201 Amendments of Monika HOHLMEIER related to 2018/2044(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the security of one Member State is the security of all in the Union; whereas in the last two years the EU and the Member States have made progress in countering the threats posed by terrorism, but whereas this progress is unfortunately made under pressure of events rather than through pro-active measures; whereas the coordinated approach between Member States and EU institutions should be successful in this field in order to address shortcomings in the face of an enduring threat on an unprecedented scale;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the security of one Member State is the security of all in the Union; whereas in the last two years the EU and the Member States have made progress in countering the threats posed by terrorism; whereas the same level of progress is not being achieved across all Member States, and whereas continued and sustained efforts are still awaited;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas at the same time Article 4(2) TFEU designates the area of freedom, security and justice as an area of shared competence between the Union and the Member States; whereas the EU has specific competences as regards facilitating and encouraging coordination and cooperation between Member States, including standardisation of laws and practices across Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the national security and intelligence agencies of EU Member States and of some third countries cooperate very effectively through the Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) and on a bilateral and multilateral basis; whereas the EU has an established complex of structures dealing wholly or in part with terrorism, notably through Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC), EU INTCEN and facilitated by the European Counter- Terrorism Coordinator;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the diverse landscape of regional, national, EU and internationalmultitude of actors in the field of counter-terrorism with overlapping competences and insufficiently delineated mandatdifferent characteristics, mandates and geographical prerogatives, the multitude of formal and informal fora for cooperation and exchange of information, as well as the division of competences between the different regional and national agencies, between law enforcement services and intelligence services and between the EU and the Member States, may give rise to difficulties with regard to the coordination and coherence of the response to the terrorist threat;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas on 6 July 2017 the Parliament set up a temporary Special Committee on Terrorism (TERR) with the aim of providing Parliament’s view as to the practical and legislative gaps in the current counter-terrorism regime that have allowed the recent terrorist attacks in the EU to occur and making recommendations that would help tackle the terrorist threat at EU level;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
F b. whereas, in order to allow the Parliament to dedicate sufficient attention and the specific efforts necessary for contributing effectively and responding to the challenges posed by terrorism, a standing parliamentary committee responsible for internal security and terrorism should be set up within the Parliament; whereas the setting up of such a standing parliamentary committee will signal the Parliament’s engagement and understanding of the importance of the issues of internal security, international organised crime and terrorism, which are at the forefront of EU citizens’ concerns; whereas it will also reflect the significance of this issue for the Parliament and will mirror the institutional setup in other EU institutions and bodies, such as the creation of a Security Union Task Force and the appointment of a Commissioner for the Security Union within the Commission, the creation of a European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) within Europol, as well as the existence of a Working Party on Terrorism within the Council;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas of 88 legally binding counter-terrorism measures proposed from September 2001 to summer 2013 only a quarter were subject to impact assessments and only three to public consultation1a; whereas this ratio has improved in recent years and the most recent initiatives presented by the Commission in 2017 and 2018 were accompanied by the necessary justification; whereas with the Agenda on Better Regulation adopted in 2015 the Commission has also strengthened its policy on stakeholder consultation; __________________ 1a Study on The European Union’s Policies on Counter-Terrorism: Relevance, Coherence and Effectiveness, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, PE 583.124, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/STUD/2017/583124/IPOL_STU(201 7)583124_EN.pdf
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas evaluation of counter- terrorism measures is vital for assessing their effectiveness and determining whether additional action is necessary to address the shortcomings; whereas a difference exists between monitoring the extent of implementation and the actual effectiveness of implemented measures; whereas between 2001 and 2016 there were 17 monitoring implementation and evaluation reports compared to 10 counter- terrorism strategies and 55 legislative and non-binding measures; whereas it is necessary for Member States to implement EU security laws quickly so that no loopholes emerge in the EU’s comprehensive body of counter-terrorism measures;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in recent years the EU Member States have suffered major terrorist attacks, perpetrated or inspired by partly state-sponsored jihadist groups such as Daesh or, Al-Qaeda or Hezbollah; whereas far right, far left and ethno- nationalist separatist extremism are also matters of concern;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
J b. whereas most terrorist attacks carried out in the EU in 2017 were specified as separatist attacks (137 out of 205) – albeit causing primarily property damage1a;whereas threats from ethno- nationalist separatist extremism emanate from both within and outside EU territory with the PKK being the most prominent example of the latter; whereas Europol’s TESAT 2018 reports that there are currently no EU-wide terrorist networks stimulated by the extremism phenomena described above1b; __________________ 1a Europol European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2018, p. 45 1b Europol European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2018, p. 45 ff.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
J c. whereas Europol’s TESAT 2018 clearly states that none of the reported activities in any terrorist category have been as lethal and have had such an impact on society as a whole as those committed by jihadist terrorists; __________________ 1a Europol European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2018, p. 4
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas terrorists continue to use small arms and explosives and have increasingly resorted to ad hoc weapons such as vehicles, trucks and knifes; whereas recenrecent attacks have demonstrated that firearms and explosives are still traditional methods used by terrorist groups and individuals to commit attacks, have been prepared thoroughly or carried out spontaneouslyowever there is a growing use of other weapons and methods that are much more sophisticated and more difficult to detect;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the return of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and their families poses particular challenges in terms of security and radicalisation; whereas child returnees pose specific problems as they can be both victims and potential perpetrators, possibly disguised for years or decades, at the same time;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
S a. whereas there is a danger that terrorists abuse and exploit the freedom and rule of law offered by the EU liberal democracies as a hideaway from the autocratic regimes in their home countries where terrorist activity might lead to capital punishment;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S b (new)
Recital S b (new)
S b. whereas there are documented cases1a where victims of severe crimes perpetrated by Daesh terrorists on Syrian or Iraqi territory have – while considering themselves safe – met again their tormentors on EU soil where both have asked for protection; __________________ 1a https://www.dw.com/de/jesidin-trifft-in- deutschland-auf-is-peiniger/a-45119776
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas new forms of terrorism may be used for an attack, among them cyber-terrorism and the use of weapons of mass destruction, possibly in connection with new technical equipment such as drones; whereas there is the precedent of a foiled attack involving the highly toxic biological agent ricin; whereas there are cases where Daesh has used or planned to use chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials, and shared via social media channels possible tactics and methods for attacks and targets;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
T a. whereas multiple cases of trafficking of radiological or nuclear material are annually reported to the Incident and Trafficking database of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), emphasising the latent risk emanating from such substances, particularly with regard to the severity of their potential consequences;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within society; whereas there is a need for a proper education and training aiming at building resilience against populism
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas populism-fuelled political discourse regarding the terrorist threat can lead to polarisation within society, exploited both by left- and right-wing agitators;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
U a. whereas interactions between terrorist organisations and organised crime groups, where the capability to cause mass casualties in the civilian population in EU Member States connects with the logistical capacity to enable it, poses significant risks; whereas there is a low level of law enforcement and intelligence reporting and analysis on the nexus between organised crime and terrorism; whereas there is often a lack of investigative and judicial capacities focused on organised crime in many Member States and on the EU level;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
