4 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2008/2234(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to revise its 'Europe for Citizens' Programme to improve communication with the average EU citizen and to ensure broad dissemination; notes that while structural support for Brussels-based think-tanks and research institutes is important, such organisations do little to inform individuals other than those who are already informed; calls on the Commission refocus its funding on non-Brussels based regional and local civil society organisations and to introduce, in the future, programmes similar to very successful "Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013" to help local and regional governmental authorities to inform their residents of their rights as EU citizens; since proposals for multilingualism should not be limited to the main official/ Member State languages, calls on the Member States to disseminate information about EU citizenship also in regional and minority languages;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that in the long term, EU citizenship should be based on domicile on the territory of the Union for a certain period of time;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that stateless persons permanently resident in Member States are in a unique position in the European Union; is concerned that some Member States impose unwarranted demands on them or demands which may not be strictly necessary in order to obtain citizenship; in this regard calls on those Member States to systematically bring about just solutions, based on the recommendations of international organisations; believes that stateless persons permanently resident in the Member States should have the right to vote in local and European elections, as well as the right to diplomatic and consular protection in third countries;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that problems of language or communication skills should not be used as grounds to deny access to economic and social rights to which an individual maybe entitled as a resident of a Member State, including the right toaccess to employment and social benefits granted by a national or local authorities;