Activities of Christine ANDERSON
Plenary speeches (12)
Announcements concerning the ninth parliamentary term
Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)
EU response to the Mpox outbreak and the need for continuous action (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 179)
Urgent need to revise the medical devices regulation (debate)
World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)
Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)
Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)
Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments (debate)
Resumption of the sitting
Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)
Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)
Institutional motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation
Oral questions (4)
The Commission's boycott of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council
Revision of the ban on selling CO2-emitting cars beyond 2035
Irreplaceability of vehicles powered by internal combustion engines in emergency situations
Revoking the declared climate and environmental emergency
Written explanations (1)
The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (B10-0007/2024)
Ich habe gegen die Entschließung zur kontinuierlichen Unterstützung der Ukraine gestimmt, da diese nicht meinen Vorstellungen einer friedlichen Konfliktlösung entspricht. Ich setze auf diplomatische Lösungen und Friedensverhandlungen, anstatt auf militärische Unterstützung und Waffenlieferungen.Ein von mir im Namen der ESN-Fraktion eingebrachter Änderungsantrag, der die Friedensmission des ungarischen Staatschefs Viktor Orbán begrüßte, wurde vom EU-Parlament abgelehnt. Orbáns Bemühungen, durch Verhandlungen eine friedliche Lösung zu erzielen, wurden in der Resolution nicht berücksichtigt. Stattdessen wurde seine Mission als irrelevant abgetan, obwohl diplomatische Bemühungen essenziell für eine nachhaltige Lösung des Konflikts sind.Die Entschließung fordert verstärkte militärische Unterstützung und eine engere NATO-Integration der Ukraine, was den Konflikt weiter eskalieren könnte. Ich lehne diese Vorgehensweise ab, da sie den Krieg verlängert und mehr Leid für die ukrainische Bevölkerung bedeutet.Ich plädiere für sofortige Waffenstillstandsgespräche und eine verstärkte diplomatische Initiative der EU, um eine friedliche Lösung zu finden. Der Fokus sollte auf humanitärer Hilfe und dem Schutz der Zivilbevölkerung liegen, nicht auf militärischer Aufrüstung und Eskalation des Konflikts.Deshalb habe ich gegen diese Entschließung gestimmt und fordere die EU auf, ihre Politik in Richtung Frieden und Diplomatie zu überdenken.
Major interpellations (2)
Alleged offer of an illegal secret deal to platforms such as X
Strengthening transparency, accountability and public trust in EU health policy
Written questions (24)
Democracy under threat – protecting politicians from attacks?
Equal treatment and media freedom – questions on the prohibition of ‘Compact’ and the continued operation of ‘Indymedia’
Legal action against a vaccine manufacturer
Fortress Europe – Protecting our borders and putting a stop to unregulated mass migration
Secret service surveillance of the AfD during the election campaign: democratic principles at risk?
Does the Commission buy positive reporting? Questions on transparency with regard to media spending
The Commission's boycott of the Hungarian Presidency
IT outage of 19 July 2024 and possible responsibility of the Commission
Critical assessment of the vaccination campaigns and claims of a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’ in view of RKI minutes from during the COVID-19 pandemic
Discrimination against German pensioners and tourists in Spain
Housing crisis in the EU – urgent need to repeal Directive 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings
‘REspect!’ – first censorship agency in Germany under the Digital Services Act
Democratic developments in Germany and Austria
Possible distortions of competition in Formula 1 team entries
Granting citizenship and ‘golden passports’ in the EU
Impact of school closures on children’s health and education in connection with measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic
Public procurement contracts in the EU
Threats to data protection and sovereignty owing to surveillance through the ‘EU Digital Travel App’, the Commission’s Trojan horse
Investment decisions by pharmaceutical companies and their influence on health policies in the Member States
Procurement of face masks in the fight against COVID-19 and the ramifications thereof
Trips home by asylum seekers in the European Union
Possible location drawbacks in Member States as a result of the Sustainability Directive
Injection of EU funding for Moldova – legitimate support or election meddling?
Foreseeable overburdening of the German asylum administration owing to the return of Syrians in view of the implementation of EU law and compliance with the rule of law
Individual motions (3)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION concerning opposition to a second term of office for Ursula von der Leyen
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on protecting citizens’ rights in matters of digitalisation
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on initiating dialogue with the United States under president-elect Donald J. Trump
Amendments (498)
Amendment 16 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is a core EU value and must be mainstreamis already reflected in all EU policies; whereas the right to equal treatment and non-discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas research performed across the Member States has shown that gender- based violence in public spaces and on collective transport is a growing problem directly correlated with the increase of non-European demographics in the EU;
Amendment 42 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas poorly-designed transport policies can exacerbate existing poverty and social exclusion; whereas there continues to be a lack of sex-disaggregated data and gender analysis on transport, hindering the application of well-targeted transport policies for individuals and families in all their diversity;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas adopting a gender- responsive approach to urban planning is instrumental in improvingmay contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of women;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 107 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas mobility barriers hinder women’the individual's access to jobs and key services, such as health and education, affecting both their own and their children’s human capital accumulation;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas women are underrepresented in transport employment at all levels; whereas underrepresentation in decision-making, planning and research reinforces the lack of gender mainstreaming in transport despite the removal of most barriers to entry;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas emphasising differences between men and women in the context of sustainable transport perpetuates a victim mentality for women; whereas making public spaces safe for all, benefits both sexes;
Amendment 158 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that gender mainstreaming in transportovercoming any specific challenges in transport faced by women has positive effects across the board, including social inclusion and employment opportunities; underlines the importance of transport gender mainstreaming in achieving the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 185 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the differing expectations, travel patterns, needs and experiences of women as transport users; calls for relevant legislation in transport to fully integrate women’s needs;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the integration of sustainable transport options into women’s daily lives, enabling comfortable, safe and stress-free multimodal journeys to become a realityfor daily use;
Amendment 232 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for an increased emphasis on safety in urban mobility, such as adequate, sustainable street lighting, to avoid situations where women have to face dark, eerie or high-risk spots when commuting; calls additionally for integrated transport designs to take into account ‘the last mile’, especially at non-peak times;
Amendment 289 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to combat market segmentation in transport and science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers; notes that the promotiong of entrepreneurship among girls from an early age could reduce existand boys ing educational stereotypes and ensure that more women enter the logistics, engineering and transport sectorsqual measure and equal footing;
Amendment 292 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 299 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that digitalisation and new transport models canmay provide better, safer and more accessible working environments for women;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution, its exploitation, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation are increasing; whereas, in many cases, they tare gender- specific phenomena with a global dimension and affect the most marginalisedget socially and economically vulnerable members of our societiesy, with the vast majority of people in prostitution being women and girls and almost allcountless sex buyers being men;
Amendment 125 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas prostitution has cross- border implications and affects women’s rights and gender equalivictims' rights, integrity and safety; whereas the disparity of legislation on prostitution in the EU benefits traffickers and organised crime networks; whereas all Member States have a legal obligation to discourage and end human trafficking and organised crime;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that approaches to regulataddressing prostitution vary across the EU and target three key components of this system: prostituted persons, the purchase of sex (i.e. demand), and pimping; stresses that the different laws have different effects on women in prostitution, their rights, women’s rights in general, gender equality, demand, society and neighbouring countries;
Amendment 192 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the deterioration of the social and economic situation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemicgovernmental measures imposed upon a majority of European Member States in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, has increased all forms of abuse and violence against women, including prostitution; warns that this will be further aggravated by the current energy and cost-of-living crisis;
Amendment 242 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that prostitution and trafficking for sexual exploitation only exiexist first and foremost because there is a demand for them;
Amendment 253 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the decriminalisation of pimping and of the purchase of sex increases demand, empowers the demand side and normalises sex buying; underlines that the stigmatisation of people, especially women, in prostitution nevertheless persists;
Amendment 302 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that the gender- specific nature of prostitution reflects and replicates the prevailing power relations; stresses that prostitution and sexual exploitation are both a cause and a consequence of the unequal treatment of women and men and replicate and perpetuate stereotypes about women and menprostitution and sexual exploitation are both a cause and a consequence of profound disregard for intrinsic human dignity and integrity, which leads to perceiving the human body as mere entertainment object and disposable good which can be traded for money;
Amendment 336 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to take action in the areas of prevention, decriminalisation of people in prostitution, exit programmes, demand reduction, punishment of clients, destigmatisation and the elimination of stereotypes; calls on the Member States to reduce demand while protecting womenvictims of prostitution and sex trafficking and their rights, to end the criminalisation and stigmatisation of people in prostitution and to ensure exit strategies and unconditional access to social security systems and reintegration;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between men and women is a core value of the EU and must be mainstreamed in all EU policies, activities and programmes; whereas the right to equal treatment and non- discrimination is a fundamental right enshrined in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual harassment is a form of gender-based violence and an extreme form of gender-based discriminationviolence which can affects women and girls disproportionally; whereas harassment is often linked to other forms of discrimination in addition to gender- based discrimination and has to be addressed with an intersectional approach and from all its angles;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the EU’s commitment to tackling gender-based violenceviolence against women and men and welcomes the proposal for a directive on combating violence (COM(2022)0105);
Amendment 156 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sexual harassment cases are stillmay be under-reported because victims do not use the existing channels, demonstrating the need for further efforts with regard to the prevention of sexual harassment, for various personal reasons including fear of judgement, are sometimes reluctant to turn to the channels that already exist at national level; this can be particularly the case when the victim is male;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Insists that the measures to address sexual harassment are not strong enough and do not include all of the actions requested in previous resolutions; welcomes the fact that this parliamentary term is the first in which Members have been required to sign a declaration confirming their commitment to complying with the Code of Appropriate Behaviour; stresses that, in all measures, policies and procedures put in place to combat sexual harassment, the principle of presumption on innocence must always be upheld, regardless of whether the alleged perpetrator is male or female;
Amendment 212 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. WelcomNotes the measures implemented under the ‘Updated Roadmap for the adaptation of preventive and early support measures to deal with conflict and harassment between Members of the EP and APAs, trainees and other staff’ adopted by the Bureau on 12 March 2018, and the Gender Action Plan; calls for the improvement, on a regular basis,adequate measures of awareness raising for all persons working on Parliament’s premises about the zero- harassment policy, in order to provide them with the tools to recognise all forms of harassment and to report it;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Asks for the composition of the advisory committees to be updated to ensure an equal competent representation of external experts with proven expertise in tackling harassment in the workplace, including doctors, therapists and legal experts in the domain of harassment and to change their status to full members with voting rights; calls for the creation of a confidential register of cases over time, as already requested in the resolutions dating from 2017 and 2021;
Amendment 34 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital Q (new)
Recital Q (new)
Q. whereas even though it is illegal, it is estimated that because of sex-selective abortions in India an estimated 6.8 million fewer female births will be recorded across India by 2030; whereas the same practice in China is resulting in 834 girls being born for every 1000 boy;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Condemns all violence against women and children and notes the alarming increase in such violence worldwide, in particular during the COVID-19 crisis; welcomes the EU’s efforts, alongside Member States and those of its international partners, aimed at eliminating all forms of violence against women and children;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Condemns excessive use of force by police against women protesting in Canada and Germany; calls on all Governments to ensure that their law enforcement authorities do not prosecute legitimate protests or discriminate against those exercising their right to free speech;
Amendment 72 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Expresses grave concerns over loss of privacy and protection for women in locker rooms and jail facilities where biological males identifying as women are given access; notes that a level playing field can only exist in women's sports when only biological females are permitted to compete;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote healthcare practices that benefit women and girls at all stages of development and aging; notes that no international legal right to abortion exists, and that the Dobbs decision in the United States allows individual states to decide on their maternal healthcare policies;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Expresses grave concerns over the loss of women's rights in countries like Afghanistan, following the American withdrawal and the take-over by the Taliban; condemns any country or culture which treats women as property, prevents women and girls from enjoying choices in education, family life, and careers;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 44 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the impact of the measures taken in response to the COVID- 19 pandemicoutbreak on the European CCSI has been dramatic but has been uneven across sectors;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 106 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that synergies between different EU policies and programmes are being developed; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergies;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of the most disadvantaged groupsMember States and competent bodies to encourage participation in cultural activities and initiatives;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionals in the CCSI, havinge been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a gconsequences of the measures takenu ine European recovery response to the COVID-19 outbreak;
Amendment 298 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
Amendment 300 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. WelcomNotes the creation of cultural focal points in EU delegations; encourages the EU delegations to strengthen their role; calls for the allocation of the necessaryavailable resources to the EU’s ICR and cultural diplomacy teams in the Commission and EEAS headquarters, as well as in the EU delegations;
Amendment 335 #
2022/2047(INI)
38. Highlights the potential of culture and cultural heritage as a vector of peace, reconciliation, national identity and conflict prevention;
Amendment 133 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Equality bodies, alongside other actors, have a key role to play in the prevention of discrimination and the promotion of equality. To address the structural aspects of discrimination and to contribute to social change, they should promote equality duties, good practices, positive action and equality mainstreaming among public and private entities, and provide them with relevant training, information, advice, guidance and support. They should communicate with public and private entities and groups at risks of discrimination and engage in public debate in order to combat stereotypes and raise awareness about diversity and its benefits, a key pillar of the Union’s equality strategies.
