10 Amendments of Roberto MUSACCHIO related to 2008/2137(INI)
Amendment 66 #
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;
Amendment 76 #
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 shortages;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers it important to provide for specific Community action to promote Roma adults' access to professional training programmes;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that the basic prerequisite for promoting social inclusion and access to the labour market for the Roma is that they be given equal social and political rights; calls on the Member States and candidate countries, in this connection, to establish a strategy to improve the participation of the Roma in elections as voters and candidates at all levels;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Supports the proposal by the EU institutions that the number of Roma working in public services should be increased; points out, however, that in order to make this possible it is necessary not only for governments to pursue personnel policies which promote it but also to increasmake special efforts and provide active support to facilitate public acceptance of the principle;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to take appropriate measures to eliminate racial hatred and incitement to discrimination and violence against the Roma in the media and every form of communication technology, and urges the mass media to establish good practices with respect to staff recruitment in such a way as to reflect the make-up of the population as a whole;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Proposes that the Commission and the Member States establish a Europe- wide forum in which social movements, trade unions and non-governmental organisations representing the Roma and their interests can consult one another on a permanent basis in order to draw up guidelines and exchange good practices, with a view to promoting a coordinated approach at European level;