9 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that citizens’ expectations regarding the protection of their fundamental rights under the Charter are often disappointed, which may aggravate their disenchantment 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 and to improve its full and consistent implementation with the aim of guaranteeing a higher level of respect for fundamental rights;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is deeply convinced that austerity measures led to the continuous deterioration of fundamental rights protection in the EU causing, amongst others, alarming youth unemployment rates, a huge increase of poor workers and higher levels of poverty and social marginalisation; calls for an immediate stop of all austerity measures and urges both the EU and the Member States to deliver targeted policies aimed at securing high quality and decent jobs and social protection measures, primarily focusing on citizens that are facing poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the EU to ratify the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to conduct, as soon as possible, an effective cross-cutting and comprehensive review of the EU legislation in order to ensure its full harmonisation with the provisions enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, triggering a truly democratic and participatory process aimed at guaranteeing a direct and full involvement of representative organisations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in its Concluding Observations on the initial report of the European Union, has critically observed that austerity measures adopted by the EU and its Member States have worsened the standard of living of persons with disabilities, deteriorating the enjoyment of fundamental rights;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, immigrants and asylum seekers, as well as restrictions on the freedom of the media regularly reflected in petition regularly reflected in petitions and calls on the EU and the Member States to effectively address these issues; calls for the adoption, without further delay, of the Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation to ensure a higher level of protection against discrimination across areas of life; regrets about the major problems related to the freedom and independence of the media in certain EU Member States, as regularly denounced by petitioners and international organisations such as Reporters Without Borders; calls on the EU and the Member States to pay particular attention to these issues; welcomes the unblocking of the anti-discrimination directive in the European Council; take appropriate measures to improve the existing situation in the media sector with a view to fully ensure freedom and pluralism of the media as enshrined in both the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the constitutional traditions common to the Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that, in certain Member States, the current management and financing mechanisms used by reception centres for migrants could give rise to major legal infringements, corruption, abuses and fundamental rights violations; deplores that organised crime has infiltrated the bodies responsible for managing funds for the reception of migrants; calls on the EU and Member States to take coordination, control and enforcement measures with the view to effectively address these issues and to put in place the necessary actions aimed at improving the fight against trafficking in human beings, which is mostly conducted by criminal groups;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that the EU and the Member States must consistently respect the principle of solidarity and make the necessary efforts to share responsibilities in order to ensure a full protection to the lives of migrants and refugees and to combat cross-border crime, in full compliance with the principle of non- refoulement and fundamental rights;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Regrets that child poverty remains at a very high level and children continue to be at higher risk of poverty than adults; calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen their actions adopting a holistic strategy aimed at successfully address all root causes of child poverty;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that individuals should have a direct and easily accessible way of challenging violations of the EU law and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU provisions by Member States before EU courts, without leaving any margin of discretion to national courts or European institutions;