Amendment 165 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Some instances of discrimination are difficult to fight because there is no complainant pursuing the case themselves. In its judgment in Case C-54/07 (Feryn)71 , which was brought by an equality body in its own name, the Court of Justice confirmed that discrimination can be established even in the absence of an identified victim. It is therefore important that equality bodies can act in their own name, to defend the public interest. However, priority should be given to cases where actual discrimination of a person has taken place, rather than just a perceived potential risk of discrimination against a group. _________________ 71 Judgment of 10 July 2008 in Feryn (C- 54/07, ECLI:EU:C:2008:397).
Amendment 213 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive lays down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their independence in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment for every man and woman as derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
Amendment 241 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, in particular in the internal structure of equality bodies, to guarantee the independent exercise of their competences, notably where some require impartiality and others focus on support to victims. Urges Member States to ensure that the equality bodies themselves do not become discriminatory institutions against citizens who support the natural family, limited migration, and traditional roles and responsibilities for men and women.
Amendment 277 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
In doing so, Member States and equality bodies shall take into consideration the most appropriate communication tools and formats for each target group. They shall focus in particular on disadvantaged groups whose access to information can be hindered, for example by their economic status, age, disability, literacy, nationality, residence status or their lack of access to online tools.
Amendment 285 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies are able to provide assistance to victimsactual victims of discrimination, and not just potential victims based on a social grouping category, as set out in paragraphs 2 to 4.
Amendment 211 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Equality between women and men and non-discrimination are core values of the Union and fundamental rights enshrined, respectively, in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and in Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’). Violence against women and dDomestic violence endangers these very principles, undermining women and girls’the victims' rights to equality in all areas of life.
Amendment 244 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The measures under this Directive have been designed to address the specific needs of women and girls, given that they are disproportionately affected by the forms of violence covered under this Directive, namely violence against women and domestic violence. This Directive, however, acknowledges that other persons may also fall victim to these forms of violence and should benefit from the measures provided for therein. Therefore, the term ‘victim’ should refer to all persons, regardless of their sex or gender.
Amendment 258 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women is a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’dysfunctional relations between the victims and the perpetrators and which, in some specific cultures, may be encouraged and perceived as normal.
Amendment 286 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Violence against women and domestic violence can be exacerbated where it intersects with discrimination based on sex and other grounds of discrimination prohibited by Union law, namely nationality, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or sexual orientation. Member States should therefore pay due regard to victims affected by such intersectional discrimination, through providing specific measures where intersecting forms of discrimination are present. In particular, lesbian, bisexual, trans, non-binary, intersex and queer (LBTIQ) women, women with disabilities and women with a minority racial or ethnic background are at a heightened risk of experiencing gender-based violence.
Amendment 364 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) It is necessary to provide for harmonised definitions of offences and penalties regarding certain forms of cyber violence. Cyber violence particularlycan targets and impacts women politicians, journalists and human rights defenders. It can have the effect of silencing women and hindering their societal participation on an equal footing with men. Cyber violence also disproportionatelyIt can also affects women and girls in educational settings, such as schools and universities, with detrimental consequences to their further education and to their mental health, which may, in extreme cases, lead to suicide.
Amendment 384 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Cyber stalking is a modern form of violence which is often perpetrated against family members or persons living in the same household, but also perpetrated by ex-partnermale and female ex-partners, work colleagues, classmates or acquaintances. Typically, technology is misused by the offender to proceed to intensify coercive and controlling behaviour, manipulation and surveillance, thereby increasing the victim’s fear, anxiety and gradual isolation from friends and family. Therefore, minimum rules on cyber stalking should be established. The offence of cyber stalking should cover the continuous surveillance of the victim without their consent or legal authorisation by means of information and communication technologies. This might be enabled by processing the victim’s personal data, such as through identity theft or the spying out of such data on their various social media or messaging platforms, their emails and phone, stealing passwords or hacking their devices to access their private spaces, via the installation of geo-localisation apps, including stalkerware, or via stealing their devices. Furthermore, stalking should cover the monitoring of victims, without that person’s consent or authorisation, via technology devices connected through the Internet of Things, such as smart home appliances.
Amendment 1513 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims, including law enforcement authorities, court staff, judges and prosecutors, lawyers, providers of victim support and restorative justice services, healthcare professionals, social services, educational and other relevant staff, receive both general and specialist training and targeted information to a level appropriate to their contacts with victims, to enable them to identify, prevent and address instances of violence against women or domestic violence and to treat victims in a trauma-, gender- and child- sensitive manner.
Amendment 1584 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Member States shall cooperate with and consult relevant and efficient civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations working with victims of violence against women or domestic violence, in particular in providing support to victims, concerning policymaking initiatives, information and awareness-raising campaigns, research and education programmes and in training, as well as in monitoring and evaluating the impact of measures to support and protect victims.
Amendment 1657 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 46 – paragraph 1
Article 46 – paragraph 1
This Directive establishes minimum rules. Member States may, at their discretion, introduce or maintain provisions with higherappropriate standards, including such which provide a higherthe adequate level of protection and support for victims.
Amendment 54 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas culture is supposed to be a strategic sector for the EU which helps to bolster its economy, to enablcourage us to live better togetherin respect of each other as a society and to build democratic and free societies, and yet has been one of the areas hardest hit by the pandemic-related measures;
Amendment 82 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas building a betterpromising future starts with quality education and training, at home and in school; whereas access to quality education is a fundamental right; with the collaboration of parents is fundamental in this regard;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the NEB mustshould be accessible, desirable, affordable, socially fair and inclusive and must actively involve EUshould involve volunteer European citizens and community-based organisations in a bottom-up way – from project design to roll-out and evaluation – while avoiding any elitist approaches;
Amendment 362 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls onEncourages the Member States to draw up innovative educational curricula for the development of spatial skills and to integrate green and digital skills within higher education and lifelong learning, which will also help to deliver the European Skills Agenda; calls for the EU to promote such endeavours; calls on the Commission to make mobility opportunities an integral part of the NEB;; stresses that this must be done in full respect of national sovereignty
Amendment 5 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women are mond men are likely than men to worko work at different rates in the informal economy and whereas their importancework for the rural economy is not acknowledgedequally important;
Amendment 32 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas onlysome studies show that an estimated 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural regions;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in rural development policy; cCalls for the exchange of best practices between Member States, in particular as regards the professional status of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women are not a homogenous category and understanding and respecting their diversity is key to ensuring that policymaking does not continue to render certain groups of women invisiblen all aspects, including their personal views and beliefs, is one of the many ways to build a stable society;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas high degrees of prejudice and the subsequent policies preventing Muslim women from wearing religious dress further trigger unequal treatment and multiply the barriers tothe fundamentals of Islam as well as values and traditions specifically pertaining to Islamic culture play a big role in preventing Muslim women from accessing the labour market and housing, thereby keeping them in a precarious socio- economic situation;
Amendment 115 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 146 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas hate speech and hate crimecriminal acts against persons of Asian origin, particularly members of Chinese communities, or those perceived to be of Asian origin, has increasve been heavily reported during the COVID-19 pandemic, including racist attacks and beatings, violent bullying, threats and racist abuse;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the under-reporting and under-recording of hate-motivated crimes, violence and verbal abuse remains a challenge owing to a lack of trust in public authorities and to structural barriers; whereas 88 % of the hate-motivated physical attacks against Roma people are not reported, together with 79 % of the most serious antisemitic harassment incidents, and 80 % of cases of physical or sexual violence against LGBTIQ people; whereas social media has also highly contributed to exposing crimes committed against individuals across Western societies, because of their personal and political values;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls forEncourage the Member States and the EU to provide implicit bias and awareness-raising training courses within their institutions, including in judicial institutions, asylum processing and intake centres, education, and for the police, healthcare professionals and other civil servants, and to address the effects of the implicit biases on decisions, actions and interactions generated resulting from persistent stereotypes, and the under- representation of certain groups in these sectorto ensure that education institutions provide teaching that will help shaping young European citizens into capable, responsible and reliable adults, with the support of their parents;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 31 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates the importance of advancing gender equality and women’s rights, which are an integral componentnaturally derive from the very notion of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; Stresses that it must be done in accordance with the right of local people to self-determination, as enshrined in article 1 (1) of the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the rise of violence against women and girls worldwide; calls for greater and targeted action to combat femicide;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets the fact that women are still underrepresented in political and other leadership roles around the world; calls on the EU and partner countries to implement measures to ensure the full participation and inclusionmarks that women 's choices of career in terms of political and other leadership roles around the world greatly vary from those of women; ;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Condemns targeted violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict; calls for decisive action to put an end to sexual violence as a weapon of warrecognizes that putting an end to sexual violence and violence in general requires means of persuasion and transformation of human nature which are beyond the scope of politics; stresses in this respect that measures to tackle violence should therefore focus on pragmatic and attainable goals;
Amendment 74 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States and global actors to step up theadequately and pragmatically fight against sexual exploitation, forced labour and human trafficking;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that children, particularly girls, continue to suffer offline and online violence and abuse, including female genital mutilation; Recalls that parental supervision and involvement is the first and the safest course of action where children's protection is concerned.
Amendment 93 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the precarious situation of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls before, during and after their journeys; calls for concerted action to address their specific needs, and particularly those of unaccompanied girls; Stresses that less EU interference in third countries, leading to greater local stability, is a primary factor in addressing the needs of would-be migrants, as it increases their chances of making a good living in their own home countries.
Amendment 98 #
2021/2181(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 2 #
2021/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, pursuant to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women in all its activities, thereby the Union interprets Article 8 TFEU as a basis to establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women are disproportionately affectednd men are affected in various ways by the COVID- 19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2129(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM);
Amendment 17 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedNotes that the Court, in its Special report No 10/21 on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget (the ‘Court’s special report’)1 , foundcame to the conclusion that the Commission has not adequately applied gender mainstreaming, made insufficient use of sex-disaggregated data and indicators, and published little information on the Union budget’s overall impact on gender equality; __________________ 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocu ments/SR21_10/SR_Gender_mainstreamin g_EN.pdf
Amendment 25 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the fact that gender equality and mainstreaming is one of the horizontal principles for Union funds in the multiannual financial framework for 2021- 2027 and in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and calls for gender impact assessments, gender objectives and gender monitoring to be rolled out as outlined in the Court’s special report;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2106(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to strengthenadequately apply the rule of law in the Union, and thus protect fundamental rights and equality, via the rule of law conditionality mechanism for access to Union fundswhich includes protecting the diversity of political views and opinions across the Member States of the EU.
Amendment 26 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed pare an under-utilised source ofticipate in economic growth and job creation; whereas supporting this group can strengthen EU competitiveness;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the relative scarcity of women entrepreneurs swhould be considered an untapped have a real interest in STEM fields is a source for innovation and development, especially in the context of Europe’s green and digital transformations and its economic recovery following the COVID-19 crisis; whereas the European economy has the potential to benefit from a growth in GDP of EUR 16 billion by encouraging moresuch women to fulfil their desire to enter the digital jobs market;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women onlyare estimated to constitute 34.4 % of the self-employed in the EU and 30 % of its start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas some women may face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life; whereas other women simply prioritise their family life or engage in less demanding careers by choice;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas statistics are interpreted as a way to show that female entrepreneurs would have more difficulties than men in raising finance; whereas women-led companies still account for a very smaller portion of investment recipients; whereas all-male founding teams received 93 % of all capital invested in European tech in 20188 ; _________________ 8 Skonieczna, A. and Castellano, L., 'Gender Smart Financing. Investing In and With Women: Opportunities for Europe', European Economy Discussion Papers, No 129, July 2020, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Amendment 55 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas data shows that women entrepreneurs generate more revenue despite receiving lowerspecific and fully contextualised data is needed to show women entrepreneurs' revenue and financial backing;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas onlywomen officially account for 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and onlynd 10 % of all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital to those who are similar to themselves; whereas developing the ecosystem is key to improving funding conditions sustainably for women-led companies and creating a reliable network of female investors; _________________ 10 International Finance Corporation, Moving Towards Gender Balance in Private Equity and Venture Capital, International Finance Corporation, Washington DC, 2019. 9 EBAN, Statistics Compendium – European Early Stage Market Statistics, EBAN, Brussels, 2019.
Amendment 71 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men and only 41 % were women, representing a gap of 18 %12 ; _________________ 12 Eurostat, 'Women in science and technology', Products Eurostat News, 2 October 2020.in comparison with 41 % of women;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission initiatives such as Women TechEU and the European Innovation Council Women Leadership Programme and the creation of various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urginvites the Commission to promote such initiatives more actively by focusrespectfully take into account individual choices as well as domestic laws when working on the EU growth potential and to support the achievements of women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 107 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs as role models; notes, in this regard, the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors and/or any relevant national or local organisation, which encourages women, who so wish, to consider entrepreneurship as a career;
Amendment 112 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of networking, mentoring and training to support and advise women entrepreneurs; notes that publicly available reports and testimonials in seven Member States suggest the positive impact of these programmes; urges the Commission to collect data from all Member States and analyse the impact of female entrepreneurship programmes; calls the Commission to share best practices to strengthen and increase the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed in the Member States;
Amendment 119 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls the Commission to make specific, up- to-date, contextualised and comparable statistics available for the purpose of analysing the economic significance of entrepreneurs and self- employed, and the various categories within entrepreneurship and self-employed with respect to industry and gender to identify the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, in particular, for greater women- focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more womensupport STEM loving women to enter these sectors and contribute to their development; highlights the importance of promoting education and careers in finance to women to support the development of a reliable network of female investors;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the need to rRecognises women entrepreneurship and self- employment as potentially profitable investment cases and as potential sources ofon the same level as entrepreneurship led by men, and as contributors to economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self- employed; urges the Commission to establish a European network of gender- conscious investors; considers that such a network will be able to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunitie, to the extent of their means and in accordance with national laws;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomNotes the efforts by the dedicated private investment funds that incorporate gender criteria in their investment assessments to address the perceived underfunding of women-led enterprises; calls the Commission to supportencourages the Member States to support, to the extent of their means an in accordance with national laws, co- investment programmes with venture capital funds and business angels that have an investment focus on women and mentorship programmes for women entrepreneurs; considers that this would be a powerful actionn action that would contribute to nurtureing the ecosystem from the ground up;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes public and private funds that implement diversity policies; notes, in this regard, the diversity commitment initiative, which is the first initiative in the world where private funds have committed to measuring and tracking representation on gender and to reporting annually and in public on their findings; notes that diversity also includes diversity of opinions and political views; also, stresses that individual merit and performance should not be overlooked for the sake of filling quotas
Amendment 155 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 168 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women who so wish; calls on Member States to, if possible and beneficial in the long term, consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2080(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more womenthers to take part in entrepreneurship if they so wish; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 63 #
2021/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas racist and xenophobic attitudes are embraced byof certain opinion leaders and politicians acrossexist in the EU, fomenting a social climate that provides fertile ground for racism, discrimination and hate crimes; whereas this environment is further fuelled by extremist movements which seek to divide our societies; whereas these acts run counter to the common European values which all the Member States have undertaken to uphold;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fight against racism and discrimination in our societies needs to be stepped up and is a shared responsibility; whereas the European Union needs to further reflect on and commit to tackling the structural racism and, discrimination and oppression faced by many minority groups;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2057(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges that racism ismust not inherently be a matter of culture, heritage and norms; highlights, therefore, the role that culture can play in combating discrimination and racism;
Amendment 7 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to increase the number of women in transport professions, and to improveand to obtain the collection and analysis of sex- disaggregated data on behaviour, needs and concerns in mobility;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include gender mainstreaming in transport-related legislation, policy, programmes and action, to support cooperation with stakeholders and the exchange of good practices to iencrease the number of women inourage both men and women who so wish, to become transport professionals, and to improve the collection and analysis of sex- disaggregated data on behaviour, needs and concerns in mobility;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that women tend to use new mobility services like car sharing less often, as their daily travel patterns are very different to and more complex than men’s1 ; stresses that smart and sustainable mobility solutions should be designed fairly to improve mobility and accessibility for all; __________________ 1Kawgan-Kagan, I., Popp, M., ‘Sustainability and Gender: a mixed- method analysis of urban women’s mode choice with particular consideration of e- carsharing’, Transportation Research Procedia, Vol 31, 2018, pp. 146-159.
Amendment 44 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 48 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission, the Member States, local authorities and the relevant stakeholders to provide a transport system that is tailored to women’s needs and their favoured modes of transport by improvingmakes it possible to achieve improvements in accessibility, safety (particularly during the pandemic) and comfort, and prioritising adequate investment accordingly;
Amendment 62 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take initiatives to make public spaces in European cities safe and free of harassment by sharing best practices and, improving legislation, management, policies, infrastructure and security technology and facilitating the more rapid deportation of offenders who are not EU nationals;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to issue recommendations to increaseMember States to support competent and willing women’s participation in mobility-related consultation, planning and decision- making processes and to encourage companies to improve equal opportunities for womenall, with a particular focus on innovation in transport, the shift towards sustainable mobility, attracting and retaining talent, and improving working conditions.
Amendment 77 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to issue recommendations to increasepay due regard to women’s participation in mobility-related consultation, planning and decision- making processes and to encourage companies to improvthat also seek to ensure equal opportunities for women, with a particular focus on innovation in transport, the shift towards sustainable mobility, attracting and retaining talent, and improving working conditions.
Amendment 2 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 3 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
Amendment 4 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
Amendment 5 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 6 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 7 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 9 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 13 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 14 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
Amendment 17 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16
Citation 16
Amendment 20 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 22 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
Amendment 26 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
Citation 20
Amendment 31 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22
Citation 22
Amendment 35 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender mainstreaming is supposed to be a widely recognised strategy to ensure gender equality;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender mainstreaming is a widely recognised strategy tostrategy that cannot ensure gender equality;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender discrimination can often intersects withbe linked to other types of discrimination;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender discrimination oftenis perceived to intersects with other types of discrimination;
Amendment 42 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender mainstreaming measures include, among others, quotas, work-life balance measures, anti- harassment policies and gender impact assessments; whereas these measures unfortunately prioritise quantity over quality and do not support women's freedom of career
Amendment 43 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender mainstreaming measures include, among others, quotas, work-life balance measures, anti- harassment policies and gender impact assessments, which because they are based on gender theories cause greater inequality;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the progress in addressing sexual harassment after three years of the #MeToo movement is not sufficient, because an approach based on the habitual criminalisation of men causes greater conflict;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-responsive budgeting consists of understanding the impact of budgetary and policy decisions on gender equality and adjusting public expenditure and revenue accordinglyis fundamentally wrong because it generates some budget headings that do not meet society's real needs;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2039(INI)
1. Reaffirms its strong commitment to gender equality and endorses gender mainstreaming as one of its official policy approaches to ensure itbetween men and women;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 75 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that designing measures to ensure gender equality need to incorporate an intersectional approachbetween men and women entails fostering cordiality and a healthy relationship between people;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the increasing number of women involved in politics, but stresecauses that we are far from reaching gender parityeir feminine view of matters helps enrich public life;
Amendment 85 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the lack of data on gender mainstreaming within the EU institutions beyond data on the number of women in different positionsneed to analyse data that correspond to the social reality in order to foster the natural balance between men and women;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesRegrets the imposition of the adoption of gender action plans by all Parliament committees; notes, however, the lack of monitoring and implementation of these plans due to the incoherence caused by the inclusion of ideological criteria;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomNotes the adoption of gender action plans by all Parliament committees; notes, however, the lack of monitoring and implementation of these plans;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomNotes the adoption of a gender action plan in July 2020 and a roadmap for its implementation in April 2021; regrets, however, that most of the measures included are formulated as principles without clear targets and obligations;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomeRegrets the adoption of a gender action plan in July 2020 and a roadmap for its implementation in April 2021; regrets, however, that most of the measures included are formulated as principles without clear targets and obligationand makes the point that the principle of equality between men and women is what should always guide the thinking behind policies;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on the need tocessity of not forcing the introducetion of binding quotas in the upcoming revision of the EU electoral law;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 109 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the lack of gender- responsive recruitment procedures in ParliamentUrges recourse in recruitment procedures in Parliament to an equality between men and women that values the excellence and preparation of candidates;
Amendment 116 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for gender balance in the leadership of committees, delegations and political groups to be improved; welcomes the amendment to Rule 213(1) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure requiring the bureau of each committee to be gender-balancedconsistent with candidates' merits, valuing the excellence of the contribution of women;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for gender balance in the leadership of committees, delegations and political groups to be improved; welcomes the amendment to Rule 213(1) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure requiring the bureau of each committee to be gender-balancRemarks that the ratio men to women within the femm committee is pretty remarkable where lack of gender parity is concerned;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 123 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for gender balance to be ensured at all levels of plenary, committee and delegation work, including when appointing coordinators, rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs and when distributing speaking timeEncourages the balance being based on equality of opportunities and the excellent natural tendencies and interests of each sex;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the political groups to establish internal rules ensuring gender equality between men and women in their internal functioning and for the ratio of elected members resulting from the elections to be respected;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the political groups to establish internal rules ensuring gender equality in their internal functioningStresses that no amount of political will can overrun the free choice of career that male and female EU citizens make; notes that this applies to any working environment, including EP political groups;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that despite all the progress and efforts made, gender equality at all management levels of Parliament’s administration has not yet been achieved; calls for women to be prioritised for recruitment when they are under- represented and the respective merits of thequal representation of the sexes is skewed towards men or women depending on the department or committee concerned, so that trying to force artificial representation can lead to greater injustice candidates are equal inequality even towards women;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that despite all the progress and efforts made, gender equality at all management levels of Parliament’s administration has not yet been achieved; calls for women to be prioritised for recruitment when they are under- represented and the respective merits of the candidates are equal;, which goes to show that there is a gap between political will and actual career choices that women and men make across the EU
Amendment 141 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 142 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Requests the collection of dataat Parliament's own vertical and horizontal representation of the staff of the political groups and of anonymised data on pay gaps forcriteria and rules be followed in monitoring the correct and faithful compliance of the salary data of Members’ assistants, group staff or administrative staff to ensure pay transparency;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
a. enpursure public access to the external audit of the Anti-Harassment Committee dealing with cases involvinglegal avenues in the fight against harassment in cases involving Parliament’s staff and Members;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b
Paragraph 14 – point b
b. carry out an external evaluation of Parliament’s existing Anti-Harassment Committee dealing withappropriately follow-up harassment within Parliament and complaints about sexual harassment among staff;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
c. recompose theimplement anti-harassment bodies to includemeasures, in accordance with the law in force, with the possibility of involving external legal, medical and therapeutic experts;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d
Paragraph 14 – point d
d. introduce mandatory anti- harassment training for Members by making it a prerequisite for signing the Code of Appropriate Behaviourvoluntary training to teach values that promote good relations at the workplace for all Parliament staff and Members;
Amendment 161 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Commits to guaranteepromoting and supporting a good work-life balance for Members, group staff, accredited parliamentary assistants and administrative staff, in accordance with their personal choices and preferences;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. WelcomeRejects the work of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, the High-Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity and the Gender Mainstreaming Network as leading bodies in ensuring gender mainstreaming in Parliament as it promotes ideological interests that do not reflect the real needs of women within Parliament;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 184 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls foronsiders the institutionalisation of the Gender Mainstreaming Network in the Rules of Procedure unnecessary;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it unnecessary to commits to working more closely with the European Institute for Gender Equality to deliver regular training on gender mainstreaming for Members, group staff, parliamentary assistants and staff of committee secretariats as this does not comply with the principle of neutrality and respect for the freedom of thought of Parliament’s staff;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 194 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 199 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 202 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for all missions of the committees and delegations to be gender- balanced and for the gender equality dimension to be examindemocratically balanced;
Amendment 208 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomesIs perplexed at the commitment in themade in a gender action plan roadmap to ensure that conferences include gender-balanced panels and experts to examine the gender equality dimension in the specific area of focus, which aims to select experts on the basis of their gender rather than of their knowledge, particularly since the issue is of a strictly ideological nature;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the relevant bodies to avoid developing and adopting dedicated guidelines to implement gender mainstreaming and to avoid the wasteful use of resources through gender budgeting;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls for the focus of parliamentary activity to be directed towards issues that are aimed at achieving the common good, avoiding the use of resources on ideological issues that run counter to political accountability;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission tonot to make the error of carrying out a gender impact assessment for each legislative proposal; commits to carrying out a gender impact assessment for each own initiative legislative report as this would amount to ideological interference that would affect the objective legal order of any initiative;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to scrupulously respect the legal nature of legislative or own-initiative proposals, in order to avoid any subjectivity that may prevent clear and orderly compliance with them;
Amendment 227 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to require legal rigour in the language used in legislative or own-initiative proposals in order to avoid the inclusion of confusing or ideological terms that compromise the objective meaning of the rules;
Amendment 233 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. RegretUnderstands that, overall, gender mainstreaming has not yet been applied across the EU budget since doing so would result in an inconsistent distribution of resources;
Amendment 236 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the fact that mitigating the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis, in particular on women, was included as a general objective of the Recovery and Resilience Facility; calls on the Commission to closely monitor this provisUnion;
Amendment 242 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to strengtheneliminate the institutional framework for supporting gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls on the Commission to systematically disaggregate data by gender upon collection and take the gender dimension into account when evaluating and reporting on EU programmesnot to seek to legitimise the manipulation of data through ideological issues with a view to obtaining conclusions predetermined in advance;
Amendment 248 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 250 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates its requests to unblock to respect Member States in their decision whether or not to follow the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention, the horizontal anti- discrimination directive and the women on boards directive;
Amendment 254 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 260 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls for gender mainstreaming not to be implemented, as it is strictly ideological, in the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 267 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Requests that concrete targets to ensure gender balance wany measure concerning then naming of physical spaces of the European Parliament be adoptedprioritise quality over the quantity of workers;
Amendment 268 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Requests that concrete targets to ensure gender balance when namingmpliance with the rules governing access to and enjoyment of the physical spaces of the European Parliament be adoptensured;
Amendment 274 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Requests that an analysis of the distribution and design of Parliament’s toilets to assess the need to adapt them to the requirements of all genders be carried outbe carried out to adapt them to users' needs;
Amendment 276 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Asks for its communication strategy to be revised, including through measures such as revising Parliament’s website to include a specific section on gender equalityensure equality between men and women;
Amendment 278 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 280 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Reiterates its call forthat it is unnecessary and audit to be carried ou superfluous expense to carry out an audit to map the current situation in terms of gender equality and gender mainstreaming and make recommendations;
Amendment 283 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
Amendment 285 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Calls for the establishment of a a working group composed of representatives of each political group and chaired by the gender mainstreaming standing rapporteurs of Parliament to steer the work in that area not to be established as this would constitute a misguided approach by the institutions ;
Amendment 287 #
2021/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Reiterates that the principle of equality should govern the day-to-day parliamentary activity and the development of its legislative policies where respect for the freedom of thought and the dignity of individuals must be guaranteed;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that an independent, impartial, professional and responsible media is a key pillar of democracy; expresses serious concerns about the situation in some Member States whereby media laws allow for greater political interference and the internet and social media, as the largest contemporary networks, are frequently subject to state- promoted censorship;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that Reporters Without Borders1 argue that the next decade will be crucial for ensuring the preservation of media freedom, as it is often threatened by the rise of populistincreasingly authoritarian governments; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enforce a legal framework to protect journalists and their sources; _________________ 1 2020 World Press Freedom Index.
Amendment 45 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the increase in online hate speech, notably against freedom of the press and freedom of expression; stresses the need for better cooperation between authorities and online platform service providers in order to combat hate speech, without destabilising the fundamental right to freedom of expression and ensure that people who freely express their opinions are not then publicly stigmatised and harassed;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to guarantee that the public service media is free from censorship and political influence; invites the Member States, in this regard, to establish the necessary regulatory frameworks to monitor media ownership and ensure full transparency on the basis of ready public access to information;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Member States to introduce effective measures to ensure better protection for the personal safety of journalists, in particular investigative journalists. even when the latter criticise Member State governments themselves;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57–73
Amendment 24 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 8 October 2013 on Gendercide: the missing women? 1a _________________ 1aOJ C181, 19.5.2016, p. 21–28
Amendment 26 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
Amendment 56 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, pursuant to the third subparagraph of Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the basis of developments in crime, the Council may adopt a decision identifying other areas of crime that meet the criteria specified in that paragraphparticularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension resulting from the nature or impact of such offences or from a special need to combat them on a common basis;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender-based violence is violence directed against women because they are women and it affects women disproportionately; whereas LGBTI persons are also victims of gender-based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in gender stereotypes, patriarchal structures and power asymmetrieviolence against women sadly demonstrates the need for strong, positive role models and family structures within which boys and girls can be brought up to respect themselves, and others;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender-based violence is violence directed against womea person because they are women and it affects women disproportionately; whereas LGBTI persons are also victims of gender-based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in gender stereotypes, patriarchal structures and power asymmetries;of their gender; whereas both women and men experience gender-based violence but the majority of victims are women and girls1a; _________________ 1aAccording to the definition provided by the European Institute for Gender Equality
Amendment 87 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality defines femicide as the killing of women and girls because of their gender; whereas there is a need for clarification of the application of the term "femicide" , for instance in cases where the murderer is female;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the European Institute for Gender Equality defines femicide as the killing of women and girls because of their gender, either in the womb or outside the womb due to gender-based sex selection foeticide;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas putting women at the crossroads between their possible desire to start a family and their career ambitions also constitutes a form of gender-based violence;
Amendment 93 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas, despite legislation against sex-selective practices, girls are to a disproportionate degree the target of ruthless sexual discrimination, often extended to include unborn, predetermined baby girl foetuses, which are aborted, abandoned or killed, for no other reason than the fact that they are female1a; _________________ 1a OJ C181, 19.5.2016, p. 21–28
Amendment 133 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Condemns all forms of violence against all human beings, with particular attention to women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence, such as violence against LGBTI persons, and deplores the fact that women and girls continue to be exposed to psychological, physical, sexual and economic violence, including sexual exploitation, surrogate motherhood and trafficking in human beings, both online and offline;
Amendment 155 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are the result of the unequal distribution of power, patriarchal structures, and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men; underlines that this situation is aggravated bycultural, economic and legal factors, as lack of education, hypersexualization of young people, lack of economic autonomy and high women unemployment rates resulting in social and economic inequalities;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are the result of a lack of positive family structures, role models and mentors, which, if not addressed, can cause additional problems such as the unequal distribution of power, patriarchal structures, and gender stereotypes, that have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men; underlines that this situation is aggravated by social and economic inequalities;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 187 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) remains the international standard and a key tool for the eradication of gender- based violence by following a holistic and coordinated approach that places the rights of the victim at the centre and addresses the issues from a wide range of perspectives; notes that the effectiveness of the Istanbul Convention in reducing violence against women has yet to be substantially and statistically proven;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 197 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Denounces the fact that the combat against gender-based violence is negatively affected by the attack on women’s rights and gender equality; condemns the actions of anti-gender and anti-women movements in Europe and worldwide that aim to overturn existing laws on women’s rights and LGBTI+ rights;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that pro-family, pro- women and pro-life organizations should be protected from political attacks identifying them as anti-gender and anti- women; and that gender-based violence should never be used to threaten fundamental freedoms as the ones of speech and thought;
Amendment 217 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Insists on actions to prevent gender- based violence by addressing the underlying causes, including counteracting sexism, gender stereotypes and patriarchal values; underlines the need for gender equality to have a central place in education and the need for; underlines the need for gender equality awareness- raising campaigns;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that gender-based violence may not be addressed by antagonizing men and women, but rather by promoting their complementarity and the alliance between men and women;
Amendment 251 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 259 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Asserts that, when implementing the specific clauses on the prohibition on coercion or compulsion in sexual and reproductive health matters agreed on at the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, as well as the legally binding international human rights instruments, the acquis communautaire and the Union’s policy competencies in those matters, Union assistance should not be provided to any authority, organisation or programme which promotes, supports or participates in the management of any action which involves such human rights abuses as coercive abortion, forced sterilisation of women or men, or determination of foetal sex resulting in prenatal sex selection or infanticide1a; _________________ 1a OJ C181, 19.5.2016, p. 21–28
Amendment 267 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that gender-based sex selection foeticide in the womb represents a serious breach of human rights that the European Union should address in its internal and external policies;
Amendment 323 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determination on a common basis; stresses that gender-based violence is the result of a patriarchal society that has a cross-border dimension; points, in particular, at the growing anti- gender and anti-women movements, which are well organised and have a cross-border nature;
Amendment 327 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determination on a common basis; stresses that gender-based violence is the result of a patriarchal society that has a cross-border dimension; points, in particular, at the growing anti- gender and anti-women movements, which are well organised and havesociety devoid of moral values and foundations that has a cross-border naturedimension;
Amendment 342 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the special need to combat violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence on a common basis also results from the need to establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions; Highlights the role of Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (Victims' Rights Directive) in combatting violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence;
Amendment 345 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that the special need to combat violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence on a common basis also results from the need to establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions; Stresses, in this regard, the importance of clarity in particular with recently invented terms such as "femicide";
Amendment 350 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages the development of support mechanisms for women and families that can provide information and support to women about the dangers and damage of sex-selective practices and to provide counselling to support women who may be under pressure to eliminate female foetuses1a; _________________ 1a OJ C181, 19.5.2016, p. 21–28
Amendment 354 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 361 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 362 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to propose a directive on gender-based violence that implements the standards of the Istanbul Convention and includes the following elements: prevention, including through gender-sensitive education programming directed at both girls and boys,Member States to support relevant authorities in their fight against violence against women, including through the promotion of positive family structures, male and fempowerment of women and girls;ale role models and through the support of services and protection measures for survivors; combating all forms of gender-based violence, including violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; and minimum standards for law enforcement;
Amendment 374 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 384 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recital 5
Annex I – Recital 5
(5) Gender-based violence is violence directed against womea person because of they are women and it affects women disproportionately. LGBTI persons are also victims of gender-based violence because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristicir gender. Both women and men experience gender-based violence but the majority of victims are women and girls. Gender- based -violence is rooted in gender stereotypes, patriarchal structures and power asymmetrcultural, economic and legal factors, as lack of education, hypersexualization of young people, lack of economic autonomy and high women unemployment rates resulting in social and economic inequalities.
Amendment 389 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recital 6
Annex I – Recital 6
Amendment 392 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recital 8
Annex I – Recital 8
(8) Gender-based violence is a serious crime and a widespread violation of fundamental rights in the Union which needs to be addressed with greater efficiency and determined on a common basiby Member states and by the EU according to its competencies.
Amendment 397 #
2021/2035(INL)
(10) The special need to combat violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence on a common basis also results from the need toshould be addressed by implementing Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (Victims' Rights Directive), which establishes minimum rulestandards concerning the definition of criminal offences and san the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and ensures that persons who have fallen victim to crime are recognised and treated with respect, and that they must also receive proper protections, as well assupport and access to justice. Particular attention should be provided to the key issues of prevention, under-reporting, victim protection, support and reparation, and the prosecution of perpetrators, where the approaches and level of commitment of Member States vary significantly.
Amendment 399 #
2021/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recital 11
Annex I – Recital 11
Amendment 30 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 43 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, although female employment rates have risen, gender inequality on the labour market remains a fact of life; whereas the employment gap is particularly high in the case of single mothers, female caregivers, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minorities, migrant and refugee women, LBTIQ+ women and young and elderly women and women and men tend to make very diverse career choices ;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing gender inequalities inmeasures accros the EU have impacted almost every walk of life for women and men;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women may be of differing appearance, intensity and form; whereas a society free of where violence must be acknowledged as an absolute prerequisite for equalityis strongly addressed is ideal for women and men to thrive;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women in the EU are more severely affected by poverty or social exclusion than men, being systematically placed at a disadvantage by structural and cultural factors, especially mothers who raise their children alone, can be severely affected by poverty or social exclusion;
Amendment 85 #
2021/2020(INI)
F. whereas the EU gender pay gap is 16%, with variations between the Member Stat, for reasons such as different career choices;, whereas this gender pay gap has a number of implications, not least a 37% difference in corresponding pension entitlements, placing older women at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the right to equal pay for equal work is not always guaranteed and remains one of the biggest challenges to be met in efforts to combat pay discriminationorking hours and other specific factors, the EU registers a difference in male and female workers' salaries of 16%, with variations between the Member States;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 119 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for the right to work is an essential precondition if women are effectively to enjoy equal rights,engaging in the Labor market, attaining economic independence and career fulfilment and therefore insists that precarious employis a choice that men and woment should be eradicated through mandatory compliance with the principle that every permanent job must entail an effective employment relationship with recognition and enhancement of rights at the workplaceable to make freely, and in the most optimal conditions;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure that women who so wish have equal access to work with rights and decent pay; stresses the need to promotesupport collective bargaining as a determining factor in reversing and overcoming inequality and tackling discrimination against women and calls for de jure and de facto compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal valuend calls for ideology-free respect of the principle of equal pay for equal work of equal value, in all clarity and taking the specific workers context into account;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges Member States to impose firm measures, including sanctions, where businesses fail to comply with labour legislation and where they actually encourage gendeunfair discrimination;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2020(INI)
Amendment 160 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for measures to achieve work, employee and pay enhancement, effectively combat joblessness and promote full employment; calls for the creation and promotion of employment with rights, the defence of collective bargaining, the revitalisation of public sector employment and an end to job insecurity; calls in addition foroptimal working conditions without excessive State interference with the employers' freedom where the best options for their businesses and employees a reduction in working hours without loss of pay concerned;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to counter the exploitation of women at workfemale workers where it exists and combat the inequalijustices, discrimination and violence affecting them;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for women who suffer domestic violence to be afforded proper protection, ensuring the deployment of increased resources and more effective responses by the Statecompetent authorities;
Amendment 217 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that prostitution constitutes a serious form of violence and exploitation affecting mostly women and children; notes that the root causes of prostitution are inextricably intertwined withinclude social and economic realities, particularly unemployment, financial need and poverty; stresses the need for Member States to increasallocate fundings for social support and access to public services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 240 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 245 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 255 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create a public crèche and pre-schopromote family-friendly policies, enabling mothers and fathers who so wish, to be invol veducation network; points out that the provision of a universal public service that is genuinely accessible to all children and families wishing to avail themselves of it is an overarching social responsibilit in their children's early years on a full-time basis; stresses that strong and healthy families make strong and healthy societies at all levels, including the economy;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to take specific family-friendly measures to combat the risk of povertyaloneness in old age and retirement, increasing pen, which is a cause of poverty, depressions and bpoosting social benefitsr health;
Amendment 33 #
2021/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes with satisfaction the overall positive evolution of inclusion measures during the Erasmus+ 2014-2020 programming period;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the Commission,Notes the Member States and national agencies to provide better' support for grassroots organisations in all areas, particularly in the outermost regions and rural areas, and to ensure that resources and projects are distributed fairly in each Member State;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the positive effect of short- term mobility of schoolchildren in overcomingwhere mental and psycho-social barriers, and asks the Commission and national agencies to foster mobility projects aimed at children and teenagersre concerned ;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports all EU initiatives of the member states aimed at facilitating student mobility, such as the Erasmus+ mobile application, ‘paperless Erasmus’ and the European Student Card; calls on the Commission to look closely at the possibility of more closely linking Erasmus+ and Interrail, in order to foster greater equality and provide participants with better access to greener means of transport;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2009(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomNotes the Commission’s recent adoption of the 2021-2027 framework of measures aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion in the current Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes, but nevertheless calls on the Commission to closely monitor the future national implementation of this framework;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and glob and national citizenship;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education to include free, empowered citizens in formal, non-formal, informal and lifelong- learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the emergence ofenforcing a dynamic European citizenship has been hindeis doomed to failured by a knowledge and emotional gap; whereas insufficientthe lack of a sense of identity vis-a-vis other states and of a feeling of belonging; whereas knowledge about the EU and poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and maypparent value leads to Euroscepticism in Member States;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RegretsWelcomes the fact that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the limitedWelcomes the fact that there is no focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values has not been translated into concrete objectives, targets and benchmarks; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementcitizenship education is taken to be indoctrination gap;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including Europeanneutral, ideology-free citizenship education;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to decisively advanceIs concerned theat research on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, is being misused when it is assessed taking into account new systemic and contextual changes;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls forIs concerned at standardisation with a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles;
Amendment 206 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Asks the Commission not to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States,, in order to enable Member States to act independently and in full respect of Treaty provisions; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foswill not facilitater a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, also when combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;
Amendment 217 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education tono new EU agencies to be established with the aim of improveing accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support, in order to counter the development of a European dimension in citizenship education;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality between men and women is a value upheld by the European Union and a fundamental and universal human right;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence is the most extreme form of gender inequalitya tragic and destructive action deviating from harmonious human relations;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 95 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the pandemic is-related measures are having a serious impact on women and girlslarge parts of the population, particularly in terms of access to education and healthcare, and is resulting in increasing gender violence and economic inequalitiess well as economic power and domestic violence;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas measures to combat inequality will be of fundamental importance to the recoverrecover from the impact of the pandemic-related measures are many;
Amendment 121 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Deplores the fact that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to objections from four Member States to the wordNotes four Member States chose, based on their sovereignty, not to make use of the ideologically loaded term ‘gender’;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 240 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for action to combat femicide and all types of violence against women to be stepped upviolence against women and men to be properly addressed, in accordance with domestic laws;
Amendment 277 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Expresses concern at the rise of conservative rhetoric and organised religious and other groupings, which is threatening to undermineNotes the rise of grass root movements promote a diversity of cultures and traditions, and challenge the obfuscating approach that abortion promoters have of so-called sexual and reproductive rights inside and outside the Union;
Amendment 283 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 294 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 406 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that women are under- represented at every level of political and public life; calls for programme funding to promote the training and participation of womenfavour jobs away from political and public life;
Amendment 441 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need to ensure that women and girls who have suffered sexual violence in conflict zones receive holistic care and treatment, without being coerced into actions which would harm them even more while contradicting their deep-held beliefs and values;
Amendment 463 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. AppreciaNotes the EU’s determination to address so-called gender issues in the context of the green transition, given thefollowing the claim that climate change supposedly has a disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls;
Amendment 476 #
2021/2003(INI)
25. Points out that women arwho happen to be at the forefront when it comes to expertise in the fields of agriculture, climate and biodiversity; calls for them to be given support in the form of funding, legislative framework provisions and access to resource must be adequately supported to pursue their work in optimal conditions;
Amendment 484 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for women and girls to be given bettewho so wish to be supported in their access to digital tools and training in the use thereof and for measures to be taken to promote their advancement in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the STEM professions);
Amendment 488 #
2021/2003(INI)
Amendment 514 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Reiterates the need for the EU to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting feminist diplomacyn exemplary role in promoting diplomacy that most aptly meet citizens' needs;
Amendment 518 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
Amendment 535 #
2021/2003(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Points out once again that intergenerational dialogue and commitment on the part of men and boys are crucial to bringing about societal change and creating a true Generation Equaliis very beneficial to society;
Amendment 81 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) achieve and ensure digital sovereignty notably by a secure and accessible digital infrastructure capable to process vast volumes of data that enables other technological developments, supporting the competitiveness of the Union's industry;
Amendment 108 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
(b) at least 20 million employed information and communications technology (ICT) specialists are employed, with convergence between women and men;
Amendment 121 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
(c) at least 10 000 climate neutral highly secure “edge nodes” are deployed in the Union, distributed in a way that guarantees access to data services with low latency (few milliseconds) wherever businesses are located;
Amendment 122 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) at least 75% of Union enterprises have taken upmake use of the capabilities of the following technologies:
Amendment 128 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point c
Amendment 9 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Union budget for 2022 should play a key role in the economic recovery of the Union paying special attention to those sectors, heavily feminisedwhich attract more female workers, that have been essential during the pandemic or have been severely affected by the subsequent economic crisis;
Amendment 15 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women remain under- representedshow fairly low career interests in the digital economy and the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sectors in terms of education, training and employment;
Amendment 31 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 39 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 49 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 63 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of using European Structural and Investment Funds to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long-term careencourage, without coercion, social and employment policies which support women's choices and priorities with regards to their facmilitiesy and the labour market;
Amendment 72 #
2021/0227(BUD)
7. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation andsupport the participation of women who show a genuine interest for it, in the digital economy and STEM sectors and careers through Union programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative.
Amendment 174 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of an AI system that exploits any of the vulnerabilities of a specific group of persons due to their age, physical or mental disability, in order to materially distort the behaviour of a person pertaining to that group in a manner that causontributes or is likely to causeontribute to causing that person or another person physical or psychological harm;
Amendment 182 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or whole groups thereof that is unjustified or disproportionate to their social behaviour or its gravity;
Amendment 207 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. When assessing for the purposes of paragraph 1 whether an AI system poses a risk of harm to the health and safety or a risk of adverse impact on fundamental rightsto undermine fundamental rights (like with abusive censorship) that is equivalent to or greater than the risk of harm posed by the high-risk AI systems already referred to in Annex III, the Commission shall take into account the following criteria:
Amendment 213 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) elimination or reduction of risks as far as possible through adequate design and development;
Amendment 215 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
In eliminating or reducing risks related to the use of the high-risk AI system, due consideration shall be given to the technical knowledge, experience, education, training to be expected by the user and the environment in which the system is intended to be used.
