930 Amendments of Lívia JÁRÓKA
Amendment 47 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas disparities across the EU have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine, inflation and the cost of living crisis, especially with access to education, housing and care; whereas during the pandemic many children were not able to attend school at all; and with that, they not only lost access to an online education by not having the necessary equipment, internet coverage or even electricity; for many children not going to school this meant losing their only warm meal a day provided by these institutions, losing access to heating and losing the opportunity to get out of their abusive household during the day; whereas this is demonstrated by the rise of domestic abuse cases during the pandemic; according to a survey by the United Nations agency for gender equality1a nearly 7 in 10 women said domestic violence increased in their community since the pandemic began; _________________ 1a UN WOMEN Survey Report (2021) ‘Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during COVID- 19’
Amendment 100 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the call made by its cross-political Working Group on the Child Guarantee, which was established in April 2022, for the Commission and the national authorities to monitor the implementation of the NAPs and set up a solid, overarching EU-level monitoring and evaluation framework and an associated assessment methodology; in this regard further emphasises that it is imperative for the Commission to work with the Member States’ authorities and other stakeholders, especially civil organisations helping vulnerable children to ensure effective monitoring of child poverty indicators;
Amendment 112 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission that the designation of children as disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged is closely linked to early school drop-out; points out that the criteria and practices for designating children as disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged differ between Member States' education systems, as well as practices regarding the collection of data regarding drop-out rates, as a result some are deprived of the support measures that would otherwise be available to them; recommends that best practices in the Member States be shared;
Amendment 113 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to set up a single common EU minimum framework for identifying disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged young people, with a common definition of risk factors determined by the Indicators subgroup of the Commission’s Social Protection Committee, including data collection of dropout rates from the first year of schooling; recommends that in this framework circumstances and risk factors should be included for teachers, educators and other responsible persons to identify them, take different competences and disadvantages into account, and to draw up an individual plan for the education of the child; furthermore recommends that teachers, educators and other responsible persons cooperate with institutions linked to the educational establishment, such as care organisations for child protection and development institutions, in order to provide parallel support for families and children affected by out-of-school circumstances;
Amendment 125 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to increase their efforts to ensure that all children enrolled in education receive at least one healthy warm meal each school day; calls attention to good practices of some Member States such as providing children in primary school free and healthy meals, including milk and fresh fruits and vegetables as well as providing free textbook programmes;
Amendment 141 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 14
Amendment 148 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to promote outreach activities and raise awareness of the European Child Guarantee and the key services that children and families can benefit from; in this regard calls on the Member States to exchange good practices; furthermore, calls attention to the success of measures such as tax breaks and extra family allowence for people with multiple children, tax breaks for people under the age of 25 and family housing support programmes in certain Member States;
Amendment 160 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to make preschool education such as nursery and kindergarten free and mandatory, therefore enabling the parents’ and especially the mothers’ return to employment; emphasises that the preschool programmes should ensure quality teaching while preparing them for primary school, in this regard it is imperative that the children acquire adequate mastery of the future language of instruction prior to entering primary school;
Amendment 184 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to stop withholding funds such as the European Child Guarantee from Member States based on political and ideological differences, because it is the children who are suffering as a consequence; stresses that social investment and funding should be conditional on the socio-economic circumstances only and therefore reach those in need in all Member States;
Amendment 198 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States to involve all relevant stakeholders at all levels in the revision and implementation of their NAPs in order to build solid partnerships that can strengthen and expand ownership and commitment; highlights the importance of involving civil society, vulnerable groups and children in developing and implementing the monitoring and evaluation framework;
Amendment 202 #
2023/2811(RSP)
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to draw up a solid governance framework at EU and national levels; highlights the need for multi-level governance, with joint responsibility and coordinated strategies between local, regional, national and EU levels, to prevent and mitigate child poverty; highlights the need that in light of the recent polycrisis to update existing frameworks and re- evaluate goals and measures such as the EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation, as the Commission has previously done with revising the Barcelona targets;
Amendment 27 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Annual Sustainable Growth Survey for 2024 highlights that despite marked wage increases in the EU in 2022 and the beginning of 2023, these remained below the high inflation rates and resulted in reduced purchasing power, affecting lower incomes the most; whereas real wages in the EU decreased by 3.7 % in 2022, increasing the risk of in-work poverty; whereas these circumstances especially concern those already vulnerable groups, who live in poverty and social isolation due to, among other factors, low educational attainment and various housing and employment disadvantages; whereas real wages are expected to increase as of next year as a result of continued nominal wage growth and declining inflation;
Amendment 39 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the digital and green transitions could have a significant impact on the environment and the people affected, but also on the economy, including the labour market; whereas it is of paramount importance to ensure an inclusive and just green transition, which is not only about training and skills, but should also be about decent work and skills for all EU citizens, coherence of public policies and investment in job creation;
Amendment 51 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas with regard to the general escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact, which expires at the end of 2023, fiscal policy needs to support monetary policy in reducing inflation and needs to safeguard fiscal sustainability, while providing sufficient space for additional investments, including investment in social infrastructure and services and support for long-term growth, the promotion of inclusion policies and related social dialogue;
Amendment 67 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas skilled workers that can respond to the demands of the labour market and education, training and lifelong learning are of key importance to ensure sustainable growth, increased innovation and competitivenesclosing educational and labour market gaps, increased innovation and competitiveness, the harmonisation of the labour market and vocational training and their interaction contributing to development based on specific municipal or regional needs and the sustainable and just transition of the EU economy;
Amendment 81 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas in many workplaces employers' expectations are not up to date, as young people today at the age of 25 cannot meet the experience requirements that a young person had 20- 30 years ago, the main cause of this is the lack of integration of practical experience into higher education courses; whereas performance appraisals based on grading systems are not consistent with the qualifications and competences required in employment;
Amendment 86 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas many people in the most vulnerable communities face the difficulties of undeclared work, short-term precarious work and working in poorer conditions, leading to further uncertainty and jeopardising access to existing social support systems, especially pensions;
Amendment 98 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that some of the aims of sustainable economic growth must be to ensure an inclusive and just socio- ecological and digital transformation of our economies to prevent social, economic, digital and environmental imbalances by fighting poverty, reducing inequalities and creating decent jobs with adequate wages and working conditions, while ensuring alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals and the EPSR, as well as to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that employers place unrealistic expectations on young people when entering the labour market, expecting them to have qualifications and work experience that, on average, a young person today can only acquire by the age of 30-35; recommends that employers should consider internships and traineeships, as well as various relevant student jobs, as work experience, and that the various secondary and higher education systems should emphasise practice-oriented, competency-based education;
Amendment 115 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to invest significantly in people and to offer quality, inclusive and subsidised education and training in areas linked to skills and competences that are in demand in labour markets and future-oriented sectors according to local and regional needs; further stresses the need to address skills mismatches and labour market shortages as well as inequalities and discrimination; underlines the need to ensure that workers are ready for the green and digital transitions, that they can benefit from opportunities for new employment or career progression and that training and education programmes are aligned with the needs of the planet, the economy and society of the future;
Amendment 151 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the increase of EU funds dedicated to social objectives and the promotion of future-oriented investments focused on the just green and digital transitions, with a strong social dimension, including gender equality and equal access to essential services, such as basic utilities, education, health and digital infrastructure; stresses that financial instruments at all levels must become less fragmented and more blended and bundled;
Amendment 183 #
2023/2116(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that EU social funds, in particular what is necessary for Member States' national recovery and resilience building plans, are made available to all Member States on equal terms and to stop withholding social and cohesion funds without justification;
Amendment 8 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, since 2021, inflation has increased sharply19, owing to wide-scale job losses caused by the pandemic, and since 2021, driven primarily by high energy and food costs, andprices, inflation, exacerbated by the unjustified war of aggression against UkraineRussian- Ukrainian armed conflict, has risen sharply; whereas wages are not projected to increase as fast as inflation, thus creating a cost of living crisis; whereas this crisis acutely threatens women’sthe livelihoods, health, well-being and access to housing and basic services of women, people from low- income and unemployed families, single- parent families, large families, families living in disadvantaged regions and women from different ethnic or national backgrounds and their families, while limiting their purchasing power and ability to provide food;
Amendment 34 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women in all their diversity, and their families, are disproportionately affected by the consequences of the cost of living crisis, as they tend to be among the poorest part of the population, are highly represented in precarious jobs, such as undeclared work and short-duration contracts, often work under poorer conditions, have lower incomes as a result of the pay and pension gaps, and are still expected to carry out the bulk of unpaid care work, leaving them with fewer resources to protect themselves and their family against the negative impact of the crisis;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas energy poverty represents a huge challenge for the EU, as between 50 and 125 million people are unable to afford proper indoor thermal comfort, which particularly affects families where access to employment and to the various infrastructure networks is inadequate or non-existent;
Amendment 52 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women, particularly single parents and those experiencing intersectionalmultiple discrimination on grounds of ethnicity, race, migration status, sexual orientation, disability or age, are more likely to fall into energy poverty; whereas this means that the ongoing cost of living crisis will exacerbate genderedpre-existing energy poverty based on gender and on place of residence in the EU;
Amendment 63 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 99 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to deliver on the commitment made by President von der Leyen to promote gender equality in all policymaking; calls for athe implementation of the European Green Deal and a just and socially fair transition that works for all by developing a gender- transformative intersectionaland complex gender- equality strategy to address energy poverty, and by increasinge public investment in social, affordable and energy-efficient housing;
Amendment 119 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the Member States and the EU to urgently guarantee affordable utilities and food for low-income households and, in particular, for those facing intersectionalmultiple discrimination; stresses that no one should have to freeze in the height of winter or overheat in the scorching summer months and calls for the Member States and the EU to ban energy disconnections;
Amendment 133 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in policies that, directly or indirectly, aim to counteract the negative effects of the cost of living crisis on women in all their diversity, to guarantee access to high-quality public services for care, education, health, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, and housing, and to protect victims of gender-based violence;
Amendment 143 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to assess and proposethe situation in the housing market and, where appropriate, to propose new legislative acts to counter the financialisation of housing markets and to stop speculators from making housing unaffordablehelp Member States lower prices in this area; draws attention to Member States’ good practices in this regard, such as low-cost state-funded housing loans, renovation programmes and financial assistance programmes linked to family allowances;
Amendment 156 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that access to electricity plays a fundamental role in poverty reduction and in ensuring full and equal participation in society; calls for the EU and the Member States to recognise the right to energy in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 168 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of gender, territorial, geographical and intersectional dimensions in all schemes for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, so as to support the citizens most affected by energy poverty, in particular those living in disadvantaged and marginalised areas as well as excluded or isolated communities;
Amendment 174 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to request gender- disaggregated data on energy poverty from Eurostat; calls, in this respect, on the EU Energy Poverty Observatory to use such data to develop and select gender- specificEU Energy Poverty Observatory to develop gender indicators that would allow evidence-based policy development in that area, in consultation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Environment Agency;
Amendment 175 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to require thelp Member States to conduct gender, territorial and geographical impact assessments in national energy and climate plans, including when reporting on energy poverty;
Amendment 183 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls that the green transition is necessary to avoid severe future crises and increased poverty; recalls, furthermore, that the green transition will only be socially fair if it also includes a gender perspective and guarantees equal opportunities for women and those experiencing intersectionalmultiple discrimination; calls, therefore, on the Commission to appoint an EU gender and climate coordinator with sufficient staff and funding, and to introduce geographic and gender impact assessments in all EU policies and legislation, in particular in European Green Deal initiatives;
Amendment 220 #
2023/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Council to commit to gender budgeting and to ensure that it is applied to the entire EU budget, and thafully implement the European Court of Auditor’s recommendations are fully implemented, including in the mid- term review of the current multiannual financial framework and the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 37 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas energy poverty, defined as the lack of sustainable, clean and safe energy sources, is, among other things, a gender issue, with women and girls spending, on average, up to 18 hours a day collecting cooking fuels14; _________________ 14 UN Development Programme, ‘Energy and Gender Equality’.
Amendment 55 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 105 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that access to energy is a basic human right; stresses that a net-zero carbon future and the development of renewables must go hand in hand with poverty reduction and a human rights- based approach; considers, as regards the future of energy policy, that in accordance with the Granada Declaration the green transition should ensure that the economic model is sustainable and that no one is left behind;
Amendment 110 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges developing countries to commit to energy justice through their regulatory frameworks, which should ensure local acceptance and community participation; stresses the need to involve people living in the regions concerned in the drafting of legislation, decision- making, implementation and monitoring; considers that we must achieve a just energy transition, ensuring access to secure and affordable energy for all;
Amendment 112 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that energy poverty disproportionately affects women and girl, among others, women and girls, groups facing multiple disadvantages and social exclusion, minorities and people living in extreme poverty, as well as disadvantaged and marginalised communities and families, often victims of segregation, who face deprivation on a daily basis; highlights their daily involvement in collecting firewood and charcoal far from their homes; calls for the EU to step up its support in mainstreaming gender in the energy transition;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is worried about the health and environmental consequences of household fuelwood emissions, such as respiratory diseases, forest degradation and biodiversity loss; stresses that in many places people living in extreme poverty no longer have access to firewood and that, consequently, they heat and cook using other materials found around the home or nearby, such as tyres and other substances which are harmful to health;
Amendment 128 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the EU to incorporate access to clean cooking as a priority within its energy partnerships with developing countries, and to pay particular attention to infrastructure and utilities, including construction of and access to sewage systems, and household or community access to wells or water purification systems;
Amendment 129 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Draws attention to the opportunities for access to alternative energies, such as unexploited geothermal energy resources, which can make daily life easier for communities and families, regardless of the season; calls on the EU to ensure adequate support for households given that these networks are extremely costly for them;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure policy coherence for sustainable development across the EU external energy agenda, which should be tailored to local specificities and needs;
Amendment 139 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates its commitment towards energy justice; calls for the EU to support developing countries in implementing rights-based renewable energy regimes; believes that the principle of free, prior and informed consent for affected communities is a pre-condition for a successful green and just energy transition; stresses that energy efficiency and efficient use of resources should also be taken into account: in order to decarbonise the economy cost-effectively, all clean technologies need to be supported, with nuclear energy, as a clean technology, also contributing to the successful decarbonisation of the energy system;
Amendment 169 #
2023/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes, with concern, that Africa hosts an increasing number of fossil fuel projects, which risks preventing it from making a timely leap to renewable energy; recalls that a major portion of current oil, gas and coal production in Africa is destined for export, while the continent continues to be plagued by energy poverty; considers that since nuclear energy also contributes, as a clean technology, to the successful decarbonisation of the energy system, the role of nuclear energy and other advanced technologies, such as small modular reactors, should be strengthened by establishing an enabling policy and regulatory framework, starting with the harmonisation of authorisation rules;
Amendment 4 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender-based hate speech and hate crimes disproportionately affect women1 ; whereas young women, Roma women and women from ethnic backgrounds, women in poverty and women in the public sphere are targeted by hate speech in particular; whereas women facing intersectional discriminatbelonging to vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities living in poverty and social exclusion experience exacerbated discrimination hate speech and hate crimes with hate and disparaging language being a daily occurrence for these women; _________________ 1 Council of Europe Gender Equality Strategy, ‘Combating Sexist Hate Speech’, 2016.
Amendment 12 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas multiple factors, such as patriarchal societal structures, misogyny, racism, antisemitism and anti-gypsism, unequal power relations and gendered stereotyping, fuel hate speech and hate crimes against women and lead to victim blaming of women and their revicitmisation;
Amendment 29 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 39 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas hate speech often starts as an act of bias, which can then lead to motivated violence and aggression; whereas hate speech and hate crimes have an enormous psychological and physical impact on individual women and a detrimental impact on society as a whole;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Council to conclude a Council decision including hate speech and hate crimes as an area of crime within the meaning of Article 83(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union as soon as possible, with a definition of the criminal conduct that is proportional to the right of freedom of expression;
Amendment 49 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to include an explicit definition of gender-basedhate speech and hate crimes with and aggravating circumstance for hate speech and hate crimes based on discrimination when legislation is proposed, that establishes minimum standards for Member States’ legislation to follow with room to implement regulations into their own diverse legal systems;
Amendment 62 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, and the inclusion of minimum rules for the definition of the offence of hatred online and cyber-violence; calls on the Commission to ensure that this directive serves as a minimum standard when it comes to legislation tackling online hate speech and hate crimesinclusion of minimum rules for the definition of the offence of hatred online and cyber-violence and stresses the need for awareness raising campaigns about the dangers of an online presence, especially online activities of children;
Amendment 73 #
2023/2068(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 107 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 113 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the Council has yet to adopt a decision; whereas some Member States have been blocking concrete progress on this specific file in the Council due to the absence of unanimity as required under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 114 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas Article 83(1) TFEU requires unanimity in the Council to identify ‘other areas of crime’; whereas this requirement proved detrimental to achieving necessary common progress in an area, under Article 83(1) TFEU, the proposal for a directive defining the concept of hate crime can be submitted only after the Council decision has been adopted; whereas the drafting of a sufficiently clear and precise legal text is hampered by the fact that there is no single concept of hate crimes accepted either at European or at international level, and, moreover, the interpretation in this regard differs widely between the Commission and the Court of Justice on the one hand, and the Member States on the other; whereas the common European interest should prevailre were never any identifiable fundamental problems with the current content of Union crimes, until the planned extension – with regard to hate crimes and, in particular, to hate speech – the fundamental problem is that there is no consensus on its content, since that content is impacted in its foundations by the Member States’ cultural determination;
Amendment 126 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Council to adopt a decision to includecontinue the dialogue with the Member States about the inclusion of hate speech and hate crime as a criminal offence within the list under Article 83(1) TFEU, so that the Commission can initiate the second stage of the procedure;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws the Commission’s attention to the excessively brief and generic formulation, which would give almost ‘carte blanche’ to the extension of the range of European crimes; emphasises that, as a result, it would be appropriate to make clear in the proposal exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred would be worth including under Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 148 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 154 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 180 #
2023/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Asks the Commission to submit a proposal which, taking into account Member States’ rules of criminal law and practice, makes clear its position on exactly what kind of behaviour that spreads hatred or is motivated by hatred it would include under Article 83(1) TFEU; asks the Commission to draw up a clear and precise normative text by means of dialogue and negotiations among Member States, thereby ensuring that the expansion of Union competences takes place exclusively in areas where a Union approach can undeniably be more effective than action at national level;
Amendment 5 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Observes that disparities across the EU have been exacerbated by the COVID- 19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine and the current rise in living costs and have negatively affected children and their families in terms of income, access to employment, living conditionsmental and physical health, access to employment, housing and basic living conditions such as water and electricity, education, training and skills and access to care;
Amendment 10 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Remarks that the costs of these crisis are mostly worn by children, the crisis have demonstrated that social isolation and the decline of the socioeconomic situation of the household disproportionally affects the mental and physical well-being of women and children, often marking them for years and in many cases this depriving them of the possibility to break out the viscous circle of poverty;[1] [1] Eurostat: In 2021, 24.4% of children (aged less than 18 years old) in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
Amendment 27 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to UN WOMEN Survey Report (2021) ‘Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during COVID-19’, having regard to UN WOMEN Survey Report (2021) ‘Measuring the shadow pandemic: Violence against women during COVID- 19’,
Amendment 32 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, in order to reduce these inequalities and promote social inclusion, it is crucial to support women’s access to childcare facilities, the equal sharing of childcare between parents and family- friendly working time arrangements, adequate maternity and paternity leave and social funds, pensions to support families in having children and enable parents to have option of a successful career without having to sacrifice their family lives;
Amendment 48 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EU care strategy and the revision of the Barcelona targets on early childhood education and care as key drivers of women’s labour-market participation1 ; _________________ 1 Eurostat: In 2021 in the EU-27, 27.9 % of women aged 25–49 outside the labour force indicated that looking after children or adults in need of care was their main reason for not seeking employment.[1] with the importance of equal and free child care available for families from all backgrounds, providing children growing up in poverty or social exclusion with opportunities to break out of that environment and explore their potential;
Amendment 55 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas child poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon stemming from household poverty, meaning that low- income and unemployed families, single- parent families – mostlyoften made up of women and their children – and large families, families living in disadvantaged regions and families from different ethnic or national backgrounds are at greater risk of poverty; whereas this phenomenon requires a structural, complex multidimensional response, which necessarily includes improving employment and job security, guaranteeing and enforcing rights, increasing income and ensuring universal access to quality public servic, addressing infrastructural deficiencies, expanding transport opportunities especially present in disadvantaged regions and ensuring universal access to quality public services such as education, healthcare, social care, quality housing and essential utilities;
Amendment 64 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas any social service and support to children or their parents, carers or legal guardians should be given without discrimination of any kind, especially based on sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status;
Amendment 65 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that addressing gender gaps hasin pay and employment will have a positive impact on poverty reduction and social inclusion and thatin enabling this change the availability of childcare, social care and household services isare crucial;
Amendment 85 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan, adopted in 2021, aims to reduce the number of children at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 5 million by 2030; whereas according to data collected by Eurostat, in 2021, 24.4% of children in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion; whereas even if this target were achieved around 15 million children in the EU would still be at risk of poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 90 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas disparities across the EU have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the war of aggression against Ukraine, inflation and the cost of living crisis have disproportionally affected children and their families in a negative way, especially with access to education, housing and care; whereas during the pandemic many children were not able to attend school at all and with that they not only lost access to online education by not having the necessary equipment, internet coverage or even electricity, for many children not going to school meant losing their one warm meal a day provided at these institutions, losing access to heating and losing the opportunity to get out of their abusive household during the day; whereas this is demonstrated by the rise domestic abuse cases during the pandemic, nearly 7 in 10 women said domestic violence increased in their community since the pandemic began, according to a survey by the United Nations agency for gender equality;
Amendment 117 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas childcare and pre-school education maysuch as nursery schools, kindergartens or children's homes, provides an early secondary socialisation setting where children acquire the learning competences that play a significant role in compensating for the socio-economic status of children at risk of poverty and fosterenable the integration of parents, especially mothers, into the labour market;
Amendment 123 #
2023/2066(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the Member States to put care at the centre of their policies and guarantee timely and equal access to quality public care services such as care education and housing, while making efficient use of the available EU tools and funds in this area. as crisis are often an excuse to cut public funding which also has disproportionate effects on women and children.
Amendment 130 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas even in countries where the right to health is enshrined in law, many children - in particular children living in disadvantaged regions, slums and various segregated areas - do not have access to adequate healthcare and some have extremely limited access to services other than emergency services, such as a local GP, dental, antenatal and paediatric care, furthermore in some cases this is also compounded by the lack of access essential utilities such as water and electricity in their homes, putting at risk the health of women during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the health of babies and children;
Amendment 161 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas playing gives children the opportunity to express themselves in a symbolic way and forms an essential basis of the way they think, this is especially crucial during the first few years of development;
Amendment 163 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas it is crucial to support the existence and creation of early childhood and pre-school education and training institutions where children through play can acquire competences that are important for their future, such as learning to study, social rules, ethics and other social competences, this can help ensure that children grow up healthy and curious, have a more developed and fair culture;
Amendment 195 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to increase public investment in universal policies and programmes that have a direct and indirect impact on children’s lives, by guaranteeing high-quality public services (especially care, education, health, housing, cultural and leisure activities), to promote the creation of work with rights based on robust collective bargaining and recruitment with decent and fair wages, to facilitate a work-life balance by, inter alia, reducing working hours and providing for maternity and paternity leave, to introduce social funds and pensions that enable EU citizens to start a family and to bolster mechanisms for ensuring the participation of children and their families in the development, implementation and monitoring of these policies;
Amendment 203 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to aid Member States’ policy implementation by promoting recommendations and guidelines for raising the quality for high quality services such as education, housing and care and support Member States to put in place public policies putting down social inequalities affecting children;
Amendment 211 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Deplores the fact that the governments of the Member States are moving away from universal policies and increasingly promoting policies based on the liberalisation of services and instruments whose availability depends on the resources of the beneficiaries; sStresses that universal and long- term policies offer better protection against the multiple causes of poverty and social exclusion, by providing structural responses that can, if necessary, be supplemented by immediate, one-off support measures;
Amendment 235 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make the widest possible use of the Child Guarantee as a social response facilitating the social integration and inclusion of children suffering from poverty and exclusion, as these children continue to have more difficulties when it comes to their psychological development, succeeding in school being healthy or achieving their full potential later in life;
Amendment 263 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls onRecommends theat Member States to implementation of legislation that protects or enhances maternity, paternity and parental rights, allowing for a more effective work- life balance that makes it possible for women to return to work after pregnancy and maternity leave, and for breastfeeding, so we can enable parents to live a self-determined life;
Amendment 268 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that their family protection legislation is translated into practice in their Corporate Social Responsibility programmes in the workplace in different sectors, such as work-life balance, work- from-home opportunities where possible;
Amendment 271 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that in poverty and social isolation a self-determined life is not possible, therefore measures should be introduced to address aspects that concern disadvantaged families and children with a multifaceted approach from employment to social resources;
Amendment 298 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses, in view of the difficulties in accessing early childhood care in most Member States, the need for investment in early childhood education and care services, including care and support for families with children under the age of 3, thereby creating or bolstering a public, universal and free response from the very beginning of the education process;
Amendment 310 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the experience of some Member States, which ensure that textbooks and teaching materials, as well as school transport and meals, are provided free of charge; recommends extending this system to all Member States as a means of ensuring equal access to education and as an important means of financial support for the most vulnerable of families; stresses the importance to supporting access to extracurricular activities, encouraging children to get involved in sports, music and other leisure activities especially for children coming from disadvantaged families;
Amendment 363 #
2023/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Condemns all forms of violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect with regard to children; calls on the Member States to develop and implement integrated prevention and protection systems for children with a view to eradicating violdecreasing and fighting violence, especially domestic violence, and negligence;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas cultural and creative expressions and works are often the result of the essential contributions of persons working in the cultural and creative sectors, including both those who received professional training in an official capacity and those who have learned their art through self-taught methods (‘CCS professionals’) in different functions, roles and capacities, ranging from creative input to technical support; whereas the existence of such expressions and works depends, thus, on whether all CCS professionals receive adequate recognition and support;
Amendment 73 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, regardless of their role or their status as a worker or solo self- employed person, the living and working conditions of CCS professionals can bare characterised by precariousness and instability, with unpredictable incomes, short-term contracts, weak or no social security, and a lack of access to unemployment support; whereas the extent of social security coverage of CCS professionals varies between countries, regions, sectors and types of work within the sectors and ma, thereby leading to differences in living and working conditions;
Amendment 79 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas more than double the number of CCS professionals is self- employed than in the general population (32 % compared to 14 %);(Does not affect English version.)
Amendment 86 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas these atypical working arrangements, which are often interrupted by significant periods of non-remunerated time spent on artistic research or rehearsing, severely limit the actual and effective access of CCS professionals to social protection and their access to relevant entitlements; whereas, even when coverage is available on a voluntary basis, self- employed CCS professionals have a low coverage rate;
Amendment 120 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the above-mentioned problems multiplied during and after the pandemic and the situation of CCS professionals has become unsustainable;
Amendment 130 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas European culture and heritage constitute the core of European identity, and the promotion of the diversity of European citizens and respect for, celebration of and teaching of the various European identities and traditions are crucial, as is the preservation of European identity in its diversity;
Amendment 173 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that experts have identified the lack of a definition of CCS professionals and the lack of a specific employment status17 as one of the main factors leading to the weak social protection coverage of CCS professionals; asks the Commission to facilitate the recognition at Union level of the specific situation of CCS professionals, with the aim of ensuring, on the one hand, the unhindered application of the conditions attached to their status, for those who have such a status under national law, and of attaining convergence and of improving, on the other hand, the situation for those who are not covered by such a status, while promoting transnational work in Europe; _________________ 17 https://eenca.com/eenca/assets/File/EEN CA%20publications/Study%20on%20the %20status%20and%20working%20condit ions%20of%20artists%20and%20creative %20professionals%20- %20Final%20report.pdf
Amendment 190 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is concerned about the sustainability of the livelihood of CCS professionals in a number of Member States; believes that reinforced action at Union level is needed in that regard, in particular with regard to self-employed CCS professionalencourages the Member States to examine the social protection system with a view to ensuring safe and decent working conditions for all employees and solo self-employed persons;
Amendment 199 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that, in view of atypical work patterns in cultural and creative careers and the ensuing challenges, common throughout the Union, in accessing social protection for CCS professionals and in view of the high cross- border mobility of CCS professionals, a targeted legal actguidelines and recommendations at Union level isare needed to promote access to comprehensive and adequate social protection systems for all CCS professionals;
Amendment 219 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges the efforts to improve social coordination across the Union; highlights, however, that mobile CCS professionals who exercise the right to free movement often face multiple payments of social and health insurance in several Member States, without being able to benefit from them; notes that administrative and fiscal obstacles to the cross-border portability of social security entitlements and double payment of social contributions are some of the most prevalent challenges encountered by CCS professionals working abroad, often due to differences between Member States in interpreting labour law; calls for a Union- wide approach for CCS professionals working in several countries to benefit from social protection as soon as social contributions are paid;
Amendment 288 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls onEncourages the Member States and social partners to commit to the prevention of undeclared work and the eradication of bogus self-employment practices in the cultural and creative sectors, including by strengthening the action of labour enforcement authorities;
Amendment 340 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Draws attention to the importance of cultural, digital and sport and artistic subjects, to the fact that children’s successful participation later in education and in employment depends primarily on the depth, certainty and diversity of their foundation and their skills acquired in the course of their studies and on their ability to integrate these; asks the Commission to expand the opportunities provided to the Member States by Creative Europe, focusing on enabling educational and teaching institutions to fund elective subjects, either within the set school hours or in the form of special student circles;
Amendment 343 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Draws attention to disadvantaged micro-regions and those with multiple disadvantages and to communities living in poverty, where due to financial obstacles there are no opportunities to take part in or develop and foster activities in the various artistic, digital, sport and creative sectors; asks the Commission to create more funding opportunities for elective cultural topics in those communities that miss out on various opportunities because of the lack of opportunities provided by educational institutions;
Amendment 344 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Asks the Member States to place greater emphasis on fostering cultural talent and on catching up, ensuring that everyone has equal access to these opportunities;
Amendment 345 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Draws attention to opportunities for sharing good practices among Member States that foster opportunities for citizens who wish to take part in this sector;
Amendment 346 #
2023/2051(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Draws attention to the adoption of the good practices of those Member States, like the Hungarian Government’s state programmes that focus specifically on developing talent within communities with multiple disadvantages, mainly Roma, through which it provides advancement opportunities for children, young people and adult citizens, such as the Arany János programme, which provides complex assistance to Roma students;
Amendment 54 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, as set out in Article 2 TEU and the Charter; whereas these values should be shared by Member States;
Amendment 84 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the prevalence of discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin remains consistently high, both over time and across different population groups in differentan issue in different Member States, this being especially palpable among already disadvantaged groups living in poverty and social isolation; whereas discrimination of national and linguistic minorities is also a significant issue in some Member States; whereas antisemitism, antigypsism, islamophobia and racism are persistent forms of hatred and discrimination; whereas far-right extremism poses a particular threat to persons affected by discrimination and to society as a whole;
Amendment 93 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas hate speech and hate crimes disproportionately affect women; whereas young women, Roma women, women from ethnic backgrounds, women in poverty and women in the public sphere are targeted by hate speech in particular; whereas women belonging to vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities living in poverty and social exclusion experience exacerbated discrimination hate speech and hate crimes with hate and disparaging language being a daily occurrence for these women;
Amendment 147 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Condemns the rise in antisemitic, anti-Roma, anti-Islamic and racist incidents in the EU; deplores that incidents of discrimination, racist and xenophobic crimes are often not reported to the authorities, which leads to de facto impunity; stresses the need for awareness raising campaigns, improved education and training enabling the social inclusion of Roma and other minorities by involving them in activism and decision making processes and promoting social inclusion strategies;
Amendment 153 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Condemns the discrimination of national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 183 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises the importance of family and family policy in addressing women’s rights issues and demographic issues across the EU, an aging Union population and low fertility rates that are urgent concerns for every Member State; underlines that swift action needs to be taken to address the demographic issue of an aging population by enabling citizens to start families and have multiple children without a heavy financial strain; underlines that this can be encouraged by family support schemes, such as financial schemes, as well as supporting mothers’ return to employment with access to childcare facilities, family-friendly working time arrangements, adequate maternity and paternity leave and social funds, tax breaks and pensions to support families;
Amendment 219 #
2023/2028(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Amendment 15 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Activities under the Facility should support children and their families with particular attention to children living in marginalised communities and in the outermost regions. Activities under the Facility should, where possible, support efforts such as tax benefits and pension funds for large families, equal access to early childhood development by setting up networks of nursing homes and providing cheap access to compulsory kindergartens from the age of 3, equal access to primary and secondary education with the possibility of learning a languages and digital skills, a targeted strategy to prevent disadvantaged children from dropping out of school by encouraging them to stay in education via the creation of scholarships, national talent centres, apprenticeship and traineeship programmes and participation in opportunities to study abroad.
Amendment 16 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12 b) Activities under the Facility should support action plans and strategies covering family and social policy related sectoral policies, in particular those that protect and aid disadvantaged groups, such as young people, single-parent families, large families, people with disabilities, Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian and other minority communities.
Amendment 17 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12 c) Activities under the Facility should, where possible, support agricultural strategies and a just and inclusive green and digital transition with a particular focus on ensuring opportunities for decent work for people living in slums and segregated areas, marginalised communities, Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities.
