16 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2015/2063(INI)
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas radicalisation takes place in multiple environments and through various fashions and practices; whereas radicals often benefit from the personal authority influence by their leaders and whereas these harmful role models exercise a similar impact on their victims to that of religious sects;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish as quickly as possible a global strategyfurther develop EU strategies and to cooperate with third countries and international organisations to prevent the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens, taking into account all vectors of radicalisation, on the basis of the exchange of best practice within the European Union and the evaluation of measures undertaken in the Member States; takes the view that the Commission should develop an intensive communication strategy on preventing the radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to publish guidelines on measures to be implemented in Europe's prisons aimed at preventing Europeans from becoming radicalised; recommends that the Member States segregparate radicalised inmates within their prisons in order to prevent radicalism from being imposed through intimidation or other practises on other inmates and to contain radicalisation in those institutions;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the establishment of specialised European training for prison staff in order to teach them to detect and to deal with radical behaviour; stresses the importance of appropriatelyoffering access to training and recruitingfor prison chaplains and to counsellors so that they can not only adequately meet prisoners' cultural needs in prisons, but also and counter radical discourse effectively;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Feels that the internet giantsindustry should be made aware of their responsibilities so that they delete illegal content as quickly as possible; believes that the Member States should plan for the possibility of bringing criminal prosecutions against digital actors who do not take action in response to the spread of illicit messages or messages praising terrorism on their internet platforms; believes that refusal or failure to cooperate on the part of internet platforms which allow such messages to circulate should be considered an act of complicity with praising terrorism and should consequently be punished; welcomes the cooperation between Europol, national law enforcement and judiciary bodies with private actors to swiftly remove illicit content and to prosecute perpetrators; calls on the European Commission and Member States to promote and support the further institutionalisation of such working groups;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Feels, however,Is convinced that the internet is an effective platform forto spreading discourse opposed toto counter hate speech and praise for terrorism; recalls on the digital giantsthat such counter discourse should be based on the charter of fundamental rights; calls on the internet industry to cooperate with the Member States in order to take part in the spread of prevention messages calling for the development of critical thinking and for a process of deradicalisation;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. States that the internet giantsindustry, through internet referencing, have the power to promote radicalisation prevention messages aimed at countering messages that praise terrorism; feels that it is thus their duty to highlight messages that oppose hate speech and praise for terrorism, thereby making online radicalisation more difficult; calls on the Commission and on Member States to support the effective use of counter narratives and mitigation measures through the internet;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. FWelcomes the creation of the Internet Referral Unit (IRU) by Europol to detect illicit content and supporting Member States in this regard; feels that every Member State should set up a special unit tasked with flagging illicit content on the internet and with facilitating the detection and removal of content that does not conform to the host internet platform's charter and rules; proposes that such units could cooperate with a European unit responsible for dealing with flagging;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes that online radicalisation cannot be stamped out without reinforcing the tools available to the EU to combat cybercrime; recommends that the European Union strengthen the mandate of the European Cybercrime Centre should be strengthened so that it can play an effective role in better prodetecting European citizens against online threats and detecting the digital processes used by terrorist organisationsand tackling online threats and better identifying the ways used by terrorist organisations; recalls the necessity of sufficiently trained experts at Europol as well as in Member States to respond to this specific threat;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Union to carry out a communication campaign to raise the awareness of young people, as well as supervisory staff, as regards issues of radicalisation; calls on the Member States to introduce specialist training for teaching staff so that they can detect any suspiciousproblematic changes in behaviour and properly supervise young people who are at risk of being recruited by terrorist organisations; further encourages Member States to invest in and to financially support specialised facilities in the proximity of schools that serve as contact points for young people but also their families, teachers and other involved persons, these facilities should support young persons specifically and engage in extracurricular activities including psychological counselling;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Insists on the absolute necessity of stepping up the exchange of information between the law enforcement authorities in the Member States; stresses that stepping up the exchange of information between law enforcement authorities will also entail reinforcing the role of European Union agencies, such as Europol and Eurojust; highlights in this regard the importance of Europol’s secure information exchange network application (SIENA);
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reiterates its beliefconviction that the European Union must step up its external border controls as a matter of urgency; stresses that it will be impossible to effectively track the departures or arrivals of European citizens unless a mandatory and systematic coentrols arey-exit-system is introduced on the European Union's external borders; states that, to this end, one of the European Union's priorities must be reformingto swiftly adopt the Smart Borders package, including an adaptation of the Schengen Code;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines the crucial role of cross- border police cooperation in border management for the prevention of the departure and the anticipation of the return of radicalized European citizens; calls therefore on the European Union to ensure law enforcement authorities receive the necessary support, training and resources through Union bodies such as CEPOL and Europol to fulfil their role and mandate effectively;
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Supports measures to weaken terrorist organisations from the inside and lessenimit their potentialcurrent influence on EU citizens; urges the European UnCommission to look into ways of dismantling jihadist networks and identifying how they are funded; encourages the Commission to propose a regulation on identifying terrorism funding channels; notes that SWIFT covers global financial transactions to a large extend however recalls that alternative forms of payments, also online, also pose a considerable risk of terrorist financing; highlights the importance of a terrorist finance tracking programme in this regard; calls on the Commission to re- evaluate the creation of a common European terrorist finance tracking system;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Welcomes the recent adoption of the European Agenda on Security with proposes important steps towards a better fight against terrorism and radicalisation such as the creation of the European Anti-Terrorism Centre at Europol; calls upon Member States to make full use of existing measures and calls upon the Commission to flag sufficient financial and human resources to effectively deliver on its proposed actions;
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls for a harmonised approach for the criminal offence of hate speech online and offline where radicals incite others to disrespect and to violate fundamental rights; suggests to add this specific offence in the relevant framework decisions by the Council;