MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers

Tabled by Fabrice Leggeri, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Matthieu Valet, António Tânger Corrêa, Jaroslav Bžoch, Susanna Ceccardi

Added: 5a. Encourages the Member States to review and, where necessary, amend their national legal and operational frameworks governing the use of force by law enforcement, border and coast guard personnel, in order to ensure that officers are clearly authorised and adequately protected when using firearms in situations where there is any kind of risk of death or serious injury to themselves or others, including where criminal vessels deliberately ram the vessels of, attack or otherwise pose any kind of threat to law enforcement personnel when refusing to comply with their orders;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.247