Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2020/2202(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the fundamental principle of protecting citizens’ rights as described in the Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Agreement protects the rights of those EU citizens and their family members who exercised their right of free movement in the UK in accordance with EU law before the end of the transition period and who have continued to reside there following its end, as well as those UK citizennationals and their families who are exercising the same right in a Member State of the EU- 27; reiterates the need for the public authorities in both the United Kingdom and the EU to ensure this principle;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the rights providguaranteed by the citizens’ rights section of the Agreement can be relied on directly by EU citizens in UK courts and by UK nationals in the courts of the Member States;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the Agreement provides a role for the Court of Justice of the EU, by permitting UK courts to ask ithe Court of Justice, under certain conditions, for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of the citizens’ rights sectionPart Two of the Agreement for eight years following the end of the transition period;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the role of the Independent Monitoring Authority in receiving complaints and conducting inquiries regarding alleged breaches of the Withdrawal Agreementfrom the EU citizens and their family members or EEA EFTA countries’ citizens as well as conducting inquiries regarding alleged breaches by the administrative authorities of the United Kingdom of Part Two of the Withdrawal Agreement; recalls its right to bring a legal action before a competent court or tribunal in the United Kingdom;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Independent Monitoring Authority focuses on systemic failings in the implementation or application of Part Two of the Agreement and that individuals filing complaints must seek redress by other means; t cannot resolve any individual complaints reported, therefore individuals filing complaints must seek resolution by other means that exist under UK law; nevertheless underlines the importance of reported complaints in terms of gathering information concerning common and systemic issues;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the EU Settlement Scheme’s requirement that EU citizens with pre-settled status have to make a second application to the scheme in order to be provided with the indefinite right to remain in the UK is problematic and can puts citizens at a higher risk of missing deadlines; highlights the difficulties that EU citizens may encounter in attempting to apply for settled or pre-settled status owing to the UK Home Office’s insistence on a digital-only approach to the application process;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the absence of a physical document creates the risk that many EU citizens and, in particular, the elderly disadvantaged and vulnerable and digitally challenged peoplegroups such as the older persons and persons with disabilities will struggle to provexercise their rights due to lack of the necessary digital skills; points out that the complexity of provprocess of gaining digital status may lead to the risk of discrimination against EU citizens;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls for reconsideration to be given to better regulation of thimprove and facilitate conditions of entry and residence in the UK for purposes such as business, research, study, training and youth exchanges;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets that the United Kingdom has pulled out of mobility programmes, such as Erasmus+, and opted not to take part as an associated third country in the new 2021-2027 Erasmus+ programme as there are several non-EU countries participating;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to continue to allow the United Kingdom to participate in EU programmes for the benefit of EU and British young people, aso long as ithe latter fulfils the necessary financial commitments in return.;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that the possibility of rejoining the EU structures remains open for the United Kingdom, based on the Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union, provided that the Copenhagen criteria are fulfilled and that other Member States and the European Parliament agree.