Countering transnational repression – towards an EU strategy to protect Europe’s sovereignty and democratic values

Text as a whole without the words: ‘serious psychological, social and security’, ‘calls on the Member States to recognise psychosocial harm as an integral feature of TNR and to ensure access to multilingual, and trauma-informed mental health support;’ and ‘and psychological burden’

‘Recalls the report by its PEGA Committee (Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware), which contained recommendations on combating the illegal use of spyware, in particular intrusive spyware; laments that the Commission, to this date, has not taken the recommendations on board, even though issues prevail; calls, in that context, on Member States and the Commission to implement the recommendations of Parliament’s PEGA Committee,’

‘and to strengthen safeguards against spyware proliferation and abuse, and counter deficiencies in national legislation through better enforcement of EU legislation such as the Anti-Money Laundering Directive, procurement rules, and the Dual-Use Regulation; calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure strict oversight of spyware markets and effective accountability mechanisms and the criminalisation of unlawful data collection carried out on behalf of foreign states in violation of EU law;’

Text as a whole without the words: ‘mandatory’ and ‘automatic suspension and independent judicial review of all international cooperation requests – including extradition, Interpol notices, mutual legal assistance and law-enforcement data sharing’