Activities of Sonia ALFANO related to 2009/2161(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) - Effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (debate)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
– having regard to all the related conventions, recommendations, reports and activities of the Council of Europe and the United Nations, including specialised monitoring bodies and human rights commissioners, in the area of fundamental rights,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the reports and works by NGOs in the field of human rights,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to its recent resolutions, as well as its oral questions with debates, in 2009 and 2010 on specific fundamental rights such as privacy, personal dignity and data protection, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression and information, press freedom,and media freedom, on free movement, on non-discrimination and the use of minority languages, on Roma issues, on discrimination against same-sex marriages, and onhomophobia and the discrimination of same-sex couples married or in a civil partnership, on protection of asylum seekers and migrants, on the respect of the principle of non refoulement, on detention conditions, including irregular migrants retention centers, and on extraordinary renditions and the illegal detention of prisoners; stresses that all these resolutions reflect the spirit of the Charter, show its clear commitment to the everyday protection of fundamental rights, and send political messages to European citizens, Member States and the EU institutions;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness of the benefits of accession to the ECHR and of the requirements to be fulfilled, by developing guidelines on the adequate application and the effects of this additional mechanism so that excessive expectations on the part of EU citizens can be avoido ensure that citizens can have their fundamental rights protected and that violations are sanctioned;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the European institutions have often acted in parallel in the field of protection of fundamental rights and therefore calls for reflection on actions taken and for enhanced cooperation among these institutions; calls for the establishment of an interinstitutional structured procedure for the annual monitoring of the situation of human rights in the EU, involving the FRA, the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, defining contents and a timetable for the respective reports, so that each institution can build upon other institutions' reports;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reminds the Commission to undertake objective investigations and start infringement proceeding if there are good grounds for doing so, thus avoiding double standards, whenever a Member State, in implementing EU legislation, violates the rights enshrined in the Charter; further reminds the Commission to requo Member Statest that Member States provide reliable data and facton the basis of the principle of loyal cooperation they have a duty to provide to the Commission reliable data and facts; calls on the Commission to collect directly from NGOs, or via the FRA or human rights bodies, information to evaluate the situation, including through on the spot missions;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to build on the new institutional and legal framework a new courageous and ambitious policy on fundamental rights in the EU, to update its 2003 Communication on Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union2 on the basis of the new human rights architecture, and to address the issue of possible violations of human rights that could fall outside of strict EU competence but that are anyway against EU values, for instance by defining how diplomatic means could be used in this context; 2 COM(2003)0606.
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights that also the European Parliament should strengthen its autonomous impact assessment on fundamental rights in relation to legislative proposals and amendments under examination in the legislative process to make it more systematic, notably by enlarging the possibilities currently foreseen by Rule 36 of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure on the respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and to ask to the Legal Service opinions on legal issues in relation to fundamental rights issues in the EU; recalls the importance of delegation visits to collect on the spot information from authorities, NGOs and citizens and believes that such practice should be strengthened and enlarged notably in relation to possible human rights violations; calls for a more structured cooperation with the FRA and NGOs dealing with human rights issues, as well as with the Council of Europe and the Commissioner for Human Rights, that should be involved systematically when discussions take place on issues relating to human rights, for instance by inviting them to committee meetings;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Council to adapt to the changes required by the Treaty and to comply with the Charter when legislating; therefore welcomes the establishment of a standing Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons and hopes that this new body will work transparently and efficiently; calls on the Council to ensure that the Working Party has a broad mandate to include any issue in relation to fundamental rights of EU and Member States' relevance, adhesion, ratification and compliance with international conventions related to fundamental rights, etc.;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Emphasises that the FRA is charged with the constitutes a guarantee of the ongoingnuous monitoring of the effective protection of fundamental rights within the Union and that it should therefore have adequate resources for its increased tasks following the implementation of the Charter; points out that its monitoring role should extend at least to the acceding countries; consequently calls on the Commission to issue a proposal in 2011 to strengthen and review the mandate and independence of the FRA so to align it as a minimum with the new Lisbon Treaty and Charter of Fundamental Rights competences, i.e. the respect of fundamental rights by the EU and by each Member State when implementing EU law and policies; reiterates its request to be fully associated in revising the multi-annual programme of the FRA;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Underlines the fact that the EU and the Member States share competenceobligations in the field of the implementation and/or enforcement of human and fundamental rights, in their respective spheres of responsibility, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, and that this shared responsibility and competence represents both an opportunity and a right, as well as an obligation on the part of the Member States and of EU institutions; highlights the enhanced role of the national parliaments provided by the Treaty of Lisbon and supports the establishment of a formal ongoing dialogue between the European Parliament and national parliaments;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Believes that EU action should not only address violations of fundamental rights after they have happened, but should also seek to prevent them; consequently calls for a reflection on mechanisms for early detection of potential violations of fundamental rights in the EU and in its Member States, temporary freezing of the measures which constitute such violations, accelerated legal procedures for determining if a measure is contrary to EU fundamental rights and for sanctions in the event that these measures are nonetheless implemented contrary to EU law;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – introductory part
Paragraph 35 – introductory part
35. Recalls, therefore, all its resolutions and debates, as well as findings from missions and country visits, on fundamental-rights issues in 2009 and 2010, which have shown that there are many outstanding issues and specific cases of violation of fundamental rights, which require urgent steps, mid- term strategies and long-term solutions and follow up by EU institutions; such as:
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 – indent 6
Paragraph 35 – indent 6
– prohibiting and eliminating all forms of discrimination against a large number of minorities,on any of the grounds referred to in Article 21 of the Charter, such as sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation and nationality, notably by adopting the directive on the application of the principle of equality outside of employment, by ensuring that Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States1 is applied without discriminations and by ensuring the free circulation and mutual recognition of civil status documents, 1 OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77.