1. Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece, Spain, France and Portugal
Report: José Manuel Fernandes (A8-0175/2018) (majority of Parliament’s component Members + 3/5 of votes cast)
Subject
RCV etc.
Vote
Votes by RCV/EV – remarks
single vote
RCV
+
629, 21, 9
2. Draft amending budget No 1/2018 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece, Spain, France and Portugal
‘Underlines the fact that the public funds of the current CAP, which are spent on farmers’ actual activities, are subject to very precise and small-scale controls,’
Second part
‘while the larger amounts of the CAP budget (direct payments) are effectively spent on nothing other than an unscrutinised ownership of land and therefore cannot be justified to European citizens;’
S&D:
Amendment 28
First part
Text as a whole excluding the deletion of: ‘or to compensate for the effects of free trade agreements;’
Second part
those words
Amendment 41
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘dumping’
Second part
those words
ALDE:
§ 40
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘calls, therefore, for the CAP budget to be increased or maintained in constant euros in the next MFF’
Second part
those words
§ 64
First part
‘Stresses the need for a fair distribution of direct payments between Member States, which is essential for the functioning of the single market, and which must take into account objective criteria’
Second part
‘such as the amounts received by Member States under Pillars I and II and the fact that natural conditions, employment and socio-economic circumstances, general living standards, production costs, especially land costs, and purchasing power are not the same throughout the EU’
§ 65
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘increased’
Second part
that word
§ 68
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘both of which should be made mandatory for the Member States,’
Second part
those words
§ 92
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘more’ */**(the first time it appears in FR)****
Second part
that word
§ 139
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in order to create a workable and independent EU fund’
Second part
those words
§ 170
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘based on small-scale and family farming’
Second part
those words
Recital Bt
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘more’
Second part
that word
GUE/NGL:
§ 25
First part
‘Recalls that in the previous reform, the definition of an ‘active farmer’ was difficult to agree;’
Second part
‘considers, therefore, that farm output (e.g. keeping land in a good agricultural state, implementing good animal husbandry, contributing to the circular economy) could be a better-targeted and quantifiable solution for such a definition’
§ 129
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘to support the creation and development of economic organisations, both vertical and horizontal, such as producer organisations, including cooperatives, and their associations and inter-branch organisations’
Second part
those words
§ 160
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘to further increase the long-term productivity and competitiveness of the food production sector, and’ ‘thereby strengthening the EU’s role as a world leader;’
Second part
those words
ENF:
§ 4
First part
‘Stresses the need for the CAP to maintain the essential relationship between EU legislators, farmers and citizens;’
Second part
‘rejects any possibility of renationalising the CAP, which would increase imbalances in competition within the single market;’
Verts/ALE:
§ 19
First part
‘Considers that the collection of information should rely on satellite images and integrated administration and control system databases’
Second part
‘rather than individual farmers’ data submissions;’
§ 104
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘new’ and ‘precision and digital farming’
Second part
‘new’
Third part
‘precision and digital farming’
Subheading after § 118
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘global’
Second part
that word
§ 152
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘trade policy’
Second part
those words
§ 162
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in promoting the EU’s agricultural interests in recent bilateral trade negotiations, notably’
Second part
those words
Recital M
First part
‘whereas direct payments provide the first substantial layer of stability and a safety net for farm incomes, as they represent a tangible portion of annual farming incomes, and even as much as 100 % of farm revenues in certain regions; whereas these payments should be continued in order to help farmers compete on a level playing field’
Second part
‘with third countries’
Recital Af
