Activities of Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE related to 2022/2005(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU (debate)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 34 #
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 aand the right to freedom of expression are fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and must be fully respected;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Action Plan is the first EU policy instrument to recognise the structural dimensionrecognises the link between slavery and racism; whereas Europeans were the first to abolish slavery; whereas slavery ofr racism, which has historical roots dating back to colonialism is not an exclusively European story; whereas the Arab slave trade was the longest-running slave trade in history and sclaveryimed millions of victims;
Amendment 51 #
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 righleft-wing sentiments and ideology and the associated belief that every white person is inherently racist continue to pose serious challenges in our Union; _________________ 10 https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2019/rising- inequalities-and-harassment-fundamental- rights-protection-falters
Amendment 62 #
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 otheroriginate from the Marxist school of thought, and whereas these terms hamper the fight against individual expressions of discrimination;
Amendment 87 #
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 the Member States lack the human and financial resources and/or political will and independence to bridge this gapare politically motivated and only tackle certain forms of discrimination; whereas anti-white racism is forgotten and/or ignored;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the Racial Equality Directive has been insufficientlyshould be implemented by the Member States within their own national context;
Amendment 124 #
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; whereas discrimination is often multidimensional and only an intersectional approach can pave the way to sustainable changescan affect any group within society, irrespective of ethnic or cultural background;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the urgent need for the Union to develop a robust and comprehensive agenda for effectively combating racism and discrimination on all grounds and inby all areas in the EU; insists that the Union and its institutions must lead by example in the fight against structural and institutional racism and anti-discriminationpersons or groups in the EU;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 183 #
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 equalitydiscrimination; condemns all forms of ethnic discrimination, including anti-white discrimination;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. RegretNotes 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 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Demands that the Member States end racial Recognises that all personal characteristics may be relevant for ethnic profiling in all forms, encompassing artificial intelligence (AI) tools and including in criminal law enforcement, counter-terrorism measures and immigration controls, and to officially recognise and combat practices of unlawful discrimination and violence through anti-racism and anti-bias training for the authoritiee police and intelligence services in criminal law enforcement, counter-terrorism measures and immigration controls;
Amendment 229 #
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 social services, and to take proactive steps to ensure equal justice ; points out that it is not only min 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 enforcementities who are victims of racial bias;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to ensure meaningful participation of all groups affecteat all groups are affected by discrimination and that ethnic background should bye intersectional discriminrrelevant for the purposes of participationg in policymaking at EU, national and local levels, especially racialised groups;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of collecting comparable and robust disaggregated equality data to document discrimination and to tackle inequadata relating to ethnic background as critical policy information, to allow the debate to be conducted and politcy holisticallycoordinated dispassionately in a factual manner, based on voluntary participation, self-identification and informed consent, while protecting anonymity and confidentiality, respecting the key principles of 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;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the importance of representation and diversity 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 levelsat competence should always take precedence over diversity characteristics at all levels; regrets the use of positive discrimination; stresses that discrimination based on any skin colour or background whatsoever contravenes the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 301 #
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 strategyReminds the Commission of the words of Martin Luther King; stresses that the nature of a person’s character should always take precedence over the colour of their skin; stresses that these words should serve as a guide for any policy intended to combat racism and discrimination;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reminds the Commission of the words of Nelson Mandela; stresses that it is not diversity or ethnicity that divides us; stresses that the only division that exists at present is between those who cherish democracy and those who do not;
Amendment 311 #
15. WelcomesIs concerned about the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re-appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of anti-Muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021; stresses that the coordinator should treat all forms of discrimination seriously and in an apolitical manner;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17