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2014/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the motion for a European Parliament resolution with recommendations to the Commission on the review of the European Arrest Warrant (2013/2109(INL), Rapporteur: Sarah Ludford, A7-0039/2014);

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the 2013 Progress Report on Turkey and shares the Commission's conclusion that Turkey is a strategic partner for the European Union and that important progress on reforms was made in the preceding twelve months; underlines the importance and urgent need of further reforms and the promotion of dialogue across the political spectrum and in society more broadly, as well as the respect of fundamental rights in practice; regrets however that the events around Gezi Park and the heavy-handed response from security forces, along with increasingly reactionary and harsh public statements by Prime Minister Erdoğan, raise serious questions about the government's commitment to respect basic democratic values and tolerate different views and lifestyles;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Notes the transformative power of negotiations between the Union and Turkey, which have~~Stresses that accession negotiations, conducted in good faith, could provided Turkey with a clear reference for its reform process; stresses therefore the importance of credible negotiations based on a mutual commitment by Turkey and the Union to effective reforms furthering the democratic foundations of Turkish society, promoting fundamental values and producing positive change in the institutions, in legislation and, in the mentality of society; welcomes, therefore the opening of Chapter 22;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the potential transformative power of negotiations between the Union and Turkey, which ~~have~~could provided Turkey with a clear reference for its reform process; stresses ~~therefore~~ the importance of ~~credibl~~restoring credibility to the negotiations based on a mutual commitment by Turkey and the Union to effective reforms furthering the democratic foundations of Turkish society, promoting fundamental values and producing positive change in the institutions, in legislation and, in the mentality of society; welcomes, therefore the opening of Chapter 22;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL, Evgeni KIRILOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Stress~~Welcomes the importance of achieving a common understanding between Turkey and the EU on the relevance for both the EU and Turkey of the readmission agreement and the roadmap leading to visa liberalisation; recalls that Turkey is one of the key transit countries for irregular migration to the EU and therefore calls on Turkey to sign and implement the readmission agreement without further delay; calls on the Commission in parallel to take steps towards visa liberalisationsignature by Turkey of the readmission agreement on 16 December 2013, which enables the launch of the roadmap leading to visa liberalisation; recalls that Turkey is one of the key transit countries for irregular migration to the EU and stresses the clear benefits of facilitating access to the EU for business people, academics, students and representatives of civil society;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -4 (new)