Amendment 182 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The support under the Facility should be provided to meet general and specific objectives, based on established criteria and with clear payment conditions. The general objectives of the Facility should be to accelerate regional economic integration, progressive integration with the Union single market, socio-economic convergence of Western Balkans economies and alignment with Union laws, rules, standards, policies and practices with a view to Union membership. The Facility should also help accelerate reforms related to fundamentals of the enlargement process, including rule of law, democratic transition, support for national and ethnic minorities, public procurement and State aid control, public finance management and fight against corruption and organized crime. These objectives should be pursued in a mutually reinforcing manner.
Amendment 202 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Activities under the Facility should support children and their families with particular attentions to children living in marginalised communities and in the outermost regions. Activities under the Facility should, where possible, support efforts such as tax benefits and pension funds for large families, equal access to early childhood development by setting up networks of nurses and children's homes and cheap access to compulsory kindergartens from the age of 3, equal access to primary and secondary education with the possibility of learning a languages and digital skills, a targeted strategy to prevent disadvantaged children from dropping out of school by encouraging them to stay in education via as the creation of scholarships, the creation of national talent centres, apprenticeship and traineeship programmes and participation in opportunities to study abroad.
Amendment 368 #
2023/0397(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. Beneficiaries and the Commission shall ensure that equality between men and women, gender mainstreaming and the integration of a gender prespective are taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation of the Reform Agendas and the implementation of the Facility. Beneficiaries and the Commission shall take appropriate steps to prevent any discrimination based upon gendersex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The Commission will report on these measures in the context of its regular reporting under the Gender Action Plans.
Amendment 5 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an aging Union population and low fertility rates are urgent concerns for every Member State, meaning that swift action needs to be taken to address the demographic issue of an aging population by enabling citizens to act according to their self-determination and start families and have multiple children without a heavy financial strain, something that can be encouraged by supporting mothers’ return to employment with access to childcare facilities, family-friendly working time arrangements, adequate maternity and paternity leave and social funds, tax breaks and pensions to support families;
Amendment 30 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender dysphoria is a rapidly growing mental health challenge, especially amongst girlliving a self-determined life is not possible in poverty and social exclusion for which reason measures should be introduced to address aspects that concern disadvantaged families and children, taking a multifaceted approach from employment to social resources;
Amendment 32 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the consequences of recent crisis, inflation and increase in the cost of living are mostly born by women and children; whereas the crisis has demonstrated that social isolation and the decline of the socioeconomic situation of the household disproportionally affects the mental and physical well-being of women and children, often marking them for years and in many cases depriving them of the possibility to break out of the viscious circle of poverty;
Amendment 40 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there are no scientifically demonstrated benefits to abortion, causing harm to women and men and their offspringabortion as a legal right should be treated as a last resort available, with proper and strict regulations in line with women’s right to self-determination and safety; whereas the option of safe and legal abortion is essential not to endanger the lives of pregnant women; whereas education and proper informing of pregnant women of their options and the consequences of termination procedures with adequate time passing for consideration before the execution of the procedure is essential to ensure that abortion is indeed treated as a last resort;
Amendment 49 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to reducemaintain budget allocations to civil societiey organisations that promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, as killing the next generation of Europeans is economically damagingpointing out that education for girls and women is an essential factor in reducing gender inequalities;
Amendment 71 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a similar reduction in budget allocations to civil society organisations promoting LGBTI+ ideologies, as they do not represent these diverse groups, but promote division by awarding special rights to sexual minoritiesbut a fraction of minorities in the Union today and are overfunded compared to other minorities; emphasises the need for funding of societies supporting Roma women, women with disabilities and women in poverty;
Amendment 78 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a reducedmaintaining the current adequate budget for the European Institute for Gender Equality at a time when citizens are facing severe consequences of the cost of living crises; notes that, as Member States haveset up their own centres of expertise, aid and complementary funding is essential, and equal rights are already safeguarded in national constitutions need to be ensured for men, women and children without discrimination of any kind;
Amendment 87 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV) should redirect allocation away from sexual minorities and gender identities towards genuine protection of victims of violence (both men and women), especially domestic violence, persons with disabilities and vulnerable childrenwomen and children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds, toward social inclusion of minorities such as Roma and the reduction of poverty;
Amendment 98 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly urges the Commission to return to prioritising equality of opportunity forbetween men and women, and not push an agenda of equality of outcome for all 27+ genders, including ‘non-binary’, ‘asexual’ and ‘ vocal minority of multiple genderfuck’s;
Amendment 101 #
2023/0264(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to adhere to the goal of an economically and socially sustainable, just, inclusive and non-discriminatory recovery, and of equal access to Union funds for all Member States; stresses that social investment and funding should be conditional on the socio-economic circumstances only and not on political stances and ideologies and that it is crucial that all regions have access to funding based on heir own specific needs in order to ensure equal access to education, training and employment;
Amendment 82 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to provide victims with seamless and modern means of exercising their rights, the Member States should make it possible forensure that victims tcan also communicate electronically with national competent authorities. Victims should enjoy the possibility of using electronic tools to receive information about their rights and about their case, report crimes, submit evidence where feasible, and to otherwise communicate with competent authorities and with support services through reliable and safe communication and information technologies. Victims should be able to choose the method of communication, and the Member States should provide for such communication and information technologies as an alternative to the standard methods of communication, without however replacing them completely. Those means of communication and information technologies should include, for example, websites that provide information in different languages, integrated chats, or emails and online working tools that respond to different communication needs, such as those based on age and disability.
Amendment 92 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Crime reporting in the Union should be improved to fight impunity, avoid repeated victimisation and revictimisation and ensure safer societies. It is necessary to fight public insensitivity towards crime, by encouraging people who witness the crime to report crimes and assist victims and by creating safer environments for victims to report crimeVictims are sometimes not aware that they have been victims of a crime, but despite this, they still suffer harm; that is, for example, often the case for victims of online crime, gender-based violence and environmental crime. It is necessary to fight public insensitivity towards crime, by encouraging people who witness the crime to report crimes and assist victims and by creating safer environments for victims to report crime as well as by removing or reducing physical, administrative or legal barriers to reporting crimes. This is especially relevant, as victims least likely to report a crime to the police are usually those most in need of protection, being children, migrants, people with disabilities and victims of human trafficking. For victims who are irregular migrants in the Union, safe environment to report crime means reducing fear of return procedures being launched as a result of contacts with law enforcement authorities. The personal data of victims who are irregular migrants in the Union should not be transferred to the competent migration authorities at least until the completion of the first individual assessment as referred to in Article 22 of Directive 2012/29/EU. Reporting the crime and participating in criminal proceeding under Directive 2012/29/EU do not create any rights regarding the residence status of the victim, neither have any suspensive effect when determining their residence status. All vulnerable victims, such as child victims, victims living in closed settings including persons with disabilities, in particular those whose mobility is limited or who have been victims of crime because of their ethnic or religious affiliation, or older people living in residential institutions or victims in detention, who are in a situation of intimidation, or are otherwise dependent from the offender, or whose mobility is limitedrequire assistance by staff or authorities for all aspects of daily living, should be able to report crime in conditions that take into account their particular situation and in line with protocols specifically set up for this purpose. Victims in detention refer to persons housed in the following places: institutions where persons are deprived of liberty in execution of a sentence, including correctional facilities, jails and prisons as well as specialised detention facilities and detention centres for suspects and accused persons, special accommodation centres for applicants for international protection, pre-removal centres and other accommodation centres where applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection are housed. Special attention should also be paid to persons residing in other closed settings such as residential institutions, mental health, social and other care institutions.
Amendment 102 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Targeted and integrated support services should be available to a broad range of victims with specific needs, including victims living in rural, sparsely populated and remote areas. Such victims may include not only victims of sexual violence, victims of gender-based violence, including victims of online forms of such crimes, and victims of domestic violence, but also victims of trafficking in human beings, victims of organised crimes, victims with disabilities, victims of exploitation, victims of hate speech and hate crime, victims of terrorism or victims of core international crimes. In response to the shortcomings identified in the evaluation, Member States should set upneed to create specific protocols that will organise the actions of specialist support services to comprehensively address the multiple specific needs of victims with specific needs. Such protocols should be set up in coordination and cooperation between law enforcement, prosecution authorities, judges, detentioncorrectional facility authorities, restorative justice services and victim support services.
Amendment 108 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 c (new)
Recital 7 c (new)
(7c) General support services are organisations specialised in supporting victims of crime which offer support to all victims of crime. Those services may include services tailored to specific groups or offer specific types of services. In parallel, specialist support services are offered to particular groups of victims, based on the type of crime or personal characteristics. Central cooperation and coordination of all organisations and services providing support services to victims is crucial to ensure that appropriate victim support services are available to all categories of victims on a reasonably equal basis. Therefore, general and specialist victim support services need to operate in a coordinated manner.
Amendment 114 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) To avoid serious consequences of victimisation in early age, that may negatively affect entire victims’ life, it is crucial to ensure that all child victims receive the highest standard of support and protection. Most vulnerable child victims, including child victims of sexual abuse, child victims of trafficking in human beings and child victims who have otherwise been particularly affected by the crime due to the gravity of crime or to their particular circumstances, such as children of victims who have been killed due to violence against women or domestic violence, should benefit from the targeted and integrated support and protection services that includes coordinated and cooperated approach of judicial and social services within the samerelevant premises. Such services should be provided in a dedicated space. To ensure that the child victim is effectively protected in cases where a crime involves the parent or the holder of parental responsibility, or there is a conflict of interest between the child and the holder of parental responsibility, a provision has been added to ensure that in cases such as reporting of a crime, medical or forensic interviews, referral to support services or psychological support, as well as administrative and legal support, among others, these acts should not be conditional upon the consent of the holder of parental responsibility, always taking into account the best interests of the child.
Amendment 127 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For victims to sense that justice is done and to be able to defend their interest, it is important that they are present and able to actively participate in the criminal proceedings. That is why all victims in the Union, independently of their status in the criminal proceeding, which is established by the national law, should have a right to an effective remedy under national law in the event of a breach of their rights under this Directive. In addition, all victims in the Union, independently of their status in the criminal proceeding, should have a right to request a review of decisions that were taken during court proceedings and affect them directly. Such decisions should include at least decisions on interpretation during court hearings and decisions on, special protection measures available to victims with special protection needs and physical protection measures for victims. The procedural rules under which victims may request a review of such decisions taken during court proceedings should be determined by national law which should provide for the necessary guarantees that such a possibility of revision would not disproportionally prolong the criminal proceeding. Active participation in criminal proceedings and access to an effective remedy require that victims are duly updated on the state of play and significant developments in the criminal proceedings.
Amendment 134 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) All victims should be assessed in a timely, adequate, efficient and proportionate manner. It is essential to ensure that victims receive the support and protection that correspond to their individual needs. The individual assessment of victims’ needs of support and protection should be done in stages. When assessing the victim’s protection and support needs, the primary concern should lie in safeguarding the victim’s safety and providing tailored support, taking into account, among other matters, the individual circumstances of the victim. Within the first stage, all victims should be assessed from the first contact with the competent authorities to ensure that the most vulnerable victims are identified at the very early stages of the proceeding. As of the next stages, victims who need such enhanced assessment should be assessed by victim support services including psychologists. Such services are best placed to assess the state of victims’ well- being. The individual assessment should also take into account the situation of the perpetrator, who may have a history of violence, be in a possession of arms or abusing drugs and as such pose higher risks for victims. The individual assessment of victims’ needs should also include the assessment of victims’ needs of support, not only of protection. It is essential to identify victims who are in need of special support, so a targeted support such as prolonged free of charge psychological aid is provided to those who need it.
Amendment 139 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 b (new)
Recital 11 b (new)
(11b) Member States should take the necessary measures to prevent legal and social impunity of perpetrators of acts of terrorism, as this represents a significant obstacle for the recovery and protection of victims. Member States should take measures to criminalise the glorification, promotion or misrepresentation of a specific act of terrorism, as it humiliates the victims and causes secondary victimisation by damaging victims’ dignity and recovery. Member States should forbid tributes to those found guilty of terrorist activities by a final judgment and should pay special attention to victims where they can suffer harassment or fear that they might be attacked again by the social entourage of the aggressors.
Amendment 145 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Victims cannot effectively benefit from their rights to information, to support and protection in accordance with their individual needs if they are faced with the national justice schemes that lack cooperation and coordination among those who come into contact with victims. Without close cooperation and coordination of the national law enforcement, prosecution, judiciary, restorative services, compensation services and victim support services, it is difficult for victims to effectively execute their rights under Directive 2012/29/EU. Other authorities, such as healthcare, education and social services, as well as civil society organisations, are encouraged to be part of this cooperation and coordination. This is particularly valid in relation to child victims.
Amendment 147 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Officials who are likely to come into personal contact with victims should have access to and receive sufficient and appropriate training. Training for competent authorities should be effective, state of the art, interdisciplinary and multi-agency, and should take advantage of new technologies for enhancing engagement and interaction. It should be delivered in cooperation with non- governmental actors including victims’ associations and civil society organisations. In addition to general victims’ rights training for competent authorities, there should be dedicated training programmes on dealing with specific categories of victims. Mutual training and exchange of good practices among national authorities, including judicial and law enforcement authorities, and victim support organisations should also be promoted to ensure better support and protection of victims as well as coordination of involved institutions. Training should be gender-, child- and trauma-sensitive, aim to avoid revictimisation and develop, among other skills, empathic communication and active listening. The adoption of specific guidelines for law enforcement officers should also be considered a good practice.
Amendment 153 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) National protocols are essential to ensure that victims receive information in a consistent manner about their rights and about their case and that victims are adequately assessed to enable them to receive the support and protection that corresponds to each victims’ individual needs that change in time. National protocols are essential tools to achieve well-coordinated individual assessments, avoid revictimisation and enhance the coordination and cooperation among competent authorities and relevant stakeholders in victims’ protection. Protocols should be established by legislative measures in a way that corresponds best to national legal orders and the organisation of justice in the Member States. This should regulate the actions on provision of information to victims, facilitating crime reporting for the most vulnerable victims, including those in detention and the individual assessment of victims’ needs. The legislative measures setting up the protocols should specify essential elements necessary for the processing of data including, the recipients of the personal data and the categories of data that will be processed in the context of operation of the protocols. The protocols should provide for general instructions on how to deal with services and actions under Directive 2012/29/EU in a comprehensive manner without however dealing with individual cases.
Amendment 159 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The collection of accurate and coherent data, including both qualitative and quantitative data, and the timely publication of collected data and statistics are fundamental to ensure full knowledge on the rights of victims of crime within the Union and to monitor the implementation of this Directive. The statistics should include data relevant to the application of national procedures on victims of crime, including at least the number and type of reported crimes and the number, age, sex, gender and disability, if any, of the victim, and the type of the offence and the nature of the relationship between the victim and the offender. The information should include information on whether victims have suffered a crime due to a bias or discriminatory motive. Introducing a requirement for Member States to collect and report to the Commission data on the application of national procedures on victims of crime every three years in a harmonised way is expected to constitute a relevant step to ensure the adoption of data-informed policies and strategies. The three-year reporting of Member States should be harmonised to ensure better comparability of data. To this end, Member States should have a synchronised timeline for reporting the data collected under Directive 2012/29/EU. The Fundamental Rights Agency should continue to assist the European Commission and Member States in the collection, production, analysis and dissemination of statistics on victims of crime and in reportingand in the reporting of information on how victims have accessed the rights set out in this Directive. For the purpose of the analysis of the aggregated data, the budget of the Fundamental Rights Agency should be adequately adapted.
Amendment 164 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18 d (new)
Recital 18 d (new)
(18d) Member States should record, collect and transmit data on offline and online gender-based violence, including violence against women and domestic violence, as well as hate speech and hate crimes.
Amendment 204 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 5a - paragraph 1
Article 5a - paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that victims can report criminal offences to the competent authorities through easily accessible, user friendlysafe, understandable and user friendly reporting mechanisms, using information and communication technologies. Such possibility shall include submission of evidence where feasible. (This amendment applies to all of the legislative text examined; its adoption will necessitate (appropriate) technical adjustments throughout the entire text.)
Amendment 217 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 5a – paragraph 3
Article 5a – paragraph 3
(3) Member States shall ensure that victims can effectively report crimes committed in detencorrectional facilities. Deten and other closed settings. Correctional facilities shall include in addition to correctional institutions depriving liberty, such as maximum-security prisons, category C prisons, jails, detention centres and holding cells for suspects and accused, specialised detention facilities for applicants of international protection and pre-removal centres, and accommodation centres where applicants and beneficiaries of international protection are located. Other closed settings shall include mental health and other social care institutions, such as orphanages and retirement homes. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Its adoption will necessitate (appropriate) technical adjustments throughout the entire text.)
Amendment 283 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) targeted and integrated support, including trauma support and, counselling, for victims with specific needs, such as victims of sexual violence, victims of gender-based violence, including violence against women and domestic violence covered by Directive (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council64 [on combating violence against women and domestic violence], victims of trafficking in human beings, victims of organised crimes, and victims with disabilities, victims of exploitation, victims of hate crime, victims of terrorism, victims of core international crimes. _________________ 64 Directive (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence (OJ …).’; (This amendment applies to all of the legislative text examined; its adoption will necessitate (appropriate) technical adjustments throughout the entire text.)
Amendment 388 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point d
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
In this regard, victims of terrorism, organised crime, human trafficking, gender-based violence, including violence against women and domestic violence, sexual violence, exploitationincluding child sexual abuse, exploitation, hate speech or hate crime, victims of core international crime and victims with disabilities shall be duly considered. Particular attention shall be paid to victims who fall under more than one of those categories.’; and the online forms of those types of violence.’; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 417 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 25
Article 25
(13a) Article 25 is amended as follows: ‘Article 25 Training of practitioners 1. Member States shall ensure that officials likely to come into contact with victims, such as police officers and court staff, receive both general and specialist training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims to increase their awareness of the needs of victims and to enable them to recognise victims and deal with them in an impartial, non- discriminatory, respectful and professional manner. 1a. In order to ensure comprehensive support and protection to victims, Member States shall also consider the development of practical guidelines to help translate the obligations for assessing victims’ protection and support needs into practical steps for competent authorities, such as law enforcement authorities. 2. Without prejudice to judicial independence and differences in the organisation of the judiciary across the Union, Member States shall request that those responsible for the training of judges and prosecutors involved in criminal proceedings make available both general and specialist training to increase the awareness of judges and prosecutors of the needs of victims and to treat victims in a manner that is trauma-sensitive, gender-sensitive, child-sensitive and sensitive to the victims’ various social and ethnic backgrounds, avoiding revictimisation. 3. With due respect for the independence of the legal profession, Member States shall recommend that those responsible for the training of lawyers make available both general and specialist training to increase the awareness of lawyers of the needs of victims. 4. Through their public services or by funding victim support organisations, Member States shall encourage initiatives enabling those providing victim support and restorative justice services to receive adequate training to a level appropriate to their contact with victims and observe professional standards to ensure such services are provided in an impartial, respectful and professional manner. 5. In accordance with the duties involved, and the nature and level of contact the practitioner has with victims, training shall cover general and specialist training, and shall aim to enable the practitioner to recognise victims, to understand the needs of victims as well as national law and procedures in relation to victims’ rights, to avoid revictimisation, and to treat them in a respectful, professional and non-discriminatory manner. 6. Training referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall include specific guidance on coordinated multi-agency cooperation, in accordance with Article 26a, allowing for a comprehensive, efficient and appropriate handling of referrals among the different competent authorities. 7. Member States shall encourage the development of interdisciplinary training among different authorities who are likely to come in contact with victims, where relevant with the cooperation of non- governmental actors, to enhance cooperation and coordination among authorities. 8. Training for competent authorities who are in contact with victims to respond to the specific needs of victims of cybercrime, including hate speech and online forms of violence against women or child sexual abuse, shall be promoted by Member States, with the support of the European Cybercrime Training and Education Group.’
Amendment 439 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 26a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 26a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall establish and implement specific protocols on the organisation of services and actions under this Directive by the competent authorities and other persons coming in contact with victims. The protocols shall be drawn up in coordination and cooperation between law enforcement, prosecution authorities, judges, detention authorcorrectional facilities, restorative justice services and victim support services. The specific protocols shall aim as a minimum at ensuring that: (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 446 #
2023/0250(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Directive 2012/29/EU
Article 26a – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 26a – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) victims who are in detention including jails, detention centrcorrectional facilities and holding cells for suspects and accused, as well as specialised detention facilities for applicants of international protection and pre-removal centres or in other institutions, including accommodation centers where applicants and beneficiaries of international protection are located:, as well as other people deprived of liberty, including persons in mental health and other social and care institutions: (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.)
Amendment 80 #
2023/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 81 #
2023/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The economic governance framework of the Union should enable to promote financially supported tenders for its Member States which, through regional aid, provide the poorest with opportunities for various agricultural and other forms of farming, livestock farming, plant production and the production of 'artisanal-organic' food products; it should also enable to provide opportunities for sharing good practices between Member States which, by taking advantage of their geographical situation, provide opportunities for supporting agricultural and rural projects within the various integration programmes;
Amendment 87 #
2023/0138(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) The economic governance framework of the Union should not hamper building on the anti- discrimination, Roma and social inclusion and equal opportunities strategies that have been prepared so far, in particular with a view to providing Member States with a framework package that seeks to ensure equal access to opportunities for Roma in practice in all respects and to promote social inclusion and participation of Roma, ('2020-2030 EU Roma Strategic Framework') to provide guidelines for the implementation of national inclusion strategies, and the re-establishment of the Roma Task Force;
Amendment 41 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Attention is drawn to a bolder and more in-depth study in the context of population and housing that can also outline the cause-effect relationship and serve as the basis for the future development of various EU and sectoral policies; such a study looks, for example, at infrastructural and geographic inequalities, corresponding inequalities in participation in employment, opportunities for and inequalities in participation in education, opportunities for mobility and associated inequalities in transport infrastructure; furthermore, it is important that social catching up and the various integration programmes in this regard should accordingly be capable of responding to other changes in social policies as well.
Amendment 49 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The rapidly changing nature of some population and housing characteristics, in particular in relation to demographic and migration (within and outside Member States, or mobilisation) phenomena, and the corresponding need for a prompt targeting and adaptation of policies means that there is a need for statistics to be available on a timely basis soon after the reference period. The periodicity and timeliness of statistics should be therefore tangibly advanced.
Amendment 51 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) The housing statistics and partial data on population surveys need to reflect consistently, in the light of the defined objectives, the effects of the various social mechanisms relating to housing that can identify the depth of the gaps between populations, their cause-effect relationships, such as the inequalities that principally affect minorities living in segregated settlements, people living in poverty and other marginalised citizens and those living in isolated villages, as well as other elements which reveal geological or infrastructural inequalities and inequalities in access to education and employment, and within them the impact of inequalities relating to housing conditions.
Amendment 52 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
(13b) Targeted resources allocated on the basis of the results of statistical surveys about data use to the various policy portfolios should be directed to investments intended to compensate for geographical disadvantages, which pursue the goals of green energy and other infrastructure projects, such as those intended to develop digital upgrading, which enhance the quality of life and housing in the most disadvantaged regions and in those with multiple disadvantages, as well as providing opportunities for free movement, which have an impact on education, participation in employment and access to health services, as well as promoting programmes aimed at helping marginalised social groups to catch up and thus be able to participate in economic activity.
Amendment 68 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) When data sharing entails processing of personal data according to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council37 or Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, the principles of purpose limitation, data minimisation, storage limitation and integrity and confidentiality should be fully applied. In particular, data sharing mechanisms based on privacy enhancing technologies that are specifically designed to implement these principles should be preferred over direct data transmis[Does not affect English version.] [Does not affect English version.] __________________ 37 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).[Does not affect English version.]
Amendment 131 #
2023/0008(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – table 1 (new)
Annex I – table 1 (new)
Domain topics and detailed topics Demography sex age Employment status student grade employed unemployed retired contractor Geographical location / county town / canton settlement characteristics town capital city small town village hamlet Settlement characteristics centre agglomeration garden city edge of a settlement segregated settlement housing estate Regional characteristics alluvial location isolated village marshy soil sandy/loess soil clay soil Public utilities coverage street lighting guttering asphalt road network rubbish collection mobile internet network coverage Health service coverage family medicine practice for a given settlement for adults paediatrician district nurse family support service eldercare seniors’ residence social service – social worker dentist service for adults children’s dentist outpatient clinic hospital Educational crèche opportunities/coverage nursery school primary school secondary vocational institute post-secondary educational institute language school local library music school Cultural institutions local museum theatre child and youth centre cultural institute cinema Local media newspaper radio TV
Amendment 11 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the budget should support policies and measures to facilitate the labour market transition, create quality employment, further develop resilient social systems, reduce poverty, promote inclusion policies, close the employment and pay gap between men and women and increase upward social convergence across the Union so that no one is left behind; notes in particular that investment in lifelong learning, reskilling and upskilling is essential to address the green and digital transition; welcomes in this context the 2023 Porto Social Forum conclusions highlighting – in the framework of the European Year of Skills – how robust policies on skills, education and training can create better employment, swifter integration in the labour market and foster social inclusion, and consequently boost the resilience and competitiveness of the EU´s economy and society; calls for financial support to the creation of local strategies for skills and skills development hubs in cooperation with employment agencies of cities, regions, municipalities; insists on the importance of investing in social inclusion and measures for children and young people; recalls that the integration into the labour market of the most vulnerable groups, such as people in poverty, people living in social exclusion and disadvantaged circumstances, people with disabilities, young and elderly people, the unemployed, and people displaced as a result of the war in Ukraine, is paramount;
Amendment 15 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that social investment and funding should be conditional on the socio-economic circumstances only and to adhere to the goal of an economically and socially sustainable, just, inclusive and non-discriminatory recovery, it should not be conditional on political stances and ideologies, that it is crucial that all regions have access to funding based on its own specific needs in order to ensure equal access to education, training and employment and as a consequence;
Amendment 25 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the obligation for Member States with a rate of young people who are not in employment, education or training that is higher than the Union average to allocate at least 12,5 % of their ESF+ resources to implement the Youth Guarantee; calls on Member States to make the best use of the Employment and Social Innovation strand (EaSI) of ESF+ for investment in social innovation and for stimulating inclusive labour mobility; expects that EaSi will reach its full working regime in 2024 now that its budgeting is back in line with programming;
Amendment 28 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its calls to urgently increase the funding of the European Child Guarantee with a dedicated budget of at least EUR 20 billion; recalls also its position that all Member States should use at least 5 % of the ESF+ resources under share-management to targeted actions to combat child poverty, in particular in cases of children coming from disadvantaged family background and living circumstance, prioritise and support the implementation of the Child Guarantee;
Amendment 37 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls that the JTF provides support for territories and people facing socio-economic and employment challenges deriving from the transition process towards a climate neutral economy of the Union by 2050; takes note of the Commission appropriations in 2024 of EUR 1,486 billion; highlights its importance for addressing the social aspects of the transition, in particular support to jobseekersand training to jobseekers and the unemployed;
Amendment 41 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls the target in the Porto Declaration of 7 May 2021 to reduce the number of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030; takes note that, in 2024, EUR 4.8 billion of the ESF+ budget under shared management would need to be spent on food aid and basic material assistance for the most deprived persons, exceeding the actual objective of 4% and highlighting the worrying increase in the number of deprived persons and poverty;
Amendment 61 #
2023/0000(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to develop a proper strategy for the mainstreaming of social objectives in Union spending, defending EU citizens rights and fund; considers that a social mainstreaming methodology in the Union budget would be necessary in order to ensure that all Union-funded policies are compliant with the social standards defined in the European Pillar of Social Rights, and that all Union spending contributes to European social objectives or at least does not work contrary to those objectives; furthermore emphasises the importance of the monitoring of these funds, calls of the Commission to ensure that the funds reach those in need directly or indirectly and does not stay in the hands of municipalities that would allocate these resources for projects not in line with the goal of the funding and support.
Amendment 17 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas education, training and skills policies are a competence of the Member States; whereas the EU plays an important role in supporting, motivating, coordinating and complementing the actions of the Member States;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas equal access to skills, as well as upskilling and reskilling opportunities for all, are crucial, irrespective of gender, age, ethnic and cultural background or geographical location, with particular regard to communities of Roma, island residents, and persons with disabilities and other disadvantages living within the territory of the European Union;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2207(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas one of the reasons for the mismatch between supply and demand in the EU labour market is the inadequate vocational training of workers, which further extends to discrimination in employment and education, unequal access to and distribution of various opportunities resulting from disparities in infrastructure and geographical location, differences in integration from education into the labour market, with particular attention to disadvantaged and peripheral regions of the EU, disadvantaged and socially excluded groups such as the Roma and other communities with multiple disadvantages as well as young people, women, persons with disabilities and older age groups;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2207(INI)
I. whereas inequalities in access to adult learning persist, principally for residents of disadvantaged regions and those on the peripheries of the EU, for persons with multiple disadvantages living in poor and segregated settlements and for the Roma, who are denied the possibility of exercising the ‘right to education’ guaranteed by both human rights and fundamental rights, chiefly because of discriminatory practices and, moreover, due to various poverty-related factors that should be taken into consideration, such as mobility and transport poverty and unequal access to digital infrastructure and information;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas during the European Year of Skills job creation in the context of climate change and digital transition should focus on upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning to achieve a fair and inclusive transition;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a just transition should involve seizing the opportunity to create quality jobs, tackle discrimination at work, close the gap in education and training and raise labour standards;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas an inclusive transition is not just about training and skills, it should be about decent work and skills accessible to all EU citizens, public policy coherence and investment in job creation;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 will require the anticipation of change and suitable framework conditions to support job-to-job transitions, including the necessary skilling, reskilling and upskilling of the current workforce and improving existing working conditions across all sectors and regions;
Amendment 107 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that an inclusive and just transition towards renewable and circular societies and economies generates the potential both to create new jobs and to transform existing employment into green and sustainable jobs in virtually all sectors;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the transition has significant potential to create local jobs which cannot be offshored, which would contribute to strengthening European sovereignty and resilience, provided that the issue of labour shortage and housing crisis is properly addressed;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to work on conceptual guidelines on what constitutes a green job, based on its potential for greening the economy, its contribution to people’s health and wellbeing and, decent work; and effective implementation;
Amendment 167 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reiterates its call that EU funding, including State aid, should be conditional on public policy objectives, in particular social requirements; underlines that public authorities should lead by example and set social criteria in public procurement; calls to revise the Public Procurement Directive to ensure that benefiting companies support collective bargaining, high-quality jobs, high-quality apprenticeships, paid traineeships, decent and equal pay and training;
Amendment 183 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that the EU health and safety strategy should take into account specific risks in new and existing sectors alike and incorporate risks deriving from climate change, region specific circumstances and challenges and environmental degradation;
Amendment 192 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of involving young people in transition planning; calls on the Member States to facilitatimprove access for young people to paid, quality and inclusive traineeships and apprenticeships;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises that gender equality between men and women should become an integral part of green economy strategies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all measures to ensure that pre- existing gender inequalities between men and women are not transferred to the emerging green economy, by addressing the existing prejudice and promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 220 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to offer education and training in areas linked to skills needs that are identified in labour markets and future-oriented sectorsfor each sector and region to make sure that the labour market is ready for the green transition;
Amendment 224 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises that understanding how new technologies will affect society is crucial for determining whether people will be able to transition for the jobs of tomorrow with the declining occupation rates and increasing housing crisis of today;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Points out the importance of aiding and assisting companies, in particular SMEs, to address skill shortages in the EU and to promote a mindset of reskilling and upskilling, in order to help the existing workforce to get the right skills for quality jobs;
Amendment 235 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that every worker must have an individual right to education, employee training and lifelong learning, which should be reflected in all EU and national environmental policies, as well in company mitigation and adaptation strategies; highlights the fact that the right to training should include paid educational leave;
Amendment 249 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to integrate sustainable development, environmental competences and skills into training and education systems as well as emphasise the core skills that are needed for today’s jobs such as creative thinking, flexibility, teamwork, motivation and self- awareness;
Amendment 265 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses that access to training and education should be available to all Union's citizens without prejudice to sex, age, religion or belief, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, wealth, birth or other status;
Amendment 272 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights that the full implementation of environmental legislation is essential for the full realisation of the potential linked to the green economy and therefore for the creation of jobs, effective implementation at a local level is crucial for a just and inclusive transition;
Amendment 275 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that effective implementation on a local level should not rely solely on local governments and municipalities, assistance and training need to reach the targeted population directly, this can be achieved though civil societies and intense monitoring;
Amendment 276 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Amendment 281 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include for all environmental legislation a socio- economic impact assessment taking into consideration jobs, skills and working conditions as well as region and sector specific aspects;
Amendment 287 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a revision of the Energy Union Governance Regulation in order to update the national energy and climate plans with just and inclusive transition objectives;
Amendment 343 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that social investment and funding should be conditional on the socio-economic circumstances and not political stances and ideologies, that it is crucial that all regions have access to funding based on its own specific needs in order to ensure equal access to education, training and employment and as a consequence a just transition;
Amendment 354 #
2022/2170(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the crucial role of the private and financial sector in channelling funding into sustainable investments and enabling the transition to a climate-neutral economy and a just work environment;
Amendment 33 #
2022/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. draws attention to the repeated violations of the right to freedom of movement that the elderly and, in particular, groups living with a locomotor disease or disability may encounter on public transport; urges the adoption of arrangements that contribute to enabling these groups to use the various public transport vehicles safely and without exclusion.
