13 Amendments of Tatjana ŽDANOKA related to 2011/2182(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reminds that the concept of Union citizenship includes the principle of non- discrimination of all Union citizens; urges the Commission to further its analysis of the situation of intra-EU migrants and to take appropriate action in order to ensure that they genuinely enjoy rights as Union citizens;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Considers that the EU and Member States have a shared responsibility to promote the rights of the Roma as Union citizens, especially in the field of free movement, education, employment, social rights and civic participation;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas many citizens overestimate the scope of the FMD, in particular when seeking rights for family members who are third-country nationals, and find it difficult to understand that the directive does not apply when they are resident in their own Member State, an apparent anomaly;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the fact that the Treaty of Lisbon made it possible for one million Union citizens from different Member States collectively to invite the Commission to submit legislative proposals, and believes that such a legal right will significantly raise awareness of Union citizenship among Europeans; recalls that transparency and democratic participation must be achieved by a variety of forms of partnership among the EU and Member States, regional and local institutions, social partners and civil society;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the right of Union citizens to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States cannot be viewed in isolation from other rights and basic principles of the European Union, such as the freedom of movement of workers, the freedom to provide services, the respect for family life and social rights (including the portability of pensions and other social benefits), as well as the mutual recognition of degrees and professional qualifications; and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to lift existing legal and practical barriers in order to enable all citizens to exercise all of their rights; stresses that problems of language or communication skills should not be used as grounds to deny access to the rights of Union citizens and other fundamental rights;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local authorities to take further measures to facilitate the movement of Union citizens between Member States, especially with regard to practical issues such as the issuance and recognition of documents and contracts, transfer of records, reimbursement of expenses, which very often do not function properly despite efforts to harmonise them at the EU level;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that, given the low number of EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own who exercise their right to vote or stand as candidate in European or local elections in their place of residence, the Commission and Member States should promote such participation by various means; calls on Member States to launch in national and local media, including television, radio and the internet, information campaigns to inform Union citizens about their right to vote and stand in elections, as well as about registration procedures, which should be as easy as possible; calls for the necessary reforms of the European elections procedures in all Member States, with a view to making those procedures more similar and finding ways to promote active Union citizenship, and calls for appropriate information campaigns to be conducted once those reforms are completed; asks to improve the real effectiveness of right to stand for elections by ensuring that all Union citizens are entitled to be members of and found political parties in the Member State where they have their place of residence;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that EU citizens in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented are entitled to protection by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State; emphasises the importance of such a provision as a point of principle; calls on the Commission and Member States to distribute information on the measures which support the right to diplomatic and consular protection; calls on Member States to cooperate actively in order to secure the protection of Union citizens outside the European Union, including in times of crisis or disaster;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with regret that the Commission has not been very active in addressing infringements related to citizens' rights; calls on the Commission to behave more proactively; calls on the Commission to make funding available for the training of Member States’ national, regional and local officials who deal with intra-EU migrants in the basics of the EU legislation that applies in their respective fields, and to help administrations in answering questions concerning possible differences and conflicts between national and EU legislation;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers it vital to adopt an effective approach to information and communication aimed at making Union citizens aware of their rights and obligations and helping them to assume an active role in EU decision-making, thus enabling participatory democracy to be genuinely exercised; since proposals for multilingualism should not be limited to the main official/Member State languages, calls on the Commission and Member States to disseminate information about Union citizenship also in regional and minority languages; points out the need to launch better and more effective information campaigns that promote Union citizenship rights among young people such as setting up a "citizenship programme" in schools and universities, with a view to preparing the younger generation for active citizenship.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on those Member States which have decided to introduce or to continue applying transitional arrangements restricting access by Romanian and Bulgarian nationals to their labour markets8 to revise their decisions by the end of 2011as soon as possible;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Is concerned about the situation of stateless persons permanently resident in Member States, in particular, Latvia and Estonia1; calls in this regard on the Member States to systematically bring about just solutions based on the recommendations of international organisations; believes that such persons should have the right to take part in local elections; __________________ 1 See, inter alia, Petitions 1263/07 and 1746/08
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recalls that Regulation (EC) No 2201/200318 lays down the principle that children should be able to maintain their relationships with both parents after the latter have separated, even if they live in different Member States; points out that, although the introduction and application of substantive rules on access rights is currently a Member State matter, the Member States must respect Union law when exercising their powers, in particular the Treaty provisions concerning the freedom of all EU citizens to travel and reside in another Member State19 ; calls on the Commission to investigate alleged discrimination against the non-German spouse in mixed marriages in the case of the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt);