2020/2011(INI) Report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | LIBE |
FRANZ Romeo ( Verts/ALE)
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JÁRÓKA Lívia ( EPP),
DOBREV Klára ( S&D),
DONÁTH Anna Júlia ( Renew),
ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ Lucia ( ECR),
ERNST Cornelia ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | FEMM |
JÁRÓKA Lívia ( EPP)
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Maria NOICHL ( S&D),
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA ( ECR),
Christine ANDERSON ( ID),
Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA ( Verts/ALE),
Silvia MODIG ( GUE/NGL),
Abir AL-SAHLANI ( RE)
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| Committee Opinion | EMPL |
ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš ( EPP)
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Romeo FRANZ ( Verts/ALE),
Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP ( GUE/NGL),
Anna Júlia DONÁTH ( RE),
Guido REIL ( ID),
Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ ( ECR),
Milan BRGLEZ ( S&D)
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| Committee Opinion | CULT |
POLLÁK Peter ( EPP)
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Romeo FRANZ ( Verts/ALE),
Pernando BARRENA ARZA ( GUE/NGL),
Laurence FARRENG ( RE),
Gianantonio DA RE ( ID),
Andrey SLABAKOV ( ECR),
Predrag Fred MATIĆ ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
2021/02/11
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 545 votes to 96, with 54 abstentions, a resolution on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe.
Members noted that the overall situation of the Romani people in the EU has not improved, often due to persistent antigypsyism and a lack of political will. They deplored the fact that a significant number of Roma in Europe live in extremely precarious conditions, with the poorest being deprived of their basic human rights. The COVID-19 crisis has worsened the situation of marginalised Romani communities.
EU legislative proposal, EU post-2020 strategy
Parliament called on the Commission to develop a 'Romani mainstreaming policy' to integrate the perspective of the Romani people at all stages and levels of mainstream policies, programmes and projects. Member States are invited to do the same and to develop policies that contribute to the active inclusion of the Romani people into our societies.
The Commission is invited to present a legislative proposal for equality, inclusion and participation of Roma and the fight against antigypsyism. This proposal shall combine socio-economic considerations with a rights-based approach including a plan to eliminate inequalities in housing, health, employment and education, and set specific binding and time-bound targets to protect and improve their inclusion.
The European Commission's post-2020 proposal shall focus on combating poverty and antigypsyism, improving living and health conditions and combining targeted and comprehensive strategies.
Funding
The Commission was called on to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments and objectives for the inclusion of the Romani people set out in the Commission's proposal. Funds shall be mobilised for Roma equality, inclusion and participation under the multi-annual financial framework 2021-2027 and the EU Recovery Plan. Member States shall complement EU financial support.
National inclusion strategies
Parliament invited the Commission to set up an EU-level working group on Roma to facilitate their inclusion in different policy areas and called on Member States to develop post-2020 national strategies for the Inclusion of Romani people, accompanied by a comprehensive joint assessment framework and with an adequate pre-defined budget.
Antigypsyism and intersectional discrimination
Parliament called on Member States to formally recognise antigypsyism as a particular form of racism against Romani people and to combat antigypsyism in key areas of the post-2020 proposal towards Romani people. It called on the Commission to take immediate action by initiating infringement procedures where there is a risk of violation of Union law.
Member States shall also:
- guarantee Roma equal access to justice and equality before the law and protect them from threats from extreme right-wing groups;
- adopt guidelines and provide training for police forces against the disproportionate criminalisation of the Romani people;
- step up efforts to combat discrimination and hate speech and hate crimes in national and EU anti-discrimination legislation.
Members strongly condemned the ethnic segregation of the Romani population in healthcare institutions, including maternity wards.
Equal and equitable access to education and the Romani arts, language and culture
Parliament expressed particular concern about the high level of segregation faced by Romani children in schools and the discriminatory practice of placing Romani children in schools for children with intellectual disabilities. It called on the Member States concerned to put an end to these practices, to give priority to the elimination of all forms of segregation of Roma in schools and to guarantee Romani children equal access to quality education.
Member Stall promote Romani language, culture and history in school curricula, museums and other forms of cultural and historical expression, and recognise the contribution of the Romani culture to European heritage.
Quality and affordable housing, environmental justice
Parliament invited Member States to:
- adopt a comprehensive mechanism to ensure that housing discrimination and abuse against the Romani community is prevented or punished, to address homelessness, and to provide sufficient and appropriate reception areas for nomadic Romani. Evictions of Roma should always be carried out in accordance with the law;
- minimise the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Romani people living in overcrowded housing and inhuman conditions by legalising their informal settlements and investing in the improvement of infrastructure and housing in newly legalised informal settlements.
Romani women and girls
Parliament called on the Commission and the Member States to:
- contribute more explicitly to the inclusion of Romani women and girls through active labour market policies, including the Youth Guarantee;
- ensure that the fundamental rights of Romani women and children are respected and that the fight against patriarchal and sexist traditions continues;
- ensure quality employment services for young Romani, especially those who are not in employment, education or training and who face extreme poverty.
