Procedure completed
2014/2254(INI) Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014)
Lead committee dossier: LIBE/8/02351
Legal Basis RoP 052
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Opinion | AFCO | JÁUREGUI ATONDO Ramón (S&D) | |
| Opinion | EMPL | ||
| Opinion | FEMM | AIUTO Daniela (EFD) | |
| Lead | LIBE | FERRARA Laura (EFD) | VOZEMBERG-VRIONIDI Elissavet (EPP), NIEDERMÜLLER Péter (S&D), KIRKHOPE Timothy (ECR), MICHEL Louis (ALDE), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL), LUNACEK Ulrike (Verts/ALE) |
| Opinion | PETI | CABEZÓN RUIZ Soledad (S&D) |
Legal Basis RoP 052
Activites
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2015/09/08
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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T8-0286/2015
summary
The European Parliament adopted by 371 votes to 293, with 43 abstentions, a resolution on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014). Internal strategy on fundamental rights: Parliament considered it essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full. It expected to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions. It deplored the lack of political will to invoke Article 7 TEU against Member States responsible for breaches of fundamental rights to penalise them and operate as a deterrent. It stressed the need for the full use of existing mechanisms to ensure that the fundamental rights and values of the Union referred to in Article 2 of the EU Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected, protected and promoted. In this regard, all the instruments currently provided for in the Treaties need to be urgently applied and implemented. The Commission is called upon to implement and further improve the existing framework with the aim of: initiating infringement procedures that might also lead to financial sanctions in accordance with Article 260 TFEU, should systemic or significant violations of Article 2 TEU be identified by the FRA; ensuring the automatic triggering of the procedure under Article 7 TEU, should the three-stage process foreseen by the framework fail to resolve the issue; stipulating that all EU legislative proposals, policies and actions must comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The internal strategy should be accompanied by a clear and detailed new mechanism, soundly based on international and European law and embracing all the values protected by Article 2 TEU. Such a mechanism should: 1) ensure coherence with the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations; 2) render the European institutions and Member States accountable for their actions and omissions with regard to fundamental rights; 3) monitor the compliance of all EU Member States with regard to fundamental rights and provide for a systematic and institutionalised dialogue in case of breach of fundamental rights by one or several Member States. In order to make full use of the Treaties' provisions the Commission should establish a scoreboard on the basis of common and objective indicators by which democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights will be measured. Alarming increase of discriminatory acts: Parliament expressed concern at the alarming increase in the number of violations of fundamental rights in the EU, in particular in the areas of immigration and asylum, discrimination and intolerance – especially towards certain communities – and in the number of instances of attacks being carried out and of pressure being exerted on the NGOs which defend the rights of these groups and communities. The resolution noted Member States’ unwillingness to ensure that these fundamental rights and freedoms are observed, in particular as regards Roma people, women, the LGBTI community, asylum seekers, immigrants and other vulnerable group. Parliament suggested that fundamental rights and principles – as laid down, in particular, in the Treaties, the Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights – should be embedded in internal security policies and measures from the outset. In the second part of the resolution, Parliament dealt in detail with the main fundamental rights presents a state of play as regards these rights in the EU. Freedom and Security: Parliament focused on the rights as regards freedom and security: Freedom of expression: in particular, it: urged the EU and national authorities to adopt such measures in full respect of the principles of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially the right to a legal defence, the presumption of innocence; reiterated their call on Member States to ensure accountability for violations of fundamental rights in the context of transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA. It urged Member States to conduct open and transparent investigations to find out the truth about the use of their territory and airspace and to offer full cooperation to the European Parliament´s enquiry on the matter; strongly condemned the mass surveillance activities discovered to have been taking place since 2013 and deplores their continued existence; calls for clarification of these activities and in particular the current involvement of a number of Member States; called on the Commission and the Member States to take full account of the requirements and recommendations of Parliament as set out in its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme; it also called on the Member States to ensure that the activities of their intelligence services are consistent with fundamental rights and subject to parliamentary and judicial scrutiny; deplored the acts of discrimination, not to say brutality, perpetrated by police forces in some Member States against minority groups such as migrants, Roma, LGBTI people or people with disabilities. Freedom of religion and conscience: Parliament condemned any form of discrimination or intolerance and called on the Member States, including regional authorities to protect with all available tools freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue. It is alarmed at the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe and the increasingly widespread efforts to deny or downplay the Holocaust. Members are deeply concerned at the growth of anti-Islamic demonstrations, attacks on mosques and the widespread tendency to associate Islam with the religious fanaticism of a tiny minority. Parliament called on the Member States to condemn such acts systematically and to apply zero tolerance in this connection. Equality and non-discrimination: Parliament considered that the Union and Member States should step up their efforts to combat discrimination and protect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and promote measures to enhance gender equality, the rights of the child, the rights of older persons, the rights of persons with disabilities, and the rights of LGBTI persons and persons belonging to national minorities. In this regard, Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti-Gypsyism. Promotion of minorities: Parliament invited the EU institutions to elaborate a comprehensive EU protection system for national, ethnic and linguistic minorities in order to ensure their equal treatment. It called on the Members States to ensure effective equality of these minorities, particularly on issues of language, education and culture. It condemned all forms of discrimination on grounds of language use and called on those Member States that have not yet done so to ratify and effectively implement the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. - Situation of Roma people: Parliament deplored the increasing tendency towards anti-Roma sentiment in the EU and expressed its concern at the situation of the Roma in the EU and the numerous instances of persecution. It called for a number of measures to facilitate their integration. - Violence against women: Parliament called on the Member States in particular to deal effectively with the effects of domestic violence and sexual exploitation in all its forms, including genital mutilation. Measures are also called for as regards under-representation of women in decision-making process. It recognised that the denial of a life-saving abortion amounts to a serious breach of fundamental rights. - Children’s rights: the Union and Member States are invited to unite in their efforts to combat child-pornography on the internet as well as cross border abductions cases. - Rights of LGBTI people: Members condemned in the strongest terms all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of LGBTI people. They called, once again, on the Commission to submit a proposal for an ambitious regulation to ensure mutual recognition of civil status documents, including legal gender recognition. They deplored the fact that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in the majority of Member States. - People with disabilities: Parliament called on the Commission, the Member States and regional and local authorities to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation. - Older people: Parliament deplored their access to adequate income, employment and healthcare and to necessary goods and services. They called for people’s dignity to be respected notably at the end of life. Hate crime and hate speech: Parliament called on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice. It is concerned at the growing presence of hate speech on the internet and called on the Member States to put in place a simple procedure enabling members of the public to report the presence of hate content on the internet. It noted the ever greater visibility in the public sphere of racist and xenophobic groups, some of which have acquired or are seeking the status of political parties. The Commission is called upon to monitor the correct transposition of the Framework Decision and to launch infringement procedures against those Member States that fail to transpose it. Members called, furthermore for a review of the framework decision in order for it to fully cover all forms of hate crime and crimes committed with a bias or discriminatory motive. Homeless people: Parliament expressed its concern at the number of people who have lost their homes as a result of the economic crisis and called on the Member States to adopt ambitious policies to help such people through devising national strategies seeking to combat the phenomenon of homelessness on their territories. The Commission is called upon to support the Member States in their missions to combat homelessness by facilitating the exchange of best practice and accurate data collection. Parliament recalled that the right to housing assistance for the poorest in society is enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Rights of migrants and applicants for international protection: as regard the main issue of migrants, Parliament condemned the fact that many asylum-seekers and migrants seeking to reach the European Union are continuing to die in the Mediterranean. The EU and the Member States should take energetic and compulsory measures to prevent further tragedies at se. It called on the EU and its Member States to put solidarity and respect for the fundamental rights of migrants and asylum seekers at the core of EU migration policies. Parliament underlined the need for a holistic EU approach that will strengthen the coherence of the EU’s internal and external policies. Furthermore, Parliament: reminded Member States of their international obligation to help people in distress at sea; called on the Member States to amend or review any legislation penalising people assisting migrants in distress at sea; underlined the fundamental right to seek asylum; encouraged the EU and the Member States to open up and devote sufficient resources to create new safe and legal possibilities and channels for asylum seekers to enter the European Union, so as to reduce the risks inherent in attempting to enter illegally and to combat human trafficking and smuggling networks that profit from endangering the lives of migrants and from their sexual and labour exploitation; called on all the Member States to participate in EU resettlement programmes, and encouraged the use of humanitarian visas; urged the Member States to guarantee decent reception conditions in compliance with existing fundamental rights and asylum legislation; called for the establishment of an effective and harmonised EU asylum system for the fair distribution of asylum seekers among Member States, called on the Commission, its agencies and the Member States to ensure compliance with these and other international and EU obligations. Plenary called on the Union and Member States to adopt the necessary legislation to put into practice the principle of solidarity as referred to in Article 80 TFEU. It roundly condemned the security protection at the EU’s borders, which now sometimes even takes the form of walls and barbed wire, and the lack of legal routes for entering the European Union, which results in many asylum seekers and migrants being forced to resort to increasingly dangerous methods, placing them at the mercy of people-smugglers and traffickers. Overall, Members condemned the indiscriminate recourse to unlawful detention of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors and stateless persons. They called for closer monitoring of migrant reception and detention centres, of the treatment of migrants and of asylum formalities in the Member States and expressed concern at 'hot return' procedures and at the violent incidents occurring in various 'hotspots' in southern Europe. At the same time, Parliament called for assurances to be given that an investigation will be opened, following allegations that infringements were committed during operations coordinated by the Frontex agency. Conditions in prisons and other custodial institutions: Parliament regretted that the three framework decisions covering the transfer of prisoners, probation and alternative sanctions and the European Supervision Order, which have great potential for reducing prison overcrowding, have only been implemented by some Member States. It called on the Commission to assess the impact of detention policies and criminal justice systems on children. It underlined the fact that an estimated 800 000 children in the EU are separated from an imprisoned parent each year, which impacts on the rights of children in multiple ways. Citizenship: lastly, Parliament stressed the need to strengthen institutional transparency, democratic accountability and openness in the EU and urged the competent EU institutions and all Member States to: step up their efforts with a view to revising without delay Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) during this parliamentary term in order to improve its functioning; bring forward a revision of Directive 93/109/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, in order to help EU citizens who are resident in a state other than their own to participate in the European elections in their country of residence; give due consideration to the growing segment of the population that is completely disenfranchised as regards national elections. It should be noted that an alternative motion for a resolution, tabled by the EPP group, was rejected in plenary.
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T8-0286/2015
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- 2015/09/07 Debate in Parliament
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2015/07/16
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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A8-0230/2015
summary
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs adopted the own-initiative report by Laura FERRARA (EFDD, IT) on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014). Internal strategy on fundamental rights: Members considered it essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full. They expect to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions. They deplored the lack of political will to invoke Article 7 TEU against Member States responsible for breaches of fundamental rights to penalise them and operate as a deterrent. They stressed the need for the full use of existing mechanisms to ensure that the fundamental rights and values of the Union referred to in Article 2 of the EU Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected, protected and promoted. In this regard, all the instruments currently provided for in the Treaties need to be urgently applied and implemented. The Commission is called upon to implement and further improve the existing framework with the aim of: initiating infringement procedures that might also lead to financial sanctions in accordance with Article 260 TFEU, should systemic or significant violations of Article 2 TEU be identified by the FRA; ensuring the automatic triggering of the procedure under Article 7 TEU, should the three-stage process foreseen by the framework fail to resolve the issue; stipulating that all EU legislative proposals, policies and actions must comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The internal strategy should be accompanied by a clear and detailed new mechanism, soundly based on international and European law and embracing all the values protected by Article 2 TEU. Such a mechanism should enable the monitoring of the compliance of all EU Member States with regard to fundamental rights and provide for a systematic and institutionalised dialogue in case of breach of fundamental rights by one or several Member State. In order to make full use of the Treaties' provisions the Commission should establish a scoreboard on the basis of common and objective indicators by which democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights will be measured. Alarming increase of discriminatory acts: Members expressed concern at the alarming increase in the number of violations of fundamental rights in the EU, in particular in the areas of immigration and asylum, discrimination and intolerance – especially towards certain communities – and in the number of instances of attacks being carried out and of pressure being exerted on the NGOs which defend the rights of these groups and communities. The report noted Member States’ unwillingness to ensure that these fundamental rights and freedoms are observed, in particular as regards Roma people, women, the LGBTI community, asylum seekers, immigrants and other vulnerable group. In the second part of the report, Members deal in detail with the main fundamental rights presents a state of play as regards these rights in the EU. Freedom and Security: Members focused on the rights as regards freedom and security: Freedom of expression: In particular, Members: urged the EU and national authorities to adopt such measures in full respect of the principles of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially the right to a legal defence, the presumption of innocence; reiterated their call on Member States to ensure accountability for violations of fundamental rights in the context of transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA. They urged Member States to conduct open and transparent investigations to find out the truth about the use of their territory and airspace and to offer full cooperation to the European Parliament´s enquiry on the matter; strongly condemned the mass surveillance activities discovered to have been taking place since 2013 and deplores their continued existence; calls for clarification of these activities and in particular the current involvement of a number of Member States; called on the Commission and the Member States to take full account of the requirements and recommendations of Parliament as set out in its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme; deplored the acts of discrimination, not to say brutality, perpetrated by police forces in some Member States against minority groups such as migrants, Roma, LGBTI people or people with disabilities. Freedom of religion and conscience: Members condemned any form of discrimination or intolerance and called on the Member States, including regional authorities to protect with all available tools freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue. Members are alarmed at the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe and the increasingly widespread efforts to deny or downplay the Holocaust. They are deeply concerned at the growth of anti-Islamic demonstrations, attacks on mosques and the widespread tendency to associate Islam with the religious fanaticism of a tiny minority. Equality and non-discrimination: Members considered that the Union and Member States should step up their efforts to combat discrimination and protect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and promote measures to enhance gender equality, the rights of the child, the rights of older persons, the rights of persons with disabilities, and the rights of LGBTI persons and persons belonging to national minorities. The EU is urged to adopt a directive condemning discrimination based on gender and seeking to counteract gender prejudices and clichés in education and the media. Promotion of minorities: Members invited the EU institutions to elaborate a comprehensive EU protection system for national, ethnic and linguistic minorities in order to ensure their equal treatment. They called on the Members States to ensure effective equality of these minorities, particularly on issues of language, education and culture. They condemned all forms of discrimination on grounds of language use and calls on those Member States that have not yet done so to ratify and effectively implement the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. - Situation of Roma people: Members deplored the increasing tendency towards anti-Roma sentiment in the EU and expressed its concern at the situation of the Roma in the EU and the numerous instances of persecution. They called for a number of measures to facilitate their integration. - Violence against women: Members called on the Member States in particular to deal effectively with the effects of domestic violence and sexual exploitation in all its forms, including genital mutilation. Measures are also called for as regards under-representation of women in decision-making process. They recognised that the denial of a life-saving abortion amounts to a serious breach of fundamental rights. - Children’s rights: the Union and Member States are invited to unite in their efforts to combat child-pornography on the internet as well as cross border abductions cases. - Rights of LGBTI people: Members condemned in the strongest terms all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of LGBTI people. They called, once again, on the Commission to submit a proposal for an ambitious regulation to ensure mutual recognition of civil status documents, including legal gender recognition. They deplored the fact that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in the majority of Member States. - People with disabilities: Members called on the Commission, the Member States and regional and local authorities to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation. - Older people: Members deplored their access to adequate income, employment and healthcare and to necessary goods and services. They called for people’s dignity to be respected notably at the end of life. Hate crime and hate speech: Members called on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice. They are concerned at the growing presence of hate speech on the internet and called on the Member States to put in place a simple procedure enabling members of the public to report the presence of hate content on the internet. The Commission is called upon to monitor the correct transposition of the Framework Decision and to launch infringement procedures against those Member States that fail to transpose it. Members called, furthermore for a review of the framework decision in order for it to fully cover all forms of hate crime and crimes committed with a bias or discriminatory motive. Rights of migrants and applicants for international protection: as regard the main issue of migrants, Members called upon the Member States to respect their rights and: underlined the need for a holistic EU approach that will strengthen the coherence of the EU’s internal and external policies; reminded Member States of their international obligation to help people in distress at sea; called on the Member States to amend or review any legislation penalising people assisting migrants in distress at sea; underlines the fundamental right to seek asylum; encouraged the EU and the Member States to open up and devote sufficient resources to create new safe and legal possibilities and channels for asylum seekers to enter the European Union, so as to reduce the risks inherent in attempting to enter illegally and to combat human trafficking and smuggling networks that profit from endangering the lives of migrants and from their sexual and labour exploitation; called on all the Member States to participate in EU resettlement programmes, and encouraged the use of humanitarian visas; urged the Member States to guarantee decent reception conditions in compliance with existing fundamental rights and asylum legislation; called for the establishment of an effective and harmonised EU asylum system for the fair distribution of asylum seekers among Member States, called on the Commission, its agencies and the Member States to ensure compliance with these and other international and EU obligations. Overall, Members condemned the indiscriminate recourse to unlawful detention of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors and stateless persons. They called for closer monitoring of migrant reception and detention centres, of the treatment of migrants and of asylum formalities in the Member States and expressed concern at 'hot return' procedures and at the violent incidents occurring in various 'hotspots' in southern Europe. Conditions in prisons and other custodial institutions: Member States regretted that the three framework decisions covering the transfer of prisoners, probation and alternative sanctions and the European Supervision Order, which have great potential for reducing prison overcrowding, have only been implemented by some Member States. They called on the Commission to assess the impact of detention policies and criminal justice systems on children. They underlined the fact that an estimated 800 000 children in the EU are separated from an imprisoned parent each year, which impacts on the rights of children in multiple ways. Citizenship: lastly, Members stressed the need to strengthen institutional transparency, democratic accountability and openness in the EU and urged the competent EU institutions and all Member States to: step up their efforts with a view to revising without delay Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) during this parliamentary term in order to improve its functioning; bring forward a revision of Directive 93/109/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, in order to help EU citizens who are resident in a state other than their own to participate in the European elections in their country of residence; give due consideration to the growing segment of the population that is completely disenfranchised as regards national elections.
