19 Amendments of Gianni VATTIMO related to 2011/2069(INI)
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission to fully respect the independence and the competences of the FRA and to refrain from exerting undue pressures on the FRA in relation to its opinions on the Commission proposals, as happened recently in relation to the opinion on jurisdiction and applicable law for the property effects of marriages and registered partnerships;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the FRA to ensure that NGOs that do not respect fundamental rights, tolerance, equality and non- discrimination and promote intolerance and discrimination are excluded from the FRA fundamental rights platform and believes that transparency should be required in relation to the way these organizations are funded and on their activities;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission to propose a review of the Framework Decision to include other forms of bias-motivated crime, including on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief, including the freedom of those without a religion not to suffer discrimination as a result of excessive exemptions for religions from laws on equality and non-discrimination;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on Member States who have adopted legislation on same-sex partnerships to recognise provisions with similar effects adopted by other Member States and calls on the Commission to issue a proposal with this aim; recalls the Member States’ obligation to fully implement Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, including for same-sex couples and their children; welcomes the fact that more and more Member States have introduced and/or adapted their laws on cohabitation, civil partnership and marriage to overcome the discriminations based on sexual orientation lived by same- sex couples and their children and calls on other Member States to introduce similar laws;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to intervene more forcefully against homophobia, violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation, including by calling Member States’ mayors and the police to protect freedom of expression and demonstration on the occasion of LGBTI prides and by officially granting support to them; calls on the Commission to finally follow up the repeated calls by the European Parliament and NGOs and issue as a matter of urgency the EU Roadmap for equality on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, to be launched at the latest in 2013;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that impunity in enquiries on paedophilia is not tolerated, including when practised by priests, and that diplomatic immunity is waived;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Expresses concern in relation to the respect of fair trial in the EU and its Member States and notably in relation to recent proposals on ‘secret evidence’ allowing the government to use evidence against individuals which they would be unable to challenge, or even to see, which would be in striking contradiction with European fundamental rights and standards;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)
Paragraph 43 b (new)
43b. Calls Member States to make sure extradition to third countries does not infringe fundamental rights and invites them to review their international treaties; expresses concern on the possible extradition of the 23-year-old Richard O’Dwyer from the UK to the US for copyright infringement and calls for a solution to be found to ensure that his fundamental rights are not violated;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 c (new)
Paragraph 43 c (new)
43c. Expresses concern for the case of Julian Assange and calls the UK authorities to review their position on his extradition to Sweden, the Swedish authorities to text the credibility of the accusers and in any case not to extradite him to the US, where Assange could undergo a trial and treatment which do not guarantee fundamental rights as protected by European standards, potentially including also a secret trial and death penalty;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Is extremely worried at the situation of democracy, rule of law, checks and balances, media and fundamental rights in some of the Member States and notably at the practice by those in power of selecting, appointing or firing persons for independent positions such as Constitutional Courts, the judiciary, public broadcasting media heads and media regulatory bodies, ombudsmen or commissioners, on the basis of mere party politics instead of competence, experience and independence;
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls the Commission to entrust the FRA with the task of issuing an yearly report monitoring the situation of media freedom and pluralism in the European Union;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 c (new)
Paragraph 45 c (new)
45c. Calls for the strengthening of democratic and judicial oversight of secret services at national level, which is extremely urgent and necessary, as demonstrated by their involvement with extraordinary renditions and with CIA flights and prisons and as recent worrying events in Germany and France, among others, have shown; calls for the EU to strengthen its oversight in relation to the collaboration at European level between these agencies, including via EU bodies, and between these and third states;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 d (new)
Paragraph 45 d (new)
45d. Expresses concern in relation to the events of disproportionate repression by the police in Member States on the occasion of public events and demonstrations, as confirmed by the recent Italian judgment on the G8 in Genoa, and by other reports by NGOs, citizens and media involving many EU Member States; calls for Member States to make sure that democratic and judicial oversight of law enforcement agencies and personnel is strengthened, accountability is ensured and that impunity has no place in Europe, notably when acts of torture or inhuman or degrading treatments are committed;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 e (new)
Paragraph 45 e (new)
45e. Calls for the respect of dignity at the end of life, notably by ensuring that decisions expressed in living wills are recognised and respected;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 f (new)
Paragraph 45 f (new)
45f. Believes that current policies on drugs have not reached their stated objectives and that the current prohibitionist approach based on criminalization and imprisonment creates stigmatization and marginalization; calls for the revision, at national, European and international level, of laws and policies on drugs on the basis of a new alternative approach based on fundamental rights, medical care and harm reduction;
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 g (new)
Paragraph 45 g (new)
45g. Expresses ongoing concern on the situation in Hungary, notably in relation to the new Constitution, government control on the media and the judiciary, restrictions to LGBTI rights and freedom of expression, discrimination among religious groups and of Roma and other minority groups, criminalization of homeless persons, the situation in the educational system and measures affecting students, the rise in extremism, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, as well as raising tensions with neighbouring states;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 h (new)
Paragraph 45 h (new)
45h. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to abrogate or review the rules on liquids and body scanners and calls the Commission to bring infringement proceedings against those Member states violating EU regulations protecting citizens’ fundamental rights on the matter;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 i (new)
Paragraph 45 i (new)
45i. Calls on EU institutions and Member States to ensure that fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and the principle of secularism and neutrality of the State are protected from fundamentalist religious views; calls for these values to be upheld in relations with religious communities and for discrimination in treatment among different religions enacted by the State to be overcome; expresses concern in relation to the Holy See’s use of diplomatic immunity in relation to cases of paedophilia, the lack of cooperation on other judicial cases such as the dubious financial operations by its IOR related to money-laundering, the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi and the fate of those arrested in the so-called ‘Vatican leaks’ case; calls on the EU and Member States to take action on these issues;