Activities of Malin BJÖRK related to 2022/2005(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU
Amendments (95)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2020 on the need for a dedicated Council configuration on gender equality (2020/2896(RSP))
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to the establishment in June 2016 of the EU High Level Group on cCombatting racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance,Hate Speech and Hate Crime;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission report on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (‘the Racial Equality Directive’) and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘the Employment Equality Directive’) of 19 March 2021 (COM(2021)139),
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)
Citation 7 b (new)
— having regard to the Commission staff working document on Equality bodies and the implementation of the Commission Recommendation on standards for equality bodies of 19 March 2021 (SWD(2021)63),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 04 march 2021 entitled “European Pillars of social rights Action Plan”
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2022 on the shrinking space for civil society in Europe (2021/2103(INI))
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
— having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (COM(2021)0101), and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the EU and all its Member States,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12
Citation 12
— having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030’ (COM(2021)0101), and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ratified by the EU and all its Member States;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
— having regard to Commission’s common guiding principles for national action plans against racism and racial discrimination ofdrawn up by the Subgroup on The National Implementation of the EU Anti-racism Action Plan of the Commission High Level Group on Non- discrimination, Equality and Diversity and the High Level Group on Combatting Hate Speech and Hate Crime and published in March 2022,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe’s ECRI opinion on the concept of racialisation adopted in December 2021,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 b (new)
Citation 22 b (new)
— having regard to the ECRI General Policy recommendations,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 c (new)
Citation 22 c (new)
— having regard to Resolution 2389 (2021) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on combating Afrophobia, or anti-Black racism, in Europe,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 d (new)
Citation 22 d (new)
— having regard to Resolution 2413 (2021) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on discrimination against Roma and Travellers in the field of housing,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 e (new)
Citation 22 e (new)
— having regard to the General Policy Recommendations adopted by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), notably General Policy Recommendation No. 5 (Revised) on preventing and combating anti-Muslim racism and discrimination and General Policy Recommendation No. 9 (Revised) on preventing and combating antisemitism,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Charter and must be fully respected; whereas Article 8 of the TFEU stipulates that “in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women”;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas the concept of racialisation provides insight into the social and ideological processes that develop the stereotyping and reductive understanding of diverse human identities in racial terms as an exercise of power; whereas racialised groups are ascribed certain characteristics and attributes that are presented as being innate to all members of each group concerned, based on characteristics, such as skin colour, ethnic or national origin or religion;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas EU law forbids discrimination and harassment on grounds of racial or ethnic origin;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the European Commission launched both the new Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and the first LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020- 2025; whereas the former aims at “achieving a gender equal Europe where gender-based violence, sex discrimination and structural inequality between women and men are a thing of the past. A Europe where women and men, girls and boys, in all their diversity, are equal”, while the latter “strives to build a Union where diversity is celebrated as part of our collective richness, where all people can be themselves without risk of discrimination, exclusion or violence”;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Action Plan is the first EU policy instrument to recognise the structural dimension of racism, which has historical roots dating back to past persecution, genocide, colonialism and slavery;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas increased criminalisation and institutional violence towards racialised groups and civil society, including migrants, through security and migration policies, should be priorities in the fight against structural racism in any anti-racism action plans;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to the FRA, racial discrimination and harassment remain normalised throughout the EU10 ; whereas racism and extreme right-wing sentiments and ideology are on the rise and continue to pose serious challenges in our Unionthreats to the safety of racialized people and a democratic society; _________________ 10 https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2019/rising- inequalities-and-harassment-fundamental- rights-protection-falters
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the adoption of the anti- discrimination directive have been blocked in the council since 2008;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas racist and discriminatory behaviour by police and law enforcement are still widespread across the EU;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas structural and institutionalised racism is also mirrored in socioeconomic inequality and poverty, and whereas these factors interact and reinforce each other; whereas this is reflected in the labour market, where racialized persons are over-represented in unemployment and precarious jobs such as in the gig economy;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas poverty is a result of unequal and unfair redistribution of wealth and resources; whereas racial inequalities cannot be tackled without strong investment to overcome poverty;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Amendment 73 #