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A8-0230/2015
summary
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2015/07/02
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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2015/01/15
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0230/2015
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0286/2015
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 1168 |
2014/2254(INI)
2015/03/18
PETI
106 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital -A a (new) -Aa. having regard to Part Two of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for Non-discrimination and Citizenship of the Union and to the Charter of Fundamental Rights,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rights inherent to Union citizenship are incorporated in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has strengthened the enforceability of fundamental rights with respect to the implementation of EU law by Member States at national level and in accordance with their respective Constitutions; whereas Article 51 of the Charter states that the Member States and the Commission must respect these rights;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Expresses its concerns, on the basis of hundreds of petitions received yearly, of the shortcomings in the actual implementation in Member States of the provisions, both in letter and spirit, of the EU environmental legislation, such as the Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment directives; asks the Commission to have greater oversight of the substance of such procedures, particularly when specific cases are subject to petitions;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reiterates the importance of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), as a new citizens' right introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, which aims at increasing participatory democracy in the EU; Notes the importance of the ECI as a powerful tool to provide European citizens with a direct democratic right to contribute to the decision making process of the EU, which adds to the European citizens' right to submit petitions to the European Parliament (EP) and their right of appeal to the European Ombudsman;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on all the EU institutions and Member States to ensure the respect for the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity in Member States of EU as well as on the international scene;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Supports the programme of EU Judicial training for national judges which are key actors in enforcing citizens' rights; warns about the risk of undermining the right to effective legal remedy not being respected in cases when national court procedures are unacceptably delayed; expresses the view that in order to respect the principle of equality before the court and effective access to justice, socioeconomic barriers in its access such as excessive judicial fees and taxes should be tackled in each and every Member State;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the European Commission to strengthen the role of the European Citizens' Initiatives (ECIs) by adopting a citizens-friendly approach to tackle all deficiencies of this instrument in the upcoming revision of Regulation 211/20118 whilst at the same time improving information campaigns to citizens on the use of the ECI and its powers to influence the EU-policy making process;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. calls on the European Commission to take into account the Göncz report from 17 February 2014 on evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law which regrets the lack of available data on national justice systems, and therefore calls the Member States to cooperate fully with the EU and Council of Europe institutions and to collect and provide, on a regular basis, impartial, reliable, objective, and comparable data on their justice systems; call for an effective mechanism for a regular assessment of Member States' compliance with the fundamental values of the EU, as set out in Article 2 TEU, providing a basis for an early warning tool and emphasises that the Commission is empowered to bring a Member State failing to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties before the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Welcomes the European e-Justice portal which is operated by the European Commission and provides professionals and the public with information on justice systems and is a practical tool to improve access to justice, with a separate section on fundamental rights which aims at informing citizens where to turn in cases of violations of their fundamental rights;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rights inherent to Union citizenship are incorporated in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has strengthened the enforceability of fundamental rights with respect to the implementation of EU law by Member States at national level; whereas Article 51 of the Charter states that the Member States and the Commission must respect these rights; whereas citizens’ rights include the right to petition as a means of citizens upholding their own fundamental rights, as laid down in Article 41 of the Charter and Article 227 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rights inherent to Union citizenship are incorporated in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has strengthened the enforceability of fundamental rights with respect to the implementation of EU law by Member States at national level; whereas Article 51 of the Charter states that the Member States and the Commission must respect these rights; whereas unacceptable disparities exist in this regard among the Member States;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Lisbon Treaty has strengthened the fundamental rights enforceability when EU law is being implemented at national level by the Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the right to petition established a tight bond between the EU citizens and the Parliament; whereas the European Citizens' Initiative introduced a new direct link between the EU citizens and the EU institutions and can enhance the development of fundamental and citizens' rights;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union plays a major role, in particular through general principles of law, in the protection of fundamental rights within the EU; whereas the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and that of the European Court of Human Rights are generally in line with one another; whereas the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights should be rethought once the CJEU has handed down its opinion on 18 December 2014 (Opinion 2/13);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas it is recognised that National authorities (judicial, law enforcement and administrations) are key actors in giving concrete effect to rights and freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the European Commission should continue to be vigilant regarding Member Statesʼ failure to transpose EU legislation or their poor transposition thereof; whereas EU citizens are insufficiently informed about their fundamental rights;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the effectiveness of specialised institutions such as National Human Rights Institutions or equality bodies is important to help citizens to better enforce their fundamental rights to the extent that Member States apply EU law;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas almost one third of petitions received by Parliament relate to alleged breaches of fundamental rights referred to in the Charter, touching on issues such as citizenship, the four freedoms, employment, economic circumstances, justice systems, voting rights, disability and children’s rights; whereas some of those petitions raise questions related to health issues and worsened access to health care and health care services as a direct consequence of the economic crisis; whereas this situation has undermined the provisions of Article 35 of the Charter; whereas petitions serve as an instrument for guaranteeing citizens their fundamental rights;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital -A b (new) -Ab. having regard to the right of petition enshrined in Article 227 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and having regard to Rules 215 to 218 of its Rules of procedure,
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas a
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas almost one third of petitions received by Parliament relate to alleged breaches of fundamental rights referred to in the Charter, touching on issues such as citizenship, the four freedoms, employment, economic circumstances, justice systems, voting rights, disability and children’s rights; whereas some of those petitions raise questions related to health issues and worsened access to health
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas almost one third of petitions received by Parliament relate to
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas almost one third of petitions
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas almost one third of petitions received by Parliament relate to alleged breaches of fundamental rights referred to in the Charter, touching on issues
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas this situation has undermined the provisions of Article 35 of the Charter; whereas the increased energy poverty experienced by relevant parts of the population in some Member States has had also a huge impact on the overall health condition of the population, and in particular children;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas since 2008 the economic crisis and the
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the economic crisis and the general measures taken as a result thereof have also had a
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the economic crisis and the general measures taken as a result thereof
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital -A c (new) -Ac. having regard to Rule 53 of its Rules of Procedure,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the economic crisis and the general measures taken as a result thereof have also had an impact on universal access to quality education, the right to fair and decent work
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas the economic crisis and the general measures taken as a result thereof have also had an impact on universal access to quality education, the right to fair and decent work, the right to health care and social security and the right to property;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the right to vote and stand as a candidate in the municipal and European Parliament elections is recognised in Articles 39 and 40 of the Charter in the states of residence; whereas exercising the right of mobility should not hamper this right;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas Article 21 of the Charter recognises the right to non-discrimination based on any grounds 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 or sexual orientation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas Article 21 of the Charter recognises the right to non-discrimination based on any grounds; whereas, under Article 19(1) TFEU, the EU can adopt legislation to combat specific types of discrimination;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital D D. whereas Article 21 of the Charter recognises the right to non-discrimination
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the right to vote and stand as a candidate in the municipal and European Parliament elections in the State of residence is recognised in Articles 39 and 40 of the Charter; whereas the exercise of the mobility right does legally or effectively prevent many citizens to take part of other elections either in their country of origin or residence;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. Whereas only 37% of the Members of the European Parliament, 7 of the 28 judges at the Court of Justice and 9 out of 28 Commissioners are women;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Recital D a (new) Da. whereas promoting the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity on international scene can only be sincere if these principles are fully and thoroughly respected and implemented in Member States of EU themselves;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the Charter enshrines the right to good administration within the Union; whereas it also states the rights to access the documents of the main three EU institutions; whereas the EU Ombudsman is the guarantee that these rights are respected;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital -A d (new) -Ad. having regard to its previous resolutions on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) Db. whereas for people with disabilities the rate of poverty is 70% higher than the average, partly owing to limited access to employment;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the trust in the judiciary in some EU member states is extremely low, for example according to Eurobarometer 2013 the trust in judiciary in Slovenia was at 24%, the lowest in the EU, whereas a research conducted by a former constitutional judge points to a systematic problem: in at least 442 Slovenian court cases, at least 1 200 judges violated fundamental rights (2004-2013);
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas Articles 37 and 38 of the Charter recognises the right to a high environmental protection intrinsically linked to the deployment of the policies of the Union;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas judicial systems are being used for political reasons in the EU, for example in the case of Janez Janša, the former Prime Minister of Slovenia and the chair of the European Council in 2008, who was indicted of committing an offence at an ‘unknown time, at an ‘unknown place’, through an ‘unknown method of communication’, which is far too unspecific to allow the defendant the slightest opportunity to defend himself;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination against ethnic, religious and national minorities, on the grounds that human dignity is inviolable; calls
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination against
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, on the grounds that human dignity is inviolable;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, on the grounds that human dignity is inviolable; calls for the Anti-Discrimination Directive, which seeks to implement the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, to be unblocked in the Council; calls on the Council and the Commission to act effectively and responsibly to uphold the values of the Union in relation to Member States who fail to fully respect their Treaty obligations on such issues;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, on the grounds that human dignity is inviolable; calls for the Anti-Discrimination Directive, which seeks to implement the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of citizenship, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, to be unblocked in the Council;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital -A e (new) -Ae. having regard to the Commission Report of 8 May 2013 entitled 'EU Citizenship Report 2013 – EU citizens: your rights, your future' (COM(2013)0269,
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Regrets that laws are being sponsored in a number of Member States which make proper compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights difficult or impossible, on account of how they restrict freedom of assembly, association and speech and the right to collective bargaining and action;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States and the EU institutions to be fully engaged in the protection of children's rights in cross- border family disputes; emphasises the need to promote children's rights across EU policies in order to ensure that the best interest of the child is always taken into consideration;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls for the maternity leave directive to be unblocked in Council, as this piece of legislation will make real and tangible gender equality possible as well as harmonisation at EU level;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets and condemns the legislation of a LGTBI-phobic nature passed in some Member States which restricts the right to non-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and free speech for lesbians, gays, transexual and bisexual people, in addition to attacking the right of all citizens to enter into a marriage and found a family;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the need for possible changes to the Treaties with a view to further strengthening the protection of fundamental rights in the EU Treaties;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to ensure as a matter of urgency that the Member States transpose and correctly apply Directive 2004/38/EC on the free movement of citizens, given the frequent recurrence of petitions on the subject of problems encountered, also by their spouses and children; notes the increase in petitions from several Member States on child custody disputes in a cross- border context in the framework of the Brussels IIa regulation, and also particularly against some Member States' authorities on the withdrawal of custody from parents having exercised the freedom of movement within the EU;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls for the ratification by all Member States of the Istanbul Convention so that 2016 can be the year on combating violence against women;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to the full and correct application of laws, in particular with a view to protecting citizens
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of Commission
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to the full and correct application of laws, in particular with a view to protecting citizens’ fundamental rights; notably defined by the Charter and the constitutional traditions common to the Members States;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital -A f (new) Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of the Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to the full and correct application of laws, in particular with a view to protecting citizens’ fundamental rights; regrets therefore that the Commission pleads lack of competence in numerous replies to petitions complaining of a possible breach of fundamental rights;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of the Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to the full and correct application of laws, in particular with a view to protecting citizens’ fundamental rights; regrets the effective limitation in the scope of application of the Charter due to an excessively restrictive interpretation of its Articles 51, whereas this clause prevents the dealing with EU law enforcement; is of the opinion that such an approach ought to be revised to meet EU citizens' expectations in relation to their Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the role of Commission as the guardian of the Treaties is not limited to ensuring that legislation is transposed by the Member States, but also extends to the full and correct application of laws, in particular with a view to protecting citizens’ fundamental rights; in this framework calls for the establishment of a mechanism for monitoring, systematic evaluation and issuing of recommendations, to foster overall compliance with fundamental values in the Member States;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) (1) Recalls that the guarantee of respect for fundamental rights also extends to citizens of non-EU countries when on EU territory, and that summary returns, indefinite detention in immigrant detention centres or denial of basic healthcare all breach precepts laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points to the legal vacuum as regards citizens' access to legal redress when Member States have not, or have only belatedly, transposed EU legislation that concerns them directly;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Regrets the narrow interpretation of the EU competence regarding fundamental rights by the Commission based on restrictive reading of Article 51 of the Charter; reminds that according to Article 2 TEU the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities; believes that systemic problems in the field of fundamental rights in the Member States should be addressed by the Commission, in particular, through a new framework for addressing systemic threats to the rule of law;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses the need for coordination of actions at all levels to protect and promote fundamental rights encompassing EU institutions, Member States, regional and local authorities, NGOs and civil society;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Reminds the Commission of its institutional duty to analyse citizens' complaints in relation to possible violations of fundamental rights not only by the EU and by Member States in the application of EU law, but also in relation to situations of systematic failure in the protection of fundamental rights within the Member States;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of universal access to health care and education are restored to every EU citizen; stresses the opinion that affordable access to energy for every household is fundamental in order to ensure a healthy population, and that targeted measures must be implemented to correct the increasing trend of energy poverty in a number of Member States;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital -A g(new) -Ag. having regard to the many petitions in the field of fundamental rights received from EU citizens and residents,
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States with respect to the subsidiarity principle to adopt all
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States, with a full respect for the principle of subsidiarity, to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of universal access to health care and education are restored to every EU citizen;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of universal access to health care and education are restored to every EU citizen; calls on the Member States also to recognise environmental protection as being a key factor in guaranteeing the fundamental right to health;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure that the fundamental rights of universal access to health care and education are restored to every EU citizen and to ensure that the tangible and intangible barriers experienced by persons with disabilities are eliminated;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to adopt all necessary measures to ensure th
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to remove existing obstacles within the Internal Market for enabling the full exercise of the right of free movement;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the portability of
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the portability of social
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the portability of social security benefits, pensions and health care is important in ensuring the full accomplishment of fundamental rights and civil liberties
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rights inherent to Union citizenship are incorporated in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has strengthened the enforceability of fundamental rights with respect to the implementation of EU law by Member States at national level; whereas
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the mobility of workers can also be achieved via the full portability of social security benefits, pensions and health care
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the portability of social security benefits, pensions and health care, in particular for the disabled, is important in ensuring the full accomplishment of fundamental rights and civil liberties, including on the basis of the achievement of worker mobility;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure as a matter of urgency that the Member States transpose and correctly apply Directive 2004/38/EC on the free movement of citizens, given the frequent recurrence of petitions on the subject of problems encountered, also by their spouses and children; notes the increase in petitions from several Member States on child custody disputes in cross-border context in the framework of the Brussels IIa regulation, and also particularly against some Member States' authorities on the withdrawal of custody from parents having exercised the freedom of movement within the EU;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for more emphasis to be laid on protection of the rights of the child, and especially in regard to help for children who are removed from their home while living abroad; considers that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child should be the basis for settling all child custody disputes involving families residing outside their own country, as this pays special attention to preserving the childʼs identity;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reiterates that recognition by Member States of each othersʼ university degrees is essential in order for EU citizens to have proper mobility;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Invites Member States to adopt the necessary legal and administrative provisions to ensure that all EU citizens in voting age can exercise their voting rights in national and regional elections of their concern;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that the interests and rights of children of EU citizens should be properly protected, not just within the European Union but also beyond its borders, and calls consequently for enhanced cooperation with the institutions responsible for childrenʼs well-being in non-EU Nordic countries; considers that all the EUʼs partners (including members of the EEA) ought to ratify the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when proposing legislation, to strike a balance between counter- terrorism measures and the protection of fundamental rights, so that the latter is not compromised;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when proposing legislation, to strike an appropriate balance between counter-
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when proposing counter-terrorism legislation, to
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas rights inherent to Union citizenship are incorporated in the Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; whereas the Treaty of Lisbon has strengthened the enforceability of fundamental rights with respect to the implementation of EU law by Member States at national level; whereas Article 51 of the Charter states that the Member States and the
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when proposing legislation, to
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States and the Commission, when proposing
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5а. Points out that in many cases it is hard for the public to know precisely which institution they should turn to when their fundamental rights are violated, and stresses the need for clear and accessible information aimed at avoiding any confusion over the scope and applicability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union or the procedure for obtaining legal redress;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Expresses particular concern about the recent adoption in certain Member States of legislation that restricts the recognised Fundamental Right of freedom of expression and assembly; considers that such legislation undermining civil rights leads to a trend of democratic regress;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes the legal uncertainty generated by any retrospective provision in new legislation of Member States, as well as in cases of continuous changes in the same regulatory field, which de facto delay the effective implementation of the final provisions; warns about the risk of undermining the right to effective legal remedy not being respected in cases when national court procedures are unacceptably delayed; expresses the view that in order to respect the principle of equality before justice, socioeconomic barriers in its access such as excessive judicial fees should be tackled in each and every Member State;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to relaunch the legislative initiative on an Accessibility Act, in the form of a cross-cutting instrument that can increase the protection afforded to persons with disabilities and ensure cohesion between all EU policies in this respect;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Requests the Commission to make a step forward in consolidating the right to good administration by turning the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour of the EU into a legally binding regulation;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure through their policies that fundamental rights are properly respected, guaranteed,
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that fundamental rights are
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that fundamental rights are properly respected, guaranteed, applied and developed further
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital -A (new) -A. whereas Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) states the EU’s founding values are ‘human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities; and whereas gender equality, enshrined in Article 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, is still an unachieved goal;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits all forms of inhuman or degrading treatment;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, a
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking regardless of the sexual orientation of the offender/perpetrator, also because of the new technologies and the internet, and whereas in some cases this violence results in femicides and/or so-called crimes of honour;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, abuse related to religious or other beliefs, sexual
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual, ideological 1 and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, also because of the new technologies and the internet, and whereas in some cases this violence results in femicides and/or so-called crimes of honour;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, perpetrated on defenceless girls, sexual harassment and stalking, also because of
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, in spite of
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and children are a clear violation of human rights, human dignity and the fundamental principles of law and democracy; whereas today women are more vulnerable to these threats due to increased economic uncertainty and the higher risk of unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the economic crisis and austerity policies implemented in many EU Member States, imposed shrinking of available budgets and public services of assistance to victims of violence against women and gender-based violence have been minimised or abandoned altogether;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since she was 15 years old1;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas in a labour market, which is traditionally gender-segregated, the difficulty of balancing work and family life, the undervaluation of women's skills and work are some of the complex causes of the persistent gender pay and pension gap;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the violence suffered by women includes physical, sexual and psychological abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and stalking, which in some cases leads to femicide; Whereas new technologies and the internet have in some ways aggravated, or introduced new forms of harassment, abuse, and sexual violence;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas equality between men and women is a fundamental right and a common principle of the EU and whereas, despite the progress made over the years, gender equality remains an unachievable goal;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas violence against women is a brutal manifestation of gender inequality and is one of the most widespread types of violation of human rights in Europe;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas mass access to the internet has opened up still further opportunities for physical and psychological abuse of women, including online grooming;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender discrimination
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination,
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender discrimination continues to this day, having serious repercussions on work and private life, and whereas this
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender discrimination continues to this day, having serious repercussions on work and private life and whereas this frequently happens in the fields of employment, education, training and services; whereas there are often cases of multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against women;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender discrimination continues to this day, having serious
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas gender discrimination continues to this day, having serious repercussions on work and private life and whereas this frequently happens in the field of education, training and services; whereas there are often cases of multiple discrimination against women and girls;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas gender discrimination affects the labour market participation of women and particularly of older women, single parents, women with a disability, migrant women and women from ethnic and cultural minorities;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the financial crisis and austerity policies have had a disproportionate negative effect on women, undermining fundamental rights and placing women at increased risk of poverty, exclusion, discrimination, and violence;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union set out a prohibition on any discrimination on grounds of sex, and provide that equality between men and women must be ensured in all areas;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, according to the findings of an investigation conducted in 2014 by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, most women who have been subjected to violence do not report what has happened to the police;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas while punishments proportionate to the crimes committed do act as a deterrent against fundamental rights violations, the primary goal must remain to prevent crime (by means of education and cultural measures) rather than to take action after the event;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women and girls in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, which is t
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas access to justice is a human right, and equal access to justice between men and women is fundamental to achieving gender equality; whereas women often face both socio-economic barriers to justice, such as economic dependence, lack of financial resources or legal aid, and cultural stereotypes leading to fear and shame, as well as procedural barriers to justice, such as lengthy criminal proceedings, discriminatory practices, and low conviction rates; whereas disabled, rural, minority, migrant, refugee, or LGBTI women and girls may face greater institutional bias in access to justice than other women;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the steady increase in migration is exposing women to multiple discrimination (on cultural or religious grounds or because of their lifestyles and family traditions) as well as to abuse and exploitation of all kinds, owing to the position of weakness and need in which they have been placed;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Urges the Commission to include SRHR, as basic human rights, in its next EU Health Strategy to ensure coherence between EU's internal and external fundamental rights policy as called upon by the Parliament on 10 March 20151;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize the right to access safe and modern contraceptives and sexuality education in schools;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to pro
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission and member states to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobia, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly and victims of
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years, a considerable number of women in Europe continue to be victims of violence and discrimination, which is turning into a constant
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan to combat all forms of violence a
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to promote a strategy and action plan, including a relevant budget, to combat all forms of violence against women and homophobia, improving prevention and providing protection and assistance to victims, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly and victims of multiple discrimination;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to set up networks of centres providing support and shelter for women who are victims of trafficking and prostitution, ensuring that they receive psychological, medical, social and legal support and encouragement in finding stable employment and accompanying entitlements;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to present a concrete and ambitious strategy for gender equality post 2015;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on EU institutions and Member States to look into the impact on fundamental rights of austerity measures, proposed or implemented, in a gender- sensitive manner, taking into account the disproportionate impact of austerity measures on women; calls on EU Institutions to take remedial action immediately where austerity measures have impacted on women's economic, social and cultural rights;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Member States to fully implement Directive 2012/29/EU on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to suggest specific steps that Member States may take to combat multiple discrimination;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Roundly condemns all psychological and physical violence, including sexual violence, perpetrated against women; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that the victims receive assistance and protection;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers that violence against women, such as honour killing, child marriage, trafficking, female genital mutilation, domestic violence are serious violations of human rights that should never be justified by religion, culture and tradition;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that in order to effectively combat violence against women and impunity, a change of attitude towards women and girls in society is necessary, where women are too often represented in subordinate roles and violence against them is too often tolerated or undermined;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas, in spite of the progress made in recent years,
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, compan
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies and the political spheres; calls on the EU institutions and on the Member States to work actively with gender mainstreaming, wage mapping and the fair division of parental leave; notes that social vulnerability and weak social inclusion stem from the fact that fewer women than men are in employment, and more women than men work part-time;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies and the political spheres
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies and the political spheres, and calls for women to be supported in their professional development and efforts to accede to executive posts;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is alarmed at the under-representation of women in decision-making processes, companies, the media, and the political spheres;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention which is a powerful instrument to tackle comprehensively violence against women and girls, including marital rape, domestic violence and female genital mutilation (FGM);
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the fact that the report on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights contains a paragraph on the directive seeking to improve the gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges, as a way of promoting fundamental rights in order to achieve genuine equality between women and men on boards of directors;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas explicitly including violence against women as a form of gender discrimination is absent in European law, and present in only three national legal systems (Spain, Sweden, Germany) and as a result violence against women is not seen as a substantive equality issue; whereas Member States adopt an ad hoc approach to defining violence against women and gender based violence, with definitions varying widely in national legislation, thus rendering data incomparable;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Acknowledges the importance of the three-pronged approach of prevention, protection and punishment to combating discrimination and violence against women; takes the view, however, that priority should be given to prevention, primarily through emotional education promoting a balanced approach to life as a couple, as violence and femicide often stem from the lack of such an approach;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness of the need to foster a culture of respect and tolerance with a view to putting an end to all forms of discrimination against women;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that over half of all postgraduates are women; considers that until there is equal representation of men and women in decision-making posts, positive discrimination measures should be taken in this respect; invites the Member States to take all necessary measures to promote the appointment of women to high-level posts;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Points out that the pay difference between men and women constitutes unacceptable discrimination and runs counter to the EU Treaties (Article 157 TFUE); deplores the fact that, in the EU, women still receive 16% less than men, on average, for the same work; urges the Member States to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work is applied in all segments of the labour market;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on Member States to make it possible for women to feel free to be themselves when making lifestyle choices between their own family customs and the Western way of life and, whichever they choose, to help them to integrate;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) 2d. Calls on the Commission to monitor the fundamental rights situation in the EU on the basis of gender-disaggregated data;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to give the National Institutes for Gender Equality
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Member States to give the National Institutes for Gender Equality independence and financial autonomy so that they can acquire the necessary staff and play an authoritative role; emphasises the importance of the Member States cooperating with the European Parliament in gender equality work to implement action plans and targeted recommendations as regards boosting equality, combating violence against women and achieving a higher level of inclusion of women in society, regardless of the Member State the women are in;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas violence against women is the most widespread violation of fundamental rights in the European Union and throughout the world, and whereas it affects all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position and country of origin or residence, and represents a major barrier to equality between women and men;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to step up funding for projects and partnerships between the Member States and NGOs with recognised experience in assisting women who are victims of trafficking and prostitution;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of demographic developments and changes in the size and composition of households when designing their fiscal policies, social security and public services; notes that the number of single person households is on the rise in most EU Member States, but most policies directly or indirectly discriminate against them and put them at an undue disadvantage; believes that people should not be rewarded or punished for the particular size and composition of the household they are part of, calls therefore for policies to be neutral with regard to household size or composition;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that too many women continue to fall prey to sexual harassment at the workplace, in every segment of the labour market; calls on the Member States to implement awareness-raising campaigns in this regard targeting both the private sector and the civil service; calls on the Member States also to combat impunity in this field;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Expresses serious concern at continuing genital mutilation practices, which are a serious form of violence against women and girls and constitute an unacceptable violation of their right to physical integrity; urges the EU and the Member States to exercise extreme vigilance with regard to such practices within their borders and to put a stop to them as swiftly as possible; calls in particular on the Member States to adopt a firm and dissuasive approach by systematically and effectively prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of genital mutilation, for which there must be zero tolerance;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Welcomes the fact that EU legislation in the field of asylum views victims of genital mutilation as vulnerable persons and includes genital mutilation among the criteria for the granting of asylum; calls on Member States to train people working with migrants to screen for women and girls liable to be subjected to genital mutilation in their country of origin;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and the European institutions to cooperate with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the Agency for Fundamental Rights in order to work together to combat violence and
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Member States and the European institutions to cooperate with the European Institute for Gender Equality
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Council to include gender equality indicators in the country specific recommendations of the European Semester, based on the data available through the Gender Index of EIGE.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Invites the Member States to fully implement the existing national law aimed at combating violence and discrimination based on sex, and to proceed on an evaluation of the existing applicable national law with relevant stakeholders.
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls upon Member States to step up their response to social media trolls, who have targeted women disproportionately with online harassment.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise and promote the role of formal and informal education in helping to bring about gender equality through empowerment of women and people identifying as LGBTI, thus protecting their fundamental rights.
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to review their national legislation and repeal provisions that discriminate against women, as was recently the case as regards the rules governing one Member State’s national retirement scheme, which determined the ‘normal retirement age’ differently depending on the gender of the person concerned, and, where women applicants were concerned, depending on the number of children they had raised1; __________________ 1Judgmentof the Court of Justice of the European Union of 11 April 2013, Blanka Soukupová v Ministerstvo zemědělství.
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to make it easier for women who have been subjected to violence to gain access to justice, and to promote the exchange of best practice.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses the need to address gendered barriers to justice in Member States, both in socio-economic and in procedural terms, and urges the Commission and Member States to take steps to remove them; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve collection of gender-disaggregated data on barriers to justice.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of national strategies concerning respect for and the safeguarding of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights; insists on the role of the Union in awareness-raising and promoting best practices on this issue, given that health is a fundamental human right essential for the exercise of other human rights;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to recognize the inalienable rights of women and girls to bodily integrity and autonomous decision-making.
