Activities of Cristian TERHEŞ related to 2021/2099(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the EU Citizenship Report 2020: empowering citizens and protecting their rights
Amendments (13)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
— having regard to the results of the Commission’s public consultation on EU citizenship rights 2020, and to the results of the Flash Eurobarometer 485 survey on European Union Citizenship and Democracy published in July 2020, which show that during the COVID-19 pandemic many EU citizens have encountered difficulties in accessing health care support, child care support, information about the border situation, etc,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak has brought a number of unprecedented challenges to free movement across the EU, with many Member States violating EU citizens rights conferred by the Treaties, imposing travel restrictions and internal border controls as emergency measures; whereas EU citizens submitted a significant number of petitions raising serious concerns over the impact of national emergency measures on their freedom to travel, work and study abroad, and their ability to build and maintain cross-border family ties;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
C b. Whereas the Regulation (EU) 2021/953 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) must not be understood as facilitating or encouraging the adoption of restrictions to free movement, or restrictions to other fundamental rights, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, given their detrimental effects on Union citizens and businesses;1b _________________ 1b https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021 R0953
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas around 50 million people belong to a national minority or a minority language community in the EU; whereas the Commission has taken no legislative steps in response to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’, despite the fact that it was largely supported by Parliament;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the EU has to protect EU citizens residing in the UK, in line with the withdrawal agreement;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s report entitled ‘EU Citizenship Report 2020 – Empowering citizens and protecting their rights’ and welcomes the Commission’s continued commitment to uphold the rights of EU citizens; regrets the fact that only 2 out of 18 actions proposed by the Commission are legislative in nature; stresses the need for a comprehensive assessment of the rights of EU citizens and for well- defined and concrete commitments, actions and legislative initiatives for the next three years;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, while being at the core of the European project, the freedom of movement has been severely affected by the unprecedented health crisis brought by the COVID-19 outbreak and the related national emergency measuresabusive measures taken by governments in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, including travel restrictions and the reintroduction of internal border controls; reiterates that these measures have had a significant negative impact on private lives, work, families and economic and social conditions as evidenced by a large number of petitions; stresses that all national emergency measures should be proportionate to their initial aim of containing the COVID-19 outbreak; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to continue monitoring COVID-19 measures and their effect on EU citizenship rights; urges the Member States to phase out national emergency measures as soon as they are no longer necessarynd to stop violating citizens fundamental rights;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Condemns the usage of the Digital COVID Certificate for any other purposes than for what it was intended, respectively to "facilitate the freedom of movement"; calls the Member States to respect the rights of every citizen and not use the Digital COVID Certificate for other purpose than it was intended in the Regulation; call on the European Commission to make sure that this Certificate is not used at the national level for any other purposes than it was intended in the Regulation;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the many obstacles that rainbow families still face when they exercise their right to move to another Member State resulting from differences in national legal rules on the recognition of same-sex couples and of the parent-child relationship; urges the Commission and the Member States to implement the recommendations laid down in its resolution on LGBTIQ rights in the EU, including its call for the Commission to examine whether all Member States comply with the judgment of 5 June 2018 in case C-673/16, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne17 and to include this judgment in the upcoming revision of the guidelines; _________________ 17 Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 5 June 2018, Relu Adrian Coman and Others v Inspectoratul General pentru Imigrări and Ministerul Afacerilor Interne, C-673/16, EU:C:2018:385.;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s intention, announced in its EU Citizenship Report 2020, to update the directives on the voting rights of mobile EU citizens in municipal and European elections (Council Directives 94/80/EC and 93/109/EC); stresses, in this regard, the urgency of removing all barriers and difficulties which hinder the exercise of voting rights, including by persons with disabilities, increasing and facilitating the provision of information on European elections and voting procedures (possibly through a single EU-wide information platform), and exploring and implementing remote voting options, including electronic voting, in order to increase and facilitate democratic participation;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls, furthermore, that the electoral rights of EU citizens living abroad is frequently the subject matter of petitions; is concerned that several Member States deprive their citizens of their right to vote in national parliamentary elections once they move to another EU country; believes that the disenfranchisement of EU citizens on the grounds of their residence abroad, along with the non-recognition of their right to vote in national elections in the country of residence, hinders the freedom of movement and results in the denial of the fundamental right to political participation; highlights that several Member States have disenfranchised long-term residents from local and European elections, while others have made political party membership subject to nationality; calls on the Commission to explore legal avenues to make the Member States concerned abolish disenfranchisement rules;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses the importance of having country-level websites explaining EU citizens their rights and how to get in contact with their European elected officials and monitor their votes and decisions;