom duties on products considered essential in order to favour European production as well as the promotion of other possible means other than traditional instruments to support industry;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider the creation of a cooperative ecosystem among Member States that allows to give priority to national and European companies which keep their headquarters, their production and employment within the Union in the framework of public contracts;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its market and enterprises in strategic sectors and block takeovers and ~~FDI that coul~~foreign direct and indirect investments to preserve European jobs and know-how within each specific territory and avoid further increase of its dependency on foreign powers;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b

b. will be managed ~~directly~~, when possible, by the Commission ~~through European programmes~~and allocated as a priority on the basis of local and national projects and applications, meeting the criteria for allocation provided by the Fund in order to avoid further distortion of the sin~~gle~~ternal market;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c

c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors, including micro-enterprises and SMEs, according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e

e. gives preference to companies ~~and SMEs that focus their business plans~~, micro-enterprises and SMEs that are most in need onf di~~gital and environmental transformation~~rect financial support following the economic setback caused by the pandemic;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the need to support a sustainable and fair recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis in order to enhance growth in the EU by increasing investment in ~~the digital and green transition~~all sectors of the economy, including essential and strategic sectors; asks the Commission to support an ~~ambitious~~effective 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~~integrated in the own resource decision; 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~~transition, restore the economic global competitiveness of EU and rebuild a strong and stable labour market;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Urges the Commission to plan for a more inclusive renovation of European industry, to avoid any discrimination of traditional productive sectors as well as any exclusion of those industrial sectors that could disappear in absence of a real strategy; stresses the diversity of the existing European industrial network: insists, in this regard, that the Commission secures the dynamism of these industries which support the economy of the Member States and the European regions;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs, as well as costs in terms of job losses, before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures; calls on the Commission to ~~propose commensurate support to the affected sector~~withdraw any new proposals whenever a negative impact ~~cannot be~~ seems unavoidabled;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Considers that once the emergency phase is over, the Union should embark on a second phase of its industrial strategy: ensuring the competitiveness, resilience and sustainability of ~~its industries~~all sectors of its economy in the long term;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; ~~considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation;~~ believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Recalls that the Defence and Aerospace industry in Europe is a truly specific industrial sector that needs therefore specific policies due to its unique nature; in line with the European Treaties, considers that implementing special measures or policies for the European Defence and Aerospace industry should not undermine the national prerogatives of Member States regarding security and defence;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboard of ~~climate~~ targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; ~~considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard,~~ underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; ~~calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts;~~ calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protect EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition and the import of products and services with a strong environmental footprint;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the need to support a just transition, and believes that a well- designed Just Transition Mechanism, including a Just Transition Fund, would be an important tool to ~~facilitate the transition~~avoid job losses and pre~~ach ambitious climate targets while addressing social impact~~serve territorial economic competitiveness; stresses that robust financing of this instrument~~, including additional budgetary resources,~~ would be a key element for ~~the~~its successful implementation ~~of the European Green Deal~~;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to recover, by renewing it, the spirit of the Small Business Act, through initiatives aimed in particular at supporting micro and small-size enterprises, which provide for over 99% of the European production capacity; worries that "one size fits all" initiatives for SMEs do not favour either micro-enterprises or SMEs, while expanding many of such measures to mid- caps has further stressed this gap; stresses that support for micro-enterprises and SMEs must also come by boosting incremental innovation;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. The incentive to use tax credit systems must be matched by targeted measures aiming to overcome tax dumping, which is responsible for distorting effects within the internal market;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to promote ~~the~~a functional 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;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
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 virtuous 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 support~~models among the different actors engaged in research and commercialization activities by which public authorities, universities, micro-enterprises and SMEs gather to foster innovation; considers that ecosystems will be key elements of the next industrial revolution, providing eaffor~~ts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interest~~dable and cleaner energy sources;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2076(INI)

