ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
11.

Proposes that the aims of the European Year of Greener Cities 2022 are to: a. raise awareness of the benefits of green spaces in a built environment; introduce initiatives to increase the provision of green spaces, including near residential areas; b. increase the quantity and quality of research and the development of new innovations in various fields of expertise, creating greener added value and enhancing quality of life in cities; provide targeted support for sustainable digitalisation in the EU and thus for start-ups and digital innovations; enhance the upscaling of green infrastructure projects; c. encourage local authorities and citizens to take action and improve their neighbourhoods and environment, bringing them together as a community to increase their resilience and to reshape the future of their cities; increase the involvement of citizens in other actions and decision-making on the environment and the overall life of the city; d. create a culture of appreciation of green spaces and blue-green infrastructure; encourage urban development that respects the need for green spaces as an important aspect of quality of life in cities; e. promote the use of climate-friendly materials and services through public procurement; f. increase the number of green infrastructure projects; continue and add resources to the EU Strategy on Green Infrastructure; g. connect existing initiatives and share best practices across the Member States, as provided for in numerous initiatives and strategies, inter alia on urban planning, sustainable urbanism and infrastructure, nature-based solutions, green architecture, cleaner energy, pedestrian and cyclist mobility, efficient water resource management and sustainable and circular waste management on the basis of the waste hierarchy, which aims to achieve the target of zero waste or to reduce waste to a minimum through maximum use of recycling; h. create a roadmap for greening EU cities and maintaining green spaces by 2030, conveying the principle of ecological urbanism as a means to encourage harmonious links between rural and urban environments and to acknowledge their interdependence and the need for a bidirectional relationship; i. undertake educational activities aimed at various audiences with content tailored to the target group, in particular children; j. encourage initiatives to reduce urban traffic, and promote and invest in public transport; k. phase out the use of pesticides and herbicides in urban areas to protect residents and urban biodiversity; l. ensure the broadest possible participation of environmental NGOs in environmental protection and education activities; m. significantly increase urban roofing and facade greening to improve the urban climate, air quality and insulation; n. support urban gardening and the safeguarding and development of allotment areas as well as urban school gardening facilities throughout the EU, as these are an important pillar of environmental education for children;
L.

whereas a framework for restrictive measures in response to Turkey’s illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean was set up in November 2019 after the Council had repeatedly expressed its concerns and strongly condemned the drilling activities in various sets of conclusions, including the European Council conclusions of 22 March 2018 and 20 June 2019; whereas on 27 February 2020 the Council put two executives of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) on the EU sanctions list, imposing a travel ban and an asset freeze, following Turkey’s illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean; whereas on 28 August 2020 the informal Council (Gymnich) meeting called for further targeted sanctions against Turkey in the event that it does not de-escalate tensions in the region; whereas these restrictive measures would be discussed at the special European Council summit on 24 and 25 September 2020; whereas on 10 September 2020, national leaders at the Med7 Summit of Mediterranean states expressed full support for and solidarity with Greece and expressed regret that Turkey had not responded to the EU’s repeated calls to end its unilateral and illegal actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean;
48.

Calls for the improvement of the disclosure and comparability of key information and the elimination of misleading information in the legislation on Packaged Retail Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs), issues which should be addressed in the next review; expects that Level 2 PRIIPs legislation on the Key Investor Document will respect the level 1 legislation, in particular on the provision of accurate, fair, clear and non-misleading pre-contractual information and on the methodologies related to the performance scenarios, as well as ensuring comparability among different investment products; notes the importance of ensuring both that past performance information is available to investors and that past performance cannot be used as an indicator to predict future returns; regrets the delays in the adoption of Level 2 PRIIPs legislation, which will overlap with the first review of PRIIPs and increase legal uncertainty and costs for stakeholders; insists that the forthcoming review should provide for disclosure documents which are standardised and machine-readable, thereby enabling comparability in a digital-friendly way; calls on the Commission and the ESAs to coordinate their proposals for their respective level 1 and level 2 changes in a way that guarantees a high degree of predictability for intermediaries and retail clients alike;
42.

