8 Amendments of Jeanine HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT related to 2008/2331(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 7 a (new)
Indent 7 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication of the Commission of 13 February 2008 entitled 'Preparing the next steps in border management in the European Union'(COM(2008)0069);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the need for a comprehensive master plan setting out the overall objectives and architecture of the EU's border management strategy, including the details showing how all related programmes and schemes in this area (already in place, in the course of preparation or at the stage of policy development) are supposed to function together and how relationships between them can be optimised; takes the view that, when considering the architecture of the EU’s border management strategy, the Commission should analyse first of all the effectiveness of the existing border management systems of the Member States, in order to bring about the optimal synergies between them;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises that integrated management of borders requires more investment should strike the right balance between ensuring the free movement of a growing new technologies, such as biometrics, while taking account of data protection and privacy lawsumber of people across borders and ensuring greater security for EU-citizens; does not deny that the use of data offers clear advantages; is, at the same time, of the opinion that public trust in government action can only be maintained if sufficient data protection safeguards, supervision and redress mechanisms are provided for;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the replacement of current national Schengen visas with uniform European Schengen visas, allowing for equal treatment of all visa applicants, and calls for a study into the setting upwishes to be informed on the exact timetable and the details of both the policy study and the technical study of the Commission which will analyse the feasibility, the practical implications and the impact of a system requiring third- country nationals to obtain electronic authorisation to travel before travelling to EU territory (Electronic System for Travel Authorisation, ESTA);
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Deeply regrets that, despite repeated calls by Parliament, progress in combating illegal immigration reConsiders effective combating of illegal immigration as a crucial part of a comprehensive EU migration policy, and therefore regrets that effective decision- makins slow and insufficient; g in this field is hamstrung by the insufficient ability of the Member States to really work together in their mutual interest;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, despite repeated increases in its budgetary means at the insistence of Parliament, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) is still far from providing an effectivenot yet able to provide sufficient co-ordination of the Union’s external borders due to its limited mandate;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Welcomes the commitments made by Member States in the above-mentioned European Pact on Immigration and Asylum in relation to the need for solidarity; welcomes in particular the inclusion of a voluntary burden-sharing mechanism which enables the intra-EU reallocation of beneficiaries of international protection from Member States which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures on their national asylum systems, due in particular to their geographical or demographic situation, to other Member States; welcomes also the allocation of EUR 5 million in the EU’s 2009 budget for this purpose under the European Refugee Fund; insists, however, on the introduction of binding instruments; calls on the Commission to implement this mechanism forthwith and to propose immediately a legislative initiative to establish such a mechanism at European level on a permanent basis;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Supports the review of Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 ("Welcomes the recast of the Dublin regulation and the proposed provisions for a mechanism to suspend Dublin transfers if there are concerns that Dublin transfers could result in applicants not benefiting from adequate standards of protection in the responsible Member States, in particular in terms of reception conditions and access to the asylum procedure, as well as in cases where these Dublin Regulation")1 so as to ensure a more equitable allocation of responsibility in the examination of asylum applicationtransfers would add to the burden on those Member States which are faced with specific and disproportionate pressures due, in particular, to their geographical or demographic situation. Stresses, however, that these provisions would turn out to be a political statement rather than an effective instrument to seriously support a Member State without the introduction of a two-fold binding instrument for all Member States;