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/09/04
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2020/09/04
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2020/09/03
EP - Vote in committee
2020/07/09
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/06/29
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/06/23
EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2020/06/15
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2020/05/14
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/05/07
EP - JÁRÓKA Lívia (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
2020/01/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2020/01/16
EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2019/12/18
EP - POLLÁK Peter (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
2019/12/17
EP - ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in EMPL
2019/12/02
EP - FRANZ Romeo (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)597
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0229/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0147/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0147/2020
- Committee opinion: PE653.791
- Committee opinion: PE650.564
- Committee opinion: PE648.518
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE653.790
- Committee draft report: PE650.654
- Committee draft report: PE650.654
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE653.790
- Committee opinion: PE648.518
- Committee opinion: PE650.564
- Committee opinion: PE653.791
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0147/2020
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2020)597
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2020/2011(INI)
2020/05/05
CULT
40 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that Roma pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they should be
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Points out that, as European citizens, Roma parents have not only rights but also duties, including the duty to contribute, through their work, to the material development of society and, through the payment of taxes, to the funding of public services made available by the authorities to all;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that the role of Roma educators in desegregating education is essential and that they should be part of the solution for geographically segregated schools, moreover, stresses that it is of utmost importance to strengthen their presence in the educational bodies in order to help the process of desegregation, to reduce analphabetism and to encourage in lifelong learning programs and adult education;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that Roma pupils are disproportionately affected by measures taken in the context of crises, such as the closure of schools and the systematisation of distance learning; urges Member States to ensure that Roma children do not remain, in this context, further away from quality education than other European citizens;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Urges Member States to ensure that Roma parents are registered in the same way as other parents according to the rules applicable in their home country;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recommends that, given the importance of high quality early childhood education, which is known to correlate with better learning outcomes and to lay the foundations for later social integration, the education of vulnerable Roma pupils should start as early as possible, preferably at the age of three and earlier, by including them in affordable, accessible and inclusive early childhood and childcare services; urges Member States to develop and implement strategies and programs aimed at facilitating the access of Roma to childcare facilities, schools and universities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recommends that, given the importance of high quality early childhood education, which is known to correlate with better learning outcomes, the education of vulnerable Roma pupils should start as early as possible,
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the effort of some Member States who have adopted legislative tools with a view to ensure compliance between quality to equality of education, while introducing inclusive education; the aim of such measures is to integrate Roma children as well as all other disadvantaged groups as much as possible into the education system from the early childhood education until upper secondary education, which is a condition for personal development and career;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks for special support - in health integrity, school-food supply, clothing supply - of Romani families, facing economic, social, medical, housing difficulties, in order to enable the children to go to school and to help them to overcome educational barriers;
Amendment 19 #
3b. Calls the Commission to consider a new instrument such as a Targeted European Education Fund to reduce structural obstacles for pupils with Romani background between 3 and 18 years, with a comprehensive and holistic approach;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that Roma children should stay in education until at least the end of upper secondary education;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that Roma children should stay in education until at least the end of upper secondary education; to this end, urges Member States to ensure sufficient financing so that mainstream education policies reinforce schools’ and teachers’ capacities to respond appropriately to Roma pupils’ learning needs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that Roma children should stay in education until at least the
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that Romani children should stay in education until at least the end of upper secondary education; to this end, urges Member States to ensure sufficient financing so that mainstream education policies reinforce schools’ and teachers’ capacities to respond appropriately to Romani pupils’ learning needs; stresses the need to eliminate grade repetition and reduce the dropout rate by providing both appropriate teacher training and early, regular and timely support for Roma pupils and students, including after-school learning;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Insists that Roma children should stay in education until at least the end of upper secondary education; to this end, urges Member States to ensure sufficient financing so that mainstream education policies reinforce schools’ and teachers’ capacities to respond appropriately to Roma pupils’ learning needs; stresses the need to
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that most Member States have invested in measures to reduce school dropouts and enhance child cooperation with their families, especially taking into consideration that only 30% of Roma pupils attend secondary school; calls on the Commission to analyse and promote the measures with the highest success rate, and promote Roma people success stories in Erasmus+ so as to encourage pupils to continue their education;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the need for sensibilisation - and antidiscrimination trainings of teachers and educational staff, and to promote best practices of inclusive and intercultural education, for an effective elimination of antigypsyism in the educational sector;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the Romani language, culture and history in school curricula to facilitate the process of intercultural learning;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Urges Member States to facilitate the transition between various educational pathways, including up to tertiary education, by providing adequate educational and career guidance, and offering empowerment coaching for the transition from school to working life as well as financial assistance such as grants and loans, in order to allow Roma youth to obtain the qualifications – including digital and entrepreneurial skills – they need for effective social and labour market integration;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Urges Member States to facilitate the transition between various educational pathways, including up to tertiary education, by providing adequate educational and career guidance and support programs, and offering financial assistance such as scholarship, grants and loans, in order to allow Roma youth to obtain the qualifications – including digital and entrepreneurial skills – they need for effective social and labour market integration;
Amendment 31 #
5a. Recommends the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between Member States and monitor the situation in order to provide regular assessment;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the pressing need to involve Roma parents in each stage of their children’s schooling
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the pressing need to involve Roma parents in each stage of their children’s schooling
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the pressing need to involve Romani parents in each stage of their children’s schooling.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that the education systems of Member States should not discriminate based on race, ethnicity and religion, and that the participation of children in education systems is often dependent on social and economic factors as well as the level of involvement of parents;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for the efforts made towards the inclusion of Roma children in school to be aimed also at extra-curricular activities, such as sports or artistic activities, which are excellent means of cohesion and integration;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Urges the Member States to exalt and promote the cultural values of the Roma culture as a strategy to combat discrimination and promote the socio- cultural inclusion of this minority;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Notes that culture and its services including intercultural/multicultural activities may contribute to decreasing negative attitudes towards people with Romani background;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that in some Member States, as monitored by the FRA agency, only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that due to the lack of political will, in particular, the gap between
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Insists to implement measures to promote multiculturalism in educational centres, to avoid spatial segregation of this group;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that - in some cases - due to the lack of political will, in particular, the gap between Roma and non-Roma pupils and students in educational outcomes remains high; urges Member States to adopt a holistic approach across all policy areas, and to place the education of Roma children high on governments’ agendas in order to fight effectively against the poverty and social exclusion they experience;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that in regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Romani children are highly exposed to educational consequences, leading the current education gap to a total educational breakdown under the conditions of crisis; recalls that the vast majority of Romani children live in poor, marginalised neighbourhoods and are lacking any means to access remote learning or home schooling;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that Roma pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they should be provided with equal opportunities
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that Romani pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they should be provided with equal opportunities and
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Recalls that Roma pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they have the same rights afforded and should be provided with equal opportunities and educated in mainstream, high quality and inclusive education settings at all levels; insists that effective desegregation strategies should be put in place, especially by EU Member States with a sizeable Roma population;
source: 650.484
2020/06/04
EMPL
164 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital -A (new) -A. whereas pursuant to Article 9 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in defining and implementing its policies and activities, the Union shall take into account requirements linked to the promotion of a high level of employment, the guarantee of adequate social protection, the fight against social exclusion, and a high level of education, training and protection of human health;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the existing EU Framework (EUFW) for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 principally treats Roma in the EU as a homogenous group, shows little sensitivity to local contexts and has a limited capacity for addressing intra-Roma ethnic and socioeconomic diversity and multiple identity and multiple discrimination issues1a; _________________ 1aExpert reports building on forward- looking aspects of the evaluation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, Considering the Diversity of the Roma population in a post-2020 EU-initiative for Roma equality and inclusion, January 2020.
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused employment and social policies and monitor their results; calls on them, furthermore, to make the empowerment of Roma job seekers a priority for public employment services and employers,
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused employment and social policies and monitor their results; calls on them, furthermore, to make the empowerment of Roma job seekers a priority for public employment services and employers
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused employment and social policies and monitor their results, while at the same time not excluding other societal groups in similar situations; calls on them, furthermore, to make the empowerment of Roma job seekers a priority for public employment services and employers, and to provide parallel job placement support or internships with IT and language training; stresses the key role of public employment services in promoting Roma employment in the civil service and reaching out to disadvantaged Roma job seekers;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Member States to ensure that the competent regional and local authorities implement Roma-focused employment and social policies and monitor their results; calls on them, furthermore, to make the empowerment of Roma job
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Is of the opinion that vocational education and training is still insufficiently recognised as a priority and a solution that offers a means of mobilising and providing opportunities for Roma young people and guaranteeing their economic independence; calls on the Member States to encourage stronger engagement of businesses, particularly at local level, and consider supporting the development of social enterprises to create sustainable workplaces for Roma;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to consider Roma population in the framework of the updated Skills Agenda for Europe, and to encourage national public authorities to ensure that vocational training schemes targeting Roma reflect their specific situation, as well as the increased demands of the labour market in this sector; calls on Member States to promote skills training for the Roma population, fostering vocational educational training;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Is of the opinion that vocational education and training is still insufficiently recognised as a priority and a solution that offers a means of mobilising and providing opportunities for Roma young people and guaranteeing their economic independence; emphasizes hat that programmes working best are those providing targeted VET with adequate support at local level;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights that Roma often work under precarious employment conditions or in atypical employment situations; is strongly of the opinion that the new instrument for temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) should be targeting the most vulnerable in the Member States;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) A a. whereas Roma are struggling to find stable employment as they do not fit job requirements because of their often limited chances of developing their skills and competences;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Member States to improve the employment of Roma by taking different actions including active labour market measures as well as promoting social economy;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate an exchange of best practices between Member States and to monitor the progress;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Is of the opinion that the Roma are amongst the most affected by the COVID- 19 pandemics and mostly its economic consequences in Europe; emphasizes that the EU needs to focus on the immediate needs of its citizens, giving quick and adequate answers to the occuring problems is inevitable in order to strengthen cohesion, increase the trust towards EU institutions and also to practise European values particularly solidarity; calls on the Commission to strengthen the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in order to support families with long lasting food products, disinfectants, and information sheets about the virus;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Commission to bring EU law in line with the UN legal framework regarding the human right to water and expand the applicability of water-related directives to include problems with the accessibility and affordability of water supply and services; to develop indicators and monitoring mechanisms on social equity in access to water and sanitation in Member States, to task the EU Fundamental Rights Agency with conducting annual data collection, and to earmark funds to tackle limited access to water and sanitation supply services for socially excluded and ethnically-discriminated groups;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Notes that ageing Europe faces shortages of skilled labour and young Roma population thus should not be perceived as a burden but as an opportunity and potential future workforce;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Member States to make the greatest effort in order to sensitise public opinion concerning Roma inclusion;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Urges Member States to adopt with urgency laws explicitly recognising the human right to water and sanitation and ensure that all people enjoy access to safe drinking water and sanitation; ensure that informal housing conditions do not prevent people from enjoying the right to safe drinking water and sanitation; adopt policies and allocate budgets for connecting Roma settlements to public drinking water and sewerage systems; and ensure that adequate safe drinking water and sanitation facilities are available in Roma neighbourhoods and settlements;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Calls on the Member States to ensure that residents of informal dwellings are protected from eviction and demolition of their homes, unless they are provided with alternative, standard housing in a desegregated setting with access to public services;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Calls on Member States to minimise the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in overcrowded and inhuman housing conditions of Roma by legalising informal settlements of Roma, investing in infrastructure and housing improvement for newly legalized informal settlements and providing sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non- sedentary Roma; alternatively, to provide permanent, decent, affordable, environmentally safe, desegregated housing for Roma currently living in informal settlements;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Calls on Member States to adopt under the Covid-19 crisis urgent measures to address lack of water, adequate sanitation, electricity and needed infrastructure in poor Roma communities; to fully include Roma settlements in disinfection measures; to prohibit the cancellation of basic utility services during the pandemic; to consider subsidizing consumption costs for the most vulnerable and those who have lost incomes, or freezing payments until the end of the recovery plan period; to provide financial support for lone parents/single mothers for childcare, rent payments and other household expenses to alleviate the financial hardship, especially in light of the job losses;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) A b. whereas gender equality and the situation of Roma children and youth are two key areas of intervention for integration and inclusion of Roma that are insufficiently addressed both at the European level and at the level of Member States2a; _________________ 2aExpert reports building on forward- looking aspects of the evaluation of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies, Considering the Diversity of the Roma population in a post-2020 EU-initiative for Roma equality and inclusion, January 2020, p. 16.
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Calls on Member States to ensure that no Roma is left behind under the Covid-19 crisis, by supporting vulnerable Roma workers, particularly women and single parents; and by including specific provisions and indicators on Roma when implementing European instruments for temporary support (SURE and FEAD);
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; expresses its deep concern that Member States continue to violate the housing rights of Roma, who often live in segregated settlements characterised by substandard living conditions, including the lack of public utilities, poor sanitation, the exposure to environmental hazards, and by the complete lack of public services, including education, healthcare and employment opportunities, roads and transport links, which result in Roma people’s compromised health, deep poverty and social exclusion; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; highlights that poor access to housing and public utilities has a negative impact on education, employment and health outcomes and adversely affects social inclusion overall; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; highlights that poor access to housing and public utilities has a negative impact on education, employment and health outcomes and adversely affects social inclusion; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 125 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; calls on the Council to unblock negotiatons on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieve equality in the EU; _________________
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; stresses the necessity to ensure proper and effective transposition and appropriate implementation of such a Directive; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Recommends that in the area of targeted housing interventions, the existence of a participatory process engaging the Roma from the beginning is important; suggests that the housing policies should be based on the notion of cost sharing or beneficiary contributions for housing and utilities where Roma beneficiaries could organise to deploy their own initiatives and participate in the planning of their settlements1c; _________________ 1cA Meta-Evalution of Interventions for Roma Inclusion, Joint Research Center, 2019, Publications Office of the European Union
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to define segregation in housing as illegal in line with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Form of Racial Discrimination; and to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to pre
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) A c. whereas persisting socioeconomic and health inequalities and multilayered forms of discrimination, including antigypsysm and ageism, put Roma elderly in a particularly vulnerable position;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; finding solutions to evictions by engaging different institutions is key while actions addressing Roma housing should be integrated into broader national activities and legislative initiatives focusing on social housing or assistance programmes;
Amendment 131 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma; points out that geographical isolation and housing segregation keep members of ethnic minorities away from decent jobs, regardless of their qualifications;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and implementation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions, to address the issue of homelessness and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non-sedentary Roma;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to ensure the integration of policies to combat antigypsyism in all its forms and to recognize environmental discrimination as a specific manifestation of antigypsyism. Environmental justice must be integrated as a stand-alone area in the post-2020 framework and should address the different forms of environmental discrimination such as the problem of forced evictions to polluted or contaminated areas, the systematic denial of environmental services, as well as the health risk associated with poor environment.
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Member States to refer to territorial inequalities, residential segregation, and the comprehensive and multiple trait of disadvantages in the planning, targeting and implementation of Roma inclusion measures as territorial approach can be relevant in the planning and implementation of measures on social inclusion.
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Member States to increase their efforts in providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation and implementation of right to the adequate standard of living, as well as right to a healthy environment, with special attention paid to the most vulnerable groups of Roma, such as children, women and elderly;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. While condemning discrimination when renting a house or applying for a job, recalls Member States’ obligation under the Racial Equality Directive 1e to designate a specialised body for the promotion of all persons without discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin; _________________ 1e Article 13 of Council Directive2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatmentbetween persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000,p. 22–26
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on member states to target policies that help people stuck in begging, including people with Romani background, to ordinary quality jobs, especially targeting youth helping them graduate school;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) A d. whereas combatting structural discrimination of Roma, including the priority areas of education, employment, access to healthcare and housing, and making significant improvement in their socioeconomic status rests on the increase of social and cultural capital in the environments with Roma communities and on long-term, multi-stakeholder approach to Roma integration with active participation of Roma in all stages;
Amendment 140 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Calls on the Member States to address the issues of housing and homelessness, through developing the social housing stock and through promoting non-discriminatory access to social housing;
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Encourages Member States to support successful projects such as microloans for Roma families to improve their living conditions;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Highlights the promising approaches of "housing first" initiatives to prevent and combat homelessness and housing in segregated areas and calls on Member States to consider shifting from staircase model of service provision to housing-led services, complementing provision of housing with accompanying support combining elements of employment, education, health and community development;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the EU added value through the establishment of a close link between the European Semester, the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) in their 2014-2020 programming period and the NRIS and urges the Member
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Notes that the question of the treatment of Roma has only attracted political attention in the European Union after their migration to Western Europe and that this migratory flow has been reinforced after the accession of Bulgaria and Romania; deplores that this migration has led to growing street homelessness, aggressive begging, and to ‘contingency’ housing in encampments on the edge of cities;
Amendment 148 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integration became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground,8 irrespective of the category of region; calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the strategies at regular meetings with the Member States and publish reports on the distribution of funds in this direction. _________________ 7 Annex XI on ex ante conditionalities, Part I: Thematic ex ante conditionalities, Investment Priority 9.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. 8Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Revisiting the EU Roma Framework: Assessing the European Dimension for the Post-2020 Future, Open Society Institute, June 2017,
Amendment 149 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integration became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground8
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) A e. whereas equality data collection refers to all types of disaggregated data used to assess the comparative situation of specific groups at risk of discrimination, to design public policies that contribute to promoting equality and to assess their implementation, based on evidence and not mere assumptions; whereas the collection of such data (i.e. data revealing ethnic origin or religion) requires exclusive consent of the subjects of data collection and can often be controversial; whereas what is clearly forbidden is racial or ethnic profiling, where people are, without their consent, identified on the basis of third-party perceptions or generalisations based on race, ethnicity, religion or national origin;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integration became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion;
Amendment 151 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integration became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma in
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls the attention of the Member States to develop mentor-programmes, tertiary education, leader academies and to foster local emancipation for young leaders as integrator actor, as well as grassroot Roma NGOs instead of pro Roma international NGOs; urges the creation of an effective monitoring system of EU money; recalls that not only clear desegregatory benchmarks and solutions for geographical segregation are needed but highlights that elementary changes should take effect first in public education as well; insists moreover that, in order to achieve an advanced level of solidarity, national curricula should be modified; stresses that structural changes are essential e.g. lowering kindergarten age and that in order to prevent segregating pupils in elementary schools, modern integral local schools should be developed and be given extra resources to transform into model schools; underlines that proper infrastructure is needed in order to make these institutions reachable to all students including non-Roma as well; highlights the fact, that by adding quality dual vocational training and encouraging carrier path development for Roma students, companies would get quality work force;
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Emphasises the importance of counterfactual impact evaluation methods in order to reduce the gap between policy frameworks and implementation on the ground; recalls that in 2016 the ECA has concluded that the monitoring and assessing the progress of the NRIS was a significant challenge for all visited Member States1f; reminds that a critical limitation for some interventions is the gap between the ambition and the capacity of the structure in place to achieve results, due to the lack of data based planning, insufficient budgeting and emergence of new unforeseen needs; _________________ 1fECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 32 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Regrets the weak link between available funding tools and strategic plans and objectives related to the socio- economic development and inclusion of Roma; calls on the Member States to put in place efficient monitoring and oversight mechanisms to ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the independence, resources, mandate and powers of their national equality bodies to step up against discrimination, including institutional discrimination, against Roma by implementing the European Commission Recommendation on standards for equality bodies;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Is of the opinion that mainstreaming is still relevant, as only targeted measures cannot be effective enough, therefore enhances the further mainstreaming of the aspects of Roma integration in EU and national policy measures;
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Acknowledges that the transferral of interventions from one country to another is not a mechanic process; while the objectives, working methods and tools may be transferable, strategies and processes need to be adapted to the local setting and these conditions may relate to institutional capacity, the support of the different actors, or the local context; calls therefore on the Member States and the Commission to properly use the counterfactual impact evaluation methods and compare and explain the different Member States outcomes;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls on the Commission as well as the Member States to evaluate the consequences of pandemic COVID-19 to the situation of Roma communities and to take effective measures using EU Funds in order to answer the identified challenges because the new framework strategy should be in line with the current situation in order to prevent increasing poverty and exclusion of communities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital A f (new) A f. whereas the available data and surveys show much higher rates of unemployment and significantly lower levels of income for the Roma than for the majority population or other disadvantaged ethnic minority groups; whereas the Roma face similar barriers as other ethnic minority groups but more intensively, due to a vicious circle of low education, low qualifications and labour market exclusion;
Amendment 160 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to strengthen data and research to better identify and understand intersecting discrimination; encourages the European Commission to keep track of the multifaceted aspects of poverty and social exclusion in Roma communities using the combined AROPE indicator in Eurostat;
Amendment 161 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 c (new) 9 c. Regrets the weak link between available funding tools and strategic plans and objectives related to the socio- economic development and inclusion of Roma; recalls that the one-off, short-term, single-focused interventions have little chance of success, especially when the needs are multidimensional and require integrated interventions; calls on the Member States to put in place more efficient monitoring and oversight mechanisms, a better consideration of Roma-specific criteria and explicit but not exclusive targeting of Roma people1g, to ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused; emphasizes that the monitoring is especially important in order to foresee and mitigate any potential risks to the successful implementation of the intervention and would further support evidence-based policy initiatives and more effective target setting and resource allocation; _________________ 1gECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 74 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf
Amendment 162 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 d (new) 9 d. Recalls that the ECA concluded in 2016 that the ESIF funds were allocated among the Member States according to indicators with no specific relevance to the Roma population, such as overall population, unemployment rate or GDP and expressed the opinion that these indicators are not the most appropriate way of determining how much EU funding for Roma integration should be allocated to each Member State1h; _________________ 1h ECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 42 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 e (new) 9 e. Underlines that the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are being felt mostly by the most deprived, including the Roma communities, across the EU; deplores that Roma communities are being further discriminated and marginalised due to the coronavirus pandemic; regrets that the coronavirus outbreak might lead to cuts in the next MFF 2021-2027, negatively affecting CSOs advocating for Roma communities and thus affecting outreach to Roma communities;
Amendment 164 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 f (new) 9 f. Encourages the Commission to build innovative, impact-oriented and data-based approaches as direct input to the next generation of programmes (2021- 27 Invest EU programme and ESF+ programming) and strategies (notably the post-2020 EU strategy for Roma Equality and Inclusion).
