4 Amendments of Silvia COSTA related to 2017/2131(INL)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. Acknowledges that the Hungarian Government has acceded to some of the demands in the Resolution of the European Parliament of 17 May 2017 on the situation in Hungary, notably as regards the suspension of the deadlines established in the Act amending the National Higher Education Act and the launching of a dialogue with the relevant US authorities; notes, however, with concern, however, that the agreement between Hungary and the government of the Central European University’s country of seat has been ready since last year and still not signed by the Hungarian Prime Minister; notes furthermore that the Hungarian Government has not rescinded the Act amending the National Higher Education Act;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
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4. Draws attentioExpresses concern to the fact that the discrimination and segregation of Roma children in education in Hungary remains a widespread and deep-rooted phenomenon which contributes to the social exclusion of Roma, reducing their chances of integration in the labour market and in society as a whole;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses, with reference to the ‘Democracy Index 2017’ published recently by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), that media freedom and pluralism in Hungary has been considerably restricted in the past year as a result of State intervention and increased State control; deplores, in this connection, the closure and subsequent sale of Népszabadság, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in Hungary, once again revealing the Hungarian Government’s intolerance vis-à-vis a critical press;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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5. Stresses, with reference to the ‘Democracy Index 2017’ published recently by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), that media freedom in Hungary has been considerably restricted in the past year as a result of State intervention and increased State control; deplores, in this connection, the closure and subsequent sale and closure of Népszabadság, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in Hungary, once again revealing the Hungarian Government’s intolerance vis-à- vis a critical press;