Activities of Ana GOMES related to 2013/2024(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme
Amendments (15)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the EEAS to take practical steps to ensure greater coherence and consistency between EU external and internal policies, in line with the commitments set out notably in the Communication on an Action Plan Implementing the Stockholm Programme; calls therefore on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission (HR/VP), the Council and the Commission to strengthen the existing coordination mechanisms between the services and agencies in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice (FSJ) on the one side, and the European External Action Service (EEAS), including missions and operations under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) on the other side, taking advantage in particular of the new capabilities of the EU Situation Centre in order to provide common, effective, strategic analyses, threat assessments (internal and external) and timely information to all actors involved; takes the view that fruitful coordination among both the Internal Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy encompasses effective articulation between services, bodies, regional and thematic desks in a transversal way to the relevant Commission and EEAS services for it to be effective and coherent in light of FSJ and CFSP policies;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the draft agreement reached by the 47 Council of Europe Member States and the European Union on the EU´s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, and awaits the positive opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the agreed text; calls on the Parliament and the Council to rapidly ratify the Treaty upon the final ruling of the CJEU.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Acknowledges in particular the human rights abuses on Greece's border with Turkey, where the building of a fence by Greek authorities and reports of collective expulsions (refoulement) and systematic prolonged detention of refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants as well as detention of children, are infringing European and international law;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that Members States share the responsibility for the Union's external borders; remains concerned of events on the Greece-Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Italy borders with regards to the arrival of irregular migrants and calls on Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS), to ensure that national authorities analyse the individual situation of each person arriving to its territory, on the basis of international and European human rights obligations and taking into account the needs of vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to support Member States in ensuring minimum services, such as adequate health care and accomodation, for refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants arriving in EU territory;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Expresses alarm at the number of deaths and the human rights abuses which continue to occur in the course of irregular migrants' attempts to enter the EU; requests that the Commission consult Parliament prior to the conclusion of any agreement between Frontex and a third country; insists that these agreements must provide for adequate safeguards to ensure that human rights standards are fully respected, including with regard to return, joint patrolling, search and rescue or interception operations; in this sense, urges the EU to investigate reports of mistreatment of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers on the Greek-Turkish border by Frontex, as well as other such allegations in other EU southern borders; emphasises in this regard that, especially given the particular instability and political turmoil in the MENA region, the relevant services of the Commission, the EEAS and specialised agencies of the EU need to coordinate towards a holistic approach to address the issue of irregular migration targeting EU Member States in a manner that is consistent with European principles and values, on the one hand, and consistent with EU efforts in the region and wider southern neighbourhood for the stabilisation and democratisation in the framework of the CFSP/CSDP;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the continued efforts of EU institutions and Member States to advance universal support forand cooperation with the International Criminal Court (ICC), as an essential means of ensuring justice for victims of crimes under international law, and promoting respect for international humanitarian and human rights law; encourages all the Member States to signconclude framework agreements with the ICCCourt, particularly on witness relocation and on enforcement of sentences adopted by the Court., interim release, relocation of acquitted persons, and sentence enforcement; calls on EU Member States, as States parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, to ensure that the Court has the resources necessary to fulfill its mandate and deliver justice in a robust, fair, and transparent manner;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Looks forward to the 'EU Anti corruption Report' to be issued by the Commission in 2013; hopes that the identification by the Commission of areas vulnerable to corruption in Member States will help step up anti-corruption efforts, facilitate the exchange of best practices, identify EU trends, and stimulate peer learning and further compliance with EU and international commitments; invites the Commission to consider future EU policy initiatives in the area of anti corruption, in particular binding legislation on Member States and institutions reflecting the highest standards of transparency and integrity, taking due account of the negative impact of corrupt activities on human rights in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Urges the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, namely Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland and Sweden; calls on the Council to rapidly adopt the directive on attacks against information systems and repealing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA adopted by the European Parliament on the 4th July 20131 and calls on the Member States to rapidly transpose it into their domestic law; 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0321,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. While reaffirming its commitment to and the strategic importance of transatlantic relations in global matters, insists that surveillance programmes, such as PRISM, may result in violations of human rights, namely those of private life and family life, the confidentiality of communications, and may also bear consequences on the fulfilment of other human rights of european and foreign nationals, such as that of freedom of expression; calls on the US authorities to provide the EU, without undue delay, with full information on those surveillance programmes involving data collection, in particular with regard to their legal basis, necessity, proportionality and the safeguards implemented to protect human rights,including mechanisms for redress for violations;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Insists that the Commission, the Council and the Member Sates should consider all instruments at their disposal and negotiations with the US; calls thus for the potential, timely suspension of the Passenger Name Record (PNR) and Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) agreements, as well as the suspension of the negotiations on the EU- US trade and investment agreement until the US and EU Member States fully account for their illegal surveillance activities targeting the EU citizens and institutions;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Expresses deep concern at the increasing trafficking of human beings, using transnational and cyber networks, which represents a serious threat to vulnerable groups, namely women and children, especially in times of economic and social crisis; hence, highlights the importance of a strategic coordination between the objectives and the implementation of the Internal Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy, which might call for the update of both documents; recommends that national anti-slavery plans for Member States be developed and adopted in line with the recommendations of the 2012 EU Strategy Towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and under the coordination of the EU Anti- trafficking Coordinator;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Regrets that the 2010-2013 EU Action Plan on Strengthening CBRN security was not fully implemented or taken into national policy making by the Member States; calls thus on the EU and Members States to strengthen regional and European-level cooperation and coordination in the CBRN field and, in this regards, also calls the Council to ensure coordination between national authorities and the Counter-terrorism Coordinator;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. Strongly believes that the EU's counterterrorism policy needs to address the radicalisation of groups/persons in European societies and the apparent trend towards the individualisation of terrorist activities in our societies, calls for better coordination of all EU services with responsibilities in the implementation of the EU's counterterrorism policies, namely the EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator, Europol, the COSI and the COTER and Eurojust;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. Expresses deep concern at the increasing trafficking of human beings, using transnational and cyber networks, which represents a serious threat to vulnerable groups, namely women and children, especially in times of economic and social crisis and which is heightened by the trans-national nature of such criminal activities; hence, highlights the importance of a strategic coordination between the objectives and the implementation of the Internal Security Strategy and the European Security Strategy, which might call for the update of both documents; recommends that national anti-slavery plans for Member States be developed and adopted, in line with the recommendations of the 2012 EU Strategy Towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings and under the coordination of the EU Anti- trafficking Coordinator;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 36 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Reaffirms its commitment to seeking accountability at EU and national levels for European complicity in human rights violations committed in the context of the CIA extraordinary rendition and secret detention programmes; calls on the Members States to fully implement the recommendations of the European Parliament's report adopted in September 2012;