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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2020/2791(RSP))

On the EU Security Union Strategy

B-9-2020-0421

on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar

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Parliament's resolution welcomes the EU Security Union Strategy and calls for effective implementation and evaluation of existing EU security laws. It demands a new EU counter-terrorism agenda, action against radicalisation, removal of online terrorist content, and measures against organised crime, money laundering, corruption and child sexual abuse. It asks for revised rules on Europol, Prüm data exchange, passenger data, e-evidence and judicial cooperation, with safeguards for fundamental rights. It calls for better protection of victims, action on drugs, firearms trafficking, migrant smuggling, disinformation and hybrid threats, and for EU agencies to be properly funded.

Key points

  1. Welcomes the new EU Security Union Strategy and stresses that existing EU legislation must be effectively implemented and evaluated, with follow-up where gaps are found.
  2. Says any new legislative proposal must come with a thorough impact assessment, including on fundamental rights and risks of discrimination.
  3. Urges the Commission to ensure full and swift implementation of Directive (EU) 2017/541 on combating terrorism and to put forward a new EU counter-terrorism agenda.
  4. Calls for a holistic approach to preventing radicalisation, combining security, education, social, cultural and anti-discrimination policies, and for swift removal of online terrorist content with safeguards.
  5. Welcomes the agenda on organised crime, calls for revision of Council Framework Decision 2008/841/JHA and a common definition of organised crime, and for measures on freezing and confiscating assets.
  6. Welcomes the action plan on money laundering and terrorist financing, calls for better cooperation between authorities and Financial Intelligence Units, and for the Anti-Money Laundering Directive to be evaluated and if necessary reviewed.
  7. Calls on the Commission to resume annual anti-corruption monitoring covering all Member States and EU institutions, and to prevent EU funding from being used for corruption and fraud.
  8. Calls for action against child sexual abuse online and offline, and expects a planned legislative proposal requiring service providers to detect and report such abuse to comply with fundamental rights.
  9. Calls on Member States to fully implement Directive 2011/93/EU, reassess light penalties for sexual activities with a child, and urges the Commission to assess whether the directive needs strengthening.
  10. Takes note of plans to revise Europol's mandate, stressing enhanced accountability, judicial control and alignment of its data protection regime with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725.
  11. Calls for better protection of victims, including vulnerable victims of trafficking, and for full implementation of the Victims' Rights Directive.
  12. Calls on the Commission and Member States to prioritise the fight against domestic violence, support gender equality, and ratify the Istanbul Convention.

Who is affected

  • Member States, which must implement EU security measures fully and on time.
  • EU agencies in justice and home affairs, which need proper funding and staffing.
  • Children, who need better protection online and offline.
  • Victims of crime, who need support services and compensation.
  • Law enforcement authorities, which need training on racism, radicalisation and trafficking.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 110 billion per year: estimated profits of organised crime groups in the EU.
  • 1 %: share of organised crime profits confiscated.
  • EUR 30 billion per year: estimated retail value of the illicit drugs market in the EU.
  • more than 9 000 fatalities every year: drugs-related deaths in Europe.
  • 25 %: reported increase in child sexual abuse material online in some Member States during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • between 70 % and 85 %: share of children who have suffered abuse and know their abuser.
  • before June 2021: deadline for the Commission to present a legislative proposal on detecting and reporting child sexual abuse online.

Legal basis: Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 4, 16, 67, 70-72, 75, 82-87 and 88 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.