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Draft report (2025/2135(INI)) 2025-11-12

Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Amendment 230

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU; further urges the Commission to comply with its obligations and to conduct thorough fundamental rights impact assessments before presenting a legislative proposal; further urges the Commission not to misuse fast-track procedures and to launch infringement procedures where needed;

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Amendment 231

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU; is concerned by the failure of the EU institutions, especially following the European elections, to denounce breaches of fundamental rights and to call on the Member States to take the necessary measures to address them;

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Amendment 232

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU; notes that, in the absence of a uniform definition of the values set out in Article 2, they should be understood and interpreted in close association with the Member States’ various constitutional traditions;

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Amendment 233

Marieke Ehlers, Nikola Bartůšek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the EU values enshrined in Article 2 TEU are respected and promoted through the universal protection of fundamental rights for all persons in the Union, paying special regard to the rights and liberties of EU citizens;

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Amendment 234

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU, and stresses the importance of systematically considering the impact on fundamental rights when preparing and presenting legislative proposals;

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Amendment 235

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission to respect the values, uniqueness and heritage of Member States in accordance with the Article 4(2) TEU and Article 167 TFEU;

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Amendment 236

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges all the institutions and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;

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Amendment 237

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission to respect sovereignty and competences of the Member States;

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Amendment 238

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect and promote EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;	1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to respect EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;

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Amendment 239

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 240

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	deleted

Or. pl

Amendment 241

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in the Member States; expresses concern about the inadequate implementation of certain Charter provisions resulting from divergent national interpretations; calls on the Commission to take effective measures to ensure the full and uniform implementation of the Charter across all Member States;

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Amendment 242

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter and recalls that this tool must remain complementary to the Commission’s Rule of Law Reports; emphasises that both exercises should be coherent, mutually reinforcing and allow for consistent monitoring across the Union;

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Amendment 243

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter; calls for improved for awareness-raising campaigns at EU and national level, including in cooperation with the Fundamental Rights, aimed at enabling individuals to take full ownership of their rights;

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Amendment 244

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter by providing an overview of its application across the EU, including a comprehensive assessment of each Charter provision and targeted recommendations to Member States;

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Amendment 245

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter, including by enhancing their analytical depth and by providing clearer follow-up on identified fundamental rights challenges;

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Amendment 246

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
2. Urges the Commission to strengthen the annual reports on the application of the Charter;	2. Urges the Commission to ensure political impartiality in the annual reports on the Charter;

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Amendment 247

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	2 a. Commends the role of EU Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ (FRA) in monitoring the situation of fundamental rights in the EU and in supporting policy-makers in making sure that fundamental rights are respected and promoted in existing and future EU legislation and policy; stresses the need to allocate enhanced human and financial resources to the agency in order to ensure that FRA can fully and efficiently perform the duties it is entrusted to;

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Amendment 248

Marieke Ehlers, Nikola Bartůšek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	2 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to uphold their primary responsibility to protect the fundamental rights of their citizens, in particular the right to life and the right to the integrity of the person, and to ensure that this duty is the foremost consideration when balancing the various rights and interests involved in public policymaking, particularly in the fields of security and migration.

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Amendment 249

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	2 a. Highlights the role of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in monitoring the situation of fundamental rights in the Union and in providing data, analysis and advice to policy-makers; stresses the need to continue allocating adequate human and financial resources to the Agency to enable it to effectively fulfil its mandate;

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Amendment 250

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	deleted

Or. pl

Amendment 251

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	deleted

Or. fi

Amendment 252

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	3. Acknowledges the crucial role of the horizontal enabling conditions in the Common Provisions Regulation in ensuring the systematic application of the Charter; underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to enhance the practical enforcement of these conditions, ensuring enhanced transparency and stakeholder participation;

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Amendment 253

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, including the assessment of the fulfilment of the horizontal enabling conditions under the Common Provisions Regulation to ensure that the Union programmes are implemented fully in line with the Charter and EU values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;

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Amendment 254

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, and invites the Commission to build on existing instruments to continue enhancing their effectiveness and coherence, including in assessing the impact of EU policies on fundamental rights;

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Amendment 255

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Underlines the need to strengthen monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;	3. Underlines the need to strengthen the monitoring of the Commission;

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Amendment 256

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Welcomes the initiative of several European leaders, as expressed in their open letter, to start a constructive debate on the balance between national sovereignty, security, and the interpretation of fundamental rights within the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights; calls on the European institutions to engage in dialogue with the Council of Europe and national governments to ensure that the protection of human rights remains effective while respecting Member States’ capacity to safeguard public order, national security, and democratic values;

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Amendment 257

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Highlights the findings of the FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2025, which stress that despite progress, the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights at the national level remains uneven; calls on all Member States to designate clear national focal points for the Charter and ensure that national legislation, policies, and EU-funded projects are fully Charter-compliant;

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Amendment 258

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3a. Expresses concern about attempts to restrict freedom of expression, including online; calls on the Commission and the Member States to review the regulatory framework in this area, and to respect freedom of speech and freedom of expression; opposes the introduction of censorship in the form of the criminalisation of so-called ‘hate speech’ and the review of Directive 2008/140 in this context;

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Amendment 259

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether EU sanctions to combat disinformation comply with the proportionality requirement for EU law and Article 11 of the Charter; strongly believes that the right to be heard should be guaranteed before applying such measures by the Council, especially when EU citizens' rights risk being undermined;

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Amendment 260

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger, Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Notes with concern that Low Emission Zones limit the ability of low-income citizens to travel into and around cities in the EU; in this regard, urges the Member States to put an end to these Zones as it severely affects the fundamental freedom of movement;

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Amendment 261

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	3 a. Underlines the annual Rule of Law Report, including its recommendations, should be strengthened in such a way as to be directly usable for determining the use of other existing instruments from the Rule of Law Toolbox; further calls on the Commission to clarify the deadlines and threshold at which shortcomings identified in the Rule of Law Report should be considered sufficiently serious to justify recourse to these instruments;

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Amendment 262

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	deleted

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Amendment 263

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	4. Recalls that the originally envisaged “EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights” has now evolved into a broader system as the toolbox available to the Union has been significantly expanded; emphasises, that the effectiveness of the system depends on its coherent and consistent application across all institutions; stresses, in this regard, the need to establish a European Rule of Law Semester with a clear structure, fixed milestones and active contributions from all EU institutions; underlines that, while initially focused on the rule of law, such a Semester should be designed in a way that allows it to be progressively extended to all values enshrined in Article 2 TEU, ensuring a comprehensive and consistent approach to the protection of Union values; highlights that this annual cycle must rely on solid, objective indicators and that concerning findings should lead to real and predictable consequences, mirroring the logic of the European Semester applied to public finances;

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Amendment 264

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	4. Stresses the intrinsic link between the deterioration of the rule of law and the violations of human and fundamental rights, attacks on the civil society and erosion of democracy; Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, encompassing all Union values under Article 2 TEU and based on an inter-institutional agreement between the Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council, to ensure a unified approach to annual monitoring across all Member States, clear deadlines and concrete measures for cases when deficiencies remain unaddressed;

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Amendment 265

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	4. Notes that, alongside the existing mechanisms for the protection of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, there is a need for continuous assessment of whether the instruments available at Union level are adequate and consistent with the competences conferred by the Treaties; takes note of the Commission’s newly proposed ‘Democracy Shield’ mechanism and expresses its intention to engage constructively in its further development;

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Amendment 266

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	4. Opposes ideas to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;

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Amendment 267

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
4. Reiterates the need to establish an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;	4. Reiterates the need to make effective use of existing mechanisms instead of creating new ones;

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Amendment 268

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Regrets the persistent failure of the Council to make tangible progress in the Article 7(1) TEU procedure against Hungary; stresses that the Union cannot tolerate permanent breaches of its fundamental values; calls for the Council to adopt country-specific recommendations with clear deadlines and measurable benchmarks; urges the Commission to explore the possibility of triggering a similar procedure under Article 7(1) TEU with regard to Slovakia, in light of recent developments affecting the independence of the judiciary, media freedom and corruption investigations;

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Amendment 269

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Deplores policy in certain Member States of challenging the principle of the primacy of EU law as well as international law under the false pretext of protecting “national identity”; underlines that the primacy of EU law constitutes the cornerstone of the functioning of the Union and of respect for the rule of law across Member States, to which all Member States commit upon accession; stresses that by questioning this principle, such governments effectively call into question their own adherence to the values and obligations of EU membership;

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Amendment 270

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Condemns the use of violent and disproportionate interventions by law enforcement authorities during peaceful demonstrations; encourages the relevant national authorities to ensure a transparent, impartial, independent and effective investigation when the use of disproportionate force is suspected or has been alleged; recalls that law enforcement agencies are fully accountable for the fulfilment of their duties and their compliance with the relevant legal and operational frameworks;

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Amendment 271

Nikola Minchev, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Lucia Yar

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 a. Urges the Member States, in particular those with a significant number of unimplemented ECHR judgments, to accelerate their implementation and to establish transparent national monitoring mechanisms to ensure compliance; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen cooperation with the Council of Europe in promoting the effective execution of these judgments;

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Amendment 272

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Reiterates that democratic backsliding, attacks on judicial independence and threats to civic space are not isolated incidents but part of a systemic erosion of the rule of law in several Member States, as confirmed by the Fundamental Rights Agency’s Fundamental Rights Report 2025 and the Commission’s Rule of Law Report 2025; stresses that these trends undermine mutual trust between Member States and the proper functioning of the internal market;

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Amendment 273

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 b. Is concerned about the fact that the Member States have different thresholds for the use of force and weapons by law enforcement authorities for maintaining public order; urges the prohibition of certain types of less-lethal weapons and decives for maintaining public order, such as tear gas, stun grenades and LBD 40 launchers; calls on Member States to refrain from adopting restrictive laws concerning freedom of assembly;

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Amendment 274

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 c. Stresses that discretionary mass arrests of potential protesters should be avoided; calls on the Member States to use alternative practices for maintaining public order that have already proven to be effective in some Member States, especially direct communication with demonstrators, including via big screens, avoiding insofar as is possible physical contact with demonstrators and relying on mediation officers with background training in psychology and sociology;

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Amendment 275

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 c. Notes with concern the increasing political interference in the judiciary, the harassment of judges and prosecutors, and the use of disciplinary proceedings to silence independent judicial voices, as highlighted by FRA and the Council of Europe; calls on the Commission to make full use of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation and ensure that EU funds do not contribute to violations of Article 2 TEU values;

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Amendment 276

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 d. Expresses grave concern over the continued systemic breaches of the rule of law in Hungary, which remains under the Article 7(1) TEU procedure since 2018 with no tangible progress; deplores the deliberate weakening of judicial independence, media pluralism and academic freedom, the misuse of emergency powers, and the targeting of civil society and LGBTIQ+ persons; notes that the Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law Report and the FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2025 confirm a further deterioration of checks and balances, as well as widespread corruption and non-compliance with CJEU and ECtHR judgments; recalls that these trends amount to a systemic threat to the values of Article 2 TEU and urge the Council to move forward under Article 7(2) TEU and for the Commission to enforce rigorously the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation;

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Amendment 277

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	4 d. Calls on the Member States to introduce EU-wide guidelines for a transparent, independent and consistent selection, testing and trialling process for the weapons used by law enforcement personnel, based on UN standards, recommendations and guiding principles; notes that this assessment should determine compliance with international human rights law and standards prior to selection and deployment; calls on the Member States to collect data on all uses of force to enable the gathering of evidence about use, misuse, unexpected consequences, injuries and deaths and their causes;

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Amendment 278

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Notes with concern the conclusions of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index report for 2024, which states that although ‘[t]he top scorer is Western Europe and the European Union, [...] it has decreased overall for the second year in a row – many leaders are serving business interests rather than the common good and laws are often poorly enforced’; urges the Member States to step up their efforts to combat corruption and to fully comply with their international obligations, including those under the United Nations and Council of Europe conventions against corruption, and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations; expresses concern at the dismantling of effective anti-corruption frameworks by some Member States, as is the case in Slovakia, where GRECO is calling for the restoration of the specialisation of anti-corruption bodies, and notes with concern the announcement of similar steps by the government in Warsaw; considers that a robust anti-corruption framework is also essential in the context of EU enlargement, as demonstrated by the recent protests in Ukraine against the dismantling and loss of independence of specialised anti-corruption institutions, as well as the mass opposition of Serbs to corruption;

