Activities of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2013/2024(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Strongly encourages the European Union to seek to make less legislation of a higher quality, aiming to delivering clarity, protection, and trust in European law;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that mutual recognition requires that citizens and legal professionals trust each other's legal institutions; notes that the strengthening of a truly European legal culture that isby ensuring that Member States have a fully functioning, democratic, independent and efficient legal system, which cooperates effectively with other Member States and has an understanding of other legal systems, whilst fully respectful of the principles of subsidiary and of judicial independence, the establishment of common standards and an understanding of other legal systems plays a very important role in underpinning mutual recognition and trust; points out that mutual recognition and trust can lead to gradual changes in national civil law traditions through an exchange of best practices between Member Statesplays a very important role in underpinning mutual recognition and trust;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Acknowledges and welcomes the progress made with the roadmap for procedural rights in criminal proceedings, but regrets that key proposals on legal aid and vulnerable suspects are outstanding and that the level of ambition of the Council seems to be decreasing more and morewhich contributes greatly to the mutual trust and respect necessary for effective mutual recognition;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Strongly believes that consistency, proportionality, and respect for national sovereignty in principles applied in the development of an EU criminal justice area should be a priority and that the EU institutions should cooperate closely with each other in this respect, as outlined in Parliament's resolution on an EU approach to criminal law9 ;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Believes that mutual trust between the Member States must be strengthened and that mutual recognition and harmonisation of EU criminal law cannot progress without serious feed-back on the implementation of these rules at Member State level;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Notes with satisfaction the progress made by the Member States and the Commission in the context of the Internal Security Strategy (ISS) and the EU policy cycle on organised and serious international crime; points out, however, that further progress needs to be made, for instance in the fields of cybercrime, the timely and efficient sharing of information, the protection of critical infrastructure and the fights against corruption, money laundering, terrorist funding and the trade in illegal firearms;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations on the Schengen Governance Package; calls on the Commission fully to play its roles as coordinator of the Schengen evaluations and as guardian of the Treaty, in order to avoid any situation that could endanger the functioning of the Schengen area; repeats its position that the Schengen area should, without further delay, be enlarged to include Romania and Bulgaria;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Considers the absence of controls at internal borders as one of the major achievements of European integration; requests the Commission to pay particular attention to the absence of controls at internal borders, and firmly rejects all attempts to limit the freedom of movement of persons;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Welcomes the initiative of the Commission in drawing up the EU Justice Scoreboard which aims at ensuring a high- quality justice system in the area of civil, commercial and administrative law since, at the end of the day, the concrete application of laws is in the hands of the courts; calls for the justice scoreboard exercise to assess all justice areas, including criminal justice and all horizontal issues; proposes that data regarding the state of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights, and the fulfilment of European values (Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)) in all Member States be included as well;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54
Paragraph 54
54. Considers that the development of a European judicial culture is a key prerequisite for making the area of freedom, security and justice a reality for citizens; calls, with this in mind, for much greater emphasis on, and funding for, EU judicial training for all legal professionals; notes the importance of using a ‘bottom-up approach’ for judicial training schemes, of ensuring the greater accessibility of European law information resources via web technology (i.e. an e- justice portal), of improving knowledge of European law among the judiciary as well as of the linguistic skills of judicial practitioners, and of establishing and maintaining networks in this field; notes that the training of police forces with a European perspective is equally important will help with the better application of European law, the functioning of mutual recognition, and good cooperation between Member States;