10 Amendments of Jérôme RIVIÈRE related to 2021/2002(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
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",
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
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;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
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;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
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 countriesconstitutes a serious obstacle to their EU accession;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
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 procesSchengen system is effectively facilitating the spread of mafia activity from the Western Balkan countries to all EU Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that deprivingencouraging 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 improvedwould have serious implications in terms of mafia activity throughout the Union;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
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;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the Western Balkan countries serve as a transit corridor for migrants and refugeeillegal 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;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
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;