Karen MELCHIOR
Karen MELCHIOR

skupina Renew Europe

Členka

Dánsko - Independent (Dánsko)

Datum narození : , Gentofte

Písemná vysvětlení hlasování Karen MELCHIOR

Poslanci mohou podat písemné vysvětlení svého hlasování v plénu. Článek 194 jednacího řádu

Dohoda mezi Evropskou unií a Albánskou republikou o operativních činnostech prováděných Evropskou agenturou pro pohraniční a pobřežní stráž v Albánské republice (A9-0036/2024 - Lena Düpont) EN

14-03-2024

The safeguards on human rights for FRONTEX are not strong enough for me to be able to send them to do operational activities outside the EU, even in a close country and partner such as Albania. Therefore I could not support the recommendation.

Přijetí zvláštního opatření ve prospěch Tuniska na rok 2023 (B9-0173/2024) DA

14-03-2024

Vi skal støtte demokratierne i vores naboskab. Vi skal modsætte os politisering af immigration og flygtninge, når Putin og Lukashenko presser flygtninge ind over vores grænser. Men hvad gør vi selv? Hvad gør EU-Kommissionen, når Rådet misbruger Kommissionen som et checkhæfte til at udstede blankochecks? For budgetstøtte, det er ikke sektorpolitik. Det er ikke støtte til migrationspolitik. Det er støtte til staten. Det er støtte til den illegitime præsident i Tunesien. Derfor støttede jeg resolutionen der kritiserede Kommissionens ageren.

Evropský akt o svobodě sdělovacích prostředků (A9-0264/2023 - Sabine Verheyen) EN

13-03-2024

In its 2023 report, the Civil Liberties Union for Europe sounded the alarm about a steady decline in press freedom in Europe. It is that decline that the European Media Freedom Act sought to undo.
And while the report does contain some measures to protect European Journalists, unfortunately it also empowers governments to spy on journalists, and institutionalises the use of spyware. I believe that the right to private correspondence is a cornerstone of journalistic freedom, and that allowing the use of spyware, even in limited contexts, will inevitably be abused.
As the adopted regulation of surveillance and spyware in Article 4 is largely insufficient to halt spyware abuses and a truly missed opportunity to protect fundamental rights in practice. It is crucial to prevent this text from establishing a bad precedent that is permissive of state interferences and abuses in the future. It would negatively impact not just journalists but the EU population as a whole.
For this reason, I wasn’t able to support the law, and abstained as there are other positive elements.

Akt o umělé inteligenci (A9-0188/2023 - Brando Benifei, Dragoş Tudorache) EN

13-03-2024

This week, parliament endorsed the final AI act after over a year of difficult negotiations. As Renew’s negotiator in the Legal Affairs Committee, I fought for Fundamental Rights and a better deal for Open-Source developers.
We managed to exempt Open Source AI from the AI act, giving developers and businesses room to build and innovate, and we banned the most harmful uses of AI: from intrusive emotional recognition and biometric categorisation to social scoring and predictive policing.
In another major win for privacy, we partially banned Orwellian Biometric Mass Surveillance, meaning law-enforcement will need a warrant to use facial recognition, and can only do so in cases of terrorism, serious crime, or missing children.
There are some other uses we would have liked to see banned, but unfortunately we weren’t able to convince Member State Governments, however all these practices will be considered as high-risk, so they will have to follow strict rules. In particular, thanks to an effort pioneered by my colleagues and I in the Legal Affairs Committee, people will have the right to an explanation for decisions that negatively affect them.
Because of this, I voted for the AI act

Bezpečnost hraček a zrušení směrnice 2009/48/ES (A9-0044/2024 - Marion Walsmann) EN

13-03-2024

We take for granted that the toys our kids play with are safe, but recent research has revealed that some of the products used in the manufacture of toys are dangerous: from endocrine disruptors to forever chemicals and toxic materials, not everything in our kids toys are safe until now, and we need to make toys safe. For that reason, I voted in favour of new EU rules on toy safety, and supported several amendments to ban the use of materials that put children’s health at risk.

Změna směrnice 2008/98/ES o odpadech (A9-0055/2024 - Anna Zalewska) EN

13-03-2024

An important amendment to the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) focusing on two resource intensive sectors - textiles and food - to reduce environmental and climate impacts
I was happy to see broad support in the EP from groups, but I would have liked to see a higher target for reduction of food waste, so I voted for amendments in this direction

Dočasná opatření pro liberalizaci obchodu doplňující obchodní koncese použitelné pro ukrajinské výrobky podle Dohody o přidružení mezi EU/Euratomem a Ukrajinou (A9-0077/2024 - Sandra Kalniete) EN

13-03-2024

Since the start of the war, Russia has been using food and agricultural products as a weapon to destabilise markets. Immediately following the full-scale invasion, the EU put in place trade measures allowing duty-free access for all Ukrainian products to the EU. In January 2024, the Commission proposed that import duties on Ukrainian exports should be suspended for another year, but with strengthened mechanisms to prevent and counteract negative effects in the Member States. The proposal foresaw automatic safeguard measures for very sensitive sectors if imports of Ukrainian products exceed the 2022-2023 levels. For other products, the Commission could take all measures such as reintroduction of custom duties.
I did not support any amendments to the proposal, as I believe it was well-founded and allowed to achieve the delicate balance between supporting Ukraine and preventing and counteracting adverse market effects in the EU. The Council also supported the proposal without changes.
Unfortunately, in the end the MEPs decided to change the proposal in a way that made the regime less favourable for the war-torn Ukraine. Now the Parliament and the Council have to negotiate the final position on this, which will for sure be less favourable for Ukraine.

Obecné pokyny pro rozpočet na rok 2025 – oddíl III (A9-0068/2024 - Victor Negrescu) EN

13-03-2024

The compromise presented to the Parliament had a good balance. I voted against an amendment on including the financing of fences at EU’s external borders. I also voted against the plenary amendment concerning diverting UNWRA funds to other UN organisations, as there are no alternatives to UNWRA in supporting Palestinian refugees in and outside of Gaza. These amendments fell allowing me to vote for final text.

Námitka podle čl. 111 odst. 3 jednacího řádu: Unijní seznam projektů společného zájmu a projektů ve společném zájmu (B9-0161/2024) EN

12-03-2024

The Commission adopted the 6th list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) on 28 November 2023. The list consists of 166 infrastructure projects: over half (85) are electricity, offshore, and smart electricity grid projects, and 14 CO2 network projects. Importantly, for the first time, the list also includes 65 hydrogen-related projects. I supported the objection tabled by due to the inclusion of two gas pipelines - Melita (Malta) and EastMed (Cyprus)on the list as well as that a number of hydrogen projects are based on fossil gas.

Směrnice o průmyslových emisích (A9-0216/2023 - Radan Kanev) EN

12-03-2024

I supported the provisional agreement and the compromises achieved and to not support any plenary amendments, as they would have jeopardised the agreement negotiated in good faith with the Council and lower the ambition and return the pig and poultry thresholds to 2010 levels and remove mixed farms from the scope, which would be detrimental to our public health, because to adopt a lighter regime for animal farms while reverting back to the thresholds which have proven to be insufficient is a scientifically unsound decision.
Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to health and every European citizen is unavoidably exposed to it, with disproportional effects for vulnerable social groups with pre-existing conditions. In 2020 alone, exposure to air pollution throughout the EU caused more than 311,000 premature deaths.

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