Activities of Nicolás PASCUAL DE LA PARTE
Plenary speeches (6)
Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)
Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)
Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate)
Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)
State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe (debate)
Enhancing Europe’s civilian and defence preparedness and readiness (debate)
Institutional motions (20)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the case of Bülent Mumay in Türkiye
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the case of Bülent Mumay in Türkiye
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia
Written questions (4)
Role of regional and local authorities in managing funds in the next programming period
Transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/851
Labeling and designation of non-animal origin products
Security-related concerns regarding current EU customs scanning equipment and the Customs Control Equipment Instrument funds
Amendments (46)
Amendment 48 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas Russia’s continuing war of aggression against Ukraine and the Russian regime’s choice to undermine the security architecture of Europe, wage war on European countries or seek to destabilise them in order to realise its imperialist vision of the world, currently constitute the most serious threat to EU security and world peace; whereas the EU’s security environment has deteriorated not only in Eastern Europe, but also in its southern neighbourhood and beyond;
Amendment 56 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas, driven by the ambition to become a global superpower, China is eroding the rule-based international order, by increasingly pursuing assertive foreign, and hostile economic and competition policies, exporting dual-use goods employed by Russia on the battlefield against Ukraine, and thereby threatening European interests; whereas China is also massively arming itself militarily, using its economic power to crush criticism worldwide, and is striving to assert itself as the dominant power in the Indo-Pacific region by intensifying confrontational, aggressive and intimidating actions against some of its neighbours;
Amendment 58 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the conflict between Israel on the one hand and non-state organisations, including Hamas and Hezbollah on the other, the disastrous impact of past or ongoing wars, instability, insecurity, poverty and climate change in the Sahel region, in North-East Africa and Libya, and attacks by Houthi militias and hijackings by Somali pirates of commercial vessels from the Red Sea to the north-western Indian Ocean (NWIO), poses serious risks to the EU security and its economic and trade interests;
Amendment 62 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the disastrous impact of past or ongoing wars, instability, insecurity, poverty and climate change in the Sahel region, in North-East Africa and Libya, and attacks by Houthi militias and hijackings by Somali pirates of commercial vessels from the Red Sea to the north-western Indian Ocean (NWIO), poses serious risks to the EU security and its economic and trade interests;
Amendment 77 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas on 7 March 2024, Sweden joined as a new member, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO);
Amendment 86 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas EU Member States have agreed on more, better and smarter defence spending; whereas in 2024, 16 EU Member States which are also NATO allies, compared to 9 in 2023, are expected to exceed the NATO guidelines to spend at least 2 % of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence;
Amendment 91 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
A g. whereas the integration of artificial intelligence into the security and defence domain, including weapons technologies, impacts military operations by enabling autonomous systems, predictive analytics, and enhanced decision-making capabilities to play a significant role in battlefields; whereas this development presents both unprecedented opportunities and profound risks;
Amendment 100 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
A i. whereas the EU ended on 17 May 2024, the mandate of the EU Training Mission in Mali (EUTM), on 30 June 2024, and this of the European Union military partnership mission in Niger (EUMPM) and on 30 September 2024, the ground mission of personnel from the EU Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger);
Amendment 103 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas the EU and its Member States are facing increasing hybrid attacks on their soil, including foreign interference and manipulation of information (FIMI), political infiltration and sabotage, aimed at undermining a sound political debate, the trust of EU citizens in democratic institutions and creating divisions in European societies and between nations;
Amendment 111 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
A f. whereas EU-NATO cooperation and other partnerships such as with the UN, the OSCE, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, Ukraine, Western Balkan countries, Japan, Australia as well as the African Union and certain African countries constitute an integral pillar of the CSDP;
Amendment 156 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the EU Member States to conduct together a reflection process on the future of their deterrence policies and doctrines, and their adaptation to the changing security environment in Europe;
Amendment 256 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Expresses its sincere concern about the deployment of 10,000 North Korean troops to support Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine; firmly believes that this requires a firm and decisive European and international response, including a significant further increase of support to Ukraine; along the same light expresses its outrage that next to the unacceptable support of China and North Korea a number of other rogue states actively support Russia’s war such as Iran and Syria, among others via the delivery of drones and missiles; believe that the EU and the international community must firmly respond to this with a combination of sanctions, but also most importantly an increased level of support to Ukraine to foster its defence against this alliance of rogue states and terrorists that Russia has built up in its devastating and self- destructive war of aggression against the democracy and people of Ukraine;
