Activities of Mario BORGHEZIO related to 2015/2003(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU-China relations (debate) IT
Amendments (12)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the main terrorist threats originate from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region; whereas the province of Xinjiang, which lies on the borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan, is viewed as a high-risk area, as it is home to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), and whereas, were ISIS to provide ETIM with support, the situation could become extremely dangerous; whereas large numbers of Turkish nationals involved in the trafficking of false passports used to gain access to ISIS-occupied areas have been arrested in the province;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas some 300 Chinese nationals have travelled through Malaysia to join up with ISIS forces, and whereas it is to be deplored that China has not yet designated ISIS as a terrorist organisation;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses, in connection with online sales that according to an OHIM-Europol study China is the country of origin of more than 73% of all goods seized;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
16b. Urges, in connection with trade-mark and industrial-design piracy, the use of the Enforcement Database (EDB) in support of authorities with responsibility for the identification of counterfeit products, with a view to safeguarding the intellectual property rights of businesses;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that the Chinese Mafia now has an international presence, in the form of the so-called Triads in Chinese communities in Europe, America and Australia, which oversee clandestine emigration from China by supplying forged documents or using ones belonging to Chinese nationals who have emigrated and whose deaths abroad have been concealed;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Highlights China’s strategy in the field of IT, which consists of setting up teams of experts not only to defend against cyberattacks, but also to carry these out;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Points to the presence in the United States of the Tongs, which take the form of legal organisations but which harbour criminal elements that run drug, prostitution and gambling rackets, and traffick adolescents and organs for transplantation;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Draws Beijing’s attention to the indispensable role of the US and the EU with regard to China’s modernisation goals, given its support for Putin against the West;
Amendment 397 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that a strong contradiction exists between the official Chinese aspiration to the universality of human rights and the worsening human rights situation; emphasises the Commission’s concern at the systematic arrest by Chinese security forces of several lawyers and human rights defenders and stresses that the Chinese authorities should abide by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and respect the rights of all citizens, which are enshrined in the Chinese Constitution itself;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Regrets that in Zhejiang, which has a Christian community that makes up 15% of the local population of 9 million people, many churches have been stripped of their crosses because the Chinese authorities claim that they breach planning rules and are even preparing a draft act under which crosses in Catholic and Protestant churches must be resized, covered up and in some cases not installed;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Protests against the marginalisation of Tibetan culture by the CPC and urges the Chinese authorities to respect the freedom of expression, association and religion of the Tibetan people; deplores the continuing repression of the Tibetan people and views this policy as clearly tending towards their cultural genocide;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the European Union to appoint an ad hoc special envoy for Tibet, with the aim of safeguarding the human rights of the Tibetan people;