17 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2008/2137(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 7
Recital 7
– having regard to Article 4 of the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
- having regard to the 1995 Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas the Roma community is the largest minority group in the EU, is characterised as a diverse community and suffers from multiple discrimination as well as a higher poverty rate and lower living standards than the average citizen of the Union,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas, following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007 and in the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy, it is important to meet new challeng the specific situation of the Roma needs to be addressed following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007 as large parts of the Roma community live in the new Member States and whereas it is righimportant that the European Parliament should therefore concentrate particularly on their situation in Eastern and Central European countries,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph - 1 a (new)
Paragraph - 1 a (new)
-1a. Considers there to be a need for a coordinated approach to improving the working and living conditions of the Roma community that aims at the following three objectives: - increasing economic opportunities for the Roma; - building human capital, and; - strengthening social capital and community development;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph - 1 b (new)
Paragraph - 1 b (new)
-1b. Points to the fact that policies targeting the Roma have in a number of cases not improved their situation; requests that, in all Community and Member State actions where Roma are especially affected, the stakeholders of the Roma community participate as decision- makers, so that their capacity and responsibility for organising themselves is respected;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the policies of the Union institutions and the Member States geared to improving access to employment can only be based on the recognition that the economic reform in Eastern and Central Europe has made millions of former workers unemployed or kept them inactiveand created major social problems, which are mirrored in the Roma community;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that education systems are selective and that although Member States are spending substantial sums on overcoming segregation, innumerable seemingly ineluctable systems accelerate the rise of the elite from the middle class and accentuate disparities in opportunities for the poor who find themselves on a downward spiral, particularly the Roma; stresses therefore the need for targeted education policies which address Roma families and encourage active participation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, although the proportion of Roma young people in secondary and higher education has increased, their level of qualifications still remains far below the European average; observes that, as a result of this, the Member States' economies often draw labour from third countries to make good labour shortagepoints to the gap between labour shortages on one side and a high unemployment rate linked with the low skill levels of Roma on the other side; demands therefore serious commitment on the part of the Member States and the EU to support Roma to increasing their qualifications;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it a fact that the Roma community in some Member States particularly influences demographic processes; notes that, for instance,Notes that the proportion of Roma children in the population is high, while their life expectancy at birth is a full 10 years less than that of people belonging to the majority nationalities;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Member States have used substantial European Union and Member-State resources to help thea large proportion of the Roma community is affected by long- term unemployed find work, but these have typically set in stone the existing situation; stresses that the number of long-term unemployed people and their marginalisation have grown since enlargement and that existing programmes have sometimes not led to improvements; requests therefore that both the EU and the Member States change their policy – as has been recommended by researchers – to an integrated approach that addresses all aspects of their deprivation and focuses on empowerment;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws it to the attention of the Member States that this social dichotomy compels many Roma job-seekers to transfer from the legal economy to the black market, and that a European effort is needed to bring that market into the legitimate spherecreate legal work opportunities for all jobseekers, including the Roma;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Observes that the low level of employment of Roma women is linked to the traditional Roma family model, the family role and the division of labour; considers that, in view of the particular traditions at issue, sexual equality need not absolutely entail full employment of Roma women, but rather the free choice of a strategy for lifeRoma women are traditionally actors in the hidden economy and have a very low employment rate; considers that, in order to overcome multiple discrimination, high unemployment and poverty, targeted policies should focus on offering choice and create options for Roma women as well as non-discriminatory access to the labour market;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Considers that, as the Roma are Europe's largest minority, preserving their language and culture is a European value; does not, however, endorse the idea of a stateless 'European nation', because this would absolve Member States of responsibility and call into question the possibility of integrcalls on the Member States to recognise the Roma as a traditional national minority and to guarantee their fundamental rights without discrimination;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission, in accordance with Article 192 of the EC Treaty, to assess the prospects of a directive based on Article 13(1) aimed at improving the situation of the Roma population;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Recommends that multiple discrimination – as experienced by the Roma – be included within the scope of the new antidiscrimination directive;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Criticises the four Member States that have not yet ratified the 1995 Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; calls on these four Member States, France, Greece, Belgium and Luxemburg, to do so urgently; calls on Member States to withdraw restrictive declarations under the Framework Convention affecting the recognition of the Roma as a national minority.