Amendment 283 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the Council’s decision of 21 May 2024, ensuring that the net profits stemming from extraordinary revenues generated by immobilised Russian assets in the EU, as a result of the implementation of the EU restrictive measures, are used for further military support to Ukraine, as well as its defence industry capacities and reconstruction; also welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal to establish a Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism, by leveraging the contribution raised on these profits, with a view to granting loans of up to €45 billion to Ukraine;
Amendment 288 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 f (new)
Paragraph 8 f (new)
8 f. Highlights the outcome of the NATO Washington Summit, which reaffirmed that Ukraine’s future is in NATO and that the alliance supports Ukraine’s right to choose its own security arrangements and decide its own future, free from outside interference; welcomes Allies’ pledge of long-term security assistance for the provision of military equipment, assistance, and training for Ukraine; underlines in this regard the launch, announced at the Summit, of the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU), which coordinates the provision of military training and equipment for Ukraine by NATO Allies and partners and provides logistical support; stresses the importance for close coordination between the EUMAM and the NSATU;
Amendment 292 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Welcomes the achievements of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), which to date has trained more than 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers on EU territory, thereby enhancing the ability of Ukrainian troops to perform more effectively on the battlefield; calls for the mission to be extended and for its financial, logistical and human resources to be adapted to the needs of the Ukrainian armed forces;
Amendment 296 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Commends the work of the European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) in implementing, in difficult conditions, its newly reinforced mandate; calls for the EU to ensure it can operate with the adequate financial, logistical and expert personnel to meet Ukraine’s needs and welcomes non-EU country participation in this regard;
Amendment 297 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Stresses the importance and the role of the EU Advisory Mission (EUAM) which still represents the largest EU footprint on the ground and provides strategic advice to national and State security authorities of Ukraine; highlights EUAM key tasks in relation to the fight against organised and cross-border crimes, the restoration of public services in liberated territories, and in support to investigation and prosecution of international crimes, building on EUAM presence and expertise;
Amendment 298 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8 e. Stresses the importance of gradually integrating Ukraine in the EU defence technological and industrial base (EDTIB), and to this end, calls for Ukraine’s defence to be fully taken into account in the preparation of Commission’s new legislative initiatives aimed at strengthening the EDTIB; in this respect, welcomes the set-up of the Defence Innovation Hub in Ukraine;
Amendment 300 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 g (new)
Paragraph 8 g (new)
8 g. Welcomes the extension by two years of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM), which has trained over 60.000 Ukrainian soldiers by the end of summer 2024 thereby making the EU the biggest provider of military training to Ukraine and which has made an important contribution to enhancing the military capability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; welcomes the newly formulated goal of 75.000 Ukrainian soldiers trained by end of winter 2024-2025; calls on the EU and its Member States to continue to adjust the Mission’s mandate to respond to evolving military training needs, as well as to requested long-term reform efforts in line with the joint security commitments between the EU and Ukraine;
Amendment 317 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the vision set out in the European Defence Industrial Strategy accompanied by the Commission’s proposal for establishing the European defence industry programme; supports the objective of strengthening EU defence industrial preparedness to further enable Member States to identify and discuss joint defence programming and procurement, as well as European defence projects of common interest; urges, in this regard, that the implementation of the Directive 2009/81/EC on defence and sensitive security procurement and the Directive 2009/43/EC on intra-EU transfers of defence-related products (the “Transfers Directive”) be improved, and where needed, in the light of the EDIS, that proposals for the revision of these directives be submitted;
Amendment 332 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the need to ensure coherence of output between respective EU and NATO capability development planning processes; calls for all EPF support for the provision of equipment to be carried out in coordination with NATO to increase efficiency and avoid unnecessary duplication; calls for fostering interoperability of military equipment from EU Member States and NATO allies, by setting EU norms for components and ammunition based on the non-binding NATO standards;
Amendment 369 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that the development and harnessing of new disruptive technologies in defence, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, cloud computing and robotics require further EU-coordinated investment and research effort so that the defence equipment suppliers in the EU remain at the forefront of innovation; calls in this regard for the EU to play a leading role in promoting research into military application of artificial intelligence and in establishing governance frameworks for the responsible development and use of this technology;
Amendment 374 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the Commission to initiate a thorough review of the European Defence Fund EDF, in view of a revised follow-up financial instrument for the next Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 383 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Stresses the importance of swiftly implementing projects and regulatory measures to enhance and invest in the military mobility of our armed forces, in accordance with the EU Action Plan on military mobility 2.0; underlines the need to ensure the resilience of critical infrastructures that allows military mobility and the provision of essential services;
Amendment 489 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Strongly condemns the PRC’s unwarranted military exercises of 14 October 2024, its continued military provocations against Taiwan and its continued military build-up, which is changing the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, and reiterates its firm rejection of any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; lauds the restraint and disciplined reaction of the Taiwanese authorities and calls for regular exchanges between the EU and its Taiwanese counterparts on relevant security issues;
Amendment 505 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Reaffirms its strong commitment to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait; underlines that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, particularly by means of force or coercion, will not be accepted and will be met with a decisive and firm reaction;
Amendment 506 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Applauds the increase in freedom of navigation exercises conducted by several EU countries, including France, the Netherlands and Germany; notes that these activities are in line with international law and calls for more cooperation and coordination with regional partners in order to increase freedom of navigation operations in the region;
Amendment 515 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Condemns Iran, in the strongest terms, for its destabilising activities in the Middle East region and for its continued support for terrorist groups, which pose a direct threat to regional, European and global security; expresses, however, full support for and solidarity with Iran’s civil society and democratic forces; recalls that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been implicated in the planning and/or execution of dozens of operations, assassinations and terrorist attacks on EU soil over the past 30 years and more recently in attacks against Jewish synagogues and individuals as well as Israeli embassies in several EU Member States; therefore supports initiatives taken by Germany, Netherlands, Sweden and Lithuania as well as the European Parliament’s repeated call to add the IRGC on the EU list of terrorist organizations;
Amendment 534 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reiterates its condemnation of the despicable terrorist attacks perpetrated by the terrorist organisation Hamas against Israel on 7 October 2023, which contributed to further destabilisation in the Middle East, intensified by aggressions against Israel by Iranian proxies (such as terrorist organisations including Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen) and the Iranian regime itself; urges the Council and Member States to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as terrorist organization and to push for its full disarmament in line with UN Council resolution 1701; highlights recent decisions taken by the United States, Canada and the Dutch Parliament to designate Samidoun as terrorist organization acting as proxy of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); stresses that Samidoun was banned by Germany in 2023 and urges the Council and Member States to take action to ban the organization on the EU’s territory;
Amendment 590 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Recalls the importance of strengthening women's participation in conflict prevention and resolution, peace negotiations, peacebuilding and peacekeeping, humanitarian action and post-conflict reconstruction, in line with UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security; welcomes the inclusion of gender and human rights perspectives in all EU CSDP missions and operations to support the implementation of Women, Peace and Security agenda and stresses that the systematic integration of a gender perspective in all external and internal CSDP activities aims to improve the operational effectiveness of the CSDP;
Amendment 639 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Takes note of the end in 2024 of the mandates of the EUTM Mali, EUMPM in Niger and of the ground mission of personnel from the EUCAP Sahel Niger, while the EU Capacity Mission (EUCAP) Sahel Mali and the EU Regional Advisory and Coordination Cell (EU RACC) for the Sahel are still ongoing; urges the Commission and the VP/HR to review as a matter of priority, the mandate and resources of the EUCAP Sahel Mali and EURACC for the Sahel and propose changes to them, in the light of a revised EU Strategy for the Sahel;
Amendment 657 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of enhanced intelligence sharing and information exchange among Member States and EU institutions, including Parliament, to improve situational awareness and to be able to better anticipate and counter threats to collective security and define common lines of actions under the CSDP, particularly in the area of crisis management; calls for regular joint threat assessments with input from Member States intelligence services in order to inform CSDP decision-making and to build a common strategic culture; calls on the VP/HR and the Member States to reinforce the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC) and the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen); reiterates the call for the deployment of intelligence capacities in all CSDP missions and operations, which would provide information to the EU Intelligence and Analysis Centre (EU INTCEN), EUMS and the CPCC; underlines the importance of secure communications for reliable intelligence and welcomes efforts to streamline security rules and regulations in this respect to better protect information, infrastructure and communication systems from foreign interference and attacks; calls on the Member States to reinforce the EU INTCEN as an effective intelligence-sharing body in order to share intelligence safely, formulate a common strategic culture and provide strategic information to better anticipate and respond to crises within and outside the EU;
Amendment 661 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Commends the efforts of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) and the EU Military Staff Intelligence Directorate, cooperating in the framework of the Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC), as well the European Union Satellite Centre, to produce all-source intelligence assessments; calls on the EU Member States to reinforce the EU INTCEN, and provide it with more strategic information from national intelligence sources in order to better anticipate and respond to crises within and outside the EU;
Amendment 729 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Reaffirms its full support for the EU and its Member States’ commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime;
