Activities of Maria GRAPINI related to 2022/2051(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the inclusion of the Charter of fundamental rights as the second chapter of the EU Treaty in order for fundamental rights and freedoms to feature more prominently in the founding Treaties; calls for the inclusion in the Treaties of a fundamental rights mainstreaming provision similar to Articles 8, 9 and 10 TFEU, so as to make the Union’s horizontal obligation to incorporate a fundamental rights perspective in all policies at all levels and at all stages explicit, hence reminding the co-legislators just as all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and the Member States when they are implementing Union law to respect EU fundamental rights and promote their application in all their activities; considers it necessary, in addition, to make it mandatory for Union institutions to include fundamental rights monitoring mechanisms and related evaluation clauses whenever legislating in fundamental rights-sensitive policy areas, including the area of freedom, security and justice (enhanced fundamental rights mainstreaming); regrets that the EU Council is infringing fundamental rights, such as the right to free movement of persons and goods, though use of the veto by certain Member States without good reason;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers unfair the decision of certain Member States to veto the enlargement of the Schengen area in the Council with no supporting legal arguments, as happened in the JHA Council meeting of 8 December 2022, in breach of the Schengen Regulation; points out that the existence of Member States outside the Schengen area represents a serious fragmentation of the Single Market, causing economic and social damage and infringing the right to free movement of persons and goods from all Member States; calls for the founding treaties to be amended by replacing the unanimity vote with a vote by large majority, so that no single Member State can block important legislative proposals for the EU;