Activities of Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI related to 2020/2023(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance that the host state plays in ensuring that any administrative procedure for applications for residence status is smooth, transparent and simple and, that unnecessary burdens are avoided and that it is accessible in terms of the costs to the citizen;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the system proposed by the UK Home Office (‘the registration procedure’) for EU-27 nationals to apply for residence status is not as transparent and simple as it should be; considers that it creates unnecessary and unfairdisproportionate administrative burdens on citizens of the EU-27;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists on the need for an independent monitoring authority (IMA) consisting of representatives of all Member States to oversee how the Agreement is applied, to ensure that commitments are respected, and to create legal certainty in the lives of EU-27/EEA citizens and their families in the UK;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses concern over the current implementation of the EU Settlement Scheme and the potential consequences for those who fail to apply before the deadline; expresses its concern overstrongly condemns the language used by the UK Home Office regarding possible deportations of EU citizens and the lack of measures in place to assist vulnerable citizens;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the need to pay particular attention to the needs of children from mixed families where only one of the parents is an EU citizen; stresses the need to provide appropriate legal mechanisms for resolving disputes between parents, for instance in the case of divorce, in a way that does not discriminate against citizens of Member States by restricting their right to access to the child;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the United Kingdom has decided that the principle of free movement of persons between the Union and the United Kingdom will no longer apply after the transition period; insists on the need for the future partnership to include ambitious provisions on the movement of persons, based on full reciprocity and non-discrimination among Member States; stresses that the border- crossing regime should not create a burdensome administrative or financial barrier;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that maintaining seamless air, rail, maritime and road transport between the United Kingdom and the EU is essential to maintaining jobs in sectors such as passenger and goods transport and tourism; stresses the need to find effective mechanisms to protect passengers’ rights in cross-border traffic, particularly in the event of transport cancellations or delays, irrespective of the means of transport;