Dd. whereas structural racism is institutionalised in several member states’ immigration policies, such as family reunification regulations3a; _________________ 3a https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/869903 0
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas repressive immigration policies have direct effects on the domestic labour markets, opening the door to various forms of exploitation, leaving immigrants in very precarious situations and undermining labour rights and conditions in the labour market as a whole;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas prostitution is a gendered and patriarchal system that disproportionately affects the most vulnerable women and children; whereas racialized women are largely overrepresented among victims of prostitution, which is both a consequence of, and perpetuates, racism and sexism; whereas this represents a structural form of violence in the intersection of racism and sexism; and whereas the demand for racialized women in the sex industry generates trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there are barriers to access justice for victims of racial discrimination; whereas the justice systems are structurally biased against racialised groups ; whereas equality bodies in the Member States lack the human and financial resources and/or political will and independence to bridge this gap; whereas the EU’s anti-discrimination framework is unevenly transposed into Member State legislation limiting the efficacy of equality bodies;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas there are barriers to access justice for victims of racial discrimination; whereas equality bodies in themany Member States lack the human and financial resources and/or political will andthe necessary independence to bridge this gap, including because of insufficient political will;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Roma women and racialised women, including those with with disabilities have also faced structural violence and violation of their integrity and bodily autonomy, being victims of forced sterilisation, contraception and abortion which are harmful practices and form of gender based violence rooted in eugenic beliefs;
Amendment 92 #
Ea. whereas intersectionality is an important horizontal concept of the Gender and LGBTQI strategies and only such an approach can pave the way to sustainable and respectful changes in society;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the FRA reports that the racialized groups most affected by racism and discrimination in Europe, based on ethnic or immigrant background, are Roma, people with a North African or sub-Saharan African background[1]; whereas FRA also report high levels of discrimination and racism against Muslims[2] and Jewish[3] people; [1] https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/ second-european-union-minorities-and- discrimination-survey-main-results/, p. 13.[2] https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2017/ second-european-union-minorities-and- discrimination-survey-muslims- selected.[3] https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2018/ experiences-and-perceptions- antisemitism-second-survey- discrimination-and-hate.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas climate change and the climate crisis are intrinsically linked to colonial rule and exploitation; whereas marginalised communities such as Roma communities and the Sami population are subject to environmental racism;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Eurocentric language, such as using the term “European values” when referring to democracy, human rights and the Rule of Law, can reinforce racist sentiments and discrimination;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas hate speech and hate crimes are among the most severe manifestations of racism and xenophobia;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the way in which people are portrayed in the media, regardless of their racial, religious or ethnic background, can reinforce negative stereotypes with racial connotations;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas social biases and structural inequalities are also often integrated into new technologies, including AI;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas CSOs plays a critical role in preserving and implementing EU values and fundamental rights, and in the implementation of EU policies and strategies; whereas there is a degradation of civic space throughout the EU and many CSOs struggle to survive and have problems with funding[1];[1]Shrinking space for civil society in Europe, European Parliament resolution of 8 March 2022 on the shrinking space for civil society in Europe (2021/2103(INI)
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas Roma women and people with disabilities have also faced structural violence and violation of their integrity and bodily autonomy, being victims of forced sterilisation, contraception and abortion which are harmful practices and form of gender based violence rooted in eugenic beliefs;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU Action Plan against racism lacks follow-up mechanisms and measurable targetsclear targets; whereas this is not a binding document;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Racial Equality Directive has been insufficiently implemented by the Member States; whereas the Racial Equality Directive (RED) requires updating to contend with modern developments such as racial bias in Artificial Intelligence and algorithmic decision making that negatively impacts marginalised and racialised peoples; whereas the RED does not cover all forms and grounds of discrimination such as intersectional and structural discrimination and discrimination against third country nationals; whereas the RED does not cover actions by public authorities, including law enforcement;