Reaffirms its previous position regarding the list of potential candidates for new own resources, as set out in its interim report on the MFF, which should correspond to essential EU objectives including the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment; asks, therefore, for the introduction, without creating any additional burden on citizens, of new own resources, which could, for example, include resources for which the Commission gave figures in 2018 based on: (i) the auction revenues of the ETS, which could raise between EUR 3 and 10 billion per year, (ii) a contribution on non-recycled plastic packaging waste, which could raise between EUR 3 and 10 billion per year, (iii) the future carbon border adjustment mechanism, which could raise between EUR 5 and 14 billion per year, (iv) a common consolidated corporate tax base, which could raise more than EUR 12 billion per year, (v) a tax on large digital companies, which could raise between EUR 750 million and 1,3 billion per year, and, (vi) a financial transaction tax (FTT), which, based on the original Commission proposal from 2012 and taking into account Brexit and economic growth, could raise up to EUR 57 billion per year, depending on the scope of the tax; reiterates, in this regard, its call to all Member States to join the enhanced cooperation framework on the FTT; calls on the Commission to provide details about the own resources presented in its Communication of 27 May 2020 on the Recovery Plan as soon as possible, including on the levy based on the operations of large enterprises and the possible extension of the ETS to the maritime and aviation sectors;
14.

Recalls that illegal content online should not only be removed by online platforms, but should also be followed up by law enforcement and the judiciary where criminal acts are concerned; calls on the Commission to consider obliging online platforms to report serious crime to the competent authority when they have received knowledge of such a crime; finds, in this regard, that a key issue in some Member States is not the fact that they only have unresolved cases but also unopened ones; calls for barriers to filing complaints with the competent authorities to be removed; is convinced that, given the borderless nature of the internet and the fast dissemination of illegal content online, cooperation between service providers and national competent authorities, as well as cross-border cooperation between national competent authorities, should be improved and based on the principles of necessity and proportionality; stresses, in this regard, the need to respect the legal order of the EU and the established principles of cross-border cooperation and mutual trust; calls on Member States to equip their law enforcement and judicial authorities with the necessary expertise, resources and tools to allow them to effectively and efficiently deal with the increasing number of cases involving illegal content online and with dispute resolution concerning the taking offline of content, and to improve access to justice in the area of digital services;
17.

Calls for the EU to lend support to an international investigation of crimes perpetrated by the Lukashenka regime against the people of Belarus; believes that the investigation should be supported by the establishment of an evidence collection centre and an EU taskforce of international law experts to assist in future international investigations; calls on the Commission, the Member States and the EEAS to provide full support to the efforts of the UN Human Rights Council and the OSCE Moscow Mechanism, as well as human rights defenders and civil society, to ensure documentation and reporting of human rights violations and subsequent accountability and justice for victims;
F.

whereas gender-based violence in all its forms constitutes discrimination and a violation of human rights entrenched in gender inequality, which it helps to perpetuate and reinforce; whereas gender-based violence is one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a 2014 survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) showed that one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15, that 55 % of women have faced one or more forms of sexual harassment and that, on average, one woman dies every two and a half days as a result of domestic violence; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas there are approximately 3 500 femicides in the EU every year linked to domestic violence (6); whereas gender-disaggregated and gender-sensitive data of a comparable nature are essential in order to reflect the full extent of gender-based violence, make inequalities visible and create targeted policies; whereas gender-disaggregated and gender-sensitive data are still lacking in different areas of EU and Member State policy;
42.

Stresses the need for increased funding for cultural heritage and culture more broadly in the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); reiterates its call for the doubling of the budget for the Creative Europe programme and tripling of the budget for the Erasmus+ programme in the next MFF; highlights the potential of Creative Europe for building ties between living art and tangible and intangible cultural heritage; calls for the strengthening of the budget allocation for heritage research in Horizon Europe; notes the need for synergies between other sectorial policies as well as the structural funds, the various Union programmes including Horizon Europe, Creative Europe and LIFE, and the funding schemes, in order to truly bring cultural heritage to the fore; notes the importance of increasing the potential of the European Structural and Investment Funds as regards preserving the cultural heritage; reiterates its position that investment in cultural and sustainable tourism infrastructure should be considered as small-scale and eligible for support where the ERDF cofinancing does not exceed EUR 10 million, and that where infrastructure is considered world cultural heritage the ceiling should be raised to EUR 20 million;
23.