Amendment 38 #
2022/2140(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. draws attention to the violation of the right to free movement of persons caused by the lack of access to public transport, mainly in disadvantaged regions and regions experiencing a combination of disadvantages, where the partial or complete lack of public services leads, over the long term, to infrastructure problems that may also impact progress in the education of children and young people, and are further linked to the limited participation in employment by those living in slums and segregated settlements;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 81 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 94 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 177 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the violation of the right to free movement of persons caused by the lack of access to public transport, mainly in disadvantaged regions and regions experiencing a combination of disadvantages, where the partial or complete lack of public services leads, over the long term, to infrastructure problems that may also impact progress in the education of children and young people, and are further linked to the limited participation in employment by those living in slums and segregated settlements;
Amendment 180 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Draws attention to the repeated violations of the right to freedom of movement that the elderly and, in particular, groups living with a locomotor disease or disability may encounter on public transport; urges the adoption of arrangements that contribute to enabling these groups to use the various public transport vehicles safely and without exclusion;
Amendment 190 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to expand the DiscoverEU programme, in the context of which it recommends, in the interest of promoting mobility, devoting special attention to the opportunities for participation by Roma and other underprivileged young people from poor and disadvantaged settlements and poor and segregated communities;
Amendment 216 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of access to infrastructure and the mobility problems arising from inequality in such access, which are to be found primarily in disadvantaged regions, dead-end villages and ‘bedroom communities’, and which have a negative effect on the degree of participation in employment, on the variety of opportunities for schooling and further education and on the use made of healthcare services;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on Union institutions and the Member States to design, in the interest of equal access to infrastructure, a unified strategy focusing on disadvantaged regions and persons living in poverty, and with particular attention being given to the complexity of the discrimination and inequalities faced by Roma and other minority groups, thereby helping to reduce the degree of inequality in access to infrastructure and to build new mobility channels;
Amendment 230 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for an increased emphasis on safety in urban mobilityand rural mobility, and in the infrastructure needed for transport in disadvantaged regions, such as adequate, sustainable street lighting, to avoid situations where women, children, young people, the elderly, users with reduced mobility and men have to face dark, eerie spots when commuting; calls additionally for integrated transport designs to take into account ‘the last mile’, especially at non- peak times;
Amendment 300 #
2022/2140(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 112 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas protected groups, such as children, young people, persons living with mental and physical disabilities and persons belonging to minorities, are subject to cumulative exploitation in the form of sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas there is a need to create a definition of cumulative discrimination that includes the structural and institutional negative discrimination occurring throughout the Union, particularly in healthcare and law enforcement or judicial decision-making institutions, and whereas the definition should clearly contain, without taboos, those universal practical mechanisms for redress against breaches of rights that both women and men may experience as a result of negative stereotypes against their social, economic, cultural, religious, ethnic or gender identity, membership in a subculture and/or traditional dress, in benefit arrangements and/or decision- making processes;
Amendment 158 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that approaches to regulating prostitution vary across the EU, since certain social norms may also shape negative attitudes and prejudice towards that activity, which impact legal practices in the area of decision-making as well as cases involving the receipt of various benefits, 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 42 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of advancingpromoting gender equality and women’'s rights and equality of opportunity between men and, in particular the rights of disadvantaged, excluded, refugee and other minority groups, especially Roma women, worldwide, which are crucias they are fundamental to the realisation of human rights; emphasistresses that, in despite of progress, women and girlthe goals achieved, women and girls belonging to the above-mentioned groups continue to suffer from discrimination and violence, especially in countries under strict Islamic regimes, and that such societies fail to provide them withand that many societies continue to struggle to ensure that women and girls have equal rights under the law and equal access to education, health care, decent work and political and economic representation;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the importance of social dialogue in the interest of people from different socio-cultural and socio- economic backgrounds; draws the Commission's attention to the situation of marginalised minorities, including Roma people, especially girls, women and children, who are subject of multiple discrimination in education, health care, employment and housing, especially in deprived and disadvantaged regions and segregates;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Draws the Commission's attention to the need for independent monitoring of tenders launched by the EU institutions to promote the social inclusion and development of disadvantaged groups, in particular women, girls, especially Roma women and girls, in various fields such as education, employment, health and housing, and to ensure that the various abuses are fully prevented;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to create a concrete action plan in response to discriminatory and segregationist practices within the European Union, particularly against refugees displaced by the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, with a particular focus on the multiple discrimination faced by disadvantaged and Roma women, girls and children, in the areas of border crossing, registration, housing, social security, education and employment;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Stresses and calls on the Commission to promote policy cooperation with NGOs and institutions, the need to develop cooperation with local communities and the application of the subsidiarity principle;
Amendment 120 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Draws the Commission's attention to the dangers of the energy crisis and the increase in food prices as a result of the Russian-Ukrainian war conflict, which have a negative impact on those living on the margins of society, thereby increasing the number of social groups at risk of poverty and jeopardising the feasibility of the Commission's 2030 target for reducing the proportion of people living below the poverty line;
Amendment 123 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Draws the Commission's attention to the key role of equal opportunities and diversity strategies in enabling excluded and marginalised groups, including Roma, to play an active role in the economic, cultural and political life of the Member States; therefore recommends that the Commission study best practices in Member States to promote Roma inclusion and propose their application to other Member States;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Calls on the Commission to reject all forms of discrimination and segregation in the areas of education, health, housing and employment; stressing that the number of segregations affecting Roma in Europe is high and that a drastic reduction in discrimination is recommended both national and EU institutional levels;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Draws attention to communities living in disadvantaged areas, in segregates and poverty, whose access to clean water and their right to decent housing are being undermined by the denial of infrastructure services and by the continuing discrimination due to the lack of infrastructure;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Draws attention to the segregation and various types of discrimination in the health sector, which affects minorities especially Roma minority and other disadvantaged communities across the EU;
Amendment 135 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Draws the Commission's attention to border discrimination against groups fleeing the Russian-Ukrainian war, whereby the crossing of borders by certain minority groups, including Roma, has been obstructed, delayed or denied on both national and ethnic grounds, and to the situation of non-Ukrainian refugees arriving at border crossing points in host countries across Ukraine;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Draws attention to the importance of the Child Guarantee, in particular for children who are refugees from war-torn countries and to ensure the social security of children with multiple disadvantages, religious, ethnic or other nationalities;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Draws the Commission's attention to cases of discrimination against disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged people and people with disabilities in employment and in the health sector, where their opportunities are reduced and they are denied full participation in the economy and their health services are obstructed;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2049(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 m (new)
Paragraph 6 m (new)
6 m. Calls on the Commission to reduce the practice of digital exclusion and upcoming social gaps and inequalities in terms of opportunities, particularly in employment, education, housing and health, and its impact on members of disadvantaged and severely disadvantaged groups living in poverty who are subject to further discrimination;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the importance of focusing not only on the protection of cultural heritage, but also on the development of cultural heritage, which is of particular significance for the survival of minorities, their spatial representation in this respect, the survival of their linguistic dialects and the passing on of their cultural traditions;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 127 #
2022/2047(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for the provision of priority support programmes that explore and demonstrate in all statuses of society the centuries of historical, cultural and artistic contribution to society of Roma people, for the majority and themselves, that particularly promote social dialogue between various communities, and most importantly between Roma and non- Roma people, that can replace feelings and experiences of exclusion with cultural pride as well as social inclusion positively promoting individual and community identity and self-identity, which could have a clearly positive impact on policy aspects of education, employment, healthcare and housing too;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to improve its monitoring on the use of EU funds, including considering the suspension, withdrawal and recovery of payments if the obligation to respect fundamental rights is breached; stresses that segregational settings and small group homes should not be financed with EU funds;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Exhorts the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness and carry out clearly structured consultations with the participation and involvement of the people directly affected and the civil society organisations that support and represent the communities affected in order to acquire a real understanding of disabilities at all levels of society;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Denounces the fact that some groups of persons with disabilities are at greater risk of being the victim of any kind of violence, such as women and girls, children, elderly people, homeless people, detainees, migrants and refugees, Roma people and LGBTIQ+ peoplepeople belonging to other minorities and having other disadvantages or living on the periphery of society; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the specific challenges, rights and needs of these people through specialised measures to ensure access to victim support services and protection and to remove barriers to reporting violence;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission, particularly with a view to the next European elections in 2024, to work with the Member States to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities to vote and stand as a candidate; calls on the Member States to consider the use of proxy votes, which have already been adopted and work well in certain Member States, and calls on the Member States that use proxy votes to consider the stringency of the deadline for casting a proxy vote, taking due account of temporary and unexpected changes in the living situations of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 188 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to take measures to facilitate access to and the enjoyment of inclusive, integrated, quality education for all students with disabilities in line with the CRPD and include disability-specific indicators from the Europe 2020 strategy when pursuing the education target;
Amendment 201 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission to deploy financial resources to create jobs and provide diverse forms of support to help persons with disabilities become economically active and to join and be integrated into the labour market; calls on the Commission also to expand infrastructure to support existing small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational firms in order to promote the employment of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 202 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Points out to the Commission the importance of ensuring that the rules safeguarding a changed capacity for work are expressed clearly in every social and economic sphere and, in the event of discrimination, that consequential penalties are applied in view of the potentially cumulative nature of cases involving people with multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Points out to the Commission that the guarantees aligned with universal rights should also be available to people with disabilities; stresses the importance of ensuring that their employment is full of opportunities, optional, ensured by local infrastructure and free from discrimination, and that it offers equal opportunities and fair and equal pay;
Amendment 3 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of 18 February 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI)),
Amendment 5 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the report by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of 24 October 2013 on gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies (2013/2066(INI)),
Amendment 6 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— having regard to the report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of 4 September 2020 on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe (2020/2011(INI)),
Amendment 55 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas according to the FRA, racial discrimination and harassment remain normalised throughout the EU10 ; whereas racism and extreme right-wing sentimentist views and ideology continue to pose serious challenges in our Union; _________________ 10 https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2019/rising- inequalities-and-harassment-fundamental- rights-protection-falters
Amendment 158 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to assess the implementation of the current EU legal framework for combating discrimination, racism, xenophobidiscrimination against Roma and other types of intolerance in order to determine how to improve it where needed, and to take part in a regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders;
Amendment 316 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of anti-muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021at the same time, calls on the Commission to set up the position and appoint a coordinator for Roma integration;
Amendment 350 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to review the Racial Equality Directive against the criteria for reducing discrimination against Roma people, with the participation of Roma experts and greater emphasis on promoting the work of Equinet; calls on the Member States to embrace the opportunities afforded by digital technology, which will allow hate crimes and online forms of discrimination to be monitored more quickly and accurately;
Amendment 351 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Member States, in the spirit of combating racism, to place greater emphasis on equal opportunities issues and the creation of opportunities when developing their national strategies for Roma people;
Amendment 352 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the EU institutions to facilitate the integration of disadvantaged groups that are vulnerable to discrimination, by establishing specific scholarship and trainee programmes;
Amendment 353 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls on Member States to incorporate good Union practices into their national strategies as part of their fight against discrimination, and to adapt the implementation of those practices to local conditions;
Amendment 354 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Calls on the Commission, in the spirit of achieving zero discrimination, to work actively with local community leaders and non-governmental organisations that operate in a targeted manner at local level;
Amendment 355 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Calls on the EU institutions to propose actions to be taken by the Member States to combat discrimination against Roma people in all its complexity, in addition to harmonising their policies;
Amendment 356 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Notes that discrimination is closely intertwined with social preconceptions and is felt particularly keenly by those living in poverty and deprivation; calls on the Commission to align the fight against discrimination with European anti- poverty strategies;
Amendment 357 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18h. Notes that Roma people, Europe’s largest minority, have been subjected to numerous forms of negative discrimination, and still are to this day; recommends that the Union’s integration guidelines adapt good practices from Hungary, such as the Family Homebuilding Allowance and car- purchase support for large families, extra parental leave allowance and parental leave allowance for grandparents, the family tax deduction scheme, and, in particular, exemption from personal income tax for mothers with many children and for those under the age of 25; stresses that these measures will contribute substantially to breaking the cycle and achieving convergence;
Amendment 358 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)
Paragraph 18 i (new)
18i. Calls on the Commission to support the development of mechanisms to nurture Roma cultural values, the Roma language and Roma folk art traditions, and to create space for all of them within the walls of the European Union’s institutions, with a view to reducing the level of discrimination and prejudice;
Amendment 359 #
2022/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 j (new)
Paragraph 18 j (new)
18j. Calls on the Member States to make more space in the media for the expression of minorities’ cultures, food, folk art and creative arts, and to support representation in the media of groups that are vulnerable to discrimination, particularly Roma people;
Amendment 63 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In order to tackle the steady increase of the number and relevance of offences concerning trafficking in human beings committed for purposes other than sexual or labour exploitation, it is necessary to include forced marriage and, illegal adoption and surrogacy in the forms of exploitations explicitly listed in the Directive and to ensure that the Member States address within their national legal systems the widest range of forms of exploitation, insofar as these fulfil the constitutive elements of trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 75 #
2022/0426(COD)
(7) In combatting trafficking in human beings, full use is to be made of existing instruments on the freezing and confiscation of proceeds and instrumentalities of crime, such as Directive EU/XX/YY of the European Parliament and of the Council [Proposed Directive on asset recovery and confiscation]30 . The use of frozen and confiscated instrumentalities and proceeds from the offences referred to in Directive 2011/36/EU to support victims’ assistance and protection, including compensation of victims and, should be made a priority, Union trans-border law enforcement counter- trafficking activities, should be encouraged. Member States should, to that effect, establish a national victims fund. _________________ 30 COM (2022) 245.
Amendment 86 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The importance of involving civil society organisations, who are involved in victim protection is crucial when looking to enhance identification of victims and ensure the effectiveness of national referral mechanisms.
Amendment 135 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
(1) in Article 2, paragraph 3, “or forced marriage, or illegal adoption, or surrogacy” is added at the end of the paragraph.
Amendment 166 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 8
Article 8
Amendment 173 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 180 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 185 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 192 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shallIn Article 11, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: Member States are encouraged to take the necessary measures to establish by laws, regulations or administrative provisions, national referral mechanisms aimed at the earlydetection, identification of, assistance to, and support for presumed and formally identified victims, in cooperation with relevant support organisations, and to appoint a national focal point for the referral of victims. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (See wording of Article 11, paragraph 4 of Directive 2011/36/EU)
Amendment 198 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 199 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 224 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 225 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 228 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 e (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 e (new)
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 238 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 f (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 f (new)
Amendment 277 #
2022/0426(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2011/36/EU
Article 19 a – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 19 a – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number of detected and registered victims of offences referred to in Article 2, disaggregated by registering organisation, sex, age groups (child/adult), citizenship, disability, ethnicity and form of exploitation; , indicating whether there are victims who are subjected to more than one form of exploitation; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (See wording of Article 19a, paragraph 2 of Directive 2011/36/EU)
Amendment 74 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) This Regulation concerns the recognition in a Member State of the parenthood of a child as established in another Member State. It aims to protect the fundamental rights and other rights of children in matters concerning their parenthood in cross-border situations, including their right to an identity31 , to non-discriminationof the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful to be treated without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status 32 and to a private and family life33 , taking the best interests of the child as a primary consideration34 . This Regulation also aims to provide legal certainty and predictability and to reduce litigation costs and burden for families, national courts and other competent authorities in connection with proceedings for the recognition of parenthood in another Member State. To attain these aims, this Regulation should require Member States to recognise for all purposes the parenthood of a child as established in another Member State. _________________ 31 Article 8 of the UN Convention on the Righ provided that such recognition is manifestly not contrary to existing national public policy - especially in situations where it could clearly have an adverse effect on the best interests of the Cchild. _________________ 32 Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 33 Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Articles 7 and 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. 34 Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 80 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Under the Treaties, the competence to adopt substantive rules on family law, such as rules on the definition of family and rules on the establishment of the parenthood of a child, lies with the Member States. However, pursuant to Article 81(3) TFEU, the Union can adopt measures concerning family law with cross-border implications, in particular rules on international jurisdiction, on applicable law and on the recognition of parenthood. Such provisions must comply with the conditions of subsidiarity and proportionality and act with the upmost respect to fundamental rights, in particular the fundamental rights of children.
Amendment 84 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) While the Union has competence to adopt measures on family law with cross- border implications such as rules on international jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition of parenthood between Member States, to date the Union has not adopted provisions in those areas as regards parenthood. The Member States’ provisions currently applicable in these areas differ and are to be respected in correlation with the principle of subsidiarity.
Amendment 86 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) As a result of the absence of Union provisions on international jurisdiction and applicable law for the establishment of parenthood in cross-border situations and on the recognition of parenthood between Member States, families may encounter difficerences between the regulaties in having theons of Member States regarding the recognition of parenthood ofand their children recognised for all purposes within the Union, including when they move to another Member State or return to their Member State of origin. definition of a family. Member States’ legal customs regarding family law in some cases have a rich history and need to be treated with the upmost respect and with the constantly evolving nature of law in today’s world it needs to be up to the national legislations to react to these challenges. When looking to regulate cross-border elements EU legislation is not above the Constitution of Member States. Its function is to harmonise and enable cooperation in cases with cross border elements, not to mandate and change the fundamentals of a Member States’ legal system.
Amendment 88 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Children derive a number of rights from parenthood, including the right to an identity, a name, nationality (where governed by ius sanguinis), custody and access rights by their parents, maintenancthe rights, to succession rights and the right to be legally represented by their parents. The non-recognition in a Member State of the parenthood established in anoh protection and care as is necessary for their well-being and the right to express their Member State can have serious adverse consequences on children’s fundamental rights and on the rights that they derive from national law. This may prompt families to start litigation to have the parenthood of their child recognised in another Member State, although those proceedings have uncertain resultviews freely16a. To address differences between the national legal systems the EU should encourage social dialogue between Member States so that national legislations cand involve significant time and costs for both families and the Member States’ judicial systems. Ultimately, families may be deterred from exercising their right to free movement for fear that the parenthood of their child will not be recognised in another Member State for the purposes of rights derived from national law find solutions to the procedural issues deriving from fundamental differences in their legal systems. As the EU is ‘united in diversity’ its regulations shall treat the unique differences in legal customs in Member States’ legal systems with the upmost respect.
Amendment 96 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Article 2 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child of 20 November 1989 ('UN Convention on the Rights of the Child') requires States Parties to respect and ensure the rights of children without discrimination of any kind, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the child is protected against all forms of discrimination or punishment on the basis of the circumstances of the child's parentirrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status. Under Article 3 of the said Convention, in all actions by, amongst others, courts and administrative authorities, the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration.
Amendment 98 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The Court of Justice has confirmed that the essential characteristics of Union law have given rise to a structured network of principles, rules and mutually interdependent legal relations linking the Union and its Member States, and its Member States with each other. This legal structure is based on the fundamental premisse that each Member State shares with all the other Member States, and recognises that they share with it, a set of common values on which the Union is founded, the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, these values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail as stated in Article 2 TEU. That premisse implies and justifies the existence of mutual trust between the Member States that those values will be recognised.
Amendment 100 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’), equality and non-discrimination, are amongst the values on which the Union is founded and which are common to the Member States. Article 21 of the Charter prohibits discrimination on grounds of, amongst others, birthsex and birth. Article 3 (2) of the same Charter prohibits the use of the human body and its individual parts as a source of profit, and its Article 5 (3) prohibits trafficking in human beings. Article 3 TEU and Article 24 of the Charter provide for the protection of the rights of the child, and Article 7 of the Charter provides for everyone’s right to respect for their private and family life.
Amendment 103 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) (21) In conformity with the provisions of international conventions and Union law, this Regulation should ensure that children enjoy their rights and maintain theirincluding the right to respect for their biological and genetic ties and legal status in cross-border situations without discrimination. To that effect, and in the light of the case law of the Court of Justice, including on mutual trust between Member States, and of the European Court on Human Rights, this Regulation should cover the recognition in a Member State of the parenthood established in another Member State irrespective of how the child was conceived or born and irrespective of the child’s type of family, and including domestic or international adoption. Therefore, subject to the application of the rules on applicable law of this Regulation, this Regulation should cover the recognition in a Member State of the parenthood established in another Member State of a child with same-sex parents if such recognition is not contrary to national public policy, in particular, if it is not contrary to Constitution of the Member State and the fundamental rights of biological parents including the biological mother, who is often the victim of gender-based discrimination . This Regulation should also cover the recognition in a Member State of the parenthood of a child adopted domestically in another Member State under the rules governing domestic adoption in that Member State.
Amendment 105 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) To achieve its aims, it is necessary and appropriate for this Regulation to bring together common rules on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition or, as the case may be, acceptance of court decisions and authentic instruments on parenthood as well as rules on the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood in a Union legal instrument which is binding and directly applicablewith respect to the sovereignty of Member States and their Constitutions.
Amendment 111 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) For the purposes of this Regulation, parenthood, also referred to as filiation, may be biologic, genetic, by adoption or by operation of law. Also for the purposes of this Regulation, parenthood should mean the parent-child relationship established in law, and should cover the legal status of being the child of a particular parent or parents. This Regulation should cover the parenthood established in a Member State of both minors and adults, including a deceased child and a child not yet born, whether to a single parent, a de facto couple, a married couple or a couple in a relationship which, under the law applicable to such relationship, has comparable effects, such as a registered partnership. This Regulation should apply regardless of the nationality of the child whose parenthood is to be established, and regardless of the nationality of the parents of the child. The term ‘parent’ in this Regulation should be understood, as applicable, as referring to the legal parent, the intendedbiological parent, the person who claims to be a parent or the person in respect of whom the child claims parenthood.
Amendment 122 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Considerations of public interest should allow courts and other competent authorities establishing parenthood in the Member States to disregard, in exceptional circumstances, certain provisions of a foreign law where, in a given case, applying such provisions would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, the cCourts orand other competent authorities should not be able to apply the public policy exception in order to set aside the law of another State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination, when deciding on the non- compliance of foreign law provisions with national public policy, should in particular take into account the issue of their possible non-compliance with the Charter, in particular with its Art. 21 prohibiting discrimination (including discrimination between men and women), Article. 3. (c), prohibiting the use of the human body and its individual parts as a source of profit, Article 5 (3) prohibiting trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 129 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) The recognition in a Member State of court decisions on parenthood matters given in another Member State should be based on the principle of mutual trust. Therefore, the grounds for non-recognition should be kept to the minimum in the light of the underlying aim of this Regulation, which is toanalysed on a case-by-case basis, in order to facilitate the effective harmonisation of facmilitate the recognition of parenthoody law in cases with significant cross-border elements and to protect effectively children’s rights and the best interests of the child in cross-border situations.
Amendment 132 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 75
Recital 75
(75) Considerations of public interest should allow Member State courts or other competent authorities to refuse, in exceptional circumstances, to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or authentic instrument on the parenthood established in another Member State where, in a given case, such recognition or acceptance would be manifestly incompatible with the public policy (ordre public) of the Member State concerned. However, the cCourts orand other competent authorities should not be able to refuse to recognise or, as the case may be, accept a court decision or an authentic instrument issued in another Member State when doing so would be contrary to the Charter and, in particular, Article 21 thereof, which prohibits discrimination. , when deciding on the non- compliance of foreign law provisions with national public policy, should in particular take into account the issue of their possible non-compliance with the Charter, in particular with its Art. 21 prohibiting discrimination (including discrimination between men and women), Article. 3. (c), prohibiting the use of the human body and its individual parts as a source of profit, Article 5 (3) prohibiting trafficking in human beings.
Amendment 162 #
2022/0402(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Article 41 – paragraph 1
Amendment 87 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The purpose of this Directive is to lay down minimum requirements for the functioning of equality bodies to improve their effectiveness and guarantee their independencecompetences, powers, independence and autonomy in order to strengthen the application of the principle of equal treatment as derived from Directives 2006/54/EC58 and 2010/41/EU59. _________________ 58 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 59 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 88 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU require Member States to designate one or more bodies for the promotion of equal treatment, including the analysis, monitoring and support of equal treatment of all persons without discrimination on the grounds covered by the respective Directives (hereinafter ‘equality bodies’). They require Member States to ensure that the competences of these bodies include providing independent assistance to victims free of charge, conducting independent surveys concerning discrimination, publishing independent reports and making recommendations on any issue relating to such discrimination. They also require Member States to ensure that the tasks of these bodies include the exchange of information with corresponding European bodies, such as the European Institute for Gender Equality. The equality bodies designated under Directives 2006/54/EC and2010/41/EU should be transformed into equality bodies designated under this Directive, endowing them with the competences laid down in this Directive. This Directive is without prejudice to the competences of labour inspectorates, other enforcement bodies or the social partners.
Amendment 96 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) To ensure that equality bodies can effectively contribute to the enforcement of Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU by promoting equal treatment, preventing discrimination and offering assistance to all individuals, families and groups that are discriminated against to access justice across the Union, it is necessary to adopt binding minimum standards for the functioning of those bodies. The new standards should draw on the lessons learnt through the application of Commission Recommendation 2018/95163, building on some of its provisions and laying down new rules where necessary. They should also draw from other relevant instruments, such as the General Policy Recommendation N°264 on equality bodies adopted by the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and the Paris Principles65 adopted by the United Nations and applicable to national human rights institutions. _________________ 63 Commission Recommendation (EU) 2018/951 of 22 June 2018 on standards for equality bodies, (OJ L 167, 4.7.2018, p. 28). 64 ECRI General Policy Recommendation N°2 revised on Equality Bodies to combat racism and intolerance at national level - adopted on 13 June 1997 and revised on 7 December 2017. 65 Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions adopted by General Assembly resolution 48/134 of 20 December 1993.
Amendment 106 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In promoting equal treatment, preventing discrimination and assisting victims of discrimination, equality bodies should pay particular attention to discrimination and multiple discrimination based on several of the grounds protected by Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC, 2004/113/EC, 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. or based on the intersection between those grounds, acknowledging that discrimination often affects persons on more than one ground and creates a specific disadvantage.
Amendment 123 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The lack of appropriate and stable human, technical and financial resources is a key issue hampering the ability of equality bodies to adequately fulfil their tasks. Therefore, Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficient funding, can hire the necessary amount of qualified staff and have appropriate premises and infrastructure to carry out each of their tasks effectively, within reasonable time and within the deadlines established by national law. Their budgetary allocation should be stable, except in case of increase in competences, planned on a multi- annual basis, and and planned on a multi-annual basis. Where the competences of equality bodies are increased, Member States should ensure that their resources and budget are adjusted accordingly. Member States should ensure that equality bodies’ budgets allow them to cover costs that may be difficult to anticipate such as costs linked to litigation. To ensure that equality bodies are provided with sufficient and stable resources, their budget should for instance not suffer cuts that are significantly higher than the average cuts to other public entities; similarly, their annual growth should at least be pegged to the average growth in funding to other entities and should take into account national inflation rates. Resources should increase proportionally if equality bodies’ tasks and mandate are expanded. and they should be sufficient to enable equality bodies to collect data and conduct research.
Amendment 134 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Equality bodies, alongside other actors, and in particular social partners, 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 both public and private entities, and provide them with relevant training, information, advice, guidance and support. They should communicate with public and private entities, and provide information to, public and private entities, in particular labour inspectorates, interest representatives, social partners and civil society organisations, 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. Member States and the Union should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficient and proportionate funding to be able to carry out their tasks, especially as regards promotion and awareness-raising.
Amendment 145 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Beyond prevention, a central task of equality bodies is to provide assistance to victims of discrimination. This assistance should always include the provision of key information to complainants and a preliminary assessment of their complaint, based on the initial information gathered from the parties on a voluntary basis. Member States should be in charge of defining the modalities under which the equality body would issue this assessment, such as the timeframe of the process or procedural safeguards against repetitive or abusive complaints, so that it may effectively be integrated into their legal system.
Amendment 151 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) To offer a possibility for a quick, affordable, out of court resolution of disputes, Member States should provide for the possibility for parties to seek an amicable resolution to their disputes, by the equality body or another existing dedicated entity. They should define the modalities of the amicable settlement process according to national lawresolve their disputes by means of alternative dispute resolution through a conciliation and mediation board. Such a process should be led by the equality body or another existing independent, mediation or conciliation body or another dedicated entity. They should define the modalities of the amicable settlement process according to national law. Engaging in a conciliation and mediation process should be subject to the agreement of the parties and should not prevent a party from exercising the right of access to court where that party does not accept the decision of the conciliation and mediation board. The conciliation and mediation board should consist of experts in human rights law from both parties. Decisions of the conciliation and mediation board should be legally binding provided that both parties to the dispute agree. Member States should ensure a sufficient limitation period to guarantee that the parties to a dispute have access to court where they do not reach an agreement at the end of the conciliation and mediation process.
Amendment 164 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Some instances of discrimination are difficult to fight because there is noare few complainants 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 and initiate court proceedings in their own name, to defend the public interest. where discrimination has been detected, without the presence of an individual, identified victim; in such cases, it is the equality body that exercises the procedural rights of the potential complainant, and in particular the right to bring an action. It is also important that they can act in cases where collective redress is used. _________________ 71 Judgment of 10 July 2008 in Feryn (C- 54/07, ECLI:EU:C:2008:397).
Amendment 170 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Equality bodies’ rights to act in court must respect the principles of fair trial and equality of arms. Therefore, except where the equality body acts as a party in proceedings on the enforcement or judicial review of an own decision or acts as amicus curiae, the equality body should not be allowed to submit in court proceedings evidence obtained through previous investigations of the same case which the alleged perpetrator or any third party was legally bound to provide except with the consent of the alleged perpetrator or third party.
Amendment 175 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The effectiveness of equality bodies’ work also depends on giving groups at risk of discrimination full access to their services. In a survey conducted by the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency72, 71% of members of ethnic or immigrant minority groups reported to be unaware of any organisation offering support or advice to victims of discrimination. A key step to support this access is for each Member States to provide information in all of its official languages in easily understandable language and to provide key information in English as well in order to ensure that people know their rights and options and are aware of the existence of and services offered by equality bodies. This is particularly important for disadvantaged groups and groups whose access to that information can be hindered, for example by their economic status, their disability, their literacy or their lack of access to online tools. _________________ 72 FRA EU-MIDIS II Survey.
Amendment 176 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Access to equality bodies’ services and publications on an equal basis for all should be guaranteed. For that purpose, potential barriers to access to equality bodies’ services should be identified and addressed. Services should be free of charge for complainants. Member States should also make sure that the services of equality bodies are available to all potential victims throughout their territory, for example through the establishment of local offices, including mobile ones, the organisation of local campaigns or cooperation with local delegates or civil society organisatestablishment of accessible and user- friendly digital tools and platforms for contacting equality bodies, the organisation of local campaigns or cooperation with local delegates, local governments, social partners, including trade unions, or civil society organisations that are adapted to local needs. Special attention should be paid to the most vulnerable and poorest groups. Educational campaigns on human rights and anti-discrimination should be planned and addressed to children and young people at school, starting from an early age. Social partners and civil society organisations should be included, where necessary, in the preparation, conduct and dissemination of information as part of such educational campaigns, in particular in the most vulnerable and disadvantaged regions.
Amendment 186 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Enabling equality bodies to regularly coordinate and cooperate at different levels, on a long-term basis, is key for mutual learning, coherence and consistency, and it may broaden the outreach and impact of their work. Equality bodies should cooperate, in particular, with other equality bodies in the same Member State and in other Member States – including in the framework of the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet) – and with public and private entities at local, regional, national, Union and international level, such as local governments, social partners, civil society organisations, data protection authoritiesnd media authorities, authorities responsible for the criminal justice system, trade unions, labour and education inspectorates, law enforcement bodies, agencies with responsibility at national level for the defence of human rights, authorities managing Union funds, National Roma Contact Points, Roma self-government bodies and civil society organisations, Samí Parliaments, consumer bodies, and national independent mechanisms for the promotion, protection and monitoring of the UNCRPD. Such cooperation should not involve the exchange of personal data (i.e. equality data in the form that individuals can be identified). Furthermore, any involvement of equality bodies in workplace-related matters should respect the autonomy, competences and prerogatives of social partners and the recognised competences of all relevant government agencies, including labour inspectorates, national courts and statutory tribunals, in accordance with national law and practice.
Amendment 190 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) Equality bodies cannot fully play their role as experts in equal treatment if they are not consulted sufficiently early during the policymaking process on matters related to rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. Therefore, Member States should establish transparent procedures to ensure that consultation in a timely manner. They should also allow equality bodies to make recommendations and publish themand update them as often as they deem necessary. To accomplish this, it is indispensable to ensure that equality bodies have the appropriate resources.
Amendment 192 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Equality data are crucial for raising awareness, sensitising people, quantifying discrimination, showing trends over timeand shifts in social attitudes over time, fostering empathy, proving the existence of discrimination, evaluating the implementation of equality legislation, demonstrating the need for positive action, and contributing to evidence-based policymaking75. Equality bodies have a role to play in contributing to the development of relevant equality data for those purposes, for example by organising regular roundtables gathering all relevant entities and social partners. They should also collect, and analyse and publish data on their own activities or conduct surveys and should be able to access and make use of statistical information collected by other public or private entities – such as the national statistical offices, national courts, authorities responsible for the criminal justice system, labour and education inspectorates, trade unions, media bodies or civil society organisations -– concerning the matters they are entrusted with under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. That statistical information should not contain any personal data and should be available in an accessible format so that it can be readily used by equality bodies. Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficient funding for their data collection and analysis tasks. The work of equality bodies on equality data should take into account existing guidance and resources on equality data, including those developed in the framework of the Subgroup on Equality Data of the EU High Level Group on Non-discrimination, Equality and Diversity. _________________ 75 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (‘the Racial Equality Directive’) and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘the Employment Equality Directive’) SWD(2021) 63 final.
Amendment 203 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to assess the effectiveness of this Directive it is necessary to establish a mechanism to monitor its application and, in addition to monitoring compliance, assess its practical effects. The Commission should be in charge of that monitoring and regularly draw up an application report based on information received from Member States and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level and from equality bodies and other stakeholders, by the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Member States’ reporting obligations pursuant to Article 16(2) as regards the practical effects of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish a list of relevant indicators, on the basis of which data should be collected, in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality and the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet). This monitoring should not involve the processing of personal data.
Amendment 214 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The obligations placed on Member States and the tasks of equality bodies under this Directive shall apply to all persons in all their diversity, irrespective of their sex, age, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, disability, or religious, political or social views, for the purpose of complying with the prohibition of discrimination laid down in Article 4 of Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU.
Amendment 233 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall provide for transparent rules and safeguards concerning the selection, appointment, revocation and potential conflict of interest of the staff of equality bodies, for example by consulting experts during the process for selecting staff. Those rules and safeguards shall concern, in particular, persons holding a managerial positions, for example members of boards managing equality bodies, heads of equality bodies, deputy heads of equality bodies or interim heads of equality bodies, where applicable, in order to guarantee their equality bodies’ competence and independence from any kind of external or internal interference. The staff of equality bodies shall be selected based on the principle of equal opportunity, in particular providing opportunities to members of minorities.
Amendment 251 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that each equality body is provided with the stable human, technical and financial resources necessary to perform all its tasks and to exercise all its competences effectively, on all the grounds and in all fields covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU including in the event of increases in competences, increases in complaints, litigation costs and the use of automated systems. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies’ budgetary allocation is stable and planned on a multi-annual basis. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies’ budgets cover costs that might be difficult to anticipate, such as costs linked to litigation. Where the competences of equality bodies are increased, Member States shall ensure that their resources and budget are adjusted upwards accordingly.
Amendment 262 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) adopt a strategy to raise awareness of the general population, throughout their territory, with particular attention to individuals, families and groups at risk of discrimination, in a manner and in formats that are accessible and comprehensible for all, on the rights under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU and on the existence of equality bodies and their services;
Amendment 290 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Equality bodies shall provide assistance to victims, initially by informing them and persons who have experienced discrimination, as well as to their trade union representatives, initially by informing them in easily understandable language on the legal framework, including advice targeted to their specific situation, on the services offered by the equality body and related procedural aspects, as well as on available remedies, including the possibility to pursue a case in court.
Amendment 294 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Equality bodies shall also inform victims and persons who have experienced discrimination in easily understandable language about the confidentiality rules applicable, on the protection of personal data and on the possibilities to obtain psychological or other types of relevant support from other bodies or organisations.
Amendment 304 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Equality bodies or other existing dedicated entities shall be able to offer the parties the possibility to seek an amicable resolution to their dispute. That process shall be subject to the agreement of the parties and mayresolve their dispute by means of alternative dispute resolution through a conciliation and mediation board. The conciliation and mediation board shall be led by the equality body itself or by another existing independent dedicated entity, in which case the equality body may formulate observations to that entity. Engaging in such a process shall not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to courtParties shall have a possibility to be assisted or represented by social partners. The conciliation and mediation board shall further consist of experts in human rights law from both parties. Impartial lawyers shall prepare cases before the conciliation and mediation board. Decisions of the conciliation and mediation board shall be legally binding provided that both parties to the dispute agree and renounce their right to legal remedy before the courts. Engaging in such a conciliation and mediation process shall be subject to the agreement of the parties to the dispute and shall not prevent the parties from exercising their right of access to court where one of them does not accept the decision of the conciliation and mediation board. Such a process shall not replace or undermine existing national conciliatory procedures where such procedures are able to provide better anti- discrimination protection. Member States shall ensure a sufficient limitation period to guarantee that the parties to the dispute have access to court where they do not reach an agreement at the end of the conciliation and mediation process. The limitation period shall be suspended during the conciliation and mediation process.
Amendment 343 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the right of the equality body to initiate or participate in proceedings on behalf or in support of one or several victims; in this case, the approval of the victims shall be necessary, with their consent.
Amendment 356 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall ensure that, except in cases referred to in paragraphs 2(a) and (b), the equality body does not submit in court proceedings evidence that it has obtained through the exercise of powers pursuant to Article 8(3) except with the consent of the alleged perpetrator or third party.
Amendment 370 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure accessibility, including in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/882, and provide reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities and persons belonging to other groups at risk of discrimination to guarantee their equal access to all services and activities of equality bodies, including assistance to victims, complaint handling, amicable settlement mechanisms, information and publications, and prevention, promotion and awareness- raising activities.
Amendment 374 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Member States shall ensure that equality bodies have appropriate mechanisms in place to cooperate, within their respective fields of competence, with other equality bodies within the same Member State, and with relevant public and private entities, including social partners and civil society organisations, at national, regional, local level, as well as in other Member States and at Union and international level. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies equally cooperate with the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Network of Equality Bodies (Equinet).
Amendment 387 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. The data collected shall be disaggregated by grounds and fields covered by Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU, taking into account discrimination and multiple discrimination, and in accordance with the indicators referred to in Article 16. The personal data collected shall be anonymised and, where not possible, pseudonymised.
Amendment 414 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall draw up a report on the application and practical effects of this Directive, based on the information referred to in paragraph 2 and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from stakeholders, by the Council of Europe, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality. The Commission shall evaluate, based on the information it has received, the situation of discrimination in each Member State and draw up a balance sheet for each Member State describing and ranking the situation regarding discrimination and their performance as regards anti- discrimination measures.
Amendment 32 #
2022/0269(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The use of forced labour is widespread in the world. It is estimated that about 27.6 million people were in forced labour in 2021.18 Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a societyPeople living in poverty and extreme poverty on the margins of society, vulnerable and marginalised groups and other protected communities and groups, such as persons with disabilities, children, minors, women and the elderly and those with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and disadvantages, such as the Roma, are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing forced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, fForced labour is very often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. linked to poverty, exclusion, cases of discrimination and various other forms of discrimination, particularly if exacted in the private sector. _________________ 18 The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733. pdf.
Amendment 51 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Recital 2
(2) The Union is to combat social exclusion and discrimination, and promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men mostly for providing equal opportunities for minorities, solidarity between generations and the protection of the rights of the child as well as the Child Guarantee as laid down in Article 3 TEU. In defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union is to take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against poverty and social exclusion, a high level of education and training and protection of human health as laid down in Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
Amendment 100 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Recital 11
(11) Discrimination in all its forms should be tackled, gender equality and equality among minorities and generations ensured and employment of young people supported. Access and opportunities for all should be ensured and poverty and social exclusion, including that of children and Roma people, should be reduced, in particular by ensuring an effective functioning of labour markets and adequate, fair and inclusive social protection systems32, and by removing barriers to inclusive and future-oriented education, training and labour-market participation, including through investments in early childhood education and care, and in digital and green skills. Timely and equal access to affordable long-term care and healthcare services, including prevention and healthcare promotion, are particularly relevant, also in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020 and in a context of ageing societies. The potential of persons with disabilities to contribute to economic growth and social development should be further realised. As new economic and business models take hold in workplaces throughout the Union, employment relationships are also changing. Member States should ensure that employment relationships stemming from new forms of work maintain and strengthen Europe’s social model. __________________ 32 Council Recommendation of 8 November 2019 on access to social protection for workers and the self- employed, 2019/C 387/01
Amendment 110 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 5 – paragraph 1
Member States should actively promote a sustainable social market economy and facilitate and support investment in the creation of quality jobs, also taking advantage of the potential linked to the digital and green transitions, in light of the 2030 EU headline target on employment. To that end, they should reduce the barriers that businesses face in hiring people, foster responsible entrepreneurship including, among others, among women, marginalised and Roma people, especially among the young Roma population, and genuine self-employment, and, in particular, support the creation and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to finance, particularly in the agricultural and food industry sectors. Member States should actively promote the development and tap the full potential of the social economy, foster social innovation and social enterprises, and encourage those business models creating quality job opportunities and, generating social benefits and equal terms and conditions at local level, in particular in the circular economy and in areas most affected by the transition to a green economy due to their sectoral specialisation.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to educational institutions switching to digital education, and for the protection of families, the European Union should consider the promotion of programmes facilitating the development of digital education, and any digital tool needs of employees and students participating in education, in line with equal opportunities; it must support the possibility for the most vulnerable social groups to participate in digital education.
Amendment 129 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Increasing the involvement of women living in poverty, Roma and other excluded groups in launching small and medium-sized enterprises to integrate members of these groups into the economic cycle of the Member States is in the EU’s common interest; the Commission and the Member States should therefore promote tendering opportunities that specifically encourage the comprehensive support of the above- mentioned groups from start-up, to mentoring and monitoring; to maintain and enhance market dynamism, targeted and focused tender support programmes must be established for the Member States to enable the poorest to access various agricultural and other agricultural support schemes for the production of animal, plant and food products; furthermore, the Commission encourages the bold and agile step of offering Member States financially supported opportunities to specifically help employers in the SME sector hire and retain disadvantaged workers.
Amendment 168 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In the spirit of our common value of subsidiarity, the active involvement in the various acts of policy-making of local employee advocacy groups and community leaders – familiar with and able to reflect on the local conditions of the regions – must be encouraged at both EU and Member State decision-making levels.
Amendment 177 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
There is a need to promote the sharing of good practices on employment between Member States, the role of translating them into practice in Member States, and to illustrate through multiple perspectives the integration of people from the most disadvantaged communities and peripheries into the labour market, including through reskilling and upskilling opportunities that facilitate access to work for the under-skilled, the excluded and other disadvantaged minorities; there is additionally a call for its Member States to include in this cycle the civil society organisations that – as employers – represent the issues of different social groups, and to support them with funding through tendering to ensure long-term development and sustainability.
Amendment 183 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
A system of financial support for mobility opportunities must be established within the Member States, including alternatives for housing, healthcare and education benefits; the unemployment rates of disadvantaged micro-regions are very high, by means of conscious attempts to reduce such rates, our Member States must encourage the creation or maintenance of workplaces that explicitly favour employees from the above- mentioned peripheral groups.
Amendment 184 #
2022/0165(NLE)
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
The institutions of the EU shall encourage the launch of calls for applications that can guarantee jobs and reskilling and upskilling for Roma girls and women in the business sector; support initiatives specifically aimed at enabling women from disadvantaged backgrounds to become role models for integration into the labour market by developing them into middle and senior managers.
Amendment 142 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84a) Recommends that companies operating social platforms and their security systems place greater emphasis on regulating the registration of children and minors on social media platforms, focusing particularly on the needs of people living in poverty, Roma and other minorities to combat differences in digital literacy and reduce the volume of violence in the online space.
Amendment 143 #
2022/0155(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 b (new)
Recital 84 b (new)
(84b) Recommends that the EU centre should develop specific action plans in the field of digital education, focusing on children facing disadvantages and multiple disadvantages, and specifically targeting solutions to the digital divide.
Amendment 134 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the stigma surrounding dependence and the need for care and support intersects with other grounds of discrimination and often significantly degrades human dignity;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas there is a lack of quality, accessible and affordablepublicly subsidised care in nearly all Member States; whereas the monitoring of care is hampered by the lack of disaggregated data and the lack of quality indicators;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenges in terms of access to formal care services and has shown that carers must also be prepared for working safely in infectious environments;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the provision of quality care depends on the existence of a sufficiently large and well-trained workforce, the creation of decent working conditions and integrated services, and adequate funding; whereas integration of the Roma to the care sector through adequate education, vocational training could be an added value to the demand of the workforce;
Amendment 237 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the structures of care need to be changed from centralised institutions to community-based care; whereas that shift has been too slow; whereas targeted care education and vocational training could have a positive effect on integrating Roma women into the labour market by offering a long-term employment perspective;
Amendment 391 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas caring is more demanding on mental health than a lot of other work, with nearly half of carers considering their job mentally and emotionally draining, while for many it is also physically exhausting; mental and physical fatigue is more characteristic of workers in the elderly care sector;
Amendment 405 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas overall, even with unchanged conditions, the workforce in the EU is expected to grow by at least 50% by 2030.
Amendment 519 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to set ambitious targets for care services in consultation with the Member States that can set short, medium and long-term goals;
Amendment 676 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Repeats its call for a common definition of disability defined by a body set up by the professional community reflecting the specialisations, expertise and geographical locations of the Member States, as well as mutual recognition of disability status in the Member States;
Amendment 698 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for nurses to have easier access to services offering support for mental and physical health;
Amendment 700 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for recognition of the exact physical risks care workers face, including the health risks associated with lifting care recipients;
Amendment 786 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Commission to propose a common coherent package of actions at EU level on informal care, to identify and recognise the different types of informal care provided in Europe, and to guarantee carers financial support and other additional support services, including time off for carers, and a work-life balance and rehabilitation services for carers and care recipients, including psychological support for carers;
Amendment 877 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Member States to strengthen social dialogue and promote collective bargaining and collective agreements in the care sector, both profit and non-profit, as crucial mechanisms for the improvement of employment and working conditions and for tackling the gender pay gap, and as the most effective tools for securing an increase in the minimum wage and in wages in general;.
Amendment 936 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop adequate and targeted education, vocational training, mentoring and conflict management programmes for the Roma to facilitate their entry into the care sector;
Amendment 1006 #
2021/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Member States to formulate and revise their care policies in permanent dialogue with social partners, experts, and civil society and– reflecting all political nuances of society and taking into account the experiences and good practices in the Member States – and with representative organisations of care recipients and carers;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 49 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas a significant section of the Romani population in Europe live in extremely precarious conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-economic circumstances; whereas deep-rooted, permanent and structural anti-gypsyism, often institutionalised and governmental, continues to exist at all levels of European society, forming a significant barrier in all areas of life, including housing, education, healthcare and employment, which leads to poverty; whereas poverty is inherited, forcing the communities in question to face intergenerational difficulties;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Amendment 126 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on Member States to increase their efforts to effectively address the gender pay gap in the interest of improving the economic situation of women and ensuring their economic independence; calls for a fundamental focus to ensure that men and women become equal earners and equal carers; calls on all Member States to eliminate the ‘care and tampon tax’ by making use of the flexibility introduced in the VAT Directive and applying exemptions or 0% VAT rates to these essential basic goods;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Emphasises that national efforts to ensure Roma inclusion should be accelerated in all EU Member States; calls on the Commission to create a programme that contains measures to promote inclusion and thus ensures the participation of Romani girls and women at all levels, including those working at local, regional and EU level; points out that this should take into account equality between men and women and focus on the elevation of Member State good practices to Union level, such as the Family Home Creation Discount (CSOK) programme, personal income tax exemption for workers younger than 25, tax exemption for mothers with a large number of children, and baby shower loans, thus providing support for the conditions for starting and sustaining a family;
Amendment 134 #
2021/2170(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to supplement the EU financial aid with study programmes and projects that give talented Romani girls and women the opportunity to use continuing education to free themselves from intergenerational poverty, promoting their social integration and developing their knowledge, with a view to improving the situation of the Romani; calls on the Member States to indicate the level of support they would need to implement the recommended measures to integrate the Romani population;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to Parliament's roles, functions and competences laid down in the Treaties,
Amendment 8 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
-1a having regard to the primary obligation of the institutions of the European Union to safeguard the rule of law also in their own functioning,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Citation -1 b (new)
Citation -1 b (new)
-1b having regard to the rights of persons with disabilities and to the European Parliament resolution of 7 July 2016 on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee1a ; _________________ 1a OJ C 101, 16.3.2018, p. 138.
Amendment 12 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the temporary measures adopted by its President and its governing bodies in order to cope with such extraordinary circumstances; underlines that those measures were needed to guarantee the continuity of Parliament’s business, which is required by the Treaties, allowing Parliament to carry out its legislative, budgetary and political control functions during the crisis;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that those temporary measures were fully justified and ensured the validity of all votes taken during their period of applicatione motive and necessity of those temporary measures were tackling the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Expresses its desire to restore Parliament's full operation in compliance with its own rules, as laid down in the Treaties;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2098(REG)
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the European Union is a community of values that cherishes and holds the principle of the rule of law in high esteem and therefore instructs its President to initiate a review procedure in accordance with Article 263 of the TFEU to ensure the legality of those amendments to the Rules of Procedure within two months of their adoption;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 b (new)
Amendment 35 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 c (new)
Amendment 38 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 d (new)
Rule 237d Holding of the plenary session in separate meeting rooms Where the President decides in accordance with Rule 237a(3), point (c), to allow a plenary session of Parliament to be held in whole or in part in more than one meeting room, including, where appropriate, the hemicycle, the following rules shall apply: – the meeting rooms used in this context shall be considered to collectively constitute the Chamber; – the President may, if necessary, determine the manner in which the respective meeting rooms can be used, in order to ensure that physical distancing requirements are respected.
Amendment 40 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 e (new)
Rule 237e Parliamentary business during a period of extraordinary circumstances 1. Without delay after the adoption of a decision by the President under Rule 237a(2), the Conference of Presidents shall identify those activities which are essential and urgent for Parliament during the period of extraordinary circumstances referred to in Rule 237a(1), taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs. Those activities shall include measures that need to be taken with regard to the extraordinary circumstances, to budgetary matters, to urgent legislative procedures, or to major political events. 2. During the period of validity of a decision adopted under Rule 237a(2), the parliamentary business conducted in part- sessions and committee meetings shall be limited to the consideration and adoption of measures identified as essential and urgent by the Conference of Presidents taking into account the opinion of the Conference of Committee Chairs in accordance with paragraph 1. 3. Within two months after the adoption or modification of the rules regarding extraordinary circumstances under Title XIIIa, the President of the European Parliament shall initiate the procedure of Article 263 TFEU to review the legality of the modification of the Rules of Procedure and ensure that the modification is in line with the principle of the rule of law and democracy.
Amendment 42 #
2020/2098(REG)
Title XIII a (new) – rule 237 f (new)
Rule 237f Members with disabilities The European Parliament, to the best of its capabilities, shall ensure reasonable accommodation for Members with disabilities and their staff in the course of operating under extraordinary circumstances described in this Title.
Amendment 50 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas rapid innovations in digital technologies facilitate the trafficking in human beings (THB) by exposing a growing number of victims to traffickers; these traffickers use social networks and online classified sites to market, recruit, sell and exploit their victims;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the internet has shifted the recruitment, advertising and selling process from the street to the digital domain. Online interaction creates both risks and opportunities for criminals, victims and law enforcement.
Amendment 139 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor the use of digital technologies for THB as the predominacknowledge the internet is a key facilitator for THB with an impact on the entire trafficking chain from recruitment and transportation to the harbouring of the victims and their actual exploitation antd tools used to recruit trafficking victims monitor the use of digital technologies in particular social media platforms and adult services websites for THB;
Amendment 148 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to build on the existing expertise and successful programmes and experiences such as the Better Internet for Kids portal which provides information, guidance and resources on better internet issues from the joint Insafe-INHOPE network of Safer Internet Centres in Europe, and other key stakeholders;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission and Member States to make cyber-awareness a priority in awareness campaigns, including those targeting schools, universities, the business community and research bodies. The Cybersecurity month that takes place every year in October under the coordination of ENISA should be scaled up and broadened to achieve a greater reach as a common communication effort at EU and national level.
Amendment 153 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Underlines that awareness-raising in relation to online human trafficking on social media are essential to prevent new victims from entering into the trafficking networks; Insists on the importance of that the pooling of expertise and sharing of experience at the European level has proven to be of value-added in providing a focus for action;
Amendment 154 #
2020/2029(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Emphasises the strong role of platforms in general, but with particular attention to social media; calls on the Commission to actively engage with platforms into developing common guidelines and actions plans that would prevent and fight online human trafficking in all its forms;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament reports from 2010 on The EU Strategy on Roma inclusion and the Report on the gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies from 2013;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution on Fighting discrimination of EU citizens belonging to minorities in the EU Member States adopted on 7 February 2018;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard the European Economic and Social Committee opinion on the situation of Roma women SOC/585-EESC-2018;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2018 on minimum standards for minorities in the EU (2018/2036(INI));
Amendment 12 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on lagging regions in the EU (2017/2208(INI));
Amendment 23 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the European Citizens Initiatives on "Minority SafePack Initiative" and on "Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures";
Amendment 26 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard to the World Bank Poverty Map from 2016 clearly identifying the most back logged regions of Europe;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, andRoma* people in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-economic circumstances25 ; *through the whole text we would like to change people with Romani background to Roma people, because it is based on self-identification and it is not clear who is considered a person with Romani background, therefore we propose to use the term of Roma people in line with other EU documents, legislation as well as in documents of other international organisations such as the Council of Europe. The Hungarian law does not refer to someone’s “background”, but use the term of Roma. According to the Hungarian law belonging to a nationality – including Roma – is based on self- identification. As in vothery poor socio-economic circumstances25 litical documents of the European Parliament and of the Council, the term ‘Roma’ is used as an umbrella term which includes groups of people who have more or less similar cultural characteristics, such as Sinti, Travellers, Kalé, Gens du voyage, etc., whether sedentary or not; __________________ 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016.
Amendment 83 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a DirectiveCouncil Recommendation for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commissionin the yearly partnership agreements and in the operational programmes must be proposed with clear objectives, targets and minimums, and whereas without clear reporting and coordinating structures the Institutions cannot ensure accountability and transparency;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Roma are part of Europe’s culture and values and they have contributed to the cultural richness, diversity, economy and common history of the EU;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the protection and strengthening of cultural heritage related to national minorities in the Member States plays a crucial role in social cohesion;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the correct designation referring to all Romani groups, including those stigmatised as gypsies but who do notin other political documents of the European Parliament and of the Council, the term ‘Roma’ is used as an umbrella term which includes groups of people who have thmore corresponding ethnic background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani background’ less similar cultural characteristics, such as Sinti, Travellers, Kalé, Gens du voyage, etc., whether sedentary or not;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Member States have a clear responsibility to take corrective measures against practices that discriminate against members of the Roma community, in particular in their dealings with regional and national administrative authorities, health care services, policing and judiciary and whereas the Commission is the guardian of the Treaties as well as of the implementation of the Directive 2000/43/EC;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the Commission’s enlargement strategy foresees the enlargement of the EU by the countries of Western Balkan according to their efforts and objective merits and results of each country, whereas there is a significant number of Roma residing in the region;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the institutional structure of the current EU framework has insufficient qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation procedures while the provided country specific recommendations are not binding;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have limited access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 directiveCouncil Recommendation for equality and inclusion of people with Romani background in Europe putting the fight against poverty and anti-gypsyism at the forefront; stresses that the new proposal must include clear and binding objectives, measures and targets for the Member States, a clear timeline and clear and binding progress requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for its implementation; emphasises the need for a robust monitoring and oversight mechanism to ensure effective implementation and appropriate use of funds; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that it is necessary to reinforce and upgrade the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies after 2020 with an improved, updated comprehensive approach, based on the findings of field-work based monitoring and research into the Roma integration process of the last 20 years in the Member States;
Amendment 149 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directiveCouncil Recommendation for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background with a framework that through the partnership agreements and operational programmes clear objectives targets can be agreed and sanctioned if not met, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) combining the socio- economic aspects with a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years;
Amendment 158 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the fact that extreme poverty effects not solely the Roma communities, but an increasing number of disadvantage and marginalized social groups in Europe and supports the proposal to scale up the future strategy into a European Anti-Poverty Strategy by adapting it to the current socio-economic and demographic challenges of Europe.
Amendment 179 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the post-2020 EU directiveCouncil Recommendation proposal, ensuring that nobody is left behind, and to use the designation ‘people with Romani background’ when referring to Romani groups in post-2020 EU policies and discussions;
Amendment 181 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need to give priority to a gender perspective and gender-sensitive policies; as with any community, the roles and status of women in Roma communities are different to those of men, with women often shouldering additional burdens; notes that future policies must acknowledge these differences and address them by providing Roma women with specific interventions and particular forms of support; stresses that being often subjected to multiple discrimination, specific measures for the empowerment of Roma women and girls should be envisaged;
Amendment 202 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the need to enhance the further mainstreaming of the aspects of Roma integration in relevant EU policies;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background and those in similar situation;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States (i) to refer to territorial inequalities, residential segregation, and the comprehensive and multiple trait of disadvantages in the planning, targeting and implementation of Roma inclusion measures; (ii) to design clear and binding targets, timelines and indicators in a wider set of priority areas in order to proper monitor the implementation of the strategy; (iii) to use all available data to establish benchmarks and guide policy programme development; emphasises that it is vital to develop a more accurate profile of the Roma population and their needs, including in the candidate countries; notes that mechanisms, therefore, should be strengthened to capture accurate data, both quantitative and qualitative that is disaggregated by gender and age, and underlines that the Fundamental Rights Agency’s guidelines would be key in this regard;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure the effectiveness of policy measures as well as that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission as well as the Member States to evaluate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the situation of Roma communities and to take effective measures using EU Funds in order to answer the identified challenges; notes that the new framework strategy should be in line with the current situation in order to prevent increasing poverty and exclusion of communities;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern at the widespread prevalence of GBV in all its forms and the lack of full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR);
Amendment 50 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 81 #
2019/2169(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 49 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas gender-biased technolognew technologies are biased in terms of gender, ethnicity, race, colour, language, religion, national or social origin and association with a national minorities are mainly caused by non- disaggregated data and the lack of a gendernon-discrimination perspective in research, which can have harmful and dangerous consequences for women’s health and well-being, in particular, women and girls facing intersectional discrimination, and the safety of products, and can have a negative impact on careertheir personal and professional development9 ; _________________ 9 Report of the Expert Group 'Innovation through Gender', Gendered Innovations: How Gender Analysis Contributes to Research, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, 2013.
Amendment 79 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that the main goal should be to remove all barriers restricting women and girls’s interests, preferences and choices, without compromising their liberty in making decisions; encourages the Member States to promote the participation of women and girls 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 and stereotypes across all relevant sectors, and increasing the visibility of female role models, among other things;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to pay careful attention, when realising their action plans, to the different degrees of bias women in Europe experience due to their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age or disability;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. calls on the European Commission to ensure that the gender STEM gap and digital skills gap are fully considered when elaborating measures to ensure Roma women's inclusion and empowerment;
Amendment 111 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recognises the objective of the European Commission to encourage women’s participation in STEM with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and support the EU STEM Coalition to develop higher education curricula which attracts women, specially those from disadvantaged social and economic conditions, to engineering and ICT based on the ‘STEAM’ (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) approach; Calls on the European Commission to have a targeted gender approach in the rollout Digital Opportunity traineeships so that young women from different backgrounds are given the opportunity to get hands on digital, ICT and STEM experience in fields demanded by the labour market;
Amendment 118 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the role of school and teachers in eliminating the gender gap in STEM education, and highlights the role of education in promoting the presence of girls in STEM-related courses and in establishing benchmarks to monitor female recruitment and retention; underlines the importance of pairing teachers' training to fight gender bias with trainings in other types of conditions of vulnerability and discrimination so that they can promote STEM education and motivate young girls, like those of Roma communities, considering the different challenges they face in their daily lives, such as poverty.
Amendment 122 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges the European Commission to develop an implementation and monitoring mechanism that delivers data on inequalities in the STEM and digital sectors based on racial and ethnic origin. Such data is essential to measure the level of implementation and monitor the impact of policies, and enables stakeholders to identify shortcomings such as the low numbers of Roma women pursuant STEM education and professions and the root causes.
Amendment 144 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the European Commission to cooperate with Member States to broaden the indicators considered for the Women in Digital Scoreboard to include information and data on women in STEM education and careers and to develop a toolkit that includes methodologies, indicators and frameworks to produce more precise data and make better use of existing information;
Amendment 175 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Recognises the essential role played by CEOs and senior management of companies in closing the digital gender gap by developing corporate policies aiming to combating digital gender- related stereotypes, promoting role models, motivating women to explore STEM studies, stimulating the re-skilling or upskilling of women, mentoring schemes, or improving the image of ICT jobs;
Amendment 178 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Amendment 229 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to implement the Declaration of Commitment for Women in Digital signed in April 2019 and develop concrete actions to promote gender equality in the STEM sector, including the celebration of the European Girls in ICT and STEM day; Calls on the Commission to monitor and report on the Member States efforts and actions and to ensure the exchange of information and good practices;
Amendment 3 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 9 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ (FRA) Fundamental Rights Report 2018 and its Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II)
Amendment 52 #
2018/2036(INI)
D. whereas according to Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU has laid down the principle of non-discrimination; whereas the values of the European Union are common to the Member States;any discrimination based on any ground such as sex, 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 shall be prohibited; and whereas Article 19 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) holds that the Council, acting unanimously, in accordance with a special legislative procedure and after obtaining the consent of the European Parliament, may take appropriate action to combat discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation
Amendment 55 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) represents a key legal measure for combating ethnic and racial discrimination and its practical implementation is crucial for promoting equality by prohibiting all acts of harassment and discrimination, being direct or indirect, on the grounds of ethnicity or race, whereas several Member States have still not yet fully implemented it which hinders from the efficient protection of minorities against discrimination.
Amendment 67 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas in inclusive societies, individual identity as well as national identity are important, neither excludes the other. This extends also to the centrality of language as a marker of the identity of linguistic minorities as communities.
Amendment 74 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas according to the Eurostat the population group aged 60 and older is expected to grow from 18 percent to 30 percent in the same period and whereas there is no research addressing the complex aspect of multiple and intersectional discrimination affection older persons depending on their gender, disability, sexual orientation or minority status.
Amendment 77 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas according to the FRA members of ethnic minorities in the EU experience discrimination on more grounds than their ethnicity, such as their sex, religious beliefs or origins, whereas persisting harassment, discrimination and violence limit the ability of people with a minority background to fully enjoy their fundamental rights and freedoms, and undermine their equal participation in society.
Amendment 81 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas according to Article 5 of the Racial Equality Directive in order to ensure full equality, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 168 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to continue supporting and funding the collection of reliable and robust equality data by EU agencies and bodies, national statistical authorities, national equality bodies, other public authorities and academic institutions as robust and reliable data enable the EU to develop targeted programmes and measures through which to foster equal treatment and promote non- discrimination. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to further investigate the relevance of recording ethnic data for academic and research purposes on voluntary basis, as only ethnic data could give a reliable picture of the real situation of minorities.
Amendment 174 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to implement all national, European and international law on fighting and adequately addressing hate crimes and to ensure that any case of alleged hate crime, including hate speech is investigated, prosecuted and tried.
Amendment 178 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Member States to ensure full and thorough implementation and application of the Racial Equality Directive, encourages them to engage in awareness-raising campaigns on anti- discrimination legislation and the redress mechanisms, in particular among those most likely to be affected by discrimination, such as member of ethnic minorities. Member States should ensure that sanctions are sufficiently effective, proportionate and dissuasive, as required by the Racial Equality Directive.
Amendment 180 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Member States to significantly improve the effectiveness of the measures and institutional arrangements for enforcing EU and national anti-discrimination legislation, in order to ensure that they meet their obligations under the Racial Equality Directive, calls on the Commission to properly monitor the implementation of the Directive.
Amendment 181 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Asks the Commission and Member States to conduct research addressing the complex aspect of multiple and intersectional discrimination affection older persons depending on their gender, disability, sexual orientation or minority status
Amendment 189 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to guarantee equal opportunities for national minorities to participate in the political and social life of society. National minorities who participate effectively in the political and economic life of the state, and who see that they can achieve their goals through the institutions of the state, are more likely to give their loyalty to the state and to accept their responsibilities to it.
Amendment 225 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to enhance intellectual property rights of ethnic minorities and impede the exploitation of their own culture. Ethnic minorities worldwide are faced with the appropriation of their collective heritage developed through the ages. Their traditional knowledge systems must be respected, promoted and protected and not to be commercialized unauthorizedly. Their collective intellectual property rights must be guaranteed and ensured by specific legal tools.
Amendment 336 #
2018/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission and Member States that the roadmap includes data collection, as well as field-work based, financial and quality oriented monitoring and reporting methodologies as they support effective evidence-based policies and can contribute to improving the effectiveness of strategies, actions and measures taken.
Amendment 78 #
2018/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Pursuant to the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, the Programme should support the protection of people belonging to racial or ethnic origin, such as Roma and mainstream the promotion of their rights in the implementation of all of its actions, in particular by strengthening anti-discrimination measures.
Amendment 96 #
2018/0208(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Third countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA) may participate in Union programmes in the framework of the cooperation established under the EEA agreement, which provides for the implementation of the programmes by a decision under that agreement. Acceding countries, candidate and potential candidate countries may also participate in Union programmes , in accordance with the general principles and general terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union programmes established in the respective framework agreements and Association Council decisions or similar agreements and in accordance with the specific conditions laid down in agreements between the Union and those countries. Third countries may also participate on the basis of other legal instruments. A specific provision should be introduced in this Regulation to grant the necessary rights for and access to the authorizing officer responsible, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) as well as the European Court of Auditors to comprehensively exert their respective competences.