Amendment 120 #
H. whereas the EU institutions need to take concrete steps to ensure sustainable changes towards a fully inclusive and respectful workplace; whereas discrimination is often multidimensional and only an intersectional approach can pave the way to sustainable changes, stemming from histories, policies and practices of racism deeply embedded in societal structures;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU institutions need to take concrete steps to ensure sustainable changes towards a fully inclusive and respectful workplace and to decent and quality jobs; whereas discrimination is often multidimensional and only an intersectional approach can pave the way to sustainable changes;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas racial discrimination can be an added layer of vulnerability for racialised survivors of gender-based violence, and can hinder their access to the support, resources and healthcare they need.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the urgent need for the Union to develop and employ a robust and, comprehensive, agendand multifaceted approach for effectively combating structural and institutional racism and discrimination on all grounds, and in all areas, including intersectionality in the EU; insists that the Union and its institutions must lead by example in the fight against structural and institutional racism and anti- discrimination;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to continue assessing the implementation of the current EU legal framework for combating discrimination, racism, xenophobia, hate speech and hate crime, and other types of intolerance in order to determine how to improve it where needed, and to take part in a regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders, racialised groups and other stakeholders; calls on the Commission to mainstream equality concerns in particular anti-racism and diversity concerns in all its policy work, including funding of projects on a member state, regional and local level; calls to take concrete steps following the assessment, infringement procedures to address gaps immediately;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to regularly assess the implementation of the current EU legal framework for combating discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other types of intolerance in order to determine how to improve it where needed, and to take part in a regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that the EU gender equality framework systematically avoids the issue of race; insists that fighting gender stereotypes, eliminating discrimination and the inequalities that particularly affect racialised women and girls, and implementing gender mainstreaming are preconditions to achieve real equality between genders;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to mainstream anti-racism and gender equality when drafting legislation, adopting budgets or implementing laws, including founding of projects on a Member State, regional and local level;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that many women of African descent and other racialised women face intergenerational poverty and exclusion and consistently appear among the groups with least access to health services, facing discrimination in obstetric, maternity and child services; stresses that as a system that extracts commercial profit from discrimination of a group, prostitution belongs to the continuum of colonial, racist, sexist, class and legal status exploitation; calls in this sense to recognise prostitution as harmful to women, men and communities as well as incompatible with the human dignity and gender equality enshrined in the universal human rights instruments;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is concerned about the impact of racism and discrimination on the physical and mental health of children and adolescents of immigrant background, hindering their integration in host societies; insists that these biases have a long-term impact in their adulthood;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council to set up a Council Gender Equality and Equality group in order to allow high-level discussions on these issues in a regular and permanent forum, including intersectional discrimination, in a regular and permanent forum; calls on the Commission to present a new, up to date proposal for an EU Equal Treatment Directive which also addresses intersectional discrimination, explicitly prohibiting discrimination in a combination of all grounds; insists that this proposal should ensure a provision prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, class and migration status;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls the long-standing call of the Parliament for the adoption of the Horizontal Anti-Discrimination Directive, that has been blocked in Council since 2008 to harmonise the scope and the reach of the anti-discrimination instruments; calls on forthcoming presidencies of the Council to make equal treatment and the fight against discrimination in all its forms a key priority to break the deadlock; calls for ensuring that the EU Equality legislative framework combats intersectional discrimination, including in its structural and institutional forms, to move away from a single-axis individual approach and address systemic discrimination without lowering the standards; calls on the Council to establish a Council configuration on Gender Equality and Equality to properly discuss the abovementioned topics in a permanent forum;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Racial Equality Directive; condemns the fact that racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate crime and hate speech, a lack of access to justice, and sustained socioeconomic inequalities in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education, which need to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barriers to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Racial Equality Directive and of the Employment Equality Directive; condemns the fact that racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minoritie; and migrant minorities, and LGBTQI persons face structural racism, discrimination, hate crime and hate speech, a lack of access to justice, and others essential services, and sustained socioeconomic inequalities