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2015/04/20
AFCO
57 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that it is necessary to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights in compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, more specifically, to ensure that the values of the European Union set out in Article 2 and other relevant articles of the EU Treaty are respected and promoted by the EU, its institutions and the Member States; stresses that the European institutions should be at the forefront of this endeavour; observes that, in order to preserve the credibility of the European Union, it is essential to resolve the so-called Copenhagen dilemma, which lies in the fact that, once they have acceded to the EU, Member States cannot be called to account effectively for compliance with requirements which were preconditions for accession;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States and the European Commission to ensure that all EU legislation
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including Article 52 (1); emphasises a role for the Parliament as the only directly elected institution in scrutinising legislative proposals and policy to ensure it complies with the Charter; calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, keeping in mind the austerity policies effect on the most vulnerable groups in society, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter, whose centrality is even more pressing today because of the difficult conditions faced by European citizens on account of the economic crisis;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, in
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Draws attention to the fact that all measures imposed to Member States in the framework of financial adjustment programmes should respect fundamental rights, especially financial and social rights; Calls on the European institutions which take part in the dictation of the relevant measures to ensure they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Social Charter, as well as with the relevant jurisprudence of the competent bodies.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers it highly desirable for the European Union to adopt an internal strategy coordinated by the Commission to safeguard fundamental rights;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that the purpose of security and justice policies must be to protect freedom and fundamental rights; stresses that legislation and policy making in the field of security and justice must be in line with the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that the external dimension of the Union's policies should comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights as well as the ECHR, including association agreements, international trade agreements such as TTIP, the neighbourhood policy, the CSDP and CFSP;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls the need, in this context more than ever, to ensure coherence between the EU’s internal and external actions, in compliance moreover with the Council’s Conclusions of 5 June 2014 on the Commission’s 2013 report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and consistency between the internal and external aspects of the protection and promotion of human rights in the European Union, and calls therefore for an approach based on respect for fundamental rights to be an absolute precondition for any action by the EU (including agreements under negotiation); observes that, to this end, it is necessary that the legislative reform package on data protection, which is an objective of the European Union under Article 16 TFEU, should be adopted as soon as possible, so that the legislation itself becomes an inviolable limit for the negotiation of international agreements such as that on PNR;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that it is necessary to strengthen the protection and full development of fundamental
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Stresses that the European Union should be a model in terms of not only respect for fundamental rights but also active measures for their full development; takes the view that the new interinstitutional agreement on better law- making should be based on those principles;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recalls that the objective of security referred to in Article 67 TFEU cannot in any way be taken as grounds for a breach of fundamental rights, as emerges from the provision itself, and calls therefore on the Institutions to take this into account in planning any measure to safeguard the security of citizens (which also constitutes a fundamental right vested in them), including internal and external security strategies and measures against terrorism;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State; points, however, at the same time to the high obstacles in its implementation, in particular that the formal establishment of the existence of a serious and persistent breach of the fundamental values of the Union in a Member State in accordance with Article 7 (2) TEU requires unanimity in the Council;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State; reiterates that, in accordance with Article 7, it intends to make full use of the powers which have been assigned to it and to assess the desirability of initiating the procedures provided for in the event of a clear risk of a serious breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the importance of ensuring, in all Member States, effective and coherent protection of the rule of law and prevention of infringements of fundamental rights; recalls that Article 7 of the EU Treaty contains a mechanism for responding to any serious, persistent breach of the fundamental rights by a Member State; highlights that Article 7 shall be applied uniformly to all Member States to ensure equality of treatment;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point a (new) (a) widen the mandate of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to include the monitoring of fundamental rights and the rule of law in all Member States, both within and beyond the application of European Union law;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that it is necessary to continue promoting and strengthening the protection of fundamental rights in compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, more specifically, to ensure that the values of the European Union set out in Article 2 and other relevant articles of the EU Treaty are respected and promoted by the EU, its institutions and the Member States; stresses that the European institutions should be at the forefront of this endeavour;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – point b (new) (b) enable the Commission, on the basis of the findings of the reports generated by the Fundamental Rights Agency, to initiate infringement procedures under Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for the Regulation establishing the FRA to be amended so that the studies which it conducts concerning the fundamental rights situation in the Member States have a practical impact, in order to effectively ensure a high level of protection of fundamental rights in the Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes, therefore, the framework provisions adopted by the Commission on 11 March 2014 to protect the rule of law in the EU and the decision of the General Affairs Council of 16 December 2014 on the establishment of a continuous dialogue on the state of the rule of law in the EU between Member States in the Council, since both mechanisms should be applied prior to the initiation of proceedings under Article 7 TEU, and calls on the Commission and the Council to notify Parliament regularly;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities; recalls that the fundamental rights of minorities – particularly Roma, asylum-seekers and migrants – are still being breached in the Union and in some Member States;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other civil society organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities; notes the Council’s decision to monitor the human rights situation in the European Union;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities, including national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minority communities, particularly people with disabilities;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of cooperation between EU institutions and national parliaments, as well as between such bodies and the Council of Europe and other organisations; stresses that the protection of minority rights is a basic principle of democracy and deplores all forms of discrimination against minorit
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that it is necessary to strengthen the protection of fundamental rights in compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, more specifically, to ensure that the values of the European Union set out in Article 2 and
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that correct transposition and implementation of the European Union’s law and the possibility of knowing about them are essential for the purpose of complying with the principle of legal certainty, which is referred to as one of the values of the EU in Article 2 TEU and which not only constitutes a fundamental right of citizens but is also a means of enabling European citizens to know their rights and obligations;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stress the need to adapt the statute of the European Agency of Fundamental Rights so as to allow it to address fundamental rights on public spaces
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency and openness in the EU and urges the EU and the
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency, democratic accountability and openness in
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency and openness in the EU and urges the EU and
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 1 – step up their efforts with a view to revising Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; calls on the Commission, in this context, to relaunch the legislative initiative on an Accessibility Act, in the form of a cross-cutting instrument that can increase the protection afforded to persons with disabilities, and ensure cohesion between all EU policies in this respect;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 1 – step up their efforts with a view to revising without delay Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents in order to ensure maximum transparency;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 1 – step up their efforts with a view to revising Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; similarly, calls on Member States to facilitate simplified procedures for public access to information and documents.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 –
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 – bring forward a revision of the European Citizens
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 – bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation (Regulation
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 – bring forward a revision of the European Citizens’ Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) in order to improve its functioning and stop certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or living abroad, from being prevented from exercising their right to support citizens’ initiatives, as such exclusion limits equality
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 2 – bring forward a revision of the European
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – indent 2 (new) - Draws attention to the increasing segment of the population that is completely disenfranchised as regards national elections because they can vote neither in their home country nor in their country of residence
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 3 – bring forward a revision of Directive 93/109/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, in
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 3 a (new) - initiate the Union's accession to the Charter of Social Rights;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – Indent 3 a (new) – draws attention to the fact that the most correct expression of representative democracy at EU level requires voting methods based on a uniform electoral procedure; reiterates its own view that the elections should be held on the same day;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) helps significantly to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of EU citizens and Member States; takes note of Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which the Court concluded that the draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the ECHR was not compatible with EU law; calls on the Commission and the Council to address the concerns raised by the Court as quickly as possible in order to meet fully the obligation to accede to the ECHR as enshrined in Article 6(2) of the EU Treaty in a way that adds value to the protection of rights within the EU;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) helps significantly to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of EU citizens and Member States; takes note of Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which the Court concluded that the draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the ECHR was not compatible with EU law; calls on the Commission and the Council to address the concerns raised by the Court as quickly as possible in order to meet fully the obligation enshrined in Article 6(2) of the EU Treaty without weakening the ECHR;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) helps significantly to safeguard the human rights and fundamental freedoms of EU citizens and Member States; takes note of Opinion 2/13 of the Court of Justice of the European Union in which the Court concluded that the draft agreement on the accession of the EU to the ECHR was not compatible with EU law; calls on the Commission and the Council to address the concerns raised by the Court as quickly as possible in order to meet fully the obligation enshrined in
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that breaches of rights, abuses or inequalities in the Member States undermine democracy and the rule of law, as well as citizens’ trust in the European Union Institutions; Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals and policies should be scrutinised to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
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2015/05/12
LIBE
280 amendments...
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 2 Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that in light of the rapid technology developments and increasing cyber attacks, special attention needs to be given to the protection of personal data, with a large focus on the security of the processing and storing; although the right to be forgotten is not absolute and will need to be balanced against other fundamental rights, individuals need to be given the right to have their online personal data rectified.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out that freedom of expression – also through information technologies – and of the press are a fundamental right that is vital for the proper functioning of democracies;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Takes the view that the goals of respect for fundamental rights and guaranteed collective safety are compatible and should always be balanced, even when responding to emergency situations; in the specific context of measures drawn up in response to the terrorist threat, procedural safeguards cannot be limited with regard to suspected terrorists and fundamental freedoms cannot be restricted when concluding agreements which provide for an exchange of information and personal data; condemns, moreover, all forms of mass surveillance carried out by governments for intelligence or espionage purposes;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of jihadist terrorism, discrimination and anti- Semitic and anti-Islamic
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect, with all available tools, freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance and intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent in
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect the principle of tolerance, which implies the full guaranty of freedom of religion or belief
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti- Semitic
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent in
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of discrimination and anti-Semitic and anti- Islamic
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Deplores recent instances of anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic discrimination and violence; calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief and to promote tolerance and respect for citizens' cultural and religious convictions;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the EU and the Member States to implement all possible measures to guarantee citizens high security standards without compromising their fundamental rights;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Is concerned about the recent laws approved in some Member States such as the new Spanish law on Citizenship Security 4/2015, increasing repression measures against social movements and demonstrations thus jeopardizing the right of assembly and of association as established in the Article 12 of the Fundamental Right Charter of the European Union. Calls on the Spanish Government to repeal the law;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Is concerned about recent ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court number 161/2015 condemning to three years of prison 8 activists who were demonstrating against the new budgetary cuts of the Catalan Government;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recognises freedom of thought, conscience, belief and non-belief, and the freedom of all to practise their religion; calls on the Member States to protect religious freedom, as well as the freedom of those who do not practice a religion; .
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on regional and local authorities actively to promote respect for fundamental freedoms and tolerance;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that public safety is a top priority and that each Member State is required to protect its citizens from extremist attacks;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on promoting understanding, acceptance and tolerance between the different national communities in the Member States through the principles of equality, non-discrimination and respect for diversity; calls on particularly the condemnation of hate speech and all forms of aggression;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines the crucial role of education in preventing radicalisation and the rise of intolerance and extremism among young people;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that the right of parents to raise their children in accordance with their own convictions is founded in EU and international law and should be respected by the EU and the Member States in accordance with Article 14(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Warns of the reluctance of the judicial authorities of some Member States to implement framework decisions relating to criminal justice and the impact this is having on the people being affected by these decisions; regrets, moreover, the effect these decisions are having on the mutual trust on which the construction of the third pillar is based;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that instances of terrorism have created an urgent need for the EU and its Member States to intensify anti-terrorist and counter-radicalisation measures in order to safeguard its citizens' fundamental rights to freedom and security, which are necessary in order to fulfil all other fundamental rights. Urges EU and national authorities to adopt such measures in full respect with the framework of fundamental rights and the rule of law;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and that security measures shouldn't interfere with them; reminds also that, under Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, everyone has the right to liberty and security of person;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. deplores the fact that violence against women is one of the major security threats that affects half of the EU population in its different forms;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights states that everyone has the right to liberty and security of person; stresses therefore, that providing European Citizens with safety should also be a key priority;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Expresses its concerns regarding the investigations and convictions in connection with freedom of speech and access to non-biased information in some Member States. Considers that freedom of speech is the backbone of a free and fair society. Calls on the Commission to develop an action plan to assure that all media, especially public media, comply with minimum standards of independence and quality;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on Member States to ensure that their internal anti-terrorism and counter- radicalisation measures do not contradict fundamental rights; calls on the Member States to protect and promote data protection and the right to private life, all the while adopting measures and legislation to deal with a mounting radicalisation threat inside the Union; equally urges Member States to rely on the expertise of the Commission and the FRA when designing internal strategies to counter terrorism and radicalisation to make sure that these are in line with their obligations under the Charter and International Human Rights Law;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission, with the support of the FRA, to strengthen awareness-raising, education and training measures and programmes with regard to fundamental rights; these programmes should aim to establish cohesion and trust between all social partners and involve civil society organisations, national human rights institutions and national equality and anti-discrimination offices;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the institutions and the Member States to ensure, also when drawing up and implementing all their legislative and administrative measures with a view to protecting security, that they fully respect the fundamental rights and principles laid down, in particular, in the Treaties, the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Supports robust, wide-ranging and effective protection by the Member States of the right to conscientious objection as one of the fundamental rights underpinning democracy and the rule of law in the EU, whilst pointing out, in the context of Article 10(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, that the Member States are responsible for such matters; calls for an end to the discrimination, including harassment, against conscientious objectors;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges respect of freedom of religion or belief in the occupied part of Cyprus, where more than 500 religious and cultural monuments are on the way to collapse;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that free, independent, diverse and pluralist media, both online and offline, are a fundamental building block of democracy which contributes significantly to democratic opinion formation and decision making, and stresses the importance of a plurality of information sources for genuine freedom and diversity of the media; stresses that it is in the common interest to maintain, protect and promote free and independent media across Europe;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Council and the European Commission to relaunch the negotiations on the revision of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to documents of EU institutions;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Deplores incidents of hate speech and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, which occur in the EU on a daily basis; calls on Member States to protect fundamental rights and to promote tolerance;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Expresses great concerns at national laws in several Member States impacting on fundamental rights in public spaces and restricting the right of assembly, the right to protest and freedom of speech; calls on the Commission to monitor and address the serious interferences with fundamental rights caused by national laws setting up restrictions on public spaces on security grounds;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Call on the Commission to set up a wide fundamental rights awareness raising and communication framework reaching out all groups and communities, aimed at promoting tolerance, non- discrimination and inter-faith dialogue in cooperation with the Fundamental Rights Agency and civil society, in follow up to the European Council informal meeting of 12 February 2015 1 a ; See: under Preventing radicalisation and safeguarding heading valueshttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/ press/press-releases/2015/02/150212- european-council-statement-fight- against-terrorism/
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Strongly condemns attacks against places of worship and urges Member States not to allow such offences to go unpunished;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Expresses its concerns about the adoption of national legislation by the Member States allowing for blanket surveillance, and reiterates the need for security instruments that are strictly necessary and proportionate in a democratic society, and the need for proper democratic oversight mechanisms;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that antiterrorism and greater security for European citizens are not incompatible with, but complementary to, respect for fundamental rights; urges the Council to make progress in its negotiations on the 'protection of personal data' package;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Regrets that antiterrorism policies have contributed to the introduction of a particularly repressive system of enforcement being applied to all citizens and not only those under suspicion or investigation for involvement in wrongdoing and is alarmed at the lack of concern for independent monitoring being shown at national and European level;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Member States actively to oppose all forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to protect freedom of expression, thought, conscience, religion or belief, and to promote tolerance, dialogue and inclusion between their fellow citizens;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Notes that all women have the right to make decisions about their work and career, including the decision to devote themselves to family and motherhood; condemns all forms of discrimination against mothers and calls on the EU and the Member States to take specific action to improve the situation of mothers in Europe;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the EU and the Member States to combat and prosecute all forms of violence against women; calls on the Commission to propose a legislative initiative to prohibit violence against women in the EU;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to prohibit any distortions of competition by national rules which seem likely to unilaterally disadvantage individual media providers;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Reminds that EU Member States who have been complicit with the CIA in the post-9/11 in the commission of grave human rights violations on EU territory are still to come to terms with those facts; calls on Member States to offer full cooperation to the European Parliament´s investigation on the matter, which has recently been reinstated; urges Member States in the most vehement terms to open internal judicial and parliamentary investigations to find out the truth about the use of Member States' airspace, territory and sea for the extrajudicial transportation of so-called "enemy combatants" to and from Guantanamo Bay and other prison locations, the commission of acts of torture and the installation of secret detention facilities;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls, furthermore, for intolerance and discrimination against Christians in Europe to be addressed, in keeping with Resolution 2036 (2015) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on all member states to properly implement Directive 2012/29/EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Condemns any form of violence against children, such as physical and sexual abuse, forced marriages, child labour, sexual exploitation, trafficking, honour killing, female genital mutilation, child soldiers and human shields; considers that tradition, culture and religion should never be used to justify violence against children; calls on the Member States to uphold their obligations and combat any form of violence against children, including by formally prohibiting and sanctioning corporal punishment against children; calls on the Member States to increase their cooperation and dialogue with third countries, to raise awareness and to advocate for children's rights to be respected everywhere in the world;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Urges the EU and the Member States to mainstream social inclusion and non- discrimination measures in future internal security strategies;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Call on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to ensure that Fundamental Rights are embedded in internal security policies and measures from the very outset, as suggested in the FRA Focus paper 'Embedding fundamental rights in the security agenda';
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Condemns the weakness of the response by the Commission and Member States to revelations by Edward Snowden of massive spying operations using Internet and telecommunications networks as part of the NSA-PRISM programme targeting European countries also and is concerned their failure to enforce measures to protect European citizens or of third-country nationals living in Europe; regards it as urgent and imperative for the EU and its Member States to adopt a whistle-blower protection scheme;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Expresses its concerns over the application of blasphemy and religious insult laws in the European Union, which can have a serious chilling effect on freedom of expression; urges the Member States to abolish such laws;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Recalls the importance of a neutral secular state in preventing discrimination against any religious, atheist or agnostic communities and guaranteeing equal treatment of all religions and beliefs; calls on the Member States to combat intolerance, fanaticism and religious extremism, particularly by promoting intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Remains concerned about the ongoing impact of the economic crisis on the media landscape and the consequences of this for media diversity in Europe;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Underlines that safeguarding fundamental rights in today's information society is a key issue for the EU as the growing use of information and communications technologies (ICT) poses new threats against fundamental rights in cyberspace, the protection of which should be strengthened by ensuring that they are promoted and protected online in the same way and to the same extent as in the offline world;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Considers that children's personal data online must be duly protected and that children need to be informed in a child-friendly manner about the risks and consequences of using their personal data online; stresses that online profiling of children should be prohibited;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Urges Member States to safeguard free movement of Roma, and calls on the EU to monitor forced evictions and repatriations;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Is alarmed at the rise in anti-Semitism in Europe and the increasingly widespread efforts to deny or downplay the Holocaust; is deeply concerned that many members of the Jewish Community are planning to leave Europe because of the worsening climate of anti-Semitism and discrimination and violence against them;
Amendment 364 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Reaffirms freedom of thought, conscience, religion, belief and non- belief, and freedom to practise the religion of one’s choice and to change religion; condemns any form of discrimination or intolerance and believes that secularism, defined as strict separation between political and religious authorities, is the best means of guaranteeing non- discrimination and equality between religions and between believers and non- believers, whether they be atheists, agnostics, deists, etc.;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Expresses its concerns over repeated reports on the alleged violation of EU fundamental rights, and EU data protection legislation in particular, by intelligence service activities of Member States and of third countries, and expresses its concern about the weak democratic oversight mechanisms allowing for such practices;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls on the Member States to maintain and protect non-state-controlled, editorially independent public service media, and to provide them with the necessary funding so that they can continue in future to contribute to upholding media pluralism and to perform their task of providing high- quality, reliable and diverse content and information across the board;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Urges the Commission to monitor intensively the implementation of existing EU legislation in this field and considers that Member States should apply the provisions of criminal law in practice through effective investigation and prosecution to ensure respect for the fundamental rights of the victims;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Calls on the Member States to ensure effective access to justice for all children, whether as suspects, perpetrators, victims or parties to proceedings;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Expresses deep concern at about the growth of anti-Islamic manifestations, attacks on mosques and the widespread tendency to associate the Islam with the religious fanaticism of a tiny minority; deplores discrimination and violence against the Muslim community; calls on the Member States to condemn such acts systematically and apply zero tolerance in this connection;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Condemns severely failure to respect principle of free movement of persons at all times and in particular the discriminatory nature of such infringements, targeting in particular those designated as ‘Roma’; calls on the Member States to honour their obligations under the Treaties regarding freedom of movement; calls on the Commission to undertake systematic and thorough monitoring of respect for this fundamental right;
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Reminds that Member States must ensure that their intelligence services operate in a lawful manner and in full compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental rights; calls in this regard on Member States to ensure that national law will only allow for the collection and analysis of personal data (including so-called metadata) with the consent of the person concerned or following a court order granted on the basis of reasonable suspicion of the target being involved in criminal activity;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Stresses, however, that securing media pluralism must not be restricted to combating media concentration in terms of ownership, but must also include: a ban on all censorship; protection of the ban on censorship; protection of sources and informants; prevention of influence from political actors and other social forces; promotion of transparency; good working and training conditions for journalists; media supervisory authorities; promotion of cultural diversity; development of new technologies; securing unrestricted access to information and communications; uncensored and unrestricted access to the internet; and the prevention of a digital divide in our societies;
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Recognizes that that wide spread of transnational cybercrime and cyber terrorism creates serious challenges and concerns about protection of fundamental rights in the online environment, which makes even more imperative the international cooperation between member states' police and law enforcement authorities in the context of the fight against cybercrime pursuant to article 87 TFEU;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Recalls that any antiterrorist initiatives by the Member States must comply with the principles of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, especially the right to legal defence presumption of innocence, the right to a fair trial, the right to respect for privacy and protection of personal data; expresses its concern about secret hearings and judgments and the special media censorship powers granted to governments;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Stresses that unlawful data collection and treatment should be penalised in the same way as the violation of the traditional confidentiality of correspondence; insists that the creation of "back doors" or any other techniques to weaken or circumvent security measures or exploit their existing weaknesses should be strictly prohibited;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Is concerned at the growing market power of a few multi-national digital media undertakings and their role as gatekeepers of information, and the resulting impact on diversity and freedom of opinion; calls for the development of adequate competition rules, in order to prevent a few digital undertakings from obtaining a dominant market position;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Stresses that human trafficking and any form of exploitation are criminal activities becoming increasingly common in Europe and have been fuelled over recent years by the spiralling increase in the number of immigrants present inside and outside the EU. For this reason calls on the Commission to strengthen European legislation on human trafficking in order to improve harmonisation of the national laws of the Member States;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Urges the Member States not to tolerate torture or any other inhuman and degrading forms of treatment on their territory; calls on the Commission and the Member States to undertake proactive surveillance to ensure that no such practices occur within the Union;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Recognizes the right to die in dignity, calls on the Member States to introduce legal frameworks to provide access to voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide; urges the Commission to allocate not only research funding to palliative care, but also to alternative forms of end-of-life care, such as voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 g (new) 7g. Stresses the importance of transparency with respect to the ownership of private broadcasters, which has to be ensured in all Member States, and calls on the Commission to monitor and support progress to this end;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 g (new) 7g. Calls on the Commission to examine Member State antiterrorist legislation in the light of Article 2 TEU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 382 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 h (new) 7h. Is concerned about the growing climate of hostility within society towards journalists and other media representatives, particularly when journalists become hate figures for political and/or religious movements; calls on the Member States to take the necessary action, unambivalently and with the legal means at their disposal, against attacks on journalists by political and religious groups;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 h (new) 7h. Welcomes the declaration of support for this priority measure by Commissioner Avramopoulos during his hearing before the European Parliament on 14 September 2014;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 i (new) 7i. Is disturbed at the numerous instances of mistreatment of journalists, and other offences against their physical integrity, by participants in demonstrations; also deplores the numerous instances of the use of force against journalists by police and security forces during reporting on demonstrations, particularly the disproportionate use of non-lethal weapons such as truncheons, rubber bullets, tasers, etc.; calls on the Member States to ensure that the uniforms of law enforcement personnel bear a means of identifying the wearer and that such personnel are always held to account for their actions;