Deplores the damage done to Yemeni cultural heritage by the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes, including the Old City of Sana’a and the historic city of Zabid, and the shelling of Taiz National Museum and the looting of manuscripts and relics from Zabid’s historic library by the Houthi movement; stresses that all perpetrators of such acts must be held to account in accordance with the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict; calls for the suspension of the voting rights of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in UNESCO governing bodies pending an independent and impartial investigation into the responsibilities of both countries in the destruction of cultural heritage; calls on the UN Secretary-General to refer the issue of the protection of all cultural sites under threat from the conflict in Yemen to the Security Council, with a view to adopting a resolution on the matter;
O.

whereas many Member States have in the past discriminated against and persecuted LGBTIQ people through discriminatory laws and policies; whereas thousands of LGBTIQ people were arrested, incarcerated and died in concentration camps during the Second World War; whereas while LGBTIQ persons in Poland face systematic discrimination, this is also an issue across the EU, with little to no progress being made in alleviating the persistent discrimination against and harassment of LGBTIQ people; whereas public discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes against LGBTIQ people are still prevalent across the EU; whereas these attacks violate the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ people and responses from public authorities too often remain inadequate; whereas LGBTIQ persons in every Member State still face a higher rate of discrimination in all areas of life, including at work and at school, and a high prevalence of physical, emotional and sexual attacks, both online and offline, which leads to a worrying suicide rate among young LGBTIQ people (12), and especially among young transgender people; whereas several Member States have updated legislation so as to be more inclusive of LGBTIQ persons; whereas there are nevertheless several legislative gaps that require political will and commitment by national legislators so as to ensure true equality for LGBTIQ people;
6.

Believes that apprenticeships can play an important role in this regard, as they prepare young people for jobs that are in high demand, and can thus contribute to their sustainable integration into the labour market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the EU resources for the promotion of VET and encourage employers to create paid internship and apprenticeship programmes for students of vocational schools and to organise competitions and industry tournaments for them; encourages companies to ensure up-reskilling and re-skilling of their workforce and to enhance provision of apprenticeships in line with the Quality Framework for Traineeships and European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships; calls in this regard on the Commission to review existing European instruments such as the Quality Framework for Traineeships and the European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships, and to insert quality criteria for proposals, including the principle of fair remuneration for trainees and interns, access to social protection, sustainable employment and social rights; stresses that these criteria would ensure the transition of trainees and apprentices into stable, quality employment, and help to ensure gender-balanced opportunities for people across sectors, as well as opportunities that offer long-term security, social protection and equal and decent working conditions, and that do not contribute to the creation of precarious employment;
9.

Stresses that the Commission is obliged to inform the European Parliament and the Council without delay of any notification sent to Member States in case it has reasonable grounds to consider that the conditions for the adoption of measures set out in the Regulation are fulfilled; notices with disappointment the absence of any written notification to Member States since the entry into force of the Regulation, despite many concerns about the breaches of the rule of law identified in the Commission’s 2020 Rule of Law Report, which have an impact on the sound financial management of the Union budget and remain unresolved by Member States; notes that the other procedures set out in Union legislation do not allow the Commission to protect the Union budget more effectively;
2.