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Amendment 279

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Is deeply concerned by the increasing level of corruption observed in certain Member States and the emergence of corruption cases involving high-level officials and politicians; urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations, including those in its 5th Evaluation Round on persons with top executive functions and law enforcement agencies1a;
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	1a https://rm.coe.int/horizontal-study-5th-round-eng/1680b631a3

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Amendment 280

David Casa, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Chloé Ridel, Daniel Freund, Mariusz Kamiński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations; urges the Member States to support an ambitious Combating Corruption Directive and to ensure an effective, timely, and even more ambitious implementation to strengthen the fight against corruption;

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Amendment 281

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations, and to quickly adopt an ambitious Combating Corruption Directive and to ensure an effective, timely, and even more ambitious implementation to strengthen the fight against corruption;

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Amendment 282

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations; calls on them to ensure transparency in public spending and political financing, and protecting magistrates, journalists and civil servants who expose criminal infiltration;

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Amendment 283

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations; calls for a prohibition of amnesty laws and pardons for corruption offences, as it leads to impunity and profoundly undermines public trust in equality before the law;

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Amendment 284

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations;	5. Urges the Member States to combat corruption and to fully comply with GRECO’s recommendations as well as those issued by other relevant international and European bodies, including the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO);

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Amendment 285

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Commission to systematically use the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation to protect the Union budget from misuse in Member States where structural deficiencies in the rule of law persist; recalls that partial or symbolic reforms in Hungary and Slovakia cannot replace genuine compliance with judicial independence, effective anti-corruption guarantees and respect for civil society; underlines that these elements are intrinsically linked to the protection of fundamental rights, including the right to an effective remedy, equality before the law and access to justice, as enshrined in Articles 20 and 47 of the Charter;

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Amendment 286

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Reiterates that all surveillance must occur in accordance with the law, serve a legitimate aim and be necessary and proportionate; regrets that the legal framework of some Member States does not provide precise, effective and comprehensive safeguards on the ordering and execution of and the potential redress mechanisms against surveillance measures; underlines that all surveillance measures must be subject to adequate judicial review and effective oversight;

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Amendment 287

Nikola Minchev, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Notes with concern that in some Member States pre-trial detention is used excessively or without sufficient justification; urges the Member States to ensure that deprivation of liberty before trial is applied only as a last resort, in full compliance with ECHR standards and the presumption of innocence, and to strengthen judicial oversight and periodic review of detention decisions;

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Amendment 288

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Stresses the importance to respect the separation of powers in the fight against corruption; notes with concern the lack of independence of the Public Prosecutor's Office in Spain, with the Prosecutor General actively protecting the interests of the current Government, and which is currently being judged for revelation of secrets while in office;

Or. en

Amendment 289

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Member States to establish mechanisms to prevent, correct and sanction abuse of discretionary powers and to provide adequate reasons for their decisions, in particular when they affect the rights of individuals;

Or. en

Amendment 290

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the Whistleblower Directive and to take the necessary steps to ensure its fully and correct transposition;

Or. en

Amendment 291

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 b. Is concerned about cases of the unjustified invocation of ‘national security’ to justify the deployment and use of spyware and to ensure absolute secrecy and lack of accountability; welcomes the Commission statement, in line with the CJEU’s jurisprudence that a mere reference to national security cannot be interpreted as being an unlimited carve out from the application of EU law and should require a clear justification, and calls on the Commission to follow up on that statement in the cases where there are indications of abuse; considers that in a democratic transparent society that abides by the rule of law, such limitations in the name of national security will be the exception rather than the rule;

Or. en

Amendment 292

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	5 b. Calls on the Commission and the Council to integrate the findings of the FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2025 into the Annual Rule of Law Cycle; stresses that the protection of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, equality, and access to justice, is inseparable from the principle of the rule of law;

Or. en

Amendment 293

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 294

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media; expresses deep concern over the increasing attacks on journalists and publishers, with a disproportionate impact on women; calls on the Commission and the Member States and on candidate and potential candidate countries to ensure the safety and protection of journalists, including investigative journalists and fact checkers who are particularly exposed; highlights the fact that the most common forms of threat include verbal attacks, online harassment, intimidation through social media and email, and legal threats, including cases covered by the Anti-SLAPP (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’) Directive, as well as instances of stalking and personal harassment; Calls for the introduction of specific aggravating circumstances in criminal law for offences committed against journalists when such acts are motivated by or connected to their professional activities;

Or. en

Amendment 295

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media and transparency of media ownership; recalls that media freedom and pluralism, including high-quality, sustainably and transparently financed and independent news media, both traditional and digital, independent and investigative journalists, fact-checkers and researchers, and strong independent public service media are essential to democracy, a guarantee against abuse of power and the best antidote to disinformation;

Or. en

Amendment 296

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the challenges to the independence of public service media, and welcomes the adoption of the European Media Freedom Act and the Digital Services Act as important steps towards safeguarding media pluralism, editorial independence and a safer online information environment across the Union, and underlines the importance of closely monitoring and enforcing their full and correct implementation;

Or. en

Amendment 297

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media, which was particularly evident during the recent presidential campaign in Poland, when public service media conducted a biased and propagandistic campaign on behalf of the candidate from the ruling camp, even illegally financing it;

Or. pl

Amendment 298

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference in editorial independence and journalistic integrity and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media; underscores the importance of maintaining free, independent media as a cornerstone of a democratic society;

Or. en

Amendment 299

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media; recalls, however, that in free democracies the media must also be open to criticism;

Or. fi

Amendment 300

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing external pressure and the political interference by NGOs and media campaigns influencing the internal discourse and public opinion in several Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 301

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the lack of independence and professionalism of the media and journalism in several Member States, including the public service media;

Or. sk

Amendment 302

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism in several Member States, including the lack of independence of public service media;	6. Expresses deep concern about the increasing pressure, political interference and attacks on media and journalism, including the lack of independence of public service media;

Or. en

Amendment 303

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Deplores the increasing use of verbal attacks by high-level officials in some Member States against individual journalists; highlights that women journalists are particularly targeted, with references to their civil status, family life or physical appearance; stresses that such a negative environment for journalistic work might lead to a certain degree of self-censorship in their work have consequences for the choice of career paths of journalists;

Or. en

Amendment 304

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6a. Calls on Donald Tusk’s government to refrain from any further infringements of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and from any further dismantling of the independent institutions upon which the Polish legal order is based, including attacks on the Constitutional Tribunal, which serves as the backbone of the Polish legal system; notes that Donald Tusk’s government will face penal consequences for radically altering the constitutional order of the Republic of Poland and introducing systemic lawlessness;

Or. pl

Amendment 305

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Condemns the oppressive strategies employed by some Member States’ governments such as the use of SLAPPs and smear campaigns, as well as increasing media ownership across the EU and state control over public media, civil society and academic institutions, leading to self-censorship and the growing deterioration of media and academic freedom;

Or. en

Amendment 306

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 a. Expresses deep concern about attempts to introduce censorship and restrict freedom of speech in Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 307

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6b. Regrets that in countries such as Poland, following the assumption of power by a camp claiming to be democratic, the principles of a democratic state governed by the rule of law are being replaced by a policy of revanchism, persecution of the opposition, political trials, preventive detention and even cases of torture, resulting in the establishment of a quasi-authoritarian system described by Donald Tusk as a ‘fighting democracy’;

Or. pl

Amendment 308

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6 b. Warns against the growing influence of government-aligned oligarchs over the media and their use of it as a tool for political propaganda; welcomes the entry into force of the European Media Freedom Act in August 2025 and calls on the Commission to ensure its full and effective implementation;

Or. en

Amendment 309

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	6c. Considers the unlawful and forceful takeover of public service media in Poland, including the shutdown of radio and television broadcasts for several days using secret service methods and in violation of all rights and standards by Donald Tusk’s government, to be incompatible with European standards; calls for these decisions to be reversed, legal consequences to be drawn and compensation to be made;

Or. pl

Amendment 310

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia; ; strongly condemns all forms of violence, intimidation and surveillance against journalists; calls on Member States to ensure immediate and effective protection for those under threat, including adequate police escort where necessary and support for their families; urges national authorities to end impunity through thorough, transparent investigations and prosecutions;

Or. en

Amendment 311

Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Fredis Beleris

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Regrets any shortcomings in the investigation and prosecution of crimes against journalists in Member States; welcomes the measures taken by many Member States to protect journalists; acknowledges that several Member States have adopted dedicated Action Plans and have taken steps to set up dedicated support structures promoting the safety of journalists, as stipulated in the 2025 European Commission Report on the rule of law situation in the European Union;

Or. en

Amendment 312

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia; pays tribute to Ján Kuciak and Daphne Caruana Galizia and to their essential work as investigative journalists and calls on the competent authorities to ensure that justice is finally served;

Or. en

Amendment 313

David Casa

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia; underlines that a failure to investigate and prosecute crimes exposed by journalists places them at a heightened risk of threats and violence;

Or. en

Amendment 314

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia; underscores the urgent need for stronger safeguards, effective investigations, and robust legal frameworks to protect journalists;

Or. en

Amendment 315

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Expresses deep concern over the persistent shortcomings in the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed against journalists in several Member States, and calls for strengthened efforts to uphold justice and the rule of law.

Or. en

Amendment 316

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 317

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
7. Deplores the systemic failures in investigating and prosecuting crimes against journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;	7. Deplores the spread of disinformation and unfounded information by journalists in several Member States such as Malta, Greece and Slovakia;

Or. sk

Amendment 318

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7a. Calls for the strengthening of protection for individuals fighting against corruption at the highest levels of government; regrets that in certain Member States, including Poland, individuals fighting against corruption are subject to revanchism and persecution, even a dozen years or more after disclosing cases of corruption at the highest levels of government;

Or. pl

Amendment 319

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7 a. Condemns the criminalisation of journalists for their work and stresses that journalists should not be imprisoned or threatened with a prison sentence for defamation; calls on the Member States not to impose criminal sanctions for media offences;

Or. en

Amendment 320

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7b. Calls on the government of Donald Tusk to observe the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and the laws, and to observe and implement the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal, which are final and universally binding;

Or. pl

Amendment 321

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7c. Expresses concern at the exclusion by the Tusk government of opposition media outlets – in particular the television station ‘Telewizja Republika’ – from press conferences, contrary to international standards, and the associated restrictions on access to information and accountability of the government; in particular, condemns the refusal to allow the largest television news channel (‘Telewizja Republika’) to attend the emergency press conferences held in connection with the recent flooding in Poland, since this was not only an infringement of the right to access information, but also had an adverse impact on the safety of certain sections of society; condemns the actions taken by the Tusk government with a view to exerting pressure on public and private firms to withdraw from advertising contracts concluded with opposition media outlets;

Or. pl

Amendment 322

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7d. Considers it unacceptable to deprive the opposition of financial resources, in defiance of court judgments, as has recently been seen in Poland; notes that an approach of this kind infringes the principles of democracy and greatly distorts the electoral process, and that as a consequence it undermines election results;

Or. pl

Amendment 323

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	7e. Regrets that the EU institutions, as in the case of Poland, have become the defenders of post-communist systems by defending corrupt, inefficient and opaque structures, thereby trampling on citizens’ fundamental rights and weakening democracy;

Or. pl

Amendment 324

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;	8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors, in particular investigative journalists; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote free, independent and pluralistic media, including by closely monitoring and enforcing the full and correct implementation of the EMFA and the DSA; stresses the need to ensure robust legal protections for public service media, guaranteeing their editorial independence and stable funding, shielded from political influence and interference, in order to enable them to serve the public interest effectively and impartially; calls on the Commission to closely monitor such developments across the EU and to address the ongoing challenges; further calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 325