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital A g (new) A g. whereas individuals belonging to minority groups continue to be discriminated against when they are applying for jobs and even once they are in a job, continue to face unequal treatment; whereas lower wages, lack of career prospects, precarious and difficult working conditions, sticky floor and glass ceiling, harassment, and abusive dismissal, are just some of the manifestations; whereas ethnic minorities are more likely to have less access to employment rights and protection; whereas ethnic origin also seems to matter as regards harassment in the workplace, and to be a major obstacle for career advancement;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital A h (new) A h. whereas EU-MIDIS II3a finds that only one in four Roma aged 16 years or older reports “employed” or “self- employed” as their main activity at the time of the survey and that Roma women report much lower employment rates than Roma men – 16 % compared with 34 %; whereas, overall, the survey shows paid work rates for Roma aged 20-64 years to be 43 %, which is well below the EU average of 70 % in 2015; whereas the situation of young people is substantially worse: on average, 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 were not employed, in education or training at the time of the survey, compared with the12 % EU average on the NEET rate for the same age group; whereas, for this age group, the results also show a considerable gender gap, with 72 % of young Roma women not employed, in education or training, compared with 55 % of young Roma men and in stark contrast with the rest of the population; _________________ 3aEuropean Commission, EU-MIDIS II: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, October 2018.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing4 ;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital -A a (new) -A a. whereas the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights is essential to reinforce social rights of people belonging to marginalised groups, such as people with Romani background;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Roma communities are most vulnerable, they are often live in slum settlements excluded from society and in substandard conditions whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing4
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas Roma are born into an extreme generational poverty, one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing4
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma lived in overcrowded housing
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. whereas EU-MIDIS II4a shows that 80 % of Roma continue to live below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold of their country; that one in 10 people live in housing without electricity; and that every fourth Roma (27 %) and every third Roma child (30 %) live in a household that faced hunger at least once in the previous month; _________________ 4aEuropean Commission, EU-MIDIS II: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, October 2018.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) B a. highlights that Roma settlements are often located in areas of high environmental impact;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas spatial segregation remains one of the key challenges in the area of housing; whereas significant progress made in the field of social housing should be maintained by public support and necessary legislation5a; whereas 43 % of Roma are
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital C C. whereas 43 % of Roma are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality5
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas Roma have been one of the most vulnerable groups in the Covid- 19 pandemic; whereas the economic and social consequences of the health crisis threaten to hit the Roma population the hardest and deepen the existing inequalities in all priority areas of Roma integration; whereas antigypsysm is present also in the form of scapegoating the Roma and ethnicisation of the Coronavirus crisis6a; _________________ 6aEuropean Commission, Overview of the impact of coronavirus measures on the marginalised Roma communities in the EU, May 2020, p. 1.
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. Stresses that the lack of personal documents such as birth certificates and identity documents often prevent Roma to buy or rent housing and to access essential state aid services; whereas missing property documents are a barrier to accessing public services such as heating or water supply;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital -A b (new) -A b. whereas we strongly welcome the commitment of the Commission to develop a reinforced post-2020 European Strategic Framework for Roma equality, social and economic justice and combating antigypsyism;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas equality between women and men must be ensured and fostered in all areas, including in the participation in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment, wages, qualification training, career change and progression;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas people of various ethnicities, including people with romani background, have resorted to begging; whereas begging curbs integration, impairs social security and hinder youths to complete studies;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Recital C a (new) C a. whereas Roman women and girls are faced with a specific situation of vulnerability due to the intersectional discrimination, leading to high levels of school failure and unemployment rates;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) C b. whereas poor transport infrastructure, a dearth of public administrative bodies and services, in particular of high-quality educational institutions and health provision aggravate regional disparities and ghettoisation;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Recital C b (new) C b. whereas Roma, and women in particular, experience a disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in the access and supply of aid, goods and services;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Recital C c (new) C c. whereas Roma are at increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and are at extreme risk of suffering negative consequences of the COVID-19 crisis regarding access to healthcare, education, social benefits, including unemployment benefits, or any other measures which are aiming at mitigating the impact of coronavirus;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority and one of the minority groups in Europe that faces the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, continuous discrimination and unequal access to various vital services, which not only accounts for high number of individual human rights violations but also undermines social cohesion, economic ands social potential of the EU; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, measurable progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS); stresses that it is important to measure the progress and to create a robust monitoring system using relevant indicators;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital -A c (new) -A c. whereas an unacceptably high proportion of Roma live at risk of poverty (on average, 80 % in 2016)1a; _________________ 1a EU FRA 2016 Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey: Roma
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; stresses that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable Roma is catastrophic, as they often work in the informal sector and are left without any income or social assistance; calls on local authorities and
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, especially Roma women; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited harming the economic and social cohesion of the Union and the reduction of regional inequalities; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Recalls European Parliament Resolution of 12 February 2019 on the need for a strengthened post-2020 Strategic EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies and stepping up the fight against anti-Gypsyism; urges the Commission and the Member States to propose and commit to an ambitious, comprehensive and binding EU Strategic Framework for Roma equality, social and economic justice and combating antigypsyism for the post-2020 with concrete common objectives at EU level and minimum standards which Member States can translate into national targets, and where country specificities are relevant insofar as they aim to achieve more than the minimum standards; and to ensure that multiple and intersectional discrimination, gender mainstreaming and a child-sensitive approach are properly addressed;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Notes that while many Roma have been successfully integrated in the changing labour markets, a very large part of the Roma insists on remaining on the margins of society because of a desire to retain its identity and traditional values; notes that many Roma fail to fulfil basic administrative requirements and have no documentary proof of ownership for land and buildings and that, consequently, whole neighbourhoods do not officially exist; notes that many adults and children remain administrative invisible with very limited access to healthcare, education and social service;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission to set out binding objectives, measures and targets for the Member States, a clear timeline and clear and binding progress requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for the implementation of the next EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategy; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights the need to break the vicious circle of poverty of those Roma concerned by taking effective targeted actions from the earliest possible age, because targeted measures at all level of education can be effective tools in fighting poverty, stresses the need to enhance transitions to higher levels of education as well as by supporting these measures by social investment;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas only 43 % of Roma
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the more attention paid to those Member States that have a sizable Roma population and history of rather ineffective measures. The Commission should monitor and better support these Member States and their policies and measures;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for Roma people - with particular attention to women and girls, and persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination - in all areas of life;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Calls on the Member States to adopt Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, COM/2008/0426final, 2 July 2008;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to include poverty, with a particular focus on child poverty, social exclusion and antigypsyism and non- discrimination as cross-sectional dimensions through the four key areas of the EU Roma Strategy and NRIS, ensuring that equality, sustainable employment opportunities, inclusive education, quality housing, and adequate healthcare contribute to the overall improvement of Roma wellbeing, and that multiple and intersectional discrimination, gender mainstreaming and a child-sensitive approach are properly addressed both in EU Strategic Framework and in the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS); Calls on local and regional authorities and governments to prioritise the adoption, revision and implementation of the NRIS in line with the post-2020 Strategic EU Framework, guaranteeing a strong connection of those strategies with mainstream policies;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on European Commission to prepare a post-2020 EUFW that will reflect the existing diversity and multiple identities among Roma, integrate the gender equality principle and emphasis on Roma children and youth as key factors of positive change, and uphold an intersectional and multi-stakeholder approach to national integration strategies, where Roma are actively engaged from the preparatory to implementation stages of integration measures;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Roma civil society organisations, experts and community members, particularly those active at local and regional level in the policy debate and in decision-making;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Acknowledges that in order to guarantee social and economic rights of Roma people, a more comprehensive approach should be considered, strengthening the institutional recognition of the Roma minority as a social actor and the effective and organised participation of the representative organisations of Roma civil society, enabling their meaningful participation in the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the economic and social policies; and calls on the Commission to consider Roma participation as a binding common quality standard for the future Strategic EU Framework and the national strategies and that financial and structural mechanisms ensure equal and quality participation;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Highlights that employment is the main path to social inclusion and ethnic minorities must therefore have the possibility to fully participate in the labour market and the “equal status and equal pay for equal work” principle shall apply to all workers;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Calls on the Commission to present a Communication on guidelines and standards for discrimination-free recruitment policies for Member States and employers, including recommendations for the adoption of equality plans at company level and in sectoral collective agreements and the implementation of diversity taskforces in the workplace, including tackling stereotypes, prejudice and negative attitudes, preventing discrimination in recruitment, promotion, pay and access to training; highlights that these equality action plans should be also used to promote ethnic and cultural diversity at the workplace, to develop internal regulations against racism, related discrimination and harassment in the workplace, to monitor and review recruitment, progression and retention of workforce by equality strand in order to identify direct or indirect discriminatory practices and to adopt corrective measures to reduce inequality in each of these areas and, to this effect, collect equality data in respect of privacy and fundamental rights standards;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1 e. Calls on the Commission to adopt a common EU framework for the collection and analysis of reliable and comparable disaggregated equality data for the purpose of combating discrimination, including in employment; adds that this should comprise labour market indicators to measure equality, including the employment position of migrants and minority groups, with full respect of privacy and fundamental rights standards;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, hampered by the high rate of scholar failure which affect in particular Roma children and youth, tackling discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling negative stereotypes that are often the biggest obstacles to find employment, tackling discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling discrimination by employers
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, addressing substandard working conditions and exploitation, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights that the most critical points to address in the area of Roma employment are effective transition from education to the open labour market, tackling diverse forms of undeclared employment, discrimination by employers, matching labour demand with labour supply, and the growing rates of Roma youth not in education;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission to meet its commitment to adopt an action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights and to incorporate Roma inclusion as an indicator in the social scoreboard of the European Pillar of Social Rights; urges the Commission and the Member States to target Roma to reflect their specific situation, ensuring quality employment, access to decent jobs, fair wages and working conditions and guaranteeing that social protection systems and social services are adequate, accessible and used by potential beneficiaries, including universal health coverage without discrimination, minimum income schemes and pension rights;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes that education has traditionally been undervalued within the Roma communities and that many Roma hold a deep-rooted scepticism towards formal education; points out that because of the lack of socialisation, many Roma children have difficulties at school; highlights that because of patriarchal traditions, Roma girls are forced to leave the school early; underlines that in general Romani women and girls are significantly discriminated within their own community and are undervalued;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses the importance of promoting access to education, higher education, apprenticeship and vocational training for Roma in order to promote their economic integration and social inclusion. Early school leaving and dropping out of school hamper the training of young Roma as well as their access to the labor market. Stresses the importance for Roma to benefit fully from quality education so that they acquire basic skills, including digital skills;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Reminds that Member States have taken several measures promoting the school attendance of Roma children, such as providing free meal and free textbooks in schools as well as extending the obligation of attendance in kindergarten / pre-school education from an earlier age for all children. These good practices should be continued;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on young Roma people, especially Roma women, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority of which approximately 6 million lives in the EU; whereas about 80 % of Roma live below their country’s at-risk-of-poverty threshold; 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Member States to encourage stronger engagement of businesses, particularly at local level, and consider supporting the development of social enterprises to create sustainable workplaces for Roma, with a focus on Roma women;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that people of Romani background who exercise their mobility rights can access all necessary health care in the member state where they reside, and that neither poverty nor the residence status constitute a barrier to accessing needed health and social services;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that mainstream programmes, including those covered by the Structural Funds, actively reach out to the Roma, and their outreach is regularly monitored with the involvement of Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on Member States to invest in labour monitoring and complaint mechanisms that are resourced, accesible and effective for all workers, regardless of their nationality or residence statuts, to protect workers from employer retaliation and harmful consequences and to support civil society organizations to provide information about their rights and means to exercise them;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that EU budget planning is firmly linked to the Roma inclusion process at EU level; highlights to that end the need for systematic collection of robust data disaggregated by gender and age to inform needs and context analysis, help in setting targets and impact indicators in order to ensure the best outcome in terms of matching needs with planning and budgeting, at both national and EU level;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the next MFF facilitates synergies between those overarching EU policies that are relevant to Roma issues and the post-2020 Strategic EU Framework, and that poverty reduction, Roma inclusion and access to health are maintained as thematic priorities under the ESIF and linked to national poverty reduction strategies and action plans; urges the Commission and the Council to address the unequal situation that Roma face across the EU in the ESF+, and recalls the resolution of the European Parliament on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), which includes as an specific objective “(viiia) fighting discrimination against and promoting the socioeconomic integration of marginalised communities such as Roma”;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the Commission to carefully evaluate the impact indicators of Roma integration for the 2014-2020 period and to identify the best practices as well as shortcomings; recalls that the monitoring of the Roma integration was to be improved on the basis of the ESF Investment Priority 9 (ii), the relevant specific objectives in the ESF and the ERDF operational programmes and the use of the ESF common output indicator for participants as well as programme specific indicators and targets;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recommends the Commission to facilitate exchange of best practices between Member States and monitor the situation in order to provide regular assessment;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1 ; whereas 50% of Roma between the age of 6 and 24 do not attend school and 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)2 ; whereas the increasing share of Roma NEETs was an area where the situation had deteriorated in 2016 compared to 20113
