Activities of Andrejs MAMIKINS related to 2018/2036(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
Minimum standards for minorities in the EU (A8-0353/2018 - József Nagy)
Minimum standards for minorities in the EU (short presentation) LV
Minimum standards for minorities in the EU (short presentation) LV
Amendments (28)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the petitions received by the European Parliament indicating the multiple cases of discrimination based on the belonging to a minority group,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Resolution of the European Parliament of 7 February 2018 on protection and non- discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States (2017/2937(RSP)),
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
– having regard to the report of 30 November 2017 of the Committee on Petitions on the EU Citizenship Report 2017: Strengthening Citizens’ Rights in a Union of Democratic Change(2017/2069(INI), A8-0385/2017), especially to the provisions of its article 14,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 c (new)
Citation 15 c (new)
– having regard to the results of public hearing of 4 May 2017 ‘Fighting against discrimination and protecting minorities’,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 d (new)
Citation 15 d (new)
– having regard to the activities and findings of the Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages of the European Parliament,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas approximately 8 % of EU citizens belong to a national minorities and approximately 10 % speak a regional or minority language;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas women belonging to minorities more frequently become victims of discrimination and unfair treatment and have less chances to successfully pursue their career aspirations;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in the framework of this resolution the term “minority” shall include national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the motto of the EU “United in diversity” adopted since 2000 underlines the respect for diversity as one of the founding values of the European Union;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas national legislative systems of the Member States with regard to the minorities contain important gaps and represent a low level of harmonisation and symmetry;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the denial for the pupils of education in their mother tongue leads to linguistic and cultural assimilation, as well as to the decrease of academic performance and marginalisation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas in major European cities the residential coverage of the representatives of minorities is not equal, leading to the formation of “residential ghettos” and low integration of minorities into the life of the city;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas the climate change has negative effect on the life of certain ethnic minorities in the EU jeopardizing their cultural traditions and traditional professional occupations;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
Hd. whereas the petition “Minority Safepack” has collected 1.215.879 signatures across the EU, showcasing the will of the EU citizens to strengthen the legislative framework governing minority policies at the EU level;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States, while safeguarding the national citizenship, and calls on the Commission, while promoting the European identity and common values, to fill the legislative gaps with regards to minority rights, to safeguard the right of national minorities to preserve, protect and develop their own identity, and to take the necessary steps to ensure the effective participation of national minorities in social, economic and cultural life and in public affairs;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that persons belonging to minorities are in a special category with regard to the right to remedies and have specific needs that must be met if they are to achieve full and effective equality, and that their rights should be respected and promoted, including the right to freely express, preserve and develop their cultural or linguistic identity, free from any attempt at assimilation against their will; calls on the European Commission to conduct regular monitoring of the linguistic and cultural pluralism in the EU in order to assess the positive and negative dynamics in all the Member States;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that persons belonging to the minorities residing in any EU Member State and holding its citizenship are entitled to all the rights and freedoms that the EU citizenship guarantees to them, including the freedom of movement and settlement in another Member State, therefore the forceful return of such persons to their countries of origin is illegal;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Encourages the European Commission and the Member States to introduce awareness-rising activities that sensitize the EU population to diversity and all peaceful forms of manifestations of minority cultures; the main goal of such awareness campaigns should be socialisation, dialogue and building of mutual confidence among the citizens belonging to the majority and to the minority groups;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Encourages the EU Member States to promote the culture of tolerance and respect for national, ethnic religious and linguistic minorities through the school and university courses as a part of academic curricula;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the contribution of national minorities to the cultural heritage of the Union, to reinforce dialogue with the representatives of national minorities and to identify and implement coordinated policies and actions for the sustainable management of preserving and developing their culture; calls on the Member States to guarantee an adequate degree of institutionalisation of practices on the national level to protect the cultural rights;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the necessity for the minorities to be adequately represented at the European Parliament by its Members in order to guarantee that the work of the Parliament reflects the ethnic, linguistic and cultural variety of the constituencies;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States to refrain from or abolish legal practices that impede the accession of minorities to the full spectre of professions exercised in a given State;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee an adequate access to legal and judicial services; representatives of minorities should also be explicitly informed about the procedures to follow under their national law in case their rights as of persons belonging to a minority have been violated;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 30 – indent 1 a (new)
– a list of all the minorities present in the EU Member States to which the minimum standards would apply,
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 30 – indent 3 a (new)
– a legislative proposal for a recommendation aiming at the compensation of losses borne by some ethnic minorities as an effect of the climate change;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls of the European Commission to organise regular monitoring among the representatives of minorities to assess their satisfaction with the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and other EU legal instruments on the national level to survey the enactment of the principles of equality, non- discrimination and democratic participation of minorities; the surveys should also examine the difference in concrete indicators (as life expectance, purchasing power, labour market access, etc.)between the minorities and the main part of the population;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Invites the European Commission to further support the work of the European Civil Society Platform for Multilingualism, and other organisations advocating the interests of minorities such as the Federal Union of European Nationalities;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Encourages the European Commission to explore the legal instruments and ways in which the interests and needs of the minorities could be better represented at EU level.