Amendment 385 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 i (new) 7i. Calls on the Member States to evaluate publicly any national drafts or proposals for antiterrorist regulatory and legislative instruments in terms of their compliance with Article 2 TEU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 386 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 j (new) 7j. Welcomes the report by the US Senate on the CIA detention and interrogation programmes;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 k (new) 7k. Strongly condemns the mass surveillance activities discovered to have been taking place since 2013 and deplores their continued existence; calls for clarification of these activities and in particular the current involvement of a number of Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take full account of the requirements and recommendations of Parliament as set out in its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the protection of European citizens with regard to the processing of personal data, in particular concerning 'safe harbour' principles and the future framework agreement with the US;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 l (new) 7l. Calls once more on the Member States to ensure that the activities of their intelligence services are consistent with fundamental rights and subject to parliamentary and judicial scrutiny;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 m (new) 7m. Considers it essential for the EU to develop state-of-the-art expertise in the field of cybersecurity so as to ensure closer compliance in cyberspace with Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 n (new) 7n. Calls on the Member States to make rapid progress on the data protection package so as to ensure a high level of data protection across the EU;
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 o (new) 7o. Is concerned that citizens are not fully aware of their rights to data protection and privacy and of the channels of legal redress available to them; underlines in this respect the role of the national data protection authorities in upholding these rights and raising awareness of them;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 p (new) 7p. Considers it essential to familiarise the public, in particular children, with the importance of personal data protection in cyberspace and the dangers to which they are exposed; calls on the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns in schools;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 q (new) 7q. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to show the utmost vigilance as regards the impact which certain new technologies, for example drones, might have on citizens’ fundamental rights and more especially the right to privacy and the protection of personal data;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 r (new) 7r. Reiterates its call to the EU and its Member States to adopt a whistle-blower protection system for persons revealing serious violations of fundamental rights by intelligence services;
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people, whether belonging to minorities or not, are still victims of discrimination;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that
Amendment 400 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today many European citizens, mostly people belonging to minorities, are still victims of discrimination, marginalisation, and even violence and abuse;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the European Union in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; Calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure fundamental and acquired rights of national and linguistic minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the EU in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure the rights of racial, ethnic, sexual, religious and other minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to any kind of minorities are still victims of discrimination throughout the EU;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination and some of their fundamental rights are violated; points out that the Union is a community founded on the rule of law in which fundamental rights must be guaranteed to all;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to national, religious and ethnical minorities are still victims of discrimination in the EU; recalls the specific situation of Roma people and the EU commitments made towards them;
Amendment 412 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to fully respect the rights of national minorities, particularly on issues of language, education and culture;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Regrets the limited impact of EU and national initiatives in the area of inequality between men and women, particularly in the context of employment; calls on the Member States to set specific employment targets and strategies in the framework of their National Reform Programmes and Action Plans for gender equality, to ensure equal access of women and men to enter and stay in the labour market; considers that, with a view to closing the entrenched gender pay and pension gaps, these targets must address the persistent concentration of women in part-time, low-pay and precarious jobs;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges the EU and the Member States to take substantive measures to ban discrimination on the grounds of speaking a regional language and/or being a member of a national minority. According to an ELEN report to the UN there have been several cases where EU citizens in some Member States have been beaten and/or humiliated by State employees for using their regional language, thereby transgressing their fundamental human rights;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to implement effectively the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, in particular in which concerns the Roma community, as many of Roma people still face high levels of social exclusion and discrimination especially in the access to employment, education and housing;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Considers that the Union and Member States should step up their measures to promote equality, combat discrimination and protect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity, and their measures relating to gender equality, the rights of the child, the rights of older persons, the rights of persons with disabilities, the rights of LGBTI persons and persons belonging to national minorities;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Urges the EU and Member States to include multiple discrimination within equality policies;
Amendment 419 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Deplores the acts of discrimination, not to say brutality, perpetrated by police forces in some Member States against minority groups such as migrants, Roma, LGBTI people, or people with a disability; urges Member States to investigate and punish such actions; believes that police forces should be made more aware of, and trained to deal with, the discrimination and violence inflicted on these minorities; calls on the Member States to restore the confidence that minorities should have in the police and to encourage them to report abuses; calls also on the authorities in the Member States to combat the discriminatory ethnic profiling carried out by some police forces;
Amendment 420 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Condemns in particular the discrimination and persecution that Roma suffer; notes with satisfaction that the Council recommendation on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States has been adopted, but greatly deplores the fact that there has, for the most part, been no real progress in Member States and condemns the repeated violations of Roma people’s rights, their expulsion from their living space, racist and xenophobic prejudices and speech, and the violence against Roma and the feebleness of the response which such persecution elicits from the political authorities, both at EU level and in most Member States;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Considers that women's underrepresentation in political decision- making is a deficit for fundamental rights and democracy: calls on Member States with particularly low representation of women in political life to consider introducing binding legislative measures;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Points to the fact that women continue to suffer discrimination in various areas of everyday life, in spite of the legislation in force on combating discrimination, and is deeply disappointed to note that, after almost 40 years of legislation, the gender pay gap has hardly closed at all;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Considers that violence against women is the most pervasive violation of girls' and women's human rights worldwide, including in the EU;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Urges the EU and the Member States to step up efforts to achieve the objectives of the European Pact for Equality between women and men 2011-2020 and to take measures to tackle the gender pay gap, occupational segregation and all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Calls on the Member States to take effective measures to protect pregnant workers and women on maternal leave;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 g (new) 8g. Calls on Member States to collect data for all grounds of discrimination, in order to ensure properly informed and targeted legislation and policies, particularly in the field of non-discrimination and in the context of national Roma integration strategies
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 h (new) 8h. Calls on Member States to involve Roma community in policy making: calls on Member States to provide an effective response to Roma exclusion by implementing the measures presented in their national Roma integration strategies and to cooperate with representatives of the Roma population in the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects affecting their communities, by making use of all available EU financial resources;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 i (new) 8i. Calls on Member States to protect freedom of religion or belief, including the freedom of those without a religion not to suffer discrimination as a result of excessive exemptions for religions from laws on equality and non-discrimination;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 j (new) 8j. Stresses that, in the area of the fight against discrimination, the specificity of discrimination on grounds of disability should be fully taken into account;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 l (new) 8l. Regrets that citizens of Roma origin are subjected to collective expulsion procedures by Member States and deplores the weak reaction of the Commission in certain cases;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 m (new) 8m. Stresses the importance of implementing properly the national Roma integration strategies by developing integrated policies involving local authorities, non-governmental bodies and Roma communities in ongoing dialogue under the provisions of the EU Framework; calls on Member States to provide an effective response to Roma exclusion by implementing the measures presented in their national Roma integration strategies and to cooperate with representatives of the Roma population in the management, monitoring and evaluation of projects affecting their communities, by making use of all available EU financial resources;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 n (new) 8n. Believes that the fight against anti- Roma discrimination should do more to involve the Roma community, whose representatives are best placed to testify to the lack of access to the rights to employment, education, housing, health, and goods and services, and to find solutions to address these problems;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 o (new) 8o. Calls on the Member States to eliminate the spatial segregation, forced evictions and homelessness faced by the Roma, to set up effective and transparent housing policies and to avoid the criminalisation of homelessness;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 p (new) 8p. Calls on the Member States to address the high levels of unemployment among the Roma by removing barriers to accessing employment;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 q (new) 8q. Calls on the Member States to reform their national educational systems in order to address the needs of minorities, including Roma children, and to dismantle segregated educational arrangements, without prejudice to education in minority languages existing in many Member States;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 r (new) 8r. Urges Member States to adopt the necessary legislative changes with regard to sterilisation and to financially compensate the victims of coercive sterilisations performed on Roma women and women with mental disabilities, in line with the case-law of the ECtHR;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 s (new) 8s. Reiterates its call for a targeted approach to the social inclusion of Roma women in order to avoid multiple discrimination and ethnic segregation;
Amendment 438 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 440 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Strongly deplores th
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Strongly deplores th
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Strongly deplores th
Amendment 444 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Strongly deplores th
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Strongly deplores the
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasises the fact that rights of national, ethnic and linguistic minorities are an integral part of basic human rights, and considers it necessary to draw a clear distinction between these minorities and immigrants, asylum seekers; underlines that national, ethnic and linguistic minorities have specific needs and condemns all types of discrimination against them; urges the Commission to establish a policy standard for the protection of national and linguistic minorities; calls on the Members States to ensure effective equality of these minorities based on existing international standards and European good practices;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on Member States to ensure ethno-linguistic minorities' rights to preserve their cultural, linguistic and historical identity and to fully support effective equality between persons belonging to a national minority and those belonging to the majority;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Urges the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making, evaluate the implementation of EU anti- discrimination legislation, and better enforce it; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Expresses its disquiet at the intolerance towards Roma and at the numerous acts of discrimination, segregation, and stigmatisation, and the violence, to which they are subjected; is concerned at the fact that progress is varying from one Member State to another, and calls on the Commission to provide for monitoring and better coordination in the implementation of action plans and national strategies; urges the Member States to involve representatives of the Roma community and civil society more closely in their national strategy or action plans;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of demographic developments and changes in the size and composition of households when designing their policies; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that their social and employment policies do not discriminate on the basis of size and composition of households;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Urges the Member States and the Commission to take all necessary actions to tackle any disproportionate administrative or legislative obstacles that could hinder linguistic diversity at European or national level and to ensure the right to use a minority language and promote multilingualism and linguistic diversity within the Union;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation, and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women; calls on the Member States in particular to deal effectively with the effects of domestic violence and sexual exploitation in all its forms, including that of refugee or migrant children;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban
Amendment 457 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on any grounds
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity and moral convictions, and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women;
Amendment 460 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender
Amendment 461 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban all discrimination on grounds of gender identity
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban a
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Condemns any forms of discrimination and violence against children and calls on the Commission and Member States to make a united action to eradicate violence against children.
Amendment 470 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines that the European Union has to be an area where respect for ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity prevails; invites the EU institutions to elaborate a comprehensive EU protection system for national, ethnic and linguistic minorities in order to ensure their equal treatment, taking into account the relevant international legal standards and existing good practices;
Amendment 471 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines that apart from adequate legislation to combat discrimination and racism it is also important to promote a culture of tolerance and attitudes to counter xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia;
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member states and the Commission to review the adequacy of current legislation and policies to prevent violence against women, protect the victims and prosecute the offenders in light of the FRA survey results and requirements of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). The survey shows that young women are at high risk of victimisation, including through cyberharassment and cyberstalking which underlines the need to identify promising practices to counter violence taking place in the online environment.
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to keep the issue of violence against women high on the agenda as Gender-based violence is both a consequence of the inequalities between women and men as well as an obstacle to equality and therefore should not be tolerated; Furthermore calls on the Commission to encourage national ratifications and start the procedure for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention as quickly as possible; notes that the immediate accession of all Member States to the Istanbul Convention would lead to the development of an integrated policy and to the promotion of international cooperation in the fight against all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges, due to the fact that 33 % of women in the EU since the age of 15 have experienced physical and/or sexual violence and 35 % of women before the age of 15 have experienced physical, sexual or psychological violence, the members states to combat and prosecute all forms of violence against women and girls;
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow for the risk of twofold discrimination posed to women and girls belonging to groups already considered to be vulnerable, such as people with a disability, the homeless, LGBTI people, migrants, and the elderly;
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Urges the EU to adopt a directive condemning discrimination based on gender and seeking to counteract gender prejudices and clichés in education and the media;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the Commission and the FRA to take targeted actions to monitor the situation of traditional national minorities in the EU by systematic collection of specified data and reporting;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Call on the Commission to ensure the continuity of data collection on the prevalence and nature of violence against women as a basis for robust policies to prevent violence and meet the needs of victims, including to assess the implementation of the EU Victims' Directive (2012/29/EU). The efforts to collect the data should build on the first EU-wide survey carried out by FRA, and they should be based on the cooperation between the European Commission (including Eurostat), FRA and the European Institute for Gender Equality.
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls on the EU to continue its work in ensuring equality between women and men in pay, pensions and participation in labour market, including in positions on top management. This action should help ensuring that Europe is making full use of all available talent;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on Member States to ensure equality between women and men and to combat all forms of violence against women as a fundamental rights violation; calls on the EU and all remaining Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention), and to set up systems of data collection to support the parties to the Convention by providing accurate and comparable data on the extent, forms and consequences of violence against women; reiterates the request to the Commission made in its resolution of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating Violence Against Women (2013/2004(INL)) to submit a proposal for an act establishing measures to promote and support the action of Member States in the field of prevention of violence against women and girls (VAWG);
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Denounces the persistent and widespread discrimination against Roma in all EU Member States as the root cause of the deprived living conditions and socio-economic exclusion in which many of them still live today; urges the European Commission to take action against those Member States that promote or allow institutionalised discrimination and segregation, especially in education and housing; calls the Commission to mainstream the monitoring of discrimination practices in all areas, especially education, employment, housing and healthcare;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Roundly condemns all forms of psychological and physical violence, including sexual violence, against women and girls; calls on the EU and Member States to ensure that victims are helped and protected;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Condemns the growing phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation, and calls on the EU and its Member States to take measures, in accordance with the EU directive, to combat the demand for exploitation that is fuelling trafficking in all its forms;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against members of specific ethnic and religious communities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism; underlines the importance of the respect for the rights of persons belonging to ethnic and religious minorities; encourages the Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages without further delay and, where relevant, to withdraw reservations and restrictive declarations, as well as to implement the treaties in good faith; recalls also the need to implement the principles developed in the framework of the OSCE;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Reiterates that Member States should take adequate measures to promote equal treatment of all EU citizens, including traditional national minorities;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Deplores that ethnic minorities continue to face widespread discrimination in law enforcement and judicial system as well as over-policing practices such as ethnic profiling and unequal treatment;
Amendment 488 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Points out that more than half of all postgraduates are women; considers that for as long as women are not equally represented in senior decision-making positions, positive discrimination measures should be implemented; calls on the Member States to take every step required to help women move into high- level posts;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Calls on the Member States to ensure that women victims of gender-based persecution genuinely have access to international protection; calls on the Member States follow the Commission guidelines for the implementation of Directive 2003/86/EC on the right to family reunification, including the immediate issue of a residence permit valid in its own right to family members who have entered for reasons of family reunification when there are particularly difficult circumstances, such as domestic violence;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Expresses its concern about the situation of the Roma in the EU and the numerous instances of persecution, violence, stigmatisation, discrimination and expulsion, contrary to fundamental rights and the EU law; calls for strengthened and pertinent action to promote integration, particularly in the field of protection of fundamental rights and the fight against violence and discrimination, for education, employment, housing, health services, and calls for an end to illegal expulsions and to segregation of Roma children in schools; calls political leaders to refrain from racist and xenophobic speeches and reminds police authorities that registers based on ethnicity are contrary to fundamental rights; believes that the Commission should follow up words with action by bringing to the ECJ cases of discrimination of Roma in violation of EU directives; calls for the FRA to continue its data collection on the situation of Roma and develop and propose a "dashboard" of Roma inclusion indicators that would make possible tracking progress in that area; calls for the development of the European Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies into a fully-fledged European Strategy;
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Condemns all forms of discrimination on grounds of language use; calls on those Member States who have not yet done so to ratify and effectively implement the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Notes that the gender pay gap constitutes unacceptable discrimination contrary to our Treaties (Article 157 TFEU); deplores the fact that in the EU – when both do equal work – women’s income is still, on average, 16% lower than men’s income; urges the Member States to ensure that the principle of equal pay for equal work is observed in all segments of the labour market;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Urges the European Union and the Member States to intensify their efforts to guarantee that the fundamental rights of all Roma in the EU are respected; urges the Member States to invest more effort in the design and selection of sustainable and ambitious Roma integration projects;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Points out that too many women are continuing to fall prey to sexual harassment at the workplace and that no segment of the labour market is immune to this phenomenon; calls on the Member States to implement awareness-raising campaigns aimed both at the private sector and at civil services; also calls on the Member States to combat impunity in this area;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Expresses profound concern at continuing genital mutilation practices, which are a serious form of violence against women and girls and constitute an unacceptable violation of their right to protection from physical injury; urges the EU and the Member States to exercise the utmost vigilance regarding such practices within their borders and to put a stop to them as swiftly as possible; calls in particular on the Member States to adopt a firm and dissuasive approach by systematically and effectively prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of genital mutilation; considers that zero tolerance must be applied;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 g (new) 10g. Welcomes the fact that EU legislation on asylum treats victims of genital mutilation as vulnerable persons and includes genital mutilation among the criteria to be taken into account when asylum is sought; calls on Member States to train people working with migrants to screen for women and girls likely to be subjected to genital mutilation in their home country;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 h (new) 10h. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention to combat violence against women and girls, as a systematic fundamental rights violation, including marital rape, domestic violence, sexual exploitation and harmful traditional practices, such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) and honour crimes, while ensuring support and protection for victims; and calls on the Commission to establish 2016 as the year to combat violence against women and girls;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 i (new) 10i. Expresses concern at the low female employment rates compared with the male rates; points out that in 2013, 63% of women were in employment, compared with 75% of men; considers that women’s financial independence is one element to tackle in order to combat poverty; calls on the Member States to encourage women to enter the labour market, not least by setting up childcare systems and care arrangements for the elderly;
Amendment 499 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 j (new) 10j. Calls on Member States to actively combat the impunity with which rape, sexual assault, conjugal violence and harassment are still, in too many cases, committed;
Amendment 500 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 k (new) 10k. Calls on the Commission to step up monitoring of compliance with the principle of gender equality in European legislation; calls on Member States to undertake a similar analysis of their national legislation;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 l (new) 10l. Recalls that the child’s best interests as referred to in Article 24 of the Charter must always be a prime consideration in any policy and measure adopted in relation to children;
Amendment 502 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 m (new) 10m. Expresses its concern about the increase in the number of cases of international abduction by parents; stresses, in this context, the importance of the role of the European Parliament Mediator for International Parental Child Abduction; calls on Member States to cooperate fully with one another in such cases, particularly in the interests of the child;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 n (new) 10n. Strongly condemns the sexual exploitation of children, particularly the growing phenomenon of child pornography on the Internet; urges the Union and Member States to unite in their efforts to combat these serious infringements of children’s rights and to take due account of the recommendations made by Parliament in its Resolution of 11 March 2015 on Child Sexual Abuse Online; reiterates its call for those Member States which have not yet done so to transpose the directive on combating the sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; calls, furthermore, on the Union and those Member States which have not yet done so to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 o (new) 10o. Strongly condemns the violence and ill-treatment inflicted on children within the Union; calls on Member States to make child protection a priority; stresses the role of professionals who concern themselves with children, such as teachers, youth workers and paediatricians, when it comes to detecting signs of mistreatment of children; calls on Member States to ensure that such professionals have their awareness raised, and receive training, to this end; calls furthermore on Member States to establish hotlines where children can report any act of mistreatment, sexual violence, intimidation or harassment against them;
Amendment 505 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 p (new) 10p. Recalls that the right to education is provided for in the Charter and that education is essential, not only for a child’s welfare and personal development but also for the future of society; considers the education of children from low-income families to be an essential precondition for enabling children to escape from poverty; calls on Member States, therefore, to promote high-quality education for all; recalls, likewise, the importance of national child protection services for the identification and monitoring of abused children, and calls on Member States not to reduce funding of these services;
Amendment 506 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 q (new) 10q. Expresses its concern that the economic situation may result in a rise in the number of children who are induced to work, in many cases to the detriment of their schooling; recalls that child labour is prohibited, particularly under the Charter, and calls on the Commission and Member States to give greater consideration to this issue, to collect data and to combat this phenomenon;
Amendment 507 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 r (new) 10r. Recalls the importance of making children aware of their rights, so that they can stand up for their own rights; calls on Member States to encourage such awareness-raising as part of compulsory schooling;
Amendment 508 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 s (new) 10s. Welcomes the trend towards defining forced marriage as a criminal offence in the Member States; calls on Member States to be vigilant and to provide training for and raise the awareness of staff who come into contact with children, such as teachers or youth workers, to equip them to identify children who are at risk of being abducted to their country of origin in order to be forcibly married;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 t (new) 10t. Recognises that Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) are fundamental rights and an essential element of human dignity, gender equality and self-determination; urges the European Commission to include SRHR, as basic human rights, in its next EU Health Strategy to ensure coherence between EU's internal and external fundamental rights policy as called upon by the Parliament on 10 March 2015;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 u (new) 10u. Recognises that the denial of a life- saving abortion amounts to a serious breach of fundamental rights;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 v (new) 10v. Calls on the Member States, in liaison with the Commission, to recognise the right to access safe and modern contraceptives and sexuality education in schools; and urges the Commission to complement national policies to improve public health, while keeping the European Parliament fully informed;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 513 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence
Amendment 515 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, trans
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns in the strongest terms all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt laws and policies to combat homophobia and transphobia;
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 519 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against lesbian, gay, transsexual, bisexual and intersex people (LGBTI), as fostered by laws and policies that restrict the fundamental rights of these persons; recalls
Amendment 520 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Points out that sexual restraint, expressed through marital fidelity, voluntary celibacy or premarital chastity, and an upbringing based on these principles, are an expression of dignity and moral responsibility which is worthy of respect, and that those who live according to these principles have the right to due protection from discrimination and contempt;
Amendment 521 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States, as States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, to take appropriate measures to protect children from all forms of physical and psychological violence, including cyber bullying, and to empower young people, parents, educators, carers and society as a whole to prevent and combat bullying; urges the Member States to support lifelong training for professionals working with children and to encourage active participation by young people – inter alia using new technologies – in the peaceful resolution of disputes;
Amendment 522 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 523 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the full mutual recognition of the effects of all civil status documents across the EU, including legal gender recognition, marriages and registered partnerships, in order to reduce discriminatory legal and administrative barriers for citizens who exercise their right to free movement;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on Member States to be vigilant and firm and to impose penalties on public office-holders who insult or stigmatise LGBTI people in a public forum;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Considers that LGBTI people's fundamental rights are more likely to be safeguarded if they have access to legal institutions such as cohabitation, registered partnership or marriage; welcomes the fact that 18 Member States currently offer these options, and calls on other Member States to consider doing so;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Encourages EU Member States to support trade unions and employers' organisations in their efforts to adopt diversity and non-discrimination policies with a focus on LGBTI persons.