U a. whereas there is a big amount of disinformation and untrue stories concerning the terrorist threat disseminated in the European societies that aim at stirring unrest; whereas the disinformation campaigns lead to radicalisation within the Member States;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas several European funds and programmes can be used for projects countering and preventing radicalisation; whereas the EU budget up to 2020 allocates EUR 314 million for anti- radicalisation projects1a; whereas there is no continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of those programmes; __________________ 1a Speech by Commissioner Jourová, in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, at the Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons, in Brussels, Borschette, 27.2.2018 http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_SPEECH-18-1221_en.htm
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas it is estimated that there are between 50 000 and 70 000 radicalised jihadists in the EU;1a; __________________ 1a Jean Charles Brisard, Centre d’Analyse du Terrorisme, TERR meeting of 9 April 2018
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas it is estimated that there are between 50 000 and 70 000 radicalised jihadistindividuals in the EU;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD
Recital AD
AD. whereas throughout Europe significant numbers of cases of radical hate preachers have been documented; whereas the hate preachers often originate from outside the EU, while mosques receive opaque funding from third countries, many of whom are authoritarian and clerical regimes that do not align with the EU’s fundamental values;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG
Recital AG
AG. whereas in the European Internet Forum launched in 2015 companies cooperate to remove terrorist content from their websites on a voluntary basis; following repeated calls for better commitment to countering terrorism, major internet companies have faced up to their responsibilities; whereas in the European Internet Forum launched in 2015 companies cooperate to remove terrorist content from their websites on a voluntary basis; whereas a code of conduct for major IT companies was implemented in May 2016 with the aim of tackling illegal hate speech online; whereas this voluntary cooperation is nevertheless insufficient, and whereas the Commission and Member States have regularly been encouraged to implement a hard law that makes the companies criminally liable for the swift removal of terrorist content online;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH
Recital AH
AH. whereas Europol’s Internet Referral Unit (IRU) has made more than 50 000 referrals and on average 87 %1a of the content referred to companies by the IRU has been removed on the basis of voluntary consideration of the compatibility of the referred internet content with their own terms and conditions; __________________ 1a TERR hearing 24 April 2018, testimony by Mr Luigi Soreca, Director for Security, DG Home, European Commission
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas although majorsome progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement; whereas the removals are often not complete, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company; whereas effective, quick and comprehensive reporting and content removal by companies has to be improved; whereas in the resolution of 25 November 2015, Parliament encouraged Member States to consider legal action, including criminal prosecutions, against internet and social media companies and service providers which refuse to comply with an administrative or judicial request to delete illegal content or content praising terrorism on their internet platforms, and declared that refusal or deliberate failure by internet platforms to cooperate, thus allowing such illegal content to circulate, should be considered an act of complicity that can be equated to criminal intent or neglect and that those responsible should in such cases be brought to justice;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas although major progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement, due to the fact that their efforts to cooperate as partners have been insufficient, as reported by the Counter Extremism Project; whereas the removals are often not complete nor timely or permanent, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company, or allowing the account to reappear after it has posted content in violation of a company's terms of service; whereas effective and, comprehensive, and transparent reporting by companies has to be improved; whereas instructions to reach the dark web, which is frequently used by terrorist groups for untraced propaganda, financing, recruiting and other related activities, are widely available on the internet;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas although major progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement; whereas the removals are often not complete nor timely or permanent, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company; whereas effective and comprehensive or allowing the account to remain live and/or reappear after it has posted content in violation of a company’s terms of service; whereas effective, comprehensive and transparent reporting by companies has to be improved;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AI
Recital AI
AI. whereas although major progress has been made with regard to removal of online terrorist content, there is a need to scale up the companies’ engagement, particularly given the fact that their countermeasures are often insufficient and inconsistent and the reaction time too slow; whereas the removals are often not complete, removing the content from one website but leaving it on another belonging to the same company; whereas effective and comprehensive reporting by companies has to be improved;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
Recital AJ
AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content and doing so at a greater pace, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform-agnostic automated tools, such as the database of hasheshashing technology, which can identify online terrorist content with a high degree of accuracy as well as promulgating EU- wide standards for terms of service to be adopted across companies and by which EU Member States can judge a company’s performance in enforcing such standards;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
Recital AJ
AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content and doing so at a greater pace, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform-agnostic automated tools, such as the database of hashes which can identify online terrorist content with a high degree of accuracy; whereas the development of new technologies and access to artificial intelligence and algorithms may allow online terrorist content to be identified and reported swiftly;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AJ
Recital AJ
AJ. whereas, in response to larger companies removing more content and doing so at a greater pace, Daesh is increasingly using new and/or smaller platforms which are less suited to fast removal of terrorist material; whereas this diversification to smaller platforms makes additional technical support essential to enable, for example, the introduction of platform-agnostic automated tools, such as the database of hashes or hashing technology which can identify online terrorist content with a high degree of accuracy; whereas the creation of EU standards for terms of service for the companies by which their performance in introducing those standards could be assessed should be supported;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK
Recital AK
AK. whereas prisons have become hothouses of extremism, incubating terrorists; whereas many of those serving prison sentences will soon be released back into their communities and there are few resources to monitor their activities; whereas prison conditions can play a significant role in heightening or lessening risks of radicalisation; whereas even though Member States recognise the need to address the rise in prison radicalisation, few effective measures have been implemented;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK
Recital AK
AK. whereas the internal situation in many prisons have led to radicalisation of the convicted, which is the reason why many prisons have become hothouses of extremism, incubating terrorists; whereas many of those serving prison sentences will soon be released back into their communities and there are few resources to monitor their activities; whereas prison conditions can play a significant role in heightening or lessening risks of radicalisation;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK a (new)
Recital AK a (new)
AKa. whereas it is essential to implement plans to follow-up former prisoners who have displayed traits of radicalisation during or before being imprisoned; whereas structures should be created to look after these people in an open institution after they are released from prison;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL
Recital AL
AL. whereas retention of data is an essential part of the investigative process; whereas police and, judicial authorities and intelligence services usually rely heavily on communications data to successfully proceed with their casework; whereas in order for interoperability of information systems to reach its full potential, harmonised data retention regimes across the EU are vital; whereas the necessity of an appropriate data retention regime when it comes to the fight against terrorism was consistently raised during the work of the TERR Committee;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
Recital AL a (new)
AL a. whereas in the absence of any data retention rules the main negative result will be the unavailability of necessary data, because it might not be stored by communication service providers, particularly if the service providers do not require such data for operational and commercial reasons, and/or disclosed to law enforcement authorities upon lawful request; whereas, if data is not available to the authorised bodies and judges at Member State level due to lack of data retention obligations, executing MLA requests as well as multilateral exchange at EU level will also be impossible and cross-border law-enforcement and judicial cooperation as a whole has been and will be adversely affected;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AM
Recital AM
AM. whereas the use of encryption by terrorists to protect their communications or stored data represents a considerable challenge for law enforcement and intelligence services, denying access to essential intelligence and evidence; whereas encryption becomes particularly critical when even the responsible online service providers are unwilling or unable to decrypt the communication;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AR a (new)
Recital AR a (new)
