19 Amendments of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2010/2311(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas after the atrocious attacks of 11 September 2001 the first decade of the 21st century has been marked by the ‘War on Terrorism’, especially with regard to the US approachapproach established by the US of the ‘War on Terrorism’; whereas although the attacks did not take place on European soil, allmany Europeans felt them to be an attack on their values and their way of life,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas terrorism is not a recent phenomenon; whereas counter-terrorism has always been part of regular law enforcement action; whereas 9/11 led to a fundamental change in the methods and instruments used to fight terrorism; whereas terrorism became, however, the last decade saw a fundamental change in the methods and instruments used to fight terrorism moving counter-terrorism measures out of the realm of regular law enforcement and turning them into a matter of national security, with a very different legal framework granting greater powers to intelligence services; whereas counter-terrorism must be brought back into the realm of criminal law, subject to specific procedures and attached to certain rights,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the aim of counter-terrorism policies should be to undermine the objectives of, wherever possible, to prevent and, whenever appropriate, to punish terrorism, which areseeks to destroy the fabric of our free, open and democratic societyies; whereas the aim of counter- terrorism must be to protect and strengthen that fabric of democratic society and the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policies must be measured against this aim; whereas in this logic, strengthening civil liberties and democratic scrutiny is not an obstacle to such policies, but their prime objectivet is today a proven fact, borne out by many studies, that the counter- terrorism approach most likely to succeed is to focus first and foremost on prevention,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas ten years after the attacks that shook the world it is time to take stock of the achievements in fightingfirst instruments to address large-scale terrorism were adopted at EU level, such as the European Arrest Warrant, time has come to take stock of the achievements, shortcomings and failures of counter- terrorism measures; whereas evaluation allows for more efficient and effective policy-making, and in any modern democracy policy decisions are subject to frequent evaluation and review,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas accountability and responsibility for the policies carried out are essential factors for the democratic legitimacy of public action in general and whereas that principle likewise holds good for counter-terrorism policies, whereas mistakes, unlawful actions, and violations of international law and human rights must be investigated and corrected, and justice must be done,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas counter-terrorism measures tend to have a profound impact on civil liberties, the rule of law and democratic decision-making; whereas these measures are increasingly implemented by the private sector, which is not bound by the same requirements as law enforcement authorities in terms of respect of procedural rights and accountability; whereas counter-terrorism measures also have a substantial budgetary impact and a growing share of the costs in this field is borne by the private sector,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas mass surveillance, including video surveillance, has become a key feature of counter-terrorism policies, and whereas the large-scale collection of personal data, detection and identification technologies, tracking and tracing, data mining and profiling, risk assessment and behavioural analysis are all used for the purpose of preventing terrorismbeing used increasingly frequently, ostensibly for the purpose of preventing terrorism, but with the actual result that ever more files are being kept on ever larger sections of the population; whereas public authorities are making more and more use of data collected for commercial or private purposes,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas mass surveillance has become a key feature of counter-terrorism policies, and whereas the large-scale collection of personal data, detection and identification technologies, tracking and tracing, data mining and profiling, risk assessment and behavioural analysis are all used for the purpose of preventing terrorism; whereas public authorities are making more and more use of data collected for commercial or private purposes; whereas, therefore, in the name of fighting terrorism civil liberties and fundamental rights are systematically violated,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly welcomesTakes note of the Commission Communication; regrets, however, that the scope is rather narrow, limited to the implementation of agreed policy measures, and not national counter-terrorism policies or national measures that transpose policies agreed at European or international level;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that counter-terrorism policies should meet the standards setnot undermine the rules with regard to civil liberties, the rule of law and democratic scrutiny and accountability, and that any assessing whether these ment of policies in these areas must record such breaches as might exist andards are met must be an integral part of an evaluation provide the necessary justifications, not least from the point of view of the proportionality principle;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a proper evaluation of ten years of counter-terrorism policies must provide the basis for an evidence-based, needs-driven, coherent and comprehensive EU counter-terrorism strategy by means of an in-depth and complete appraisal to be carried out by a panel of independent expertn independent panel composed of experts coming from different policy areas;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b. set out the facts and figures, including the budget funding allocated, relating to terrorist activity (successful, failed, prevented attacks) and counter-terrorism activity (arrests and convictions);
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
c. include a full overview of the accumulated impact of counter-terrorism measures on civil liberties, including Member State policies and measures by third countries with a direct impact in the EU and all measures taken in this field under the neighbourhood policy;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to draw up a complete and detailed ‘map’ of all existing counter- terrorism policies in Europe; calls at the same time onlegislation in the EU and the degree of their implementation in the Member States; calls on the Member States to carry out a comprehensive evaluation of their counter- terrorism policies, with a particular focus on interaction with EU policies, overlap and gaps, to cooperate better in the evaluation of EU policies, and to provide their input within the given deadlines, as in the case of the Data Retention Directive8 ;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to produce, before July 2011, a full and detailed report on all EU funds used for counter-terrorism purposes, directly or indirectly, and to produce an analysis of the development of the relevant EU budget lines since 2001, also specifying the resources allocated to this area by third countries;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to carry out a study into the costs of counter-terrorism policies borne by the private sector, delineating the shares borne by the different sectors of society, as well as an overview of sectors benefiting from counter-terrorism policies;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is of the opinion that the EU and its Member States must modify the procedures regardingused to draw up terrorist lists, and make sure they are fully in line with all relevant court rulings;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Council to open an investigation into the possible collection of personal data for law enforcement purposes without an adequate legal base or by applying irregular, or even illegal, procedures; hopes that that investigation will enable as complete a list as possible to be compiled of the data collection measures implemented under the circumstances described above;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the European Data Protection Supervisor and the Fundamental Rights Agency to report annually on profilingthe exceptions to ordinary law and on profiling, mass surveillance, data mining and detection and identification techniques used in Europe for counter-terrorism (and possibly other) purposes;