12 Amendments of Arnaud DANJEAN related to 2016/2030(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council entitled 'Joint framework on combating hybrid threats: a European Union response' (JOIN(2016)0018),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the European Agenda on Security (COM(2015)0185),
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on delivering on the European Agenda on Security to fight against terrorism and pave the way towards an effective and genuine Security Union (COM(2016)0230),
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is under growand its Member States are the targets of increasing,ly systematic pressure to tackle the information, disinformation and misinformation campaigns from the east and from the southand widespread communication and propaganda strategies intended to undermine their values and interests that are being conducted by third countries and by transnational terrorist and criminal organisations;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Da’esh and many other Islamic terrorist groups have oftenjihadi terrorist groups, in particular Islamic State, are making increasingly systematic and intensive used of communication strategies as part of their actions against the W, both to justify their attacks on EU values, citizens and interests and to boost recruitment ofconduct a large-scale recruitment drive targeted at European youth;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that strategic propaganda against the EU comes in many different forms and uses various tools, often tailored to match Member States’ profiles, with the goal of provoking doubt, paralysing the decision-making process, discrediting the EU institutions in the eyes and minds of its citizens and eroding western values and transatlantic ties;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Observes that propaganda of this kind also seeks to engineer a strategic split between the European Union and its North American partners and thereby to weaken a transatlantic tie which plays a recognised role in the European security architecture (Article 17 of the TEU, Article 42 of the Lisbon Treaty);
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the multi-layered character of current EU strategic communications at various levels, including NATO, the EU, the Member States, and NGOs as well as civic organisations; calls for the best possible coordination and exchange of information between the different actors involvedCalls for the best possible coordination and information exchange between the various parties that have voiced concern at these propaganda efforts and wish to draw up strategies for countering disinformation (European Union, Member States, NGOs, civic organisations, NATO);
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is aware of the range of strategies employed by Da’esh both regionally and globally to promote its political, religious and social narratives; calls on the EU and its Member States to develop a counter- narrative to Da’esh, including through the empowerment and increased visibility of mainstream Muslim scholars who have the credibility to delegitimise Da’esh’s propagandaUrges the EU and the Member States to develop and disseminate a counter-narrative to jihadist propaganda, with particular emphasis on an educational dimension demonstrating how the promotion of radical Islam is theologically corrupt; is concerned at the use being made by Islamic State of social media (i.e. Facebook and Twitter) as propaganda and recruitment tools, targeting young people in particular;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises that the EU is a targeted audience for Da’esh and calls for the EU and its Member States to work more closely to protect society, in particular young people, from recruitment and radicalisation; calls on each Member State to investigate the socio-demographic reasons that are at the root cause of vulnerability to, working closely with the Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre of Excellence established in October 2015, to institute multi-dimensional arrangements (linking university research, prison administrations, the police, the courts, social services and education systems) to combat radicalisation;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to work on cutting Daesh’s access to financing and funding and to promote this principle in the EU’s external action and stresses the need to expose Da’esh’s true nature and ideological legitimisation;