ARa. whereas despite repeated calls to implement an EU system for recording passenger details (PNR), each Member State has not demonstrated commitment to this and the majority of them have not complied with the deadline for implementing this law; whereas Member States that miss this deadline should without any further delay undertake all necessary action to implement this directive in full with immediate effect;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AV a (new)
Recital AV a (new)
AV a. whereas - in the context of the Information Management strategy (IMS), 6th Action list - there are currently two on-going pilot projects which aim at ensuring interlinking with decentralised systems, namely the ADEP project (Automation of data exchange processes on police records) and project QUEST (“Querying Europol Systems”); where-as such projects help provide real and workable solutions to the problems stemming from the lack of interconnectivity of decentralised information systems and help foster trust and cooperation between the Member States;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BB a (new)
Recital BB a (new)
BB a. whereas in order to guarantee the CTG’s long-term public acceptance and rapprochement towards the EU security structure, there is a need to enhance its public visibility without limiting the privacy needed for effective intelligence cooperation;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BC
Recital BC
BC. whereas the UK government has expressed its intention of leaving the EU on 29 March 2019; whereas the EU and the UK are highly interdependent in the area of security and counter-terrorism; whereas both should be able to continue to share, collect and analyse vital operational intelligenceinformation in the fight against serious crime on a level equivalent to the current one;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BD
Recital BD
BD. whereas efficient and systematic cooperation between the Member States and the EU agencies as well as among the agencies in the counter-terrorism field is imperative, especially cooperation between Europol and Eurojust in order to effectively detect, prevent, and investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of a terrorist attack; whereas Eurojust has appointed a specialised counter-terrorism prosecutor to make the bridge with the ECTC at Europol to increase cooperation and information exchange between the two agencies;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BG
Recital BG
BG. whereas several EU instruments such as Decision 2005/671/JHA, the CT Directive and the Europol regulation require Member States to share information on terrorism with the relevant agencies; whereas increased information sharing with Europol and Eurojust on a regular basis and in a timely and systematic manner, including contextual information, facilitates their work in detecting links between cases and providing an overview of challenges and best practice related to investigations, prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offences; whereas information shared with Eurojust has increased over the past years, but differences continue to exist between the Member States in relation to the amount, type and scope of the information shared, which may result in fragmented information available1a; __________________ 1a While only 14 terrorism cases were referred to Eurojust in 2014, the number of cases dealt by Eurojust from 2014-2018 reached 263 with a total of 61 coordination meetings in 75 terrorism cases, 2 coordination centres and 14 cases with JITs supported by Eurojust
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BG a (new)
Recital BG a (new)
BG a. whereas the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, to be established on the basis of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1339, shall have the important task of investigating and prosecuting criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the Union, its establishment and the allocation of financial resources to this new body should not negatively impact the abilities of existing structures, such as Eurojust, to facilitate the efforts of the Member States in the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BG b (new)
Recital BG b (new)
BG b. whereas CEPOL substantially contributes to CT training for law enforcement officials of the Member States and in priority third countries;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BJ
Recital BJ
BJ. whereas joint investigation teams (JITs) facilitate the coordination of investigations and prosecutions in cases with a cross-border dimension and allow for real-time exchange of information/evidence; whereas the practical benefits resulting from the use of JITs include improved information exchange, exchange of best practices, enhanced collection of evidence and mutual recognition of the actions carried out by the parties; whereas JITs require appropriate funding to work effectively;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK
Recital BK
BK. whereas close cooperation withby online service providers (OSPs) is necessary when it comes to securing and obtaining electronic evidence, given its importance for investigating terrorist offences;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BK a (new)
Recital BK a (new)
BKa. whereas a European Public Prosecutor’s Office with jurisdiction extended to encompass combating organised crime and terrorism would be an effective and essential tool in reinforcing judicial cooperation in Europe;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BL
Recital BL
BL. whereas the Schengen area without internal borders is only sustainable if the external borders are effectively secured and protected and internal security measures are adopted to face the risk of serious crimes; whereas many proposals have been adopted in order to strengthen security checks at the external borders; whereas it is nonetheless necessary to offer Member States more flexibility regarding the temporary reintroduction of checks at internal borders in the event of a serious threat to public order or public security, as proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BS
Recital BS
BS. whereas battlefield evidence is often essential to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters and needs to be included in the relevant databases in order to reach border guards in real time and to be shared with investigators and prosecutors for investigations and prosecutions;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW
Recital BW
BW. whereas in certain countries with less developed banking systems the prevalent use of mobile banking services often makes it difficult to identify the beneficiaries of cash transfers; whereas such transfers of funds by means of mobile banking present high risks for terrorist financing; whereas the use of and transfer of funds through alternative remittance systems also present a risk for terrorist financing;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW a (new)
Recital BW a (new)
BW a. whereas virtual currencies, especially cryptocurrencies, and other new payment methods could be also misused by terrorist organisations to finance their activities;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW b (new)
Recital BW b (new)
BW b. whereas cooperation and exchange of information between obliged entities, Financial Intelligence Units and competent authorities are key for the effective fight against terrorist financing;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital BX
Recital BX
BX. whereas the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) is a useful tool for counter- terrorist financing; whereas it does not allow tracing terrorist financing activities using SEPA transactions, which leads to a significant information gap; whereas a TFTS system complementary to the existing TFTP Agreement would enhance the EU’s capacity to prevent and investigate terrorist attacks by providing key additional information on terrorist financing activities and would be more efficient and effective than pursuing financial information concerning suspicious transactions through bilateral or multilateral information and/or legal assistance requests; whereas Parliament has on several occasions called for the introduction of such a system, including in its resolution of 25 November 2015 on the prevention of radicalisation and recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CA
Recital CA
CA. whereas cyber-attacks on electronic services or through interconnected systems are a key component of hybrid threats; whereas an increasing number of cyber- attacks have, or can have, kinetic effects on critical infrastructure; whereas there is a need to increase readiness to counter cyber threats;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CB
Recital CB
CB. whereas the Commission Comprehensive Assessment of EU Security Policy and the evaluation study of Directive 2008/114/EC indicate that: the threat to critical infrastructures is likely to continue to rise, that there is a need to enhance preparation and response capabilities and to revise Directive 2008/114/EC, and that there is an interest in targeting transport infrastructures; whereas a better framework is needed to improve rail security and to address the issue of protection of public areas of transport infrastructures, such as airports and, ports and maritime transport, as well as railway stations;
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CB a (new)
Recital CB a (new)
CBa. whereas attacks on critical infrastructure such as nuclear power stations would have catastrophic consequences; whereas Member States must ensure adequate, fail-safe protection of these facilities;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CE
Recital CE
CE. whereas the private sector should be involved in the protection of critical infrastructure and soft targets, particularly in the cyber-domain;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CE a (new)
Recital CE a (new)
CE a. whereas private security services play a significant role in ensuring resilient security chains, public procurement of their services should therefore be subject to particular quality criteria, with regard to aspects such as training, vetting and screening of personnel, quality control and compliance assurance, implementation of technological developments and contract management;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CH a (new)
Recital CH a (new)
CH a. whereas vehicle rental companies lack the ability to exchange information such as booking or reservation data with law enforcement agencies for the purpose of cross-checks against official watch-lists and police databases;
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CI
Recital CI
CI. whereas in 2015 and 2016, explosives were used in 40 % of the terrorist attacks committed in the EU;1a; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2017, p. 10
