5 Amendments of Markus BUCHHEIT related to 2021/2099(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EUthe citizenship of a EU Member State is one of most tangible achievements of the EU and confers on EU citizens of a Member State a set of fundamental rights, including free movement in the EU, the right to participate in European democratic life and the right to be protected from discrimination;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas PETI has received a considerable number of petitions raising concerns over the discrimination experienced by LGBTIQ persons in the EU in general, and rainbow familiehouseholds (i.e. families where at least one member is LGBTIQ) in particular, when exercising their freedom of movement in the EU, resulting in adverse consequences for the rights and interests of their children;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the many obstacles that rainbow familiehouseholds still face when they exercise their right to move to another Member State resulting from differences in national legal rules on the recognition of same-sex couples and of the parent-child relationship; urges the Commission and the Member States to implement the recommendations laid down in its resolution on LGBTIQ rights in the EU, including its call for the Commission to examine whether all Member States comply with the judgment of 5 June 2018 in case C-673/16, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne17 and to include this judgment in the upcoming revision of the guidelines; _________________ 17 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 5 June 2018, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, C-673/16, EU:C:2018:385.;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the announcement of the Commission to review the rules on consular protection; urges the Commission to ensure assistance for EU citizens of unrepresented Member States; stresses that Member States also issue travel documents to persons who are not their citizens such as stateless persons; deplores the fact that consular protection is in some cases only guaranteed to citizens and leaves stateless persons completely unprotected; urges the Commission and the Member States to include the right to consular protection for persons who are issued a travel document by a Member State even if they are not a citizen of that state;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls, furthermore, that the electoral rights of EU citizens living abroad is frequently the subject matter of petitions; is concerned that several Member States depriveset barriers to their citizens of their' right to vote in national parliamentary elections once they move to another EU country; believes that the disenfranchisement of EU citizens on the grounds of their residence abroad, along with the non-recognition of their right to vote in national elections in the country of residence, hinders the freedom of movement and results in the denial of the fundamental right to political participation; highlights that several Member States have disenfranchised long- term residents from local and European elections, while others have made political party membership subject to nationality; calls on the Commission to explore legal avenues to make the Member States concerned abolish disenfranchisement rules;