7 Amendments of Katrin LANGENSIEPEN related to 2020/2011(INI)
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, and are victims of a specific form of structural racism, called anti- Gypsyism; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for Roma people - with particular attention to women and girls, and persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination - in all areas of life;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on young Roma people, especially Roma women, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that mainstream programmes, including those covered by the Structural Funds, actively reach out to the Roma, and their outreach is regularly monitored with the involvement of Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; expresses its deep concern that Member States continue to violate the housing rights of Roma, who often live in segregated settlements characterised by substandard living conditions, including the lack of public utilities, poor sanitation, the exposure to environmental hazards, and by the complete lack of public services, including education, healthcare and employment opportunities, roads and transport links, which result in Roma people’s compromised health, deep poverty and social exclusion; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non- sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investments in this regard also due to the dangers of the COVID-19 epidemic, and urges the Commission and the Member States to utilize the planned Just Transition Fund for improving the housing-, health- and employment-related situation of the Roma;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integratclusion became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground8 . _________________ 7 Annex XI on ex ante conditionalities, Part I: Thematic ex ante conditionalities, Investment Priority 9.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. 8Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Revisiting the EU Roma Framework: Assessing the European Dimension for the Post-2020 Future, Open Society Institute, June 2017, p.17.