6 Amendments of Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that it is necessary to continue promoting and strengthening the protection of fundamental rights in compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, more specifically, to ensure that the values of the European Union set out in Article 2 and other relevant articles of the EU Treaty are respected and promoted by the EU, its institutions and the Member States; stresses that the European institutions should be at the forefront of this endeavour;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) helps significantly to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of EU citizens and Member States; takes note of Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which the Court concluded that the draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the ECHR was not compatible with EU law; calls on the Commission and the Council to address the concerns raised by the Court as quickly as possible in order to meet fully the obligation to accede to the ECHR as enshrined in Article 6(2) of the EU Treaty in a way that adds value to the protection of rights within the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States and the European Commission to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter; calls on the EU legislator to promote the EU's values as requested by Article 3 EU Treaty and specifically inclusion and equality as required by Article 8, 9 and 10 TFEU;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law andAcknowledges that rule of law plays a key role in prevention ofng infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that fundamental rights are part and parcel of the EU's values and that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communitiesies as mentioned in Article 2 EU Treaty;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency and openness in the EU and urges the EU and the Member Statecompetent EU institutions to: