5 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that a large number of stateless persons is disenfranchised from European Parliament elections while seats are allocated at their expense; calls on the Commission to investigate the issue;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to take up strongly the issue of national voting rights, particularly in cases where citizens are disenfranchised in national elections when they exercise their right to free movement as well as in cases where non- citizens are disenfranchised from local elections or are banned from political party membership.
Amendment 796 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the governments of the Member States to condemn practices which, by means of linguistic discrimination or enforced or concealed assimilation, have in the past been – or are now – directed against the identity and language use of endangered linguistic communities or their cultural institutions;
Amendment 801 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30 b. In the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) adopted by Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in 1994, calls on the European Commission to elaborate a European level Directive in order to tackle language discrimination, as there are Directives on how to tackle racism and xenophobia;
Amendment 806 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30 c. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen its plan to promote the teaching and use of regional languages, as a potential way to tackle language discrimination in the EU;