-4. Expresses its great concern at recent developments which amount to a crisis of the Turkish State; deplores the statements of the government which point to a lack of understanding of the principle of the separation of powers; regrets the serious breakdown of trust between the government, the judiciary, the police and the media; urges the government to desist from actions which impede the investigation and prosecution of corruption and organised crime in high places; calls once again for all institutions, business interests and political forces to fully respect the rule of law and to guarantee the impartiality and independence of the judiciary; calls, moreover, on the Gülen Movement to improve its transparency and accountability, and expects that all allegations against the Movement will be subject to impartial enquiry;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points to the crucial role of a system of checks and balances for any modern democratic State and the fundamental role that the Turkish Grand National Assembly must play at the centre of Turkey’s political system in providing a framework for dialogue and consensus-building across the political spectrum; expresses concern about political polarisation and the lack of readiness on the part of government and opposition to work towards consensus on key reforms; urges all political actors, the government and the opposition to work together to enhance a pluralistic vision in State institutions and to promote the modernisation and democratisation of the State and society; calls on the political majority to actively involve the minority in the deliberation process on relevant reforms and take into consideration, whenever possible, their interests and views in an inclusive manner; emphasises that constitutional reform must remain the top priority for the modernisation of the Republic in which those elected democratically will also govern democratically;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points to the crucial role of a system of checks and balances for any modern democratic State and the fundamental role that the Turkish Grand National Assembly must play at the centre of Turkey’'s political system in providing a framework for dialogue and consensus-building across the political spectrum; expresses concern about political polarisation and the lack of readiness on the part of government and opposition to work towards consensus on key reforms; urges all political actors, the government and the opposition to work together to enhance a pluralistic vision in State institutions and to promote the modernisation and democratisation of the State and society; calls on the political majority to actively involve the minority in the deliberation process on relevant reforms and take into consideration, whenever possible, their interests and views in an inclusive manner; underlines that democracy is more than elections and expects those elected democratically also to govern democratically;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. expresses concern over the deepening cultural division in Turkey on so called 'life-style issues", which runs the risk that the authorities start to intrude in the private lives of the citizens, as exemplified by recent statements on: the number of children women should have, on mixed sex student residences and on the selling of alcohol;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Commends~~Notes that the Conciliation Committee ~~for~~has only been able to reach~~ing~~ consensus on 60 constitutional amendments and calls on its Members to ~~continu~~redouble their work ~~on a~~in order to elaborate a genuinely new Constitution for Turkey as this is essential for the reform process in Turkey; stresses the importance of achieving consensus in the framework of the constitutional reform process on an effective system of separation of powers and an inclusive definition of citizenship; underlines that Turkey, as a Member State of the Council of Europe, cshould try to benefit from active dialogue with the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform process; stresses that the rules governing the election and composition of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors should be fully in line with the criteria of the Venice Commission;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Commends the Conciliation Committee for reaching consensus on 60 constitutional amendments and calls on its Members to continue their work on a new Constitution for Turkey as this is essential for the reform process in Turkey; stresses the importance of achieving consensus in the framework of the constitutional reform process on an effective system of separation of powers and an inclusive definition of citizenship; underlines that Turkey, as a Member State of the Council of Europe, could benefit from active dialogue with the Venice Commission on the constitutional reform process; underlines that the constitutional changes should be carried out in a transparent and inclusive manner, with full involvement of civil society at all stages; stresses that the rules governing the election and composition of the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors should be fully in line with the criteria of the Venice Commission;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the democratisation package presented by the Government on 30 September 2013 and calls on the Government to duly consult the opposition and relevant civil society organisations in the preparation of the implementing legislation and to continue with its reform efforts towards revision of the electoral system, including the lowering of the 10% threshold, and the adequate inclusion of all components of Turkish society; calls on the Government to ensure that the legislation on hate crimes offers protection for all citizens, including minorities and LGBTI persons; encourages the government to take steps to improve the rights of the Alevi community;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Welcomes~~Urges the full implementation of the democratisation package presented by the Government on 30 September 2013 and calls on the Government to duly consult the opposition and relevant civil society organisations in the preparation of the implementing legislation and to continue with its reform efforts towards revision of the electoral system, including the lowering of the 10% threshold, and the adequate inclusion of all components of Turkish society; calls on the Government to ensure that the legislation on hate crimes offers protection for all citizens, including minorities and LGBTI;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. TDeeply regrets the loss of life amongst the Gezi Park protesters and the police forces, the excessive use of force by the police and the violent acts by a number of protesters; takes the view that the protests in Gezi Park testify both to the existence in Turkey of a vibrant civil society and also the need for further vital reforms on the promotion of fundamental values; highlights the importance of including civil society more structurally in the decision making process; ~~deeply regrets the loss of life amongst the protesters and the police forces, the excessive use of force by the police and the violent acts by a number of protesters;~~ welcomes the on-going administrative investigations launched by the Ministry of Interior and the inquiries by the Ombudsman into complaints related to the events in Gezi Park and expects them to fully address the concerns without delay; calls on Turkey to adopt adequate internal review procedures and to establish an independent supervisory body for police offences; is of the opinion that the Gezi Park events underline the need for far- reaching reforms in order to ensure respect for freedom of assembly; encourages the Ministry of the Interior and the Turkish police to establish methods to deal with public protests in a less confrontational way, and in particular, not to arrest or hinder the work of lawyers and medical staff who are carrying out their duties;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes the view that the protests in Gezi Park testify both to the existence in Turkey of a vibrant civil society and also the need for further vital reforms on the promotion of fundamental values; highlights the importance of including civil society more structurally in the decision making process; deeply regrets the loss of life amongst the protesters and the police forces, the excessive use of force by the police