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Recalls that the role of local and national governments, strong partnerships and commitment of local stakeholders, such as local municipalities and school inspectorates, is decisive for the sustainability of Roma integration;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice; reminds that the Commission opened infringement procedures on segregation of Roma children in relation to 3 Member States; is of the opinion that the last years have shown no improvement despite the Commission's efforts; therefore calls on the Commission to take further steps and refer these cases to the European Court of Justice;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for a
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice; takes into consideration the fact that many children use Romani as their mother tongue, a language that must be provided as an educational option;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools, as Roma children are often educated in segregated
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Underlines the need for an urgent and thorough commitment by the relevant state authorities to the desegregation of Roma pupils in schools and to securing the same quality and inclusive mainstream learning as the non-Roma pupils, as Roma children are often educated in segregated environments, while the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission to put greater emphasis on youth in the EU Roma Framework 2021-2027, in particular on the transition from education to employment, and ensure that member states make youth employment a priority in their NRIS; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the implementation of the Youth Guarantee Initiative for the period 2021-2027 will consider as beneficiaries young Roma, and to adopt an ambitious and inclusive European Child Guarantee that also takes into account their rights and needs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to reform the European Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative, giving particular attention to the most marginalised, including measures such as better targeting of training programmes specifically for marginalised group, specific training for Public Employment Services on how to reach out to and deal with marginalised groups, or strengthened partnerships with educational institutions and NGOs to reach out to Roma and other marginalised groups;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Emphasizes that segregated school settings discourage social and economic inclusion; recalls to that end the relevant decisions by the European Court of Human Rights as well as the infringement proceedings, relating to Roma school discrimination, against three Member States, namely the Czech Republic (2014), Slovakia (2015) and Hungary (2016); calls on the Commission to evaluate the respective corrective measures and their impact on Roma children;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas 43 % of Roma are in some form of paid employment1 ; whereas 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)2
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for a redesigned CAP which would enable and promote innovative forms of agricultural work, including social cooperatives for Roma communities, which could also play and important role in creating a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system, would contribute to the realisation of the objectives of the and European Green Deal; calls for the promotion and exchange of best practices in this domain among the Member States;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls that the role of Roma educators in desegregating education is essential and that they should be part of the solution for geographically segregated schools, moreover, stresses that it is of utmost importance to strengthen their presence in the educational bodies in order to help the process of desegregation, to reduce analphabetism and to encourage in lifelong learning programs and adult education;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recommends strongly to continue training and employment of Roma as youth mentors and mediators to support transitions in education and to the labour market; highlights the need to target Roma (youth and women) more explicitly with active labour market policies, including the Youth Guarantee and to systematically monitor and fight discrimination with regard to labour market access and at the work place;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop coordinated approaches for the integration of Roma children in society; in this sense, calls for the urgent adoption of the European Child Guarantee in the ESF+ with dedicated resources of 20 billion euros, to support lifting a generation out of poverty;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Underlines that barriers to health care services and lack of basic heath awareness add to the widespread segregation of Roma students at school; in addition the widespread anti-gypsyism in the societies the Roma live in, the structural disadvantages they face in terms of pre-school enrolment and social exclusion constitute the root causes of segregated schools and discrimination against Roma children leading to a vicious cycle of unemployment and poverty; addressing, to that end, these root causes while also raising awareness is of paramount importance;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Welcomes the effort of some Member States who have adopted legislative tools with a view to ensure compliance between quality to equality of education, while introducing inclusive education; the aim of such measures is to integrate Roma children as well as all other disadvantaged groups as much as possible into the education system from the early childhood education until upper secondary education, which is a condition for personal development and career;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Highlights the importance of parents involvement in school and educational activities as well as the importance of raising their awareness in terms of the significance of pre-school education, children's enrolment and school attendance; regrets that despite the importance and benefits of pre-primary education on further educational paths, Roma children in some Member States still encounter limited access to pre- primary education and care compared to the majority of population leading to striking differences in the overall participation of Roma children in pre- school facilities;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Regrets that results in education and employment show that the EU and its Member States are far from reaching the goals set by the EU Roma inclusion framework, especially for specific and critical indicators, such as the share of early school leavers, associated with the limited access to inclusive education at the primary and secondary level1a, inadequate educational and career guidance services and lack of supportive measures; _________________ 1aProportionate rates of Roma vs. majority population in preschool education - in the Czech Republic was 34% (compared to 86% of the general population), in Poland 42% (compared to 94% of the general population), in Slovakia 34% (compared to about 77% of the general population). Source: EPRS - Roma Communities in Slovakia, 2020
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4 f. Strongly recommends to continue training and employment of Roma as youth mentors and mediators to support transitions in education and to the labour market; highlights the need to target Roma, both youth and women, more explicitly with active labour market policies, including the Youth Guarantee and to systematically monitor and fight discrimination with regard to labour market access and at the work place;
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2020/06/12
LIBE
286 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Social Charter, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, as well as reports and recommendations by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and other Council of Europe mechanisms;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 b (new) - having regard the European Economic and Social Committee opinion on the situation of Roma women SOC/585-EESC-2018;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the Framework highlighted diversity under the broad umbrella term of “Roma”; whereas it failed to recognise the diversity within the population of people with Romani background; whereas the term Roma or the double term Sinti & Roma, which is used in EU policies and discussion does not reflect the heterogeneity of the minority, so people with Romani background such as Kalè, Manouches, Lovara, Rissende, Boyash, Domare, Caldaras, Romanichild and Sinti feel excluded or not addressed; whereas Roma is one of the groups of people with Romani background in Europe, the denomination of one group used to describe the other groups in EU policies and discussion is often criticised among community members;1a __________________ 1aThe term Roma encompasses diverse groups, including Roma, Gypsies, Travellers, Manouches, Ashkali, Sinti and Boyash. Roma is the term commonly used in EU policy documents and discussions.