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘towards precision farming and’
Second part
those words
Recital Ag
First part
‘whereas most bio-technology research is now located outside the EU, where it typically focuses on agro-economic issues not relevant to the EU sector,’
Second part
‘resulting in potential losses in investment and focus’
Recital Ax
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘conservation’
Second part
that word
ALDE, GUE/NGL:
§ 50
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘compulsory’, ‘degressive’, ‘with mandatory capping to be decided at European level’ and ‘believes that the funds made available by capping and degression should be retained in the Member State or region from which they derive;’
Second part
‘compulsory’
Third part
‘degressive’,
Fourth part
‘with mandatory capping to be decided at European level’
Fifth part
‘believes that the funds made available by capping and degression should be retained in the Member State or region from which they derive;’
S&D, ALDE, GUE/NGL, ENF, Verts/ALE:
§ 67
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘but only activated following an assessment by the Commission,’, ‘environment, climate or’
Second part
‘but only activated following an assessment by the Commission,’
Third part
‘environment, climate or’
Fourth part
‘or to compensate for the effects of free trade agreements;’
ALDE, ENF:
Recital J
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘has given no guarantee that the CAP budget will be maintained, and whereas it is essential that this be addressed before the forthcoming legislative proposals are presented; whereas these’ whereas these’ and ‘that there is no renationalisation of the CAP’
Second part
‘has given no guarantee that the CAP budget will be maintained, and whereas it is essential that this be addressed before the forthcoming legislative proposals are presented; whereas these’
Third part
‘that there is no renationalisation of the CAP’
GUE/NGL, Verts/ALE:
§ 124
First part
‘Insists on the critical need for the future CAP to support farmers more efficiently, fairly and promptly in order to cope with price and income volatility due to climate, adverse weather conditions, and sanitary and market risks’
Second part
‘by creating additional incentives and market conditions stimulating the development and voluntary use of risk management and stabilisation tools (insurance schemes, income stabilisation tools, individual provision mechanisms and mutual funds) while ensuring accessibility for all farmers and compatibility with existing national schemes;’ excluding the words ‘insurance schemes’ and ‘income stabilisation tools’
Third part
‘insurance schemes’
Fourth part
‘income stabilisation tools’
§ 135
First part
‘Stresses the need, therefore, for the single CMO to continue to play an important role within the future CAP as a safety net in rapidly stabilising agricultural markets and in anticipating crises,’
Second part
‘and underlines the importance of the omnibus regulation in enabling and encouraging – drawing on the lessons learnt during the last market crises particularly in the dairy sector – the complementary use of innovative market and crisis management instruments, such as voluntary sector agreements, to manage and, where appropriate, reduce supply in quantitative terms among producers, producer organisations, associations of producer organisations, and interbranch organisations and processors (e.g. the EU Milk Production Reduction Scheme);’ excluding the words ‘the omnibus regulation’
Third part
‘the omnibus regulation’
§ 140
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘while’ and ‘beneficial for some EU agricultural sectors and necessary to strengthen the Union’s position on the global agricultural market’, and ‘and benefit the EU economy as a whole, they also pose’
Second part
‘while’
Third part
‘beneficial for some EU agricultural sectors and necessary to strengthen the Union’s position on the global agricultural market’
Fourth part
‘and benefit the EU economy as a whole, they also pose’
§ 143
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘while it is important to continue to work for increased market access for European agricultural products’
Second part
those words
§ 146
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘stresses that the EU agri-food sector should take advantage of the opportunities for growth offered by exports, given that an estimated 90 % of additional global demand for agri-food products over the next decade will come from outside Europe;’
Second part
those words
Miscellaneous
Stefan Eck (GUE/NGL Group) had also signed Amendments 42 to 52.
9. Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on ‘better law-making’
Report: Pavel Svoboda and Richard Corbett (A8-0170/2018)
Subject
Am No
Author
RCV etc.