and the violent acts by a number of protesters; welcomes the on-going administrative investigations launched by the Ministry of Interior and the inquiries by the Ombudsman into complaints related to the events in Gezi Park and expects them to fully address the concerns without delay; calls on Turkey to adopt adequate internal review procedures and to establish an independent supervisory body for police offences; is of the opinion that the Gezi Park events underline the need for far- reaching reforms in order to ensure respect for freedom of assembly; regrets the apparent failure of the courts to penalise those state officials responsible for violence connected with the Gezi Park protests;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Expresses concerns at the very limited coverage of the Gezi Park events by Turkish media and the dismissal of journalists who criticised the Government’s reactions to such events; recalls that freedom of expression and media pluralism are at the heart of European values and that an independent press is crucial to a democratic society; underlines that the freedom of expression extends to digital and social media; reiterates once again its concern at the fact that most media are owned by and concentrated in, large conglomerates with a wide range of business interests and points out to the worrying widespread phenomenon of self-censorship by media owners and journalists; ~~expresses concern at~~condemns the particularly high number of journalists currently in pre-trial detention and calls on Turkey’s judicial authorities to review and address these cases as soon as possible;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Highlights the important role of public-service media in strengthening democracy, in particular by serving information needs of citizens and enabling their participation in decision making processes; calls on the authorities to ensure public-service media's independence and sustainability in compliance with European standards;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes the concerns in Turkish society about the excessively wide scope, allegations of evidence fabrication and the shortcomings of thdue proce~~eding~~ss in the Ergenekon ~~case, which, like in~~and Sledgehammer cases; recalls that the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention finds theat Sledgehammer ~~case, undermined the acceptance of the ruling~~defendants are being held in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; stresses, once again, in light of the above, that the KCK case must demonstrate the strength and the proper, independent, impartial and transparent functioning of Turkey’'s democratic institutions and judiciary, as well as the firm, unconditional commitment to respect for fundamental rights;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes the concerns in Turkish society about the excessively wide scope and the shortcomings of the proceedings in the Ergenekon case, which, like in the Sledgehammer case, undermined the acceptance of the ruling; stresses, once again, in light of the above, that the KCK case must demonstrate the strength and the proper, independent, impartial and transparent functioning of Turkey’s democratic institutions and judiciary, as well as the firm, unconditional commitment to respect for fundamental rights; calls on the EU delegation in Ankara to closely monitor further developments in these cases, including possible appeal processes and detention conditions and to report back to the Commission and the European Parliament;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Ivo VAJGL, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Reaffirms its support to the Commission’'s new approach of opening Chapters 23 (judiciary and fundamental rights) and 24 (justice and home affairs) early in the negotiation process and closing them at the end; stresses that delivering the official benchmarks for the opening of such Chapters to Turkey would provide a clear roadmap for and give a boost to the reform process; calls, therefore, on ~~the Council~~all Member States, including Cyprus, to make renewed efforts for the opening of Chapters 23 and 24; calls on Turkey to cooperate as much as possible to this effect;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Expresses support for the database on violence against women currently under preparation by the Ministry for Family and Social policies; asks to complement existing legislation on the creation of shelters for women who are victims of domestic violence with adequate follow-up mechanisms where municipalities fail to establish such shelters; supports the efforts of the Minister for Family and Social policies to raise penalties for forced ~~early~~child marriages, which must be eradicated; calls for further efforts to eradicate so called ‘honour killings’; renews its concern at the low level of women’s participation in the labour force, in politics and at senior level in the administration and encourages the Government to adopt adequate measures to promote a more central role of women in the economic and political fabric of Turkey;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Strongly supports the Government’s initiative to strive for a settlement of the Kurdish problem on the basis of negotiations with the PKK and other Kurdish representatives; encourages the Government to devise the reforms directed at promoting the social, cultural and economic rights of the Kurdish community on the basis of adequate consultation of relevant stakeholders and the opposition; calls on the opposition to actively support the negotiations and the reforms as an important step for the benefit of Turkish society at large; calls on the Turkish authorities to cooperate closely with the European Commission to assess which programs under IPA could be used to promote sustainable development in the South East in the framework of negotiations on Chapter 22;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is of the opinion that social dialogue and involvement of social partners are vital for the development of a prosperous society; Underlines the importance of further progress in the areas of social policy and employment, in particular to remove all obstacles to the effective functioning of trade unions, to establish a national employment strategy, address undeclared work, widen the coverage of social protection mechanisms, and increase employment rates among women and people with disabilities; calls, therefore, on Turkey to agree to the opening of Chapter 19;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the importance of a coherent and comprehensive security approach in the Eastern Mediterranean, and calls on Turkey to allow political dialogue between the EU and NATO by lifting its veto on EU-NATO cooperation including Cyprus, and calls, in parallel, on the Republic of Cyprus to lift its veto on Turkey’s participation in the European Defence Agency; calls on Turkey to align itself more closely with the common foreign and security stance of the European Union; calls on the Foreign Affairs Council and on the High Representative to more frequently consult with Turkey;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that Turkey continues to be the EU’s sixth biggest trading partner and that the EU is Turkey’s biggest with 38% of Turkey’s total trade going to the EU and almost 71% of FDI coming from the EU; welcomes the ongoing Commission evaluation of the EU-Turkey Customs Union with the aim of assessing its impact on both parties and ways to update it; calls on the Commission to find innovative ways to include Turkey in trade negotiations the EU conducts with third countries, and which will affect Turkey;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Andrew DUFF, Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Ivo VAJGL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes Turkey’s commitment to the provision of humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees; notes that a large number of foreign fighters in Syria gain access to Syria via Turkey and asks Turkey to increase border patrols, pre~~stric~~vent the entry of fighters ~~and arm flows to groups credibly found to be~~ implicated in systematic human rights violations; believes that the EU and Turkey should actively seek to develop a joint strategic vision to promote a political solution in Syria and support political and economic stability in the region, with particular reference to Jordan, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2945(RSP)

Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, Marietje SCHAAKE, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN, Andrew DUFF

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Welcomes Turkey’s commitment to the provision of humanitarian assistance to almost one million Syrian refugees; notes that a large number of foreign fighters in Syria gain access to Syria via Turkey and asks Turkey to increase border patrols, restrict the entry of fighters and arm flows to groups credibly found to be implicated in systematic human rights violations; believes that the EU and Turkey should actively seek to develop a joint strategic vision to promote a political solution in Syria and support political and economic stability in the region, with particular reference to Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq;

2014/01/13
Committee: AFET

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Takes the view that~~, as under the current circumstances the Safe Harbour principl~~ if by the announced deadline there is no satisfactory response from the US authorities dto ~~not provide adequate protec~~the Commission's 13 recommendations for ~~EU citizens~~strengthened safeguards within the current Safe Harbour, these transfers should be carried out under other instruments, such as contractual clauses or BCRs setting out specific safeguards and protections pending the replacement of Safe Harbour by a new framework for transatlantic transfers which meets European privacy standards;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission to present ~~measures providing for the immediate suspension of~~a proposal for a new framework for transatlantic transfers which meets European privacy standards to replace Commission Decision 520/2000, which declared the adequacy of the Safe Harbour privacy principles, and of the related FAQs issued by the US Department of Commerce;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on Member States’' competent authorities, namely the data protection authorities, to make use of their existing powers and immediately suspend data flows to any organisation that has wrongly or deceptively self- certified its adherence to the US Safe Harbour Principles and to require that such data flows are only carried out under other instruments, provided they contain the necessary safeguards and protections with respect to the protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission to present by June 2014 a comprehensive assessment of the US privacy framework covering commercial, law enforcement and intelligence activities in response to the fact that the EU and the US legal systems for protecting personal data are drifting apart and a strategy for convergence on the basis of high and enforceable privacy standards;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77