Welcomes the step taken by the Moroccan authorities on 1 June 2021 to facilitate the re-entry of all identified unaccompanied children who are on European Union territory irregularly; calls on Spain and Morocco to work closely to allow for the repatriation of children to their families, which must be guided by the best interests of the child and carried out in compliance with national and international law, in particular the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Morocco has been a signatory since 1990 and has twice ratified (in June and July 1993), together with the relevant agreements between the EU and its Member States and Morocco, in particular the Agreement between the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Morocco on cooperation in the field of prevention of illegal migration of unaccompanied minors, their protection and their concerted return; recalls that the principle of family unity and the right to family reunification should always be safeguarded; underlines that strong cooperation on migration challenges is in the mutual interests of the EU and Morocco; calls on the Kingdom of Morocco to uphold its commitments effectively, as it is crucial to ensure the safe return of children to their families while safeguarding their rights under international law;
46.

Underlines the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented numbers of pupils missing out on months of schooling, constituting a major setback to efforts in the education sector, especially with regard to the education of women, girls and displaced persons; urges governments to use school closures only as a measure of last resort in the fight against the pandemic; supports the continuation and prioritisation of investment in education in emergencies and other humanitarian settings; calls for education to remain a spending priority in EU development policy and for due consideration to be given to the social and cultural function of schools; urges governments, in this context, to prioritise support for the most marginalised children and their families, since economic and social inequalities are deeply linked to early school leaving and poor performance from early childhood, which jeopardise employability prospects through adulthood; stresses that the most at-risk children, especially those with disabilities and those living in conflict-affected areas, are the hardest hit by this pandemic; recommends that the EU support the actions of UNICEF and that EU countries share their approaches to keeping up teaching even in times of crisis, and calls on the EU and its Member States to exploit the potential of remote (offline apps, radio, TV, printed materials) and digital learning in their international support programmes so that no child is left without education; supports, therefore, open, secure and affordable access to the internet (including mobile data) and equal access to and use and creation of digital technology, with a view to bridging digital divides including the digital gender and age gaps, and to including those who are disadvantaged or marginalised by the digital transformation;
B.

whereas the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation stated on 29 March 2017 that ‘the Office of Public Prosecution for Electronic Crimes ordered the detention of Ahmed Mansoor on a charge of spreading false and misleading information over the internet, through agendas aimed at disseminating antipathy and sectarianism’; whereas other statements by the UAE authorities indicated that the sole reason for his detention was, in fact, the views he shared online; whereas the charges against him are based on alleged violations of the UAE’s 2012 Cybercrime Law; whereas according to both the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch, he was convicted solely for his human rights advocacy, including tweeting about injustices in his country, taking part in webinars on human rights and sending messages to human rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs);
47.

Reiterates its support for an effective implementation of the Defence Package directives concerning, respectively, procurement in the fields of defence and security and transfers of defence-related products; stresses that the full implementation of these directives would constitute an important step towards a European Defence Union by making EU defence policy more coherent and by fostering the development of the European defence industry; is convinced that their implementation is an effective way to counter the continued fragmentation of the EU’s internal market for defence products, which is still leading to unnecessary duplication and the multiplication of inefficiencies in defence spending by the Member States; underscores the importance of a strong, competitive and innovative European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), combined with the emergence of an EU defence equipment market which fully respects internal market rules, and the EU’s Common Position on arms exports; considers that this would increase European security and better equip members of both organisations; calls for further efforts to ensure a fully functional common defence market; highlights the importance of the EDF in pooling national resources for joint research, development, acquisition, procurement, maintenance and training, and calls for a strategic long-term orientation for its project funding; calls for greater synergies between the EDTIB and leading private sector actors in developing dual-use emerging technologies such as AI, while ensuring synergies with other actors (members of civil society, researchers etc.); underscores the importance of cooperation between the EDA and NATO and recognises the value of EU defence industrial cooperation within the Trans-Atlantic Defence Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC); recalls the long-term ambition of building strong transatlantic cooperation in the defence and industrial sector in order to facilitate transatlantic technological and industrial development, addressing inter alia issues related to security of supply, a common approach to intellectual property rights, foreign direct investments and reciprocal access to defence markets; calls on the Commission to collaborate actively with NATO in order to facilitate transatlantic technological and industrial development; points out that European defence initiatives are complementary to those of NATO and designed to encourage Member States to engage in the field of defence; encourages close cooperation between the EDA and the NATO International Staff;