Amendment 6 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that AI shouldmust be used in a fair and ethical manner and with due respect foron the basis of mandatory compliance with Union values and principles, human rights, freedom of expression, the right to privacy, data protection, non- discrimination, media pluralism and cultural diversity;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the crucial importance ofat a coherent vision at Union level may be important in order to achieve a genuine digital single market within an AI-powered society that would must fully benefit users;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the omission ofAttaches importance to factoring culture frominto AI strategies and policy recommendations at both national and Union level; stresses the need to set uppropose a clear legal framework within Member States that prioritises culture in order to bring the Union, albeit with ratification and implementation of that framework to be under the sole discretion and responsibility of Member States, so that EU Member States can be brought to the forefront of AI-driven innovations and value creation worldwide and to maximise its benefits, while assessinghe benefits of AI are maximised, while at the same time assessing and factoring in its potential risks for society;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that theRecommends that Member States review transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), into national law is crucial to achieving a genuine digital single market; urges the Member States that have not yet done so to complete the transposition as soon as possible; stresses that the future Digital Services Act (DSA) and any future regulation on AI, with particular regard to the cultural and creative sectors, should be in line with the principles and obligations of the AVMSD particular with regard to compatibility with the right to freedom of expression;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that AI can be an effective dangerous tool for cenfsorcing the rules on online content, such as illegal content or fake news, through automated content filteringfor example where a political decision has been taken to automatically filter content that is declared illegal or declared to be 'fake news', and can also be used to implement the ‘'notice, take down and stay down’' mechanisms; stresses, however, that AI mayought to pose challenges to fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression, as well as access to information, cultural diversity and media and opinion pluralism;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Amendment 28 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 58 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
Citation 26
Amendment 64 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 31
Citation 31
Amendment 69 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34
Citation 34
Amendment 72 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36
Citation 36
Amendment 74 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the FEMM committee decision to work against pro- life civil society organisations by pursuing an Initiative report on foreign funding of so-called anti-choice groups,
Amendment 95 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, not merely the absence of dysfunction, infirmity or mortality, and whereas all individuals have a right to make decisions governing their bodies8 ; _________________ 8 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary, sexuality and intimacy belong in the private sphere;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the UN convention of the Rights of the Child notes that, "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth", and that this can must include the primary right, that of the right to life, without which all other human rights are void;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas both the Programme of Action of the ICPD in Cairo (1994) (in point 8.25 thereof) and the Platform of Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women’s Rights in Beijing (1995) clearly state that abortion should not be promoted as a family planning method1 b; _________________ 1b P7_TA(2013)0548
Amendment 101 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas both the ICPD Programme of Action (1994) and the Beijing Platform of Action (1995) call for states to reduce maternal mortality and provide more accessible, affordable and high-quality basic health services, with particular emphasis on medical care of mothers;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 125 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas so-called sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognnot established as human rights in international and European human rights law10 ; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe.; whereas the right to integrity as enshrined in article 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights should not be subject to misleading interpretation;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 167 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the unavailability of unbiased scientifically accurate information violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas if abortion proponents are unclear on whether a fetus in utero is a human being, they can consult any medical text book;
Amendment 185 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the success of comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproductive choicein preventing unwanted pregnancies is not scientifically proven, as it can lead to earlier and increased sexual activity amongst minors;
Amendment 194 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based violenceand this improves the health outcomes for mothers and babies;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing itit is vital to ensure that all medical and healthcare staff are able to enjoy freedom of conscience;
Amendment 209 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth and evidence-based maternity care is a humhas proven that abortion puts the mother's life at risk far more than brightnging her baby to term ;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 226 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 232 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas freedom of opinion and expression and democratic debate are the basis of Member States’ democracies and no supranational body can impose policies in the area of sexual and reproductive rights on sovereign peoples and the democratically elected national governments that represent them, nor limit the right of expression in this area;
Amendment 235 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the TFEU stipulates that the Union must fully respect the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems;
Amendment 248 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 276 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Member States to address the challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR and ensure that peer- reviewed medical studies are carried out to see if any medical benefit or harm results from this access, as no studies to date have proven any benefit, which would ensure that no person is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health;
Amendment 284 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 286 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 333 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 344 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 365 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 366 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 382 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 394 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 451 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 461 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to reassess the unfettered access to abortion as a form of birth control, when serious demographic decline, women's mental and physical health, harmony between the sexes and the healing not harming role of our medical professions are all at serious risk; further encourages investment in adoption services which brings untold benefits to childless couples, and relief for an unexpectedly pregnant mother;
Amendment 468 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 478 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 488 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 34 #
2020/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to life is paramount under Article 2 of the CFR, as all other human rights stem from it;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2208(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas surrogacy is condemned in the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2015paragraph 115of the European Parliament’s resolution of 17 December 2015 on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2014 and the European Union’s policy on the matter : “’Parliament’ condemns the practice of surrogacy, which undermines the human dignity of the woman since her body and its reproductive functions are used as a commodity; considers that the practice of gestational surrogacy which involves reproductive exploitation and use of the human body for financial or other gain, in particular in the case of vulnerable women in developing countries, shall be prohibited and treated as a matter of urgency in human rights instruments”;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that all democratic means of participation for citizens must entail an open and transparent process that takes an inclusive, participatory and well-balanced approach to citizens and stakeholders; believes that dialogue between decision- makers and civil society ishould be organised in such a way that the diversity of our societies is fully reflected; reflected on a proportional, and thus not preferential, basis;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that established channels for citizens to give their input on the EU decision-making process, such as the European citizens’ initiative, the right of petition to the European Parliament, recourse to the European Ombudsman, public consultations and dialogues, significantly lack visibility, accessibility and follow-up;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that neutral civic education and learning about the EU and parliamentary culture in the individual Member States is key to enabling EU citizens to make informed choices; calls on the Commission to develop and propose to the Member States a common curriculum on EU learning in order to foster objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Union;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the right of citizens to have access to reliable and factual information on the European Union, its policies and decision-making processes; recognises the need to establish a neutral, impartial, independent and informative common European news centre, available in all of the EU’s official languages; calls for downstream feedback, neutral fact- checking and moderation in relation to disinformation to be introduced into the functioning of online platforms.
Amendment 84 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that Euronews is not an effective tool to achieve this objective, and therefore calls on the Commission not to renew the contract with Euronews;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2173(DEC)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, according to Article 8 TFEU, the Union is to aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women, thereby establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2156(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls for texts to be translated not only into selected official languages, but into all official languages of the Union, in order to achieve the objective of equal treatment and not to put minority languages at a disadvantage;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is worried about reported instances ofCan comprehend that potential beneficiaries of Union funding under the Erasmus+ programme beingare obliged to follow national rules that are not in line with Union principles; stresses that the Commission should monitor the situation closely and take appropriate action if necessary, as sovereign nation-states are autonomous in their decision-making, the Union should respect national sovereignty and no authoritarian rules should be imposed on nation-states from above;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality is one of the values on which the European Union is founded and the Union is committed to promote gender mainstreaming in all of its actions as enshrined in Article 8 TFEU;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 11 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Continues to be extremely concerned by the apparevident lack of transparency and accountability in the arrangements for the provision by the Commission of financial support to Euronews and the insufficient monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; vehemently urges the Commission to increase transparency in respect of the budget for multimedia activities and to unambiguously improve accountability for expenditure;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that women’s rights and a gender equality perspective should be integrated and ensured into all policy areas; reiterates therefore its call for the implementation of gender budgeting at all stages of the budgetary process;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 31 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that gender equality and mainstreaming has been introduced as one of the horizontal principles for Union funds in the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, stipulating that gender equality and gender mainstreaming will now be prioritised in the MFF;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to seek greater savings in every area, in view of the crisis caused by the corona emergency measures and the major economic fallout to be expected, thereby providing sufficient leeway to reduce contributions from the Member States and thus free up additional funding that they can use to help their citizens and business communities more effectively than would be possible through redistribution via Brussels;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas inclusiveneeds-driven, non- ideological, quality education is one of the cornerstones of the green, environmentally aware and digital transitions;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas 43 % of Europeans lack basic digital skills, with significant disparities within and between the Member States and on the basis of socioeconomic status, age, income, education level and employment; whereas the Skills Agenda aims to ensure that 70 % of 16- to 74-year- olds have basic digital skills by 2025; whereas data shows a lack offewer women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and in computing studies, that women are underless well represented in high-tech jobs, and a persistent gender pay gap;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the consequences of the measures taken to address the propagandised COVID-19 pandemic will herald profound changes and may well not be the last propagandised pandemic; whereas it would be unforgivable not to be properly prepared to deliver full-scale quality digital education for all in the event of a potential second wavefuture pandemic;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the challenge of cyberthreats, cyberbullying, data and privacy protection, dangerous online games and disinformation and censorship in the digital environment; warmly welcomes, therefore, the increased focus on digital and information literacy in the revised plan; looks forward to the swift adoption of the Media Action Plan and the guidelines for teachers and educational staff; calls on the Commission to be more ambitious and to launch large-scale digital literacy campaigns;
Amendment 371 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Underlines that the following paragraph in the draft text: 'Emphasises the essential nature of support services for LGBTQI+ persons, including mental health support, peer support groups and support services for gender-based violence' has nothing to do with COVID-19 and was intended to introduce left-wing gender ideology into the report as a 'rucksack' paragraph, and rejects such political strategies;
Amendment 383 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that, similarly, the following paragraph in the draft report: 'Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations' was intended to introduce left-wing abortion ideology into the report as a 'rucksack' paragraph, and rejects such political strategies;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas violence against women and other forms of gender-based violence are widespread in the Union and are to be understood as an extreme form of discrimination; whereas gender-based violence is rooted in the unequal distribution of powerviolence against women is rooted in the lack of solid family foundations within which mutual respect between women and women, in sexism and gender stereotypes, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by mcomplementarity are a given;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas violence against women and gender-based violence presents different but not mutually exclusive forms and manifestations; whereas those different forms of violence are often interlinked and inseparable from offline violence because they can precede, accompany or continue them;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate speech, flaming, doxxing and image- based sexual abuse are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence directed against women; whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community; whereas intersectional forms of discrimination can exacerbate the consequences of gender-based cyberviolence such as schools, university students societies, workplaces, etc;
Amendment 147 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women, such as politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-basedtargeted by cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life;
Amendment 155 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas gender-based cyberviolence impacts on mental health, on the full exercise of fundamental rights and even on democracy, and has consequences on society, including an economic impact;
Amendment 169 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence isagainst women is likely a continuum of gender- based violence offline and that no policy alternative will be effective unless it takes this realitythis must be taken into consideration;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 194 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that Governments measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic hasve increased the risk of domestic violence and abuse because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violence;
Amendment 207 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross- border dimension of the use of ICT;
Amendment 221 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote awareness raising, to implement national criminal justice laws and specific policies and programmes to prevent gender-baseddenounce cyberviolence and to fight against impunity for those who commit such acts;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated, contextualised and comparable data on gender-based violenceviolence against women, including cyberviolence;
Amendment 255 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence against women generates psychological, social and economic consequences;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to give particular attention to women belonging to groups put in a vulnerable situation as regards gender-based cyberviolence and to develop specific support services and educational programmes dedicated to those specific groups;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that gender-based cyberviolence against women reduces the participation of womenthe victims in public debate which, as a consequence, erodes the democratic principles of the Union; regrets that that ‘silencing effect’ has been particularly aimed at targeting women activists, journalists and politicians with the intention of discouraging their presence of women in political life and decision- making spheres;
Amendment 278 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 304 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the need to protect, support and ensure reparation for female victims of gender-based cyberviolence;
Amendment 314 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 327 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly reaffirms its commitment, as it has previously expressed, to tackle gender-based violenceviolence against women and to the need to have a comprehensive directive covering all its forms as the best way to put an end to gender-basedsuch violence;
Amendment 336 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 342 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 42 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trafficking in human beings (THB) constitutes modern-day slavery, on the same level as surrogacy, and is a profound violation of fundamental rights, as outlined in Article 5(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the lack ofdata needs to be consistent and detailedthoroughly daeta continues to hamper theiled to enable an adequate assessment of trends in THB; calls on the Member States to collect more up-to-date data disaggregated by age and gender and including internally trafficked people, by compiling statistical information in cooperation with civil society;
Amendment 175 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to effectively guarantee the rights of victims and to support them with a gender- sensitive approach while ensuring complementarity with the Victims’ Rights Directive; notes that the Anti-Trafficking Directive prohibits the criminalisation of victims of THB;
Amendment 283 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the importance of gender-sensitive training programmes for officials attending victims to enhance the early identification of those who are victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation and encourages Member States to adopt measures to support victims, such as exit programmes, social and professional reintegration or sexual health services;
Amendment 335 #
2020/2029(INI)
21. Points out that in some Member States, applicants for international protection who are identified as victims of THB need to change procedures and claim a residence permit under Directive 2004/81/EC23 ; calls on the Member States to put in place a holistic and multidisciplinary approach ensuring that the anti-trafficking and the asylum procedures are interconnected and complement each other; _________________ 23 European implementation assessment – ‘Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU : Migration and gender issues’, Directorate- General for Parliamentary Research, Ex- Post Evaluation Unit, 15 September 2020, p. 49. ;
Amendment 362 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 451 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Recalls the role of EU agencies in the early identification of victims and the fight against THB; calls for morean adequate allocation of existing resources for the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies to enable their staff to be trained and capacity-building instruments to be developed in the area of detecting victims, including the appointment of gender- trained agency officers, especially in the Member States faced with increased mixed migratory flows; calls on the Commission to develop guidelines to mainstream gender expertise in the activities of law enforcement authorities across the EU;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 2 #
2020/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the functioning of the digital single market should be improved by reinforcing legal certainty for providers of artificial intelligence (AI), and reinforcing users’ trust by strengthening safeguards to ensure the rule of law and fundamental rights, while stressing that criminal law legislation falls within the competence of each Member State;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognizes at the same time that policing is mainly a matter that falls under the responsibility of the Member States and that the possible use of AI in policing is ultimately for each individual Member State to decide upon;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that data collection and the monitoring of individuals should be limited to criminal suspects; stresses that data which are no longer relevant to the proceedings must be deleted;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2016(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the high risk of abuse of certain types of AI, including facial recognition technologies in public spaces, automated behaviour detection and profiling to divide people into risk categories at borders, and calls on the Commission to banrespect Member States' right and competence to ban or regulate them;
Amendment 33 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 40 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadclearly and also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse for personal enjoyment, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking, the sale of non- compliant or counterfeit products, the non- authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question.