Amendment 16 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Ukraine deserves particular praiseacknowledgement for reforms in the areas of energy, health, pensions, education and decentralisation;
Amendment 56 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that the effectiveness of reform implementation is directly linked to the preliminary stages of policymaking and legislation; notes, however, that the policymaking cycle is lacking the essential instrument of public consultation and research-informed decision-making; stresses the need to avoid any influence of election campaign on reforms;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recalls that the government has committed to further amending the constitution in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission; urges the speedy adoption of the new electoral code and the law on party financingduring the amending process of legislation take care of respecting the existing minority rights (for example in formulating the draft text of ethno-national policy of Ukraine) and take fully into account the non- discrimination act adopted by Ukraine; urges the speedy adoption of the law on party financing and the new electoral code which has to secure equal possibilities for representation and running for a mandate of candidates of all nationalities living in Ukraine by recreation of constituencies that enable the candidates of national minorities to gain mandate;
Amendment 114 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Underlines the need for independent media and media pluralism to ensure the security of media workers and journalists, and calls on not to limit the opportunities of minority language media sources in order to have equal access of citizens of all ethnics to information;
Amendment 118 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. WelcomUrges Ukraine’s intention to amend the law on education in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission to amend the law on education to ensure the respect for rights already exercised of persons belonging to national minorities as enshrined in UN and Council of Europe Conventions and related protocols, non-discrimination of persons belonging to minorities and respect for diversity, in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, which has to be fully implemented on the basis of a substantive dialogue with the representatives of persons belonging to national minorities, including legislation to extend the transition period until 2023 and which regulates exemption for private schools;
Amendment 132 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes Ukraine’s economic stabilisation and the progress achieved in implementing the DCFTA; encourages the Commission to support Ukraine in identifying areas that could further foster economic diversification and in prioritising them in the process of implementing the DCFTA; and calls on Ukraine not to take legislation incompatible with DCFTA;
Amendment 149 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Praises Ukraine for good cooperation in the energy sector, not least the progress it has made in energy efficiency; points out the need for continued reforms, in particular to complete reform of the gas and electricity market, and to end existing monopolies, which will bring long-term economic benefits to industry and consumers, moreover encourages the Commission to ensure that all of the pipeline projects comply with EU regulation and all projects are examined on the basis of the same conditions;
Amendment 162 #
2017/2283(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the immense effortsteps undertaken to modernise Ukraine’s army, while encouraging, nonetheless, reform of the defence industry;
Amendment 5 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas child, early and forced marriage is a violation of the human rights enshrined in international conventions, and which form part of the core principles embodied in the European Union as an area of security, freedom, and justice;
Amendment 9 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas despite commitments at international, national and regional levels, child, early and forced marriage remain widespread across the world;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas girls and women are disproportionately vulnerable to child, early and forced marriage;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas child brides are often victims of violence, suffer multiple health problems, are deprived of education and the future paid employment, therefore more likely will be poor and remain poor1a; __________________ 1a www.girlsnotbrides.org
Amendment 31 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas child marriage will cost developing countries trillions of dollars by 2030 1b __________________ 1bEconomic Impacts of Child Marriage: Global Synthesis Report 2017
Amendment 33 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas although forced marriages is contrary to the law throughout the EU, its exact definition varies, whereas the lack of a generally accepted definition has hindered efforts to establish data on the numbers of forced marriages in the EU;
Amendment 34 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas forced marriage remains a concern within the EU, whereas it is not a specific crime in most of the Member States, instead protection is provided through a combination of more general criminal provisions, such as on rape or abduction;
Amendment 51 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that ending child, early and forced marriage is included as one of the priorities for the EU’s external action in the field of promoting women’s rights and human rights;
Amendment 54 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that ending child, early and forced marriages would have a large positive impact on the educational attainment of girls and their children, contribute to women having fewer children and could increase their expected earnings and household welfare;
Amendment 55 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Encourages the consideration of mandatory birth registration as the lack of registration can lead to the increase of risk of child and early marriage;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the EU should play a major role and calls on the European External Action Servicet national, European and international level to address the phenomenon and calls on the European External Action Service to make use of all the existing instruments available as well as to put forward a specific strategy with a view to determining what steps need to be taken to combat early and child marriage and other practices harmful to girls, and what objectives should be set and funding earmarked expressly for that purpose in order to achieve the overall aim of eradicating the above forms of marriage by 2030, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (target 5.3);
Amendment 60 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends to apply a holistic and comprehensive approach when dealing with child, early and forced marriages, i.e. addressing the root causes and extending gender mainstreaming beyond traditional sectors such as education and health and reaching out to all other policy areas;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that most of the countries around the world have laws that set a minimum age of marriage, however stresses that many countries provide exceptions to the minimum age of marriage, mostly upon parental consent or authorisation of the court, which should be addressed by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy;
Amendment 79 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Encourages the Commission and Member States to launch awareness raising campaigns on the phenomenon, its consequences and available legal remedies throughout the EU, including in the refugee camps as well as in the candidate countries;
Amendment 83 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to establish structures and programmes to support, assist and protect the victims of child, early and forced marriages;
Amendment 93 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up a consistent data collection system on child, early and forced marriages, including sex- desegregated data, as robust and reliable data are essential to an evidence-based policy making and better targeted interventions;
Amendment 95 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor the cases of child, early and forced marriages within the EU caused by recent migration crisis and to consider establishing unified legal standards with regard to the procedure for dealing with cases of child and early marriages;
Amendment 99 #
2017/2275(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasises the negative influence of humanitarian crisis, conflicts and natural disasters on the child and early marriages, therefore stresses the need to combine development and humanitarian efforts;
Amendment 4 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Hungary occupies, with 50.8 points, the second to last place in the European comparison of the European Institute for Gender Equality’s Gender Equality Index 2017 anthe European Institute for Gender Equality’s Gender Equality Index (GEI) 2017 is not a useful tool for policy recommendations in 2018, as it only takes into account the statistical data from 2013, 2014, and 2015; whereas, nevertheless, it should be noted thas, furthermore, lost 1.6 pot Hungary outperformed other Member States in 5 out of 6 core domaints since 2010constituting the GEI;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas according to EIGE’s Gender Equality Index 2017 due to the limited availability of high-quality EU- wide comparative data, the actual analysis for certain social factors, such as sexuality, ethnicity, nationality or religion is not available,
Amendment 17 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 18 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas according to Article 5 (2) TEU, under the principle of conferral, the Union shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred upon it by the Member States in the Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein. Competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States. Article 2 TEU does not confer any material competence upon the union, hence Article 7 TEU only applies to cases when Member States act within the limits of competences conferred on the Union in the treaties. ;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas respect of the content of Article 2 TEU by Member States cannot be, under the Treaties, the subject-matter of an action by the institutions of the Union without the existence of a specific material competence;
Amendment 27 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that the facts and trends mentioned in the Annex to this resolution taken together do not represent a systemic threat to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and do not constitute a clear risk of a serious breach of the values of Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Submits, therefore, in accordance with Article 7(1) TEU, this reasoned proposal to the Council, inviting the Council to determine that there is ano clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU and to address appropriate recommendations to Hungary in this regard;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NoteCommends the efforts taken in recent years to achieve a better reconciliation of work and privatefamily life; recalls the Commission's proposal for a directive on work-life balance for parents and carers1 presented in April 2017 and encourages the Hungarian government to contribute to its swift adoption; __________________ 1 COM(2017)0253. COM(2017)0253.
Amendment 35 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeplorWelcomes the reinterpretation and narrowing of gender equality policies towards family policies and recalls the National Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality (2010-2021), which Hungary has not yet implemenefforts of the Hungarian government to complement the policies aimed at achieving equality between men and women with family policies; invites Hungary to share the best practices in this field with other EU Member Stateds;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 6
Annex I – point 6
Amendment 41 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes the very low number of women in political decision-making positions; points out that better balance between work and family life and shared parental responsibility between mothers and fathers are important steps towards higher representation of women in political decision making on all levels;
Amendment 42 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that Hungary has adopted a cardinal law on the protection of families and is committed to build a family-friendly country establishing the necessary conditions. In addition, the Government has decided to dedicate 2018 the Year of the Family;
Amendment 44 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 7
Annex I – point 7
Amendment 45 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that the current employment rate of women is 61.2%, while the greatest improvement in women’s employment is detectable in the group of women who raise children under the age of 6, given the positive measures taken by the Hungarian Government since 2010 in order to help families and women with children, among others the child care fee extra, the new day-care system of children;
Amendment 46 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 7
Annex I – point 7
(7) The competences of the Hungarian Constitutional Court were restricted as a result of the constitutional reform, including with regard to budgetary matters, the abolition of the actio popularis, the possibility for the Court to refer to its case law prior to 1 January 2012 and the limitation on the Court’s ability to review the constitutionality of any changes to the Fundamental Law apart from those of a procedural nature only. The Venice Commission expressed serious concerns about those limitations and about the e procedure for the appointment of judges, and made recommendations to the Hungarian authorities to ensure the necessary checks and balances in its Opinion on Act CLI of 2011 on the Constitutional Court of Hungary adopted on 19 June 2012 and in its Opinion on the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary adopted on 17 June 2013, whereas the new rules on the composition of the Constitutional Court (election based on qualified majority and high level professional requirements) are high level guarantees of the independence of judges, as it does the reduction of the length of appointment from 12 to 9 years and the exclusion of their reappointment.
Amendment 46 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Welcomes that between 2010 and 2016 the available seats in nurseries increased by around 23%, while in 2017 Hungary has introduced a new and more flexible nursery system that aligns better with local circumstances and helps women to go back to the labour market;
Amendment 47 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 8
Annex I – point 8
Amendment 47 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Welcomes that since 2010 the Hungarian Government has adopted and implemented several social, social inclusion, family policy, health policy and educational measures, addressed among others to Roma, such as Roma mother- child health programme, training Roma health guardians, training Roma health representatives as well as early childhood development programs;
Amendment 49 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 9
Annex I – point 9
Amendment 49 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 52 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 9
Annex I – point 9
(9) In its statement adopted on 9 April 2018, the limited election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concluded that the 2018 parliamentary elections were characterised by a pervasive overlap between state and ruling party resources, undermining the ability of candidates to compete on an equal basis. Voters had a wide range of political options but intimidating and xenophobic rhetoric, media bias and opaque campaign financing constricted the space for genuine political debate, hindering the ability of voters to make a fully informed choice. It also expressed concerns about the delineation of single-member constituencies. Similar concerns were expressed in the Joint Opinion of 18 June 2012 on the Act on the Elections of Members of Parliament of Hungary adopted by the Venice Commission and the Council for Democratic Elections, whereas the electoral districts in Hungary are defined with a view to the full application of the principle of proportionality, as also acknowledged by the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Amendment 54 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 10
Annex I – point 10
Amendment 59 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that violence against women in Hungary, as in all other Member States, is a persistent structural violation of human rights; calls onpraises the Hungarian government to ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possiblefor its constant efforts to prioritize and tackle violence against women and children and domestic violence by sensitizing its police force and educating the public;
Amendment 62 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 11
Annex I – point 11
Amendment 65 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 12
Annex I – point 12
Amendment 67 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 12
Annex I – point 12
(12) Since 2012, Hungary has taken positive steps to transfer certain functions from the president of the NJO to the NJC in order to create a better balance between these two organs. However, further progress is still required. GRECO, in its report adopted on 27 March 2015, called for minimising the potential risks of discretionary decisions by the president of the NJO. The president of the NJO is, inter alia, able to transfer and assign judges, and has a role in judicial discipline. The president of the NJO also makes a recommendation to the President of Hungary to appoint and remove heads of courts, including presidents and vice- presidents of the Courts of Appeal. The GRECO report acknowledges particularly the amendments that were made concerning the rules of judicial recruitment and selection procedures between 2012 and 2014 in Hungary, through which the National Judicial Council has received a stronger supervisory function in the selection process; the National Judicial Council thereby has a decisive mandate in the appointing and promoting procedure of judges. GRECO welcomed the recently adopted Code of Ethics for Judges, but considered that it could be made more explicit and accompanied by in-service training.
Amendment 69 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 13
Annex I – point 13
(13) Following the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “Court of Justice”) of 6 November 2012 in Case C-286/12, Commission v. Hungary1, which held that by adopting a national scheme requiring the compulsory retirement of judges, prosecutors and notaries when they reach the age of 62, Hungary failed to fulfil its obligations under Union law, the Hungarian Parliament adopted Act XX of 2013 which provided that the judicial retirement age is to be gradually reduced to 65 years of age over a ten year period and set out the criteria for reinstatement or compensation. In its report of October 2015, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute stated that a majority of the removed judges did not return to their original positions, although the amendments introduced by Act XX of 2013 provided the possibility for retired judges to return to their former posts at the same court under the same conditions as prior to the regulations on retirement, or if they were unwilling to return, they received a 12-month lump sum compensation for their lost remuneration, and could file for further compensation before the court; the individual choices of the judges cannot therefore be held against Hungary. __________________ 1 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 6 November 2012, Commission v. Hungary, C-286/12, ECLI:EU:C:2012:687.
Amendment 70 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of the right of women to self-determination and, in this context, the importance of respecting their sexual and reproductive rightsir freedom to make decisions about having sex or conceiving a child, including the respect of patients'regnant women's rights to a safe and non-violent birth;
Amendment 71 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 14
Annex I – point 14
Amendment 73 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 15
Annex I – point 15
Amendment 76 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 17
Annex I – point 17
Amendment 76 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the joint recruitment campaign launched by the Hungarian Police with the Fraternal Association of European Roma Law Enforcement Officers in 2016, targeting especially Roma girls and young Roma women, with the aim promoting diversity in law enforcement and increasing the number of female Roma police officers.
Amendment 79 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Acknowledges the programs launched aiming to foster the education and employment Roma women, where social caretakers, nurses and social assistants will be trained in the social, child welfare, child protection and education institutions, as well as the state, church organisation, foundations will get support for the employment of Romani women;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 18
Annex I – point 18
Amendment 80 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 83 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 19
Annex I – point 19
Amendment 85 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 19
Annex I – point 19
(19) In its statement adopted on 9 April 2018, the limited election observation mission of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concluded that the limited monitoring of campaign spending and the absence of thorough reporting on sources of campaign funds undercuts campaign finance transparency and the ability of voters to make an informed choice, contrary to OSCE commitments and international standards. This OSCE report however, did not include the official audit report of The State Audit Office (the enforcement authority for state aids) concerning the 2018 parliamentary elections, as it had not been completed at the time.
Amendment 86 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that since there is no collection of data about ethnicity regarding health status records or the provision of healthcare services, the health characteristics of Roma population, including Roma women can only be estimated;
Amendment 87 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 20
Annex I – point 20
Amendment 87 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the establishment of Women in Research Careers Presidential Commission within the Hungarian Academy of Sciences which aims to increase the proportion of women among professors and the doctors of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as well as raising the interest of girls in education in natural sciences;
Amendment 88 #
2017/2131(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 101 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 21
Annex I – point 21
Amendment 104 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 22
Annex I – point 22
Amendment 107 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 23
Annex I – point 23
(23) On 22 June 2015 the Venice Commission adopted its Opinion on Media Legislation (Act CLXXXV on Media Services and on the Mass Media, Act CIV on the Freedom of the Press, and the Legislation on Taxation of Advertisement Revenues of Mass Media) of Hungary, which called for several changes to the Press Act and the Media Act, in particular concerning the definition of “illegal media content”, the disclosure of journalistic sources and sanctions on media outlets. Similar concerns had been expressed in the analysis commissioned by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media in February 2011, by the previous Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights in his opinion on Hungary’s media legislation in light of Council of Europe standards on freedom of the media of 25 February 2011, as well as by Council of Europe experts on Hungarian media legislation in their expertise of 11 May 2012. Those concerns had been shared by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights in the report following his visit to Hungary, which was published on 16 December 2014. The Commissioner also mentioned the issues of concentration of media ownership and self-censorship and indicated that the legal framework criminalising defamation should be repealed. In contrast, all recent changes of media ownership have occurred within the regular framework of market economy and civil law dynamics. The functioning and considering the powerful legal and constitutional safeguards of media freedom in Hungary, there are no legal options to o limit media freedom at all.
Amendment 115 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 25
Annex I – point 25
Amendment 128 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 28
Annex I – point 28
(28) On 6 October 2017, the Venice Commission adopted its Opinion on Act XXV of 4 April 2017 on the Amendment of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Tertiary Education. It concluded that introducing more stringent rules without very strong reasons, coupled with strict deadlines and severe legal consequences, for foreign universities which are already established in Hungary and have been lawfully operating there for many years, appears highly problematic from the standpoint of the rule of law and fundamental rights principles and guarantees. Those universities and their students are protected by dn its opinion, the Venice Commission found that states have a large room for manoeuvre when it comes to regulating the operational conditions for institutions of higher education. The body also underlined that it is a legitimate goal to provide greater transparency in order to guarantee a quality education and to protect future students. The opinion also acknowledged that some stic and international rules on academic freedom, the freedom of expression and assembly andates do not allow foreign universities to operate at all, furthermore, that Hungary has the right to, create and freedom of, education. The Venice Commission recommended that the Hungarian authorities, in particular, ensure that new rules on requirement to have a work permit do not disproportionally affect academic freedom and are applied in a non-discriminatory and flexible manner, without jeopardising the quality and intview regulation concerning institutions of higher education operating within her territory. It concluded that introducing more stringent rules without very strong reasons, coupled with strict deadlines and severe legal consequences, for foreign universities which are already established in Hungary and have been lawfully opernational character of education already provided by existing universities. The concerns about the Amendment of Act CCIV of 2011 on National Tertiary Education have also been shared by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the freedom of opinion and expression, on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association and on cultural rights in their statement of 11 April 2017. In the concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee noted the lack of a sufficient justification for the imposition of such constraints on the freedom of thought, expression and associang there for many years, appears highly problematic from the standpoint of the rule of law and fundamental rights principles and guarantees. At the same time, legislation may not distinguish between past and future institutions, but an appropriate deadline must be set for fulfilling the conditions. Not only would it be discriminatory if the introduced system of conditionalities would apply only for new institutions, as well as academic freedombut would also actually prevent transparency.
Amendment 132 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 31
Annex I – point 31
Amendment 136 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 32
Annex I – point 32
Amendment 139 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 33
Annex I – point 33
Amendment 142 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 34
Annex I – point 34
Amendment 146 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 35
Annex I – point 35
Amendment 148 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 36
Annex I – point 36
Amendment 151 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 37
Annex I – point 37
(37) On 7 December 2017, the Commission decided to start legal proceedings against Hungary for failing to fulfil its obligations under the Treaty provisions on the free movement of capital, due to provisions in the NGO Law which indirectly discriminate and disproportionately restrict donations from abroad to civil society organisations. In addition, the Commission concluded that Hungary had violated the right to freedom of association and the rights to protection of private life and personal data enshrined in the Charter, read in conjunction with the Treaty provisions on the free movement of capital. According the European Court of Justice, a prior declaration may be a proportionate measure since unlike prior authorisation it does not entail the suspension of transactions, but still allows national authorities to exercise effective supervision in order to prevent infringements. The Hungarian legislation applies an even more moderate tool, since merely an ex post declaration shall be produced which is by definition incapable of restricting the movement of capital.
Amendment 155 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 38
Annex I – point 38
Amendment 165 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 39
Annex I – point 39
(39) On 17-27 May 2016, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice visited Hungary. In its report, the Working Group indicated that a conservative form of family, whose protection is guaranteed as essential to national survival, should not be put in an uneven balance with women’s political, economic and social rights and the empowerment of women. The Working Group also pointed out that a woman’s right to equality cannot be seen merely in the light of protection of vulnerable groups alongside children, the elderly and the disabled, as they are an integral part of all such groups. On the other hand, the Working Party acknowledged the efforts of the Hungarian Government to strengthening the reconciliation of work and family life by introducing generous provisions in family support system and in relation with early childhood education and care as well as further acknowledged the cooperation of the Hungarian Government with the international human rights mechanism and its engagement in frank and open dialogue.
Amendment 167 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 39
Annex I – point 39
(39) On 17-27 May 2016, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice visited Hungary. In its report, the Working Group indicated that a conservative form of family, whose protection is guaranteed as essential to national survival, should not be put in an uneven balance with women’s political, economic and social rights and the empowerment of women. The Working Group also pointed out that aartificial confrontation of families and womaen’s right to equality cannot be seen merely in the light of protection of vulnerable groups alongside children, the elderly and the disabled, as they are an integral part of all such groups is however extremely harmful, since establishing a family-friendly environment is necessary for the empowerment of women and their freedom of choice. Moreover, competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States. This issue clearly falls under the national competence of Member States.
Amendment 169 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 40
Annex I – point 40
(40) In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed regret that patriarchal stereotyped attitudes still prevail in Hungary with respect to the position of women in society, and noted with concern discriminatory comments made by political figures against women. It also noted that the Hungarian Criminal Code does not fully protect female victims of domestic violence. By contrast, Hungarian law provides a strong protection for women against violence; the legal definition of ‘violence committed in a relationship’ in the Criminal Code of Hungary covers a broader range of actions to be considered as abuse and since 2013 punishes these actions more severely than before and as of 1st January 2008 harassment constitutes a sui generis criminal act. Moreover, competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States. This issue clearly falls under the national competence of Member States.
Amendment 172 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 41
Annex I – point 41
(41) On 27 April 2017, the Commission issued a reasoned opinion calling on Hungary to correctly implement Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council3, given that Hungarian law provides an exception to the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex that is much broader than the exception provided by that Directive. On the same date, the Commission issued a reasoned opinion to Hungary for non- compliance with Directive 92/85/EEC of the Council4 that stated that employers have a duty to adapt working conditions for pregnant or breastfeeding workers to avoid a risk to their health or safety; however, the closure of the case is soon to be expected, since the amendments introduced by the Hungarian Government resolved all the disputed issues in question. The Fundamental Law of Hungary sets forth mandatory provisions for the protection of parents’ workplaces and for upholding the principle of equal treatment; consequently, there are special labour law rules for women and for mothers and fathers raising children. __________________ 3 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 4 Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1).
Amendment 173 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 41
Annex I – point 41
(41) On 27 April 2017, the Commission issued a reasoned opinion calling on Hungary to correctly implement Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council3, given that Hungarian law provides an exception to the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex that is much broader than the exception provided by that Directive. On the same date, the Commission issued a reasoned opinion to Hungary for non- compliance with Directive 92/85/EEC of the Council4 that stated that employers have a duty to adapt working conditions for pregnant or breastfeeding workers to avoid a risk to their health or safety. therefore the Hungarian Government has committed itself to amend the necessary provisions of the Act CXXV of 2003 on Equal Treatment and the Promotion of Equal Opportunities, as well as the Act I of 2012 on the Labour Code. __________________ 3 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 4 Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 348, 28.11.1992, p. 1).
Amendment 175 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 42
Annex I – point 42
(42) In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concerns that the constitutional ban on discrimination does not explicitly list sexual orientation and gender identity among the grounds of discrimination and that its restrictive definition of family could give rise to discrimination as it does not encompass certain types of family arrangements, including same-sex couples. Against all of these, sexual orientation and gender identity fall under strict constitutional protection in Hungary, since the Fundamental Law contains an open list, which forbids discrimination based on ‘any other circumstances’ and the Hungarian Act on Equal Treatment explicitly forbids discrimination based on both grounds ever since 2004. The Committee was also concerned about acts of violence and the prevalence of negative stereotypes and prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, particularly in the employment and education sectors. It also mentioned forced placement in medical institutions, isolation and forced treatment of large nuThe Hungarian Penal Code strictly punishes inciting violence or hatred against any members of persons with mental, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, as well as reported violence and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and allegations of a high number of na societal group and explicitly on the grounds of disability, gender identity or sexual orientation; this felon-y investigated deaths in closed institutions threatened with an imprisonment up to three years.
Amendment 177 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 43
Annex I – point 43
Amendment 178 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 43
Annex I – point 43
(43) In his report following his visit to Hungary, which was published on 16 December 2014, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights indicated that he was concerned about the deterioration of the situation as regards racism and intolerance in Hungary, with anti-Gypsyism being the most blatant form of intolerance, as illustrated by distinctively harsh, including violence targeting Roma people and paramilitary marches and patrolling in Roma-populated villages. However, it was exactly the current Hungarian Government that initiated the amendment of the Penal Code in 2011 in order to prevent campaigns of extreme right paramilitary groups, by introducing the so called ‘crime in uniform’, threatening any provocative unsocial behaviour inducing fear in a member of a national, ethnic or religious community with three years of imprisonment. He also pointed out that, despite positions taken by the Hungarian authorities to condemn anti-Semitic speech, anti-Semitism is a recurring problem, manifesting itself through hate speech and instances of violence against Jewish persons or property. In addition, he mentioned a recrudescence of xenophobia targeting migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, and of intolerance affecting other social groups such as LGBTI persons, the poor and homeless persons. The European Commission against Racism and Xenophobia mentioned similar concerns in its report on Hungary published on 9 June 2015. While racism, xenophobia and intolerance are not any more prevalent in Hungary than in any other Member State, the Hungarian Act on Equal Opportunities provides an even stronger protection than the Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, since it extends its rules to cover all grounds of discrimination. According to the Action and Protection Foundation’s report (January-June 2017) the number of anti- Semitic actions in Hungary decreased compared to the number of the previous years. During the first half of 2017 the Foundation identified 18 anti-Semitic hate crimes, while in 2016 there were 23, in 2015’s first half there were 26 hate crimes action. It is also worth examining domestic data in an international comparison. Hungarian laws and legal norms identify the following five offenses related to hatred or incitement of hatred including anti-Semitic or Holocaust denying, denigrating acts: (1) violating the dignity of a member of a national, religious etc. community, as well as the dignity of a community itself (being also an aggravating circumstance if it serves a motive for another crime), (2) the denial or belittling in public of crimes committed by totalitarian (Nazi and Communist) regimes, punishable with up to 3 years of imprisonment (3) the use of totalitarian symbols in public, (4) establishing and running paramilitary groups or institutions, and (5) hate speech by MPs in the Parliament additionally sanctioned by the House Rules. Moreover, the rules of the Criminal Code have been tightened regarding “uniformed crime”. It was largely due to the Hungarian Government’s firm stance against anti- Semitism that by the unanimous decision of 31 countries, Hungary was awarded the chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) in 2015-2016 with a high international recognition of Jewish and non-Jewish organisations and personalities. As a result of the Hungarian Chairmanship’s year-long endeavours and lobbying in EU institutions, EU and IHRA member states, the EU’s new data protection draft legislation (GDPR) was amended in line with IHRA commitments.
Amendment 182 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 44
Annex I – point 44
Amendment 184 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 44
Annex I – point 44
(44) In its Fourth Opinion on Hungary adopted on 25 February 2016, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities noted that Roma continue to suffer systemic discrimination and inequality in all fields of life, including housing, employment, education, access to health and participation in social and political life. In its Resolution of 5 July 2017, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe recommended the Hungarian authorities to make sustained and effective efforts to prevent, combat and sanction the inequality and discrimination suffered by Roma, improve, in close consultation with Roma representatives, the living conditions, access to health services and employment of Roma, take effective measures to end practices that lead to the continued segregation of Roma children at school and redouble efforts to remedy shortcomings faced by Roma children in the field of education, ensure that Roma children have equal opportunities for access to all levels of quality education, and continue to take measures to prevent children from being wrongfully placed in special schools and classes. In this spirit, the Hungarian Government has taken several substantial measures to foster the inclusion of Roma ever since it took office in 2010; among others adopted the Job Protection Action Plan on 4th July 2012 to protect the employment of disadvantaged employees and foster the employment of the long-term unemployed; adopted the “Healthy Hungary 2014–2020” Healthcare Sectoral Strategy to reduce health inequalities; in 2014 adopted a strategy for the period of 2014 to 2020 for the treatment of slum-like housing in segregated settlements.
Amendment 186 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 44 a (new)
Annex I – point 44 a (new)
(44a) The Hungarian Government is deeply committed to achieve the integration of Roma people; the issue was put to the political agenda of the European Union as the initiative of the Hungarian presidency in the first half of 2011, by initiating the EU Framework Strategy on Roma inclusion, which was not only based on a human rights approach but also from the aspects of poverty and social inclusion, recognising that a complex approach is necessary for genuine solutions. Furthermore, the Hungarian Government in 2014 updated the Hungarian National Social Inclusion Strategy, and established a three-year action plan for its implementation by designating responsible persons, deadlines and available funds.
Amendment 187 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 45
Annex I – point 45
Amendment 188 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 45
Annex I – point 45
(45) In its judgement of 29 January 2013, Horváth and Kiss v. Hungary, the ECtHR found that the relevant Hungarian legislation as applied in practice lacked adequate safeguards and resulted in the over-representation and segregation of Roma children in special schools due to the systematic misdiagnosis of mental disability, which amounted to a violation of the right to education free from discrimination. The execution of that judgment is still pendingContinuous consultations are in place for resolving practical issues in this regard, the Hungarian Government has taken several steps to solve these questions, also including fulfilling the decision of the ECtHR.
Amendment 189 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 45
Annex I – point 45
(45) In its judgement of 29 January 2013, Horváth and Kiss v. Hungary, the ECtHR found that the relevant Hungarian legislation as applied in practice lacked adequate safeguards and resulted in the over-representation and segregation of Roma children in special schools due to the systematic misdiagnosis of mental disability, which amounted to a violation of the right to education free from discrimination. The execution of that judgment is still pendingDespite the complexity of the issue in which one cannot expect quick and tangible results from day to day, the improving tendency in Hungary is evident.
Amendment 190 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 46
Annex I – point 46
Amendment 191 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 46
Annex I – point 46
(46) On 26 May 2016, the Commission sent a letter of formal notice to the Hungarian authorities in relation to both Hungarian legislation and administrative practices which result in Roma children being disproportionately over-represented in special schools for mentally disabled children and subject to a considerable degree of segregated education in mainstream schools. From the very beginning of the infringement procedure, the Hungarian Government actively conducted dialogues with the Commission, as a result of which the Hungarian Government amended the concerned legislation and took actions in order to ensure compliance with the legal obligations; Commissioner Věra Jourová has also confirmed that the amendments were adequate to remedy the Commission’s concerns.
Amendment 193 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 47
Annex I – point 47
Amendment 194 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 47
Annex I – point 47
(47) In its judgement of 20 October 2015, Balázs v. Hungary, the ECtHR held that there had been a violation of the prohibition of discrimination in the context of a failure to consider the alleged anti- Roma motive of an attack. In its judgment of 12 April 2016, R.B. v. Hungary, the ECtHR held that that there had been a violation of the right to private life on account of inadequate investigations into the allegations of racially motived abuse. The execution of both judgments is still pending, since the proposal for a law pronouncing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Kampala amendments concerning Article 8 of said Statute is still in the process of being adopted by the Hungarian Parliament. Nevertheless, the Commission was notified about the proposed modifications in the legislation as well as the amendment of the Penal Code and the Director General of the Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers notified Hungary that said modifications will align national legislation with the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA.
Amendment 195 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 47
Annex I – point 47
(47) In its judgement of 20 October 2015, Balázs v. Hungary, the ECtHR held that there had been a violation of the prohibition of discrimination in the context of a failure to consider the alleged anti- Roma motive of an attack. In its judgment of 12 April 2016, R.B. v. Hungary, the ECtHR held that that there had been a violation of the right to private life on account of inadequate investigations into the allegations of racially motived abuse. The execution of both judgments is still pendingIn these cases however, the judgements had been formulated before the amendment of the Hungarian Penal Code with the purpose of implementing the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA; the modification of the fact pattern of the crime of ‘inciting violence or hatred against the community’ entered into force on 28th October 2016.
Amendment 196 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 48
Annex I – point 48
Amendment 197 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 48
Annex I – point 48
(48) On 29 June - 1 July 2015, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights conducted a field assessment visit to Hungary, following reports about the actions taken by the local government of the city of Miskolc concerning forced evictions of Roma. On 26 January 2016 the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights sent a letters to the Hungarian authorities expressing concerns about the treatment of Roma in Miskolc. governments of Albania, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Sweden expressing concerns about the treatment of Roma. Based on the appeal of the government office in charge, the Supreme Court annulled the relevant articles in its decision of 28 April 282015 and the Equal Treatment Authority of Hungary also carried out an investigation and rendered a decision in July 2015, calling on the local government to cease all evictions and to develop an action plan on how to offer housing in accordance with human dignity. The action plan was adopted on 21April 2016 and in the meantime a social housing agency was also established and adequate housing was provided for Roma families. In its decision of 14 October 2016, the Equal Treatment Authority found that the municipality fulfilled its obligations.
Amendment 200 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 49
Annex I – point 49
Amendment 205 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 50
Annex I – point 50
Amendment 209 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 50
Annex I – point 50
(50) In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concerns about reports that the Roma community continues to suffer from widespread discrimination and exclusion, unemployment, housing and educational segregation. It is particularly concerned that, notwithstanding the Public Education Act, segregation in schools, especially church and private schools, remains prevalent and the number of Roma children placed in schools for children with mild disabilities remains disproportionately high. It also mentioned concerns about the prevalence of hate crimes and about hate speech in political discourse, the media and on the internet targeting minoritiesDespite the sporadic occurrence of segregation of Roma children, like in several other Member States, Hungary has introduced convincing legal, fin particular Roma, Muslims, migrants and refugees, including in the context of government-sponsored campaigns. The Committee expressed its concern over the prevalence of anti- Semitic stereotypes. The Committee also noted with concern allegations that the number of registered hate crimes is extremely low because the police often fail to investigate and prosecute credible claims of hate crimes and criminal hate speech. Finally, the Committee was concerned about reports of the persistent practice of racial profiling of Roma by the polancing and institutional measures and a number of government actions to facilitate access to quality education for Roma children. The Hungarian Inclusion Strategy for example focuses on promoting integrated education, reducing segregation, breaking the intergenerational transmission of disadvantages, and establishing an inclusive school environment. Furthermore, the Act on National Public Education was extended with additional guarantees as of January 2017, and the Hungarian Government initiated official audits in 2011-2015, followed by actions by government offices.