Paolo BORCHIA, Isabella TOVAGLIERI, Joëlle MÉLIN, Thierry MARIANI, Jérôme RIVIÈRE, Andrea CAROPPO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. In the light of a profoundly changed international economic context, calls on the Commission to review its antitrust rules and to continue to ensure that the enforcement of EU competition law is effective in keeping the Union globally competitive, seeking a balance between support for so-called ‘adapt the competition rules in order to guarantee the sovereignty and independence of the Member States and the Union, to support European ‘champions’ ~~and protection of the~~companies, to protect supply chain ~~from~~s against unfair competition~~, so as to compensate for the lack of a global level playing field given the higher levels of concentration, margins and inequality visible in the economy~~ and ultimately to strengthen the industrial presence within the territories;

2020/06/30
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas 60 % to 80 % of the active ingredients of medicinal products, i.e. the substance which gives the therapeutic effect, are manufactured outside Europe, mainly in China and India; whereas this proportion was 20 % 30 years ago;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the Commission has issued guidelines for an optimal and rational supply of medicines in order to avoid shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic; whereas, in these guidelines, the Commission recognises that no country is self-sufficient in either raw materials or Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (APIs), intermediate products or finished medicines needed for the proper functioning of the health system;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas, according to the Commission, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has justified and still justifies a significant increase in the production of both active ingredients and medicinal products in the EU, and whereas this situation requires a reorganisation of supply chains and production lines;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas the Commission has announced its intention to publish, by the end of 2020, recommendations for a future EU pharmaceutical strategy;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

A e. whereas, in her statements made during a meeting with the members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food safety (ENVI) committee, on April 22, Commissioner Stella Kyriakides highlighted the need to increase the production of medicines and the level of innovation within the UE;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)

A f. whereas, to date, no compulsory label or labelling - visible by patients/customers - is required for medicinal products and active ingredients concerning their origin and country of manufacture;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)

A g. whereas existing tax mechanisms and incentives can be implemented at European and Member States level for strategic industrial sectors;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)

A h. whereas there is a high level of control in force in the EU over the quality of drug production;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)

A i. whereas all small and medium- sized pharmaceutical laboratories constitute a wealth to be preserved and a breeding ground for research and discoveries to be supported, as they can participate in the prevention of drug shortages;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)

A j. whereas the relocation of production units for medicinal products is likely to be accompanied by an increase in the cost of manufacturing said products; whereas purchasers, in particular hospital pharmacies, are subject to budgetary restrictions which very often require them to consider only financial criteria and not quality or origin;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the stakeholders of the sector, to finally develop a shortage alert mechanism that will be both responsive and easily activated, so that in the future countries facing this problem can react and turn to other markets if necessary; insists that this mechanism be extended, as far as possible, to the entire supply chain, so that distributors can also trigger the alert;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission to reflect, together with stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry, on the volumes of stock of medicines available; recalls in this respect that the quotas of stock volumes put in place by distributors are often tight and cause slowdowns and shortages, and that at all levels there is a lack of stock transparency;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Calls on the Commission to organise the revision of the European legislative framework through the future pharmaceutical strategy to enable the Member States to put transparency measures into practice;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Urges the Commission to enable the Member States to make every necessary effort to ensure that small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies continue or resume their research activities and help ensure the diversity of our production and the maintenance of the jobs that go with it;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Considers that the relocation of the activities of the European pharmaceutical industries, on the one hand, and their willingness to continue to invest in their European units on the other, will depend in part on our ability to develop advanced authentication and traceability technologies that will ensure the reliability of the entire chain of manufacture, packaging and distribution of their products; this could possibly be achieved by making more appropriate use of the data from the EMVS (European Medicines Verification System) directory to obtain complete serialisation of each box of medicines;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Invites the Commission, therefore, to introduce incentives for manufacturers or a system of labelling - visible and identifiable by patients/customers - concerning the origin and place of production of medicinal products and active ingredients;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Calls on the Commission to promote and include in the future pharmaceutical strategy for the EU the paradigm of sovereignty in the production of medicines and active ingredients; calls, in this regard, for a coordinated and concerted plan with the Member States to provide for the urgent relocation within the EU of production lines for all essential and strategic medicines and active ingredients;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Calls on the Commission to strengthen border controls on the conformity of imported medicinal products or active ingredients, particularly where such imports drive down internal market prices, distort competition, and lead to the relocation of production lines outside the EU;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out stress tests on the availability and production capacity of medicines and active ingredients in order to protect against future pandemic health crises;

2020/05/19
Committee: ITRE

2020/2071(INI)