Amendment 527 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Considers that the authorities of the Member States should facilitate procedures enabling people who have changed sex to have their new gender recognised in official documents; reiterates its condemnation of any legal recognition procedure which imposes sterilisation on transgender people;
Amendment 528 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in the majority of Member States and calls on them to review national mental health catalogues, while ensuring that medically necessary treatment remains available for all trans people;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Believes that equal protection against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation across all EU Member states would significantly improve if the EU- wide prohibition of such discrimination extended beyond the field of employment and occupation, as proposed by the European Commission in its Proposal for a Council Directive of 2 July 2008 on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation; welcomes the prioritization of this Directive by the European Commission; calls on the Council to adopt it as a matter of urgency;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Recalls its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity and calls upon the European Commission to put forward an EU LGBTI Strategy, comparable to the LGBTI Guidelines adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013;
Amendment 531 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Reiterates its call on the Commission to submit a proposal for an ambitious regulation to ensure mutual recognition of civil status documents and their legal effects;
Amendment 532 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Welcomes initiative shown by the Commission to drive depathologization of transgender identities in the review of the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Diseases; calls on the Commission to intensify efforts to prevent gender variance in childhood from becoming a new ICD diagnosis;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Strongly regrets that genital "normalization" surgery of intersex infants is widespread, despite not being medically necessary; welcomes, in this regard, the Maltese Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Sex Characteristics Act of April 2015, which bans such surgery on intersex infants and reinforces the principle of self- determination for intersex people, and calls on other states to follow the Maltese example;
Amendment 534 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Rights of persons with disabilities
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation; urges the adoption of an antidiscrimination rule on the basis of what the Article 19 TFEU provides with;
Amendment 537 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and
Amendment 538 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy, to develop the European Accessibility Act, and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation;
Amendment 539 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation; stresses that the Charter of Fundamental Rights asks that measures be designed to ensure independence, social and occupational integration, and participation within the community;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation; calls on the European Commission to maximize synergies between the EU disability strategy and the provisions of the CEDAW and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 542 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a mental and/or physical disability still face today; calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 543 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion t
Amendment 544 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Deplores the discrimination and exclusion that persons with a disability still face today; recalls that the Union and its Member States are parties to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to implement this Convention, to implement the European Disability Strategy and to monitor and apply the relevant European legislation;
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Deplores that many older people face discrimination and violations of their fundamental rights every day, in particular in access to adequate income, employment, healthcare and necessary goods and services; is concerned by the lack of reference to the application of Article 25 of the Charter in the Accompanying Document to the European Commission's 2013 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the European Commission to closely monitor age discrimination and to improve institutional dialogue on the rights of older people;
Amendment 546 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. reiterates the importance of protecting and promoting equal access to all rights for Roma children;
Amendment 547 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Urges the Commission to guide Member States in order to make use in the best way of the European structural and investments funds, which must be applied in accordance with the EU's obligations under the UNCRPD Convention;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Member States to collect equality data according to current data protection standards, in consultation with minority representatives, in order to measure inequalities, monitor the impact of EU and Member States policies on them and devise better policies to overcome those inequalities; calls the Commission to address a recommendation to the Member States in order to support equality data collection in the EU;
Amendment 549 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Expresses concern that legal and administrative barriers continue to prevent persons with disabilities from participating in political life on an equal basis with others, as documented by FRA's human rights indicators on political participation of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 550 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission to assess the compatibility of European legislation with the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and to evaluate any future proposal in the light of that Convention by means of its impact assessments;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Condemns the use of forms of physical and pharmacological coercion for mental disabilities and calls on the EU and the Member States to adopt social integration policies;
Amendment 553 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has had a serious negative impact on the realisation of children's rights and well-being; calls on Member States to step up their efforts on tackling child poverty and social exclusion through effective implementation of the European Commission Recommendation 'Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage' through integrated strategies supporting access to adequate resources, enabling access to affordable quality services and promoting children's participation in decision making that affects them; calls on the Commission to take further measures for monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation; invites the European Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive successor to the EU Agenda on the Rights of the Child in 2015;
Amendment 554 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on EU Member states to amend national legislation which deprives people of the right to vote based on actual or perceived disability;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Urges the Commission to support more NGO's, covering various aspects of disability, as well as Member States' Organisations, and to work closely with them, aiming at the proper implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), launching training programs for the empowerment of these persons, gathering data and carrying out analysis;
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Recalls that people with disabilities must be able to exercise their fundamental rights and rights vested in them by virtue of their citizenship of the European Union on the same footing as all other European citizens;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Recalls that freedom of expression, information and the media are fundamental with a view to ensuring democracy and the rule of law; strongly condemns violence, pressure or threats against journalists and the media, including in relation to the disclosure of information about breaches of fundamental rights;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Calls on the Commission to include an assessment of compatibility with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in its reporting on the implementation of Council Directives 93/109/EC and 94/80/EC which set out the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and municipal elections.
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Deplores the fact that people with disabilities still encounter obstacles to their access to the market in goods and services within the Union; considers that these obstacles are of a nature to limit their participation in society and constitute a breach of the rights which they derive, in particular, from their European citizenship; calls on the Commission to make rapid progress with the work on accessibility in the European Union so that a legislative act can be adopted without delay;
Amendment 560 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Call on the EU institutions and Member states to closely engage persons with disabilities, including through their representative organisations, in decision making processes in their respective fields of competence, in line with Article 4(3) of the CRPD;
Amendment 561 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12d. Regrets the fact that a large number of people with disabilities who have been deprived of their legal capacity are likewise stripped of the right to vote; recalls that the right to vote is among the attributes derived from European citizenship; calls therefore on Member States not to systematically withdraw the right to vote from people with disabilities who have been deprived of their legal capacity but rather to perform case-by- case analyses and to provide assistance to people with disabilities during voting procedures;
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Call on EU Member states and institutions to ensure that opportunities to participate in consultation processes are clearly and widely publicised using accessible communications, that input can be provided in other formats such as braille or easy-to read, and that public hearings and meetings discussing proposed laws and policies should be made accessible.
Amendment 563 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Deplores the numerous difficulties facing people with disabilities as regards access to housing, education, justice, the labour market, services (particularly health care), public transport, culture and leisure activities; calls on Member States to pursue ambitious policies in this regard in order to improve the integration of people with disabilities into the very heart of society;
Amendment 564 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Call on the Commission to harmonise data collection on disability through EU social surveys in line with the requirements of Article 31 of the CRPD; emphasise that such data collection should use methodologies that are inclusive of all persons with disabilities, including those with more severe impairments and those living in institutions.
Amendment 565 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Recalls that integration of people with disabilities figures in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on Member States to promote the autonomy of people with disabilities and their participation in the community;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 – having regard to the United Nations
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis, and whereas the response of the EU and the Member States has seriously compromised the wellbeing of citizens and their
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis, and whereas the response of the EU and the Member States has seriously compromised the wellbeing of citizens
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Union operates on the basis of the presumption and mutual trust that EU Member States conform with democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, as enshrined in the ECHR and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, notably in relation to the development of an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and the mutual recognition principle;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the importance of social fundamental rights is acknowledged in Articles 8, 9, 10, 19 and 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, as it is in the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, thus underscoring the fact that those rights, and in particular trade union rights, the right to strike, right of association and right of assembly, must be given the same safeguards as the other fundamental rights acknowledged by the Charter;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas being unemployed, poor or socially marginalised has major consequences as regards gaining and exercising fundamental rights and means that people in such vulnerable positions must continue to have access to basic services, in particular welfare services and financial services;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 – having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations conventions on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised in the
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory,
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory,
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas, following recent terrorist attacks on EU territory, fundamental rights are at risk of being seriously compromised in the name of a supposed need for tighter security, and whereas necessity and proportionality must be the overriding principles in this area so as to prevent policy actions from infringing civil liberties;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the manifestations of extreme nationalism, racism, xenophobia and intolerance have not yet disappeared from our communities; on the contrary, especially after the recent terrorist attacks they appear to be on the rise in many Member States which affects traditional minorities and new national minority communities as well;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – having regard to the Council of Europe's Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas thousands of lives are being lost in the Mediterranean Sea in an unprecedented manner, carrying a huge responsibility to the EU to act to save lives, stop human traffickers, provide legal avenues for migrants and assist and protect asylum seekers and refugees;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the obligations incumbent on candidate countries under the Copenhagen criteria are not only basic pre-accession requirements, but must also continue to apply after a country has joined the EU, based on article 2 TEU; whereas in the light of this, all Member States should be assessed on an ongoing basis in order to verify their continued compliance with the EU's fundamental values of democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights and protection of minorities;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas corruption perpetuates and aggravates unequal, unjust and discriminatory outcomes with regard to the equal enjoyment of fundamental rights, be these civil, political and economic or social and cultural rights; whereas corruption affects disproportionately the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups in society, namely by barring them from equal access to political participation, public services, justice, safety, land, jobs, education, health and housing; whereas corruption distorts the size and composition of government expenditure, seriously harming the state's capacity to harness to a maximum its available resources in order fully to realise economic, social and cultural rights, and whereas corruption diverts large amounts of funding from investment in the economy, hindering the recovery of Member States in economic hardship; whereas corruption fuels human rights violations of the whistleblowers and victims to cover up the implicit crimes and criminals;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, under Article 6 TEU, the EU has a responsibility to uphold and enforce fundamental rights in any action it takes, regardless of its powers in the area concerned; whereas Member States are also encouraged to do the same;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, under Article 6 TEU, the EU has a responsibility to uphold and enforce fundamental rights in any action it takes,
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas, under Article 6 TEU, the EU has a responsibility to uphold and enforce fundamental rights in any action it takes,
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the European external action is based on the same principles that underpin the establishment and development of the EU, that is democracy, solidarity, human dignity and all the fundamental rights ;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas revision of the EU Treaties is necessary in order to strengthen the protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas in accordance with the preamble of the Treaty on European Union, Member States have confirmed their attachment to social rights as defined in the European Social Charter, and also article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union contains an explicit reference to the fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) – having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in New York on 20 November 1989,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Member States cannot reduce the level of guarantees offered in their own constitutions
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Member States cannot reduce the level of guarantees offered in their own constitutions in respect of certain rights on the pretext that the Charter of Fundamental Rights or other instruments of the EU law provide
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas, because there are no clear and common benchmarks, challenging the situation as regards the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights within a Member State is itself continually called into question, in the light of political and institutional considerations, and whereas in collusion with EU institutions, because there are no binding procedures, in too many instances there is permanent inertia and the Treaties and European values are not observed;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, ECRI, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas many fundamental rights
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN, such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti-propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas many fundamental rights violations still occur in the EU and in Member States, as pointed out in reports by the Commission, the FRA, NGOs, the Council of Europe and the UN; such as the violations of the right to freedom of assembly and expression of civil society organisations, freedom of media, the institutional discrimination of LGBTI persons through marriage bans and anti- propaganda legislation, and the remaining high-levels of discrimination and hate crime and hate speech motivated by racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, or by bias against a person's disability, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity",
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – having regard to the following General Comment of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: No 7 (2005) on implementing child rights in early childhood, No 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities, to No 10 (2007) on children's rights in juvenile justice, No 12 (2009) on the right of the child to be heard, No 13 (2011) on the right of the child to freedom from all forms of violence, No 14 (2013) on the right of the child to have his or her best interests taken as a primary consideration,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas societies in which fundamental rights are fully implemented and safeguarded have more chances to develop a dynamic and competitive economy;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas Article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity", and Article 21 prohibits discrimination on the grounds of language and/or being a member of a national minority;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas Roma, the largest ethnic minority in Europe, continue to be the victims of severe discrimination, racist attacks, hate speech, poverty and exclusion;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas specific human rights guidelines have been developed in external policies of the EU, this has not been the case in its internal policies, which could lead to allegations of double standards;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas freedom of the press and freedom of opinion are fundamental freedoms and whereas diverse and independent media have a crucial function in shaping opinion and popular will in democratic societies, as they enable everyone to exercise their right to information,
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas it is essential that the promotion of fundamental rights by the EU as part of its external action be paralleled by a robust and systematic internal policy of monitoring fundamental-rights compliance within the EU itself;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas personal data protection provisions should uphold the principles of purpose, necessity and proportionality, including in the context of negotiations and the conclusion of international agreements, as pointed up by the European Court of Justice judgment of 6 April 2014 quashing Directive 2006/24/EC and by the opinions of the European Data Protection Supervisor;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities shall be provided for all citizens of the European Union including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the Member States are not immune from the evil practice of genital mutilation, to which a reported 500 000 individuals have fallen victim in the EU, with a further 180 000 at risk;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the rapid pace of change in the digital world (including increased use of the internet, apps and social networks) necessitates more effective safeguards for personal data and privacy in order to guarantee confidentiality and protection;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas freedoms and rights guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, with the only exclusion of some of those in Title V on Citizenship, apply to all persons, regardless of whether they are EU citizens or have other status as for instance, residents, asylum seekers or tourists;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas in Europe, according to the WHO, at least 850 children under 15 die from maltreatment each year;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas almost 3 500 migrants died or went missing in 2014 while attempting to reach Europe, bringing the total number of dead and missing over the last 20 years to nearly 30 000; whereas, according to the International Organisation for Migration, the migratory route towards Europe has become the world's most dangerous route for migrants;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G d (new) Gd. whereas about one thousand asylum applications a year directly relate to genital mutilation;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G e (new) Ge. whereas, according to an FRA survey about discrimination and hate crime against LGBTI persons, in addition to the discrimination and violence of which they had been victims, almost half of all the LGBTI respondents 'believed that offensive language about LGBT people by politicians was widespread in their country of residence'; ;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G f (new) Gf. whereas LGBTI people are victims of institutional discrimination either because civil unions are prohibited or because there are laws prohibiting assertion of sexual preference;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G g (new) Gg. whereas the right to respect for private and family life and protection of personal data are enshrined in the Charter and are therefore an integral component of primary EU law;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G h (new) Gh. whereas women still face many forms of discrimination in the EU and are often victims of violence and abuse, especially of a sexual nature;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G i (new) Gi. having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin,
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G j (new) Gj. whereas people with a disability face many different forms of discrimination which prevent them from exercising their fundamental rights to the full;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G k (new) Gk. whereas secularism and neutrality offer the most effective guarantees that the religious communities which form part of any given state do not suffer discrimination;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G l (new) Gl. whereas the right to asylum is guaranteed under the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees (Geneva Convention) and the protocol of 31 January 1967;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G m (new) Gm. whereas new technologies can adversely affect fundamental rights, in particular the right to privacy and the right to protection of personal data which are guaranteed under Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G n (new) Gn. whereas freedom of the press and civil society groups such as NGOs is central to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; whereas this freedom has been jeopardised by the adoption of laws or by direct intervention by the authorities in a number of Member States;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G o (new) Go. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights states that the elderly have the right ‘to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life’;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, in particular by guaranteeing that the dignity of every human being is respected from conception until natural death;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation, public policies and their implementation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) – having regard to the Commission Communication on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 (COM(2011)0173) and the European Council Conclusions of 24 June 2011,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential t
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that it is essential to guarantee that the common European values listed in Article 2 TEU are upheld in full in both European and national legislation; Draws attention to the fact that all legislative proposals, policies and international agreements (such as the Fiscal Compact) should be carefully scrutinized to ensure that they comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Reiterates that the European Union is compelled to adopt legislation in full respect of its powers as set by the Treaties, including the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) - Calls on the Member States to ensure that all EU legislation, including the economic and financial adjustment programmes, is implemented in accordance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter (Art. 151 TFEU);
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new) (2) - Calls on the European Union to accede to the European Social Charter to reinforce this compliance and to better protect the economic and social rights of second generation, such as the right to equal wage, the right to protection of health, the right to social security, essential components of the Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Article 6 TEU requires the Union to accede to the ECHR; notes Opinion 2/2013 of the Court of Justice of the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up proposals designed to ensure that the aforementioned obligation is met as quickly as possible, on the basis of full transparency and with the aim of enhancing the protection of individuals and making the European institutions more accountable for their actions or failings regarding fundamental rights
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Article 6 TEU requires the Union to accede to the ECHR; notes Opinion 2/2013 of the Court of Justice of the European Union; whereas Article 6 requires accession, it also states that the accession should not affect the Union's competences as defined in the Treaties; calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up proposals designed to ensure that the aforementioned obligation is met as quickly as possible, on the basis of full transparency and with the aim of enhancing the protection of individuals and making the European institutions more accountable for their actions or failings regarding fundamental rights;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Article 6 TEU requires the Union to accede to the ECHR; notes Opinion 2/2013 of the Court of Justice of the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Council to draw up proposals designed to ensure that the aforementioned obligation is met as quickly as possible, on the basis of full transparency and with the aim of increasing genuine respect for and protection of the fundamental rights of individuals against breaches, including the right to an effective remedy at national and European level, and enhancing the protection of individuals and making the European institutions more accountable for their actions or failings regarding fundamental rights;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that Article 6 TEU requires the Union to accede to the ECHR; notes Opinion 2/2013 of the Court of Justice of the European Union; calls on the Commission and the Council to
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that even where the life of unborn persons is not sufficiently protected, everyone should be guaranteed the right not to take any action to harm the life of such persons;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) – having regard to the Council Directive 2000/789/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation,
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that it is essential for the European Union, its institutions and the Member States to guarantee respect for the common European values set out in Article 2 TEU; that all the instruments currently provided for in the treaties in this regard urgently need to be applied and implemented;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Deplores the rarity with which Article 7 TEU is invoked against Member States responsible for breaches of fundamental rights in order to penalise them and act as a deterrent;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter, and expects to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights based on Article 2 TEU adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions and in consultation with a broader representation of civil society, and other interested parties;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes enthusiastically the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter, and expects to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights based on Article 2 TEU adopted in the near future, in close cooperation with the other institutions and in consultation with civil society and other interested parties;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter, and expects to see an internal strategy on fundamental rights
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the appointment of the first Vice-President of the Commission with powers relating to respect for the rule of law and the Charter
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure coordination within its different services with a view to effectively mainstreaming children's rights in all EU legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a new child rights strategy and action plan for the next five years, building on and upgrading the EU Agenda on the Rights of a Child;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on Member States to ensure that the principle of the best interests of the child is respected in all legislation and decisions taken at all levels and encourages Member States to share best practices with a view to improving the correct application of the principle of the best interests of the child across the EU;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 c (new) – having regard to the Commission Communication entitled ‘Steps forward in implementing national Roma integration strategies’ (COM(2013)0454),
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by an action plan, in order to supplement and strengthen the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations, with full respect to the subsidiarity principle; notes that the strategy should:
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by a
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by a
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by an action plan, in order to supplement and strengthen the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by an associated action plan, in order to supplement and strengthen the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations, ensuring constant monitoring, country by country, of the protection of fundamental rights, measures to prevent any breaches and action to improve the level of protection of fundamental rights; considers that the strategy and associated action plan should also serve as instruments to render the European Institutions accountable for their actions and omissions with regard to fundamental rights, and to ensure compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights with a view to accession to the Convention by the EU; notes that the strategy should:
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by a
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point -a (new) (-a) be soundly based on international and European law and embrace all the values protected by Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a (a) make provision for an annual policy cycle that monitors its application, taking account of the results of annual and specific reports from the various parties involved, institutional and otherwise, and contribute towards improving coordination between those involved and the drafting of policies on the basis of greater transparency
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2036 (2015) entitled ‘Tackling intolerance and discrimination in Europe with a special focus on Christians’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 d (new) – having regard to the Council recommendation of 9 December 2014 on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States1, __________________ 1 OJ C 278, 14.12.2013, p. 1.
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a (a) make provision for an annual policy cycle that monitors its application, taking account of the results of annual and specific reports from the
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a (a) make provision for an annual political cycle that monitors its application, tak
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a (new) (aa) Ensure that legislative proposals and policies comply with the Charter and respect fundamental rights, and that the impact of EU legislation and its implementation by the Member States on fundamental rights are systematically examined in the evaluation reports on the implementation of EU legislation, as well as in the annual report on monitoring the application of EU law;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a (new) (aa) ensure that the annual policy cycle is based on the compliance with the rule of law as it is a pre-requisite for the protection of fundamental rights
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b – introductory part (b) develop a pro-active plan of action
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b – indent 1 Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b – indent 1 – lays down the measures to be taken in order to enforce all the rights and principles laid down by the Charter, for example by identifying areas in which reforms are necessary, introducing new standards, improving monitoring and ensuring more eff
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b – indent 2 – stipulates that all European policies and actions, including in the economic sphere and in the field of external relations, and all EU-funded measures must undergo a detailed ex ante and ex post assessment of their impact on fundamental rights;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b a (new) (ba) Ensure that where it initiates legislation, makes use of the external independent expertise of the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), should be fully used by the Council and the European Parliament too ;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 e (new) – having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2013 on the progress made in the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (2013/2924(RSP)),
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b b (new) (bb) Ensure that it makes full use of the existing mechanisms and launches objective evaluations and investigations and starts infringement proceedings if a case is well grounded;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b c (new) (bc) Intensify the cooperation with the Member States, also with the European Parliament and national parliaments, in order to improve the implementation of the existing EU human rights legislations;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b d (new) (bd) Recall the possibility of activating one of the mechanisms set out in Article 7 TEU;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA and with the input from the broadest civil society representation, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA and national human rights institutions of the Member States, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider powers, including country-by- country monitoring;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States by conducting country-by-country reporting; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation in order to grant the FRA wider powers;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States; reiterates, in that connection, the need for the Commission to propose a revision of the FRA Regulation and the FRA Statute in order to grant the FRA wider powers;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c)
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) – having regard to the Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy and its accompanying Action Plan, adopted by the European Council of 25 June 2012,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c (c) develop, in cooperation with the FRA, a database that collates and publishes data on the situation regarding fundamental rights in the EU and in individual Member States
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d (d)
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d (d)
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d (d)
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) (da) make provision for the Commission to submit annual country-by-country reports on the state of protection of fundamental rights;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Urges the Commission to work more closely with Member States in order improve the implementation of legislation with regard to the respect of human rights, fundamental rights and democracy;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. b) expand the remit and structure of the Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The founding regulation of the FRA should be amended to expand the Agency’s remit and power so that it can monitor the common indicators concerning the rule of law and fundamental rights and the additional human and financial resources it needs to carry out its new tasks, and do all this without detracting from its independence and impartiality, which are two of the Agency’s fundamental principles. – A rule of law and fundamental rights evaluation committee should be set up within the Agency (FRA Evaluation Committee) to analyse and evaluate the results of the regular monitoring of the indicators. – The FRA Evaluation Committee should publish an annual monitoring report containing a detailed evaluation of each Member State’s performance on the basis of the various indicators. – The Evaluation Committee could then recommend, on the basis of this annual report, that the Commission issue a formal warning if one or more indicators show that a Member State, or even several Member States, are violating the rule of law or fundamental rights.
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls on EU Institutions to consider EU Treaty change in order to allow for the Democratic Governance Pact (DGP) to be fully functioning, in particular by; (a) Expanding the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union by creating a new specific procedure to enforce the rule of law principle of Article 2 TEU in a Member State by means of an infringement procedure brought by the Commission or another Member State before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU); (b) Revising Article 7 of the EU Treaty, adding an 'application of Article 2 of the EU Treaty' stage, separating the 'risk' stage from the 'violation' stage, with different thresholds for the majorities provided for, a strengthening of technical and objective (not only political) analysis, enhanced dialogue with the Member States' institutions and a wider range of detailed and predictable penalties which are applicable throughout the procedure (Michel, 2013); (c) Including a reference to the FRA in the Treaties, including a legal base making it possible to amend the Agency's founding regulation not by unanimity, as is currently the case, but via the ordinary legislative procedure; (d) Creating a possibility for national Parliament to refer a draft national law to the CJEU for an opinion on its compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity,
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Calls for the setting-up – if possible by means of an interinstitutional agreement – of a ‘Copenhagen Committee’ made up of independent experts in the field of fundamental rights, some of whom should be appointed by Parliament, whose task would be to ensure that all the Member States uphold the common values laid down in Article 2 TEU and observe the ‘Copenhagen criteria’ at all times, and to issue recommendations and draw up reports on issues relating to fundamental rights until such time as the FRA regulation is modified, when the Agency should have greater powers to monitor each Member State’s performance in the area of fundamental rights, as Parliament has repeatedly urged.
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Calls on the Commission to interpret the Charter of Fundamental Rights broadly so that it can, also on the basis of Article 2 TEU, initiate procedures to impose penalties if a Member State violates fundamental rights.
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 f (new) 4f. Asks each EU institution to check carefully and systematically that legislative texts being drawn up are consistent with the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including during the negotiation and trilogue phases.
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism will not act as a sufficient and efficient deterrent when it comes to preventing and resolving fundamental rights violations in Member States;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism will not act as a sufficient deterrent when it comes to preventing and resolving fundamental rights violations in Member States; underlines, therefore, that more bold steps by the Council are also needed;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 a (new) – having regard to its Resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law is a good tool under the current legal framework provided by the Treaties; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes the Commission's Communication on a new EU Framework to strengthen the rule of law; considers, however, that the proposed mechanism will not act as a sufficient deterrent when it comes to preventing and resolving fundamental rights violations in Member States; criticises the fact that the Commission has presented this framework in the form of a Communication, a text which is not binding and which does not specify when the Commission must activate the mechanism.
