9 Amendments of Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU related to 2011/2182(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that EU citizenship isand the rights that go with it are one of the key pillars of the EU and 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, which is legally binding, applicable to all persons on EU territory; calls on the EU institutions and Member States to alignwork closely in order to facilitate EU citizens exercising their rights of third-country nationals permanently residing in EU with to move and reside freely within the EU by ensuring they can easily access information about their rights of EU citizens; ;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Deplores the fact that the majority of EU citizens know very little about Europe and their rights available to them in a cross-border context by virtue of their EU citizenship status including rights as consumers to access goods and services in other Member States, to access education, to obtain recognition of their professional qualifications, to access healthcare, to acquire or preserve social security rights or the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in the Member State of residence ;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the situation of stateless persolack of awareness of EU citizens permanently resident in Member States; calls in this regard on the Member States to systematically bring about just solutioncarry out enlightenment campaigns and provide solutions to overcome obstacles based on theEU recommendations of international organisations; believes that such persons should have the right to vote in local elections; believes that all EU citizens residing in Member States should have the right to benefit from the Union citizenship;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that despite the fact that EU citizens consider that freedom to travel, study and work is at the top of priorities and benefits associated with the EU citizenship, the right to free movement is still hindered by various obstacles, including divergent implementation of EU law and complex administrative procedures and also denied for some EU citizens because of political restrictions as a result of foreign aggression ;Is concerned about the poor implementation of current directives, especially the Free Movement Directive, which 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 in all 27 EU Member States;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that the current financial and social crisis in the EU, necessitates collaborate efforts, appropriate statistics and intensive action plan to eliminate all obstacles faced by EU citizens, businesses and especially the SMEs, in terms of exercising their Single Market rights;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that it is a great momentum to stimulate the participation of EU citizens and their active contribution to the set up of the EU political agenda on the light of the upcoming European elections in 2014;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that EU citizens in the territory of a third country in which the Member State of which they are nationals is not represented are entitled to protection, especially in times of crisis, by the diplomatic or consular authorities of any Member State, on the same conditions as the nationals of that Member State; emphasises the importance of such a provision as a point of principle;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with regret that the Commission has noteither been very active in addressing infringements related to citizens'’ rights; calls nor in implementing sanctions on violations of the acquis; calls therefore on the Commission, to behave more proactively; work closely with the other institutions and stakeholders, national parliaments and the civil society to act proactively and reactively in assuring full implementation of all rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights for all EU citizens in all 27 Member States;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the designation of 2013 as the European Year of Citizens which aims to facilitate, among others, the right of EU citizens to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States; Recalls that the European Year of Citizens will be marked by an action plan, which among other targets, it will aim to remove the remaining obstacles that impede citizens' enjoyment of their rights as Union citizens.