Amendment 224 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 53
Annex I – point 53
(53) On 12-16 June 2017, the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on migration and refugees visited Serbia and two transit zones in Hungary. In his report, the Special Representative made several recommendations, including a call on the Hungarian authorities to take the necessary measures, including by reviewing the relevant legislative framework and changing relevant practices, to ensure that all foreign nationals arriving at the border or who are on Hungarian territory are not deterred from making an application for international protection. On 5-7 July a delegation of the Council of Europe Lanzarote Committee (Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse) also visited two transit zones and made a number of recommendations, including a call to treat all persons under the age of 18 years of age as children without discrimination on the ground of their age, to ensure that all children under Hungarian jurisdiction are protected against sexual exploitation and abuse, and to systematically place them in mainstream child protection institutions in order to prevent possible sexual exploitation or sexual abuse against them by adults and adolescents in the transit zones. However, relevant reports highlighted the fact that thousands of unaccompanied minors disappeared during their illegal journey towards the Western EU Member States, therefore the placement of minors between 14 and 18 years of age should be considered in line with their primary interest to avoid them being victims of human smuggling and human trafficking.
Amendment 225 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 54
Annex I – point 54
(54) In its judgment of 14 March 2017, Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary, the ECtHR found that there had been a violation of the applicants’ right to liberty and security. The ECtHR also found that there had been a violation of the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment in respect of the applicants’ expulsion to Serbia, as well as a violation of the right to an effective remedy in respect of the conditions of detention at the Röszke transit zone. The case is currently pending before the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR. It must be highlighted that the case raises serious issues of general importance affecting the interpretation and application of the Convention and the legal order of several High Contracting Parties, as well as poses serious social challenges, since the legal interpretation favouring asylum-shopping would pave the way for potential abuses with international protection and would adversely affect the merit of refugee status. It would further contradict the explicitly reiterated principles in the ECtHR’s legal practice recognising the right of states to control the entry and stay of aliens on their territories.
Amendment 232 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 55
Annex I – point 55
(55) On 7 December 2017, the Commission decided to move forward on the infringement procedure against Hungary concerning its asylum legislation by sending a reasoned opinion. The Commission considers that the Hungarian legislation does not comply with Union law, in particular Directives 2013/32/EU5, 2008/115/EC6 and 2013/33/EU7 of the European Parliament and of the Council and several provisions of the Charter, although a crisis situation caused by mass immigration is a circumstance in which Article 72 TFEU entitles Member States ‘to exercise the responsibilities incumbent upon Member States with regard to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of internal security’ and the Asylum Procedures Directive enables Member States to determine the place for lodging the application for international protection in person. It must be underlined that applicants in Hungary cannot be considered to be in detention since everyone wishing to do so can leave the transit zone, only the admittance into the Schengen zone is not permitted until the necessary procedures are finished. __________________ 5 Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 60). 6 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98). 7 Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, p. 96).
Amendment 236 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 56
Annex I – point 56
(56) In its concluding observations of 5 April 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concerns that the Hungarian law adopted in March 2017, which allows for the automatic removal to transit zones of all asylum applicants for the duration of their asylum procedure, with the exception of unaccompanied children identified as being below the age of 14, does not meet the legal standards as a result of the lengthy and indefinite period of confinement allowed, the absence of any legal requirement to promptly examine the specific conditions of each affected individual, and the lack of procedural safeguards to meaningfully challenge removal to the transit zones. Nevertheless, the term ‘transit zone’ defines solely the location rather than the type of the procedure and the asylum procedures conducted in the transit zones of Hungary are equally full value ‘in merit’ procedures. The Committee was particularly concerned about reports of the extensive use of automatic immigration detention in holding facilities inside Hungary and was concerned that restrictions on personal liberty have been used as a general deterrent against unlawful entry rather than in response to an individualised determination of risk. In addition, the Committee was concerned about allegations of poor conditions in some holding facilities. It noted with concern the push-back law, which was first introduced in June 2016, enabling summary expulsion by the police of anyone who crosses the border irregularly and was detained on Hungarian territory within 8 kilometres of the border, which was subsequently extended to the entire territory of Hungary, and decree 191/2015 designating Serbia as a “safe third country” allowing for push-backs at Hungary’s border with Serbia. The Committee noted with concern reports that push-backs have been applied indiscriminately and that individuals subjected to this measure have very limited opportunity to submit an asylum application or right to appeal. It also noted with concern reports of collective and violent expulsions, including allegations of heavy beatings, attacks by police dogs and shootings with rubber bullets, resulting in severe injuries and, at least in one case, in the loss of life of an asylum seeker. It was also concerned about reports that the age assessment of child asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors conducted in the transit zones is inadequate, relies heavily on visual examination by an expert and is inaccurate, and about reports alleging the However, both the Asylum Procedure Directive (2013/32/EU) and the Reception Directive (2013/33/EU) allows Member States to require that applicants report to the competent authorities or to appear in front of them in person and the authorities may decide on their placke of adequate access by such asylum seekers to education, social and psychological services and legal aidresidence.
Amendment 243 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 57
Annex I – point 57
Amendment 246 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 58
Annex I – point 58
Amendment 256 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 59
Annex I – point 59
Amendment 260 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 61
Annex I – point 61
(61) For those reasons, it should be determined, in accordance with Article 7(1) TEU, that there is ano clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU,
Amendment 261 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
There is ano clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded.
Amendment 263 #
2017/2131(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Amendment 184 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 22 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 22 a (new)
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Amendment 419 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45g – paragraph 2
Article 45g – paragraph 2
Amendment 442 #
2016/0362(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Article 1 – paragraph 23
Directive 2014/59/EU
Article 45g – paragraph 4
Article 45g – paragraph 4
Amendment 141 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12 h – paragraph 2
Article 12 h – paragraph 2
Amendment 146 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Article 1 – paragraph 5
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 12h – paragraph 4
Article 12h – paragraph 4
Amendment 177 #
2016/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 806/2014
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
9a. in Article 27(3), the following point is added: (ga) liabilities to institutions or relevant entities that are part of the same resolution group without being themselves resolution entity, regardless of their maturities except where these liabilities rank below ordinary unsecured liabilities under the relevant national law setting the hierarchy of claims applicable on the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Where the previous subparagraph applies, the Board shall assess whether the amount of instruments complying with Article 45g(3) is sufficient to support the implementation of the preferred resolution strategy.
Amendment 220 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 56
Recital 56
Amendment 261 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 7 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Article 7 – paragraphs 1 and 2
Amendment 275 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(b) the parent institution on a consolidated basis or the subsidiary institution on a sub-consolidated basis monitors and has oversight at all times over the liquidity positions, and the funding positions where the NSFR set out in Title IV of Part Six is waived, of all institutions within the liquiditygroup or sub- group, that are subject to the waiver in accordance with this paragraph and ensures a sufficient level of liquidity, and of stable funding where the NSFR set out in Title IV of Part Six is waived, for all of those institutions;
Amendment 286 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the distribution of amounts, location and ownership of the required liquid assets to be held within the single liquidity sub-group where the LCR as defined in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 is waived and the distribution of amounts and location of available stable funding within the single liquidity sub- group where the NSFR set out in Title IV of Part Six of this Regulation is waived;
Amendment 287 #
2016/0360A(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the determination of minimum amounts of liquid assets to be held by institutions for which the application of Part Six will bethe LCR as defined in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/61 is waived and the determination of minimum amounts of available stable funding to be held by institutions for which the application of the NSFR set out in Title IV of Part Six of this Regulation is waived;
Amendment 1 #
2016/0062B(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 10 (new)
Citation 10 (new)
- having regard to Article 5 TEU, in particular with regard to the principle of subsidiarity, under which the Union shall act only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, either at central level or at regional and local level, but can rather, by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed action, be better achieved at Union level;
Amendment 2 #
2016/0062B(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 1 #
2016/0062A(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. GDoes not gives its consent to the conclusion of the Convention;
Amendment 2 #
2016/0062A(NLE)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The conclusion of the Convention on behalf of the Union with regard to institutions and public administration of the Union does not proceed as its ratification is pending in some Member States;
Amendment 9 #
2013/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its condemnation of all violence against women, especially the use of sexual abuse and violence as a weapon of war and domestic violence; stresses the importance of information and awareness campaigns in communities where young girls' sexual abuse and female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States, the Commission and the EEAS to emphasise the economic and political empowerment of women in developing countries by promoting their involvement in small and medium-sized enterprises and agriculture, and their access to land and their involvement in rural development projects;
Amendment 18 #
2013/2152(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for efforts to be stepped up to achieve the Millennium Development Goals concerning gender equality, maternal health and access to education, especially foradequate health system and education, especially for the most vulnerable groups like girls and young women;
Amendment 173 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Notes with concern that respecting the rights of minorities is one of the key challenges identified in the Commission's Enlargement Strategy for 2012-2013; encourages the Member States to launch a general public debate on the acceptance of minorities through education, civil society engagement, and awareness-raising in general; regrets that the Roma community is particularly disadvantaged throughout the Western Balkans as well as in Moldova and Ukraine; stresses therefore the necessity to involve these countries into the EU Roma inclusion process; condemns the generally negative societal attitudes towards vulnerable groups such as the LGBT community and people with disabilities, which is a recurring issue in many enlargement countries;
Amendment 179 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recognises the challenges related to democratic transitions in the Southern and Eastern Neighbourhood; notes increasing divergence in democratic reforms across the EU neighbourhood; encourages therefore to differentiate between the Southern and Eastern dimensions of the Neighbourhood policy in order to better target the specific properties and needs of each geographical area;
Amendment 184 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the new EU approach aimed at strengthening the partnership between the EU and the countries and societies of its Neighbourhood, based on mutual accountability and shared commitment to the universal values of human rights, democracy, social justice and the rule of law; supports the ‘more for more’ approach which should provide greater support to partners engaged in building deep and sustainable democracy and protecting human rights; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to ensure the efficient and transparent implementation of this approach, giving due consideration to Parliament's reports;
Amendment 190 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Notes with concern the fragile state of democratic processes and the deterioration of human rights and fundamental freedoms in many Neighbourhood countries; emphasises that good governance, the freedom of association, expression and assembly, a free press and free media, the rule of law and an independent judiciary are essential for underpinning democratic transitions; further emphasises that the promotion of social development and the reduction of inequalities are prerequisites for successful economic integration and cohesion; recognises the key role of civil society in building public support for democratic reforms in the Neighbourhood countries;
Amendment 192 #
2013/2152(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Stresses the necessity to promote sub- regional and cross-border cooperation, including through Euroregions, which may contribute to achieving the goals of cohesion policy, with special regard to border regions;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Saudi Government to review and reform women's education in order to increase their economic participation, to ensure greater focus on fostering entrepreneurship competencies and furthermore to address gender- specific challenges in the regulatory environment to improve women´s access to government business licensing services;
Amendment 5 #
2013/2146(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission and the Member States to take active measures in the framework of the CFSP, including the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, to promote non- discrimination and prevent multiple discrimination as regards gender, ethnic origin, disability, age and sexual orientation;
Amendment 16 #
2013/2146(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the importance of strengthening and raising awareness of women's role in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting conflict prevention and in consolidating political participation and representation.
Amendment 9 #
2013/2134(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. welcomes the creation of a link between the European Roma Integration Process and the European Semester articulating Country Specific Recommendations for further enhancing Roma inclusion process
Amendment 81 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas it is necessary to pronounce repeatedly that we must reject hatred and repel extremist ideologies, that treat people as less than equal, or less than human;
Amendment 94 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people, whose knowledge of history often comes solely from electronic media and whereas it is necessary to fight the public ignorance concerning the dark chapters of European history;
Amendment 129 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas non-governmental organisations, universities, research institutes and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering the truth of totalitarian crimes, revealing the adversities that our societies faced and preserving the memory of the victims;
Amendment 139 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the lack of thorough and honest scientific analyses regarding European history represents an obstacle to facing and atoning historic sins, and drawing their lessons for the sake of our common future;
Amendment 253 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that historical truth and memory, nurtured among other things by educational activities and cultural events, will reinforce genuine reconciliation between nations and authentic European integration based on truth, strengthen stability and peace, and reinforce our unity as free and equal European citizens;
Amendment 312 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projects linked to history education, promotion, research, archiving and digitisation as well as publication and raising awareness;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas undocumented women migrants may be particularly vulnerable to traffickers and may subsequently become a victim of trafficking;
Amendment 45 #
2013/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to ensure responsible long-term financing of social security systems, particularly in periods of economic crisis, in order to ensure the adequacy of social benefits, while not overlooking the fact that one of the most important aspects of social investments is that they enable social and economic goals to be reconciled and may in the long term contribute to retaining and developing the economy; considers, therefore, that they should be viewed as investment, rather than as expenditure;
Amendment 65 #
2013/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States especially to provide a guarantee of social security for the most vulnerable social groups such as the unemployed, the disabled, single-parent families, large families with four or more children, the young, pensioners and young families; calls also on the Member States to ensure that social services are made more accessible for all members of vulnerable social groups and persons with long-term care needs, particularly in rural areas and disadvantaged regions;
Amendment 69 #
2013/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take steps to combat all forms of discrimination against women oin the labour market, including that against women and to adopt social protection measures to ensure that women's wages and welfare entitlements are not lower than those for men doing the same job, and to safeguard their maternity entitlements and take measures to prevent the dismissal of employees during pregnancy or motherhood; calls also on the Council to speed up the adoption of the Directive on prenatal and postnatal leave;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to take practical steps to combat poverty and social exclusion, incluby providing an appropriate minimum income and a social security system, especially for marginalized communities and those at the risk of poverty, defining the specific standards and implementation framework in accordance with their own national practices (collective agreements or national legislation);
Amendment 82 #
2013/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States to step up their efforts to combat undeclared and insecure employment and to ensure that all workers enjoy appropriate social protection, in particular those who are employed in semi-official and precarious work, including 'mini jobs' and false part-time jobs; deplores, furthermore, the practice of deliberately replacing standard recruitment procedures with non-standard employment contracts, at the same time reducing workers' social security cover, in order to save money;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. RStresses that there are several links between prostitution and trafficking, recognises that prostitution both globally and across Europe feeds trafficking of vulnerable women and girls, and stresses that, as shown by data from the European Commission, the majority (62 %) are trafficked for sexual exploitation, and women and girls account for 80 % of identified and presumed victims;
Amendment 89 #
2013/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that social exclusion is a key factor contributing to the increased vulnerability of disadvantaged women and girls to trafficking in human beings;
Amendment 165 #
2013/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Member States to design and implement prevention campaigns specially targeted at socially excluded communities as well as those in situations of increased vulnerability such as persons with disabilities and youth in the child protection system;
Amendment 13 #
2013/2078(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need for special support for and protection of women and children victims of gender-based violence, including domestic violence, sexual harassment, human trafficking and harmful traditional practices, such as early and forced marriages, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation and ‘honour crimes’; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt and continually improve legislation, and to take concrete measures to protect victims, prosecute aggressors and prevent violence;
Amendment 277 #
2013/2078(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expresses its concern about the situation of the Roma in the European Union and the numerous instances of persecution, violence, stigmatisation, discrimination and expulsion, contrary to fundamental rights and European Union law; calls for more vigorous action to promote integratthe effective implementation of national Roma inclusion strategies to foster real inclusion, particularly in the field of protectiong the full range of fundamental rights, and calls for an end to illegal expulsions and to, segregation of Roma children in schools and their illicit placement in special schools; further calls on the Commission to present common, comparable and reliable indicators to monitor progress in Member States and to ensure during the establishment of Partnership Contracts and the national Operational Programmes that EU funds promote equal opportunities and prevent discrimination and segregation;
Amendment 11 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the employment aspects of the Youth Strategy have become ever more pressing given the current crisis and alarmingly high levels of youth unemployment; underlines nevertheless that there are about two million unfilled vacancies in the EU, mostly due to the lack of workers possessing the skills required in the local job markets, stresses that the next cycle (2013-2015), by focusing on youth unemployment, education and training, should contribute to the two overall objectives of the Youth Strategy of creating equal opportunities for youth in the labour market and promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 22 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that special attention should be paid to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and disadvantaged youth, by providing them real and tangible opportunities, that enable them to avoid a long and harmful absence from the labour market, preserve and enhance their human capital, maintain their employment and career prospects in the long run, as well as increase their earning potential;
Amendment 30 #
2013/2073(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to combat early school leaving through dialogue between the education sector and public and private employment services, through better links between initial and further vocational training, and through the introduction of dual education systems; stresses in this regard the important role that early childhood development can play in breaking the vicious intergenerational cycle of low human development for disadvantaged children;
Amendment 29 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the efficiency of the EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies could be significantly increased by an enhanced involvement of the Commission, based on its potential to improve the quality of regulation and other instruments, encourage greater policy coherence and promote the overarching goals of the Framework;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to present a 'flow chart' of the EU Roma inclusion process, about the achievements, the required objectives and the specific measures realizing them, the momentary state of play of the implementation measures and the next steps to be taken;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to specify the institutional division of tasks and responsibilities among involved organizations, forums and bodies, and to clearly define the role of these actors - such as the EC Roma Task Force, the Network of National Contact Points, the European Roma Platform, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and its ad-hoc working group on Roma inclusion - in the supervision, control and coordination of the EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies;
Amendment 36 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission to support National Roma Inclusion Strategies by seeking common, comparable and reliable indicators and developing a Dashboard of EU Roma Inclusion Indicators in order to present clear and unambiguous outputs against which progress can be measured as well as to meet the requirement of effective monitoring;
Amendment 38 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Calls on the Commission to urge Member States to present outcome indicators, baselines and numerical headline targets in their national strategies for the main priority areas, against which progress can be measured;
Amendment 40 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on Member States to match their national policy commitments with allocating proper financial resources for the implementation of National Roma Inclusion Strategies, as well as to reflect their inclusion strategies in the national budgetary policies;
Amendment 42 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a proper framework for consultation, peer learning and the sharing of experience among policy- makers and Roma organizations as well as to launch structured dialogue to include Roma organizations and NGOs in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of European, national and local Roma inclusion strategies;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include the instruments of Integrated Territorial Investment and Community-led Local Development in their Partnership Contracts, to mobilize them for underdeveloped micro-regions and deprived territories as well as to include Community-led Local Development in the set of operational programmes to be developed;
Amendment 46 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on Member States to place greater emphasis on the territoriality of social inclusion in their national strategies, and to target the most deprived micro-regions through complex and integrated development programs;
Amendment 47 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Calls on Member States to focus also on the urban dimension of cohesion policy, with special regard to cities that are unevenly affected by social imbalances - such as unemployment, social exclusion and polarization - and assist them in developing their infrastructure in order to exploit their potential contribution to economic growth as well as to strengthen the links between urban and rural areas with a view to promoting inclusive development;
Amendment 102 #
2013/2066(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings as well as to fully transpose the provisions of Directive 2011/36 EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims,1 in particular in strengthening the identification, protection and assistance to victims and with a special emphasis on children; 1 JO L 101, 15.4.2011, p.1.
Amendment 87 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to consider sexual violence a serious crime which at the same time shall be liability to be prosecuted especially in the cases of women with disabilities, especially women with mental disability and in these specific cases the burden of proof shall be on accused in order to decrease the high number of reported rapes and sexual harassments and violence in large institutions;
Amendment 103 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that accessibility to internet not only for people with visual impairments can be beneficial but also people with other kinds of disabilities; however, much attention should be paid to the deaf and hard of hearing people, especially older people with hearing disabilities as their number and share within the society is particularly increasing in accordance with WHO estimations;
Amendment 113 #
2013/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that every steps in a woman's life entails not only opportunities but also responsibilities and in this sense many times women have to endure disproportional burden in terms of pregnancy and childbearing when they have to face the negative implications of pregnancy, especially in cases when fathers do neither take their responsibilities nor contribute to their children' well-being and fate by having left them alone because in a family both parents shall share equally the same responsibilities if they have not mutually agreed previously otherwise;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas in 2011 7.5 million young people aged 15-24 and 6.5 million aged 25- 29 were not in education, employment or training (NEETs), among them members of vulnerable groups such as young people with health problems or disabilities, young Roma and single mothers, a development entailing serious social consequences such as poor or insecure future employment prospects or even mental and physical dysfunctions; whereas these problems are likely to increase in the near future;
Amendment 31 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2011 the economic loss due to the disengagement of young people from the labour market was estimated at EUR 153 billion, corresponding to 1.2 % of EU GDP4 ; whereas this represents a serious social and economic burden and whereas enabling disadvantaged young people to fulfil their potential and participate actively at local, regional, national and European level is not only an essential factor for the achievement of greater social inclusion but also for the sound, sustainable and democratic development of their communities;
Amendment 55 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas despite the economic crisis and the dismantling of working places, there are over two million unfilled vacancies in the EU, mostly because there are no workers with the required skills in the local job market;
Amendment 76 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas vocational education is more closely linked to the labour market than other sectors of education or training, yet the potential of work-based learning, and in particular apprenticeships, to tackle youth employment remains to be fully exploited in many countries;
Amendment 79 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas productive and sustainable investments in areas such as education and training and research and development, are key for a sustainable exit for the crisis but also to consolidate the EU economy in a path of competitiveness, productivity and sustainability; whereas deficit targets should exclude investments in these areas;
Amendment 82 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. Whereas part of the solution for unemployment may be the development of high quality vocational education and training systems, with highly qualified teachers and trainers, innovative learning methods, high-quality infrastructure and facilities, a high labour market relevance, and pathways to further education and training;
Amendment 88 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas youth employment measures needs to be integrated in a consistent and future and investment oriented macroeconomic strategy that create the condition for the creation of sustainable and 21st century jobs as well as an effective transition from education to employment
Amendment 126 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including training and education providers, individual employers, public and private employment services, social partners, third-sector organisations, including youth organizations, and health and other authorities, is essential for the successful implementation and monitoring of a variety of measures fostering youth employment and employability in an integrated fashion; emphasises that measures must be flexible so as to meet the continuously evolving needs on the labour market;
Amendment 228 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape and introducing favourable tax policies as well as easing access to financial credit and efficient counselling and mentoring facilities;
Amendment 260 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to ensure high-quality frameworks for traineeships with clear mentions of rights and responsibilities for the interns, backed up by financial support and mandatory monitoring, as well as a common quality standard for traineeships and work placements; stresses that active promotion and awareness-raising in respect of such programmes is needed among entrepreneurs; ; It also calls on Member States to ensure that traineeships are properly remunerated according to collective agreements and minimum wage legislations;
Amendment 268 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the European Commission to develop by the end of 2013 a clear proposal for a quality framework for traineeships with precise quality criteria as indicated in the EC proposal setting a Second-stage consultation of the social partners at European level concerning a Quality Framework on Traineeships (COM(2012)0728)
Amendment 299 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Stresses also the importance of sensibilizing more young people on the use of the counselling offered in the framework of the Public employment services, strengthen partnerships with schools and universities as well as to work towards a better integration with the EURES network;
Amendment 329 #
2013/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to consider social parameters in equal footing to economic ones in the context of the European Semester. This is particularly important in the case of youth unemployment which require close monitoring and coordinated actions in all the Member States and at EU level
Amendment 18 #
2013/2044(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas poverty, inadequate education and lower level of social integration result in poor health outcome, whereas the main barriers to heath care of vulnerable groups are the lack of knowledge or understanding of heath system and administrative problems the lack of knowledge of disease prevention and the lack of physical access to services;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. In order to create a strong and innovative Europe and to promote social inclusion, calls on Member States to increase the level of investment in quality education and training to prepare students for the ever-changing needs of the labour market and help them acquire the cross-cutting skills that are most sought after;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States to provide more efficient education, with a focus on active citizenship, transversal, entrepreneurial and STEM-related skills, digital literacy and foreign languages skills, to tackle mismatches between skills and labour market demand; notes in this regard the job creation potential of sectors such as green economy, health care and info- communication, that will require an increasing number of qualified workers in the coming years;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to safeguard an inclusive and integrated education system with a lifelong learning approach, providing equal access to all at all levels, with highly qualified teachers and trainers, innovative learning methods, high-quality infrastructure and facilities, a high labour market relevance, as well as pathways to further education and training, and offering tailor-made arrangements to meet the different needs of students, especially those from vulnerable social groups, such as Roma, migrants and disabled persons;
Amendment 44 #
2013/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that Member States should reduce drop-out rates by launching early childhood education, development and care programmes, providing extra-curricular activities and engaging parent that are accessible for all and that focus on the entire period of early childhood - from birth to the age of six -, providing extra-curricular activities and engaging parents and well-established local NGOs in the implementation and monitoring of such measures and providing mentoring to disadvantaged students throughout their studies, helping them access the Erasmus programme and internships;
Amendment 57 #
2013/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to facilitate transition between the different educational and training pathways, assist transition between education, professional training and employment, provide traineeships, work-based learning, apprenticeships and dual learning models andthat are easily accessible and career-oriented, as well as recognize competences based on non- formal and informal learning;
Amendment 14 #
2013/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the gap between female and male employment in Europe is still significant, whereas promoting self- employment for women can play an important role in poverty reduction;
Amendment 6 #
2013/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the high proportion of early school-leavers in some regions is significantly above the target of 10 % and that a solution must therefore be found to the problem of integrating poorly-trained young people into the labour market, by providing accessible and quality vocational and in-work training to help them aquire marketable skills, taking into account the fact that the lack of qualifications leads to unemployment, which in turn results in poverty and involves a multitude of social challenges linked to exclusion, alienation and the failed efforts in building an independent life;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States and regional and local authorities to develop innovative measures and programmes with a view to combating the feminisation of poverty and promoting social inclusion, aimed in particular at the most vulnerable groups of women, including women who are subjected to multiply and intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 17 #
2013/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises with regard to the ‘urban paradox’ that the number of families on the brink of poverty, suffering material deprivation, having very low work intensity and threatened by exclusion – primarily single-parent families, carers of disabled family memberlarge families with four or more children, carers of disabled family members, members of marginalized communities or older people close to retirement for whom access to equal opportunities must be particularly taken into account, including physical accessibility and access to information and communication media, the achievement of which must be assessed using objective, comparable indicators, taking into account the demographic challenges – is in many cases higher in the regions around capital cities which, according to the indicators, are classified as developed.
Amendment 20 #
2013/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, to further improve Member States’ reporting systems so asby introducing and utilizing indicators in order to make it possible to assess the support provided under cohesion policy for progress on gender equality;
Amendment 23 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas gender-based violence is understood to be a form of discrimination and a violation of the fundamental freedoms of the victim and includes violence in close relationships, sexual violence (including rape, sexual assault and harassment), trafficking in human beings, slavery, and different forms of harmful practices, such as forced marriages, female genital mutilation, forced sterilisation and so-called ‘honour crimes’;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2004(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas extreme poverty increases the risk of violence and other forms of exploitation that hamper the full participation of women in all areas of life and the achievement of gender equality;
Amendment 8 #
2013/0238(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Gender-based violence, including domestic violence, prostitution, trafficking and female genital mutilation remains a widespread global phenomenon that has serious negative effects on the lives and health of women and girls, as well as significant socio-economic consequences. Rape and other forms of sexual violence are perpetrated in many contexts and are also increasingly used as a tactic of war to humiliate and dominate.
Amendment 42 #
2013/0110(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Directive 78/660/EEC
Article 46 a – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 46 a – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) a description of the company's diversity policy for its administrative, management and supervisory bodies with regard to aspects such as age, gender, geographical diversity, educational and professional background, the objectives of this diversity policy, how it has been implemented and the results in the reporting period. Effective monitoring of equal opportunities anti- discrimination and diversity in the workplace is an important part of improved human capital management and equality practice. If the company has no such policy, the statement shall contain a clear and reasoned explanation as to why this is the case.
Amendment 10 #
2012/2324(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, due to the financial and structural crisis in Europe, the level of unemployment among many groups, in particular young people, including those with disabilities or from marginalized communities, and older people is increasing with unacceptable speed, threatening social peace and solidarity in many countries;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2324(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas Union law does not cover discrimination effectively in most areas of Union competence with regard to the different grounds of discrimination and the diverse situations of the people concerned; whereas the different grounds of discrimination often intersect, most commonly with race and gender, and the preamble of Council Directive 2000/78/EC contains a reference to multiple discrimination;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI));
Amendment 12 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Observes that, since the beginning of the crisis, the unemployment rate for women has consistently been higher than that for men, which only adds to the existing challenges women are facing in the labour market, including direct or indirect discrimination, double discrimination of women with disabilities or belonging to ethnic minorities, gender pay-gap, part- time work, precarious working conditions, in-work poverty, high concentration in the informal sector with lower earnings, the radical reshaping of welfare provisions negatively affecting poor families and single parents, less social protection and insufficient pension rights; in this respect, asks the Commission to issue a recommendation to the Member States on combating labour market segmentation leading to women's insufficient access to quality employment with decent remuneration;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women play a critical role in driving economic development, whereas further empowering women can economically lift communities and families out of poverty;
Amendment 33 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the effects of the crisis nowcrisis contributes to an increasing exploitation of women in both the legal and illicit economy moreover it will also have a significant impact on women in the longer term on account of their non-linear career path, made up of poorly paid temporary, or even informal, jobs, often with part-time working imposed, and which only entitle them in the end to a very small pension;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites Member States to ensure the participation of women in the decision making process concerning the policy responses to the crisis and to support women's participation in the labour market by measures such as guaranteeing free access to public childcare and care services for dependent persons, increasing resources for education, and professional qualification programmes;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the crisis has further aggravated the social end economic condition of many disadvantaged communities and contributed to an increased school drop out rate among girls and an even greater vulnerability to trafficking;
Amendment 56 #
2012/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned at the deep cuts in public expenditure resulting from the imposition of austerity measures, leading to severe cutbacks in public-sector jobs and services - which are highly feminised in nature and therefore their disappearance affects women disproportionately -, and forcing many women to shift from paid to unpaid work, exposing them to a high risk of poverty;
Amendment 156 #
2012/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address the particular needs of Roma women and girls by applying a gender perspective in all policies for Roma inclusion, and to provide protection for especially vulnerable subgroups;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph D
Paragraph D
D. whereas the financial and economic crisis further enhanced non-employment and has increased the unemployment rate among women and prevented greater progress in providing disadvantaged women with housing options;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with regret that victims of domestic violence are often more likely to stay in an abusive environment if they are financially unable to find suitable housing; calls, therefore, for the EU to promote policies and programmes that increase access to safe and affordable housing for domestic violence victims; and calls on the Member States to find affordable solutions to alternative forms of emergency and temporary housing and to increase the number of shelters and rehabilitation centres for victims;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2293(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to carry out gender-based analysis as part of all housing policies and programmes particularly taking into account gender disparity in income and financial resources; stresses that all data must be broken down by gender and that more research is needed in order to ascertain exactly how housing policies can support women.
Amendment 94 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reminds the Member States and the Commission that spending on social housing enables urgent social need to be met and, as strategic social investment, helps in a sustainable way to provide non- relocatable local jobs, to stabilise the economy by preventing property bubbles, to counter climate change and to combat energy poverty as well as to alleviate health problems stemming from overcrowding and poor living conditions; calls on Member States and the Commission to bring social housing investment within the scheme of the European Semester by including in it an evaluation of targets for combating and preventing property bubbles;
Amendment 108 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for tighter monitoring of social investment as part of a social investment pact designed to strengthen the Union's economic and budgetary governance and including investment in social housing; further calls on all Member States to ratify the Revised European Social Charter, with special regard to Article 31;
Amendment 140 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises how the social housing sector plays a contracyclical role, promoting economic recovery through support for the construction and renovation industries and the sustainable, non- relocatable local employment they provide, thanks notably to the labour-intensive nature of the sector, the development of green business as part of the local economy and the knock-on effects on the rest of the economy; further encourages Member States to start a dialogue with the construction industry in order to develop a better business environment and regulation for social housing, with special regard to the establishment of building targets, the arrangement of infrastructural costs and supply of development land;
Amendment 165 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Encourages Member States and all the relevant bodies to give social housing investment a prominent place in national reform programmes and in the shaping of strategic priorities under partnership agreements for the period 2014-2020 as well as to reflect their planned housing measures in the National Roma Inclusion Strategies;
Amendment 177 #
2012/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on Member States to encourage recourse to Horizon 2020 grants and the use of financial instruments and project- development assistance programmes offered by the Structural Funds, the EIB, the EBRD and the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe (FEEE) to stimulate the construction and renovation of social housing to a high standard and furthermore to seek ways to apply the modified European Regional Development Fund regulation in order to provide housing for marginalized communities;
Amendment 40 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the practice of gendercide is most often found deeply rooted in cultures exhibiting ‘son preference’, gender inequality, persisting discrimination and stereotypes against daughters and in some cases in countries applying coercive government policies;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sex-selective practices disrupt gender balance in societies, cause skewed population sex ratios and have economic and social impacts, whereas gender imbalance affects long-term social stability leading to frustration and violence , the rise of trafficking, sex slavery and rape cases;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls the various reasons and means by which unaccompanied minors arrive in Member States; recalls the recognition of the gender-specific phenomenon of trafficking in human beings and the fact that girls are often trafficked for sexual exploitation, for criminal exploitation, for economic exploitation such us forced donation of organs modern slavery or illegal child labour and begging; for this reason, assistance and support measures should also be gender specific where appropriate.