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the need for the full use of existing mechanisms to ensure that the fundamental rights and the values of the Union referred to in Article 2 of the EU Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights are respected, protected and promoted; In this regard all the instruments currently provided for in the treaties need to be urgently applied and implemented;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – introductory part 6. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – introductory part 6. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point -a (new) (-a) providing an early warning system on breaches of the fundamental values of the European Union, including cases of systemic discrimination,
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point -a (new) (-a) providing an annual review of the state of play of the fundamental values of the European Union that subsequently covers all Member States;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point a Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 b (new) – having regard to the Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons, adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point a (a) making
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point a (a) making it part of the internal strategy on fundamental rights, as rule of law is a pre-requisite for the protection of fundamental rights in the European Union and its Member States;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point a a (new) (aa) finding a way to make better use of the expertise of the Council of Europe and setting up a formal channel of cooperation in matters relating to the rule of law and fundamental rights;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b (b)
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b (b)
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b (b) clearly defining the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly and transparently, making good use of the early warning tool and the political dialogue included in the framework, without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialise;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b (b) clearly defining the criteria for its application and ensuring that it is implemented swiftly and pro- actively without waiting for fundamental rights violations to materialise;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b (b) cl
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point b a (new) (ba) allowing the Commission, should systemic or significant violations of Article 2 TEU identified by the FRA, to initiate infringement procedures, that might also lead to financial sanctions in accordance with Article 260 TFEU;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 b (new) – having regard to the guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by LGBTI persons adopted by the Council on 24 June 2013,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c (c) ensuring the full involvement, at the launch and dialogue stages, not only of the Commission and the Member State in question, but also of the European Parliament, the Council, national
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c (c) ensuring the
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c (c) ensuring the full involvement, at the launch and dialogue stages, not only of the Commission and the Member State in question, but also of the European Parliament, the Council, national parliaments, the FRA, the EIGE and civil society, and guaranteeing the use of all available data;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c (c) ensuring the full involvement, at the launch and dialogue stages, not only of the Commission and the Member State in question, but also of the European Parliament, the Council, national parliaments
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point c (c) ensuring
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d)
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that, should such a mechanism fail, Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically, should such a mechanism fail, and
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that the procedure under Article 7 TEU is
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 c (new) – having regard to its resolutions on gender equality;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically by which the possibility of applying double standards can be fully avoided; defining the criteria for "clear risk of breach" and "serious and persistent breach" building inter alia on the case law of European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights, should such a mechanism fail, and that the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is considered;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d (d) ensuring that Article 7 TEU is implemented automatically, should such a mechanism fail, and that the possibility of imposing further penalties in keeping with European law is considered; Stresses the need to exert maximum vigilance not only before and during the access negotiation (Copenhagen criteria) but also following the adhesion to the European Union; Stresses the need to strengthen institutional transparency and openness in the EU and urges the EU and the Member States to: step up their efforts with a view to revising Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents; bring forward a revision of the European Citizens' Initiative Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 211/2011) taking into account the negative experience of these years of application, introducing changes that allow the full use of their right by the citizens of Europe. Therefore agrees to introduce measures against all types of discrimination, including those existing against certain groups of citizens, such as those who are blind or those living abroad, who are prevented from exercising their right to support the citizens' Initiatives, as such exclusion limits the equality among citizens; bring forward a revision of Directive 93/109/EC laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals, in order to help EU citizens who are resident in a State other than their own to participate in the European elections in their country of residence; calls on Member States to enable all their citizens to vote in the European elections, including those living outside the EU in particular through an information campaign launched in good time
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – point d a (new) (da) Calls on the Commission to give more priority to the preparation of the Union's accession to the European Social Charter, signed in Turin on 18 October 1961 and revised in Strasbourg on 3 May 1996;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Member States to establish and strengthen National Human Rights Institutions in line with the 'Paris Principles' to ensure an independent promotion and protection of Human Rights on the national level;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Guarantee better coordination and consistency between the activities of Parliament, the Council of Europe, the FRA and the EIGE;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recommends that all Member States lift their remaining reservations to the European Social Charter as soon as possible; a permanent dialogue on progress made in this respect should be stimulated by the European Parliament. The reference to the ESC in article 151 TFEU should be used more effectively, for example, by including a social rights test in the impact assessments of the Commission and the EP.
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that in its relations with the wider world, the Union shall contribute to the protection of human rights; in that respect, calls upon the EU institutions to ensure a high level of the protection of human rights in external relations, as well as in internal policies having external consequences;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the fact that the Council will hold debates on the rule of law; considers, however, that such debates are not the most effective ways to resolve any non-compliance with the fundamental values of the European Union; regrets the fact that it is neither informed nor involved into the organisation of these debates; calls on the Council to base its debates on the results of annual and specific reports of the European Commission, the European Parliament, the civil society, the Council of Europe and its Venice Commission and other parties involved, institutional and otherwise;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Expresses concern at the alarming increase in the number of violations of fundamental rights in the EU, in particular in the areas of immigration and asylum, discrimination and intolerance – especially towards certain communities – and in the number of instances of attacks being carried out and of pressure being exerted on the NGOs which defend the rights of these groups and communities; notes Member States’ unwillingness to ensure that these fundamental rights and freedoms are observed, in particular as regards Roma people, women, the LGBTI community, asylum seekers, immigrants and other vulnerable groups;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Council to push for a more ambitious plan on the rule of law framework that enables the various European institutions to monitor and safeguard Member States' compliance with the rule of law; either in form of a Treaty change, allowing the fundamental values enshrined in Article 2 to be monitored and safeguarded beyond the areas covered by EU law, or in form of a peer review, with the involvement of the European institutions and possibly the Council of Europe and its Venice Commission; considers that such ambitious plan should also foresee a more important role for the European Court of Justice that is not limited to procedural guarantees;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 d (new) – having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2011 on an EU Homelessness Strategy,
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Emphasises that democracy and the rule of law are based on respect for fundamental rights and freedoms and that any steps taken to counter terrorism or crime must not undermine fundamental rights in the EU; expresses concern at the developments concerning fundamental rights in the context of cross-border cooperation and the constant creation of new digital databases containing personal data;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Council to find a common ground on the precise content of the principles and standards stemming from the rule of law that vary at national level and to consider the already existing definition of the rule of law of the European Court of Justice, as a starting point for debate, that include legality, which implies a transparent, accountable, democratic and pluralistic process for enacting laws; legal certainty; prohibition of arbitrariness of the executive powers; independent and impartial courts; effective judicial review including respect for fundamental rights; and equality before the law;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Expresses concern that in the name of fighting terrorism the public authorities are more and more frequently resorting to administrative measures that are incompatible with the principles and procedures which underpin the rule of law and that policies devised to combat terrorism are being used to address a growing number of crimes and offences, giving rise in particular to an increase in the number of summary judicial proceedings and the imposition of minimum sentences that must be served in full; emphasises the need for EU agencies operating in the field of security and intelligence to uphold fundamental rights, and calls for a revision of the laws governing these EU and Member State agencies which focuses, in particular, on judicial review prior to the imposition of penalties, parliamentary scrutiny, the right of appeal and the right to rectify data;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Commends the role of the Court of Auditors in monitoring the spending of structural funds for Roma-related projects; equally commends the commitment of the European Ombudsman in inquiring how the European Commission ensures that fundamental rights are complied with at all stages of the implementation of the EU cohesion policy in the Member States;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls on the Council, the Member States concerned and the Commission to respond to Parliament’s recommendations on the consequences of letting the CIA programme operate in some Member States;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 e (new) 6e. Calls, at the very least, in view of the violations of the right to data protection and the right to privacy which were committed as part of the NSA-Prism programme and uncovered by Edward Snowden, for the various agreements concluded with the USA in particular to be suspended, as they are not compatible with the data protection and privacy standards laid down by the EU and the Council of Europe; criticises the fact that the files held by institutions are not only multiplying, but are increasingly being used for purposes which bear no relationship to those for which they were originally intended; expresses concern for citizens’ rights in the context of the conservation and accessing of electronic communications data;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 f (new) 6f. Expresses serious concern at the difficulty most internet users have in ensuring that their rights are respected on the internet and in the digital sphere; condemns the delay in adopting the revised EU legislation on data protection and the failure on the part of the EU and its Member States to push for the creation of an international framework to protect human rights in the digital sphere;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 g (new) 6g. Deplores the pressure placed on private companies by both public and private bodies to hand over internet users’ data, control internet content or jeopardise the principle of net neutrality;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 f (new) – having regard to Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to the Resolution on tackling intolerance and discrimination in Europe with a special focus on Christians of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2036(2015)),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 g (new) – having regard to Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) – having regard to Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (‘Victims’ Rights Directive’),
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 b (new) – having regard to Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 c (new) – having regard to the US Senate report on CIA detention and interrogation programmes,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) – having regard to the 2011 Directive on preventing and combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (2011/36/EU),
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 – having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data2
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 – having regard to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) – having regard to the EU Strategy towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2016, in particular the provisions on financing the development of guidelines on child protection systems and on the exchange of best practices,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 b (new) – having regard to Commission recommendation 2013/112/EU of 20 February 2013 entitled 'Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage'
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 c (new) – having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2013 on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU(4) ,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 – having regard, inter alia, to Article 2, the second indent of Article 3(3), Article 5(3) and Articles 6 and 7 TEU,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 d (new) – having regard to the 1979 UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and to the Beijing Platform for Action, to its resolutions of 25 February 2014 with recommendations to the Commission on combating violence against women and of 6 February 2014 on the Commission communication entitled 'Towards the elimination of female genital mutilation', and to the Council conclusions of 5 June 2014 on preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls, including female genital mutilation,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 16 – having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents3; having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) – having regard to the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 8 April 2014 in joined cases C-293/12 and C-594/12 (Digital Rights Ireland and Seitlinger and Others), which annulled Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 – having regard to the hearing of Frans Timmermans before the European Parliament on 7 October 2014, and to his appearance at its sitting of 11 February 2015,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) – having regard to the Conclusions of the Council of the European Union and the member states meeting within the Council on ensuring respect for the rule of law adopted on 16 December 2014,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 19 a (new) – having regard to the hearing of Dimitris Avramopoulos before the European Parliament on 30 September 2014,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 a (new) – having regard to the package of directives on Procedural Defence Rights in the EU,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 c (new) – having regard to the resolution on the right to conscientious objection in lawful medical care of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1736(2010)),
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 – having regard to the annual conference of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 10 November 2014 on the theme of ‘Fundamental Rights and Migration to the EU’ and in particular to FRA focus paper "Legal entry channels to the EU for persons in need of international protection: a toolbox",
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 – having regard to the work, annual reports and studies of the FRA
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 – having regard, inter alia, to Article 2, the second indent of Article 3(3)
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 – having regard to the work, annual reports and studies of the FRA and the EIGE,
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 23 a (new) – having regard to the contributions by the NGOs participating in the FRA Fundamental Rights Platform,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) – having regard to the analyses, studies and reports published by ECRI,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) – having regard to the Report of the Independent Expert of the Human Rights Council on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Cephas Lumina (Addendum, Mission to Greece, UN A/HRC/25/50/Add.1)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 a (new) – having regard to the report by the UN special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, published in April 2013, on ‘Management of the external borders of the European Union and its impact on the human rights of migrants’,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 24 b (new) – having regard to the UN Human Rights Council Resolution of 26 June 2014 calling for the establishment of an open- ended intergovernmental working group with the aim of drawing up ‘an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights’,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) – having regard to its resolutions on migration, in particular the latest dated 17 December 2014 on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration,
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 8 June 2005 on the protection of minorities and anti-discrimination policies in an enlarged Europe;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) – having regard to its Resolution on 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child of 27 November 2014
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2013 on the US National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ privacy, in which it instructed its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to conduct an in-depth inquiry into the matter, and to its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) – having regard to paragraphs 129-130 of the report on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2014/2216(INI)), in which Parliament ‘Strongly condemns attacks against Christians in several countries around the world and expresses solidarity with the victims’ families; is deeply concerned about the growing number of episodes of repression, discrimination, intolerance and violent attacks against Christian communities’,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2015 on the US Senate report on the use of torture by the CIA,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 11 September 2013 on endangered European languages and linguistic diversity in the European Union;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 25 November 2014 on seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU-Canada PNR Agreement,
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 c (new) – having regard to its resolutions of 11 September 2012 and 10 October 2013 on alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 d (new) – having regard to its resolutions on the Guantanamo detention centre,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 e (new) – having regard to its studies into the impact of the crisis on fundamental rights in the Member States,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) – recalling the Principles relating to the status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (the 'Paris Principles'), annexed to UN General Assembly Resolution 48/134
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) – having regard to article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular to paragraph 7 thereof;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new) Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 – having regard to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, the conventions, recommendations, resolutions and reports of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Committee of Ministers, the
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 10 December 2013 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; 1 : P7_TA(2013)0548)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 27 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 21 May 2013 on the EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU,
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas European integration came about in part to prevent a recurrence of the tragic consequences of the Second World War and the persecution and repression by the Nazi regime, and also to avoid any decline or reversal of democracy and the rule of law by promoting, respecting and protecting human rights;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -Aa. whereas respect for and promotion of human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the values and principles enshrined in EU treaties and international human rights instruments (UDHR, ECHR, ICCPR, ICESCR, etc.) are obligations on the Union and its Member States and must be central to European integration;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A b (new) -Ab. whereas those rights must be guaranteed for everyone living in the EU, including in response to abuse and acts of violence by authorities at whatever level;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in everything they do; and whereas, under Article 17 TEU, the Commission must ensure application of the Treaties;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Α Α. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, solidarity, the rule of law
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in everything they do;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in everything they do;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, under Article 2 TEU, the EU is founded on respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights, values which are shared by all the Member States and which must be upheld by the EU, and by each individual Member State, in
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by the EU on 23 December 2010;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Α a (new) Αα. whereas the obligations incumbent on candidate countries under the Copenhagen criteria continue to apply to the Member States after joining the EU, and whereas in light of this all Member States should be assessed on an ongoing basis in order to verify their continued compliance with the EU's basic values of respect for fundamental rights, democratic institutions and the rule of law,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, under Article 49 TEU, any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them may apply to become a member of the Union; whereas these criteria and values shall be permanently protected, defended and upheld after joining the Union;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas human beings who are citizens or residents are placed at centre stage in the European Union and whereas the personal, civil, political, economic and social rights recognised by the Charter not only have the aim of protecting European citizens and residents against any interference, abuse or violence but are also preconditions for ensuring their full and untroubled personal development;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, the rule of law is the backbone of European liberal democracy, and is one of the founding principles of the European Union stemming from the common constitutional traditions of all Member States;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the EU and its Member States are engaged in a global process of moving towards new sustainable development objectives under which human rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas Articles 2 and 3 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights recognise the right to life and the right to integrity of the person;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas respecting the rule of law is a prerequisite for the protection of fundamental rights and is of particular importance within the EU since it is also a prerequisite for upholding all rights and obligations deriving from the Treaties and from international law.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the Charter of Fundamental Rights became a fully fledged component of the Treaties when the Treaty of Lisbon came into force, and is therefore now legally binding on the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU and on the Member States when EU legislation is applied; whereas a genuine fundamental rights culture must be developed, fostered and strengthened in EU institutions, but also in the Member States, in particular when they apply EU law domestically and in their relations with non-EU countries;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas Article 33 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights guarantees protection of the family in the legal, economic and social spheres;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the implementation of these values and principles must also be based on effective monitoring of respect for the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Charter, for example when legislative proposals are being drawn up;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in New York on 13 December 2006,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the EU’s credibility in its external relations will be bolstered by increasing consistency between its internal and external policies in relation to human rights; whereas the EU's human rights policy is being restricted, and even contradicted, by diplomatic, political or economic considerations, creating double standards which damage all EU policies in this field and are contradict a universal vision of human rights and the EU's principles and values;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas establishing an area of freedom, security and justice as described in Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) requires the EU and each Member State to uphold fundamental rights
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the way the rule of law is implemented at national level plays a key role in ensuring mutual trust among Member States and their legal systems, hence it is of vital importance to establish
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas Article 5 TEU and Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights emphasise the obligation of EU institutions and Member States to respect the principle of subsidiarity in accordance with the limit of their respective powers as conferred by the Treaties;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the Commission, which is the guardian of the Treaties, has failed on a number of occasions to denounce promptly, and in a proportionate manner, violations of the principles of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights within Member States despite the existing instruments and mechanisms which could have been brought into play, thus demonstrating the current failings of the EU institutions as regards compliance with their binding obligations concerning democracy, the rule of law and human rights as laid down in Article 2 TEU; whereas, in addition, a graduated corrective mechanism needs to be introduced so as bridge the gap between political dialogue and the 'nuclear option' of Article 7 TEU and to address the 'Copenhagen dilemma' within the current Treaties;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the financial crisis and its impact on the economy and budgets in Europe have led the EU to act to boost budgetary and economic coherence by adopting new instruments so that Member States abide to a greater extent by their obligations laid down in the Treaties, and whereas political impetus is needed so as to ensure a similar level of compliance and approach with regard to the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas compliance with the Copenhagen Criteria is an essential pre- condition for EU accession; stressing the importance to uphold these standards imposed on candidate countries within the EU; illustrating the need for a binding mechanism laying down the rules for the monitoring and enforcement of fundamental rights, rule of law and democracy after accession, to safeguard the EU Treaties all Member States have signed up to;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of economic and financial crisis, and whereas the response of the EU and the Member States has
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is undergoing a period of serious economic and financial crisis and whereas the response of the EU and the Member States has seriously compromised the wellbeing of citizens and their fundamental rights;
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Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobia and firmer deployment of the EU network against intolerance;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice;
Amendment 572 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; calls for a review of
Amendment 573 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 575 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to end the persecution of conscientious objectors and discrimination against them;
Amendment 576 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for the full implementation of all European treaties and directives with regard to investigations and/or prosecution for reasons connected to political, religious and social beliefs and ideologies;
Amendment 577 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Expresses its concern on the increasing threats to the right to conscientious objection and calls on the Member States to fully respect this right, particularly in the field of religion and beliefs, parental rights, medical and health services, education and research;
Amendment 578 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to reach an agreement as soon as possible on the proposal for a directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures, which will permit equality and women’s participation in economic decision making to be promoted in a tangible manner;
Amendment 579 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for measures to ensure that, in Member States that have experienced dictatorships or suffered totalitarian regimes, efforts are made to keep their historic memory alive, so as to prevent any glorification thereof; urges that any efforts by national authorities to impede exercise of universal jurisdiction over the perpetrators of crimes during these periods be brought to an end within the Union; considers these legal measures to be a guarantee of justice, truth, redress and non-recurrence in accordance with established UN doctrine;
Amendment 580 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Deplores the existing discrimination of Roma people in national educational systems and on the labour market. Stresses the increased vulnerability of minorities, and of Roma women and children in particular, to multiple and simultaneous infringements of their fundamental rights;
Amendment 581 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Observes with concern the rising of political parties that sustain their political programs on excluding ethnic, sexual and religious proposals;
Amendment 582 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Member States to respect the fundamental rights of all human beings, especially their right to life;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on Member States to adopt criminal legislation prohibiting incitement to hatred on any grounds and to ensure that there is effective protection against racism of any kind based on a racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs and health or sexual life;
Amendment 584 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Condemns any forms of discrimination against children and calls on the Commission and Member States to make a united action to eradicate discrimination against children; in particular, calls on the Member States and the Commission to explicitly consider children as a priority when programming and implementing regional and cohesion policies, such as the European disability strategy, the EU framework for national Roma integration strategies and the EU’s equality and non-discrimination policy; reiterates the importance of protecting and promoting equal access to health care, dignified accommodation and education for Roma children;
Amendment 585 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Is deeply concerned at the growing trivialisation of racist and xenophobic acts and speech owing to the ever greater visibility in the public sphere of racist and xenophobic groups, some of which have acquired or are seeking the status of political parties;
Amendment 587 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that intolerance and discrimination of all kinds must never be accepted in the European Union and calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the fight against hate crime and discriminatory attitudes and behaviour by developing a comprehensive strategy for fighting hate crime, bias violence and discrimination;
Amendment 588 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Expresses its concerns regarding investigations and convictions in connection with hate crimes in the Member States; calls on the EU to make the fight against hate crimes a priority when drawing up European policies against discrimination and in the field of justice; as FRA findings from its large-scale surveys have consistently shown that victims of crime are reluctant to come forward and report to the police; calls for a review of the framework decision on racism and xenophobia in order for it to fully cover all forms of hate crimes and crimes committed with a bias or discriminatory motive related to the victims’ personal characteristics, and to clearly define consistent investigation and prosecution standards;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Calls on the Member States to take all appropriate measures to encourage the reporting of racist, xenophobic, homophobic and transphobic hate speech and hate crimes and to ensure adequate protection for people who report crimes and for the victims of these crimes;
Amendment 590 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Express concern that several Member States have not transposed fully and/or correctly all the provisions of the Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA, namely in relation to the offences of denying, condoning and grossly trivialising certain crimes;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Calls on Member States to fully transpose and implement existing anti- discrimination and hate crime/hate speech EU standards ensuring the enforcement of national legislation punishing all forms of discrimination, hate crimes, incitement, and harassment as well as systematically triggering the prosecution of criminal offences;
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Calls on Member States to include provisions on incitement to racist and xenophobic violence and hatred that fully transpose the offences covered by the Framework Decision and calls on the Commission to monitor the correct transposition of the Framework Decision and launch infringement procedures against those Member States failing to transpose it;
Amendment 593 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 g (new) 13g. Calls on the Commission to support training programmes for law enforcement and judicial authorities, and for appropriate EU agencies, in preventing and tackling discriminatory practices and hate crimes. Calls on Member States to provide the authorities responsible for investigation and prosecution with practical tools and skills to be able to identify and deal with the offences covered by the Framework Decision, and to interact and communicate with victims;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Condemns all forms of discrimination and violence on EU territory against members of specific ethnic and religious communities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt specific policy commitments to combat all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia and anti- Gypsyism;
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 h (new) 13h. Calls for measures to ensure the implementation of national Roma integration strategies through periodic reviews, monitoring and support to enable local, regional and national authorities to develop and implement effective human- rights-compliant policies, programmes and action for the inclusion of Roma, using available funds, including EU funds, while strictly monitoring respect for fundamental rights and the implementation of Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely;
Amendment 597 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 i (new) 13i. Expresses its concern for the growing racist, islamophobic, antisemitic, antigypsy, homophobic and transphobic harassment and violence across Europe. Condemns all form of hate speech and stigmatisation against minorities in the EU;
