full-court man-to-man pressing defence

full-court man-to-man press defence

Aerial spraying is banned in all EU countries, with exceptions granted only under strict conditions. Pesticide use is banned or minimised in public parks, sports grounds, hospitals and schools. Protection of aquatic environments or specific areas such as public parks is difficult to assess given the lack of measurable targets in most National Action Plans (NAPs). Integrated Pest Management (IPM) remains underused by Member States. This is despite the fact that the number of EU-approved low risk/non-chemical pesticide substances has do ...[+++]ubled since 2009. Compliance at individual grower level is not being systematically checked by Member States. Training and certification systems for professionals have been set up in all EU countries, and to date almost four million farmers have been trained to use pesticides safely.

47. Urges the Member States to fund organisations working on the ground with support and exit strategies, to provide innovative social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, including migrant and undocumented persons, assessing their individual needs and risks in order to provide appropriate assistance and protection, and to implement policies – with a holistic approach and through the various police, immigration, health and education services – aimed at helping vulnerable women and minors leave prostitution, while ensuring that such ...[+++] programmes have a legal basis and the requisite funding to achieve this aim; stresses the importance of psychological counselling and the need for victims of sexual exploitation to be reintegrated into society; points out that this process takes time and requires the development of a life plan that represents a credible and viable alternative for former prostituted persons;

50. Urges the Member States to fund organisations working on the ground with support and exit strategies, to provide innovative social services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation, including migrant and undocumented persons, assessing their individual needs and risks in order to provide appropriate assistance and protection, and to implement policies – with a holistic approach and through the various police, immigration, health and education services – aimed at helping vulnerable women and minors leave prostitution, while ensuring that such ...[+++] programmes have a legal basis and the requisite funding to achieve this aim; stresses the importance of psychological counselling and the need for victims of sexual exploitation to be reintegrated into society; points out that this process takes time and requires the development of a life plan that represents a credible and viable alternative for former prostituted persons;

12. Calls for the EU institutions and the Member States to express, in a unified manner, their clear disapproval of the return to an authoritarian security regime in Egypt; stresses that while keeping open its channels of communication with the Egyptian regime, the EU should not engage in a ‘business as usual’ approach but needs, rather, to review its policy towards Egypt in accordance with the downward political spiral on the ground; calls for the EU to speak up against the clampdown on human rights activists, dissent and opposition forces, and to urge the interim government to demonstrate a credible commitment to engage in a democrat ...[+++]ic transition process, notably by delivering on its roadmap pledges to hold elections in line with international standards, upholding freedom of assembly and association, and launching a credible, independent investigation into the deadly violence since 3 July; calls on the High Representative / Vice-President and on all senior EU representatives visiting Egypt to systematically raise individual cases of detained or threatened human rights defenders and to seek direct meetings with them;