14 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2019/2199(INI)
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Is deeply concerned about the increasingly shrinking public space, including the digital public domain, for independent thought, opinion and debate; notes that the global trend of limiting free speech also affects western democracies.
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas pushbacks constitute a violation of EU and international law and prevent migrants from benefiting from the legal guarantees firmly laid down in such law; whereas the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights expressed grave concern about consistent reports of violent pushbacks by Croatian law enforcement officials25 ; whereas the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concerns regarding the practice of ‘summary returns’ in the enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in relation to the ECtHR cases N.D. v Spain and N.T. v Spain26 ; __________________ 25 Letter from the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe to the Prime Minister of Croatia of 20 September 2018; Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Bosnia and Herzegovina must immediately close the Vučjak camp and take concrete measures to improve the treatment of migrants in the country, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2019 26Third party intervention by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights of 22 March 2018, N.D. v Spain and N.T. v Spain, CommDH(2018)11.it is a sovereign prerogative of countries to protect their borders and decide who to allow entry into their territory;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RecognisNotes that while the EU plays an important role in preventing poverty and social exclusion in the Member States, and calls on the Commission and the Council to make macroeconomic decisions based on the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter; should be able to make independent macroeconomic decisions.
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the effects of austerity measures have deeply impacted the social fabric of the EU in many Member States and that this continues today – exacerbating already widening inequalities and breaching fundamental rights – and affects women, migrants, Roma, Travellers and other disadvantaged groups with a particular ferocityin certain cases particularly affected disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that housing is not a commodity, but a necessity, without which citizens cannot fully participate in society and access fundamental rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate the recommendations made by the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner in her comment of 23 January 2020 entitled ‘The right to affordable housing: Europe’s neglected duty’, particularly the recommendation that all Member States should promptly accept to be bound by Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter on the right to housing, and step up investment in social and affordable housing to eradicate the burden of high housing costs, particularly among disadvantaged and vulnerable groups;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights Article 37 of the Charter, which affirms that measures to protect the environment must be integrated into the policies of the Union, and believes that this must be the guiding principle for all macroeconomic policies, above any other economic consideration to deal with the most significant threat facing humanity and to ensure that all people have the right to a future;Calls for the better protection of the rights and the provision of service to victims of terrorism; recommends the sharing of best practises on EU level and between Member States in this regard.
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights Article 37 of the Charter, which affirms that measures to protect the environment must be integrated into the policies of the Union, and believes that this must be one of the guiding principles for macroeconomic policy;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that honour violence – such as genital mutilation, forced marriages, child marriages and virginity checks – affects women and that this form of repression is widespread in many vulnerable areas with high levels of immigration;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns the ethnic segregation of Roma women in maternal health care facilities; calls on the Member States to immediately prohibit all forms ofdisapproves of policies that include ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on the Member States to ensurefor effective and timely remedies for all survivors of forced and coercive sterilisation, including through the establishment of effective compen; condemns all and any government programme of forced sterilisation suchemes; as the one that existed in Sweden between 1934 and 1976.
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CondemnsTaking into account the increase in hate crimes against the domestic population, condemns all forms of hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, reverse racism, xenophobia or religious intolerance, or by bias on the grounds of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sexual characteristics or minority status;
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is deeply concerned about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member Stpublic space, including the digital public domain, for independent thought, opinion and debates; recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support civil society activitnotes that the global trend of limiting free speech also affects western democracies;
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Unreservedly condemns terrorist attacks and violent radicalisation practised and spread by terrorist groups; calls for increased cooperation with Europol and the sharing of best practices amongst Member States in order to increase security of European citizens;
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Strongly condemns the use of media outlets by radicalised groups to spread their violent extremist ideologies.