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 j (new) 13j. Calls on the European Commission and the Council to acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable equality data to measure discrimination, disaggregated according to discrimination grounds, in order to inform policy-making, evaluate the implementation of EU anti- discrimination legislation, and better enforce it; calls on both institutions to define consistent equality data collection principles, based on self-identification, EU data protection standards and the consultation of the relevant communities;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Is deeply concerned at the numerous instances of mistreatment by police forces, particularly regarding the disproportionate use of force against peaceful demonstrators, violations of press freedom, and the small number of police and judicial investigations in this area; is also alarmed at the increase in the use of non-lethal weapons in the policing of demonstrations; notes out that demonstrating is a fundamental right and that police forces are principally there to serve the safety and protection of individuals; calls on the Member States not to adopt measures that call into question or even criminalise the exercise of fundamental rights and freedoms such as the rights to demonstrate and strike, the rights of meeting and association and the right of free expression, and calls on them to take measures to ensure that the use of force remains exceptional and duly justified by a real and serious threat to public order; calls on Member States to put an immediate end to police checks based on racial profiling;
Amendment 600 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Expresses its deep concern about the rise of political parties that are using the current economic and social crisis to justify their racist, xenophobic, and anti- Islamic message;
Amendment 601 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Urges the European Union and the Member States to step up their efforts to combat trafficking in human beings, which affects women and children in particular, in order to eliminate sexual exploitation and forced labour;
Amendment 602 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Urges the Commission to adopt effective measures to fight trafficking in human beings, as today’s modern slavery, in all its forms being it sexual exploitation, illegal labour, begging, trade with human organs or surrogacy; and calls on the Commission to verify the implementation of the 2011 Directive on human trafficking by the Member States; to make sure that no citizen is considered or treated as an object;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Expresses its concern on the increasing threats to the right to conscientious objection and calls on the Member States to fully respect this right, particularly in the field of religion and beliefs, parental rights, medical and health services, education and research;
Amendment 604 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Expresses its concern about the situation of the Roma in the European Union, and the numerous instances of persecution, violence, stigmatisation and discrimination against contrary to fundamental rights and European Union law; calls once more for the effective implementation of the strategies to foster real inclusion and for pertinent action to promote integration, particularly in the field of fundamental rights, education, employment, housing, healthcare, as well as to fight against violence, hate speech and discrimination of Roma;
Amendment 605 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Forcefully condemns the intimidation and persecution of minorities, particularly Roma and migrants, by paramilitary groups, some of which are directly linked to a political party; urges the Member States to outlaw and punish such practices;
Amendment 606 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses that the principles of human dignity, equality before the law and the prohibition of discrimination on any grounds are foundations of rule of law; calls on Member States to adopt a national legislative framework to address all forms of discrimination and guarantee the effective implementation of the existing EU legal framework;
Amendment 607 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Is concerned that many victims of hate crime fail to report it because of a lack of confidence in the law enforcement authorities and/or because they do not believe that justice will be done; encourages the Member States to boost public confidence in the police force and judicial system by routinely prosecuting and punishing hate crimes; to that end, calls on the Member States to simplify procedures relating to hate crimes and to step up training and awareness-raising for police forces;
Amendment 608 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Underlines that the formulation and implementation of policies on sexual and reproductive health and rights is a competence of the Member States and therefore supports measures and actions by the Member States to improve women’s access to health services and inform them more comprehensively about their rights and the services available. Emphasises that the EU can contribute to the promotion of best practice among Member States;
Amendment 609 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Takes the view that the trend towards ghetto mentalities, intolerance and hate speech represent a dangerous threat to the cohesion of our European society; urges the Member States to defend tolerance and fundamental rights, and considers that this should be done first and foremost via education; encourages the Member States’ authorities to train teachers to detect and react to signs of intolerance and discrimination in schools;
Amendment 610 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Stresses that the children’s rights should be fulfilled without discrimination on any grounds, regardless of their parents’ ethnic origin, nationality, religion and social, migration or residence status;
Amendment 611 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Is disturbed at the growing presence of hate speech on the internet; encourages the Member States to detect and punish such speech, and calls on Member States to put in place a simple procedure enabling members of the public to report the presence of hate content on the internet;
Amendment 612 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Calls on the Member States to implement Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children, and child pornography, and to strengthen the legal ability, technical capabilities and financial resources of law enforcement authorities in order to increase cooperation, including with Europol, with a view to investigating and dismantling child sex offender networks more efficiently, while prioritising the rights and safety of the children involved;
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Stresses that homeless people are vulnerable people and reiterates its call on the Member States to refrain from stigmatising them as criminals; calls on the Member States to abolish any law or policy which presents them as such;
Amendment 615 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 g (new) 13g. Calls on the Member States to devise national strategies seeking to combat the phenomenon of homelessness in their territories; stresses that the right to housing assistance for the poorest in society appears in the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 616 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 h (new) 13h. Expresses its concern at the number of people who have lost their homes as a result of the economic crisis; takes the view that homeless people must be kept integrated within society, and that their isolation and marginalisation needs to be combated; to that end, calls on the Member States to adopt ambitious policies to help such people;
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 4 Amendment 619 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 i (new) 13i. Reminds the Member States of their obligations towards refugees, particularly under the Geneva Convention and the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 620 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Reminds Member States that they must fully respect the Geneva Convention on refugees, in particular Article 33 thereof, which prohibits any ‘refoulement’ at their frontiers;
Amendment 621 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Stresses that the European Union and its Member States must respect the non-refoulement principle and the right of all asylum seekers to have access to an asylum procedure at both sea and land borders; condemns violations of these fundamental rights at borders; calls on the Commission to monitor compliance with these rights by Member States and to launch infringement proceedings in the event of non-compliance;
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b.Calls on the Member States to a set up a procedure for more coordinated rules governing asylum seekers, in compliance with the case law of the CJEU and the ECtHR;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 g (new) 13g. Calls on Member States to reform their asylum procedures in order to comply with the requirement to ensure an effective remedy, as laid down by the ECtHR and CJEU case-law, notably on applicable timelines to lodge an appeal against a decision, a negative decision and provisions on the right to stay in the host country during the appeal process;
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 i (new) 13i. Emphasises that asylum seekers do not enjoy equivalent levels of procedural and substantive protection in all Member States, due to inadequate transposition of EU law or to differing approaches to implementation;
Amendment 625 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Roundly condemns the security protection at the EU’s borders, which now sometimes even takes the form of walls and barbed wire, and the lack of legal routes for entering the European Union, which results in many asylum seekers and migrants being forced to resort to increasingly dangerous methods, placing them at the mercy of people-smugglers and traffickers;
Amendment 626 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Notes that ways and means exist of ensuring secure access to the European Union for migrants and refugees, and calls in particular for the creation of legal routes, easier access to international protection, the abolition of airport transit visas used by some Member States, the application of procedural guarantees as provided in the Community Code on Visas, the activation of the 2001 Temporary Protection Directive, and increased security for the sea and land access areas to the EU, not in order to intercept migrants but to ensure their safety; calls for the funding currently allocated to Frontex to be transferred to organising surveillance operations if Frontex is unable to take action in this area;
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 f (new) 13f. Urges the EU to extend the mandate of Frontex so as to authorise it to carry out sea rescue operations;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 k (new) 13k. Calls for fundamental rights- sensitive border controls, and stresses the need for democratic oversight by Parliament of Frontex operations;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Welcomes the establishment by the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, of the Task-Force for the Mediterranean following the Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013, but thinks that more ought to be done particularly in terms of legal access routes to the European Union for people in need of protection; to that end, encourages the Commission and the Member States to make progress on the matter of humanitarian visas;
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 h (new) 13h. Stresses that building walls or barriers at borders cannot be an answer to migratory pressure, and is concerned that people in need of protection may be unable to find refuge as a result of these walls and barriers;
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 j (new) 13j. Notes that collective expulsions are prohibited under Article 19 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 e (new) 13e. Strongly condemns the extensive use by most Member States of detention to facilitate removal of immigrants, including minors, and urges Member States to introduce alternatives to detention in national legislation;
Amendment 633 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 l (new) 13l. Stresses that freedom of movement within the Schengen area is one of the EU citizens’ most concrete rights; strongly disagrees with new grounds for proposals relating to the reintroduction of Schengen border controls, as this would undermine free movement within the European Union and the functioning of Schengen area;
Amendment 634 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; points out that the action taken by the EU and the Member States to address the problem have not helped effectively to solve it and to prevent further tragedies from occurring at sea; reiterates the need and the duty to make every possible effort to save the lives of persons in danger. To that end, urges the Commission and the Member States to review their migration policies in order to ensure that the requirement to guarantee security is not to the detriment to the rights of migrants and that respect for and the protection of such rights are priority goals in the management of migration. In particular:
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean
Amendment 636 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; recalls that the right to life is one of the most important fundamental rights; reiterates the need to make every possible effort to:
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean
Amendment 638 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14.
Amendment 639 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; urges the EU to adopt a Common Policy on Migration and Asylum as a matter of urgency and to enact a CSDP mission specifically tailored to deal with the mass loss of life in the Mediterranean, combining civilian and military components to address the situation at sea and in the MENA region, tackling the complex criminal networks, namely human trafficking, which directly provoke the tragedy in the Mediterranean; reiterates the need to make every possible effort to:
Amendment 640 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the repeated and tragic losses of life in the Mediterranean; reiterates the need to make every possible effort to: -Fight traffickers
Amendment 641 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – introductory part 14. Deplores the
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 –
Amendment 643 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 – save the lives of persons in danger, including outside European territorial waters;
Amendment 644 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 – save the lives of persons in danger by setting up adequate search and rescue operations;
Amendment 645 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 –
Amendment 646 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 – save the lives of persons in danger through EU-led search and rescue operations;
Amendment 647 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 – save the lives of persons in danger; calls, therefore, on the European Union and the Member States to take concerted action to broaden the mandate of Triton so that tragedies in the Mediterranean can be prevented;
Amendment 648 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 – save the lives of persons in danger; regrets, therefore, the ending of the ‘Mare Nostrum' operation and calls for the establishment of a multi-national rescue operation on at least the same scale;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 a (new) - the Member States to comply with international law and to make sure that the principle of non-refoulement is always respected;
Amendment 650 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 a (new) – guarantee decent treatment and a decent reception for all migrants and refugees, regardless of their status;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 a (new) – ensure effective access to international protection for all persons intercepted at sea or at land borders, as well as conditions of reception complying, as a minimum, with European and international law;
Amendment 652 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 Amendment 653 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 –
Amendment 654 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal avenues for refugees through the full transposition of the Asylum Package;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal avenues for
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve safe and legal avenues for refugees;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – the European Commission and all Member States to provide sufficient resources to improve legal and safe avenues for refugees;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal possibilities and avenues for refugees;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal and safe avenues for refugees, including resettlement, facilitated access to family reunification and the use of humanitarian visas;
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve safe and legal avenues for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants;
Amendment 661 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal avenues for refugees and speed up asylum procedures;
Amendment 662 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 – improve legal avenues for refugees; calls on all Member States to participate to EU resettlement programmes;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 2 –
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 Amendment 665 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 –
Amendment 666 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 – introduce new procedures for legal entry into the
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 – monitor the effective implementation of existing provisions before introduc
Amendment 668 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 –
Amendment 669 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 – introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU, in particular for those who attempt to reach Europe because they are forced by extreme poverty to leave their own lands;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 – introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU; - apply the internal solidarity principle;
Amendment 671 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 – introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU, to avoid that immigrants become the victims of human trafficking;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) - respect the basic human rights of refugees;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) – grant special protection to the most vulnerable categories of migrants – women and minors – whether accompanied or not;
Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) - organise coordinated and efficient international rescue procedures intended to prevent loss of life resulting from the sinking of vessels carrying migrants;
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) - establish a new centralised EU asylum system that would allocate refugees between member states, based on a quota system taking both quantitative (GDP and population of the member state) and qualitative (language, cultural ties, family ties of the refugee) data into account;
Amendment 677 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new) – carry out an in-depth assessment of the impact on migrants’ rights of interception and control mechanisms, such as Frontex, Eurosur and external cooperation on migration and border management with neighbouring countries;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new) - consider the use of ‘Humanitarian Visa’ for unaccompanied minors;
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new) - promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts raging in third countries;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new) - mandatory participation by all Member States in resettlement programmes;
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new) – suspend all activities identified as being in violation of fundamental rights under EU law or the Frontex mandate;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Underlines the necessity to mainstream fundamental rights in every aspect of EU migration policies;
Amendment 683 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on EU institutions to put solidarity and a human rights based approach at the heart of the EU migration policies. Calls on the EU institutions to guarantee that sufficient resources are made available to implement a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean and promote legal and safe routes for people fleeing wars and seeking for international protection;
Amendment 684 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Considers that migrant children are particularly vulnerable, especially when they are unaccompanied; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement Parliament’s resolution of 12 September 2013 on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU; calls on the Member States to fully implement the Common European Asylum System package in order to improve the condition of unaccompanied minors in the EU; welcomes the Court of Justice judgment in Case C-648/11 , which stated that the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application made in more than one Member State by an unaccompanied minor is the State in which the minor is present after having lodged an application there; recalls that an unaccompanied minor is above all a child and that child protection, rather than immigration policies, must be the leading principle for Member States and the EU when dealing with them;
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses the importance of respecting and protecting the rights of refugees and migrants, while special attention should be paid to women and children migrants; stresses the obligation to comply with international human rights conventions, particularly the Geneva Convention on the status of refugees and the principle of non-refoulement; Underlining the need for having External Relations, Development policy and Humanitarian aid interlinked and coordinated with Internal Policies for migration and internal security in order to be successful. This will require a more targeted approach including additional resources and efforts and better cooperation also amongst the competent EU institutions;
Amendment 686 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Member States to take into account the specific needs of certain categories of particularly vulnerable migrants, such as women, children, LGBTI people, disabled people and elderly people;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for the current readmission agreements to be suspended and for the negotiations on new readmission agreements also to be suspended until the assessment of those agreements has been concluded; calls on the Commission to provide a tangible follow-up to its 2011 report criticising the EU’s readmission measures and agreements with non-EU countries; condemns the fact that the conclusion of visa liberalisation or partnership agreements with non-EU countries is increasingly often tied to the conclusion of a readmission agreement;
Amendment 688 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls for the establishment of a robust search and rescue European mechanism at sea, with the resources, scope and mandate needed to carry out its missions;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) is fully established as planned, providing better access to the asylum procedure for those who seek protection and guaranteeing decent conditions both for those who apply for asylum and those who are granted international protection within the EU;
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Insists on the obligation to uphold the right to asylum, the principle of ‘non- refoulement’ and in general the fundamental rights of migrants and refugees during operations at sea, which applies also when Frontex and the Member States cooperate with third countries;
Amendment 691 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Stresses the negative impact which the Dublin Regulation has on effective access to international protection in the absence of a genuine common European asylum system, particularly in light of ECJ and ECHR case law; condemns the fact that the revision of the Regulation did not lead to its suspension, or at least the abolition of return to the first country of entry into the EU, and the absence of action by the Commission and the Member States on a possible alternative based on solidarity between Member States;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 f (new) 14f. Stresses the importance of democratic control of EU external cooperation; notes, in this regard, that Parliament must give its agreement, in accordance with the consent procedure, to any external cooperation agreement concluded between Frontex and a non-EU country, and monitor its implementation on the basis of an in-depth and regular assessment of its impact on the human rights of migrants and refugees; strongly opposes the signing of any external cooperation agreement with non-EU countries in which human rights are not respected; calls for the immediate suspension of the negotiations begun with countries in the Horn of Africa in the context of the Khartoum Process;
Amendment 693 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 f (new) 14f. Denounces laws under which ships’ captains who provide assistance to migrants in distress at sea are prosecuted and have their vessels confiscated, and demands a review of those laws as well as those penalising airlines which do not carry out police work; calls on the European Union and the Member States to implement the recommendations made in the report adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in April 2012 entitled ‘Lives lost in the Mediterranean Sea: who is responsible?’;
Amendment 694 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 e (new) 14e. Calls on the Member States to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families;
Amendment 695 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 696 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion
Amendment 697 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. C
Amendment 698 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 700 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’; calls on the Commission to develop a scheme for the relocation of refugees within the European Union while respecting their fundamental rights;
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply strictly with the provisions of the
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors, as a prelude to their unlawful expulsion; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return Directive’;
Amendment 705 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including potential asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors, also when this is a prelude to their expulsion; calls on Member States to comply with the provisions of the ‘Return
Amendment 706 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 707 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the practice of detaining irregular migrants, including unaccompanied minors
Amendment 708 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns in the
Amendment 709 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 710 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Condemns the almost systematic practice of detaining
Amendment 711 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recalls that both international law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights require Member States to examine alternatives to detention, as an application of the principles of necessity and proportionality in order to avoid arbitrary deprivation of liberty; Alternatives to detention include but are not limited to such as regular reporting to the authorities, the deposit of a financial guarantee, or an obligation to stay at an assigned place;
Amendment 712 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Condemns the use of prisons, police stations and cells/enclosed areas in international airports, train stations and ports, as well as so-called ‘reception centres’, in particular at the external borders of the EU, for the purposes of detaining migrants and asylum-seekers;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take the necessary measures to provide information and ensure transparency concerning the detention of migrants and asylum-seekers in numerous Member States, and urges the Commission to propose a revision of Regulation 862/2007 so that it will include statistical data on the operation of detention systems and facilities;
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15c. Stresses the importance of democratic control of all forms of deprivation of liberty pursuant to the laws on immigration and asylum; calls on Members of the European Parliament and of national parliaments to pay regular visits to reception and detention centres for migrants and asylum-seekers and calls on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate access to these centres for NGOs and reporters;
Amendment 715 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls for closer monitoring of migrant reception and detention centres, the treatment of migrants and asylum formalities in the Member States; expresses concern at 'hot return' procedures and at the violent incidents occurring in various 'hotspots' in southern Europe, necessitating the immediate launching by Commission within this framework of political dialogue with countries engaging in such practices with a view to upholding the rule of law;
Amendment 716 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Condemns the particularly serious state of dilapidation of many of the centres housing asylum seekers and the high level of social exclusion that women, men and children have to face;
Amendment 717 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers in need of special procedural guarantees;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of Directive 2013/32/EU on Asylum Qualification, with particular attention to those asylum seekers with special needs;
Amendment 719 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on Member States to fully implement the Common European Asylum System by latest July 2015;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the European Union and its Member States to establish concrete measures and best practices aiming at promoting equality of treatment and social inclusion so as to improve the integration of migrants into society; recalls in that regard that it is essential to fight against negative stereotypes and misinformation against migrants by developing counter-narratives, primarily at school and towards young people, to enhance the positive impact of migration;
Amendment 721 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines that notwithstanding their refugee or migrant status, respect for children’s rights and their best interest must remain a primary consideration for the EU and its Member States; recalls that a child in the context of migration is above all a child who is in danger and that child protection, rather than immigration policies, must be the leading principle for Member States and the EU when dealing with all children, thus respecting the core principle of the best interests of the child; reminds that children are to be cared for in a safe place - and not in detention facilities – and should be provided with access to education, health, social and legal services with full implementation of existing safeguards especially for the most vulnerable; considers that children should never be subject to detention, including administrative detention, for purpose of migration control and invites Member States to consistently apply alternative methods to detention, in line with the recommendations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Is concerned about the growing presence on EU territory of unaccompanied minors, many of whom disappear and are exposed to terrible dangers; calls for the EU to take responsibility for this issue, using all available instruments;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 724 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for an investigation into the use of funds earmarked for home affairs; in particular with regard the funds given for maintaining the refugee reception stations;
Amendment 725 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for an investigation into the use of funds earmarked for home affairs and a review of the Schengen and Dublin II agreements, bearing in mind that they were concluded prior to the current economic crisis and the current hostilities (in Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Ukraine etc.), which have generated huge internal migration flows, in particular from South to North, as well as a massive increase in (legal and illegal) migration from third countries;
Amendment 726 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for an
Amendment 727 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls for an investigation
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the respect for fundamental rights in migrant integration and social inclusion policies, with a clear focus on the protection of children in the context of migration and asylum;
Amendment 729 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. notes that thousands of refugees, who have been forced to abandon their homes and properties due to the Turkish occupation against Cyprus since 1974 are still denied their basic human right to live, work and move freely throughout the whole territory of their homeland until today; notes further that families and relatives of the missing persons are still denied their right to know the fate of their loved ones, as Turkey refuses to allow full access to all military zones and to its relevant archives for investigation purposes by the Committee on the Missing Persons in Cyprus;
Amendment 730 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for assistance to be provided to those Member States situated at the external borders of the Union to help them address systematic weaknesses in the reception conditions and asylum procedures, which are aggravated by the increase in the number of asylum-seekers;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct investigations into any allegations of infringements of the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter and to follow up those allegations should they be proven; urges the Commission, in particular, to initiate infringement proceedings should any Member State be suspected of acting in breach of those rights;
Amendment 732 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the EU to hold its own agents liable for any infringements of fundamental rights they might commit; in particular, calls for assurances to be given that an investigation will be opened, following allegations that infringements were committed during operations coordinated by the Frontex agency, and that appropriate measures, of a disciplinary or other nature, will be taken against those who are shown to have committed such infringements; to that end calls for an internal Frontex redress mechanism as requested by the European Ombudsman in his investigation into Case OI/5/2012/BEH-MHZ and for the conclusions of investigations into allegations of human rights infringements to be made public; calls, moreover, for Frontex operations to be halted where infringements of human rights have been committed during such operations, as provided for in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1168/2011;
Amendment 733 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission and the EU agencies (EASO, Frontex and Eurostat) to be particularly vigilant over the compilation and use of statistical data and figures when quantifying migration flows; points out, in this regard, that all such data must always be used in context; is particularly concerned at the fact that some of these statistics, especially where percentages are used, are increasingly being manipulated in such a way as to cause alarm, or are being taken out of context;
Amendment 734 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) 16c. Believes that stateless persons and third country nationals permanently resident in the Member States should have the right to vote in local and European elections;
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Commission to adopt the announced EU Guidance on integrated child protection systems;
Amendment 737 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls on the Commission to adopt the announced EU Guidance on integrated child protection systems;
Amendment 738 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 c (new) Amendment 740 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls on the Member States to ratify without further delay the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;
Amendment 741 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Condemns the abuse of migrants for illegal labour purposes;
Amendment 742 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Points out that migrants may face unacceptable working conditions, unfair wages and a lack of health and social insurance; and calls on the Member States to undertake proper remedial actions;
Amendment 743 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Stresses that the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty makes it necessary to increase transparency and openness in the Union;
Amendment 744 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Stresses that the right to freedom of movement and residence of European citizens and their families laid down in the Treaties and guaranteed by the Directive on freedom of movement is one of the fundamental rights of European citizens; condemns any attempt to review this acquis, and calls for any breach of the rules to result in action before the Court of Justice, particularly in cases where the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality, ethnic or racial origin or sexual orientation is breached; expresses its concerns about the growing trend of quick expulsions of EU citizens from their countries of residence as a result of the loss of their jobs and income, considers that this is contrary to the spirit of the freedom of mobility;
Amendment 745 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Underlines the importance of respecting the fundamental rights of all migrants disregarding their status and particularly the rights of migrant children; calls on the Member States to ensure that personnel who are responsible for migrants within their territory have the necessary knowledge and resources to make sure that fundamental rights are not breached;
Amendment 748 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation, in particular in the Member States in which economic adjustment programmes have been adopted;
Amendment 750 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty,
Amendment 752 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social, labour and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation;
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had a
Amendment 754 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had a
Amendment 755 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation; underlines that the increased energy poverty experienced by relevant parts of the population in some Member States has had also a huge impact in the overall health condition of the population, and in particular children;
Amendment 756 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have had an impact – in some cases a drastic one – on economic, social and cultural rights, resulting in poverty, exclusion and isolation; underlines the fact that – according to UNICEF’s report on the impact of the economic crisis on child well-being in rich countries - the rights to education, health and social protection of children and young people in the countries most affected by the crisis have been disproportionately harmed;
