Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2009/2161(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - Effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to Title VII of the Charter of Fundamental Rights,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to Article 81(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas one member of the Commission is in charge to implement the fundamental rights agenda, the Fundamental Rights Agency should not serve as parallel mechanism and bypass the established procedures in this policy area,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas Article 51 of the Charter highlights the obligation to respect the principle of subsidiarity and underlines that EU and national institutions shall implement the fundamental rights agenda in accordance with their respective powers and respecting the limits of the powers of the Union as conferred on it in the Treaties; whereas the Charter does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined in the Treaties,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the fundamental rights agenda does not affect in any way the right of Member States to legislate in the sphere of public morality, family law, the definition of "family" and "marriage" as well as the protection of human dignity and respect for human physical and moral integrity,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to its resolutions, as well as its oral questions with debates, in 2009 and 2010 on specific fundamental rights such as privacy, personal dignity and data protection, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and information, press freedom, non-discrimination and the use of minority languages, on Roma issues, on discrimination against same-sex marriages, and on the illegal detention of prisoners; stresses that all these resolutions reflect the spirit of the Charter, show its clear commitment to the everyday protection of fundamental rights, and send political messages to European citizens, Member States and the EU institutions;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes, furthermore, the new general obligations created by the Treaty of Lisbon to combat social exclusion and discrimination and to promote social justice and protection, equality of wo opportunities between men and women, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child, as well as its explicit reference to persons belonging to minorities, which reflects another founding value of the Union; also welcomes the fact that the Union has acquired legal personality allowing it to accede to international treaties, the improvement in judicial protection with the extension of the jurisdiction of the CJ to areas of obvious relevance to the protection of fundamental rights, such as police and judicial cooperation in the field of criminal law, the strengthened role of the European Parliament and national parliaments in the European decision-making process, especially in evaluating the implementation of EU policy in the AFSJ, and the increased role of European citizens, now invested with the power to initiate EU legislation through the European Citizens‘ Initiative;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that the FRA constitutes a guarantee of the ongoing protection of fundamental rights within the Union and that it should therefore have adequate resources for its increased tasks following the implementationWhile considering the contribution of the FRA, highlights the need to reflect on the role, on the relevance, on the quality, on the transparency and ofn the Charter; points out that its monitoring role should extend to the acceding countries; reiterates its request to be fulleffective impartiality of the FRA, also in the light of the doubts recently expressed by the Parliamentary aAssociated in revising the multi-annual programme of the FRAembly of the Council of Europe in its resolution 1756(2010);
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to redouble their efforts to raise awareness, as fundamental rights can be protected more effectively if citizens themselves are aware of their rights; calls for active use of the experience of civic bodies and relevant NGOs and for the maintenance of an ongoing working relationship with all such bodies in implementing the new architecturecivil society and Churches ofn fundamental rights and in taking action on specific cases;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – indent 8 a (new)
Paragraph 35 – indent 8 a (new)
– on violations of the fundamental right to religious freedom in some of its Member States,
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Underlines the need to avoid unilateral interpretations of the principle of non-discrimination and rejects the attempts to grant to Article 21 of the Charter a prominent role compared with other (equally important) provisions contained in it;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Stresses the need to respect Article 81(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union when implementing the fundamental rights agenda and when proceeding on the harmonisation of civil and family law.