Amendment 56 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 158 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to benefit from the exemption from liability for hosting services, the provider should, upon obtaining actual knowledge or awareness of illegal content, act expeditiously to remove or to disable access to that content. The removal or disabling of access shouldmust be undertaken in the observance of the principle of freedom of expression as a matter of urgency. The provider can obtain such actual knowledge or awareness through, in particular, its own-initiative investigations or notices submitted to it by individuals or entities in accordance with this Regulation in so far as those notices are sufficiently precise and adequately substantiated to allow a diligent economic operator to reasonably identify, assess and where appropriate act against the allegedly illegal content.
Amendment 175 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as the safety and trust of theall recipients of the service, including minors and vulnerable users, protect the relevant fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter, to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empower recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.
Amendment 176 #
2020/0361(COD)
(36) In order to facilitate smooth and efficient communications relating to matters covered by this Regulation, providers of intermediary services should be required to establish a single point of contact and to publish relevant information relating to their point of contact, including the languages to be used in such communications. The point of contact can also be used by trusted flaggers and by professional entities which are under a specific relationship with the provider of intermediary services. In contrast to the legal representative, the point of contact should serve operational purposes and should not necessarily have to have a physical location .
Amendment 190 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The rules on such notice and action mechanisms should be harmonised at Union level, so as to provide for the timely, diligent and objective processing of notices on the basis of rules that are uniform, transparent and clear and that provide for robust safeguards to protect the right and legitimate interests of all affected parties, in particular their fundamental rights guaranteed by the Charter, irrespective of the Member State in which those parties are established or reside and of the field of law at issue. The fundamental rights include, as the case may be, the right to freedom of expression and information, the right to respect for private and family life, the right to protection of personal data, the right to non-discrimination and the right to an effective remedy of the recipients of the service; the freedom to conduct a business, including the freedom of contract, of service providers; as well as the right to human dignity, the rights of the child, the right to protection of property, including intellectual property, and the right to non- discrimination of parties affected by illegal content.
Amendment 198 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Recipients of the service should be able to easily and effectively contest certain decisions of online platforms that negatively affect them. Therefore, online platforms should be required to provide for internal complaint-handling systems, which meet certain conditions aimed at ensuring that the systems are easily accessible and lead to swift and fair outcomes. In addition, provision should be made for the possibility of out-of-court dispute settlement of disputes, including those that could not be resolved in satisfactory manner through the internal complaint-handling systems, by certified bodies that have the requisite proven independence, means and expertise to carry out their activities in a fair, swift and cost- effective manner. The possibilities to contest decisions of online platforms thus created should complement, yet leave unaffected in all respects, the possibility to seek judicial redress in accordance with the laws of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 203 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Action against illegal content can be taken more quickly and reliably where online platforms take the necessary measures to ensure that notices submitted by trusted flaggers through the notice and action mechanisms required by this Regulation are treated with priority, without prejudice to the requirement to process and decide upon all notices submitted under those mechanisms in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Such trusted flagger status should only be awarded to entities, and not individuals, that have demonstrated, among other things, that they have particular expertise and competence in tackling illegal content, that they represent collective interests and that they work in a diligent and objective manner without violating freedom of expression. Such entities can be public in nature, such as, for terrorist content, internet referral units of national law enforcement authorities or of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’) or they can be non-governmental organisations and semi- public bodies, such as the organisations part of the INHOPE network of hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse material and organisations committed to notifying illegal racist and xenophobic expressions online. For intellectual property rights, organisations of industry and of right- holders could be awarded trusted flagger status, where they have demonstrated that they meet the applicable conditions. The rules of this Regulation on trusted flaggers should not be understood to prevent online platforms from giving similar treatment to notices submitted by entities or individuals that have not been awarded trusted flagger status under this Regulation, from otherwise cooperating with other entities, in accordance with the applicable law, including this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council43. _________________ 43Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA, (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).
Amendment 224 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Three categories of systemic risks should be assessed in-depth. A first category concerns the risks associated with the misuse of their service through the dissemination of illegal content, such as the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or illegal hate speech, and the conduct of illegal activities, such as the sale of products or services prohibited by Union or national law, including counterfeit products. For example, and without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the recipient of the service of very large online platforms for possible illegality of his or her activity under the applicable law, such dissemination or activities may constitute a significant systematic risk where access to such content may be amplified through accounts with a particularly wide reach. A second category concerns the impact of the service on the exercise of fundamental rights, as protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the freedom of expression and information, the right to private life, the right to non-discrimination and, the rights of the child and the rights of the human person. Such risks may arise, for example, in relation to the design of the algorithmic systems used by the very large online platform or the misuse of their service through the submission of abusive notices or other methods for silencing speech or hampering competition. A third category of risks concerns the intentional and, oftentimes, coordinated manipulation of the platform’s service, with a foreseeable impact on health, civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and protection of minors, having regard to the need to safeguard public order, protect privacy and fight fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. Such risks may arise, for example, through the creation of fake accounts, the use of bots, and other automated or partially automated behaviours, which may lead to the rapid and widespread dissemination of information that is illegal content or incompatible with an online platform’s terms and conditions.
Amendment 160 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies, and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases andall kinds of discrimination;
Amendment 169 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomesTakes note of the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of themstrategies to promote the concept of merit in the workplace and respect for human dignity, promoting engagement for the support of family and birth-rate policies;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RegretNotes that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establishdetermine concrete timeframes and additionalfurther targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectivelyin cooperation with the Member States;
Amendment 202 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul ConventionCondemns female genital mutilation and calls on the Member States to impose the mandatory reporting of any such cases by the healthcare system, teachers, law enforcement authorities and social service professionals, ifn the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issuesame way as for other types of abuse, such as child abuse, and to systematically pursue those responsible for such acts; welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU;
Amendment 233 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to assist and support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 244 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focusfocus on violence against women, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposevictims of sexual exploitation and organ trafficking; insists on the vital importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demandcompletely eradicate these crimes;
Amendment 255 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 341 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises women's contribution and their vital role in raising children, particularly minors, by recognising the role of mothers who decide to devote themselves to the well-being and protection of the family unit;
Amendment 387 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 404 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. DemandsHighlights the importance of support foring women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EUnion and worldwide; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and gender equality, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and counter-narrativethe institutions to pay continuous attention to the state of play in relation to women’s rights;
Amendment 418 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreamingprotection of women's rights and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, throughincluding in the field of external relations;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas children may suffer ‘witnessed violence’ when they witness acts of violence in the family environment, through experiencing any form of ill- treatment, carried out through acts of physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and economic violence against reference figures or other affectively significant figures; whereas such violence has very serious consequences for the psychological and emotional development of the child, and whereas it is therefore essential to pay due attention to this type of violence in separations and parental custody arrangements, taking the best interests of the child into account, in particular in order to determine custody and visitation rights in separation cases;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, court officials in all countries have been advised to stay at home and hearings have, in many cases, been postponed; whereas staff reductions in the courts are likely to cause delays in issuing restraining orders, in separation and divorce proceedings and in child custody hearings, including separation and divorce hearings, which women victims of intimate partner violence rely on in order to make it easier for them to distance or estrange themselves from their violent partners;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas witnessed violence is not always easily recognisable, especially in the case of young children, and it is essential that operators who are called upon to decide on the right measures to protect and care for the children know how to interpret the situation and the actions of the mother, whilst being aware that the perpetrator and victim of violence are not equally responsible, in order not to make hasty diagnostic and prognostic judgements that do not take account of post-traumatic symptomatology, while facilitating an assessment in a protective and caring setting;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas in situations of marital or relationship breakdown, allegations of interpersonal violence should be addressed before custody and visitation issues can be addressed; whereas in order to assess allegations of interpersonal violence in custody cases, the professionals involved must have specialist knowledge;
Amendment 218 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need for appropriate legal assistance for victims in terms of legal advice and representation by a lawyer before the court; emphasises, in addition, the need for prior preparation of victims for criminal proceedings, including through a system of psychosocial support - particularly during and after questioning procedures - which takes into account the emotional tensions associated with the circumstances, and designed to prevent risk factors which could lead to further violent offences;
Amendment 222 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends that national authorities take action, in particular, to draft and disseminate a set of guidelines for professionals involved in cases relating to intimate partner violence and custody rights, including consideration of risk factors (risk factors relating to children or family members, environmental or social concerns, or potential repetition of violent offences), to enable the intimate partner violence to be assessed, in support of children's and women's rights;
Amendment 237 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that such guidelines and guidance should be geared, inter alia, towards the management and storage of medical files and evidentiary items by the forensic expert and medical professionals, as appropriate, but in any case such as to enable women to take subsequent legal action and to enable the judicial authority to carry out specific investigations;
Amendment 253 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Suggests that such guidelines and guidance should include measures to promote safe, respectful and non-guilt- inducing out-patient and in-patient treatment programmes for women who have suffered violence, including intimate partner violence, and to support research to develop and evaluate the best treatments for women who have suffered violence, and for their children;
Amendment 269 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that such guidelines and guidance should support health professionals in raising public awareness in their professional environment of the crucial impact of violence against women, including intimate partner violence, on their mental health;
Amendment 280 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that, for clinical and legal purposes, the specific skills of the forensic expert make him or her the most suitable professional for the protection of women who are victims of violence, and children, also to assist specialists (paediatricians, gynaecologists, psychologists) in their work, having the appropriate training and technical expertise to be able to recognise the signs of violence and, where there are grounds to do so, to comply with reporting obligations and liaise with judicial and health authorities;
Amendment 292 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance for the forensic expert, or any other professional involved, to provide the relevant national authority with information relating to violence within the couple, when he or she believes that such violence puts the life of the adult victim or child in immediate danger and that the victim is unable to protect him/herself because of the moral or economic coercion resulting from the hold exercised by the perpetrator, seeking to obtain the adult victim's consent where appropriate;
Amendment 305 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the need to eliminate any economic barriers that might induce a woman not to report the violence she has suffered; notes that this could be done by giving courts the option of awarding government benefits to support the victims, once the circumstances of the domestic violence have been established;
Amendment 318 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to promote EU-wide public awareness campaigns and exchange of good practice as a necessary measure in the prevention of domestic violence and the creation of a climate of zero tolerance towards violence;
Amendment 325 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allocate more funds to national territorial authorities, including through projects and calls for funding, for the establishment and expansion of shelters, in order to increase, improve and ensure adequate reception and protection services for women who are victims of domestic violence and any children involved;
Amendment 342 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises that hearing from the child is important to establish what is in the best interests of the child while examining custody and foster care cases; points out nevertheless that in every case, but crucially in cases where intimate partnership violence is suspected, such hearings should be conducted in a child- friendly environment, with no pressure or influence from parents or relatives, by trained professionals, including those qualified in child neuropsychiatry, to avoid deepening the trauma and victimisation;
Amendment 353 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to provide effective instruments for the judicial accompaniment of children and to ensure that the operators in charge are adequately trained;
Amendment 363 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the competent authorities of the Member States to promote, in the best interests of the child and the female victim, a procedure whereby, with the intervention of accredited professionals, an assessment of the child's psychological state can be carried out at every stage of the procedure, in order to decide whether a meeting with the allegedly or declaredly violent parent is appropriate;
Amendment 366 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the competent national authorities to improve coordination between courts by fostering contacts between prosecutors' offices to enable issues of parental responsibility to be resolved urgently and to ensure that family courts are able to consider all issues relating to violence against women when determining custody and visitation rights and to assess whether such violence justifies a limitation of custody and visitation rights;
Amendment 367 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Encourages Member States, especially in view of the current situation in which there are still frequent periods of quarantine owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, to increase the number of violence prevention and response hotlines and invest in shelters and family centres and other appropriate measures, providing women who are victims of violence and are isolated, with confidentiality and a safe and local environment;
Amendment 369 #
2019/2166(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Calls on Member States to explore virtual options for helping victims of violence, including mental health and counselling options, paying attention to existing inequalities in access to information technology services;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is facing an unparallel perceived shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers and education, particularly considering that women make up 52 % of the European population, yet onlywhile accounting for 2 out of 5 scientists and engineers6 ; whereas although there has been a positive trend in the involvement and interest of girls in STEM education, the percentages remain insufficient; whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ between boys and girls through primary education, and in many cases girls often outperform boys in STEM and ICT-related tasks7 ; whereas, however, girls fear that they will be less successful than boys in STEM-related careers; _________________ 6 Eurostat, Human resources in science and technology, annual average data 2016- 2020. 7 O’Dea, R.E., Lagisz, M., Jennions, M.D. et al., Gender differences in individual variation in academic grades fail to fit expected patterns for STEM, Nature Communications 9, 3777, 2018.