77. Points out that recent incidents clearly demonstrate the acute vulnerability of the EU, and in particular the EU institutions, national governments and parliaments, major European companies, European IT infrastructures and networks, to sophisticated attacks using complex software and malware; notes that these attacks require such financial and human resources that they are likely to originate from state entities acting on behalf of foreign governments or even from certain EU national governments that support them; in this context, regards the case of the hacking or tapping of the telecommunications company Belgacom as a worrying example of an attack against the EU’s IT capacity;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78

78. Takes the view that the mass surveillance revelations that have initiated this crisis can be used as an opportunity for Europe to take the initiative and build up a~~n autonomous~~ strong IT key-resource capability for the mid term; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use public procurement as leverage to support such resource capability in the EU by making EUthe strongest possible international security and privacy standards a key requirement in the public procurement of IT goods and services;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 80

80. Calls on all the Members States, the Commission, the Council and the European Council to ~~address the EU’s dangerous lack of autonomy in terms of~~give the fullest support to development of European innovative and technological capability in IT tools, companies and providers (hardware, software, services and network), including for purposes of cybersecurity and encryption and cryptographic capabilities;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 81

81. Calls on the Commission, standardisation bodies and ENISA to develop, by September 2014, ~~minimum~~ security and privacy standards which can set global benchmarks and guidelines for IT systems, networks and services, including cloud computing services, in order to better protect EU citizens’' personal data; believes that such standards should be set in an open and democratic process, not driven by a single country, entity or multinational company; takes the view that, while legitimate law enforcement and intelligence concerns need to be taken into account in order to support the fight against terrorism, they should not lead to a general undermining of the dependability of all IT systems;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 84

84. Calls on the Commission, by January 2015 at the latest, to present an Action Plan to develop more EU in~~dependence~~novative and technological capability in the IT sector, including a more coherent approach to boosting European IT technological capabilities (including IT systems, equipment, services, cloud computing, encryption and anonymisation) and to the protection of critical IT infrastructure (including in terms of ownership and vulnerability);

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85

85. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the next Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Programme, to assess whether more resources should be directed towards boosting European research, development, innovation and training in the field of IT technologies, in particular privacy-enhancing technologies and infrastructures, cryptology, secure computing, ~~open-sourc~~the best possible security solutions and the Information Society;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87

87. Deems it necessary for the EU to be supported by an EU IT Academy that brings together the best European and international experts in all related fields, tasked with providing all relevant EU Institutions and bodies with scientific advice on IT technologies, including security-related strategies; as a first step asks the Commission to set up an independent scientific expert panel;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 2

· the inclusion in tender procedures for new IT systems of best practice specific IT security/privacy requirements~~, including the possibility of a requirement for Open Source Software as a condition of purchase~~ from among the widest possible choice of software options;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 3

· the list of US companies under contract with the European Parliament in the IT and telecom fields, taking into account ~~revelations about NSA contracts with a company such as RSA, whose products the European Parliament is using to supposedly protect remote access to their data by its Members and staff~~any information that has come to light about their cooperation with intelligence agencies;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 4

· the reliability and resilience of ~~third-party commerci~~all software used by the EU institutions in their IT systems with regard to penetrations and intrusions by EU or third-country law enforcement and intelligence authorities;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 5

· the use ~~of more open-so~~and maintenance of the most securce systems ~~and fewer off-the-shelf commercial system~~based on relevant international standards, best practice security risk management principles and adherence to EU Network Information Security standards including on security breaches;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 10

· the option for use of cloud ~~storage~~computing and storage services by the EP, including what kind of data is stored on the cloud, how the content and access to it is protected and where the cloud is located, clarifying the applicable data protection legal regime;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – point 13

· an analysis of the benefits of using ~~the GNU Privacy Guard as~~ a default encryption standard for emails which would at the same time allow for the use of digital signatures;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92

92. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to take action at the international level, with the UN in particular, and in cooperation with interested partners ~~(such as Brazil), and~~ to implement an EU strategy for democratic governance of the internet in order to prevent undue influence over ICANN’s and IANA’s activities by any individual entity, company or country by ensuring appropriate representation of all interested parties in these bodies, while avoiding the facilitation of state control or censorship or the 'balkanisation' and fragmentation of the internet;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 93

93. Calls for the overall architecture of the internet in terms of data flows and storage to be reconsidered, striving for more data minimisation and transparency and less centralised mass storage of raw data, as well as avoiding unnecessary routing of traffic through the territory of countries that do not meet basic standards on fundamental rights, data protection and privacEU to take the lead in shaping the architecture of the internet such as to facilitate global exchanges and interconnection while maximising citizens' freedom and data security;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110

110. Calls on the Commission to present, in January 2015 at the latest, an EU strategy for democratic governance of the internet while avoiding the facilitation of state control or censorship or the 'balkanisation' and fragmentation of the internet;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112

112. Calls on the Member States to develop a coherent and strong strategy within the United Nations, supporting in particular the resolution on ‘The right to privacy in the digital age’ initiated by Brazil and Germany, as adopted by the third UN General Assembly Committee (Human Rights Committee) on 27 November 2013 but avoiding the facilitation of state control or censorship or the 'balkanisation' and fragmentation of the internet;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 3

Action 3: Suspend Safe Harbour ~~until a full review has been conducted and~~if by the announced deadline there is no satisfactory response from the US authorities to the Commission's 13 recommendations for strengthened safeguards which remedy current loopholes ~~are remedied~~, making sure that transfers of personal data for commercial purposes from the Union to the US can only take place in compliance with highest EU standards;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 3 a (new)

Action 3a: The Commission to present a proposal for a new framework for transatlantic transfers which meets European privacy standards to replace Safe Harbour;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS, Axel VOSS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 6

Action 6: Develop a European strategy for ~~IT independence~~greater IT innovative and technological capability (at national and EU level);

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Baroness Sarah LUDFORD, Jens ROHDE, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 7

Action 7: Develop the EU as a reference player for a democratic and neutral governance of the internet while avoiding the facilitation of state control or censorship or the 'balkanisation' and fragmentation of the internet;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2169(INI)

Leonidas DONSKIS, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas torture can be both physical and psychological; whereas there has been a growing number of cases where psychiatry is used as a tool for coercion of human rights defenders and dissidents, who are placed in psychiatric institutions in order to prevent them from carrying out their political and community activities;

2013/12/17
Committee: AFET

2013/2169(INI)

Leonidas DONSKIS, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reiterates the vital importance of rehabilitation centres for torture victims both inside and outside the EU in addressing not only physical, but also long-term psychological problems experienced by torture victims; is convinced that funding for such centres in third countries provided by the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) should not be cut even in the face of the financial and economic crisis since national healthcare systems of these countries are often not in a position to adequately address the specific problems of torture victims;

2013/12/17
Committee: AFET

2013/2169(INI)

Leonidas DONSKIS, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Is particularly concerned by torture of human rights defenders, including community activists, journalists, human rights lawyers and bloggers in prisons; recognises that it is often the people who are most involved in the fight for human rights and democracy who suffer the most through unlawful detention, intimidation, torture and exposure to danger of their families; insists that both EU missions on the ground and high-level EU officials systematically and consistently raise this issue in meetings with their third-country counterparts, including mentioning specific names of human rights defenders in prisons;

2013/12/17
Committee: AFET

2013/2169(INI)

Leonidas DONSKIS, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the EEAS and the Working Party on Human Rights (COHOM) to make sure that Human Rights Country Strategies (HRCSs) contain country- specific objectives and benchmarks related to the fight against torture, including the identification of groups requiring special protection, such as children, women, displaced persons, refugees and migrants, and those facing discrimination on the grounds of ethnicity, caste, religious or other beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity;

2013/12/17
Committee: AFET

Activities of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD

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