10 Amendments of Elisabeth SCHROEDTER related to 2012/2324(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 21 October 2008 on monitoring the application of Community law – 24th annual report from the Commission (2008/2046(INI)),
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, due to the financial and structural crisis in Europe, the level of unemployment among many groups, in particular young people, including those with disabilities, and older peoplediscrimination against people on account of their religion or conviction, disability, age or sexual identity is increasing with unacceptable speed, threatening social peace, and solidarity in many countrieswhereas this cannot be accepted, for reasons of international human rights law and in the interests of respect for the dignity of every human being;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Union law does not coveron discrimination effectively in most arurgently needs to be supplemented, particularly by means of Union competence with regard to the different grounds of discrimination and the diverse situations of the people concerneda directive affording legal protection on the basis of the four grounds of discrimination religion or conviction, disability, age or sexual identity, including outside employment and occupation, because discrimination for example in the field of mobility or the right to housing also adversely affects occupation and employment;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas other distinguished studies and publications show that, despite basically coveringhow very prevalent direct and indirect discrimination arising from the four grounds of discrimination (religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation), the Directive has so far mainly been referred to in cases of age-related discrimination is and what material and financial consequences this has for the persons concerned and for society, particularly because discrimination impairs career opportunities and moreover can also harm health;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, while more in-depth analysis and robust, recent data are currently not available, the latest surveys on the perception of discrimination in the European Union confirm that discrimination in the field of employment is considered to be more widespread than in other areas of life8; calls on the Commission, in its report, to analyse in depth the shortcomings in the transposition of Directive 2000/78/EC in the Member States and to penalise those Member States which display no readiness to fully transpose the directive on protecting victims of discrimination;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that human rights serve the interests of all people and are the safeguards not only of peace, harmrecognition of human rights and active participation in society by everybody serve the interests of all people; observes that, in times of democratic change, the European Union cannot afford to exclude people from the labour market ony and justice in society, but also of a much stronger and flexible European Union in the future, with higher levels of employment and more sustainable population change and consumption patternsccount of their personal characteristics; observes that businesses whose business plan promotes diversity derive an economic advantage from this; calls, therefore, on all businesses in the EU to adhere to this exemplary practice;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the general principle of transfer of the burden of proof in favour of victims of discrimination, which is provided for in Directive 2000/78/EC, has not been fully transposed in all EU States; calls on the Commission, in its report, to undertake an in-depth analysis of the extent to which this principle has been transposed in the Member States and calls on the Commission to insist that Member States transpose it fully, or otherwise to consider the possibility of penalising Member States which refuse to transpose it fully;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Observes that, in some Member States, the possibility provided for in Directive 2000/78/EC for associations and organisations to engage in any judicial and/or administrative procedure or to support a victim of discrimination is only being transposed in a dilatory manner, which means that the protection of victims in the Directive is being implemented inadequately; calls on the Commission, in its report, to analyse precisely the issue of the involvement of associations and organisations and to report on it to the European Parliament;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the social partners to do more to protect employees against discrimination in the workplace and in training, and to adopt stronger preventive measures to protect them against discrimination in employment;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that the European Commission reconsider having a general but legally not universal argument and measure to be applied in different cases for different people in order to ensure the consistency of equal rights in reflecting diversity instead of enforcing the same rights regardless of the differences there may be between people due to their real characters based on nature, (dis)abilities, capacities and skills; again carry out a public campaign to make people in the EU more aware of the advantages of the EU directive against discrimination; calls on the Commission to create greater opportunities for NGOs which represent the rights and interests of the persons concerned to work together at European level and thus give them the opportunity to exchange experiences; observes that the diversity of personal characteristics of people is an asset to society, that each individual possesses special abilities and skills which he or she can contribute to the community and that therefore one aim of the EU should be to create an inclusive society;