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CJ
Recital CJ
CJ. whereas the explosive used in most of the attacks was triacetone triperoxide (TATP)1a, a home-made explosive that remains the explosive of choice for terrorists; whereas TATP can be quite easily manufactured using only a few substances; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2017, p. 15
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CP
Recital CP
CP. whereas according to Europol’s Te- Sat 2018 report, firearms were used in 41 % of all attacks, a slight increase compared to 2016 (38 %);1a; __________________ 1a Europol TeSat 2018, p. 9
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CV
Recital CV
CV. whereas all North African countries have been confronted with major terrorist actions and remain prime targets; whereas these countries may suffer from the return of foreign fighters, considering the large number of jihadists from this region; whereas strong partnerships with these key third countries and information exchange make it possible to thwart attacks and dismantle terrorist networks;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CW a (new)
Recital CW a (new)
CWa. whereas it is vital for the European Union to maintain strong cooperation with all third country partners in counter-terrorism; whereas dialogue about the measures and actions undertaken to combat terrorism and terrorist funding and prevent radicalisation must be maintained, particularly with the Gulf countries; whereas interparliamentary cooperation with these key third countries is one of the tools that should be strengthened;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CX
Recital CX
CX. whereas the EU is cooperating with third countries in the area of counter- terrorism in a variety of ways; whereas a number of EU instruments can be used to finance CT programmes abroad; whereas the EU has deployed a network of CT experts within EU delegations; whereas EU agencies such as Europol are also cooperating with third countries in the area of counter-terrorism, through strategic and operational agreements for example; whereas the number of these agreements needs to be increased to strengthen international cooperation on counter- terrorism;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CX
Recital CX
CX. whereas the EU is cooperating with third countries in the area of counter- terrorism in a variety of ways; whereas a number of EU instruments can be used to finance CT programmes abroad; whereas the EU has deployed a network of CT experts within EU delegations; whereas EU agencies such as Europol, Eurojust and CEPOL are also cooperating with third countries in the area of counter-terrorism, through strategic and operational agreements for example;
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CY
Recital CY
CY. whereas there is an EU sanction system in the area of CT with three types of measures, which is implemented by the EEAS; whereas this system is incomplete and underused owing to procedural constraints and reluctance on the part of the Member States;
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital CZ
Recital CZ
CZ. whereas in the 20-year period 1998- 2018, some 6more than 65200 people were direct victims of terrorism across Europe, with 713 murdered and 5 939 injuredthe EU, with around 700 murdered; whereas there is a lack of harmonised figures on the exact amount of victims; whereas prior to 20014 most victims of terrorism were mainly attributable to the IRA and ETA. while since then the vast majority were as a result of Islamist terrorism;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DA
Recital DA
DA. whereas deaths caused by terrorist attacks destroy families and leave a legacy of irrevocable sadness, and many of the injured survivors of terrorist attacks suffer from disabilities, disfiguring and life- changing loss of senselimbs and limbpsychological problems and their plight impacts heavily on close family, while too often once the media spotlight has passed, the long-term needs of the victims are neglected;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DB a (new)
Recital DB a (new)
DB a. whereas victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Europe are still lacking justice, proper treatment, victim support services and financial assistance;
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DE a (new)
Recital DE a (new)
DE a. whereas Eurojust has been facilitating the execution of MLA requests for coordinating and granting assistance in the exercise of rights of victims of terrorism, considering the different rights and roles of foreign victims in their national legal systems;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DF
Recital DF
DF. whereas the Union is founded on the values of human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as on the principles of democracy and the rule of law; whereas acts of terrorism constitute the most serious violation of these universal values and principles; whereas there are religious practices throughout the EU that fundamentally oppose EU values;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DF a (new)
Recital DF a (new)
DF a. whereas all measures in the fight against terrorism should as little as possible affect the innocent and uninvolved general population; whereas it is crucial that CT investigations adhere to high standards of professionalism with all applied measures being targeted and proportionate;
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DG
Recital DG
DG. whereas the EU should do the utmost possible to guarantee the physical and psychological integrity of its citizens who are endangered by terrorists; whereas the rights of victims of terrorism should play a more prominent role in the public discourse but particularly when it comes to asserting those rights; whereas Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights enshrines both the right to liberty and the right to security, which complement each other;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital DG a (new)
Recital DG a (new)
DG a. whereas law enforcement and judicial personnel are at the forefront in CT-operations; whereas there are multiple documented cases where police and judicial officials and their families were particularly targeted and threatened by violent extremists, partly culminating into violent physical attacks right up to homicides; whereas political and public support towards law enforcement and judicial personnel who safeguard fundamental rights in CT investigations by risking life and limb, is of utmost importance;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that while Member States remain first in line to respond to and prevent threats, a clear need exists to fully recognise the Security Union’s role in supporting them, providing common solutions and adding value; whereas, in an area without internal borders, European action is vital in ensuring a high level of security across European territory;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that while Member States remain first in line todeepening cooperation and exchange of information between Member States and with the European Union is crucial to effectively respond to and prevent terrorist threats, a clear need exists to fully recognise the Security Union’s role in supporting themnd protect citizens, providing common solutions and adding value;
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that, at this stage, the EU and the Member States should improve cooperation through existing European agencies, specialised EU services and Member States’ security and justice institutions;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of the exchange of good practice between Member States within the European Union, as well as with third countries; welcomes the initiatives taken by some Member States, as well as at the local level by some cities, and also by private operators, to identify effective counter- terrorism tools;
Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a considers that the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator should continue to play a proactive role in strengthening the EU’s response in the fight against terrorism; insists on a clarification of the status and role of the EU Counter- Terrorism Coordinator as a bridge between competent EU institutions and national agencies;
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the setting up within the European Parliament of a standing parliamentary committee responsible for matters relating to internal security and terrorism and dealing with particularly sensitive information;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to further strengthen and support the ATLAS network of civilian anti-terror special operation units of the EU Member States;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to monitor all foreign terrorist fighters; calls for an effective and appropriate follow-up of the threat posed by returnees, and for this purpose invites Member States to share contextual information about returnees via Europol; calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of aligned classification systems in order to distinguish between high, medium and low-risk returnees; considers it vital to set up de-indoctrination and de-radicalisation centres to take in foreign fighters when they return to European territory, as well as radicalised individuals who are on European territory; calls on the Member States to ensure that any foreign fighters are placed under judicial control and, where necessary, in administrative detention upon their return to Europe, until such time as due court proceedings are initiated;
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to monitor all foreign terrorist fighters; calls for an effective and appropriate follow-up of the threat posed by returnees, and for this purpose invites Member States to share contextual information about returnees via Europol and intelligence assessments on that topic with EU INTCEN; calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of aligned classification systems in order to distinguish between high, medium and low-risk returnees;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends to the Member States that they start building appropriate structures to respond to child returnees, and in particular the development of expertise, including that of experienced professionals, in the areas of trauma, extremism, child development, education and risk assessment and tailored to the local and national context, as well as clear legal and organisational structures for dealing with this phenomenon; encourages Member States to cooperate with the ICRC as they possess particular access and expertise in this field;
