Activities of Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY related to 2014/2254(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (A8-0230/2015 - Laura Ferrara) FR
Amendments (32)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
– having regard, inter alia, to Article 2, the second indent of Article 3(3) and, Articles 6, 7 and 749 TEU,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas, under Article 49 TEU, any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union; whereas these criteria and values shall be permanently protected, defended and upheld after joining the Union;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis, and whereas the response of the EU and the Member States has seriously compromised the wellbeing of citizens and their fundamental right, including children and young people and the respect of their fundamental rights, and further increased the socio-economic exclusion of citizens in several countries;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised in the name of a supposed need for tighter security and abroad, the European Union and its Member States have the duty to protect European citizens, while ensuring respect for their fundamental rights and freedoms into the design and operation of security policies;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN; such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, freedom of media, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti- propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
Paragraph 4 – point c
(c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data onbe based on a system of annual country assessment, developed by the Commission and the Council, on the compliance with the rule of law and the situation regardingof fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, iall Member States of the European Union, based on data of FRA, Council of Europe and its Venice Commission and NGOs. In that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation is essential in order to grant the FRA wider powers; in particular in relation to the situation assessment in each Member States and the possibility of the FRA auto-referral as part of an alert mechanism;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point d
Paragraph 6 – point d
(d) ensuring that, should such a mechanism fail, Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically,; should such a mechanism fapecifying which rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to the Member State in question, other than the voting rights in the Council, cand that be suspended, so as to consider the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is considered; and fundamental rights;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores recent instancesany form of anti- Semitic and anti-IslamicMuslim discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance; ondemns the recent rise of incidents and hate crimes against Jewish and Muslim people, including online; calls on Member States to protect their citizens from future attacks and to prevent incitement to hatred and any act of intolerance based on origin, belief or religion;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and that security measures shouldn't interfere with them; reminds also that, under Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, everyone has the right to liberty and security of person;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deplores incidents of hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls on Member States to protect fundamental rights and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to protect freedom of expression, thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to promote tolerance, dialogue and inclusion between their fellow citizens;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Urges the EU and the Member States to mainstream social inclusion and non- discrimination measures in future internal security strategies;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Urges Member States to safeguard free movement of Roma, and calls on the EU to monitor forced evictions and repatriations;
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today many European citizens, mostly people belonging to minorities, are still victims of discrimination, marginalisation, and even violence and abuse;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Denounces the persistent and widespread discrimination against Roma in all EU Member States as the root cause of the deprived living conditions and socio-economic exclusion in which many of them still live today; urges the European Commission to take action against those Member States that promote or allow institutionalised discrimination and segregation, especially in education and housing; calls the Commission to mainstream the monitoring of discrimination practices in all areas, especially education, employment, housing and healthcare;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexualgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia; calls on the Commission to issue an action plan or strategy against homophobia and for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity by the end of this year, as repeatedly called for by Parliament and as promised by Commissioner Jourova in the process of the Commission hearings;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Considers that LGBTI people's fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriage; welcomes the fact that 18 Member States currently offer these options, and calls on other Member States to consider doing so;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Recalls its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and calls upon the European Commission to put forward an EU LGBTI Strategy, comparable to the LGBTI Guidelines adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against members of specific ethnic and religious communities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
– improve legal and safe avenues for refugees, including resettlement, facilitated access to family reunification and the use of humanitarian visas;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the necessity to mainstream fundamental rights in every aspect of EU migration policies;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls for the establishment of a robust search and rescue European mechanism at sea, with the resources, scope and mandate needed to carry out its missions;
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Insists on the obligation to uphold the right to asylum, the principle of ‘non- refoulement’ and in general the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees during operations at sea, which applies also when Frontex and the Member States cooperate with third countries;
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsiongeneralisation of the practice of detaining migrants and asylum seekers to prevent them from entering the EU territory or as a prelude to their expulsion, while it has to be a last resort once all other alternatives have been exhausted, and only for a limited period of time; urges the Commission to address without delay the problems concerning detention centres, where migrants and asylum-seekers are often being detained in appalling conditions and civil society is afforded little or no access; calls on the EU and its Member States to take action to end the detention of unaccompanied minors across the EU; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’; and the ‘Reception Conditions Directive’;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers with special needs;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to establish concrete measures and best practices aiming at promoting equality of treatment and social inclusion so as to improve the integration of migrants into society; recalls in that regard that it is essential to fight against negative stereotypes and misinformation against migrants by developing counter-narratives, primarily at school and towards young people, to enhance the positive impact of migration;
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 7 a (new)
Subheading 7 a (new)
Children’s rights
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has had a serious negative impact on the realisation of children’s rights and well-being;
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on Member States to step up their efforts on tackling child poverty and social exclusion through effective implementation of the European Commission Recommendation ‘Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’ through integrated strategies supporting access to adequate resources, enabling access to affordable quality services and promoting children’s participation in decision making that affects them; calls on the Commission to take further measures for monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Invites the European Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive successor to the EU Agenda on the Rights of the Child in 2015;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Encourages all Member States to make a contribution to the realisation of children’s rights through the ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure;