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Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

~~A. whereas Roma are still being deprived of their human rights in Europe;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas structural anti-Gypsyism can be detected at all levels of European society;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas anti-Gypsyism can be found in the workings of public authorities at all levels in the Member States, manifesting itself in the failure to provide Roma with equal access, rights and treatment, and the creation of discriminative programmes;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas inadvertent anti-Gypsyism can even be observed in the workings of the EU institutions, as numerous EU programmes that could have a positive impact on the life prospects of Roma do not reach them, as well as in the EU acquis, which often fails to take into consideration the challenges faced by Roma, who, due to their having been subject to multiple forms of discrimination for centuries, are unable to enjoy the same rights and opportunities, and the same level of protection as other EU citizens;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

~~F. whereas there is a persistent paternalistic treatment of Roma in our society;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas Roma are continually referred to as a vulnerable people, when, in fact, depriving Roma of their human rights and denying them equal treatment and access suggest that it is the structures established and maintained by those in power that render Roma vulnerable;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that in order to fight against the subconscious societal consensus to exclude Roma and to tear down stereotypes, it is essential to educate mainstream societies by awareness- raising campaigns on anti-Gypsyism;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Urges the Commission to set up a truth and reconciliation commission at EU level to acknowledge the persecution of Roma throughout the centuries, and to document these in an official white paper and to engage with Parliament in carrying out research on how to launch such a process, with the involvement of Roma experts;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

~~3. Calls on Member States to set up national truth and reconciliation commissions and to make the history of Roma part of school curricula;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Expresses its concern that most mainstream programmes fail to reach out to the most disadvantaged, in particular the Roma; calls on the Court of Auditors to check the performance of EU~~Calls on the Court of Auditors to check the performance of EU programmes and the Commission to stop investing European taxpayers' money in failing programmes;

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to assess EU programmes to determine if they meet the requirement of non-discrimination and participation, and where necessary, to take corrective measures, including by suspending funding in cases of misuse of EU funds and, and to extend the Europe for Citizens and the Rights, Equality and Citizenship funding programmes recognising the role of watchdog organisations in monitoring anti- Gypsyism;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Calls on the Commission to continue launching infringement proceedings against all Member States that breach or fail to transpose or implement equal treatment directives;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Condemns certain Member States’ denial of inequality of their Roma nationals, their lack of political will to secure Roma people’s access to and enjoyment of their fundamental rights, and their blaming them for their social exclusion;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Calls on Member States to take measures to prevent and counter anti- Roma hate speech;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Calls on its President to condemn and sanction MEPs who use defamatory, racist or xenophobic language or such behaviour in Parliament;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

~~10. Deplores the violation of the right of Roma to free movement;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Is deeply concerned by the number of stateless Roma people in Europe pushed to the very margins of society; calls on Member States to end statelessness and ensure the enjoyment of fundamental human rights for all; calls on the Commission to initiate an EU directive on the identification and protection of stateless persons;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Condemns those Member States which carry out discriminatory birth registration and that fail to provide identity documents, resulting in Roma being denied access to all the essential basic services; calls on Member States to take immediate corrective measures and active steps in this regard; calls on the Commission to assess the situation in Member States and initiate legally binding legislation on the identification and protection of people whose citizenship have not been recognised and have no access to identity documents;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Is deeply concerned by the unequal access of Roma to health information, services and care, and their racial abuse;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Is deeply alarmed by~~Takes note of the phenomenon of unlawful removal of Roma children from their parents; ~~calls on~~suggests Member States to investigate such cases ~~without delay~~;

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Condemns Member States’ failure to secure Roma people’s equal access to justice and their equality before the law; calls on Member States to provide mandatory, service-oriented training to law enforcement officers and officials in the judicial system at all levels, to ensure that victim support programs address the specific needs of Roma, that assistance is provided to them when reporting crimes and filing complaints, and to continue and to extend the geographic scope of JUSTROM programme;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is concerned about widespread discrimination in housing; calls on Member States to take immediate steps to utilise EU funds to improve the housing situation of Roma; calls on the Commission to recognise its competence in the context of racially motivated forced evictions; calls for an increase in the number and availability of desegregation experts in the Member States most concerned in order to support authorities in ensuring that European structural and investment funds effectively promote desegregation, and calls for the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund (ESF-ERDF) to be earmarked for spatial desegregation measures;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Considers the discrimination of Roma in employment alarming;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Urges the Commission and Member States to pay special attention to Roma facing multiple and intersectional discrimination;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Is concerned about the low level of participation of Roma as interlocutors with or seated representatives of local, regional and national governments and the failure of governments to guarantee their exercise of full citizenship;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on Member States to provide mandatory, practical and intersectional fundamental rights and non- discrimination-related training for all public officials, who are duty bearers;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

~~23. Calls on Member States, given the power of the media, to provide obligatory training on the challenges faced by Roma and harmful stereotypes and to promote the recruitment of Roma in public media;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on Member States to include mandatory human rights and democratic citizenship training in their school curricula, and to strengthen Roma people’s ability to exercise their equal rights by organising empowerment programmes for young Roma;deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to stop continueing the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies after 2020, ~~to place anti-Gypsyism in its focus and to introduce anti-discrimination indicators in the relevant fields; calls furthermore~~forcing Member States in devising their own ~~the Commission to treat anti-Gypsyism as a horiz~~nationtal ~~issue, and to develop an inventory of practical steps for Member States to combat it, and to set up a Commissioner-level project team on Roma issues to safeguard the cre~~strategies for dealing with the Roma integration ofis no~~n-discriminatory and complementary EU funds and programmes;~~t acceptable.

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt and disseminate the definition of anti-Gypsyism by the ECRI;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

~~27. Calls on all political groups in Parliament and political parties in the Member States to respect the revised charter of European political parties for a non-racist society;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

Auke ZIJLSTRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

~~28. Calls on the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights to focus on anti-Gypsyism during their work on Roma issues and to monitor it in all relevant fields;~~deleted

2017/07/19
Committee: LIBE

32 Amendments of Auke ZIJLSTRA related to 2017/2038(INI)

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