Amendment 691 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. recommends to Member States to clarify the asylum status or entitlement to subsidiary protection already outside the EU borders in well-equipped EU- controlled reception centres in order to minimize the risk of persons who pose a threat to public security entering European soil; if the establishment of reception centres is not possible outside the EU, they shall be build close to EU external borders on European soil;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to develop a coordinated approach on the return of foreign terrorist fighters and their relatives, in particular with regard to coordinated procedures, criteria and the exchange of information on returnees and their follow-up, in order to increase preparedness and close any gaps within the Schengen Area;
Amendment 693 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal that precludes convicted terrorist offenders as well as persons where there is clear evidence that they pose a severe threat to public security from applying for asylum or other forms of international protection throughout the European Union;
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to establish regional – if applicable cross-border – stockpiling centres to ensure comprehensive availability of medical countermeasures including vaccines following the dual-use principle, and to use the Joint Procurement Mechanism to avoid parallel uncoordinated efforts;
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on Member States to create or strengthen specialised laboratories; asks the Commission and Parliament to fund and support relevant cross-border research activities;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to strengthen EU CBRN preparedness and response through cross-sectorial exercises for law enforcement, civil protection health structures and, where relevant, borders and customs within the existing financial instruments and operational tools, in particular the Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism, CEPOL and the ISF-Police;
Amendment 706 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to set common standards for vetting procedures at vulnerable institutions such as nuclear power plants or specialised laboratories;
Amendment 708 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Encourages Member States to make more use of technical detection systems of CBRN substances particularly at large-scale public events and calls on the Commission and the European Parliament to make further European funding available for comprehensive acquisitions of such systems;
Amendment 709 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Welcomes the approval of a regulation on civil aviation safety and the mandate of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 216/2008; calls on the Commission to take into account security aspects for forthcoming delegated and implementing rules on drones and drones operations, including regularly updated risk assessments; mandatory registration, electronic identification and geofencing in all drones categories; and mandatory security licenses and trainings for operators of security and inspection missions;
Amendment 711 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Notes the increased cyber threat and underlines the importance to step up cyber security efforts also in the CT field;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, with inadequate sentences being issued for serious crime and radicalised individuals being released prematurely or on parole; therefore encourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to ensure effective intervention vis-à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenders; stresses the importance of reintegration measures to prevent repeat offences and the follow- up of former inmates after their release;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that terrorists have been known to start off in petty crime; is concerned that certain Member States’ justice systems have low conviction rates, with inadequate sentences being issued for serious crime and radicalised individuals being released prematurely or on parole; therefore encourages Member States to organise their justice systems such as to emphasise strongly the need to ensure effective intervention vis-à-vis habitual offenders and sufficient dissuasiveness for such offenders; encourages the Member States to consult such changes on the intergovernmental level;
Amendment 727 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that victims of sexual and other severe violence perpetrated by Daesh terrorists outside of the EU are safe and without fear in the EU; calls on Member States to bring such cases to court, even if the crimes have been committed outside of the EU and involve the victims as valuable witnesses in the court proceedings;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Eurojust to continue its work in monitoring the jurisprudence in Member States as regards radicalisation leading to terrorism, including the use of alternatives to prosecution and detention, and to report regularly in its Terrorism Conviction Monitor (TCM); to this end, calls on the Member States to transmit to Eurojust all relevant information on prosecutions and convictions for terrorist offences which affect or may affect two or more Member States;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to encourage and tolerate only ‘practices of Islam’religious practices that are in full accordance with EU values; welcomes the initiatives by moderate Muslim religious communities throughout Europe to counter the dangerous narratives from within their communities
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains and to consistently blacklist any hate preachers; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch list so as to better exchange information on radical chaplains; encourages Member States to create a common list of criteria and standards against which those chaplains could be screened;
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to conduct prior screenings of chaplains, particularly prison chaplains; and to consistently blacklist any hate preachers; calls on the Commission to introduce an EU watch list so as to better exchange information on radical chaplains;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to increase the offer of higher education opportunities for chaplains in the EU under transparent scrutiny, with only accrediting theological education programmes integrating EU valuesprofessorships whose incumbents fully respect EU values such as religious freedom, gender equality and the rule of secular law and revoking teaching permissions in case of misdemeanour; invites the Commission and the Member States to develop and fund a network of European religious scholars that can spread - and testify to - practices of Islam that are compliant withpromote EU values;
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Suggests the creation of a European Islamic Institute and Research Centre where scholars could conduct research on compatibilities between elements of practice of the Muslim religion and European values, andthat clearly respects the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the legal framework of the Union, which could be called on to constitute a trusted advisory board for EU institutions and Member States;
Amendment 840 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centralised database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees; calls on Member States to ban funding from third countries that oppose the EU’s fundamental values of democracy, pluralism, tolerance, and equality between men and women;
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Member States to examine how to ensure that places of worship, education, charities, cultural associations and similar entities provide details regarding the provenance of their funds and their distribution, both within and outside the EU, and how data concerning these entities, where there exists suspicion or reasonable grounds to suspect links with terrorist groups, could be recorded in a centrand analiysed in the Europol database, set up with all the appropriate guarantees;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Member States to ban and remove all religious literature within their territory that incites to violent and terrorist acts, particularly the content produced or spread by groups and individuals sanctioned by the European Union or United Nations Organisation; asks for such literature to be removed from online platforms and shops as part of the referrals by the Internet Referral Unit;
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights that Member States have to ensure that all educational institutions provide education in accordance with the European Convention on Human Rights, through checks on curricula, regular inspections and sanctions for non- compliance and that religious zealots must not get access to schools;
Amendment 884 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; points out that, in its communication of 1 March 2018, the Commission proposed a series of non- binding measures to more effectively combat illegal content online, and gave companies three months to demonstrate the effectiveness of their actions; once again requests the Commission to present without further delay a legislative proposal implying the criminal liability of digital companies and obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hour and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non-compliance; calls on the co-legislators to start work on this proposal quickly following its publication; calls on the Member States to put national measures in place in the event of no European intervention or delay in the drafting of such legislation;
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content and to prevent the upload or streaming of such content; requests the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully and permanently within one hour from upload and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non- compliance;
Amendment 892 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; requests the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hour and to introduce clear reporting and case-by-case preserving obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the need to achieve automatic detection and systematic, fast and full removal of terrorist content; requests the Commission to present a legislative proposal obliging companies to remove terrorist content fully within one hour and to introduce clear reporting obligations on the incidence of terrorist content and removal rates, as well as sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 904 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Calls upon technological companies to increase their efforts and funding for the development of methods to remove terrorist content quickly, but without endangering freedom of speech.