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;	8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU; urges the Member States and the Commission to ensure swift transposition of the Anti-SLAPP Directive into national law and guarantee its effective implementation as of May 2026; urges the Commission to work on a proposal to extend its application beyond cross-border SLAPP cases;

Or. en

Amendment 326

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;	8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; regrets that the Commission’s actions so far have been biased and calls on the Commission to ensure the transparency of such support, including for credible voices that are critical of EU policies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;

Or. pl

Amendment 327

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the necessary measures to put an end to all SLAPP cases in the EU;	8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the safety and protection of journalists and media actors and to promote free, independent and pluralistic media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective measures, in accordance with the anti-SLAPP Directive, to prevent and address SLAPP cases across the Union;

Or. en

Amendment 328

Marieke Ehlers, Nikola Bartůšek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Insists that Member States must unconditionally uphold the fundamental right of every citizen 'to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers', as enshrined in Article 11 of the Charter; stresses, therefore, that if any restrictions at allon this right are imposed, including legislation to combat disinformation and hate speech, they must be an exceptional measure of last resort, be prescribed by law, be strictly necessary and proportionate, and contain clear, unambiguous, and legally certain definitions to prevent their misuse for the suppression of critical or dissenting voices;

Or. en

Amendment 329

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8a. Regrets that the Commission prioritises dialogue with organisations that uncritically support Brussels’ policies, often with a liberal and leftist profile, which it itself finances, and which are in open conflict with conservative governments, thereby creating an echo chamber that pushes the same narrative, which runs counter to the principles of democracy; calls on the Commission to carry out an independent audit into the recent allegations that the Commission has funded organisations whose remit was to lobby the European Parliament and other institutions to support certain ideological projects being pushed by the Commission, including the Green Deal and migration, and to publish the outcomes of this audit in full;

Or. pl

Amendment 330

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Deplores the increasing practice of high-level officials in some Member States of halting communication with key media outlets as it represents a significant impediment to the public’s right to receive relevant government information; emphasises that such actions curtail media freedom and transparency and contribute to the spread of manipulative disinformation in the public space;

Or. en

Amendment 331

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Expresses serious concerns regarding the deterioration of media freedom and safety of journalists in several Member States, including those ranked lowest in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index; urges the Commission to address intimidation, surveillance and SLAPPs against journalists through full enforcement of the European Media Freedom Act;

Or. en

Amendment 332

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 a. Calls on the Member States to follow the recommendation from the Council of Europe Safety of Journalists to strengthen protections for journalists in exile, including safeguards against the misuse of Interpol red notices and expedite safe refuge and asylum processes1a;
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	1a https://edoc.coe.int/en/media/12123-europe-press-freedom-report-2024-confronting-political-pressure-disinformation-and-the-erosion-of-media-independence.html

Or. en

Amendment 333

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 b. Underlines that public officials have a special responsibility in their communication with the public; stresses that the spreading of disinformation or public attacks on journalists by public officials is an increasing problem that fosters a permissive environment for propaganda, polarisation, hate speech and even hate crimes; urges all public figures to recognise and uphold their responsibility in public communication, ensuring that their discourse remains respectful, factual and professional;

Or. en

Amendment 334

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 b. Recalls that 16 EU Member States have recently committed to strengthening support for the integrity of information and independent media; calls on the Commission and its Member States to work together with their global partners to support the International Fund for Public Interest Media and to ensure sustainable financing for investigative journalism and public service media;

Or. en

Amendment 335

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 c. Condemns the spread of hate speech, including in mainstream and social media, as it poses a serious threat to democracy and the rule of law; calls for stronger enforcement of media regulations to combat hate speech and safeguard a diverse and inclusive media landscape, in accordance with its resolution of 18 January 2024 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union; underlines the fact that prominent public figures and politicians have to lead by example and need to ensure a respectful debate; underlines that freedom of expression must be exercised within the law and in line with Article 11 of the Charter and should not be exploited as a shield for hate speech and hate crimes;

Or. en

Amendment 336

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 c. Strongly condemns the deliberate manipulation and distortion of the right to freedom of expression and information by far-right movements and politicians to legitimise hate speech, disinformation, and intimidation of journalists and minorities; stresses that this right cannot be used as a pretext for undermining democracy and fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 337

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Intersection of fundamental rights, democracy and technology

Or. en

Amendment 338

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 d. Calls on the Commission to carry out a specific analysis of the tools available and implemented by Member States to combat disinformation and foreign interference linked to electoral processes, recognising that such threats undermine fundamental rights, including the right to receive and impart information, democratic participation, and free and fair elections; Calls on the Commission to ensure a periodic review of the state of play in Member States in this regard, for example by including the assessment of such tools available in Member States in the annual Rule of Law Report;

Or. en

Amendment 339

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all measures taken to protect the EU against foreign interference and information manipulation need to include strong and resolute safeguards to fundamental rights, including the freedom of expression;

Or. en

Amendment 340

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	8 f. Highlights the growing trend of election manipulation in the EU by both domestic and foreign actors; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of the DSA, AI Act and Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising regulation, including ensuring adequate human and technical resources to safeguard the integrity of future elections in the EU;

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Amendment 341

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights; calls on the Commission to pursue ongoing investigations into large online platforms and ensure full enforcement of the Digital Services Act; urges online intermediaries to disclose how their algorithms rank, recommend and amplify content, and to end practices that deliberately exploit polarisation for profit; calls for stronger investment in media and digital literacy, especially for young people, as the most effective safeguard against manipulation;

Or. en

Amendment 342

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Notes the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not exclusively determine the information people access, and that technology companies should develop business models that respect human rights alongside innovation and engagement; underlines the need to ensure transparency, accountability and appropriate safeguards in algorithmic systems, while recognising the important role of digital technologies in fostering access to information and democratic participation;

Or. en

Amendment 343

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Requests that new technologies, including AI systems, are guided by the principles of transparency, explainability, fairness, and accountability and that independent impact assessments are carried out to prevent that they exacerbate racism and existing inequalities; shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;

Or. en

Amendment 344

Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights; stresses in particular the need to protect children online by requiring services likely to be accessed by children to implement safety-by-design and age-appropriate design, high privacy-by-default settings, and proportionate, privacy-preserving age-assurance;

Or. en

Amendment 345

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Highlights that technological developments and evolving business models in the digital sector have a growing impact on access to information and the protection of fundamental rights; underlines that technology companies should operate with transparency and accountability, ensuring that their algorithms and content recommendation systems are designed and used in ways that do not undermine human rights and democratic values;

Or. en

Amendment 346

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use transparent algorithms and business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;

Or. pl

Amendment 347

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
9. Shares the opinion of the UN Secretary-General that algorithms should not control what people see and that tech companies should use business models that do not prioritise engagement above human rights;	9. Emphasises the importance of algorithmic transparency; points out that every effort must be made to safeguard the political neutrality of the internet to make it possible for the diverse discourse that is essential for democracy to take place;

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Amendment 348

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 a. Stresses that the attention-based business model of social media platforms leads to the amplification of emotionally charged and divisive content with serious repercussions for fundamental rights, such as the rights of the child, the right to protection of personal data, equality and non-discrimination; underlines that it is often used as a vehicle for foreign interference and hybrid attacks due to its cascading effects into the quality of social cohesion and democratic processes; underlines the need to address these challenges as part of the EU’s broader resilience ecosystem; calls on the Commission to reinforce the monitoring of the implementation of the Digital Services Act (DSA) by online platforms, in particular the risk assessment and mitigation obligations for VLOPs and VLOSEs, and to ensure effective follow-up; urges the Commission to maintain a high level of ambition in the enforcement of the DSA and to remain firm in the face of attempts to undermine this legislation;

Or. en

Amendment 349

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9a. Is concerned about foreign interference in the Member States, which should also be deemed to include interference by sources in other Member States and EU institutions, including social media manipulation and disinformation; urges respect for the sovereignty of Member States and non-interference in democratic processes, which has unfortunately not been the rule in previous years and which must be examined thoroughly, not only in terms of interference by non-EU countries and actors, but also by other Member States and institutions; notes the unacceptable initiatives to use social media platforms to manipulate public opinion in various Member States;

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Amendment 350

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 b. Highlights the negative effects that online platforms can have on the mental health of children and their fundamental rights, including right to a healthy brain; welcomes the announcement of the first EU-wide inquiry into the effects of social media on the well-being of young people and calls on the Commission to speed up the process in order to provide evidence for policies aimed at protecting children’s rights online;

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Amendment 351

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 c. Calls on the Commission to ensure full, consistent and timely implementation and enforcement of the DSA provisions concerning minors protection to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security to children and to better protect young users from harmful and illegal content and from advertisements based on profiling; underlines that the upcoming Digital Fairness Act must effectively addresses the proven legal gaps when it comes to children protection online and safeguarding their rights;

Or. en

Amendment 352

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 d. Highlights the challenges posed by the generative AI chatbots, including the risk of deepening psychological dependency among users, particularly children, and the potential for these systems to cause emotional or cognitive harm through their interactions; emphasizes that such risk directly affect the protection of fundamental rights, including the rights of the child, human dignity, mental integrity, and the right to receive information in a manner appropriate to age and development; calls on the Commission to closely monitor whether existing legal frameworks can effectively address these concerns, with a specific focus on ensuring a strong children’s rights and fundamental rights perspective in the assessment;

Or. en

Amendment 353

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 e. Urges the Member States to include media and digital literacy, civic education, common European history, respect for fundamental rights, critical thinking and the promotion of public participation on school and university curricula, recognising them as critical elements for meaningful participation in democratic life and the effective exercise of fundamental rights, including freedom of expression and the right to receive information; highlights the need to work in parallel on raising awareness among adults about how to tackle disinformation and promoting digital literacy; calls for a concerted EU media and digital literacy strategy with projects that create tangible results with significant scale that reach the whole Union;

Or. en

Amendment 354

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 9 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	9 f. Deplores the growing practice of government surveillance of independent media outlets and journalists by intelligence services; strongly condemns attempts by certain governments to portray independent media and journalists as drivers of radicalisation or to restrict their work by labelling them as threats to society or national security;

Or. en

Amendment 355

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;	10. Notes that the Member States, and in particular Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, have been the subject of investigations by the Committee of Inquiry into the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission, whose recommendations are nonetheless not binding on the Member States; recognises that the problem of the systematic use of encryption software by organised crime, terrorist organisations and hostile services, and the need to take action to address it, has been raised in the ProtectEU Internal Security Strategy;

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Amendment 356

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;	10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission; stresses the need for full accountability and transparency in all cases of unlawful surveillance; calls for the establishment of a Union-wide registry of spyware vendors and for effective judicial oversight to ensure that surveillance is never used against journalists, activists or political opponents;

Or. en

Amendment 357

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;	10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission; urges the Commission to respond to the growing threats posed by spyware technologies;

Or. en

Amendment 358

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;	10. Reiterates its call on Member States to follow the recommendations on the use of surveillance technologies adopted by the European Parliament and by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which provide important guidance on ensuring compliance with fundamental rights, the rule of law and democratic oversight

Or. en

Amendment 359

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, and in particular on Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Hungary, Poland and Spain, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;	10. Reiterates its call on the Member States, to follow all the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) and the Venice Commission;

Or. en

Amendment 360

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Calls for the EU’s accession to the ECHR to be finalised;	deleted

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Amendment 361

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Marieke Ehlers

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Calls for the EU’s accession to the ECHR to be finalised;	deleted

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Amendment 362

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Calls for the EU’s accession to the ECHR to be finalised;	11. Calls for the EU’s accession to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) to be finalised, and recalls that the Court of Justice of the European Union, in its Opinion 2/13, identified a number of legal obstacles to accession, and underlines the importance of addressing these in order to enable the Union’s timely and successful accession;

Or. en

Amendment 363

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
11. Calls for the EU’s accession to the ECHR to be finalised;	11. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the ECHR must be carried out in accordance with the existing Treaties;

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Amendment 364

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Notes with deep concern the deteriorating situation with regard to freedom of expression in Europe; points out that one of the essential prerequisites for democracy is free debate, in which differing opinions are not excluded simply because they may shock or offend; emphasises that, owing to their imprecision, the Digital Services Act and hate speech laws do not meet the criteria for legal measures restricting human rights;

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Amendment 365

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Fundamental rights violations at borders	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 366

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Fundamental rights violations at borders	Protecting fundamental rights in border management

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Amendment 367

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Fundamental rights violations at borders	Protection of EU external borders

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Amendment 368

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 369

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. strongly condemns the increasing violence against police officers, border guards and other services, including in the line of duty and while serving in operations to stop hybrid attacks on the EU that instrumentalise migration, which has led to the death of a Polish soldier on the border with Belarus; deplores the fact that such violence led to the death of a soldier; calls for support for officers in the performance of their duties to the state and society;

Or. pl

Amendment 370

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Recalls that the new legislative framework under the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum establishes revised rules for asylum procedures, border management and solidarity; underlines that its effective and lawful implementation requires full respect for fundamental rights and must ensure compliance with EU and international obligations; highlights that respect for fundamental rights must continue to be closely monitored;

Or. en

Amendment 371

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger, Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Jaroslav Bžoch, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations of EU citizens due to the lack of protection of the external borders; stresses that mass immigration is jeopardising the area of freedom, security and justice set out in the Treaties; calls for the immediate deportation of all immigrants illegally present in the EU as well as those with criminal convictions;

Or. en

Amendment 372

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Notes that several Member States continue to face significant operational pressure at their external borders; underlines that these challenges require a coordinated European response, including streamlined and effective procedures, in full accordance with the applicable EU and international framework;

Or. en

Amendment 373

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks and ill mistreatment , which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States; those practices often are unreported and not investigated.

