13 Amendments of Heinz K. BECKER related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas petitions to Parliament serve as an important instrument for citizens to report alleged breaches of fundamental rights;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas almost a hundredover eighty petitions received by Parliament in 2015 concerned alleged breaches of fundamental rights referred to in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the joint-report of the Committee on Petitions onand the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Special Report of the European Ombudsman’s in own-initiative inquiry OI/5/2012/BEH-MHZ concerning Frontex established that Frontex has a duty to uphold the EU’s standards on the fundamental rights of asylum seekers in its day-to-day operations; acknowledged Frontex’s efforts to enhance respect for fundamental rights and called on the same Agency to deal with individual complaints regarding infringements of fundamental rights in the course of its operations; whereas the respect and safeguarding of fundamental rights also applies to all the EU institutions, agencies and bodies;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that citizens’ expectatio the Charter to ens uregarding the protection of their fundamental rights under the Charter are often disappointed, which may aggravate theirby institutions and bodies of the Union and Member States when implementing Union law; notes that a lack of such protection and awareness would lead citizens to be disenchantmented with the European project; notes that the general public has a limited grasp of the field of application of the Charter; believes that the European Commission and the Member States could do more to promote knowledge of the Charter, in particular the effect of its Article 51 by means of targeted campaigns using both traditional and online media;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the portability of social security benefits, pensions, health care and recognition of professional qualifications and civil status documents is a guaranteedfreedom of movement and of residence is a fundamental right conferred on citizens in the Internal Market and by the Charter; notes that many citizens still encounter problems in asserting these righis right, including the portability of social security benefits, pensions, health care and recognition of professional qualifications and civil status documents;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the rights of people with disabilities, who strive to live a life as close to normal as possible to benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the community; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that these rights are properly respected and applied, notably the rights resulting from the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; is of the opinion that EU funds should not go towards projects that are in breach of this fundamental right, such as projects that aim to segregate people with disabilities from the community;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to act, in accordance with the Charter, to ensure that citizens receive universal access to quality healthcare, justice, social services and education; underlines that asylum seekers who come into contact with Frontex should have their fundamental rights respected and should be offered full recourse to uphold those rights via an established complaints mechanismcommends the inclusion of an independent complaints mechanism as per the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard to monitor and ensure the respect for fundamental rights in all the activities of the Agency;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores all instances of discrimination against minorities, immigrants and asylum seeker; calls on Member States to pay particular attention to discrimination against minorities and migrants, as well as restrictions on the freedom of the media regularly reflected in petitions; calls on the Member States to pay particular welcomes the unblocking of the Directive on implementation of the principle of equal treattmention to these issues; welcomes the unblocking of the anti-discrimination directive between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in the European Council;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the fundamental rights of citizens from non-EU countries, particularly asylum seekers, living in an EU country as laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for special attention to the rights of children, in particular in the context of cross-border custody disputes and parental visitation rights; calls on the Commission to provide clear guidance on the concept of ‘best interests of the child’ in the context of the revisionew of the Brussels IIA Regulation;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the advances made in LGTBTI rights in 2015; remains concerned about ongoing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and limits to the freedom of speech of LGTBTI people;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the Commission to take up stronglyeffectively take up the issue of national voting rights, particularly in cases where citizens are disenfranchised in national elections when they exercise their fundamental right to free movement and residence.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the institutions and bodies of the Union and Member States when they are implementing Union law to ensure a high-level of environmental protection and to adhere to the principle of sustainable development; regrets the over-development that is taking place in parts of the EU, which is having negative effects on the environment and the lives of European citizens and residents living in the areas affected.