Amendment 785 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Calls for further deepening EU- NATO cooperation by building on the EU’s Strategic Compass and NATO’s new Strategic Concept especially in the fields of military mobility, dual-use infrastructure, conflict prevention and crisis management, military-security cooperation with partners in the East and in the South, countering malicious foreign interference from third countries, a coordinated approach in the Indo- Pacific as well as increasing common action on the international stage to protect democracy; points out that EU capability development also strengthens the European pillar within NATO and contributes accordingly to transatlantic security;
Amendment 787 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Emphasises the importance of developing coherent, complementary and interoperable defence capabilities to boost the security of the Euro-Atlantic area in line with the principle of the single set of forces;
Amendment 797 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)
Paragraph 28 c (new)
28 c. Commends the close EU-NATO cooperation in the Western Balkans, including through the EUFOR Althea and the Kosovo Force military operations, which guarantee the necessary stability for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo as well as for the whole region;
Amendment 812 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Calls for further strengthening the EU-US security and defence dialogue as an important instrument in closer transatlantic cooperation;
Amendment 820 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Considers it essential to formalise a security and defence partnership with the United Kingdom as a means of strengthening European security and the European pillar of NATO, in particular in the context of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine; welcomes the strong cooperation between the EU and EU Members and the United Kingdom when it comes to supporting Ukraine; calls all EU and UK actors to do their utmost to swiftly upgrade EU-UK security and defence cooperation to a new level;
Amendment 836 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Calls for stronger military- security, including civilian/military as well as police/military security, cooperation with like-minded Western Balkan partners, in particular in areas such as resilience, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, border management, counter- terrorism and countering disinformation; reiterates the need for close cooperation with NATO in these regards;
Amendment 853 #
2024/2082(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32 a. Calls, in this regard, for Parliament’s scrutiny, legislative and budgetary role over a growing range of defence initiatives across the EU institutions and in particular the work carried out under the CSDP to be reinforced, including by strengthening regular dialogue, the exchange of information and maintaining permanent channels of communication between the VP/HR, the Commissioner for Defence and Space and the competent bodies of the European Parliament;
Amendment 46 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 398 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the potential for stronger alignment in approaches to human rights protection and promotion between Member States’ embassies and EU delegations in non-EU countries; emphasises the opportunity for Member States’ embassies to take an increasingly active role in advancing and safeguarding human rights, while also supporting civil society in these countries; highlights the importance of shared responsibility between Member States and EU delegations in these efforts; calls for the EU and its Member States to intensify their collective efforts to promote the respect, protection and fulfilment of human rights and to support democracy worldwide; encourages careful monitoring and assessment of the capacity of EU delegations to ensure that every EU delegation has a designated point of contact for cases of human rights violations and that such mandate is allocated sufficient resources to respond in an effective and timely manner; recommends that EU Delegations are regularly trained on the existing EU Guidelines related to specific issues of human rights;
Amendment 578 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its concern regarding violations of the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief; deplores the instrumentalisation of religious or belief identities for political purposes and the exclusion of persons belonging to religious and belief minorities and religious communities in certain non- EU countries; stresses that the freedom to choose one’s religion, to believe or not to believe at all is a fundamental human right that cannot be punished by death or any degrading treatment; condemns, therefore, the existence and implementation of so-called apostasy laws that criminalize and punish one’s active choice of religion, belief or non-belief recommends that the Special Envoy for the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU be granted more resources so that he can comfortably carry out his mandate; highlights the necessity for the Special Envoy to continue to work closely and in a complementary manner with the EUSR for Human Rights and the Council Working Party on Human Rights; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief, to raise these issues at UN human rights forums and to continue working with the relevant UN mechanisms and committees;
Amendment 602 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Notes with concern the existence of blasphemy laws that carry the possibility of harsh penalties, including death sentence ; acknowledges that such laws are often subject to misuse, false accusations and misinterpretations; calls for abolition of blasphemy laws or, as minimum , revision of such laws to raise the bar of evidence and ensure accountability for perpetrators of false accusations;
Amendment 610 #
2024/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Recognizes the importance of ensuring political representation of religious belief, ethnic minorities in national, regional and local legislative bodies; acknowledges the existence of systems whereby religious, belief or ethnic minorities are allocated reserved parliamentary seats; deplores the fact that in certain non-EU countries such mechanisms often exist in law but no observed in practice and are used to advance individual political interests rather than effective representation of communities; recommends that Member States and EU Delegations lead efforts in ensuring that religious, belief and ethnic communities are given a true political voice and transparent election process;