4 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2018/2111(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the EU has a duty to protect minorities and to guarantee their rights to the same degree as for the majority; notes that Article 2 of the TEU frames the protection of minorities as one of the fundamental values of the EU; further notes that Articles 21 (on non- discrimination) and 22 (on cultural, religious and linguistic diversity) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights acquired legally binding form in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that there are Member States which do not extend voting rights in European Parliament elections to their nationals, who are European citizens; points out that this limits the diversity of views in the Parliament and mitigatdiminishes the accountability of the European institutions to European citizens;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that the Member States recognise language discrimination as a violation of Article 2 of the TEU; calls on the Fundamental Rights Agency to start dealing with anti-regional or minority language discrimination in its work programme; stresses that regional or minority languages should be accepted in all Member States even where use of the official language in all public institutions is mandatory;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the UK Government to ensure that the rights of EU citizens living in the UK are protected post-Brexit, an entitlement they possess under the Treaties, to the same extent that UK citizens resident in the EU are protected.