24 Amendments of Stanimir ILCHEV related to 2011/2182(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that EU citizenship is the fundamental status of Member States' nationals; underlines the close link between the rights inherent to EU citizenship and those enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights applicable to all persons on EU territory; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to align the rights of third-country nationals permanently residing in EU with the rights of EU citizensat the fundamental rights and personal freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Treaties as regard to EU citizenship are directly applicable and inherent to all persons on EU territory including third- country nationals permanently residing in EU with the rights of EU citizens; urges the EU institutions and Member States to have a more proactive approach as respecting fundamental rights and personal freedoms is of the utmost importance;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that many EU citizens are still not well informed about their rights as EU citizens; Calls on Member States to make sure that European citizens are informed of the rights attached to EU citizenship – including electoral rights and the membership and founding of political parties – and can benefit fully from them, even as residents of EU Member States other than their own;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to make sure that European citizens are informed ofsignificantly increase their efforts to providing useful and practical information about the rights attached to EU citizenship – including electoral rights and the membership and founding of political parties – and can benefit fully from themthus helping their citizens to fully benefit from these rights, even as residents of EU Member States other than their own;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises that there are some obstacles preventing EU citizens to fully enjoy their electoral rights when residing in a country different from their own; is aware of the fact that finding a proper balance between exercising individual rights and keeping the common interest is not an easy task; calls on member states to find better solutions for the improvement of the rules governing elections or at least to promote the best procedures wherever they exist in the Union;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the challenge represented by the steady general decrease in voter participation in European elections; points out that even though more EU citizens of voting age are resident not in their Member State of origin but in another Member State, proportionally fewer citizens are registered to vote in European elections; calls on member states to find better solutions for the improvement of the rules governing elections;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that apart from common principles – namely free, secret elections by universal suffrage – some practical considerations and powerful European symbols (e.g. organising European elections at the same time in every Member State) are also necessary to increase voter participation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on Member States to ensure that the publication of European Parliament election results takes place at the same time throughout the whole EU avoiding the risk that the outcome in one member state may influence voting in others;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the situation of stateless persons permanently resident in Member States; calls in this regard calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to systematically bring about just solutions based on, taking into account the recommendations of international organisations; believes that such persons should have the right to vote in local elections;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that in some member states there are different restrictions which make it difficult for nationals of other member states to join existing political parties or found their own party; calls on member states to eradicate such restrictions;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned about the poor implementation of current directivand adherence to directives in force by Member States, especially the Free Movement Directive, whichsince such situation causes many problems related to free movement and other rights of EU citizens, and calls on all parties to correctly and fully transpose and implement the acquis and most importantly adhere to it;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that some categories of persons encounter discriminatory obstacles in the exercise of the right to free movement, notably LGBT persons in same-sex unions, transgender people, third country family members and Roma;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls the Commission to come up urgently with an ambitious proposal on the full mutual recognition of the effects of civil status documents across the EU so as to finally overcome the legal and administrative obstacles citizens face when moving in the EU, including same- sex spouses, different-sex and same-sex registered partners, or same-sex and different-sex partners in a durable attested relationship and their families, including their children;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Regrets that citizens of Roma origin are often targeted by Member States for expulsion, in violation of the Free Movement Directive and of the Race Directive, and subjected to collective expulsion procedures, such as in the case of France in 2010; underlines that Roma integration and inclusion is still pending issue in the EU agenda and in this regard calls on the Commission to urge Member States to treat Roma minorities equally and deepen their efforts in the areas of unemployment, housing health, education, free movement, anti- discrimination and fundamental rights; urges the Member States especially to focus on social inclusion of the Roma children;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that, gGiven 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 either European or local elections in their place of residence, the Commission andakes the view that the Commission should call the Member States shouldto promote such participation by various means including by ensuring that membership of political parties is allowed to all EU citizens and by launching a special informational campaign targeting those EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Citizenship Report 2010, which sets the objective of dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens' rights, and the proposals contained therein; regrets however that many EU citizens are still not well informed about their rights attached to EU citizenship and thus are unable to fully benefit from those rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that the legislative and non-legislative measures provided for in the report are put forward as soon as possible and approved, so as to ensure that EU citizens' rights become effective and that Member States abolish obstacles to the enjoyment of those rights;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that a large number of EU citizens resident in a Member State other than their own are not fully and effectively informed about their rights; calls on the Commission to urge the Member States to focus their efforts in enhancing their information systems especially in areas EU citizens initially encounter problems, denial or restriction of their EU rights such as residence, work, social rights, health, marital status, consumer rights;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission, the Council and Member States to make the most of the upcoming European Year of Citizenship 2013 so to ensure that information campaigns on European citizenship and the rights connected to it are carried out and calls on the Commission to strengthen its activity of monitoring and support to citizens in facing violations of citizens' rights and overcoming them so to ensure that the European Year allows for concrete progress in citizens' lives;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Regrets that the administrative procedures in some Member States are too time consuming and thus sometimes are equal to a denial of EU citizen's rights; calls on the Commission to be more proactive on infringement procedures in this area ;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), which will apply from 1 April 2012, constitutes the first instrument of transnational participatory democracy and will give citizens the possibility to become more actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation; calls foron the effective implementation of the ECI Regulation, and, in particular, callEU Institutions and the Member States to effectively introduce all essential practical and administrative elements onf the EU institutions and Member States to take an active role in informing citizens about this newCI Regulation in time and in a way that all EU citizens could fully benefit from this instrument;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with regret that the Commission has not been very activesufficiently active and transparent in addressing infringements related to citizens' rights; and consequently calls on the Commission to behave more proactively;strengthen monitoring, reporting and supporting citizens when they face citizens' rights violations, as well as finding solutions to overcome them, including by launching infringement proceedings, in its role of guardian of the Treaties
Amendment 92 #
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 2011; reminds those countries that such prolongation of restricting measures is acceptable only if the countries experience serious disturbances in their labour market;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recognises that there are some obstacles preventing EU citizens to fully enjoy their electoral rights when residing in a country different from their own; is aware of the fact that finding a proper balance between exercising individual rights and keeping the common interest is not an easy task; calls on member states to find better solutions for the improvement of the rules governing elections or at least to promote the best procedures wherever they exist in the Union;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls the key priority in the Committee on Petitions: to find a solution to the longstanding property concerns in countries such as Spain, Cyprus and, Bulgaria and other EU Member States; points out that EU citizens, both nationals and non-nationals, have had a numberbeen experiencing series of serious problems with property transactions and bank guarantees and thedifferent kinds of violation of property rights, which has indeed contributed to a lack of confidence in the cross-border property market and to Europe's economic problems; on the basis of the conclusions reached by a number of property law experts and members of the Committee on Petitions, calls for the EU's consumer-protection and free movement principles to be extended to cover property, and reiterates its call for the right to legitimately acquired property to be fully respected;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Notes that in some member states there are different restrictions which make it difficult for nationals of other member states to join existing political parties or found their own party; calls on member states to eradicate such restrictions;