Amendment 40 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls also that the overriding interests of the child, as enshrined in provisions and case-law, must take priority over any other consideration in any act taken with regard to them, whether by public authorities or by private institutions; further stresses the necessity of the harmonisation of national laws on legal guardianship, and the establishment of coherent and effective protection systems for asylum seeker children or minor victims of trafficking; calls on the Commission to propose a common reference framework, based on a set of indices, to assess what constitutes the overriding interests of a child;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2263(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to introduce preventive measures for potential vulnerable groups within the scope of enlargement assistance by financing protection programmes for unaccompanied child victims and the risks faced by them;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to cooperate with countries of origin in fostering public information and awareness-raising campaigns on the risks of child migration, in particular the dangers of clandestine immigration, trafficking in human beings, as well as exploitation of minors and organised crime;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Member States to develop their asylum systems with a view to establishing a harmonized and child- sensitive institutional framework that takes into consideration the special needs and diverse difficulties of unaccompanied minors, especially victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 144 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasizes that minor victims of human trafficking must benefit from special arrangements in terms of identification, reception and protection, adapted to their needs and in line with the relevant international conventions;
Amendment 185 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Condemns the very precarious circumstances with which these minors are suddenly confronted when they reach the age of majority; calls on States to institute procedures for assisting these minors in their transition to adulthood; welcomes the work of the Council of Europe on this subject and calls on the Commission to propose common standards for the planning of ‘individualised life projects’ for, and with, the minor, as an integrated policy tool for helping them acquire the necessary skills and attributes to become independent, responsible and active in society;
Amendment 187 #
2012/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on Member States to define the responsibilities of each partner, in particular national and local authorities, welfare services, youth workers, families and legal representatives, in implementing and monitoring life projects and ensuring their co-ordination;
Amendment 2 #
2012/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with concern that the population in most countries is not fully aware of the existing legislation and policies to promote gender equality and it rarely reaches the vulnerable or marginalized members of society, especially the Roma women; calls on the Commission and the governments of accession countries to foster awareness though media and public campaigns, education programmes and the personal commitment of government members and officials;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Notes with deep concern that 30 per cent of the victims of cross-border trafficking in the EU are nationals from the Balkan area, whereas women and girls compromise the bulk of victims detected; calls on the respective governments to provide sustained funding for combating trafficking , to further strengthen their capacity to identify proactively and protect victims among the vulnerable population, ensure by law that identified trafficking victims are not punished for committing crime as a direct result of being trafficked, sustain victim protection efforts, train law enforcement officials ,develop further the reception centre and shelter capacity; furthermore, calls on the respective governments for better implementation of the existing legislation in order to create a dissuasive environment for traffickers, where cases of trafficking in human beings are properly investigated and perpetrators are prosecuted and convicted; calls on the Commission to influence Balkan accession countries to improve their records on prosecution and punishment and support local initiatives to address the root causes of trafficking such as domestic violence and low economic opportunities for women;
Amendment 30 #
2012/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Notes with concern, that in most of the Balkan accession countries the process for the social inclusion of Roma has slowed down and in some cases even came to a halt; calls on the respective governments to step up their efforts in order to further integrate Roma citizens and guarantee the elimination of all forms of discrimination and prejudice against Roma especially the women and girls who suffer from multiple compound and intersectional discrimination; calls on the commission to enhance its efforts to involve the enlargements countries at whatever stage of accession, to mobilize the Instrument on Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) and the mechanism of the Stabilisation and Association (SAA) process;
Amendment 3 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas advocacy continue to strengthen the promotion and respect for women's human rights worldwide, the challenge of addressing certain cultural and traditional beliefs and practices, which constitutes discrimination against women and girls, still persist;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2145(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas all types of violence and discrimination directed against women, including sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of women, conflict based and domestic violence and, economic discrimination and harmful traditional practices must be considered as unjustifiable under any political, social, religious or cultural grounds;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2132(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reaffirms the importance of protecting minors in television broadcasting; recommends Member States to consider prohibiting any commercial communications in children's programmes, inter alia in order not to exhort minors to buy a product or a service by exploiting their inexperience or credulity; furthermore recommends to providers of television programmes or services to designate an appointee for the protection of minors, to serve as a contact for users as well as an advisor for providers on issues regarding the protection of minors;
Amendment 9 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
(Ba) whereas social exclusion is a key factor contributing to increased vulnerability ,whereas a large number of women and girls are victims of trafficking, while women are often trafficked for sexual exploitation a significant number of girls are victims of trafficking for various purposes including forced begging, labour exploitation, organ trafficking and illegal adoption
Amendment 60 #
2012/2131(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) Calls on the Commission to further strengthen through Pre-Accession Assistance and closer monitoring of the progress made the efforts of the enlargement countries to improve the social and economic inclusion of Roma paying further attention to the situation of Romani women and girls;
Amendment 67 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas the scale of the comprehensive and systematic constitutional and institutional reforms (a root-and-branch revision of the legal system), which the new Hungarian Government has carried out in an exceptionally short time frame6 is unfull compliance with the applicable preocedented, andural requirements, explains why so many European institutions and organisations (the European Union, Council of Europe, OSCE) as well as the U.S. Administration have deemed it necessary to assess the impact of some reforms carried out in Hungary, wherea; whereas there should be no double standards in the treatment of Member States, thus the situation in other Member States, although following a different pattern, may also need tthe same pattern should also be monitored, while enforcingotherwise the principle of equality of the Member States before the Treaties, and whereas there should be no double standards in the treatment of Member States is not respected;
Amendment 68 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V – footnote 6
Recital V – footnote 6
Amendment 74 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas a need for a new constitution has been existed since the amendment of the communist 1949 Constitution in 1989, regarded as provisional; whereas the adoption of the Fundamental Law of Hungary – which was- passed on 18 April 2011, exclusively with the votes of the members of the governing coalition and on the basis of a draft text prepared by the representatives of the governing coalition – was conducted in the exceptionally short time frame of one month, thus restricting the possibilities for a thorough and substantial debate with the opposition parties and civil society on the draft text; finalised after a one-year long preparatory phase and more than one month long parliamentary debate dedicated exclusively to the Constitution- making process, where two opposition parties, based on their own political decision, chose to stay away from the discussions at the parliamentary sessions and remained reluctant to formulate proposals;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas, despite that Decfollowing that Decision - stating that permanent constitutional requirements must be formulated in the Fundamental Law instead of transitional provision,s - the Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law, adopted on 11 March 2013, integrates into the text of the Fundamental Law all the transitional provisions annulled by the Constitutional Court based on formal reasons, with the exception of the provision requiring electoral registration, as well as other previously- annulled provisions;
Amendment 89 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. whereas the use of cardinal laws in Hungary has constitutional tradition since 1989, whereas the previous Constitution contained 28 subject matters and the Fundamental Law of Hungary refers to 26 subject matters to be defin(more or less the same matters) to be regulated by cardinal laws (that is laws the adoption of which requires a two-thirds majority), which cover a wide range of issues relating to Hungary's institutional system, the exercise of fundamental rights and important arrangements in society; and whereas the use of two-thirds majority laws - or so called "organic act" - is common in many other Member States, such as Austria, France, Spain or Romania, and whereas in Austria more than 50 subject matters are to be regulated by two-thirds majority laws;
Amendment 91 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD
Recital AD
AD. whereas a number of issues, such as specific aspects of family law and the tax and pension systems, which usually fall under the ordinary decision-making powers of a legislature, are regulated by cacardinal laws are subject to the control of Constitutional Court in the same manner as ordinalry laws;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL
Recital AL
AL. whereas the new Freedom of Information Act, adopted in July 2011, reformed the data protection institution by estabolisheding the institutionNational Authority for Data Protection instead of the Commissioner on Data Protection and Freedom of Information, thus prematurely terminating the six-year-long mandate of the Commissioner and transferring its powers to the newly-establishedtransferring its powers to the newly-established Authority with a new status which attaches legal consequences to its procedures; whereas in its Decision No. 3076/2013. the Constitutional Court confirmed that the restructuring of an organisation may be an explicit constitutional reason for the shortening of the mandate of civil servants; whereas the independence of the new National Agencuthority for Data Protection whose independence is currently under review by the Court of Justice of the European Unionhas not been questioned by the European Commission and as regards the independence of the Authority the Venice Commission acknowledged that it is far better ensured in Hungary than in many other European states; and whereas the European Commission initiated infringement procedure on the legality of the termination of the mandate of the former Commissioner for Data Protection, which case is currently pending before the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AP
Recital AP
AP. whereas key safeguards for judicial independence, such as irremovability, guaranteed term of office, the structure and composition of the governing bodies, are not regulated in the Constitution but are – together with detailed rules on the organization and administration of the judiciary – still set out in the amended cardinal laws,; whereas it should be emphasized that the former Constitution did not contain more detailed rules on these issues either, and those have never been criticised; whereas, therefore thus the provisions of the Fundamental Law cannot be regarded as setbacks at any ways; and whereas in certain Member States the constitution does not refer to the judicial structure of the given country at all, or does not include any detailed regulation related to this (e.g. among others in Austria, France, Estonia, Finland or Germany);
Amendment 122 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AQ
Recital AQ
Amendment 160 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BS a (new)
Recital BS a (new)
BSa. whereas the Hungarian government adopted the Act CCIII of 2011 (currently Act XXXVI of 2013) on the elections of the Members of Parliament of Hungary, which allows minority representatives for the first time to gain a seat in the Parliament, thus finally assures the political representation of minorities, requested over almost for two decades; and whereas the adopted Act CLXXIX of 2011 on the Rights of Minorities recognises and guarantees rights to its thirteen recognised nationalities and their members in the main areas of interest for the protection of their identity - education, culture, private and public use of the mother tongue, access to media and participation - and aims to improve and strengthen the available institutional arrangements for nationality self- government in these areas; and whereas in its Opinion CDL-AD(2012)011 the Venice Commission confirms that "Hungary has continued to pay particular attention to the promotion and protection of minority rights and to make specific efforts to ensure protection and preservation of the ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity, traditions and cultural heritage of its nationalities";
Amendment 164 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BU
Recital BU
BU. whereas the lack and inadequacy of reaction by the law enforcement authorities during the previous government in cases of racially motivated crime12 - most notably in the case of the 2008-2009 'Roma killings', the most serious series of crime in Hungarian criminal history -, as well as in the case of violence against peaceful commemorators and innocent civilians by police forces in the autumn of 2006 acting on the orders of the government, infringing the most fundamental rights, human dignity and all acknowledged European values, has resulted in mistrust of the police forces;
Amendment 166 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital BW
Recital BW
BW. whereas, although intolerance against the members of Roma and Jewish communities is not a problem solely associated with Hungary and other Member States are faced with the same predicament, recent events have raised concerns as to the increase in anti-Roma and anti-Semitic discourse in Hungary; whereas the firm stance and zero tolerance of the Hungarian government against any incident of a racist motive, the repeated public stances of both the President and the Prime Minister against all forms of racism and intolerance, as well as the positive steps taken on the matter, (such as criminalising Holocaust- denial, establishing the Holocaust Remembrance Day, introducing Roma and Jewish history in the national curricula or dedicating 2014 as the Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Year) must be acknowledged;
Amendment 211 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 216 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 235 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 242 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 257 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 298 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Recalls that content regulations should be clear, allowing citizens and media companies to foresee in which cases they will be infringing the law and to determine the legal consequences of possible violations; notes with concernwelcomes that in despite of such detailed content regulations, recent anti-Roma public stances remained unsanctioned by Hungary's Media Authority and calls for balanced application of the legislationhaving only residual jurisdiction over cases of hate speech, Hungary's Media Authority has recently issued penalties for anti- Roma public stances;
Amendment 299 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Notes that the Hungarian Parliament has enacted legislation in criminal and civil areas to combat racial incitement and hate speech; welcomes in particular the Fourth Amendment, which provides the opportunity of effectuating civil actions against manifestations violating the dignity of communities - codifying the findings of the Hungarian Constitutional Court's resolutions of 1992 and 2008, as well as following the 1997 recommendations of the Council of Europe on tackling hate speech - and further strengthens the legal protection regarding the dignity of communities by supplementing the provisions of the Penal Code concerning incitement against a community and violence against a member of a community; points out, however, that legislation on its own cannot achieve the goal of creating a society free from intolerance and discrimination throughout Europe;
Amendment 303 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Underlines that the authorities in all Member States have a positive obligation to act to avoid violation of the rights of persons belonging to minorities and cannot remain neutral when faced with such violations; welcomes therefore the 2011 amendment of the Penal Code to prevent campaigns of extreme right groups aiming at the intimidation of Roma communities, threatening with up to three years imprisonment the 'provocative unsocial behaviour' which induces fear in a member of a national, ethnic, racial or religious community;
Amendment 305 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Acknowledges the eminent role of the Hungarian Government in launching the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies during its EU presidency in 2011 as well as its Framework Agreement of Cooperation with the National Roma Self-Government, defining specific numerical commitments until 2015 to foster the employment, education and health care for Roma;
Amendment 310 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 f (new)
Paragraph 45 f (new)
Amendment 311 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 g (new)
Paragraph 45 g (new)
45g. Welcomes that as from 1 July 2013, Hungarian local governments can only receive financial support from public finances, EU funds or programmes based on international agreements, if they have an appropriate Equal Opportunities Program in effect;
Amendment 318 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
Amendment 339 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 358 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 3
Paragraph 60 – indent 3
– to focus not only on specific infringements of EU law to be remedied notably through Article 258 TFEU, but to draw the consequences of a systemic change of the constitutional and legal system of a Member State where multiple and recurrent infringements unfortunately result in a state of legal uncertainty which not longer meets the requirements of Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 362 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 5
Paragraph 60 – indent 5
Amendment 364 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 – indent 6
Paragraph 60 – indent 6
Amendment 485 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 61 – indent 20
Paragraph 61 – indent 20
– to takecontinue taking positive actions to ensure that the fundamental rights of all persons, including persons belonging to minorities, are respected;
Amendment 530 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75
Paragraph 75
Amendment 537 #
2012/2130(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 76
Paragraph 76
Amendment 30 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas aging population in Europe can post further challenges regarding drug abuse and dependence, whereas a need for clearer evidence base for addiction treatment has been evident for years;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas dementia carries the biggest burden of diseases for people aged 60 and over, partially linked to their higher life expectancy there are many more women than men living with the disease;
Amendment 46 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas depression is aand anxiety are serious forms of mental disorder that affects women to a greater extent than men; whereas the WHO estimates that its incidence in Europe ranges between 2% and 15% in the over-65 age group;
Amendment 48 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. whereas hearing impartment and eye disorders also contribute heavily to the burden of years lived with functional limitations, timely and adequate diagnosis quality treatment and access to quality medical devices can prevent further decline or partially restore functioning;
Amendment 90 #
2012/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully recognise the gender dimension in health as an essential part in EU health policies and national health policies;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the North African countries to adopt laws and concrete measures prohibiting all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence, harmful traditional practices and sexual harassment; welcome the recent campaign against domestic violence launched by the Tunisian Minister for Women and Family Affairs;
Amendment 113 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development and further support the already existing leadership programs for female opinion leaders and for leaders in the business and finance sector;
Amendment 129 #
2012/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. BPoints out that there is a positive correlation between the size of a country's SME sector and the rate of economic growth, believes that micro-finance is a very useful tool to empower women, and recalls that investing in women often means investing in families and in communities and helps to eradicate poverty; recalls that micro-finance goes beyond credit and also implies management, financial and commercial advise;
Amendment 142 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Urges Member States and the Commission to support and launch awareness raising campaigns targeting children, parents and educators in order to provide the information necessary for the protection against cyber crime, as well as to encourage them to report suspicious websites and online behaviour;
Amendment 143 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Urges authorities to reach agreements with content providers and server hosts to repel illegal or threatening activities in mainstream online media, most typically in social networks;
Amendment 144 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to properly establish the national and international procedural rules for shutting down websites hosting exploitative, threatening, abusive, discriminatory or otherwise malicious content;
Amendment 86 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that schools should ensure that all incidents on sexual bullying are recorded and reported separately to other forms of bullying;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that staff providing psychological support in schools should be appropriately prepared to deal with problems related to sexualisation and objectification ;
Amendment 115 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to develop media awards for positive portrayals of girls as strong, competent and non-sexualised and to promote forums that will bring together the representatives of the media and leading experts on the topic in order to regularly examine and reduce the phenomenon of sexualisation of girls;
Amendment 132 #
2012/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Regrets that limited amount of research available on the topic, encourages the Member States and the Commission to support studies which strengthen the evidence base by exploring the relationship between the sexualisation and exploitation of girls such as sexual abuse, child pornography, child prostitution and trafficking;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas precarious work is a persistent feature of the European Union's labour market, whereas women represent a great proportion of workers in undeclared employment who are mainly engaged in domestic and care work;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2046(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop strategies in order to combat precarious employment and support the development of formal domestic and care services sector;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas there is a lack of comprehensive comparable data on greening economy's impact on the labour market;
Amendment 64 #
2012/2035(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to collect data and develop indicators in order to measure the potential disaggregated effects of green economy on territorial and social cohesion furthermore to develop strategic direction and a set of instruments in order to effectively respond to the possible changes in the level and structure of employment;
Amendment 98 #
2012/2025(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the EU continues to be attractive, also because of its unique combination of economic dynamism with a social model, and regrets that this social dimension has been largely neglected in the enlargement process; invites the Commission to reflect on possible options, including developing a set of social criteria, to address this deficiency and foster positive social transformation in the future EU Member States; furthermore, calls on the Commission to involve enlargement countries in its initiatives aiming at social inclusion - such as the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies -, to better mobilize the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) to this end, as well as to urge enlargement countries through the mechanism of the Stabilisation and Association Process (SAAP) to realize these goals; stresses that failure to comply with the EU's common basic social standards constitutes a form of social dumping which is detrimental to European enterprises and workers;
Amendment 214 #
2012/0299(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall create appropriate incentives to stimulate exchange of information and best practices; facilitating access of women to the business networks for business development; shaping HR policy to support the female talent pipeline and ensure no gender bias exists;
Amendment 96 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reiterates that higher education has the potential to promote social inclusion and upward social mobility, benefiting disadvantaged communities in a complex way, with its positive socio-economic impacts reaching far beyond the individual concerned; calls on Member States and higher education institutions to widen access for students from all social backgrounds and to recognise multiculturalism and multilingualism as a fundamental value of the EU that needs to be fostered;
Amendment 116 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the need to track graduates' employment outcomes to measure how well higher education responds to labour market demands; welcomes therefore the Commission's commitment to improving the availability of such data; and urges Member States to collect and publish statistical data regarding the correlation between different higher education degrees and employment opportunities;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas due to social exclusion and marginalisation Roma women and children are extremely vulnerable to violence, whereas throughout the past years the Daphne programme successfully supported many initiatives attempted to shad light on the connection between of social exclusion poverty and violence;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2273(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. In order to strengthen the impact of the programme calls on the Commission to pay further special attention of women children and young people who due to social exclusion and marginalisation are particularly exposed to the risk of violence;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament and Council Directive 2011/36/EU of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA1, __________________ 1 OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1
Amendment 3 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the 1949 UN Convention for the Suppression of the Trafficking in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others,
Amendment 12 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas at times of economic crisis, strengthening women’s position in the labour market and economic independence is not only a moral imperative, but also an economic necessity; whereas the EU 2020 Strategy includes the headline target of aiming to raise to 75 % the employment rate for women and men aged 20-64;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Amendment 17 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas Europe’s future economic competitiveness and prosperity depends crucially on its ability to fully utilise its labour resources not only by extension of employment period of life but also through adoption of appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas part-time work opportunities in some cases and for some period can have a positive effect for women and men in order to reconcile work family and private life; whereas, however it should not be a disadvantage limiting the opportunities of women in the labour market by offering them only part-time or involuntary short-term contracts;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data are paramount in implementing equality between women and men in the European Union;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas disparities in the pay received by women and men is still very high (in some cases exceeding 25%), and despite the efforts and progress made the pay gap which has a serious negative effect on the economic and social status of women is narrowing extremely slowly;
Amendment 38 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas on average 3 in 10 households in the European Union are single person households, the majority of them comprising women living alone, and the percentage is rising; whereas these households are more vulnerable and more at risk of poverty, in particular at times of economic adversity; whereas single person households in most Member States are treated unfavourably, both in absolute and relative terms, with regard to taxation, social security, hous, as a result of different public policies and legal statuses (divorced, separated, unmarried or widowed), single mothers in different Member States experience different situations and benefits, from different types of allocation, including, health care, insurance and pensions; whereas publicservices for themselves and their children; whereas decisions around family policiesy should not penalise people for – voluntarily or involuntarily – living alonprioritise the needs and best interests of the child, and ensure that children can thrive;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the gender gap is smaller before family formation and increases when individuals form a couple; whereas a drop of employment rate occurs for women at the first childbirth and the labour market disadvantages accumulate in their earlier stages of life cycle, connected to child-care, which at a later stage changes into care of elderly people, which often flows into in-work poverty;
Amendment 50 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas those women who face multiple and intersectional discrimination are more vulnerable to social exclusion, poverty and extreme human rights violations, such as trafficking in human beings; whereas women from ethnic minorities and especially Roma women face much more serious discrimination than men from the same ethnic group or women from the majority;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Amendment 75 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 86 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States when implementing EU2020 Strategy to give high priority to addressing barriers to women’s participation in the labour market and close the gender gaps in employment and social protection, including the gender pay gap;
Amendment 91 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Member States to introduce prompt measures in order to promote better work-life balance for women and men: by improving the access to affordable, high-quality childcare services for children under the mandatory school age;
Amendment 95 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse and eliminate the barriers of (re)entering the labour market and self-employment of Roma women and furthermore to place proper emphasis on the role of women in the economic empowerment of marginalized Roma and launching businesses;
Amendment 99 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Amendment 103 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to address equality between women and men in a consistent manner throughout the whole of the EU2020 process including in National Reform Programmes and country specific recommendations, and to ensure that all of the recommendations are assessed from an equality perspective to prevent potential counter-effects that some recommendations could have on policies targeting between women and men;
Amendment 104 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Calls on the Member States to invest current Structural Funds spending for the period 2007-2013 in the development of care services to enable both women and men to combine professional and private life;
Amendment 108 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 109 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States and the European Commission to address the gender pension gap as a direct consequence of the gender pay gap in policies that aim to reform pensions and to secure the adequacy and sustainability of pensions;
Amendment 123 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that making the most of Europe’s female talent in the workforce is not just good for business – it also benefits the economy and society as a whole: women represent 60% of new university graduates, but continue to be under- represented in economic decision-making posts;
Amendment 138 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that the use of electoral quotas hascan have positive effects on women’s representation;
Amendment 146 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 147 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Member States to improve the provision of care facilities for other dependants and promote flexible working arrangements and various forms of leave for both women and men;
Amendment 158 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes in this context the EU Victims Package; calls on Member States to act specifically against traditional practices harmful to women such as honour killings, Ffemale Ggenital Mmutilation, forced marriages, dowry-related violence and other forms of violence and violation of individual rights under the pretext of culture or religion;
Amendment 165 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that economic, vulnerability is one of the main but not the mere cause of domestic violence, notes that the enhancement of social and sexualeconomic autonomy are important preconditions for reducing genderfighting against violence;
Amendment 169 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the gender dimension in health as an essential part of EU health policies and further step up their efforts to adopt a dual strategy with gender and age mainstreaming and specific gender-related actions in EU and national health policies;
Amendment 172 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 181 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 206 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 233 #
2011/2244(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect, analyse and publish reliable statistical data disaggregated by sex to be able to properly evaluate and update the Commission’s Strategy for equality between Women and Man( 2010-2015);
Amendment 6 #
2011/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 33 a (new)
Citation 33 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2004/113/EC of the Council of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services1, __________________ 1 OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37.
Amendment 8 #
2011/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the Consumer Conditions Scoreboard of March 2011, 17Material Deprivation Rate index, 16.3% of the EU'’s population are poor according to the Material Deprivation Rate indexis at risk of poverty and that this percentage rises to 17.1% for women,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
8 Ca. whereas, according to the Special Eurobarometer 342 on Consumer empowerment from April 2011, women spend more time shopping (3.7 hours in a typical week) than men (2.8 hours)1, __________________ 1 http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/consumer_ empowerment/docs/report_eurobarometer _342_en.pdf page 113
Amendment 166 #
2011/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration the gender perspective in the Consumer Agenda, according to its commitment to the implementation of gender mainstreaming as an integral part of its policymaking; calls on the Commission to ensure that the Consumer Agenda excludes all discrimination based on sex in the access to and supply of goods and services;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to its position of 7 July 2011 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012)1, 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0332
Amendment 37 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas women report a higher level of work-related health problems than men irrespective of the type of work2, therefore measures of health and safety at work need a gender-based and life-cycle approach, __________________ 2 Occupational health and safety risks for the most vulnerable workers, EP Policy Department A, Economic and Scientific Policy, 2011, p. 40
Amendment 38 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas women are equally, if not more, affected by musculoskeletal disorders, even when they are working in the service sector,
Amendment 39 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas ageing women are particularly vulnerable to age-related diseases which should be adequately addressed in OHS policies,
Amendment 55 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that OHS policies, at European and national level, should be made consistent with other public policies: health, employment, industry, environment, transport, education and energy and should implement gender- mainstreaming in its policies in order to better reflect the specific risks faced by female workers;
Amendment 96 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that the Commission should develop gender and age-specific statistical means to evaluate prevention not solely in terms of accidents but also in terms of pathologies and the percentage of workers exposed to chemical, physical or biological agents and to dangerous situations from the point of view of the organisation of work;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the importance of gender- based measures and life-cycle approach to eliminate the risk of early retirement due to health problems;
Amendment 116 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on EU-OSHA and Eurofound to analyse causes of early retirement among women and men;
Amendment 117 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on EU-OSHA to carry out a research on the effects of "double shift" on the health of female workers, i.e. when women have to continue with unpaid work at home after the regular and recognized paid work;
Amendment 185 #
2011/2147(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Encourages the Member States to take into consideration the special risks female workers are facing in preventive policies and risk assessment methods;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document on the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women´s Empowerment in Development 2010-2015 (SEC (2010) 265) and to the Council Conclusions of 14 June 2010 on the Millenium Development Goals in which the respective EU Plan of Action is endorsed,
Amendment 13 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas it is important in the context of the fourth Forum to remind donors of their commitment to devote 0.7% of their GNP/GNI to development aid, include strong gender component in all its policies and practices in its relations with developing countries, define PDA more rigorously and comply with the principles of the Accra Agenda for Action, which still remain valid,
Amendment 60 #
2011/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points to the danger of taking a highly technical approach to aid efficiency; stresses the need to place greater emphasis on indicators showing the impact of aid on development and its effective contribution to eradicating poverty, promoting gender equality and reducing inequalities; believes that the closer involvement of public and private development actors and the absorption of lessons learned from the implementation of the commitments given in the Paris Declaration and the AAA will help to improve the aid effectiveness programme;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas gender equality and non- discrimination, among others on the basis of age, is a fundamental principle of the European Union enshrined in the EC Treaty and one of the objectives and tasks of the Community,
Amendment 10 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas women are often and increasingly over-represented among the isolated elderly, as a consequence of rising divorce rates and shorter life- expectancy of men; whereas widows and lone elderly women in general are at a higher risk of poverty, isolation and social exclusion,
Amendment 12 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas Europe's future economic competitiveness and prosperity depends crucially on its ability to fully utilize its labour resources, not only by extension of employment period of life, but also through adoption of appropriate policies to reconcile work, family and private life,
Amendment 15 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the gender gap is smaller before family formation and increases when individuals form a couple; whereas a drop of employment rate occurs for women at the first childbirth and the labour market disadvantages accumulate in their earlier stages of life cycle, connected to child-care, which at a later stage changes into care of elderly people, which often flows into in-work poverty,
Amendment 22 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision to designate 2012 as the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, and calls for appropriate steps to combat discrimination, particularly by changing the stereotypes associated with age discrimination and promoting solidarity between generations;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to conclude a study, in close cooperation with the European Institute for Gender Equality, on the situation of women over 50, in particular by focusing on their experiences in the labour market, care-giver experiences as well as on health issues and other challenges they have to face;
Amendment 42 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create conditions encouraging older women to remain and/or return to the labour market under the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, so that their potential is not wasted;
Amendment 46 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to adequately address the multiple discrimination that older women are facing in seeking access to employment;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to further develop and improve the collection and analysis of accurate, relevant, comparable European gender- and age-specific data, particularly on the employment and unemployment rate of older women and, on the rate of dependent elderly people and on elder abuse;
Amendment 54 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to exchange best practices in improving the quality of working conditions of older women, in order to create them a sustainable and healthy workplace;
Amendment 73 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to step up progress towards meeting the needs of families who have to take on responsibility for dependants; and calls on the Commission to continue to support the development of care structures making use of the Structural Funds;
Amendment 79 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages the Member States to extend access to parental leave for grandparents, to recognise caring for dependent persons, while considering the possibility of developing a carer's leave and to provide services, training and counselling for care-givers;
Amendment 82 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop gender-assessed pension systems by taking into account the older women's higher risk of poverty, as well as their career breaks due to caring obligations, in order to avoid creating new dependency traps;
Amendment 88 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Member States to expand a research into gender-related diseases, including research into the causes, possible prevention and treatments for these diseases;
Amendment 91 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the efforts of some Member States who provide free access to prevention of gender-related diseases and encourages Member States who have not yet done so to strengthen preventive healthcare for older women by providing, for example, for accessible and regular mammographies, to erase age limits in access to health prevention such as breast cancer screening, and to raise awareness of the importance of screening;
Amendment 93 #
2011/2091(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Encourages the Member States to further step up their efforts to adopt a gender mainstreaming strategy in health policies and to ensure equality of access to affordable health care and long-term care for both women and men, especially the older ones, and for those who face multiple disadvantages;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4% and that 17.4% of these have only completed primary school and that this rate is even worse among socially disadvantaged, especially Roma children, 20% of whom are not at all enrolled in school and 30% being early school leavers;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that a reduction to 10% fulfilling the EU 2020 headline target would have an effect in reducing youth unemployment and in improving the employment rate, since currently 52% of school leavers are unemployed and according to academic estimations the number of jobs available for low skilled or unskilled labour will even further decline in the coming years; considers that reducing the early school leaving rate by only 1% could boost the number of qualified potential employees by 500 000;
Amendment 73 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that pupils’ personal situations, e.g. gender, low level of education in the family or a migrant background, must be taken into account, and that these pupils must be given targeted encouragement from the outset in order to avoid the reproduction of social exclusion and the risk of poverty by enhancing their chances for entering the labour market; stresses that Roma children and children with no identity papers must be enabled to attend school; and granted equal access to quality education;
Amendment 92 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges that special individual careers advice be given to early school leavers to facilitate their entry into the world of work, and that they should be enabled by means of specially tailored measures to obtain skills and qualifications later, including vocational training and job assistance; noting that these measures should place a special emphasis on supporting girls of a disadvantaged and/or minority background;
Amendment 119 #
2011/2088(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Advocates the targeted deployment of the structural funds for early school leavers. in order to ensure quality education for all and to avoid early-school leaving and truancy;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission Communication on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 (COM(2011)173) and on National Roma Integration Strategies: a first step in the implementation of the EU Framework (COM(2012) 226 final),
Amendment 7 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of June 2011,
Amendment 8 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion1, _________________ 1 P7_TA(2011)0092
Amendment 205 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. CWelcomes the Commission’s assessment of national Roma integration strategies and calls on the Commission to evaluate the tangible results of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the progress achieved in each Member State, to analyse also the financial feasibility and sustainability of these strategies and the progress achieved in each Member State in its annual reports to the Parliament and to the Council;
Amendment 208 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on Member States to provide an effective response to Roma exclusion by developing integrated policies and implementing the measures presented in their national Roma integration strategies, in cooperation with representatives of the Roma population and ensuring their full participation also in the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects affecting their communities, and by making use of all available EU financial resources;
Amendment 218 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on Member States to allocate sufficient budgetary resources for realizing the objectives identified in their national Roma integration strategies; calls on the Council to support and adopt the proposals of the Commission and the Parliament regarding the next Multiannual Financial Framework, in particular those enabling the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund to better contribute to the social inclusion of Roma by broadening the range of ex ante conditionalities to include the development of national strategies and the mapping of the territorial concentration of poverty;
Amendment 225 #
2011/2069(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission to enhance its efforts to involve enlargement countries in its efforts aiming at the social inclusion of Roma, as well as to mobilize the Instrument on Pre-Accession Assistance and to urge enlargement countries through the mechanism of the Stabilisation and Association process to this end;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Confirms the link between at education significantly contributes to the reducation and culture and poverty reduction and social exclusionof poverty and social exclusion as well as to the promotion of social equity, increased individual and social productivity, and the elimination of discriminatory attitudes, and calls on the Member States to invest more specifically in the National Reform Plans (NRP);
Amendment 7 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Advises the Commission and the Member States to make a greater effort to reduce school drop-out rates, alsoespecially for disabldvantaged people and girls, in addition to promoting the integration of education and work;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to implement lifelongprovide equal access to lifelong learning and vocational training programmes and to step up the implementation of the EQF (European Qualifications Framework), in accordance with the flagship initiative ‘An agenda for new skills and jobs’;
Amendment 19 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for education, including sport and education in the arts, to be provided from the pre-school age, including the development of the necessary related facilities and institutions, to prevent poverty from being passed on from one generation to the next;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an intercultural, multilingual approach to be endorsed, to facilitate the educational and formative inclusion of disadvantaged communities such as the Roma and the integration of migrants;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Supports the promotion of second- chance education and training projects, as well as the development of semi-boarding programs and "tutoring" in schools, also with NGOs, through the use of the Structural Funds;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the knowledge and skills of poor people to be recognised and developed., informal competences and skills of disadvantaged people and/or traditional communities to be recognised and developed, and furthermore to identify how these could contribute to their integration into the labour market;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the predominant two-parent model is becoming less frequent, and single mothers are becoming increasingly significant as a group in all advanced and industrialised countries, whether as a result of divorce, separation or, never having been married, or single parents adoption and whereas there is therefore a need to respond to this new reality by adapting policies,
Amendment 47 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas single-parent households in some cases are more vulnerable to the risk of poverty and social exclusion than dual- parents households; whereas, according to the most recent data available in 2006, 32 % of single-parent households in the EU- 25 were at risk of poverty as against 12 % of couples with children,
Amendment 85 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the role of the National Equality Bodies in regards to discriminatory practices against single mothers at the workplace;
Amendment 86 #
2011/2049(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recommends the Member States to provide housing assistance and temporary solutions of residence especially for single mothers aging out of foster care;
Amendment 27 #
2011/0412(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) the rights of women as proclaimed in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocols, including measures to combat female genital mutilation, forced marriagesand arranged marriages, dowry-related violence, crimes of honour, trafficking, and any other form of violence against women;
Amendment 16 #
2011/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Commission adopted the Communication ‘Europe 2020 - A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ in March 2010 (hereinafter ‘the Europe 2020 Strategy’). The Communication was endorsed by the European Council of June 2010. The Europe 2020 Strategy responds to the economic crisis and is intended to prepare Europe for the next decade. It sets five ambitious objectives on climate and energy, employment, innovation, education and social inclusion to be reached by 2020 and identifies key drivers for growth, which aim at making Europe more dynamic and competitive. It also emphasises the importance of reinforcing the growth of the European economy while delivering high levels of employment for men and women equally, a low carbon, resource and energy-efficient economy and social cohesion.