Vote
Votes by RCV/EV – remarks
§ 8
§
original text
sep/EV
+
407, 245, 17
§ 10
§
original text
split
1
+
2/RCV
+
395, 247, 37
§ 27
§
original text
split
1
+
2
-
§ 71
§
original text
+
amended orally
§ 74
§
original text
+
amended orally (deletion of §)
After § 86
§
original text
+
Oral amendment
Recital W
§
original text
RCV
+
349, 292, 43
Vote: resolution (as a whole)
RCV
+
497, 76, 111
Requests for roll-call votes
PPE:
recital W, § 10 (2nd part)
Requests for separate votes
76+ Members:
recital W, § 8
Requests for split votes
76+ Members:
§ 10
First part
‘Encourages developing efficient legislation geared to developing employment protection and European competitiveness’
Second part
‘with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, across all sectors of the economy;’
§ 27
First part
Text as a whole excluding the word: ‘systematically’
Second part
this word
Miscellaneous
Heidi Hautala had moved an oral amendment to add a new paragraph after paragraph 86: ‘86a. Takes due note of the De Capitani judgment Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber, Extended Composition) of 22 March 2018, De Capitani v European Parliament, Case T-540/15, ECLI:EU:T:2018:167., which reaffirms that the principles of publicity and transparency are inherent to the EU legislative process and that no general presumption of non-disclosure can be upheld as regards legislative documents, including trilogue documents;’
Pavel Svoboda had moved an oral amendment to paragraph 71 which then read as follows: ‘71. Welcomes the fact that the interinstitutional negotiations referred to in paragraph 40 of the new IIA began in November 2016; notes with disappointment that after more than one year of discussions, three rounds of negotiations at political level and a number of meetings at technical level, no agreement has yet been reached despite clear and established case law; notes the progress made so far and strongly insists that these negotiations should be concluded still under the Bulgarian presidency;’
Pavel Svoboda had moved an oral amendment to paragraph 74, which then read as follows: (paragraph 74 was deleted)
10. 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and own resources
‘Takes note of the Commission proposals of 2 May 2018 on the 2021-2027 MFF and the EU own resources system, which set the basis for the upcoming negotiations;’
Second part
‘recalls that Parliament’s position is clearly set out in two resolutions adopted by very large majorities on 14 March 2018, which constitute its mandate for the negotiations;’
§ 4
First part
‘Expresses its disappointment about the proposed global level of the next MFF set at EUR 1.1 trillion, which represents 1.08 % of the EU-27 GNI after deducting the European Development Fund (currently 0.03 % of EU GNI outside the EU budget); underlines that this global level in terms of GNI percentage is lower in real terms than the level of the current MFF,’
Second part
‘despite the additional funding needed for new political priorities and emerging challenges for the Union; recalls that the current MFF is smaller than its predecessor (the 2007-2013 MFF) and has been shown to be inadequate to finance the Union’s pressing needs;’
§ 6
First part
‘Reconfirms its firm position on the necessary level of funding for key EU policies in the 2021-2027 MFF, in order to enable them to fulfil their mission and objectives; stresses, in particular, the call to maintain the financing of the CAP and cohesion policy for the EU-27 at least at the level of the 2014-2020 budget in real terms, while respecting the overall architecture of these policies, to triple the current budget for the Erasmus+ programme, to double the specific funding for SMEs and for tackling youth unemployment, to increase the current budget for research and innovation by at least 50 % to reach EUR 120 billion, to double the Life+ programme, to significantly increase investment through the Connecting Europe Facility, and to secure additional financing for security, migration and external relations;’
Second part
‘underlines, consequently, its position to set the 2021-2027 MFF at the level of 1.3 % of the EU-27 GNI;’
§ 14
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘/ OR’
Second part
those words
ENF:
EFDD, ENF:
§ 9
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘fully supports the elimination of all rebates and corrections’
Second part
those words
Miscellaneous
Motion for a resolution B8-0240/2018 (ECR Group) had been withdrawn.
Marie-Pierre Vieu and Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL Group) had also signed motion for a resolution B8-0241/2018.
11. Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Libya
Amendments 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, § 1, point m; § 1, point o; § 1, point u; § 1, point v; § 1, point y; § 1, point z
Requests for separate votes
EFDD:
§ 1, point ac
Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL:
§ 1, point y; § 1, point z
Requests for split votes
Verts/ALE:
§ 1, point l
First part
‘to reflect on the crisis in Libya in a wider, regional and pan-African context, bearing in mind that Libya is key to the stability of North Africa, the Sahel, and the Mediterranean; to promote and facilitate Libyan cooperation with its Sahel neighbours; to consider, as part of this reflection, the impact of the situation in Libya on the dynamics and challenges with which the EU is confronted; to develop a comprehensive policy towards Libya which takes into account the regional and pan-African perspective covering broader development, security and migration policies and the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, countering terrorism and the fight against slavery and exploitation; to ensure that this policy is backed by adequate and sufficient funding for its implementation, including the next Multiannual Financial Framework, in order to yield concrete results;’
Second part
‘to continue and intensify where possible the cooperation between NATO’s Operation Sea Guardian and the EUNAVFOR MED operation Sophia;’
§ 1, point ac
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘to continue and intensify the work of EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia to disrupt the business model of traffickers and smugglers, develop the capacity of the Libyan Coast Guard and’
Second part
those words
Recital H
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘whereas EU action is showing results’ and ‘front’ and ‘given that’
Second part
those words
GUE/NGL:
§ 1, point m
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘counter-terrorism and counter-trafficking efforts, not only through intelligence integration, financial cooperation and tactical support, but also’
Second part
those words
§ 1, point o
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘in line with the Paris Declaration of 25 July 2017,’
Second part
those words
Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL:
§ 1, point u
First part
‘to step up the joint efforts carried out by the EU, the African Union and the UN to improve the protection of migrants and refugees in Libya, paying particular attention to vulnerable individuals; to investigate thoroughly and immediately the allegations about abuses and inhuman treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya by criminal groups, as well as allegations of slavery; to devise initiatives to prevent any such incidents from occurring in the future; to improve the conditions of refugees and migrants held in detention centres and to urge the Libyan authorities to close as soon as possible those facilities which are found not to be in line with international standards; to continue and step up assisted voluntary returns and resettlement efforts carried out in cooperation with the UN and the African Union, underlining in this context the importance of abolishing the Libyan requirement for ‘exit visas’; to encourage the Libyan authorities to stop arbitrary detentions and to avoid the detention of vulnerable persons, in particular children; to ensure that migrants are treated with full respect for international human rights standards and to allocate the necessary funding from the EU budget for this purpose; to call on Libya to sign and ratify the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol;’ without the words: ‘to improve the conditions of refugees and migrants held in detention centres’, ‘which are found not to be in line with international standards;’ and ‘to avoid the’
Second part
‘to improve the conditions of refugees and migrants held in detention centres’,
Third part
‘which are found not to be in line with international standards;’
Fourth part
‘to avoid the’
Fifth part
‘to ensure that the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya, EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia and the Frontex Operation Themis jointly focus on how to disrupt illicit activities, including the smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and terrorism in the Central Mediterranean;’
Sixth part
‘ to ensure that EUBAM, in line with its mandate, remains actively engaged with and assists the Libyan authorities in priority areas related to border management, law enforcement and the broader criminal justice system;’ without the word: ‘priority’
Seventh part
‘priority’
§ 1, point v
First part
‘to further develop its efforts against all acts of people smuggling and human trafficking into, through and from Libyan territory and off the coast of Libya which undermine the process of stabilisation of Libya and endanger the lives of thousands of people;’
Second part
‘to ensure in that sense the continuity of the EU’s contribution to countering these problems by assisting Libyan counterparts in building the long-needed capacity to secure the country’s land and sea borders and engaging with the Libyan authorities to put in place a comprehensive border management strategy;’
Miscellaneous
Amendment 33 had been cancelled.
12. Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area
13. Minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime
Report: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Angelika Mlinar (A8-0168/2018)
Subject
Am No
Author
RCV etc.
Vote
Votes by RCV/EV – remarks
§ 15
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
§ 16
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
3
+
§ 18
§
original text
RCV
+
643, 3, 21
§ 33
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
§ 42
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
§ 43
§
original text
split
1
+
2/RCV
+
521, 109, 30
§ 51
§
original text
split
1
+
2
+
§ 60
§
original text
split
1
+
2/RCV
+
513, 101, 38
Recital N
§
original text
RCV
+
523, 78, 55
Recital O
§
original text
split
1/RCV
+
571, 29, 60
2/RCV
+
517, 91, 52
Recital P
§
original text
RCV
+
545, 65, 54
Vote: resolution (as a whole)
RCV
+
517, 74, 72
Requests for roll-call votes
ECR:
§§ 18, 43 (2nd part), 60 (2nd part)
ENF:
recitals O, N, P
Requests for separate votes
ECR:
§ 18
Requests for split votes
ECR:
§ 42
First part
‘Calls on the Commission to counteract the judicial and practical flaws in the implementation of this directive by a proper interplay of the various EU victim-protection instruments, such as Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order, Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, Directive 2011/92/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and Directive 2014/42/EU on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the EU;’
Second part
‘calls on all Member States and the EU to ratify and fully enforce the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention, to prevent and combat violence against women and girls and to implement these important instruments coherently in order to ensure that victims in Europe fully enjoy their rights;’
§ 43
First part
‘Calls on the Commission to include sectoral examinations in its monitoring and reporting, and to ensure a uniform application of the directive in order to protect all victims, irrespective of the grounds of victimisation or specific characteristics,’
Second part
‘such as race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, disability, migration status or any other status;’
§ 60
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘including sexual and reproductive health,’
Second part
those words
ENF:
§ 15
First part
‘Calls on the Member States to reinforce the rights of victims of hate crimes,’
Second part
‘including those against LGBTI persons or with racist motives;’
§ 33
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and the LGBTQI persons’
Second part
those words
§ 51
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘and the LGBTQI’ and ‘gender-based’
Second part
those words
Recital O
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘against migrants and asylum seekers’
Second part
those words
ECR, ENF:
§ 16
First part
‘Highlights the fact that individual assessments are crucial to empowering all victims by informing them of their rights, and the right to make decisions, in the proceedings they are involved in and, in the case of children, the right to have access to the specific procedural safeguards that would apply to them from the very beginning of the legal proceedings; calls on the Member States to properly implement in their legislation timely individual assessments of the victims, including during their initial contact with a competent authority if necessary, as an essential procedural step for recognising and identifying a victim’s specific needs, to then grant specific protection in accordance with those needs, and to prevent secondary and repeat victimisation, intimidation and retaliation; emphasises that individual assessments need to be reviewed on a regular basis in order to determine ongoing support needs, and that victims should be provided with a follow-up review within an appropriate period of time after the crime took place, based on existing knowledge of trauma reactions; recalls that individual assessments are particularly necessary for the victims of human trafficking and the child victims of sexual abuse, given the social, physical and psychological repercussions of these crimes;’
Second part
‘recalls that all individual assessments should be gender sensitive, given that women and LGBTQI victims of gender-based violence require special attention and protection owing to a high risk of repeated victimisation, and that specific measures and specialist support should therefore be ensured;’ excluding the words ‘and LGBTQI victims of gender-based violence’
Third part
‘and LGBTQI victims of gender-based violence’
14. Annual report on the implementation of the Common Commercial Policy
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘including the consideration of a sanctions-based approach among other options’
Second part
those words
S&D:
amendment 6
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘to blackmail third countries with’ and ‘by threatening’
Second part
‘to blackmail third countries with’
Third part
‘by threatening’
PPE:
§ 4
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘take immediate steps to’ and ‘to present in a timely manner an impact assessment that includes different options for future trade relations so as’
Second part
those words
EFDD:
§ 5
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘asks the Commission and the Council to clarify at the earliest possible date their decision on the structure of free trade agreements in the future and to fully respect this distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States for the adoption of negotiating directives, the negotiations, the legal basis of proposals to sign and conclude, and in particular for the Council’s signature and conclusion of international trade agreements, in order not to further delay any agreed but not yet ratified trade deals with trade partners;’
Second part
those words
§ 8
First part
‘Notes the stand-off in plurilateral negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and the Environmental Goods Agreement;’ without the words: ‘on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)’
Second part
‘on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA)’
Third part
‘calls for the Union to take the initiative to get both negotiation processes moving again, and in the case of the TiSA negotiations, in line with Parliament’s position on TiSA;’
§ 14
First part
Text as a whole excluding the words: ‘asks the Commission to pursue its work on the new multilateral system for ruling on investment disputes,’