in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education,; education, as well as mental health, sexual and reproductive health care which need to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barriers to inclusion and equality, leading to poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Condemns the fact that racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate crime and hate speech, a lack of access to justice, and sustained socioeconomic inequalities in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education, which need to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barriers to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that 14 years after the adoption of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, several Member States have not yet fully and correctly transposed its provisions into national law; regrets the inactivity of the Commission in that respect and calls on theall Member States to put meaand the Commission to ensures, in place that encourage victims and witnesses to come forwcluding by infringement procedures, that the transposition of the Framework Decision fully respects all fundamental rights as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and to strengthen its effective implementation and monitoring; calls on the Member States to put in place relevant standards and report hate crime, and strengthen the ability of national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record itmeasures relating to the protection of victims seeking redress, before, during and after criminal investigations and proceedings, in line with the EU Directive on the rights of victims of crime, and strengthen the national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record it; calls on the Member States to review the bias indicators on reporting templates and to include institutional violence and/or violence from law enforcement authorities in the provisions;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that 14 years after the adoption of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia, several Member States have not yet fully and correctly transposed its provisions into national law; calls on the Member States to put measures in place that encourage victims and witnesses to come forward and report hate crime, and strengthen the ability of national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record it;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to adopt specific actions to combat gender- based violence against racialised women, including through the adoption of the proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, by adding gender-based violence on the list of EU-crimes and by criminalising institutional violence, forced sterilisation and forced abortion and providing remedies, support and reparation to victims;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to put measures in place that encourage victims and witnesses to come forward and report hate crime, and strengthen the ability of national law enforcement systems to correctly identify and record it;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is gravely concerned about the use of intrusive biometric surveillance technologies and long-range acoustic devices at EU external borders; Demands that the Member States end racial or ethnic profiling in all forms, encompassing artificial intelligence (AI) tools and including in criminal law enforcement, counter-terrorism measures and, immigration, and access to social protection schemes controls, and to officially recognise and combat practices of unlawful discrimination and violence through, anti- racism and anti-bias trainingmongst many other measures, education and subsequent implementation, for the authorities;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deeply regrets that racialised groups are victims of racial profiling and police brutality whether at the borders, as a result of migration policies, or within Member States; calls in this sense on the Commission to engage more decisively with Member States to ensure that the allegations of unlawful behaviour and violence by law enforcement are properly investigated and to monitor the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive to ensure that victims of police brutality, regardless of their migration status, are protected under the EU mechanism;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Welcomes the EU response to the people fleeing Ukraine and the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) and calls on the Commission to extend it to all people fleeing Ukraine, including third country nationals; condemns however the EU’s exclusionary, anti-migrant policies and discourses towards racialized communities, which reinforce negative stereotypes and feeds discriminatory and racist behaviours towards specific groups; reiterates that migration and border controls cannot be put before the safety, rights and lives of people; calls on the Commission to extend the TPD to other places of conflicts and crisis, such as Afghanistan;
Amendment 225 #
6c. Calls on the Commission to mainstream anti-racism in migration policies by integrating the racial equality dimension throughout the legal and policy EU framework on migration;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to monitor racial bias, including in AI datasets, in criminal justice, education systems and soc, social and essential services, and to take proactive steps to ensure equal justice in order to improve relations between authorities and minority communities; calls, furthermore, for the creation of independent complaint mechanisms for all administrative, judiciary and executive branches of the state, in particular law enforcement;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the FRA to undertake in- depth research on the fundamental rights implications, especially on the right to non-discrimination, of the collection, analysis and transfer of data between national law enforcement authorities and Europol and analyse, in cooperation with the EDPS, how Europol’s IT systems impact different rights enshrined in the Charter; calls on the FRA to provide an analysis of the situation of enforcement of data protection and anti-discrimination laws in EU police cooperation frameworks; calls on the FRA to increase participation of racialised groups in data collection projects.
