Activities of Loránt VINCZE related to 2022/2051(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls for the introduction of a provision for the Union’s ratification of the Council of Europe's Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities1a; _________________ 1a COFOE Conclusions 48.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights protectionthe protection of fundamental rights, including those of persons belonging to minorities
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls for the introduction of a legal basis to adopt legislation on the rights of people belonging to minorities2a; _________________ 2a COFOE Conclusions 48.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that while Article 2 TEU explicitly includes the rights of persons belonging to minorities amongst the constitutional principles of the Union, the rest of the Treaty is silent on how it intends to protect and promote this value and fails to endow the Union with the appropriate legislative competences to do so; points out that the Treaties do not explicitly refer to the respect for the languages and cultures of the Union’s national and linguistic minorities either, leaving this issue up to potential political goodwill; considers that this is especially striking in the light of the fact that minority protection is an explicit value of the Union, which violation is liable to a sanctioning procedure according to Article 7 TEU; considers therefore that Article 3 TEU should be amended in order to include a reference to actions to protect persons belonging to minorities (paragraph 2) and to actions to protect the cultures and languages of the traditional national and linguistic minorities living in the Member States (paragraph 4);
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights the existing asymmetry between the TFEU and Charter of Fundamental Rights (article 11) which, in addition to the grounds currently listed in Articles 10 and 19 TFEU, lists discrimination based on language and on membership of a national minority; points out that at present, linguistic discrimination and discrimination on the basis of membership of a national minority are forbidden via the Charter, but, inconsistently the Union has no explicit competence to actively combat these forms of discrimination via Article 19 TFEU; considers it therefore necessary to amend Article 10 TFEU in order to include references to language and membership of a national minority as areas of combatting discrimination; in the same vein, considers it necessary to amend Article 19 TFEU in order to include references to language and membership of a national minority as areas of combatting discrimination and to insert a reference that the Union shall take appropriate action to ensure that the rights of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities are respected in line with the principles and instruments of the United Nations and the Council of Europe; highlights in addition that experience so far with Article 19 TFEU has shown that the unanimity requirement effectively blocked the use of the treaty provision and considers therefore that unanimity should be replaced by qualified majority voting;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Highlights that approximately 10% of the Union's population belong to traditional national and linguistic minorities in Europe, and that their languages and cultures arguably need more protection than those of the majority populations from the Member States; considers it therefore necessary to amend Article 165 TFEU by including in paragraph 2 a reference to the promotion of the teaching of and teaching in the languages of the Member States’ traditional national and linguistic minorities and in paragraph 3 a reference to language diversity as an area of cooperation with third countries and international organisations; similarly, considers that Article 167 TFEU should be amended by including in its paragraph 2 a reference to the protection and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, including the protection and promotion of the languages and cultures of the traditional national and linguistic minorities living in the Member States;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Considers it necessary to amend Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights to include a reference in the sense that the Union recognises and respects the rights of persons belonging to national, religious and linguistic minorities;