10 Amendments of Peter JAHR related to 2017/2089(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that an increasing number of petitions submitted to Parliament after the entry into force of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in December 2009 invoke the Charter as the legal basis for the alleged violation of their fundamental rights as EU citizens; notes that these petitions armight be evidence of a serious structural lack of a fundamental rights- based approach in the drafting of legislation and policymaking both at EU level and in the implementation of legislation in Member States;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeplorAcknowledges the fact that the Charter of Fundamental Rights only applies in Member States when implementing EU law; reiterates that many citizens have found its implementation to be unclear and unsatisfactory;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the expectations of most EU citizens submitting petitions in relation to the rights conferred on them by the Charter go far beyond their current scope of application; stresses that an excessively narrow or incoherent interpretation of Article 51 alienates citizens from the EU; urges the Commission to take steps to ensure that the interpretation of the scope of Article 51 is as coherent and wide as possible;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that it is of paramount importance in the interests of EU citizens to guarantee the effectiveness of the protection granted them under the current system, particularly in the field of social rights, but also with regard to civil liberties and democratic participation, by broadening the application of the Charter; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to introduce a fundamental rights impact assessment in all relevant new legislative proposals for the purposes of mainstreaming fundamental rights in all relevant policy areaand this equally for all fundamental rights;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. welcomes the work carried out by the European Commission in the area of fundamental rights, especially with a view to its strategy to monitor the implementation of the rights and freedoms mentioned in the Charter and the annual reports on the application of the Charter.;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that Member States themselves can, and have the moral obligation to, implement the provisions of the Charter in their legislation, even when they are not directly transposing EU law;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, the other EU institutions and Member States’ national and regional governments to regularly consult the Fundamental Rights Agency when fundamental rights are at stake; calls, furthermore, for the introduction within the framework of the European Semester of a compulsory assessment and review of Member States’ adherence to the provisions of the Charter;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly differs withNotes the differences between the Committee on Petitions and the Commission on witsh restrictivgard to the interpretation of Article 51(1) when assessing a number of petitions submitted to Parliament, in particular those on related to alleged breaches of Article 28 of the Charter on the right to collective bargaining and collective action, and reiterates strongly that the EU institutions need to respect the Charter under all circumstances and in whichever role they play, for instance within the Troika, including when implementing adjustment programmes that are not based on primary EU law, as stated in its resolution of 13 March 2014 on the role and operations of the Troika with regard to the euro area programme countriesfundamental rights of EU citizens submitted to the Parliament;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the Charter of the fundamental rights cannot extend the competences of the EU;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Invites the different EU institutions to consider an enhancement of the scope of application of the Charter, including the deletion of its Article 51, in the next revision of the Treaty.