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to take measures that address the structural and historical harms and drivers of racism, and underlying issues such as poverty and oppression, including those created, enabled and normalised by States; Insists on the importance of acknowledging and teaching the historical roots of racism to foster a better understanding of migration in the present and counter ahistorical and race-blind approaches to migration policies and to encourage processes of recognition, reparation and restitution;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific actions to combat gender-based violence against racialised women, including through the adoption of the proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, by adding gender- based violence on the list of EU-crimes and by criminalising forced sterilisation and forced abortion and providing remedies and support to victims;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to ensure meaningful participation of all groups affected by intersectional discrimination in policymaking at EU, national and local levels, especially racialised groups , including Roma, Muslim, Jewish, people of African and Asian descent, sami people and to effectively engage and fund anti- racist civil society and grassroots organisations; insists that anti-racist human rights defenders have to be protected and supported in their work;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of collecting comparable and robust disaggregated equality data in order to fully understand and to document discrimination and to tackle inequality holistically, based on voluntary participation, self-identification and informed consent, while protecting anonymity and confidentiality, respecting the key principles ofensuring community participation in the definition of categories, the analysis and evaluation, respecting EU data protection legislation and fundamental rights and complying with national legislation; calls on the Commission to continue developing a common methodology on this with Member States in order to ensure the comparability, accuracy and reliability of the data collected; supports the FRA’s work on analysing this data and welcomes further developments in this field, in line with its new mandate through structured close cooperation with affected groups;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on all Member States to adopt national action plans against racism and discrimination by the end of 2022 which take into account the historical roots of racism and create a culture of remembrance with regards to slavery and colonialism, as provided for in the EU Anti-racism Action Plan; highlights the need to continue this EU Action Plan beyond 2025 and encourages the Commission to begin this work before the end of its current mandate; calls on the European Commission to increase transparency and participation of racialised groups in the work of the NAPAR subgroup, including by providing information about national contact points on NAPAR;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on all Member States to adopt national action plans against racism and discrimination by the end of 2022 which take into account the historical roots of racism, as provided for in the EU Anti- racism Action Plan; highlights the need to continue this EU Action Plan beyond 2025 and encourages the Commission to begin this work before the end of its current mandate;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls its support to CSOs, in particular in the field of anti-racism, anti- discrimination and tolerance, and the need for dedicated and sufficient EU funding being available to them; deplores attacks in different forms (hate speech, tax regimes, SLAPPs, attacks to their offices or people working in them) against those CSOs providing support to citizens and expertise to policy makers in this field;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the importance of representation and diversityStresses the need to ensure gender balanced participation and, effective representation of all groups at risk of racial discrimination, including Roma, Muslim, Jewish, people of African and Asian descent, as a tool for the development of inclusive societies; recalls that the media have a responsibility to reflect societies in all their diversity, and regrets the current lack of diversity at all levels;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to adoptand Member States to adopt strong and concrete legislative measures to strengthen the role, ressources and independence of equality bodies in Member States; , including regarding their legal standing before the courts in individual and collective complaints and ex officio, their legally binding decision power and ability to identify and sanction intersectional discrimination which often affects racialised women; urges Member States to ensure that the mandate of all equality bodies covers all forms of discrimination, including victimisation and hate speech;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for structural and institutionalised racism, discrimination and the underrepresentation of minorities within the structures of the European institutions to be addressed and for the adoption of a workforce diversity and inclusion strategy with targeted measures for all racialised groups; calls on all EU institutions and agencies to challenge Eurocentric perspectives and to stress the universality of human rights;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes in this regard the adoption of the EP diversity strategy and its roadmap for 2022-2024; highlights that it is also the responsibility of the respective political groups to enforce it in their respective HR strategy;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of coordinator on combating anti-mMuslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021; has been left vacant since July 2021 and calls for the position to be filled