Or. en

Amendment 374

Karlo Ressler, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns any fundamental rights violations at borders; calls on all competent authorities to ensure full compliance with Union and international law, alongside targeted EU support to improve procedures, training and oversight;

Or. en

Amendment 375

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly calls for the effective protection of the EU’s external borders against illegal migration;

Or. sk

Amendment 376

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Urges the Member States to protect their borders effectively, including through pushbacks; takes the view that a stricter border policy is essential in order to protect the security and fundamental rights of Europeans;

Or. fi

Amendment 377

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks and the use of violence by national authorities such as law enforcement and border guards;

Or. en

Amendment 378

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the violations and attempts to violate Member States' borders, as well as putting pressure on Member States to give in to migratory pressures;

Or. en

Amendment 379

Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Notes that several Member States still see the need to implement various measures to prevent illegal crossings of the external borders;

Or. en

Amendment 380

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the widespread violations at borders, including illegal crossings, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 381

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
12. Strongly condemns the widespread fundamental rights violations at borders, including pushbacks, which are becoming a systematic practice in several Member States;	12. Strongly condemns the smuggling networks and all those providing assistance in the smuggling of migrants and refugees, a practice which violates the fundamental rights of individuals;

Or. fr

Amendment 382

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments; underlines that international commitments cannot take precedence over the Member States’ duty to protect the security of their own citizens; points out that a lax immigration policy has resulted in large numbers of migrants who do not respect equality being allowed into the Union;

Or. fi

Amendment 383

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to adopt effective migration policies to reduce illegal immigration, combat migrant smuggling and human trafficking, and ensure the proper enforcement of administrative and judicial decisions, in particular in the area of returns;

Or. fr

Amendment 384

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies, the implementation of which must not endanger the citizens of the Member States or constitute a threat to security and public order in the Member States.

Or. en

Amendment 385

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate crime, lead to social tensions and conflicts, and threaten internal security, social cohesion and public order;

Or. pl

Amendment 386

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments, promote prompt investigations and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion; calls for the establishment of a mechanism to monitor compliance with these obligations.

Or. en

Amendment 387

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Recalls that the EU and the Member States must comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and should continue to closely monitor the impact on fundamental rights within existing legal frameworks as well as in the development of future legislation, including in the area of asylum and migration

Or. en

Amendment 388

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments in their migration policies and encourages the EU and the Member States to take into account the situation of vulnerable groups when designing and applying such measures;

Or. en

Amendment 389

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that facilitate illegal border crossings and undermine the safety of citizens of EU member states.

Or. en

Amendment 390

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments;

Or. en

Amendment 391

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to comply with international human rights obligations and commitments and to refrain from adopting migration policies that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;	13. Calls for the EU and the Member States to adopt migration policies that consistently protect the EU and its citizens;

Or. sk

Amendment 392

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	13a. calls on the Commission to examine whether the restrictions on entry into the Schengen area, including the de facto permanent checks at Germany’s borders, are equivalent to profiling on the grounds of nationality;

Or. pl

Amendment 393

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 394

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 395

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts, provided that they are lawful and do not support human trafficking or serve the political objectives of hybrid attacks exploiting the instrumentalisation of migration; recalls that Member States and the EU have specialised institutions and services for taking action in this area, which must be supported as a matter of urgency, including by increasing funding for search and rescue operations; calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for these purposes in the next MFF;

Or. pl

Amendment 396

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Urges the Commission to end the systematic obstruction of attempts to make Europe safe again;

Or. en

Amendment 397

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the illegal activities of non-governmental organisations involved in the smuggling of illegal migrants into the EU;

Or. sk

Amendment 398

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Nikola Minchev, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Calls the Commission and the Member States to ensure that non- governmental search and rescue (SAR) can operate in accordance with EU and international law ;

Or. en

Amendment 399

Lukas Mandl, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that search and rescue (SAR) activities at sea are carried out in a coordinated and lawful manner under the authority of competent national and European bodies; stresses that all actors, including non-governmental organisations, must operate in full compliance with applicable laws and instructions from national authorities;

Or. en

Amendment 400

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
14. Urges the Commission and the Member States to end the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts; recalls the urgent need to set up an EU search and rescue fund and calls for the EU institutions to allocate appropriate funding for this purpose in the next MFF;	14. Reminds the Commission that ineffective control of the Union’s external borders poses a significant threat to human rights throughout Europe; emphasises that the large-scale containment of migration can save lives as it reduces incentives for migrants to embark on dangerous routes towards Europe;

Or. fi

Amendment 401

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	14 a. Recalls that Article 46 of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Regulation can be activated in case of violations of fundamental rights; calls on the Agency to proactively make full use of all the tools at its disposal, in particular, the possibility to activate Article 46, in case of fundamental rights violations; reiterates its call on Frontex to immediately end its practice of demanding that applicants cover the costs of external lawyers in court cases related to access-to-information requests;

Or. en

Amendment 402

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 403

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 404

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	deleted

Or. fi

Amendment 405

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, entitled ‘Protecting the Defenders Ending repression of human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Europe’1a, in particular, to recognize Member States’ obligations towards human rights defenders assisting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants and to acknowledge the important work they carry out; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric, which is becoming the driving force for further restrictions and criminalisation;
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	1a https://rm.coe.int/recommendation-protecting-the-defenders-ending-repression-of-human-rig/1680ae9b1c

Or. en

Amendment 406

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Calls on Member States to take due account of the recommendations made by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; stresses the importance of maintaining a public discourse grounded in respect for human dignity, while underlining the importance of a fact-based and responsible public debate on migration and asylum;

Or. en

Amendment 407

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Urges Member States to focus in the first instance on the rights of their citizens;

Or. en

Amendment 408

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights;

Or. pl

Amendment 409

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights;

Or. sk

Amendment 410

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; strongly condemns the recurrent anti-refugee and anti-migrant rhetoric;	15. Urges Member States to follow the recommendations from the report of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, but with due regard to the security of their own borders and their own citizens.

Or. en

Amendment 411

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 412

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 413

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	deleted

Or. sk

Amendment 414

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on Member States to denounce the Migration and Asylum Pact; considers that the lack of preparedness by some Member States and of the Commission itself to meet the implementation deadlines, including the publication of the Commission’s first report, in particular with regard to the most controversial provisions relating to relocation and the forced solidarity mechanism, is clear evidence of how harmful, divisive, unsuitable and unrealistic this document is;

Or. pl

Amendment 415

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full;

Or. fr

Amendment 416

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline of the Migration and Asylum Pact, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights; insists that international law confirms that seeking asylum is not an unlawful act and that therefore one cannot be detained for the sole reason of being an asylum-seeker;

Or. en

Amendment 417

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; urges the Commission and the Member States to monitor the functioning of the pact in the context of migration control and, if necessary, to amend it so that effective action can be taken to address the serious disadvantages caused by uncontrolled migration;

Or. fi

Amendment 418

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full and timely; notes that some Member States may face challenges in meeting the implementation deadline, including in respect of provisions relating to fundamental rights, and encourages continued support and cooperation to ensure full implementation;

Or. en

Amendment 419

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on the Member States to withdraw from the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses strong concern regarding the adequacy of the Pact to resolve issue of mass migration to the EU

Or. en

Amendment 420

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; expresses concern regarding the lack of preparedness by some Member States to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;	16. Calls on the Member States to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact in full; highlights the need to meet the implementation deadline, in particular with regard to provisions relating to fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 421

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	16 a. Calls on the Member States to protect their own territories and citizens against mass and uncontrolled migration from culturally alien countries and against its consequences;

Or. en

Amendment 422

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Gender-based violence, women’s rights and the rights of LGBTIQ+ people	Protection of children and family as the basis for a healthy society

Or. en

Amendment 423

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Gender-based violence, women’s rights and the rights of LGBTIQ+ people	Gender-based violence and women’s rights

Or. sk

Amendment 424

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Strongly condemns the rapid backsliding on women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights in several Member States; urges the Commission to ensure that in the upcoming MFF, no EU funding will be made available to anti-gender and anti-rights groups that aim to roll back advances in women’s rights and the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, nor any group that works to erode fundamental rights as outlined in the Charter; urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements; further urges the Commission to address the persistent non-implementation of CJEU judgements related to the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ people with all the mechanisms at its disposal;

Or. en

Amendment 425

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements; urges the Commission to conduct in-depth research on anti-gender movements to gain deeper insights into their current operations, coordination and financing strategies; stresses that understanding these dynamics is crucial for safeguarding a modern, inclusive, and tolerant Europe true to its values;

Or. en

Amendment 426

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor and analyse more closely the impact of movements aiming to undermine fundamental rights, in particular women’s rights, and, in accordance with their respective competences, to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address these developments;

Or. en

Amendment 427

Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight hate speech, both offline and online, especially that which incites hate crime and can escalate into violence, including gender-based violence;

Or. en

Amendment 428

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect gender equality and fundamental rights, including by addressing disinformation and organised campaigns that seek to limit these rights;

Or. en

Amendment 429

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender/anti-LGBTIQ+ and anti- human rights movements; and to promote gender equality and representation.