Amendment 42 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 69 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in view of the rising demand for STEM practitioners and the importance of STEM-related careers for the future of the European economy, helping to increasinge the share of women, who wish to work, in the STEM sector is critical to building a more sustainable and inclusivecan help to build a prosperous economy and society through scientific, digital and technological innovation;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that the main goal should be to remove all barriers restrictingsupport women’s interests, preferences and choices, without compromising their liberty in making decisions; encourages the Member States to promote the participation of women in STEM studies and careers in their relevant national or regional gender action plans or strategies; considers that these action plans or strategies should aim to increase gender equality by focusing on education and qualifications, a better work-life balance, equal opportunities, non-discrimination in the labour market, raising awareness of gender bias across all relevant sectors, and increasing the visibility of female role models, among other things for their own education and career paths ;
Amendment 81 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 89 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 100 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation in STEM careers by investing in formal, informal and non- formal education, lifelong learning and vocational training for women who so wish, to ensure their access to high-quality employment and opportunities to re- and up-skill for future labour market demand; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of entrepreneurship, STEM subjects and digital education for girls from an early age, in order to combat existing educational stereotypes and ensure more womenencourage the women who clearly manifest the will to enter developing and well-paid sectors;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2164(INI)
7. Recognises the role of parents, school and teachers in eliminating thencouraging younger gender gap in STEM educationations into the career path of their choice, and highlights the role of education in promoting the presence of STEM-loving girls in STEM-related courses and in establishing benchmarks to monitor female recruitment and retention;
Amendment 132 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that male teachers and other male staff dominateare more present in STEM-related studies in schools and, later on, in universities and workplaces, leading to an absence of; supports female role models and limited guidance and mentoring opportunities; encourages gender mainstreaming in primary, secondary and tertiary education, and urges the committees and institutions involved in recruitment to promote gender balance to avoid the ‘outsider effect’;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that women face disproportionately more obstacles in their careers than men do, owing to the lack of a proper work-life balance and an increase in unpaid care work in most householdmothers may face obstacles in their careers; urges public and private institutions to establish adequate measures to guarantee better maternity and paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities or to promote telework; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively; calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the causes and factors that lead to a high drop-out rate of women from STEM careers, and to develop mechanisms and programmes to integrate women and girls into education, training and employment initiativespecially from their personal perspectives which include choices and preferences;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. RegretNotes the fact that women are under-represented inhave a lesser tendency to fill leadership positions in STEM careers, and highlights the urgent need to promote equalcomplementarity between men and women at all levels of decision- making in business and management; underlines that gender diversity of skills and competences in boards and decision- making positions improves firms’ performance as the result of the broader spectrum of knowledge, attitudes and experience; urges the Council and the Member States to adopt the Women in Boards Directive and establish targets for gender balance in decision-making bodies;
Amendment 167 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 182 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the establishment of an inclusive thorough dialogue with the relevant stakeholders, such as private companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), state institutions, regional and local authorities, policy-makers and civil society representatives to coordinate and tackle the missing links in order to promote women in STEM;
Amendment 193 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. RegretNotes the fact that the gender gap exists across all digital technology domains, but is especially concerned about the gender gap inin particular in the field of innovative technologies, such as the AI and cybersecurity domains, where the average worldwide female presence stands at 12 % and 20 % respectively11 ; _________________ 11 Sax, L.J., Kanny, M. A., Jacobs, J. A. et al., Understanding the Changing Dynamics of the Gender Gap in Undergraduate Engineering Majors: 1971-2011, Research in Higher Education, Vol. 57, No 5, 2016; Shade, L. R., Missing in action: Gender in Canada’s digital economy agenda, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 39, No 4, 2014, pp. 887-896.
Amendment 202 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights that one of AI’s most critical weaknesses relates to certain types of biases such as gender, race or sexual orientation as a result of humans’ inherent biases; eEncourages the relevant actors to take action and promote a greater role for wosupport competent women and men in the design, development and implementation of machine learning, natural language processing and AI;
Amendment 210 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for AI and automation to be designed in such a way that it enables us to overcome gender discrimination and address the challenges faced by women such as unpaid care work, the gender pay gap, cyberbullying, gender-based violence and sexual harassment, trafficking, violations of sexual and reproductive rights, and under-representation in leadership positionsvarious forms of discrimination and violence; calls for AI and automation to contribute to the enhancement of women’competent women and men's access to finance, higher education and flexible work opportunities;
Amendment 217 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that women are under-represented in innovation-driven business start-ups and highlights the gender biases and systemic disadvantages that exist in social structures, in particular in those at the intersection of STEM and entrepreneurship;
Amendment 225 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increasadequately allocate financing opportunities for female start-up entrepreneurs and innovators, to facilitate their access to existing funds, create special funds and look for new and innovative ways to financially support them and help them to overcome the barriers they may face;
Amendment 11 #
2019/2055(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the progress in the success rates in the Creative Europe programme compared to 2017 (31 % for Culture and 48 % for the MEDIA sub- programme), but stresses that more adequate levels of financing are required to tackle those still unsatisfactory results can be improved;
Amendment 15 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the UN convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly the preamble, which notes that "the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth”,
Amendment 45 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is encouraged that citizen-led democratic tools are fully operational in Poland
Amendment 50 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls onEncourages the Polish Government to haltcarefully consideration of these two draft laws, given that a vigorous, necessary and legitimate debate is under way in the country and throughout Europe in response toto honestly evaluate the moral issues and grievaconcerns they raise, and that the lives and fundamental rights of thousands of babies, women, couples and families, many of them among the youngest and most vulnerable in society, would deliberately be irreparably damaged and ended;
Amendment 65 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned at the loss ofdanger to women’s rightshealth and at the level of protection in Poland of the right of women and adolescent girls to health, of which sexual and reproductive health is an essential component, and of the rights of young LGBTI people, whose health and physical safety are particularly at risk;
Amendment 68 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the Polish government's efforts at protecting the rights of women by tackling Islamisation, which presents one of the largest threats to the rights of women and sexual minorities;
Amendment 80 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Polish Government to condemn and take appropriate legal measures against the resolutions adopted by regional and local authorities concerning the establishment of ‘LGBTI- free areas’ in Poland, which violate fundamental rights and fuel more hatred, fear and threats against LGBTI +ensure the fundamental rights of all people in Poland; urges the Polish Government to take steps to protect LGBTI + people and to combat allny human rights violations faced by them in Poland;
Amendment 87 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 91 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages all Member States to do all they can to protect and not threaten fundamental human rights by recognising that all babies lives matter; black babies lives matter, white babies lives matter, European and non-European babies lives matter, LGBTi babies lives matter, heterosexual babies lives matter;
Amendment 95 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onEncourages the Polish Government to comply with the recommendations made by the European Parliament in its resolution of 14 November 2019 on the criminalisation ofensure a priority role for families in providing top quality age appropriate relationship and sexual education in Poland, asnd well as with those of the Council of Europe and the WHOcomes the Polish government's efforts against the promotion of underage sexual activity.
Amendment 89 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas gender-based violence against women and women, boys and girls can affect many fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter;
Amendment 136 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Istanbul Convention is a unique toolTrojan horse tool which introduces legally binding ideologically regressive ideas of gender under the guise of helping to combat gender-based violence at European level and beyond;
Amendment 147 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas the Convention, in Article 3 c defines gender as "the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men", thereby cutting any connection to biological sex or innate design, and making it fluid state depending on the society and its feelings at that time;
Amendment 149 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would support a coordinatimpose a harmonised approach in fighting violence against women, together with existing or future related measures at EU levelwhich most Member States have already ratified, but others are distancing themselves from being bound to a problematic convention;
Amendment 162 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that on 4 March 2016 the Commission proposed the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention, the first comprehensive legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women and gender-based violence, including domestic violence, at international level;
Amendment 183 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly condemns all forms of gender-based violence, including the denial of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights, against women and girls and against LGBTIQ+ persons;
Amendment 204 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Istanbul Convention benefits from 10 years of functioning and practice through its unique monitoring and implementation system through GREVIO; notes that Communism has been in operation for over one hundred years, but it too has failed to deliver on its promises of freedom;
Amendment 247 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern the growing oppositionthe growing diversity of views towards the Istanbul Convention in some Member States and the increasing attempts to disparagexamine the Convention and its positivverifiable impact on the eradication of gender-based violence; condemns all attempts to spread disinformation about the Istanbul Convention, and applauds efforts to understand the causes of such violence and sharing best practices on how to practically eliminate it;
Amendment 253 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Notes that where the convention repeatedly portrays women and girls as victims, and men and boys as perpetrators, an antagonism between the sexes and unhealthy roles are delineated, which could in fact exacerbate the problem rather than solving it;
Amendment 284 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Council to step up procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention, ensuring they pay careful attention to Member States' sovereign competences, the principle of proportionality and the Commission's own policies on Better Regulation which seeks EU laws which are "simpler and better", and "avoid unnecessary burdens"; notes that the Istanbul Convention complicates national legal competences which already cover most cases of violence as crimes, and makes the EU legally bound, even when Member States do not wish to be;