Amendment 757 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the ways in which the financial
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Deplores the way in which the financial and economic crisis and the measures taken to deal with it have
Amendment 759 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 760 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Expresses its concern over the particularly severe impact of austerity measures on the rights of those who are already in vulnerable situations; deplores the disproportionate negative impact of the crisis on the right to education for children with disabilities, Roma children and children with a migrant background;
Amendment 761 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for appropriate public investment to sustain education and healthcare, as these areas constitute basic pillars to fulfil the minimum standards of fundamental rights, in particular towards vulnerable groups;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Roundly condemns the fact that violations of these kinds are being combined with policies criminalising poverty in several Member States, especially where the homeless are concerned:
Amendment 763 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Condemns the fact that, at a time when economic and social rights are being destroyed, politicians are jeopardising universal access to entitlements and calling for specific groups, including migrants and asylum- seekers, to be excluded; condemns the utterances of politicians seeking to make scapegoats of those groups;
Amendment 764 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 765 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter,
Amendment 766 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to
Amendment 767 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that,
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter, even when acting outside the framework of EU law, and should therefore be made accountable for the decisions taken;
Amendment 769 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that,
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter, even when acting outside the framework of EU law, thus, under no circumstances obligations imposed to Member States by the economic adjustment programmes should lead to restrictions and violations of fundamental rights guaranteed in the EU Charter;
Amendment 771 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Emphasises that, in Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, the EU institutions are also responsible for the associated conditions and consequences; stresses that the EU institutions are always under an obligation to observe the Charter, even when acting outside the framework of EU law;
Amendment 772 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Regrets the fact that various infringements of fundamental rights have been noted as a result of the austerity measures imposed to Member States by troika, in which participate the European Commission and the European Central Bank;
Amendment 773 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 774 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately should it emerge that the protection of rights is regressing or international law, including ILO conventions or recommendations, is being infringed;
Amendment 775 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the
Amendment 776 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately; in this sense, measures adopted should be periodically re- evaluated by independent institutions , such as the Ombudsman’s office, and subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with fundamental rights;
Amendment 778 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to look into the impact on fundamental rights, including social and labour rights, of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately, paying special attention to families and to elderly people living alone;
Amendment 780 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately; ensure, empower and promote the involvement of civil society organization in monitoring applications of fundamental rights in Member States and designing and implementing remedial actions;
Amendment 781 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Calls on the EU institutions to look into the impact on fundamental rights and freedoms, and on working conditions and pay, of the measures proposed or implemented to deal with the crisis and to take remedial action immediately;
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Calls on the EU institutions and on the Member States to recognise that long- term investment in social inclusion is beneficial as it tackles the high cost of discrimination and inequality; calls on EU institutions and the Member States to ensure that access to justice and redressing discrimination are not put in danger by drastic funding cuts in equality bodies budgets; calls on EU and national institutions not to threaten social inclusion by budgetary measures threatening the survival of community- based organisations working for equality;
Amendment 783 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Recommends the adoption of a mechanism that would create the possibility for a group of members of the European Parliament to ask for the annulment or request a review of an austerity measure previously approved by another European institution;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 785 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions
Amendment 786 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States, when adopting and implementing
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions, when adopting and implementing austerity measures, to guarantee that sufficient resources are still made available to ensure the satisfaction of minimum essential levels of economic and social rights and that they do not burden the economic growth of generations to come;;
Amendment 788 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions, when adopting and implementing austerity measures, to guarantee that sufficient resources are still made available to ensure the satisfaction of minimum essential levels of civil, economic and social rights;
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions, when adopting and implementing
Amendment 790 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions, when adopting and implementing austerity measures, to guarantee that sufficient resources are still made available to ensure the satisfaction of minimum essential levels of economic and social rights, with special attention paid to the most vulnerable and socially disadvantaged groups, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities, single mothers or fathers and young people without employment;
Amendment 792 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the EU institutions, when adopting and implementing
Amendment 793 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on the European Commission to consider proposing accession to the European Social Charter, in order to effectively safeguard social rights of the European people;
Amendment 795 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Stresses the need to respect the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion as stated in Article 30 of the European Social Charter by providing effective access to employment, adequate housing, training, education, culture and social and medical assistance;
Amendment 797 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 5 a (new) Young people the elderly and people with disabilities
Amendment 798 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Recalls that Art. 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights proclaims the rights of the elderly to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life. Particularly regrets that the Accompanying Document to the 2013 EC Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is silent regarding the application of article 25 by the EU institutions;
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Member States to tackle age discrimination in employment, in line with the case law of the CJEU on the recruitment and dismissal of elderly workers;
Amendment 800 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Commission to develop a Strategy on Demographic Change to put in effect article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 801 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Calls on the Member States to ensure the inclusion of younger workers, particularly those affected by the economic crisis, on the labour market, including through the organisation and provision of training for the social advancement of young people;
Amendment 802 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Express concern that age-based discrimination remains an issue in several Member States leading to injustice including unequal access to employment, discrimination in access to goods and services, inequalities in access of health and long-term care;
Amendment 803 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Calls on the Member States to recognise and respect the rights of the elderly so as to enable them to enjoy a life of dignity and good quality by providing adequate social services, lifelong learning and other programmes for their social and cultural inclusion; calls on the Member States to adopt measures to combat abuse and all forms of violence against the elderly and to promote their independence by supporting the renovation and accessibility of housing; recalls that elderly women live more often under the poverty line due to the gender pay gap and later the pension gap; stresses that men and women over 65 years of age who are active and willing contribute fully and in many different ways to the daily life of society;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Express concern that maltreatment, neglect and abuse of older people to be widespread among Member States;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 e (new) 20e. Calls for people’s dignity to be respected at the end of life, in particular by ensuring that decisions expressed in living wills are recognised and respected;
Amendment 806 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 e (new) 20e. Express concern that Member States’ cuts in public spending and to pensions is largely contributing to old age poverty decreasing their disposable income, worsening their living conditions creating inequalities in affordability of services and creating a growing number of older people with incomes just above the poverty threshold;
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 f (new) 20f. Calls on the Member States to combat discrimination against persons with disabilities, particularly regarding labour market integration;
Amendment 808 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 g (new) 20g. Calls on the EU and on the Member States to improve access to employment and training of persons with disabilities, including persons with psycho-social disabilities, using existing EU funds;
Amendment 809 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 h (new) 20h. Calls on the Member States to fund organisations providing support for independent living conditions for disabled people and de-institutionalisation programmes;
Amendment 810 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 i (new) 20i. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU funding for internal and external actions is not used to create barriers or to generate discrimination against persons with disabilities and to put in place adequate measures for the adoption of new funding programmes to prevent this;
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 j (new) 20j. Stresses the need to increase the political participation of persons with disabilities in elections by accommodating their special needs;
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Points out that developing a common European area of justice based on mutual recognition and legal safeguards, harmonizing the different justice systems of Member States, especially in criminal matters, should remain among the high priorities of the European Institutions for the EU Justice Agenda 2020;
Amendment 814 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Underlines that fundamental rights are effective only if they are judiciable; In this context, the promotion of the effective and exemplary application of the Charter and the secondary EU legislation on fundamental rights is crucial for the trust of citizens in the proper functioning of the European area of justice;
Amendment 815 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Calls on all Member States to introduce income support measures to provide their citizens with decent living conditions and combat social exclusion;
Amendment 816 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Deplores the fact that many Member States have imposed restrictions on the freedom to demonstrate and freedom of association in response to protests against austerity policies, one example being Spain and the adoption of its Security Act, and calls on Member States to fully respect fundamental rights as set out in the ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 817 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Calls on the Commission to conduct human rights impact assessments prior to adoption of any measures which might affect the enjoyment of fundamental rights in the Member States subject to economic adjustment programmes, in order to identify ways of avoiding their infringement;
Amendment 818 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Underlines the need to protect the rights of workers in respect of their remuneration, guaranteeing a decent standard of living for themselves and the members of their families, as well as of other conditions of work and working conditions in accordance with the European Social Charter;
Amendment 820 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Points to the need to enable civil society to participate fully in decision- making at European level, this being guaranteed by Article 11 of the Treaty on European Union, and stresses the importance of the principles of transparency and dialogue;
Amendment 821 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Condemns the fact that more than 15 million nationals of non-EU countries and 500 000 stateless persons are being discriminated against on account of the refusal to recognise their citizenship; calls on the EU and its Member States to respect the fundamental right to citizenship and in particular calls on the Member States to ratify, and give full effect to, the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness and the 1997 European Convention on Nationality;
Amendment 822 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Insists on a comprehensive approach towards counter-terrorism and fight against crime which focuses on strengthening social cohesion, crime prevention, targeted policing and security activities based on an individual suspicion or concrete threat;
Amendment 824 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Stresses that we should not undermine the liberties we are seeking to uphold in the fight against terrorism; warns, in particular, against the stigmatising effect of profiling on individuals and groups within our societies;
Amendment 825 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Emphasises the need for the European Union, its Member States and its partner countries to base their strategy for combating international terrorism and crime on the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights; stresses, furthermore, that the Union’s external actions to combat international terrorism and crime should in the first place be aimed at prevention;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Insists on the need for democratic and judicial oversight of counter- terrorism and fight against serious transnational crimes; stresses that measures that in retrospect were not necessary, effective or proportionate need to be repealed, violations of fundamental rights investigated and redressed and new forms of democratic scrutiny developed; insists on the inclusion of sunset or periodic reauthorisation clauses in such measures and agreements; rejects the use of national security as a pretext to undermine fundamental rights, such as lawyer-client confidentiality;
Amendment 827 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 e (new) 20e. Reiterates its resolve to ensure accountability for massive violations of fundamental rights, in particular, in the context of transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA, by means of open and transparent investigations; calls for a protection of those revealing such violations, such as journalists and whistleblowers;
Amendment 828 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 f (new) 20f. Calls for a swift adoption of the data protection package so that to ensure a high level of personal data protection throughout the EU;
Amendment 829 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 g (new) 20g. Reiterates the importance of the adoption of procedural rights package compliant with a highest standard of protection enshrined in the Charter, international human rights treaties and constitutional law of the Member States; takes view that the same highest standard should be achieved by adoption of a binding EU instrument on evidence gathering in criminal proceedings;
Amendment 830 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 6 Amendment 831 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation;
Amendment 832 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that
Amendment 833 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to continue to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national;
Amendment 834 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national; underlines that increased transparency and access to public documents by citizens and journalists is an efficient way to expose and combat corruption;
Amendment 836 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption and crime, in particular organised crime, represent
Amendment 837 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the
Amendment 838 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption
Amendment 839 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating and sanctioning corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national;
Amendment 840 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 841 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Stresses that corruption and organised crime represents a serious fundamental rights violation; calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national; Asks therefore the Commission to propose a directive on whistleblowing to protect those who have the resolution to denounce illegal actions, crucial for anticipating corruption and its devastating effects; It proposes the establishment of March 21 as commemoration date for European families of innocent victims of all mafias; Is committed to work on the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor not forgetting environmental crimes and money laundering as problems gripping the whole of Europe;
Amendment 842 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Points out that there has been hardly any decrease in arms and drugs trading, sexual exploitation or exploitation at the workplace resulting from human trafficking, or in tax evasion by mean of concealed fund transfers and other illegal practices with frequent complicity or deliberate failure to investigate on the part of public servants or government officials;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Underlines the need to combat environmental crime as a matter of priority; urges the Commission to examine the effective implementation in the EU of the right of access to justice in the context of the right of every person of present and future generations to live in an environment adequate to his or her health and well-being;
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Proposes the launching of a European anti-corruption code, a transparent system of indicators regarding corruption levels in the Member States and progress made in eradicating corruption as well as an annual comparative report on the extent to which this major problem has taken hold at European level;
Amendment 845 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Urges Member States to step up in their fight against all kinds of serious organized crimes including trafficking of human beings, sexual abuse and exploitation, torture and forced labour, in particular of women and children;
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Ascertains that criminal organizations see their power increase through usury and money laundering which are two phenomena endorsed also by a liquidity and solvency crisis, ‘credit crunch’, social fragmentation and loss of trust in institutions which means that the more poverty increases, the more social inequity develops, the more criminal organizations, included mafia- style ones, are strengthened and the more corruption flourishes;
Amendment 847 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes that the right of citizens to access documents held by public institutions empowers citizens and allows them to scrutinise and evaluate public authorities and hold them to account, while also rendering other rights more effective, particularly the freedom of speech and the right to information; Calls on the Commission and Council to restart the negotiations on the recast of Regulation 1049/2001 on public access to document working on the basis that the EU cannot take any steps backward on transparency;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to put an end to tax competition and effectively combat harmful tax practices, tax evasion and avoidance in the EU, which harm Member States’ capacity to harness to a maximum its available resources in order fully to realise economic, social and cultural rights;
Amendment 849 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Points out that the right of access to justice is vital for the protection of all fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law; reiterates the importance of ensuring that both the civil and criminal justice systems are efficient; calls on the Commission once again to extend the EU Justice Scoreboard to the criminal sector;
Amendment 850 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Member States and institutions to devise effective instruments for combating corruption and to monitor regularly the use of public funds, be they European or national;
Amendment 851 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to review and the control of media groups; calls for mandatory public disclosure of ownership of social participations in the capital of media organisations;
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Commission to provide for offences to thwart environmental crimes committed by individuals or organised criminal groups which have an impact on the rights of human beings and animals, the right to health, life and the enjoyment of a healthy environment, as well as on the legal economy and on the use of public resources;
Amendment 853 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Recognises that adequate social welfare provisions (such as minimum income) are one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty, to guarantee a standard of life which respects human dignity and to promote social integration which, in turn, determine freedom of choice and make individuals less liable to be blackmailed thus making these economic measures a fundamental tool in the fight to overcome organized crime and corruption;
Amendment 854 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Calls on the EU and the Member States to provide for measures to support and protect whistleblowers;
Amendment 855 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 d (new) 21d. Realises that continued efforts need to be made in order to implement and maintain the above mentioned measures in all Member States;
Amendment 857 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on all EU institutions to effectively address challenges such as the removal of children from the custody of one or both parents, missing children, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, protection of unaccompanied migrant children and the situation of institutionalised children with disabilities, as well as the protection of children who have suffered domestic abuse and workplace exploitation;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Calls on the EU institutions and on all Member States to elaborate child- friendly policies in areas such as employment, the environment, security and migration, as well as in relation to judicial matters, education and data protection; stresses the importance of investing in child-oriented actions by re- orienting existing budgetary lines and through new investments; calls on all Member States to prohibit the employment of children under the minimum school- leaving age; stresses that young people at work must be protected against economic exploitation, anything that may harm their safety, health or physical, mental, moral and social development and working conditions that may interfere with their education;
Amendment 859 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 d (new) 21d. Recalls that the European Union and its Member States must take into account the rights and duties of the parents, legal guardians or other individuals legally responsible for the child;
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 e (new) 21e. Emphasises that no unaccompanied minors should be detained since they are vulnerable persons who need special reception arrangements;
Amendment 864 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons of numerous Member States;
Amendment 865 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons of numerous Member States; reaffirms the need for Member States to honour the commitments made in international and European fora to making greater use of probation measures and sanctions which offer an alternative to imprisonment; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented;
Amendment 866 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons of numerous Member States, namely overcrowding and other inhumane conditions that foster the radicalisation of prisoners; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented;
Amendment 867 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons of numerous Member States and the overuse of detention, in particular of pre- trial detention; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons and other custodial institutions of numerous Member States; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and
Amendment 870 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Deplores the conditions in the prisons, including secure psychiatric hospitals, of numerous Member States; regards it as essential that the EU should adopt an instrument which guarantees that the recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment (CPT) and the judgments of the ECtHR are implemented;
Amendment 871 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Reiterates the recommendations to the Commission made in its resolution of 27 February 2014 on the review of the European Arrest Warrant (2013/2109(INL)), notably as regards the introduction of a proportionality test and fundamental rights exception in the European Arrest Warrant or mutual recognition measures more generally;
Amendment 872 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Regrets that the three framework decisions covering the transfer of prisoners, probation and alternative sanctions and the European Supervision Order, which have great potential of reducing prison overcrowding, have only been implemented by some Member States;
Amendment 873 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Recalls that the abuse of custodial measures results in prison overcrowding across Europe, that violates fundamental rights of individuals and compromises the mutual trust necessary to underpin judicial cooperation in Europe;
Amendment 874 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact of detention policies and criminal justice systems on children; points out that across the EU children’s rights are directly affected in the case of children living in detention facilities with their parents; underlines the fact that an estimated 800.000 children in the EU are separated from an imprisoned parent each year, which impacts on the rights of children in multiple ways;
Amendment 875 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Deplores the lack of access to legal aid in many Member States and the fact that this reduces the right to access a lawyer to those with sufficient financial means; regards it as essential that the EU adopt a strong and comprehensive directive on access to legal aid;
Amendment 876 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Considers that the reintegration of prisoners who have served their sentence has to be a priority in the Member States’ legal systems; calls on the Member States, therefore, to adopt strategies to promote the training and employment of persons serving terms of imprisonment; calls on the Commission to start an initiative with a view to providing the necessary support to Member States;
Amendment 877 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Member States to make more frequent use of alternative measures to detention and to make social reintegration the ultimate aim of a period of custody;
Amendment 879 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that information campaigns are conducted on European citizenship and the rights connected to it;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to distribute information on the right to diplomatic and consular protection; calls on Member States to cooperate actively in order to secure the protection of EU citizens outside the European Union, including in times of crisis or disaster;
Amendment 881 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Calls on the Member States to prepare information campaigns to promote citizens’ active participation by exercising their right of petition and their right to submit complaints to the European Ombudsman about acts of maladministration committed by a European institution or body, and through citizens’ initiatives;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 f (new) 22f. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to increase public awareness of the Citizens’ Initiative, a means of direct democracy aimed at enhancing the Union’s democratic functioning;
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on Member States to launch information and awareness-raising campaigns in order to inform EU citizens about their right to vote and stand in elections while taking into consideration the needs of more specific audiences and vulnerable groups; calls for the necessary reforms of the European election procedures to be carried out in all Member States in order to promote active EU citizenship; considers that active and participatory EU citizenship should also be encouraged through access to documents and information, transparency, good governance and administration, democratic participation and representation, with decision-making as close as possible to Union citizens;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Points out that the right of access to documents of EU institutions, bodies, and agencies is guaranteed by the Charter and that institutional transparency has to be a feature underlying all democracy; deplores the deadlock in the revision of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and renews its call on the Commission and Council to resume work, taking Parliament’s proposals as the starting point;
Amendment 888 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Points out that informing citizens about their fundamental rights is part and parcel of the right to good governance as set out in the Charter of Fundamental Rights; calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to the most needy, to ensure that their rights are explained to them, and to support them, to ensure that those rights are respected;
Amendment 889 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Applauds the European Ombudsman for her determination to ensure good administration and transparency within EU institutions and bodies;
Amendment 890 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Commission to develop a renewed EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child with a comprehensive, integrated and ambitious set of goals aiming at filling remaining gaps in existing national legislation, addressing child rights violations, ensuring better protection for all children, guaranteeing legal certainty and contributing to greater coherence of EU action, in line with Better Regulation principles;
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Recognises that the financial and economic crisis has had a serious negative impact on the realisation of children’s rights and well-being;
Amendment 892 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the Commission to ensure increased coordination within its different services and effective mainstreaming of children’s rights across all the EU’s legislative proposals, policies and financial decisions; calls on the Commission to report annually on the progress made on the respect of the rights of children and the full implementation of the EU acquis on children’s rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that the mandate and resources of the children’s rights coordinator adequately reflect the EU’s commitment to systematically and effectively mainstreaming children’s rights;
Amendment 893 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on Member States to step up their efforts on tackling child poverty and social exclusion through effective implementation of the European Commission Recommendation ‘Investing in children: breaking the cycle of disadvantage’ through integrated strategies supporting access to adequate resources, enabling access to affordable quality services and promoting children’s participation in decision making that affects them; calls on the Commission to take further measures for monitoring the implementation of the Recommendation;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Welcomes the forthcoming guidelines on integrated child protection system and stressed the need for an integrated and coordinated approach to ensure all children are protected against all forms of violence and neglect; underlines the importance of a common EU approach to finding missing children in the EU; calls on the Member States to increase police and judicial cooperation in cross-border cases involving missing children and to develop hotlines to search for missing children and support victims of child abuse;
Amendment 895 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Invites the European Commission to propose an ambitious and comprehensive successor to the EU Agenda on the Rights of the Child in 2015;
Amendment 896 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Calls on the Member States to ratify without delay the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure; reiterates its call on the European Commission and the VP/HR to explore ways and means for the EU to accede to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 e (new) 22e. Encourages all Member States to make a contribution to the realisation of children’s rights through the ratification of the Third Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 g (new) 22g. Points out that the right of access which every person has to an impartial independent court is recognised by the Charter and central to the rule of law; expresses disquiet at the continuing corruption within the EU, which could jeopardise the enjoyment of that right; calls on the Member States to fight corruption and guarantee the independence of their judiciary;
Amendment 900 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 h (new) 22h. Also expresses its concern at the fact that the quality of legal advice and assistance is tending to decline and at the effect of this deterioration on the right of access to justice for those who are most needy;
Amendment 901 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 i (new) 22i. Welcomes the steps already taken at European level to harmonise Member States’ criminal procedures and their benefits for citizens as regards access to justice;
Amendment 902 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 j (new) 22j. Considers that the protection of victims has to be a priority and calls for victims’ rights to be harmonised at European level; welcomes the fact that a regulation on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters was adopted in 2013; notes that the directive on victims’ rights has to be transposed by 16 November 2015; calls on the Member States to take every step required without delay in order to meet that deadline;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 k (new) 22k. Considers it vital to make European citizens aware both of the values underlying our society, as set out in Article 2 TEU, and of the fundamental rights which they enjoy, as laid down in the Charter;
Amendment 904 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 l (new) 22l. Recalls that freedom of expression, information and the media are fundamental with a view to ensuring democracy and the rule of law, and reiterates its call for the Commission to review and amend the audiovisual media services directive along the lines indicated by Parliament in its report on the subject; strongly condemns violence, pressure or threats against journalists and the media, including in relation to the disclosure of their sources and information about breaches of fundamental rights by governments and states; calls on the Union institutions and the Member States to respect, guarantee, protect and promote the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, and hence to refrain from exerting or developing mechanisms to impede those freedoms;
Amendment 905 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 m (new) 22m. Believes that media ownership and management should always be transparent and not concentrated; stresses that transparency of media ownership is crucial for the monitoring of intra-EU media investments and non-European investors exerting an increasing influence in the information that is provided in Member States;
Amendment 907 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the EU Member States to ensure that victims of crime across the EU can rely on the rights guaranteed by the EU Victims’ Directive (2012/29/EU). With the transposition deadline being set for 16 November 2015, much remains to be done focusing on support to victims of crime, and the treatment of children in justice proceedings; to provide victims with information about their rights; ensuring effective referral systems and trainings for police officers and legal practitioners to establish a relationship of trust and confidence with victims, as FRA research on victim support has shown;
Amendment 908 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to ensure the highest quality of comparable data collection on the transposition of the EU Victims’ Directive (2012/29/EU) and on how victims, including victims of crimes committed with a bias and discriminatory motive, have accessed their rights as required under Article 28 of the Directive;
Amendment 909 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Express its concern about the on- going infringement procedures against several Member States for failing to transpose the Directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography due on 18 December 2013, and calls Member States for its prompt transposition;
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