10 Amendments of Patricia CHAGNON related to 2023/2122(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
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1. Emphasises the crucial role played by grassroots and communityof transparency and control played by the European Parliament over funds allocated to organiszations, trade unions, activist groups, human rights defenders and non- governmental organiszations (NGOs) in promoting and upholding democracy, equality, the rule of law and fundamental rights and in ensuring accountability for state and private actions;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses that civil society is a broader category than that of NGOs; notes that while NGOs are,NGOs must provide annual detailed assesement onf the onprovenance hand, a favoured institutional form of the neoliberal state and therefore rarely truly oppositional, on the other hand many resist instrumental use of all their funds; details of all mission to which European funds have been allocated shall mention any participating organisations and expose the excesses of state and private interests; stresses, therefore, that they must be protected, including through the provision of adequate funding, including foreign funding; notetheir contribution highlighting be able to give details of the missions to which European Union funds that it is short-sighve been allocated; tohe treat NGOs as a singular bloc with a singular policy outlookaceability of funds must be given without suffering significant delays between request and receipt;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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3. Remains deeply concerned by threats to and attacks on NGOs ine lack of transparency in the financing of NGOs; recalls that well-known NGOs have been financed by States to exert pressure against French nuclear power or to oppose policies pursued by democratically elected Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
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3. Remains deeply concerned by threats to and attacks on NGOs in Member Statee lack of transparency of European funds sent and more particularly those intended for Palestine and their final recipients;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls on the Member States and the EUparticularly the European Union to improve the legal environment for civil society by ensuring that any measure restricting the right of assthe transparency of funds allociations to seek, secure and use resources, including foreign resources, must pursue one of the legitimate aims under Article 11(2)ed to NGOs or any other organization claiming to be part of civil society, and to strengthen parliamentary controls ofn the European Convention on Human Rightallocation of these funds;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
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5. Recalls that transparency and accountability measures must only serve the purpose ofaim to ensuringe legitimate public scrutiny; stresses that reporting requirements for NGOs must remain strictly necessary and proportionate to the specific aims pursued; , and that to this end MEPs must be able to consult a database updated regularly, specifying the amounts and recipients, particularly regarding NGOs, of funds allocated by the European Union;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that transparency and accountability measures must only serve the purpose ofo ensuringe legitimate public scrutiny; stresses that reporting requirements forimposed on NGOs must remainbe strictly necessary and proportionate to the specific aims pursued enough to prevent foreign powers from interfering in the policies pursued by Member States;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that current EU instruments are likely insufficient for achieving proportionate transparency goals concerning funding and particularly NGO funding;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
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7. Warns emphatically against the weaponisation of the concept of ‘foreign interference’ and emphasises that this can be and is being used by governments to repress civil society and NGOthat the lack of transparency on funding enables misappropriation of funds, and raises legitimate suspicions about the allocation of EU funds directly or indirectly financing Islamic terrorist organizations, such as Hamas.