Amendment No. 13 | Doc. 13764 | 22 April 2015

The human tragedy in the Mediterranean: immediate action needed

Signatories: Mr Michele NICOLETTI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Ferdinando AIELLO, Italy, SOC ; Mr Khalid CHAOUKI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Vannino CHITI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Paolo CORSINI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Manlio DI STEFANO, Italy, NR ; Mr Claudio FAZZONE, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Francesco Maria GIRO, Italy, EPP/CD ; Ms Maria Edera SPADONI, Italy, NR

Origin - 2015 - Second part-session

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 4 with the following paragraph:

"It has to be recognised that the present increase in the death toll is partly a consequence of the lack of solidarity by countries of the European Union, that have not been living up to their responsibilities, and have not provided adequate support for the Italian search and rescue Mare Nostrum operation. Due to this lack of solidarity, the Mare Nostrum operation has been replaced with the EU Triton operation, which has a narrower mandate and much smaller and inadequate human, budgetary and logistical resources."