Or. en

Amendment 430

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and antirights movements;	17. Points out that protecting European values is an effective way of promoting equality;

Or. fi

Amendment 431

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to be guided by natural law in matters of gender;

Or. pl

Amendment 432

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight all forms of discrimination;

Or. fr

Amendment 433

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight violence against women;

Or. sk

Amendment 434

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight gender movements and propaganda;

Or. en

Amendment 435

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight anti-gender and anti-rights movements;	17. Urges the Commission and the Member States to take the necessary measures to fight all forms of discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 436

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 a. Stresses the need to fight against all types of discrimination before the law; expresses its concern over the lack of progress in and implementation of equality and anti-discrimination laws in some Member States; regrets the fact that, despite existing EU legislation such as Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment, gaps in the legal framework and in implementation persist, leaving victims without adequate legal recourse; recalls that Member States’ legal frameworks must enshrine equal legal treatment and promote equality and the right of individuals not to be discriminated against in legal remedy; calls on the Commission to act in cases of non-compliance with these principles;

Or. en

Amendment 437

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that no EU funds go towards projects that do not respect EU values, including that of gender equality and non-discrimination; urges the Commission to closely monitor the implementation in Member States of funds under shared management aimed at promoting gender equality and supporting civil society, including women non-governmental organisations, in order to ensure that calls for proposals to obtain such funds are not being deliberately paused or withheld;

Or. en

Amendment 438

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 b. Calls on the Council to extend the current list of ‘EU crimes’ in Article 83(1) TFEU to include hate crimes and hate speech and calls on the Commission to put forward a legislative proposal on hate crime and hate speech; asks the Commission to focus on hate crimes in its rule of law reports and, in this regard, to closely monitor and record hate crimes;

Or. en

Amendment 439

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 c. Calls on all Member States to protect LGBTIQ rights in compliance with Union law, the Charter, and CJEU and ECtHR case-law, recalls that legal barriers to recognising same-sex partnerships or parenthood across borders persist in several Member States; warns that such practices not only hinder the free movement of LGBTIQ families within the EU, but also violate the rule of law principle of non-discrimination before the law, highlighting the lack of uniform protection for LGBTIQ individuals across Member States; calls on the Member States who have not yet done so to introduce legal recognition of same-sex partnerships; calls on the Commission to recast Directive 2004/38/EC in order to include an explicit cross-border recognition of private and family life rights; stresses that all children are equal before the law and that Member States must act in the best interests of the child; recalls Parliament’s position supporting the recognition of parenthood across the EU, irrespective of , or the type of family they have; calls on the Commission to put forward appropriate legislative measures to ensure respect for these principles, as well as to rely on infringement procedures against Member States; urges the Commission to present legislative proposals to combat hate crimes and hate speech on grounds of gender identity, sex characteristics and sexual orientation;

Or. en

Amendment 440

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 d. Is deeply concerned about the discriminatory measures introduced in some Member States under the pretext of fighting ‘LGBTIQ propaganda’ and which are contributing to an alarming increase in hate crimes and hate speech targeting LGBTIQ individuals in several Member States and have a negative impact on children, families and workers; highlights the negative impact of such measures on the freedom of expression and assembly for LGBTIQ groups and beyond; emphasises that these actions encourage discrimination against LGBTIQ individuals and contravene EU law; urges the Commission to present a proposal for a binding EU ban on forced conversion practices in all Member States; notes that in 2024, both the Commission and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) noted an alarming increase in hate crimes and hate speech targeting LGBTIQ individuals and other minorities in several Member States, stresses the importance of the right to self-determination of LGBTIQ persons and reminds Member States that, in accordance with case-law, the right to self-determination is a fundamental right; therefore urges all Member States who have not done so yet to make sure that LGBTIQ individuals have access to legal gender recognition;

Or. en

Amendment 441

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 e. Is deeply concerned by and strongly condemns the rising levels of anti-Semitism across the EU; is also deeply concerned and strongly condemns the rising levels of Islamophobia as well as discrimination and hostility against religious communities, and all other forms of discrimination and racism across the EU, including acts of violence, intimidation, hate speech and the display of hate symbols in public spaces; calls on the Member States and candidate and potential candidate countries to make sure that members of all minorities are equal before the law; calls on the Member States to review laws and policies to ensure that they do not discriminate against minorities, directly or indirectly, and to review any discriminatory legal provisions and regulations; calls for sustained efforts at both EU and national levels to monitor, prevent and prosecute related hate crimes and to protect Jewish and Muslim communities from harassment and violence;

Or. en

Amendment 442

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 f. Underlines that third-country nationals legally residing in the EU, regardless of their nationality or place of birth, must be treated in a non-discriminatory manner and enjoy fair and equal treatment in the areas specified by existing legislation; points out that third-country nationals, regardless of their nationality, place of birth or residence status, have the right to apply for international protection in compliance with international and EU law, of which the non-refoulement principle is an integral part; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in upholding the rule of law and fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and in implementing the legislation adopted by the co-legislators; stresses the binding nature of the judgments of the CJEU and the ECtHR;

Or. en

Amendment 443

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 g. Urges the Commission to ensure that the free movement of persons within the EU, the right to reside freely, and family reunification are fully respected in the EU territory and that every citizen can enjoy equal rights and fully exercise their rights;

Or. en

Amendment 444

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 h (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	17 h. Calls on the Member States to establish national human rights institutions, in accordance with the UN Paris Principles, to guarantee their independence and to ensure that they have the capacity to carry out their tasks effectively;

Or. en

Amendment 445

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments; is concerned about the lack of ambition to protect and promote the Union of Equality and deplores the fact that there is no Commissioner exclusively dedicated to Equality in the current term;

Or. en

Amendment 446

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights;

Or. sk

Amendment 447

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Urges the Commission and the Member States to tackle the threats that uncontrolled migration poses, especially to the status of women and minorities in the EU;

Or. fi

Amendment 448

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Takes note of the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto;

Or. pl

Amendment 449

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; highlights, however, the need of stronger financial commitments;

Or. en

Amendment 450

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Welcomes the EU Roadmap for Women’s Rights and the Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society annexed thereto; regrets, however, the lack of strong financial commitments;	18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to eliminate legal solutions that create systemic gender discrimination, to the detriment of both women and men;

Or. en

Amendment 451

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	18 a. Is concerned that forms and patterns of gender-based cyberviolence continue to evolve; underlines that non-consensual sharing of intimate material and hate speech are some of the most widespread forms; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure women’s safety online and offline and to address the increasingly potential harm and chilling effect that new technologies, including artificial intelligence, can have on victims, as well as to put in place preventive and supportive measures;

Or. en

Amendment 452

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	18a. Calls for the protection of women, in particular in environments where they are exposed to systemic violence, including those where they are prey to radical Islam and Sharia law, child marriage, rape or FGM;

Or. pl

Amendment 453

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of violence;

Or. fi

Amendment 454

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of violence against women and to address their root causes, including cyberviolence;

Or. sk

Amendment 455

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence, including gender-based cyberviolence;

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Amendment 456

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence;

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Amendment 457

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of domestic violence and to provide appropriate assistance to its victims and those who want to protect themselves from it;

Or. en

Amendment 458

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; reiterates its call on the Commission to recognise gender-based violence as a new EU crime under Article 83(1) TFEU;	19. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of gender-based violence and to address their root causes, including gender-based cyberviolence; highlights the need to further strengthen the EU’s legal and policy response to such violence within the framework of existing competences;

Or. en

Amendment 459

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19 a. Urges the Member States to adopt a decision to include hate speech and hate crime among the criminal offences within the list under Article 83(1) TFEU; Calls on the Council to activate the ‘passerelle clause’ in this regard; Calls on the Commission to be ready to initiate the second stage of the procedure and propose a directive aimed at combatting hate speech and hate crimes both offline and online, with particular attention to specific groups at risk, including women politicians, journalists or human rights defenders;

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Amendment 460

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19 b. Urges the Commission to act on the pervasive online violence targeting women which has become an increasing barrier to women´s participation in public life and equal representation; Calls on the Commission to ensure proper enforcement of the Digital Services Act in this regard and to turn voluntary measures within its framework, namely the Code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online, into binding measures for online platforms;

Or. en

Amendment 461

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19 c. Expresses great concern over the growth of the co-called ‘manosphere’ in the online environment; highlights the need to develop measures to address and counter the rise of misogynistic, far-right values among boys and young men concerning gender equality and women’s rights; stresses the need for a deeper understanding of the incel phenomenon and ideology and emphasises the importance of prevention by more active policies to counter them and their narratives;

Or. en

Amendment 462

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19 d. Calls on the Commission to promote comprehensive, age appropriate sexuality and relationship education in schools to and take steps to counter gender misinformation and disinformation and address gender stereotypes;

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Amendment 463

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19 e. Urges the Commission to promote legal definitions of acts of gender-based violence free from gender stereotypes; calls on the Member States to ensure that there is no assumption in law or in practice that a consent is given where there is absence of physical resistance to the sexual conduct, regardless of whether the perpetrator threatened to use or used physical violence, or because the victim is in an intimate relationship or married to the perpetrator;

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Amendment 464

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	deleted

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Amendment 465

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	deleted

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Amendment 466

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Emphasizes that the lack of or the denial of access to SRHR, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of gender-based violence and violation of human and fundamental rights; urges the Commission to actively work towards broad accessibility of SRHR in the EU and globally; reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to safe and legal abortion in the Charter;

Or. en

Amendment 467

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Emphasises that abortion is a highly sensitive topic; points out that there different approaches among the Member States; calls for cultural and religious differences between Member States to be taken into account; stresses that rape, despite its seriousness, is not a crime that meets the criteria for cross-border crime, which is why laws on rape must be passed at national level;

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Amendment 468

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;

Or. en

Amendment 469

Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;

Or. en

Amendment 470

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Calls on the EU and the Member States to fully protect the life of the unborn and to stop the blatant violation of the Articles 1 and 2 of the Charter, which is allowing legal abortions;

Or. en

Amendment 471

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
20. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Charter; stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent;	20. Reiterates that Member States have their own exclusive competences to regulate certain policy areas such as abortion;

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Amendment 472

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 a. Reiterates that sexual violence, including rape, is a grave violation of human rights and human dignity; calls on all Member States to ensure that national criminal laws define rape based on the absence of freely given consent, in line with the Istanbul Convention and evolving international standards; deplores regression in women’s rights, including any withdrawal from the Convention.

Or. en

Amendment 473

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 a. Urges the Commission to ensure a proper follow-up to the European Citizens Initiative My Voice My Choice and to put forward a proposal for a financial mechanism to support Member States willing to provide safe sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including safe and legal abortion, for those in the EU who still lack access to such services;

Or. en

Amendment 474

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 b. Stresses that there is still no EU definition of rape based on the lack of consent; Urges the Member States that have not yet done so to include a definition of rape based on the absence of freely given consent in their national legislation and calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for such a definition at EU level;

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Amendment 475

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 c. Urges the Member States to formally recognise feminicide as a distinct and gender-based crime in national legislation, to adopt and enforce comprehensive strategies to prevent and combat it, to ensure effective investigation and prosecution of all cases, and to provide specialised shelters, counselling and compensation mechanisms for victims’ relatives;

Or. en

Amendment 476

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	20 d. Underlines that gender-based violence, online and offline, is a major and pervasive offence, as well as a radical violation of fundamental rights, and it violates the principle of equality before the law; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action against gender-based violence, both online and offline, including violence committed through the use of digital platforms; calls for gender-based violence to be added to the list of EU crimes and for an EU legislative proposal on combating rape based on the lack of consent, also in candidate and potential candidate countries;

Or. en

Amendment 477

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 478

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 479

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 480

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 481

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	deleted

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Amendment 482

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	21. Expresses deep concern over the recent vote by the Latvian parliament to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention; underlines that this is a culmination of a long disinformation campaign on the Convention’s scope and aims by anti-democratic forces across the EU; urges Latvia to reconsider its stance; calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;

Or. en

Amendment 483

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention; deeply regrets Latvia’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul convention, urges the country to reconsider its decisison.

Or. en

Amendment 484

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	21. Fully respects the sovereign decision of Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia not to ratify the Istanbul Convention;

Or. sk

Amendment 485

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Calls on Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia to ratify the Istanbul Convention;	21. Calls on all Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention;

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Amendment 486

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 a. Condemns in the strongest terms the use of rape and other forms of sexual violence as a weapon of war and recalls that such conduct can amount war crimes or crimes against humanity under international law; urges the Commission and the Member States to actively work towards ensuring prosecution of and accountability for these types of crimes at international level and through the application of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime and to strengthen the support for international efforts to document these crimes in ongoing conflicts and for prevention measures; emphasizes the importance of ensuring access to safe and legal abortion for victims of sexual violence, including of victims of rape in the context of war;

Or. en

Amendment 487

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to strengthen the role of the family as the foundation of a healthy society, to promote positive parenting patterns, and to take other measures in response to the demographic crisis facing the Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 488

Alessandro Zan, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 a. Welcomes the new LGBTIQ+ equality strategy 2026-2030 and calls on Member States to renew or adopt new national LGBTIQ+ action plans or strategies to complement EU initiatives with effective national measures;

Or. en

Amendment 489

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the swift implementation of the LGBTIQ+ strategy and to monitor compliance and report regularly on progress.

Or. en

Amendment 490

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 a. Urges the EU and the Member States to combat all forms of violence and discrimination against LGBTQI+ people;

Or. en

Amendment 491

Alessandro Zan, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to combat all discriminatory practices and safeguard the principles enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and in the Treaties; urges the Commission to ensure that the free movement of persons and the rights of the child, and respect for family life are fully respected in the EU territory and that every citizen can enjoy equal rights and fully exercise their rights; welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Council regulation on the recognition of parenthood between Member States; recalls the European Parliament’s mandate supporting the recognition of parenthood across the EU, irrespective of how a child is conceived or born or the type of family they have; calls on the Council to fully implement these recommendations and protect the fundamental rights of children, act in the best interests of the child, increase legal certainty, and fight discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 492

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 b. Expresses deep concerns about the alarming backlash against LGBTIQ people and other vulnerable and marginalised groups both in the EU and globally; stresses the need to tackle the lack of adequate protection for these groups across Member States due to varying degrees of implementation of protection measures;

Or. en

Amendment 493

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Prisoners and conditions of detention

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Amendment 494

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 b. Strongly condemns the systematic over-crowding, lack of medical care and unlawful prolonged pre-trial detention;

Or. en

Amendment 495

Alessandro Zan, Marco Tarquinio

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 c. Strongly deplores the spread of hate crime and hate speech; underlines that it poses a serious threat to the respect for fundamental rights; highlights the lack of comprehensive EU legislation addressing it; stresses therefore the importance of a EU legislation on hate crimes and hate speech, including on the grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation, and encourages the Commission to follow up on the LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-2030 and present a legislative initiative based on the existing areas of crime covered by Article 83(1) of TFEU, such as computer crimes, to harmonise the definition of hate offences; urges Member States to adopt a decision to include hate speech and hate crimes among the criminal offences listed under Article 83(1) TFEU;

Or. en

Amendment 496

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 c. Expresses serious concerns about intensifying attacks on LGBTIQ community and their fundamental rights in some Member States, such as through rendering legal gender recognition impossible, erasing the existence of intersex people, violating reproductive rights or restricting access to essential reproductive healthcare and age-appropriate, comprehensive sexuality education for children; emphasizes that these attacks violate the right to non-discrimination, the right to equality before the law, and equal protection of the law without discrimination;

Or. en

Amendment 497

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 c. Calls on the Member States to urgently improve detention conditions in all prisons, including juvenile facilities, by tackling overcrowding, ensuring access to healthcare and psychological support, and strengthening suicide prevention measures; urges the Commission to monitor compliance with the European Prison Rules, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; stresses that the protection of human dignity, especially of minors deprived of liberty, is a measure of the moral and democratic strength of a society;

Or. en

Amendment 498

Alessandro Zan

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 d. Underlines that the absence of legal gender recognition procedures violates fundamental rights; condemns conversion practices, namely, but not limited to, practices aimed at changing, repressing, or suppressing a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or gender expression, as violations of fundamental rights and urges the Commission to tackle them with concrete actions, also considering the European Citizens’ Initiative entitled ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’;

Or. en

Amendment 499

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 d. Calls on the Member States to swiftly adopt the Parenthood Regulation to bring legal certainty for parents and children across the EU regardless of how the child was conceived or born and regardless of the child’s type of family, and to ensure that parenthood established by one EU Member State is automatically recognised across the EU; calls on the Commission to support the discussions in the Council and identify other possible avenues should the unanimity in the Council not be reached;

Or. en

Amendment 500

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 d. Recalls that the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, set out in Article 4 of the Charter and Article 3 of the ECHR, is absolute and non-derogable, and applies fully to all persons deprived of liberty;

Or. en

Amendment 501

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure full compliance with the Nelson Mandela Rules, the UN Convention against Torture and its Optional Protocol, and the European Prison Rules, by adopting preventive and rehabilitative measures, improving access to healthcare and mental-health services;

Or. en

Amendment 502

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 f. Urges the Member States to guarantee that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the national preventive mechanisms can conduct unrestricted visits to all places of detention and that their recommendations are fully implemented;

Or. en

Amendment 503

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	21 g. Calls on the Commission to establish a rapid-response mechanism to address serious violations in prisons, in line with the Union’s obligation to uphold the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU;

Or. en

Amendment 504

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Civil society under threat	Ensuring an enabling environment for civil society

Or. en

Amendment 505

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking; recalls that according to Article 11(2) TEU, Union institutions must maintain an open, transparent and structured dialogue with civil society organisations and representative associations, and stresses in particular in this regard that access to structural funding is a prerequisite to ensuring public participation;

Or. en

Amendment 506

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the involvement and effective participation of citizens and civil society organisations in process of making public policy; recalls, however, that the democratic systems of the Member States have established constitutional and legal mechanisms which define the rules for public participation in the legislative process and set the limits of the EU institutions’ powers in this area;

Or. pl

Amendment 507

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking, including in matters related to the protection and promotion of fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 508

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Member States and their citizens are more closely involved in decision-making, and that funding for CSOs is transparent and politically neutral;

Or. fi

Amendment 509

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens in policymaking, without the influence of so-called political non-governmental organisations;

Or. sk

Amendment 510

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Nikola Minchev, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure and promote the engagement and effective participation of citizens and CSOs in policymaking;	22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure effective consultation processes in line with good governance standards;

Or. en

Amendment 511

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	22 a. Regrets that the Commission has ignored the calls to maintain and strengthen the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme as a standalone programme and with increased funding in the next MFF; recalls the importance that the CERV programme had in protecting and promoting rights and values as enshrined in the Treaties, the Charter and in the applicable international human rights conventions, in particular by supporting civil society organisations active at local, regional, national and transnational level, and by encouraging civic and democratic participation, in order to sustain and further develop open, rights-based, democratic, equal and inclusive society; considers that the new AgoraEU Programme must provide safeguard at least the same level of ambition than the CERV programme;

Or. en

Amendment 512

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	deleted

Or. sk

Amendment 513

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values, ensuring their protection against threats and attacks such as SLAPPs, reducing administrative burdens, providing long-term, predictable, adequate and sustainable structural support, particularly EU funding, as well as considering the revision of harmful legislation that restricts the right to peaceful assembly and challenges their work; further calls on the Commissio and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support threatened CSOs and HRDs that protect and promote EU values;

Or. en

Amendment 514

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them; welcomes the Commission’s proposal in the context of the next MFF to enable the redistribution of frozen funds to civil society organisations, and stresses the need to guarantee that a share of such resources can support organisations working to promote the rule of law and fundamental rights in Member States where funds remain frozen;

Or. en

Amendment 515

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values; urges the Commission to systematically monitor the situation of these organisations in its rule of law reports and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them; highlights the need to ensure adequate dedicated EU funding for civil society actors working on fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 516

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy ensures transparency of financing of the CSOs;

Or. en

Amendment 517

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRD, within the scope of the Treaties and with due respect for the sovereignty of Member States and their democratically chosen policy orientations;

Or. pl

Amendment 518

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values;

Or. en

Amendment 519

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
23. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the upcoming EU civil society strategy supports, protects and empowers CSOs and HRDs protecting and promoting EU values and to set up a rapid response mechanism in the EU to support them;	23. Urges the Commission to guarantee that it does not use financial support for civil society to pursue its own political agenda; highlights the change in the security situation in Europe, which must also be reflected in the focus of funding for civil society;

Or. fi

Amendment 520

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	23 a. Notes with concern the continued shrinking of civic space in several Member States; recalls FRA’s findings that human rights defenders and civil society organisations continue to face harassment, smear campaigns and obstacles in accessing EU funding; underlines that freedom of association, as guaranteed by Article 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, is a cornerstone of democratic society; urges the Commission to establish a European Civic Space Index to monitor and report annually on the enabling environment for civil society and the protection of this fundamental right;

Or. en

Amendment 521

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	23 a. Expresses deep concern that Bulgarian citizens have been denied the opportunity to directly express their democratic will through a national referendum on the adoption of the euro, despite sustained public debate and the clear demand demonstrated by 604,000 citizens who signed a petition calling for a referendum on postponing Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone;

Or. en

Amendment 522

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	23a. Regrets that Union institutions are pushing for support exclusively for liberal and leftist civil society organisations, exceeding their competences and becoming a party to ideological disputes;

Or. pl

Amendment 523

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	23b. Expresses deep opposition to the funding, by the Commission and its agencies, of organisations whose remit is to influence the positions of other EU institutions, including the European Parliament; considers this unacceptable, calls on the Commission to publish a detailed report on this topic and proposes that the European Court of Auditors should carry out controls in this area; considers that the Commission and the other EU institutions are not at liberty to earmark funding or other forms of support for ideological measures of any kind whatsoever, including measures designed to influence the EU institutions and the Member States;

Or. pl

Amendment 524

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	deleted

Or. pl

Amendment 525

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 526

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 527

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	deleted

Or. fi

Amendment 528

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so; recalls that EU legislation must be aligned with European and International Human Rights standards and calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the situation in where there is non-alignment;

Or. en

Amendment 529

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so; strongly denounces that the right to peaceful protest has been under increasingly threat, particularly for climate activists and pro-Palestinian demonstrators;

Or. en

Amendment 530

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	24. Encourages the Member States to ensure that national legislation does not have the effect of criminalising humanitarian assistance provided to vulnerable persons, in line with EU and international obligation;

Or. en

Amendment 531

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
24. Strongly condemns the continuous criminalisation of solidarity and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;	24. Strongly condemns the continuous ‘criminalisation’ of conservative viewpoints and urges the Member States to refrain from doing so;

Or. sk

Amendment 532

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	24 a. Condemns that in many Member States authorities enforced disproportionate measures, such as pre-emptive banning of public gatherings in solidarity with Palestine, based on risk to “public order” and “security”, and the use of excessive force and detention of protesters as well as the conflation of legitimate criticism of Israeli authorities with antisemitism, leading to a chilling effect; stresses that in several cases, the bans were appealed, and courts intervened against banning protests in solidarity with Palestine; condemns, at the highest political level, unlawful restrictions on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression;

Or. en

Amendment 533

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger, Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Jaroslav Bžoch, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	24 a. Strongly condemns the criminalisation of conservative movements in the Member States by the publicly funded legacy media, which leads to violent attacks on conservative activists and politicians;

Or. en

Amendment 534

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger, Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	24 b. Reiterates that the Union is founded on the values set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; stresses in this regard that political violence has no place healthy democratic societies, and that it is the Union's duty to defend the European values and way of life; therefore, urges the Council to include Antifa and the Muslim Brotherhood in the Union's list of terrorist organisations to end their funding and damaging activities;

Or. en

Amendment 535

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space; regrets that some governments, such as the one in Poland, deny the right to hold regular assemblies, allow them to be deliberately disrupted, and even organise provocations themselves in order to break them up, dissolve them or portray them unfavourably in the eyes of the public;

Or. pl

Amendment 536

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly, to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space and to facilitate an environment where criticism is part of healthy debate on any issue of public concern; is of the opinion that businesses should be held accountable for any acts of retaliation against journalists, HRDs, whistleblowers, activists and NGOs;

Or. en

Amendment 537

Jorge Buxadé Villalba, António Tânger Corrêa, Roberto Vannacci, Petra Steger, Nikola Bartůšek, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space; condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent pardons to Antifa members who attacked a VOX party rally in Spain in 2019, serving as a Government endorsement of violence against the opposition;

Or. en

Amendment 538

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Strongly condemns the use of ‘foreign agent laws’, which stifle dissent, attack CSOs and restrict their operations, creating a chilling effect on civil society and HRDs; Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;

Or. en

Amendment 539

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their fundamental right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from proposing or implementing measures that could have a so-called chilling effect on the civic space, noting with concern that such attempts have been observed in some Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 540

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly;

Or. fi

Amendment 541

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
25. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space;	25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the right to peaceful assembly can be exercised in accordance with EU and national law, while maintaining public order and safety;

Or. en

Amendment 542

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 a. Notes with concern that several Member States have imposed disproportionate measures, including the excessive use of force and the detention of protesters, in order to prevent people from exercising their right to peaceful assembly, as well as pre-emptive bans on public gatherings on vague security grounds; regrets that restrictions on the freedoms of assembly, expression and association, as well as the use of excessive force, often disproportionately affect specific groups or causes;

Or. en

Amendment 543

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 a. Underlines that freedom of assembly and association are essential components of democracy, as recognised in Article 12 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Commission to systematically monitor restrictions or disproportionate use of force during demonstrations, and to ensure that any limitations are strictly necessary and proportionate.