immediately; calls on the Commission to ensure that the Permanent forum of civil society organisations is formally included in the creation of relevant policies and legislation, including through a re- structuring and increased transparency of European Commission's services, high- level groups and subgroups related to anti-racism;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of anti-muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021; demands the immediate appointment and reminds that these positions should be permanent and therefore coordinators should be sustained and supported financially;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that, since racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance constitute serious violations of and obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights with direct repercussions in the day-to-day life, the EU should set a transversal funding conditionality on anti-racism and non- discrimination throughout the Multiannual Financial Framework and the Next GenerationEU;
Amendment 320 #
15a. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise antigypsyism as a specific form of racism against Romani people;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Is concerned about the continued spread of the so-called “Great Replacement Theory”, a racist and xenophobic conspiracy theory, which incites to evil, hate and violence, including hate crimes around the world; Is alarmed by how the so-called “Great Replacement Theory” is mainstreamed into the political speech of a number of political figures from extreme right in the member states and reminds that this is a threat to the Union fundamental shared values;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Is concerned about reports[1]of discriminatory and racist practices at the borders and reminds Member States of each individual’s right to seek asylum and to be treated with respect underinternational law. [1]https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2022/war -ukraine-fundamental-rights- implications-within-eu (12 May 2022) and EU-Ukrainian border checkpoints: First field observations | European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights(europa.eu) (23 March 2022)
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Takes the view that Member States should tackle racism and discrimination since an early stage and mainstream inclusive education in all national official curricula, including via accurate reference to historical system of oppressions and abuses, so as counter stereotypes, unconscious bias and structural racism;
Amendment 327 #
16. Underlines the need for a monitoring and accountability mechanism to ensure the effective application of EU anti-racism legislation and policy and highlights the importance of the participation of civil society organisations in this process; calls for the adoption of a Council recommendation on National Action plans against racism in order to strengthen the commitment and monitoring mechanism of the common guiding principles on NAPAR and subsequent indicators of progress;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the need for a monitoring and accountability mechanism to ensure the effective application of EU anti-racism legislation and policy; calls for the commission to initiate infringement proceedings swiftly against Member States that are shown to be in breach;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on all member states to put in place polices that reduces the demand for women in the sex industry, in particular racialized women who are the vast majority of women targeted by the sex industry, targeting both buyers and pimps, and at the same time make sure to decriminalise women in prostitution, ensuring access to exit strategies, healthcare and social support;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic integration of issues related to anti-racism, intersectional discrimination, and intersectionsocio-economic inequalityies into its annual reports on fundamental rights and the rule of law; calls for thison including a dedicated chapter on civic space and human rights defenders, reflecting challenges of migrant and anti- racist organisations; calls for these dimensions to be fully integrated and reflected in the final report of the panel of independent experts to be set up through the public procurement procedure requested by Parliament’s Bureau as part of the rule of law report;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic integration of issues related to anti-racism, discrimination and intersectionality into its annual reports on fundamental rights and the rule of law; including a summary of the situation of each Member State as regards the implementation of The EU Antiracism Action Plan; calls for this dimension to be fully integrated and reflected in the final report of the panel of independent experts to be set up through the public procurement procedure requested by Parliament’s Bureau as part of the rule of law report;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream an intersectionality perspective and ensure that existing policies and legislation do not have any indirect and unintended adverse effects such as remarginalisation of some groups in particular racialised women; deeply regrets in this regard the lack of an intersectional dimension in the new EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the Member States to put in place carefully designed implicit bias and anti-discrimination trainings in public institutions and support their implementation in private entities with the aim of mitigating the impacts of such biases on decision-making; urges the Commission and the Member States with the involvement of civil society organisations and affected groups to develop and implement public awareness- raising campaigns to counter the stereotypes and biases prevalent among general population, especially those at the intersection of race and gender;