Amendment 38 #
2011/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) encouraging an entrepreneurial culture and promoting the creation and growth of SMEs including among specific target groups, such as young people, women and marginalised communities.
Amendment 47 #
2011/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) To promote entrepreneurship, including among specific target groups such as young people, women and marginalised communities;
Amendment 49 #
2011/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) To improve access to finance for SMEs in the form of equity and debt and to provide information to and raise the awareness of potential beneficiaries including specific groups such as young people, women and marginalized communities;
Amendment 54 #
2011/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Particular attention shall be paid to young entrepreneurs, new and potential entrepreneurs and femfemale entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs from marginalised communities, new and potentiale entrepreneurs, and as well as specific target groups.
Amendment 25 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European UnTFEU, the Programme established by this Regulation, (the Programme) should support the mainstreaming of equality between women and men and anti- discrimination objectives in all its activities and should be implemented in a mutually reinforcing manner with other Union or Member State activities that have the same objectives, in particular the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the European Pact for equality between women and men for the period 2011 to 2020. Regular monitoring and evaluation should be carried out to assess the way in which gender equality and anti- discrimination issues are addressed in the Programme's activities.
Amendment 65 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Non-discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, nationality, language, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and equality between women and men are values common to the Member States. Combating all forms of discrimination is an ongoing goal which requires coordinated action, including by the allocation of sufficient and effectively targeted funding.
Amendment 67 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) The Programme should in particular address all forms of inequality in the access to or fulfilment of the whole range of fundamental rights, - including the right to employment, housing, health care and education -, as the primary barriers of social inclusion and the free excercise of EU citizenship.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Pursuant to Articles 8 and 10 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Programme should support the mainstreaming of equality between women and men and anti-discrimination objectives in all its activities and should be implemented in a mutually reinforcing manner with other activities of the European Union and/or Member States aiming at the same objectives, in particular the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the European Pact for Equality between women and men 2011-2020. Regular monitoring and evaluation should be carried out to assess the way in which gender equality and anti- discrimination issues are addressed in the Programme's activities.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Violence against children and women in all its forms constitutes a violation of fundamental rights and a serious health scourge. Such violence is present throughout the Union and coordinated action is necessary in order to address itprevent and combat it, as well as to protect victims and groups at risk. Taking action to combat violence against women contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The Treaty requires the Union to promote the protection of the rights of the child pursuant to Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, while combating discrimination. Children are highly vulnerable, in particular in a situation of poverty, social exclusion, disability or specific situations putting them at riskand being placed in childcare institutions, or in specific situations putting them at risk, such as exploitation, forced labour or trafficking. Action should be taken to promote the rights of the child and contribute to the protection of children from harm and violence, which pose a danger to their physical orand mental health.
Amendment 82 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) Analytical activities, such as collection of disaggregated data and statistics; development of common methodologies and, where appropriate, indicators or benchmarks; studies, researches, analyses and surveys; evaluations and impact assessments; elaboration and publication of guides, reports and educational material; monitoring and assessment of the transposition and application of Union legislation and of the implementation of Union policies; workshops, seminars, experts meetings, conferences;
Amendment 94 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In responding to the need for simplification and efficient management of, as well as easier access to funding, this Regulation establishes the Rights and Citizenship Programme to provide for the continuation and development of activities previously carried out on the basis of three programmes, established by Council Decision 2007/252/EC of 19 April 2007 establishing for the period 2007-2013 the specific programme ‘Fundamental rights and citizenship’ as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’; Decision No 779/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2007 establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’; and the ‘gender equality’ and ‘antidiscrimination and diversity’ sections of Decision No 1672/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - Progress.
Amendment 127 #
2011/0344(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to promote equality and the development of inclusive societies by stepping up against any violations of fundamental rights, in particular against all forms of racism, segregation and xenophobia;
Amendment 68 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Thematic objectives shall be translated into priorities specific to each CSF Fund and set out in the Fund-specific rules. Priorities shall be given to those projects which are simultaneously promoting more than one of the above mentioned thematic objectives.
Amendment 1836 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
– is comprehensive (e.g. covering all educational sectors including early childhood development) effectively targets vulnerable groups that are most at risk of ESL, such as Roma and adequately addresses prevention, intervention and compensation measures;
Amendment 1839 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.2 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– increase higher education participation among low income groups and other under-represented groups, with special regard to vulnerable groups, such as Roma;
Amendment 1841 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 2
– measures for the effective provision of skills development for young people in vocational training, adults, women returning in the labour market, low skilled and older workers, marginalized communities, such as Roma and other disadvantaged groups;
Amendment 1842 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 9 – sub-point 9.3 – column 3 – indent 1 – sub-indent 4
– measures to improve the relevance of education and training and to adapt it to the needs of identified target groups with special needs, such as the permanently unemployed and marginalized communities;
Amendment 1850 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 1
– sets achievable national goals for Roma integration to bridge the gap with the general population by defining clear, quantified and accountable targets, deadlines and benchmarks.. These targets should address, as a minimum, the four EU Roma integration goals relating to access to education, employment, healthcare and housing;
Amendment 1851 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3 – indent 2 – sub-indent 2
– is coherent with the National Reform Programme and the national strategy for poverty reduction;
Amendment 1853 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3– indent 2 – sub-indent 3
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.1 – column 3– indent 2 – sub-indent 3
– identifies where relevant those disadvantaged micro-regions or segregated neighbourhoods, where communities are most deprived, using already availablthe most appropriate socio-economic and territorial indicators (i.e. very low educational level, longterm unemployment, etc).
Amendment 1854 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 2
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 2
The existence of a national or regional strategy for health ensuring accessequal access for all to quality health services and economic sustainability.
Amendment 1856 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3– indent 1 – sub-indent 1
Annex IV – Thematic ex ante conditionalities – point 10 – sub-point 10.2 – column 3– indent 1 – sub-indent 1
Contains coordinated measures to improve equal access to quality health services explicitly targeting vulnerable groups and marginalized communities;
Amendment 52 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The ESF should improve employment opportunitiesmust increase the level of employment, promote education and life- long learning and develop active, complex and sustainable inclusion policies in accordance with the tasks entrusted to the ESF by Article 162 of the Treaty, and thereby contribute to economic, social and territorial cohesion in accordance with Article 174 of the Treaty. In accordance with Article 9 of the Treaty, the ESF shouldmust take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, inequality and poverty, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health.
Amendment 70 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The European Union is confronted with structural challenges arising from economic globalisation, technological change and an increasingly ageing workforce and growing skills and labour shortages in some sectors and regions. They have been compounded by the recent economic and financial crisis, which has resulted in increased levels of unemployment, hitting in particular young people and other vulnerable groups, such as migrants and ethnic minorities. The ESF shouldmust aim to promote employmentsustainable job creation and support labour mobility, invest in education, skills and life-long learning, promote social inclusion, foster equal opportunities and combat poverty. In promoting the better functioning of labour markets by enhancing the transnational geographical mobility of workers, the ESF should, in particular, support European Employment Services (EURES activities) in relation to recruitment and the related information, advice and guidance services at national and cross-border level.
Amendment 138 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. The ESF shall promote high levels of employment and job quality, support the geographical and occupational mobility of workers, facilitate their adaptation to change, encourage a high level of education and training, promote gender equality, and equal opportunities and non-, foster eliminating all forms of discrimination, enhance social inclusion and combat poverty, thereby contributing to the priorities of the European Union as regards strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion.
Amendment 146 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. The ESF shall benefit people, including disadvantaged groups such as, in particular the long- term unemployed, and those systematically excluded from the labour market, such as people with disabilities, migrants, ethnic minorities, marginalised communities and people facing social exclusion or at the risk of poverty. The ESF shall also provide support to workers, enterprises, and entrepreneurs, as well as to systems and structures with a view to facilitating their adaptation to new challenges and promoting good governance and the implementation of reforms, in particular in the fields of employment, education and social policies and initial and continuing vocational training.
Amendment 175 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) Sustainable integration of young people not in employment, education or training into the labour market, in particular of young members of marginalized communities;
Amendment 190 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) Adaptation of workers, enterprises and entrepreneurs to change and providing access to quality vocational training;
Amendment 210 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) Reducing early school-leaving and promoting equal access to good-quality and inclusive early-childhood, primary and secondary education;
Amendment 247 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) IComplex socio-economic integration of marginalised communities such as the Roma;
Amendment 261 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) Promoting thesocial entrepreneurship, social economy and social enterprises;
Amendment 342 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. To encouragprovide adequate participation of and access by stakeholder non-governmental organisations to actions supported by the ESF,and the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes supported by the ESF, - particularly for those non- governmental organisations that represent or advocate beneficiaries of such programmes - notably in the fields of social inclusion, gender equality and equal opportunities, the managing authorities of an operational programme in a region as defined in Article 82(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) No […] or in Member States eligible for Cohesion Fund support shall ensure that an appropriate amount of ESF resources is allocated to capacity-building for non-governmental organisations.
Amendment 352 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8
Article 8
The Member States and the Commission shall promote equal opportunities for all, including accessibility for disabled persons through mainstreaming the principle of non-discrimination, as referred to in Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No […], and through specific actions within the investment priorities as defined in Article 3, and in particular Article 3(1)(c)(iii). Such actions shall target people at risk of discrimination and people with disabilsocial exclusion, such as disabled people and members of marginalized communities, with a view to increasing their labour market participation, enhancing their social inclusion, reducing inequalities in terms of educational attainment and health status andtheir access to quality services in education and health care as well as facilitating the transition from institutional to community-based care.
Amendment 18 #
2010/2309(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
– designing and implementing campaigns specially targeted at communities suffering from multiple and intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 8 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on national ministries of education as well as the Commission to establish innovative and flexible grants for talent nurturing and to increase support for existing grants and programmes;
Amendment 20 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 21 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that a new type of scholarship programme should be developed to ensure the highest quality instruction for Roma students in order to educate a new generation of Roma leaders;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Believes that educational institutions whose underprivileged students win places in higher level institutions or whose graduating percentage is above the average should be rewarded and calls on the Commission to develop projects in this respect;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that local governments must take care of the reintegration of students falling out of the school system up to the maximum age of compulsory education. To this end, educational institutions must inform local governments about school- leavers;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that the social exclusion affecting Roma has a very strong territorial dimension of poverty and marginalization, and this is concentrated in underdeveloped micro-regions that severely lack the necessary financial resources to provide their own contribution to the Community funding that they are eligible for and most often lack the administrative capacity and human resources to make good use of the funding; Emphasizes the need for the concentration of specific efforts to these micro-regions that are often peripheral intra-regional areas and for the substantial simplification of bureaucratic and implementation rules so that the maximum possible allocation of resources can be achieved under the umbrella of the Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 33 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that kindergartens and/or alternative forms of pre-school care and education should be established in communities where none exist, and expanded where there is a lack of places;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 47 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the primary prerequirement of successful integration is joint efforts made both by the mainstream society and by the Roma community; therefore urges Member States to help improve Roma people's housing and employment situation, provide inclusive school climate with actively involving parents, and calls for Roma communities' social commitment and appropriate participation in improving their housing, employment and educational situation in order to ensure their real, effective and sustainable integration.
Amendment 55 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Believes that the system of training within workplaces must be expanded and enabled to provide the acquisition of necessary skills and abilities on a large scale;
Amendment 56 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that it is necessary to harmonize the training supply with the labour-market demand, and therefore calls for middle-term national and regional forecasts on expected labour- demand;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement joint monitoring systems of EU institutions, member states and Roma community leaders for the programmes and projects put into practice within the member states;
Amendment 60 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the soft policy approach of the Open Method of Coordination relying on the voluntary participation of Member States and without any hard incentive inducing effective performance proved to be insufficient in fostering Roma inclusion and this limitation may be partially obviated by tying EU funding mechanisms more closely to peer review processes,
Amendment 61 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the employment rate of Roma women is even lower than that of Roma men and, on the other hand, given their role in the family, women can be the cornerstones of the inclusion of marginalized communities,
Amendment 62 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas women from ethnic minorities and especially Roma women face much more serious discrimination than men from the same ethnic group or women from the majority,
Amendment 64 #
2010/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to promote best practices and positive models and experiences with implemented programmes and Roma self-initiatives in order to improve the perception and image of Roma within non-Roma communities as well as to boost active participation and creative collaboration on the part of the Roma communities with EU, member state and local programmes.
Amendment 250 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 5
Paragraph 4 – indent 5
– report on the progress of the Strategy and the evaluation of results, and keep the Council and Parliament informed on an annual basis, noting that policy effectiveness and ex-post evaluation should become a criteria for providing prolonged support,
Amendment 266 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 6
Paragraph 4 – indent 6
– ensure the involvement of concerned stakeholders and Roma communities from all levels through the European Roma Platform, and work in partnership with the other institutions, Member States and regions, international financing institutions, transnational programming bodies and intergovernmental organisations, noting that it is necessary to improve coordination and collaboration between concerned policy actors and policy networks to avoid duplication and enhance the mutually reinforcing effects of policy actions in the field and to eliminate the risks of policy overlap and policy conflict stemming from the proliferation of stakeholder networks;
Amendment 318 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines that earmarked funding for the Strategy should be made available on a competitive basis, as defined by the criterion of how the proposed project or intervention supports and implements the Objectives of the Strategy, notes that these actions must be selected on the basis of being ready for rapid implementation, or at least launching, involving a number of partners as well as taking advantage of the opportunities or countering the threats identified as significant in the area;
Amendment 319 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to apply both Participatory Monitoring Evaluation involving Roma communities and helping to develop the capacity of the stakeholders on the one hand and external expertise in order to gain a realistic and objective view of the overall success or failure of different measures and instruments on the other hand;
Amendment 323 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on Member States to implement the horizontal priority ‘Marginalised Communities’ within the framework of the EU Structural Funds, underlining that existing measures, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms must be significantly improved; stresses, furthermore, that agencies and organisations implementing projects co- financed by Structural Funds and targeting Roma directly or benefitting Roma indirectly must be held accountable and implement actions in a transparent manner;
Amendment 325 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses that co-financing should be reviewed and possibly differentiated to better reflect the diversity of actions and beneficiaries, and thus projects targeting Roma could be required to have a smaller share of co-financing from the country, with a higher share by the EU;
Amendment 326 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses that coordination among related EU policies must be significantly improved in order to foster synergies and complementarities, bureaucratic and implementation rules must be substantially simplified and all barriers between the various funds must be eliminated so that the maximum possible allocation of resources can be achieved by all the instruments, such as the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the European Integration Fund, the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Programme of Community action in the field of public health;
Amendment 327 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Emphasizes the need for Structural Funds to combine national and local approaches by acting through programmes that concurrently operate with a national strategy and provide local responses to specific needs; stresses, furthermore, the need to create synergies between the implementation of Structural Funds and government strategies for Roma, as well as between the Managing Authorities of the European Social Fund and the specialised Roma units or coordination structures dealing with Roma issues;
Amendment 337 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to analyse and eliminate the barriers to (re)entering the labour market and self-employment of Roma women and furthermore to place proper emphasis on the role of women in the economic empowerment of marginalized Roma and launching businesses;
Amendment 338 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the involvement of Roma women into the preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion;
Amendment 339 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include as a horizontal objective the capacity building and empowerment of Roma women in all the Priority Areas of the EU Strategy on Roma Inclusion;
Amendment 340 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Calls on the Commission and the Council to include the promotion of gender equality among the Objectives of the Strategy as well as combating multiple and intersectional discrimination;
Amendment 341 #
2010/2276(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to collect, analyse and publish reliable statistical data disaggregated by gender to be able to properly evaluate and update the Strategy as well as measure the impacts of the Strategy's projects and interventions on Roma women;
Amendment 140 #
2010/2275(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Urges Member States to examine obstacles to self-employment by Romani women, and to create programmes to enable accessible, fast, and inexpensive registration for Romani women entrepreneurs and self-employed persons, to establish avenues for accessible credit – including micro-credit – for the financing of undertakings by Romani women, and urges the Commission to support these activities through relevant funding mechanisms;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2138(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas minority women, especially Roma women, regularly experienceface multiply and intersectional discrimination and are at particular risk of social exclusion,
Amendment 23 #
2010/2115(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas, regarding the diversity of possible barriers such as general norms within the member states , male oriented corporate culture, lack of role models, flexible work solutions, opportunities for critical work experience and responsibility, adequate work/life balance policies, networks and mentoring, company leadership commitment to diversity, lack of target setting for participation of women, acceptance of the use of diversity policies and practices, adequate "re-entry" opportunities, childcare facilities, monitoring of participation of women, adequate information about existing diversity policies and practices, adequate parental leave benefits, and inadequate labour laws are important aspects to examine in order to tackle corporate gender gap,
Amendment 36 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU and the Member States to adopt strategies tailored to specific aspects of women's daily lives in order to reduce economic and social inequalities, as well as improving living conditions and combating geographical segregation thereby also helping to reduce health inequalities;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU and the Member States to introduce more targeted health campaigns to encourage and improve access to the early detection of diseases specifically affecting women, such as endometriosis , breast, cervical and ovarian cancer;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2089(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU and the Member States to introduce more targeted health campaigns to encourage and improve access to the early detection of diseases specifically affecting women, such as breast, cervical and ovarian cancer; stressing also that preventive measures and rehabilitative treatments must be non- discriminatory and fully accessible;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to take into consideration cases of discrimination in relation to pregnancy, planning of motherhood, and maternity as regards, for instance, the housing sector (renting) or difficulties in obtaining loans, as well as access to medical goods and services, in particular as regards access to legally available reproductive healthcare;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2043(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to consider including media and advertising content in the scope of the directive, taking into account their significance, as well as the significance of education, in the creation, retention and development of gender-based stereotypes, as well as in increasing the sexualisation of girls;
Amendment 6 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, while the Treaty on European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights set out the values on which the EU is founded, which apply in practice to all citizensnot all people living in the EU fully benefits from it, including women belonging to ethnic minority groups,
Amendment 8 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 17 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas an EU integrated approach is crucial for a coherent policy on the social integratclusion of ethnic minority women, including but not restricted to measures on anti-discrimination, housing, employment, education, health care and respect for fundamental rights,
Amendment 22 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas equal access for all to quality education enhances better integration in the labour market inclusion,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas a targeted approach to integratingfor the social inclusion of women belonging to ethnic minorities is needed to avoid stereotyping, stigmatisation and ethnic segregation,
Amendment 38 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, collecting disaggregated data is a prerequisite to protecting and promoting the human rights of women and ethnic minorities, whereas in the absence of statistics, many problems remain unidentified meaning no targeted policy is adopted,
Amendment 45 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas in the majority of cases women belonging to ethnic minority groups face multiple discrimination and are more vulnerable to social exclusion and poverty, poverty and extreme human rights violations such as trafficking in human beings and coercive sterilisation than the women of the native population and minority group men,
Amendment 55 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the non-integratsocial exclusion of women belonging to ethnic minorities entails significant direct and indirect costs for public budgets,
Amendment 63 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to provide for gender and ethnicity disaggregated data on issues related to social integratclusion, such as access to education, the labour market, social security, the health system and housing;
Amendment 88 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to consider widening EU funding opportunities from the European Social Fund and the European Integration Fund and giving themendow with a more strategic focus in order to play a role in the integration and reintegratlabour market inclusion of women from ethnic minority groups into the labour market, in particular in times of economic criseis;
Amendment 98 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU and its Member States to carry out awareness-raising campaigns and to ensure the full implementation of the relevant provisions in order to combat discriminatory cultural norms and tackle the prevalent sexist stereotypes and social stigmatisation which legitimise and perpetuate violence against women, and to ensure that there is no justification of violence on the grounds of customs, traditions or religious considerations;
Amendment 104 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States to improve access to services, particularly, in the fields of health, social services, education, provision of counselling on social rights, child-related services, reintegration services focused on labour-market integration/ reintegration, and vocational training services;
Amendment 110 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that women’s economic empowerment is a key factor in ensuring their integration and participationfull participation in the mainstream society;
Amendment 132 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Commission to take the gender aspect into account when deciding on policies and measures geared towards social integratclusion;
Amendment 139 #
2010/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Insists on the active involvement of the European Institute for Gender Equality in implementing suitable new measures and policies concerning ethnic minority women, consistently applying the principle of gender mainstreaming and promoting priorities in the area of social integratclusion;
Amendment 30 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the European Year for Combating Poverty should have a crucial impact in raising awareness of social exclusion and promoting active inclusion, which requires a fair redistribution of income and wealth and necessitates measures ensuring effective economic and social cohesion, and minimum income can provide a proper safety net for marginalized and vulnerable people facing poverty and social exclusion,
Amendment 169 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that minimum income will only achieve its objective in combating poverty if it is tax-free and recommends to consider attaching the level of the minimum income to the fluctuations of utility charges;
Amendment 178 #
2010/2039(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges those people in a state of poverty and their representative organisations to participate in the preparation and application of policies, measures and indicators at European, national, regional and local levels, stresses furthermore the need to step up against employers who illegally employ marginalized groups for less than the minimum income;
Amendment 167 #
2010/0115(NLE)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
Annex – Guideline 7 – paragraph 2
The Member States should step up social dialogue and tackle labour market segmentation with measures addressing temporary and precarious employment, underemployment and undeclared work. Professional mobility should be rewarded. The quality of jobs and employment conditions should be addressed by fighting low-wages and by ensuring adequate social security also for those on fixed contracts and the self-employed. Employment servic, in cooperation with the social partners, should increase the employment rate through activation measures, in particular for the low-skilled and people requiring particular protection and/or support such as the Roma, through advisory services and education and professional training adapted to the labour market's needs. The social economy should be supported in this context. Furthermore, the Member States should increase the employability of legal migrants and Roma among other disadvantaged groups with appropriate programmes. Continued efforts and innovative programmes are also required to reintegrate people with disabilities, and members of minority ethnic communities into the labour market, including through subsidised jobs. Furthermore, the Member States should remove the barriers which make it more difficult for people to enter the labour market for the first time, support the creation of jobs, foster social innovation and increase the quality and effectiveness of job placement services, including public employment services. In particular, working time rules should be more flexible, so as to allow a work process which conforms to the requirements of the compatibility of family and work, and allows a more flexible exit from working life into retirement. External and internal flexicurity strategies to increase flexibility, to be able to react more efficiently to production cycles, should be strengthened and open to all, including young people and those threatened by unemployment with personalised services targeting those furthest away from the labour market. better applied through active labour market policies and adequate social security systems, so that changing jobs does not lead to disproportionate financial costs. These should be accompanied by a clear commitment to actively support job- seeking. New forms of work organisation, such as atypical temporary work, part- time work, teleworking and working from home are used more and more frequently in the working world without being legally controlled. They must not lead to a reduction in individual and collective labour rights and social protection for the people concerned.
Amendment 63 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to tackle recent developments in the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings, this Directive adopts a broader concept of what should be considered trafficking in human beings than under Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA and therefore includes additional forms of exploitation. Within the context of this Directive, forced begging should be understood as a form of forced labour or service as defined in the ILO Convention No. 29 concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour of 29 June 1930. Therefore, exploitation of beggingfor begging, including the use of a trafficked dependent person for begging regardless her/his relation to the perpetrators falls within the scope of the definition of trafficking in human beings only when all the elements of forced labour or services occur. In the light of the relevant case-law, the validity of the eventual consent to perform such a service should be evaluated case by case. However, when a child is concerned, the eventual consent should never be considered valid. The term “exploitation of criminal activities” should be understood as exploitation of a person to commit, inter alia, pick-pocketing, shop-lifting and other similar activities which are subject to penalties and imply financial gain. The definition also covers trafficking in human beings for the purpose of the removal of organs, which can be linked with organ trafficking and constitutes a serious violation of human dignity and physical integrity.
Amendment 70 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The levels of penalties in this Directive reflect the growing concern among Member States about increased trafficking in human beings. Considering the gravity of the crime, this Directive aims to ensure further harmonisation and a higher level of penalties in the EU. When the offence is committed in certain circumstances, for example against a particularly vulnerable victim, the penalty should be more severe. In the context of this Directive, particularly vulnerable persons should include at least all children, and adults who were particularly vulnerable on grounds of gender, pregnancy, health conditions or, disability at the time when the crime was committedor if the victim has been subjected to torture, forced drug/medication usage, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence. When the offence is particularly grave, for example when the life of the victim has been endangered or the offence has involved serious violence or has caused particularly serious harm to the victim, this should be reflected in a particularly severe penalty. When, under this Directive, a reference is made to surrender, such reference should be interpreted in accordance with Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States.
Amendment 117 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. Exploitation shall include, as a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, including begging and the use of a trafficked dependent person for begging, regardless her/his relation to the perpetrators, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude, or the exploitation of criminal activities, or the removal of organs.
Amendment 126 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the offence was committed against a victim who was particularly vulnerable, which, in the context of this Directive, shall include at least child victims, and adults who were particularly vulnerable on grounds of gender, pregnancy, health conditions or disability, disability, or if the victims has been subjected to forced drug/medication usage, torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence;
Amendment 187 #
2010/0065(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When the family is not present in the territory of the Member State, the Member State shall provide assistance to the child to return and be reintegrated with the child's family, or to join his/her family in another Member State or in a third country, without exposing the child to the danger of being re-trafficked, when that is in the best interest of the child; where neither of these options are possible or in the child's best interest, the Member State shall find a durable solution for the child in accordance with the child's best interest including through referral to the competent national asylum authorities for child victims of trafficking in human beings who are in need of international protection.
Amendment 22 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is still difficult to assess the full impact of the financial crisis, it is clear that the current economic and social crisis is having particularly serious consequences for women, and the long- term future of the advancement of policies aiming to achieve equality between women and men ,exacerbating inequalities and discrimination,
Amendment 34 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there are many kinds of discrimination inflicted on specific categories of women, not least older women, women with dependants, migrant women, female members of minorities, women with disabilities, women in prison, etc.women are often exposed to multiple discrimination because of their sex and due to their age , disability, ethnic/racial background, religion, national origin, and socio-economic status , whereas compound discrimination creates multiple barriers to women’s empowerment and social advancement,
Amendment 46 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas gender disaggregated data is an essential tool for achieving real progress and effectively evaluate outcomes,
Amendment 56 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
1a. Points to the importance that the 6 priority areas of action of the current roadmap are still essential to pursue, calls on the commission to introduce further concrete measures in order to assure that the strengths in the existing roadmap can be further developed and thus visibly influence national and regional level instruments achieving equality and women’s empowerment;
Amendment 60 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 2 a (new)
Article 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses furthermore, that the Commission should put stronger emphasis on combating multiple discrimination, poverty and social exclusion and health inequalities;
Amendment 89 #
2009/2242(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 10 a (new)
Article 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Council and Commission to ensure that the gender equality dimension is systematically presented in the EU 2020 strategy
Amendment 49 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas employment is a key factor for social inclusion; whereas focused and broad efforts needed to be introduced in order to eradicate poverty against the background of rising income inequality, poverty and the economic and financial crisis,
Amendment 102 #
2009/2204(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Council, the European Commission and the Member States to ensure that national and European level recovery plans and structural adjustment programme undergo a gender impact assessment;
Amendment 9 #
2009/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that small farming based on decentralised, green and sustainable means of production facilitates job creation and sustainable development, since per hectare they employ more people than large farms, with the farmers and employees spending pro rata more on employment- intensive rural non-farm products;
Amendment 13 #
2009/2171(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for priority to be given to education, vocational training, technology education, skills training, lifelong learning, access to finance, health and safety and encouraging entrepreneurial initiative schemes primarily for small and micro enterprises to create a sustainable workforce, thereby focusing especially on young people and women, elderly, disabled, and displaced people, women and any other marginalised groups;
Amendment 235 #
2009/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – indent 7
Paragraph 35 – indent 7
– drawing up an action-oriented strategy on theEU-level strategy to foster the social and economic inclusion of Roma and mainstreaming the issue in European and national policy implementation,
Amendment 10 #
2009/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas health inequality is still widespread in the European Union, and whereas disadvantaged communities – as a result of limited access to resources, information and services – face higher risks of adverse health outcomes than those who are in a higher socio-economic position,
Amendment 23 #
2009/2103(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that research has to be developed in order to understand how inequitable access for lower socio- economic groups to healthcare services influences cancer incidences and outcomes;
Amendment 34 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas minority women, especially Romani women, regularly experience multiple forms of discrimination on the basis of race and gender; whereas National Equality Bodies fail to properly address the phenomena of multiple or compound discrimination,
Amendment 58 #
2009/2101(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the National Equality Bodies to introduce integrated approaches in order to improve their response to and handling of cases of multiple discrimination; insists furthermore that National Equality Bodies establish training for judges lawyers and staff in identifying, preventing and responding to multiple discrimination;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2330(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of education in social policy; stresses the need for young people to benefit from a qualitative education in order to eradicate the phenomenon of early school leaving; further stresses the urgent need to combat school segregation throughout the EU, moreover youngsters, and especially girls and women, should be informed about the possibilities available to them in the field of education and training;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas inequities and early school leaving produce high social and economic costs and have a detrimental effect on social cohesion, and all forms of school segregation weaken the level of national education systems as a whole,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the education of women is particularly influential on the educational performance of communities and the incomplete or unsatisfactory education of girls may not only affect them, but may transmit disadvantages to the next generation,
Amendment 12 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas a well developed pre-primary education significantly contributes to the integration of disadvantaged groups (such as children from low-income and minority background), can help raising overall skills levels, reduces educational differences, and is crucial for increasing equity and lowering drop-out rates,
Amendment 18 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Advocates inclusive education models where the school communities reflect society in terms of diversity, avoiding any kind of segregation, furthermore urges Member States to enhance the access of disadvantaged groups to vocational training and university studies according to the highest standards, also by drawing up and advertising appropriate scholarship schemes;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Therefore urges Member States to pursue the aim of the complete desegregation of Roma classes/institutions in elementary education, as well as to monitor and abolish the illegal practice of placing Roma children in classes for the mentally disabled;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Member States to continue efforts to reduce the number of early school leavers; emphasises the need to identify students at risk as soon as possible and to provide them with additional support and after-school learning activities; , as well as to support them during the transition from one school level to the next and provide personalised learning approaches for those in need;
Amendment 46 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. RAcknowledging that redressing educational inequalities solely through educational policies proved to be unsuccessful, recommends involving parents in school life, and to raise awareness about the potential impact of living conditions and of extracurricular activities on the acquisition of skills and competences at school;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the provision of micro-credits is an important tool to improve the status of women, especially those excluded from the formal economy, giving women a start- up possibility, encouraging female entrepreneurship, access to the market, helping them to become economically independent and is therefore not only an issue of entrepreneurship and economic growth but also of social inclusion and a measure against poverty,
Amendment 13 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness of the potentials of micro-credits through publicity and awareness-raising programmes targeted, among others, at young women, ethnic minorities and particularlythose afflicted by social and economic exclusion, furthermore underlining the importance of programmes at schools;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2122(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to standardise the statistical presentation of micro-credits, including the breakdown of data by gender and agecollection and analysis of data broken down according to gender, age and ethnic origin;
Amendment 68 #
2007/2145(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Stresses the need for a global, human rights based and action-oriented socio- economic approach to non- discrimination reflecting the European dimension of discrimination against the Roma; takes the view that a European Union framework strategy for Roma inclusion should seek to tackle the following problems: in a complex way: - segregation of the Roma as regards access to housing, and their exclusion from employment and publicquality education, and health care, - frequent denialviolation of their rights by public authorities and their political under-representation, - widespread anti-roma sentiments, the very inadequate guarantees against racial discrimination at local level and too few appropriate integration programmes;