8 Amendments of Philippe BOULLAND related to 2013/2013(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas petitions submitted by citizens give evidence that there is persisting discrimination against citizens as a result of their religion or belief, disability, belonging to a minority or certain ethnic group, age or sexual orientation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas petition 630/2006 with more than one million signatures from EU citizens on the subject of the European Parliament’s two-seat arrangement has been kept on hold when it is not up to the Committee on Petitions to deal with this subject, which would call into question the Treaties, and when, moreover, there is already a single seat;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas certain petitions, such as one of the oldest outstanding petitions concerning discriminatory treatment against foreign- language lecturers (‘lettori’) in Italy, are pending between the Commission, Parliament and national authorities without any solution found, leaving the petitioners on uncertain ground with no sign of a conclusion;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets, however, the Parliament administration's backlog of several hundred petitions received in 2012, which have not yet been considered; considers that the 2012 backlog is likely to grow in the following years and thus exacerbate the lack of confidence in the institutions;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to persisting discrimination against citizens as a result of their religion or belief, disability, belonging to a minority group, age or sexual orientation; warns, in particular, that the Roma population across the EU continues to face obstacles to inclusion; calls therefore on the Commission to facilitate inter-governmental cooperation in this area, to provide adequate fundingensure that the substantial funding provided for the implementation of national strategies for Roma inclusion is being properly used, and to actively monitor whether these strategies are being effectively implemented in Member States;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to come up with a proposal for legislation to finally solve the problems relating to the mutual recognition by Member States of civil status documents and their effects;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that EU citizens do not all have a national Ombudsman with extensive powers, which means that all EU citizens do not have the same access to redress; believes that with a national Ombudsman in each Member State, the European Network of Ombudsmen would provide considerable support for the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Deplores the bureaucratic obstacles placed before European Citizens’ Initiatives due to a lack of IT support; regrets, above all, that such a tool for citizens is being used so disparately in the different administrations, due to the different operating procedures in the Member States;