Or. en

Amendment 544

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen constructive engagement with civil society organisations and support their capacity to participate in EU policies, while ensuring transparency and full compliance with applicable rules;

Or. en

Amendment 545

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that can have a chilling effect on the civic space; calls for full respect of Article 12 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights; condemns the use of excessive force, surveillance and judicial harassment against peaceful demonstrators, trade unionists, environmental defenders and journalists covering protests; stresses that the role of law enforcement must be to protect, not to intimidate, those who exercise their democratic rights; recalls that protecting the right to protest means protecting democracy itself;

Or. en

Amendment 546

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 c. Is deeply concerned by the growing trend of CSOs and HRDs facing further legal restrictions, a lack of funding, and attacks, which undermine freedom of association, freedom of assembly and freedom of expression; notes with concern that several Member States and candidate and potential candidate countries have imposed disproportionate measures, including the excessive use of force and the detention of protesters to prevent people from participating in protests in some Member States, as well as pre-emptive bans on public gatherings on the vague grounds of security; stresses that courts have overturned such bans in multiple cases; strongly condemns the use of ‘foreign agent laws’, which stifle dissent, harass CSOs and restrict their operations, creating a chilling effect on civil society and HRDs; regrets the fact that restrictions on freedom of assembly, expression and association and the use of excessive force often disproportionately affect specific causes or groups

Or. en

Amendment 547

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 d. Stresses that peaceful assembly, freedom of association and expression, and freedom of the arts and sciences are fundamental rights protected by international law and are essential for democracy;

Or. en

Amendment 548

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 e. Expresses deep concern about the shrinking civic space and increasing persecution of CSOs and HRDs in the EU, particularly those working on anti-racism, climate justice, LGBTIQ rights, women’s rights and migrant supports; notes that these groups face a range of threats including legal and financial restrictions, funding suspensions, smear campaigns, intimidation and criminalisation; condemns, in particular, the growing repression of climate activism in several Member States, including the misuse of anti-terrorism and organised crime laws and the classification of peaceful climate activists as members of ‘criminal organisations’; calls on the Member States to refrain from disproportionate legal action against such activists; urges the Commission to systematically monitor the situation of these organisations in its rule of law reports and to expand dedicated EU funding for civil society actors combating racism and working on other fundamental rights;

Or. en

Amendment 549

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 f. calls on the Commission to strengthen the protection of CSOs and HRDs, by establishing early warning mechanisms, increasing the transparency of funding for all actors in the scope of the EU Transparency Register and expanding funding to support CSOs to enable them to operate freely and independently;

Or. en

Amendment 550

Marco Tarquinio, Ana Catarina Mendes, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	25 g. Urges the Member States to create an enabling environment for CSOs and HRDs, adopt the Anti-SLAPP Directive, and implement Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/758 to protect CSOs from legal harassment; calls for strengthened independence of national oversight bodies, with adequate resources and safeguards against political interference; encourages support for CSOs in developing and disseminating educational initiatives to ensure broad outreach and accessibility;

Or. en

Amendment 551

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 6

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Structural racism and discrimination	Equality, inclusion and non-discrimination

Or. en

Amendment 552

Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	deleted

Or. fr

Amendment 553

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	deleted

Or. fi

Amendment 554

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	26. Recalls that the EU Treaties and the Charter enshrine the EU’s mandate and responsibility to combat discrimination and to promote equal treatment for everyone; calls on the Commission to address the gaps in the EU anti-discrimination framework and urges the Member States to fully and correctly implement EU anti-discrimination legislation; reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive and urges Member States to reach a compromise agreement as soon as possible;

Or. en

Amendment 555

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	26. Welcomes the decision by the Commission to reverse the withdrawal of the proposed Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive; reiterates its calls to unblock the discussions in the Council on the Directive without delay in order to achieve harmonised protection for all people within the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 556

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive to ensure comprehensive protection against discrimination beyond the labour market; stresses that equality before the law is a cornerstone of the European social model.

Or. en

Amendment 557

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive, and invites the Council and the Commission to chart a path forward to ensure comprehensive protection against discrimination across all grounds and areas of life.

Or. en

Amendment 558

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
26. Reiterates its calls to unblock the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive;	26. Reiterates that all citizens are equal before law;

Or. en

Amendment 559

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 26 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	26 a. Recognises and condemns the existence of structural racism in the EU caused by stereotypes fostered by discourses that result in discrimination against ethnic minorities in all areas of their lives; is deeply concerned by individual, structural, and institutional forms of racism and xenophobia in the EU and rising discrimination against Arabs, Black Europeans, people of Asian descent, Jewish people, Muslims, and Roma people; urges the Member States to end with discriminatory institutional practices, policies and laws;

Or. en

Amendment 560

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	deleted

Or. fi

Amendment 561

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious new gender equality and anti-racism strategies for the upcoming years; highlights the needs to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated approach towards and across all existing and forthcoming strategies, frameworks and action plans - including the EU Disability Strategy 2021-2030, EU Roma Strategic Framework on equality, inclusion and participation, EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, LGBTIQ Strategy - in order to maximise synergies and ensure coherence in their implementation;

Or. en

Amendment 562

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies; which also include the EP recommendations; is deeply concerned that the EU Anti-Racism Action Plan expires at the end of 2025 and that the 2026 CWP does not include the new EU Anti-Racism Strategy;

Or. en

Amendment 563

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	27. Calls on the Commission to revisit its existing strategies and roadmaps and, where necessary and in accordance with its competences, to update them in order to address discrimination comprehensively across all grounds and areas of life;

Or. en

Amendment 564

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	27. Calls on the Commission to practice equality and not favour any specific political agenda in its strategies;

Or. en

Amendment 565

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
27. Calls on the Commission to present ambitious equality and anti-racism strategies;	27. calls on the Commission to address the declining standard of living of citizens first and foremost, and only then to deal with polarising issues;

Or. sk

Amendment 566

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 a. Regrets that many Member States have not yet adopted National Anti-Racism Strategies or Action Plans; calls on all Member States to adopt and fully implement National Action Plans Against Racism or Strategies with clear targets, timelines, and budgets; calls on the Commission to establish binding minimum standards and regular monitoring mechanisms, in cooperation with civil society;

Or. en

Amendment 567

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Sophie Wilmès, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 a. Calls on the Commission to carefully monitor the implementation by Member States of the judgements from the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, with particular attention to judgments concerning non-discrimination, gender equality and rights of minorities;

Or. en

Amendment 568

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 b. Calls on the Commission to urgently assess the compatibility of Hungary’s Law on the Protection of Local Identity with EU law, in particular the Racial Equality Directive and the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures, including the launch of infringement procedures, where breaches are identified; calls on the Member States to ensure that local housing and residence policies fully comply with the principles of equality and non-discrimination and do not result in ethnic or socio-economic segregation;

Or. en

Amendment 569

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure sustainable, flexible and accessible funding for equality focused civil society organisations, including support for strategic litigation and advocacy; stresses that this should include dedicated envelopes within the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV+) programme under AgoraEU, while preventing exlusion of CSOs from broader implementation roles and sectors; underlines that access to EU funds should be conditional on full compliance with fundamental rights and anti-discrimination standards and calls for transparent earmarking to guarantee long-term support for human rights and equality-focused CSOs;

Or. en

Amendment 570

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 d. Calls on the Commission to make anti-racism a guiding principle of EU migration and asylum policy, to prohibit racial profiling and discriminatory border practices, and to allocate substantial resources to inclusion- and rights-based initiatives;

Or. en

Amendment 571

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 e. Calls on the Member States to prohibit ethnic and racial profiling in law enforcement, establish independent monitoring, accountability and complaint mechanisms; calls on the EU and Member States to support community-based safety, prevention, and care initiatives;

Or. en

Amendment 572

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 f. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the implementation of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act prevents algorithmic discrimination; urges the establishment of binding human rights and equality impact assessments for AI systems used in migration, policing, and social protection;

Or. en

Amendment 573

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address environmental racism and the disproportionate exposure of racialised communities to pollution, environmental degradation, and climate risks;

Or. en

Amendment 574

Marco Tarquinio, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 27 h (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	27 h. Calls on Member States to fully implement Directive 2024/1500 and Directive 2024/1499, which establish minimum standards for Equality Bodies; urges concrete measures to guarantee the independence of Equality Bodies and ensure their effectiveness in promoting equality;

Or. en

Amendment 575

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Points out that the Member States form a group that is the undisputed world leader when it comes to defending gender equality and minority rights; emphasises that by far the biggest threat to minority rights in Europe comes from migrants whose cultural views are completely at odds with European values;

Or. fi

Amendment 576

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle antisemitism, xenophobia, racism, misogyny, hatred against sexual minorities and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred;

Or. en

Amendment 577

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle the decline in the standard of living of EU citizens and the loss of competitiveness of the Union;

Or. sk

Amendment 578

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, misandry and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred, including the hatred due to a different worldview or religious denomination;

Or. en

Amendment 579

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective action against any form of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination or hate crime ;

Or. en

Amendment 580

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle all forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;

Or. en

Amendment 581

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people in a holistic manner;

Or. en

Amendment 582

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;	28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle xenophobia, Christianophobia, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and other forms of prejudice, intolerance, discrimination and hatred against vulnerable people;

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Amendment 583

Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Céline Imart, Ondřej Kolář, François-Xavier Bellamy, Henrik Dahl, Miriam Lexmann, Sander Smit, Hildegard Bentele

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	28 a. Condemns in the strongest terms the escalating antisemitism in the European Union since the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023 and draws attention to the increase of antisemitic acts under the disguise of anti-Zionism, such as attacks against Jewish people and Jewish places of worship and education, harassment of Jewish students on university campuses, desecration of Holocaust memorials, calls to globalize the intifada in so called Pro-Palestinian rallies sponsored by organizations linked to terror groups such as Samidoun; urges the Commission and Member States to accelerate the implementation of the EU Strategy on Combatting Antisemitism and to strengthen national safety systems to ensure the security of European Jewish citizens.