Amendment 909 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the creation of an online European platform that citizens can use in order to flag terrorist and extremist content online; and asks companies to increase their capabilities to receive, review, and respond to flagged content;
Amendment 917 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on each Member State to establish a special unit in charge of reporting illegal online content, which could cooperate with the EU IRU;
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for involvement of social media and audiovisual companies, including public broadcasters, in developing and disseminating effective counter-narratives, also with the inclusion of victims, and to stop effectively the spread of terroristic content on online platforms;
Amendment 921 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for involvement of social media and audiovisual companies, including public broadcasters, in developing and disseminating effective counter-narratives, also with the inclusion of victims and to ensure that search engines place counter-narratives prominently;
Amendment 924 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Calls to upgrade the existing EU Internet Referral Unit (IRU) to a European digital counterterrorism unit, in order to facilitate and coordinate Member States’ efforts to intercept, flag and delete terrorist content online and prevent it from being uploaded again; believes, furthermore, that it is crucial to collect the information on deleted online terrorist content and accounts at Europol, in order to prevent them from being uploaded again and facilitate analyses and criminal investigations;
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States to set up educational programmes on the use of the internet, so that children and young people have the tools to understand and assess with discernment the often unfiltered information that circulates online; also encourages adult education on internet use so that adults can monitor their children's online activities;
Amendment 934 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on Member States to ensure safe and orderly prison conditions, for both prisoners and prison staff, and to create specific procedures for radicalised inmates, in order to prevent radicalisation of others, through segregation for example, as well as to ensure targeted monitoring and targeted disengagement measures, and to train prison staff accordingly;
Amendment 941 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to step up the exchange of information on radicalisation in prisons, as well as cooperation with Eurojust, in line with the recommendations of the EU High Level Group on Radicalisation; calls, moreover, on the Member States to strengthen intelligence gathering regarding radicalized inmates and their follow-up, building on best practices in the Member States, such as the establishment of a penitentiary intelligence bureau;
Amendment 943 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. calls on Member States to set up deradicalisation or de-indoctrination structures within prisons composed of multidisciplinary teams; believes that reintegration measures should be made an integral part of incarceration in order to prepare for the release of these inmates;
Amendment 944 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Encourages the Member States to take stock of trainings developed with the use of EU funds by European Confederation for Probation (CEP), EuroPris and the European Prison Training Academy (EPTA);
Amendment 947 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29 b. Urges the Member States to guarantee safety, physical and psychological integrity of staff in prisons, to provide them with regular psychological counselling so that they do not become radicalised themselves and to develop and update official protocols of how to deal with radicalised prisoners;
Amendment 948 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)
Paragraph 29 b (new)
29b. Points out that in order to prevent radicalisation in prisons it is essential to combat prison overcrowding, which can encourage the spread of radical ideas, but also to establish incarceration regimes that are differentiated according to the level of danger presented by the inmates;
Amendment 951 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 c (new)
Paragraph 29 c (new)
29c. Draws attention to the various forms of illegal goods trafficking in prisons, particularly the trafficking of mobile phones, which allows incarcerated prisoners to remain in contact with external terrorist networks;
Amendment 952 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 d (new)
Paragraph 29 d (new)
29d. Highlights that inmates are increasingly resorting to strategies to conceal radicalisation; calls for the establishment of specific training for prison staff to teach them how to detect radicalised behaviour early on, as well as to give them the tools to deal with the security problems that these prisoners may cause; is alarmed by the violence that occurs in prisons towards prison staff, particularly by radicalised inmates, and calls for prison staff to be provided with the necessary equipment to ensure their protection; calls on the Member States to develop prison intelligence;
Amendment 953 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 e (new)
Paragraph 29 e (new)
29e. Calls on Member States to set up certification or licensing systems for prison chaplains in order to ensure that they do not spread extremist speech;
Amendment 958 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Urges Member States to introduce a licensing system for chaplainimams accessing prisons, and calls on the Council, with support from the Commission, to draw up guidelines on this; calls on Member States to regularly evaluate and monitor the chaplainimams having access to prisons;
Amendment 961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Commission to promote best practices on risk assessment methodologies of radicalised inmates developed by different Member States; calls on Member States to obligatorily assess radicalised inmates prior to their release and to develop effective post- release parole requirements for those likely to threaten public security such as daily reporting obligations to law enforcement and social authorities as well as prohibitions to utilise mobile phones or to contact certain people; calls on Member States to ensure that breaches of such obligations immediately terminate probation; reiterates that persons that have proven to be threats to public security and that have been convicted before must accept restrictions in their civil rights to protect the general population;
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
10 a. Considers that a responsible contact for radicalisation in the prison system might be useful, as the observed information would be placed in the right context and could then be dealt with by the competent internal and external authorities; urges the Member States to examine whether such a legal framework would bring added value in the context of their national security apparatus;
Amendment 971 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Urges Member States to ensure that they have the necessary technical equipment (for example mobile devices allowing the police to check the biometrics of a person during on-the-spot checks), software, security systems and qualified staff to make full use of the existing information systems and cooperation mechanisms; welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reinforce support for Member States’ security measures by at least doubling the budget for the Internal Security Fund and for Europol in the next MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Deplores the insufficient character of the security research being conducted, and calls for a specific programme on security research to be established in the next MFF; calls for a more proactive definition of the needs (i.e. strengthening ENLETS which is defining technological needs for law enforcement); calls to support pilot projects an artificial intelligence and blockchain (remittances); calls for active involvement of the EU agencies such as Europol, CEPOL and EBCGA in EU security research projects; calls on the Member States to regularly organise foresight exercises looking into future threat scenarios; supports the continued funding by the Commission of the establishment of modernised databases and the provision of up-to-date technical equipment and training of staff, and calls for a more ambitious approach in this respect;
Amendment 983 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges the Member States to adopt the approach of ‘information sharing by default’ when it comes to sharing CT- related information, thus exchanging such information as a rule, and refraining from such exchange only in specific cases where circumstances require that it be withheldsystematise the most comprehensive possible exchange and accessibility of police and judicial information between all national and European structures that are active in the fight against terrorism; points out that this necessary sharing and exchange of information cannot be envisaged in a similarly systematic way for information from human or technical sources, which, particularly taking into account the sensitive nature of the acquisition methods, can only be shared according to specific methods between Member States and international partners, including specialised European agencies;
Amendment 988 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges Member States to adopt the approach of ‘information sharing by default’ when it comes to sharing CT- related information with other Member States and relevant EU agencies and bodies, thus exchanging such information as a rule, and refraining from such exchange only in specific cases where circumstances require that it be withheld;
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Regrets the current existence of 28 different legal regimes for data retention, which is counter-productive for cooperation and information exchange; urges the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on data retention, in line with the requirements stemming from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, while taking into account the neednotes the need to find a balance between security and data protection concerns in data retention legislation considering the imminent threat situation; urges the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on data retention, taking into account the needs of the competent authorities and the specificities of the CT field as well as the jurisdiction of the CJEU by i.a. addressing new forms of communication such as over-the-top (OTT) messaging, establishing strong safeguards on the storing of data by the service providers as well as ofn the competent authorities and the specificities of the CT field; access side to data for criminal investigations, pseudonymisation opportunities, determining data categories that are particularly relevant for effectively combating terrorism and serious crime, providing for specifically trained and supervised staff dealing with data access or introducing periodic threat- assessments as a basis for retention periods;
Amendment 1015 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Calls on the Commission to propose an update of the Schengen Information System II, requiring law enforcement authorities to also register the controls performed on a target registered in SIS II and establishing a uniform use of SIS II with regard to terrorism, in order to ensure a coherent and joint approach to these types of targets, improve information for law enforcement officers and traceability in the framework of criminal investigations;
Amendment 1016 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)
Paragraph 39 a (new)
39 a. Calls on the co-legislators to ensure that intelligence services continue to have legitimate access to SIS under the reformed legal regime to avoid new security and information exchange gaps;
Amendment 1017 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 b (new)
Paragraph 39 b (new)
39 b. Believes that it is essential that intelligence services be given direct access to the Schengen Information System and other EU information systems; calls, therefore, on the Commission to propose an update of relevant EU legislation in order to allow national intelligence services to have direct access to relevant EU information systems;
Amendment 1031 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Calls on Member States to ensure access to VIS for law enforcement authorities as well as intelligence services involved in CT operations and for a simplified procedure for such access;
Amendment 1067 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48 a. Calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal to expand he Entry/Exit system so that its scope is extended to every third-country national as well as to European citizens in such a way that every exit from or entry into European territory is recorded;
Amendment 1078 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51 a. Stresses the need for continuous training to ensure the knowledge sharing and awareness of the necessary requirements in terms of system usage and the steps necessary to ensure the quality of the data-input.