Or. en

Amendment 584

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	28 a. Notes with concern the findings of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), which indicate a significant rise in antisemitism across the Union, including online, in public spaces and within local communities; stresses that many Jewish individuals report obstacles to openly expressing their identity and continue to face safety concerns; underlines that antisemitic incidents tend to increase during periods of geopolitical tension; calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen prevention, reporting and victim support mechanisms, to ensure full enforcement of EU and national law, and to enhance education, awareness-raising and security measures where needed;

Or. en

Amendment 585

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 28 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	28 a. Condemns in the strongest terms the outburst of antisemitism in the European Union; sounds the alert on the increase of antisemitic acts occurring, such as attacks against Jewish and non-Jewish people and places of worship and education, harassment of students, and desecration of Holocaust memorials; urges the Commission and Member States to accelerate the implementation EU Strategy on Combatting Antisemitism and to strengthen national safety systems to ensure the security of European Jewish citizens;

Or. en

Amendment 586

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 587

Milan Uhrík

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 588

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States, in particular in particular Hungary, Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies; calls on theMember States to ensure that national constitutional and legislative frameworks cannot be misused to undermine the primacy of EU law or to stigmatise minorities under the pretext of “national identity”; strongly condemns the continued application of the so-called “child-protection” law in Hungary, which constitutes direct discrimination contrary to Articles 7, 11, 21 and 24 of the Charter;

Or. en

Amendment 589

Petar Volgin

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons;

Or. en

Amendment 590

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States, to review laws that unfairly discriminate against any citizen;

Or. en

Amendment 591

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies; urges the Commission to present a proposal for a legal act on an EU ban on conversion practices in all Member States, as a follow-up action to the ECI ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’;

Or. en

Amendment 592

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to respect freedom of assembly and to ensure the fundamental rights of minorities in their legislation;

Or. fi

Amendment 593

Erik Kaliňák

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Fully respects the right of Member States, such as Hungary and Slovakia, to adopt, within the scope of their competences, the legislation they deem necessary;

Or. sk

Amendment 594

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges all Member States to comply with the current case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, particularly with regard to the judgements handed down in matters of Fundamental Rights;

Or. en

Amendment 595

Mariusz Kamiński, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Jacek Ozdoba, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people;

Or. pl

Amendment 596

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Nikola Minchev, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 29

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
29. Urges the Member States, in particular Hungary and Slovakia, to review laws that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;	29. Urges the Member States to review any laws or policies that discriminate against LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families and to refrain from putting forward any initiative that risks undermining the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, including the so-called anti-LGBTI propaganda laws, and to ban conversion therapies;

Or. en

Amendment 597

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and persons with disabilities;	deleted

Or. en

Amendment 598

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and persons with disabilities;	30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma; urges the Member States to implement the judgments of the ECHR concerning the rights of Roma people and the Commission to monitor it;

Or. en

Amendment 599

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and persons with disabilities;	30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by vulnerable groups, including Roma and persons with disabilities;

Or. en

Amendment 600

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
30. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and persons with disabilities;	30. Calls on the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and persons with disabilities;

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Amendment 601

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 a. Is worried by counter-terrorism policies that have led to discrimination and hostility against certain groups, including communities of colour, Muslim communities, anti-racism movements, activists and organisations; denounces that the effect of such policies includes the delegitimising and in some instances criminalising, or attempting to criminalise political, religious, and other discourses, discriminatory legal and law enforcement practices, including racial and religious profiling, shrinking of civil society space and self-censorship of civil society's political views and a chilling of open and free political debate; calls on the Member States to refrain from such practices or from adopting policies and legislation that could lead to such consequences for these communities;

Or. en

Amendment 602

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 a. Condemns all forms of violence and coercion against persons with disabilities, particularly forced sterilisation, which constitutes a grave violation of human dignity and bodily integrity; calls on the Commission and Member States to criminalise forced sterilisation without exceptions based on disability or legal capacity and to provide reparation to survivors; calls for an EU Action Plan on Equality and Intersectionality; urges recognition of national sign languages as part of the EU’s linguistic diversity and their inclusion in education, public administration, and media.

Or. en

Amendment 603

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to follow the recommendations from the CRPD to end discrimination for all against persons with disabilities and to ensure their equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and full participation in all areas of society1a; reiterates its call on the EU and the Member States that have not yet ratified the Optional Protocol to do so without further delay;
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	1a https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD%2FC%2FEUR%2FCO%2F2-3⟪=en

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Amendment 604

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address discrimination and social exclusion faced by Roma and to ensure the effective implementation of the EU Roma Strategic Framework for Equality, Inclusion and Participation;

Or. en

Amendment 605

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 b. Calls for the reinforcement of the EU Disability Platform as the permanent participatory mechanism for policy dialogue with organisations of persons with disabilities (OPDs); requests that the Commission maintain a transparent monitoring framework for the EU Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030, with annual public reporting and meaningful involvement of civil society;[1] stresses that the EU institutions must lead by example by ensuring accessibility, inclusive recruitment, and a significant increase in staff with disabilities within the EU administration.

Or. en

Amendment 606

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 c. Supports the adoption of a Disability Action Plan in EU External Action, ensuring that the EU’s development and humanitarian programmes fully integrate the rights of persons with disabilities, consistent with CRPD Article 32; calls for dedicated budget lines for disability-inclusive humanitarian response, reconstruction, and climate adaptation; urges that the EU promote the participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in international fora, including COPs and the Global Disability Summit, to position the Union as a global leader in disability-inclusive policy.

Or. en

Amendment 607

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 30 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	30 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to combat discrimination against persons with disabilities and, in accordance with their respective competences, to promote their full inclusion and participation in society, in line with the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021–2030;

Or. en

Amendment 608

Sophie Wilmès, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Lucia Yar, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Nikola Minchev, Irena Joveva, Hilde Vautmans

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Environmental, social and economic rights at risk	Protecting social and economic rights and addressing environmental impacts

Or. en

Amendment 609

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 7

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
Environmental, social and economic rights at risk	Social and economic rights at risk

Or. en

Amendment 610

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a report assessing the possibility and modalities of expanding the mandate of the EPPO, as provided for in Article 86 TFEU, to include serious environmental crimes that are detrimental to the interests of the Union or that affect the consistent application of EU policies related to the protection of the environment;

Or. en

Amendment 611

Tomáš Zdechovský

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EU funds dedicated to promoting social inclusion and improving living standards — including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare — are used effectively, transparently and exclusively for the benefit of disadvantaged and marginalised groups, including ethnic minorities; stresses that recent cases of misuse of such funds, notably in Slovakia, have seriously undermined the credibility of EU programmes; urges the Commission to strengthen monitoring, auditing and direct community involvement to guarantee that every euro reaches its intended beneficiaries and contributes to a genuine improvement in their living conditions;

Or. en

Amendment 612

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare; calls on the Member States to ensure compliance with the European Pillar of Social Rights and the European Social Charter and on the Commission to closely monitor it and take action to address situations of non-compliance;

Or. en

Amendment 613

Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that everyone has a fair chance to achieve the highest possible standard of living, through the greatest possible economic freedom and other civil liberties, low taxes, simple regulations that are understandable to all, reducing bureaucracy, and supporting entrepreneurship and the self-government of societies;

Or. en

Amendment 614

Sebastian Tynkkynen

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Emphasises that housing policy, education, social security and healthcare are matters for the Member States;

Or. fi

Amendment 615

Lukas Mandl

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States in accordance with their respective competences, to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to affordable housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;

Or. en

Amendment 616

Nikola Bartůšek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Fabrice Leggeri, Matthieu Valet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate standard of living and healthy environment for all, including access to housing, quality education, social security and healthcare;	31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure freedom to conduct a business and the right not to be constrained by excessive overregulation is implemented in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 617

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 a. Strongly advocates for the creation of an EU Strategy on the Transition from Institutions to Community Inclusion, to phase out institutional care and guarantee independent living, in line with CRPD Article 19; urges the Commission to establish a Fund for Accessible and Affordable Housing, ensuring that the forthcoming EU Housing Action Plan prioritises accessibility, affordability, and energy efficiency; stresses that accessible housing and personal assistance are essential for the dignity and autonomy of persons with disabilities.

Or. en

Amendment 618

Krzysztof Śmiszek

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 a. Stresses that the continued erosion of democratic standards and fundamental rights in Hungary and the recent backsliding in Slovakia threaten the credibility of the Union as a community of values; calls for the creation of a permanent Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Mechanism merging all existing tools, including the Article 7 TEU procedure, the Rule of Law Report, and the Conditionality Regulation, into a single, enforceable framework with automatic triggers and sanctions in case of persistent non-compliance;

Or. en

Amendment 619

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 a. Calls on the Council of Europe and its Member States to adopt a protocol to European Convention on Human Rights including the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment; Underlines the importance of providing access to justice, transparency, and participation in environmental matters, as reaffirmed by the European Court of Human Rights in its 2024 case-law ruling KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland (53600/20);

Or. en

Amendment 620

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 a. Expresses concern that housing is treated as a commodity rather than a human right and a social good; calls for increasing access to social and affordable housing, as well as to adopt long-term, rights-based housing strategies that are also focused on the prevention of homelessness;

Or. en

Amendment 621

Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 a. Calls on the Commission to look into what steps are needed for accession by the European Union to the European Social Charter, and to propose a timeframe for achieving that objective;

Or. en

Amendment 622

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 b. Recalls that poverty constitutes a violation of human dignity and a denial of fundamental rights, as recognised by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 9 TFEU; stresses that the fight against poverty must therefore be a central and binding priority for the European Union and all Member States; calls for the integration of poverty eradication objectives into all EU economic, social, and environmental policies through a mainstreaming approach aligned with the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 1); urges the Commission to enshrine the eradication of poverty as a horizontal objective in the next EU strategic cycle and to establish clear governance and monitoring mechanisms under the European Semester.

Or. en

Amendment 623

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 b. Highlights that environmental impairment and the failure of some public authorities to provide information about serious environmental risks to which individuals are exposed, may have severe harmful consequences for individuals; requests that measures towards achieving a high level of environmental protection and the improvement of the quality of the environment which is enshrined in Article 37 of the Charter, are integrated into the policies of the Union; urges the EU and the Member States to take immediate action to fight climate change and to achieve net-zero emissions in the EU by 2050; calls on the Commission to extend the mandate of the EPPO to include environmental crimes;

Or. en

Amendment 624

Lucia Yar, Hilde Vautmans, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Irena Joveva, Nikola Minchev

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 b. Emphasizes the Preamble of the Aarhus Convention on the right of every person to live in an environment adequate to his or her health and well-being and the Article 37 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU which provides that a high level of environmental protection must be integrated in EU policies; reiterates its call for the healthy environment to be recognised in the Charter;

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Amendment 625

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 c. Reiterates that access to an adequate income is a prerequisite for living a life in dignity; calls for the adoption of a binding EU Framework Directive on Minimum Income that guarantees income above the poverty threshold in every Member State; recalls the European Commission’s 2022 Recommendation on adequate minimum income and urges its transformation into binding legislation with common indicators, monitoring, and financing commitments; stresses that such schemes must be complemented by access to quality public services healthcare, education, housing, transport and energy to ensure real inclusion and equal participation in society.

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Amendment 626

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 d. Calls for the establishment of a European Anti-Poverty Strategy with a clear roadmap to eradicate poverty by 2030, including measurable intermediate targets for reducing child, in-work, and pensioner poverty; urges the Commission to create an EU Poverty Observatory, building on the work of Eurofound and the Fundamental Rights Agency, to track multidimensional poverty and inequality across Member States; calls for structured participation of people experiencing poverty and their representative organisations.

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Amendment 627

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 e. Highlights that poverty is not evenly distributed but intersects with gender, age, disability, ethnic origin, migration status and rural or regional disadvantage; calls for targeted anti-poverty measures for women, children, single-parent families, Roma and racialised groups, persons with disabilities, and migrants; stresses that combatting intersectional poverty requires the combination of income support, anti-discrimination policy, quality employment and affordable services.

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Amendment 628

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 f (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 f. Stresses that the eradication of poverty cannot be achieved without sufficient and predictable funding; calls on the Commission and Council to dedicate at least 25 % of all cohesion and structural funds to social inclusion, poverty reduction, and equal opportunities; requests that the forthcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) include a Social Investment Window prioritising the fight against poverty and the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights; calls for the full use of the Social Climate Fund, ESF+, and Recovery and Resilience Facility to support low-income households and ensure a just transition that leaves no one behind.

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Amendment 629

Marco Tarquinio, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Elio Di Rupo, Alessandro Zan, Pina Picierno, Ana Catarina Mendes, Sandro Ruotolo, Murielle Laurent, Hannes Heide, Francisco Assis, Birgit Sippel

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 31 g (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	31 g. Recognises that the meaningful participation of people experiencing poverty is essential to democratic legitimacy and the effectiveness of anti-poverty policies; calls for permanent dialogue structures at EU and national levels with civil-society organisations, trade unions, and faith-based actors engaged in social inclusion.

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Amendment 630

Anna Strolenberg, Marco Tarquinio, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 32 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	32 a. Looking beyond 2025
	Recalls that the foundations of the EU project included the well-being of people as a pillar and considers that, regardless of any geopolitical, security and socioeconomic challenges, the EU cannot disregard the social and fundamental rights dimensions in which it was built upon; requests the Commission to put the well-being of individuals, including the most vulnerable, in the forefront of all existing and upcoming EU policies, to include other dimensions of security such as food and health security in its political agenda, and to refrain from proposing and adopting policies and measures that exacerbate inequality and exclusion;

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