Amendment 1095 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54 a. Calls on the Member States to build on best practices by reinforcing the case-by-case cooperation and information exchange between public prosecutors and intelligence services in terrorism related criminal investigations;
Amendment 1096 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 b (new)
Paragraph 54 b (new)
54 b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to further reinforce the Counter-Terrorism Group as a joint cooperation and communication platform between national intelligence services, and to provide adequate funding;
Amendment 1097 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 c (new)
Paragraph 54 c (new)
54 c. Believes that it is crucial to ensure a continuation of the mutual security cooperation and exchange of information between the EU and the UK post-Brexit;
Amendment 1098 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 d (new)
Paragraph 54 d (new)
54 d. Calls to set up an EU Joint Intelligence Academy with common standards, in order to combine resources and develop synergies, trust and a common intelligence culture;
Amendment 1110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Calls on the Member States to examine the possibility of better coordination and cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement services at EU level by increasingly sending intelligence experts in addition to law enforcement staff to the meetings of the Counter-Terrorism Joint Liaison Team (CTJLT) at Europol, which could serve as a blueprint for further cooperation between law enforcement and intelligence; calls on the Commission to increase support to the CTJLT, including special funding;
Amendment 1113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56 a. Calls for the establishment of a CTG-“Envoy”, who can serve as a public representative in the relations between the CTG and the relevant EU institutions and bodies;
Amendment 1114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)
Paragraph 56 b (new)
56 b. Asks Member States to schedule regular exchange meetings between judges and representatives from the intelligence/law enforcement community to share knowledge about situational, investigatory or technical developments in the counter terrorism field, enabling the judiciary to receive the full picture relevant for their jurisdiction and further training; suggests to the CJEU to schedule such a meeting on a regular basis with the heads of the EU Members States’ CT police forces;
Amendment 1153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63 a (new)
Paragraph 63 a (new)
63 a. Calls on Europol to publish an annual report on the amount and type of information shared by the Member States in the relevant EU information systems and with Europol, in order to identify gaps and promote the exchange of information;
Amendment 1164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Calls for the creation of a comprehensive case-management system at Eurojust for all CT-related matters, comparable toin order to fulfil its tasks at judicial level in close cooperation with ECTC at Europol;
Amendment 1172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 a (new)
Paragraph 67 a (new)
67 a. Calls for enhanced funding and staffing for Eurojust, considering its continuously increasing responsibilities and vital role in strengthening cross- border cooperation and coordination and in supporting the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 1176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 67 b (new)
Paragraph 67 b (new)
67 b. Stresses the need for increased funding to CEPOL and to step up the development and delivery of innovative cyber related training;
Amendment 1181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 70
Paragraph 70
70. Calls on Member States to make full use of the expertise and tools offered by Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN), in particular in providing practical and legal information and support when it comes to MLA requests and assistance with mutual recognition requests, coordination of investigations and prosecutions, decisions on best placed jurisdiction to prosecute, or coordination of asset seizures and confiscations;
Amendment 1191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71 a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of a legislative proposal that obliges service providers present on the EU market to cooperate for example by installing an adjusted version of an application on the devices of terror suspects, which enables designated authorities to access encrypted communication;
Amendment 1196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72
Paragraph 72
72. Calls for the swift adoption before the end of the current Parliament of the Commission proposals for a regulation and directive aimed at improving cross-border access to electronic evidence; requests online service providers (OSPs) to provide single points of contact for law enforcement/judiciary requests;
Amendment 1198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72 a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that any legal or political evaluation, check, procedure or lawsuit provides intelligence information with a special degree of protection and to ensure that the protection of confidentiality and integrity of sources of intelligence and officials is maintained in order not to endanger the work and the security of sources, informants and employees of the intelligence services;
Amendment 1199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72 a (new)
Paragraph 72 a (new)
72 a. calls on the Council to expand the powers of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office to the fight against organised crime and terrorism;
Amendment 1202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Urges the Member States to invest in up-to-standard ICT equipment at all border crossings to allow for proper checks using all relevant databases; asks the Commission to set a benchmark for technical standards of such ICT equipment, after consulting eu-LISA; welcomes the Commission’s proposal to reinforce support to Member States in securing the EU’s common external borders by at least tripling the budget for the Integrated Border Management Fund in the next MFF 2021-2027;
Amendment 1230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 78
Paragraph 78
78. Calls on the Member States toCommission to put forward a legislative proposal makeing it compulsory for airport, international bus or high-speed train operators to conduct conformity checks when passengers board a plane, in order to make sure that the identity stated on the ticket matches the ID card or passport in the passenger’s possession;
Amendment 1238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 79 a (new)
Paragraph 79 a (new)
79 a. Calls on the Commission to swiftly ensure that EBCGA reaches a standing corps of around 10,000 border guards1a; __________________ 1a http://europa.eu/rapid/press- release_MEMO-18-3621_en.htm
Amendment 1257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls on the Member States, FrontexEBCGA and Europol to establish a European Targeting Centre within Frontex that constitutes a joint venture with the national authorities and Europol; believes this centre should assist with the advance identification of travellers who pose a threat to the security of the EU and should function as a ‘round-the-clock’ service for national border guards when there are doubts regarding certain individuals; recommends the use of sophisticated software to increase the effectiveness of targeting and cooperation with international partners in this area;
Amendment 1263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 86
Paragraph 86
86. Welcomes Europol’s participation in the law enforcement cell of the US-led Operation Gallant Phoenix (OGP) in Jordan, whereby it processes information obtained from the battlefield and exchanges it through established channels and procedures with Member States’ law enforcement authorities via the Europol National Units; calls for full access of Europol at OGP;
Amendment 1267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 87
Paragraph 87
87. Encourages all relevant actors to enter battlefielddevelop approaches allowing to transmit and share battlefield information with necessary safeguards such as source protection and to enter this information, systematically and without delay, in the relevant databases so as to enable the immediate identification of foreign terrorist fighters when they try to cross the external borders; as well as to share this information for investigations and prosecutions;
Amendment 1294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 91
Paragraph 91
91. Encourages Member States and third countries to implement the FATF recommendations, as well as the International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Proliferation adopted by the FATF in February 2012 (the so-called ‘revised FATF Recommendations’), without delay; calls on the Commission and Member States to support third countries in the implementation of these recommendations by providing technical assistance and exchange of good practices;
Amendment 1299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 a (new)
Paragraph 92 a (new)
92 a. Welcomes the newly adopted legislative measures on European level in the fight against terrorist financing, more specifically Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and the Council from 30 May 2018 and Regulation [(...) (cash controls)], and urges Member States to implement the new measures as soon as possible in the national legislation;
Amendment 1302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 b (new)
Paragraph 92 b (new)
92 b. Welcomes the methodology, presented by the Commission regarding high risk third countries, that pose a threat to the financial system of the EU; calls upon the Commission to apply this methodology and to conduct assessments as soon as possible;
Amendment 1303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 92 c (new)
Paragraph 92 c (new)
92 c. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility to regulate alternative remittance systems by, for example, introducing mandatory registration or a licensing regime for the brokers and an obligation for clear and precise record- keeping;
Amendment 1312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 95
Paragraph 95
Amendment 1313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96
Paragraph 96
Amendment 1315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 a (new)
Paragraph 96 a (new)
96 a. Calls on the European Commission to propose legislation for a robust tracing system for artworks and antiques entering the EU market, especially for items originating from conflict-affected and high-risk countries as listed by the Commission, as well as from organisations, groups or individuals included in the EU terror list; believes that this initiative should be supported by the creation of a standardised permit, without which trading of these items would be illicit, by the creation of a passport for the export of each item; believes that digital tools allowing to check the authenticity of the documents should be developed; notes that a comprehensive register of antiquities for sale should be systematically held up to date by art dealers;
Amendment 1317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 b (new)
Paragraph 96 b (new)
96 b. Calls on the Member States to make it mandatory for companies involved in art dealing to declare all suspicious transactions, and to make the owners of companies dealing in art and antiques who become involved in the trafficking of such goods subject to effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, including criminal penalties where necessary;
Amendment 1318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 96 c (new)
Paragraph 96 c (new)
96 c. Calls on the Member States to cooperate more with Europol AP FURTUM and, as requested by UNSC 2347, to provide customs and law enforcement with dedicated personnel, as well as public prosecutors, with effective tools and adequate training through cooperation with the WCO and INTERPOL
Amendment 1320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with Member States and international partners, ways of better monitoring financial flows and identifying users of electronic wallets and prepaid cards, crowdfunding platforms and online and mobile payment systems in relevant investigations; calls for a focus on virtual currencies and fintech and calls to explore the possibility to extend sanctions also to crowdfunding on social media for terrorist purposes;
Amendment 1322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with Member States and international partners, ways of better monitoring financial flows and identifying users of electronic wallets, virtual currencies and prepaid cards, crowdfunding platforms and online and mobile payment systems in relevant investigations;
Amendment 1324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97 a (new)
Paragraph 97 a (new)
97 a. Calls upon the Commission to assess the need for legislative measures that would tighten the control over virtual currencies - to broaden the definition of virtual currencies so that it includes game-based virtual currencies; to introduce a licensing/registration regime for the exchange services related to game- based virtual currencies; to introduce a licensing/registration regime for the issuers of prepaid virtual currencies cards; to monitor the virtual currency to virtual currency financial flows in order to identify the persons conducting the exchanges; to make recording the use of virtual currency ATMs mandatory; to forbid the issuing and use of completely anonymous virtual currencies; and to introduce a licensing/registration regime for the brokers of virtual currencies;
Amendment 1329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98
Paragraph 98
98. CIs concerned about recent findings on increased activities of large-scale money laundering as a source for terrorism financing1a through some banking institutions in the Eurozone; calls for the establishment of a European Union Terrorist Financing Tracking System (TFTS) for transactions by individuals with links to terrorism and its financing made within the Single Euro Payments Area, which would be complementary to the Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP) in the US; __________________ 1a http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e tudes/IDAN/2018/614496/IPOL_IDA(201 8)614496_EN.pdf
Amendment 1334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98 a (new)
Paragraph 98 a (new)
98 a. Urges better cooperation and exchange of information between obliged entities, Financial Intelligence Units and competent authorities, among Financial Intelligence Units and among the competent authorities regarding terrorist financing activities; calls upon Member States to ensure that their Financial Intelligence Units, regardless of their type, have unhindered access to financial information in view of effectively combatting terrorist financing;
Amendment 1335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 98 b (new)
Paragraph 98 b (new)
98 b. Calls for better and stronger exchange of information and cooperation between Europol, Eurojust and third countries regarding terrorist financing;
Amendment 1343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99 a. Calls for the organisation of specialised trainings for the law enforcement and judicial authorities of Member States on the methods and developments in terrorist financing;
Amendment 1345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 99 a (new)
Paragraph 99 a (new)
99 a. Calls for the swift adoption of the draft directive on access by law enforcement authorities to financial information and exchange of information between FIUs;
Amendment 1363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
107. Recommends that the private sector be involved when devising programmes for the protection of critical infrastructure and soft targets, particularly in the context of cyber-security, and highlights the need to develop public-private dialogues to this effect;
Amendment 1366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107 a (new)
Paragraph 107 a (new)
107 a. Calls on the Commission to propose a European Certification Initiative for private security companies, aiming to specify requirements and conditions under which private security companies shall be able to operate within Critical Infrastructure environment;
Amendment 1368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109
Paragraph 109
109. Calls for the establishment of a mechanism for sharing information at EU level on the state of preparednessswift adoption of the revision of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism to strengthen the prevention and preparedness, the exchange of information at EU level and the capacity of Member States to deal with different types of disasters;
Amendment 1377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110
Paragraph 110
110. Believes that a system must be set up for car rental agencies to check the identity of clients against police databases, showing only a red or green flagwithout granting them any kind of access;
Amendment 1388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115
Paragraph 115
115. Calls on the Commission to establish mandatory criteria for e- marketplaces requiring to restrict purchases of certain substances to professional users and to consider adding morefurther detail to their restricted product policies by determining permitted levels of quantity and purity;
Amendment 1411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 122
Paragraph 122
122. Calls for the intensification of EU cooperation with neighbouring countries, particularly with transit countries and those that are the destination of foreign fighters, in the area of CT; considers that the EU must maintain a global approach to CT, with a specific focus on cooperation with key third countries on the basis of clearly defined priorities;
Amendment 1423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 123
Paragraph 123
123. Considers that CT is a field which requires concrete expertise, including on related aspects such as rights of victims; calls, therefore, for the deepening of professionalisation of the EU network in this area, in particular by granting CT operative personnel coming from Member States a better and longer integration into the EU structure, beyond a single assignment within an EU delegation; considers that posting within the EU institutions would maximise expertise and use of competences in the field of CT;
Amendment 1427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 124
Paragraph 124
124. Calls for the simplification of the EU restrictive measures system, inter alia by revisiting 'partial' designations in order to make it an effective tool in the area of CT; notes that designations of groups or individuals in the restrictive measures system shall never be influenced by political considerations;
Amendment 1459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128
Paragraph 128
128. Calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on the victims of terrorism that clearly responds effectively to the victims' needs in the short and long term, including a clear definition of their specific status and rights, and a standardised form to claim compensation; considers that there should be a simplified procedure at national level for granting automatic compensation to victims of terrorism directly after an attack and for sanctioning fraudsters, and that the question of further compensation should be reviewed at regular intervals on the basis of an assessment of the victim’s situation;
Amendment 1464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 128 a (new)
Paragraph 128 a (new)
128 a. Calls on the Member States to set up legal mechanisms to criminalise the glorification of a specific act of terrorism in the event that it humiliates the victims and causes secondary victimisation by damaging the victims’ dignity and recovery
Amendment 1497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136
Paragraph 136
136. Calls for the Member States and the EU institutions, when adopting and applying CT measures, to find the right balance between the different fundamental rights involved; considers in this respect that, while privacy is a fundamental right, the first priority should lie in protecting people’s fundamental rights to life and security, which necessitates robust mandates for all public bodies involved in the fight against terrorism as well as a high degree of public support for these authorities;
Amendment 1504 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 136 a (new)
Paragraph 136 a (new)
136 a. Calls on the Member States to resource their public bodies involved in CT operations with all technical, financial, educational and legal means necessary to protect themselves against violent extremists in fulfilling their duties;
Amendment 1511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 137 a (new)
Paragraph 137 a (new)
137 a. Calls on the Member States to strictly stop by all legal means available any religious or political practice that constraints fundamental rights, leads to oppression, incites to sexual violence and other serious violent crime or promotes extremism as such practices are not covered by religious freedom or freedom of opinion; expects Member States to adopt unequivocal legal frameworks that preclude judges from granting “cultural rebates” when dealing with serious acts of violence and even torture and murder;
Amendment 1516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 139
Paragraph 139
139. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the necessary data protection safeguards are in place, including appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the security and confidentiality of personal data; urges the Member States to provide clear rules as to who can access which data in the systems, to maintain records of consultation and disclosure, and to provide for rights of access, rectification, erasure and restriction, as well as rights to compensation and judicial redress; calls on the Commission and the EDPS to further develop innovative privacy by design solutions;