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the equal participation
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the equal participation of local
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the equal participation of local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of public policies towards
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the equal participation of local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of public policies towards people with Romani background, in the post-2020 context, while respecting the prerogatives and sovereignty of Member States in implementing their Roma integration strategies;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas most of the disadvantaged communities of people with Romani background are often left behind and excluded from the benefits of the national inclusion programs due to limits in mapping methodologies used when identifying the most in need communities; whereas when designing programme intervention, the analyses should target the exactly geographic area and the number of families, persons who face socio-economic exclusion;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas Member States have a clear responsibility to take corrective measures against practices that discriminate against members of the Roma community, in particular in their dealings with regional and national administrative authorities, health care services, policing and judiciary and whereas the Commission is the guardian of the Treaties as well as of the implementation of the Directive 2000/43/EC;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas there is a strong need to strike a balance between equality, inclusion and participation of people with Romani background in the post-2020 EU Strategic Framework;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas political support, when racism against different minority groups is raising sharply, is a key point for the inclusion of people with Romani background; whereas major mobilisation of key stakeholders exploring the opportunities around the upcoming EU presidencies is needed to ensure political commitment and accountability;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 c (new) - having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2018 on minimum standards for minorities in the EU (2018/2036(INI));
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas the Commission’s enlargement strategy foresees the enlargement of the EU by the countries of Western Balkan according to their efforts and objective merits and results of each country, whereas there is a significant number of Roma residing in the region;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas while building on the results of the evaluation1a, which found that without the EU Roma Framework, Romani issues would receive less attention in the EU policy agenda, it is essential that the National Inclusion Strategies for people with Romani background, guided by a post 2020 common framework, are continued and improved, asking for a strengthened compliance of the Member States, promoting the use of more binding targets to increase the commitment and accountability through improved target setting, data collection, reporting and monitoring; __________________ 1a Report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies, European Commission, 2019.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new) Fc. whereas the institutional structure of the current EU framework has insufficient qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation procedures while the provided country specific recommendations are not binding;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas COVID-19 highlighted, more than clearly, the urgent need for the EU and its Members States to address the Romani Inclusion as a priority to improve their living situation; whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk of contracting COVID-19 or of suffering negative economic and societal consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background is worsened with the COVID- 19 outbreak and should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas certain people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 d (new) - having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on lagging regions in the EU (2017/2208(INI));
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas anti-gypsyism exists in our societies since centuries and it took its most cruel form during the Holocaust, in which an estimated number of 500 000 people with Romani background were exterminated1a; whereas anti-gypsyism took the form of almost 500 years of slavery for people with Romani background in Romania1b; whereas due to centuries of discrimination and social exclusion, people with Romani background could not efficiently and significantly benefit from the continuous socio-economic development of our societies; whereas they were left behind and consequently the disparities between Romani people and the general population have increased; whereas the 80% of people with Romani background living at the limits of extreme poverty are forced by this situation to accept jobs with salary way beyond the minimum wage, others are forced to survive from informal activities such as collecting metal scrap or plastic bottles, which massively increases the chances of exploitation of these people; __________________ 1aRight to Remember, A Handbook for Education with Young People on the Roma Genocide, Council of Europe, 2017, p.29. 1b Vallachia and Moldavia factsheets on Romani history, Council of Europe.
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas anti-gypsyist attitudes have been exacerbated during the Covid- 19 pandemic with Romani people being singled out for spreading the virus; whereas there is a critical role of media in decreasing anti-gypsyist attitudes through non-discriminatory coverage of minorities;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to hit the Roma population the hardest and deepen the existing inequalities in all priority areas of Roma integration;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the European Commission’s 2019 report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies recognises that success factors encompass intersectional, cross-sectoral and integrated approaches to tackle multiple discrimination and multi-dimensional exclusion; whereas the report mentions amongst the priorities the need to support Roma access to justice with a focus on victims of multiple discrimination (women, LGBTI, non- citizen Roma), and reinforcing the capacity of equality bodies to deal with discrimination against Roma;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Emphasizes that health care services and lack of basic health awareness add to the widespread segregation of Roma students at school; notes in addition that, the widespread anti-gypsyism in the societies the Roma live in, the structural disadvantages they face in terms of preschool enrolment and the social exclusion constitute the root causes of segregated schools and discrimination against Roma children, leading to a vicious cycle of unemployment and poverty;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Considers that people with Romani background belong to one of the minority groups in Europe that face deprivation of their fundamental human rights, they are subject to anti-gypsyism, a specific form of racism and the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite economic prosperity in the EU and despite the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the Cohesion Funds measures introduced in the last decade, the overall situation of the people with Romani background in the EU has stagnated; stresses that progress in the area of education and healthcare has been very limited and in some fields even regressed often due to the lack of political will; therefore calls on the Commission to lead by example and introduce a “Roma mainstreaming policy” in order to integrate the perspective of the people with Romani background at all stages and levels of mainstream policies, programmes and projects particularly the Recovery Plan, the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027, the European Green Deal, the new Common Agricultural Policy, the Just Transition Fund, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, the European Digital Strategy, the SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, and to prevent discrimination at policy areas in the EU policy in general and facilitate affirmative action and active outreach to people with Romani background; calls on the Member States also to follow this path and create policies which help the active inclusion of people with Romani background into our societies;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to Principle 16 of The European Pillar of Social Rights, which stresses the right to timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Recalls that the Racial Equality Directive1a provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment in access to and supply of goods and services; highlights that poor access to housing and public utilities, such as clean water and sanitation, has a negative impact on education, employment and health outcomes and adversely affects social inclusion overall; nonetheless considers that, given the existing evidence of wide- spread discrimination against Roma, the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EU) is not sufficient in addressing the wide- spread discrimination and negative attitudes against people with Romani background; __________________ 1a Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000,p. 22–26
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Commission
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Commission
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that to make the future EU Roma inclusion process successful and credible a fundamental change in approach is needed; emphasises that national efforts towards Roma inclusion should be accelerated in all EU Member States; stresses however that the emphasis should be placed on those with a sizable Roma population where an ineffective process of Roma inclusion poses macroeconomic challenges, deepens regional disparities and thus hampers EU social cohesion; underlines that the EU support to those countries should be measured up to the challenges, that greater attention should be devoted to the effectiveness of policies and measures in these countries, and that adequate funding should be closely linked with policies;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that it is necessary to reinforce and upgrade the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies after 2020 with an improved, updated comprehensive approach, based on the findings of field-work based monitoring and research into the Roma integration process of the last 20 years in the Member States;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Recovery Plan and the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 EU is firmly linked to the post- 2020EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, its binding targets and their execution by the National Roma Inclusion Strategies;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that in some Member States the judiciary system is not adequately prosecuting multiple offenders with Roma background thus creating a climate of impunity and undermining the credibility of the justice system towards victims of crime;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Emphasises the importance of counterfactual impact evaluation methods in order to reduce the gap between policy frameworks and implementation on the ground; recalls that the ECA has concluded in 2016 that the monitoring and assessing the progress of the NRIS was a significant challenge for all visited Member States1a; reminds that a critical limitation for some interventions is the gap between the ambition and the capacity of the structure in place to achieve results, due to the lack of data based planning, insufficient budgeting, and emergence of new unforeseen needs; __________________ 1aECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 32 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Encourages Member States to oblige the population with Roma background to register in the municipalities, as it is the case for all citizens, in compliance with national and international laws, in order to put an end to a situation of illegality and degradation which frequently occurs in their settlements and to monitor the overall situation of Roma in Europe and base policy on trustable data;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Reiterates its position and recommendations put forward and adopted in its resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism; since limited action has been taken so far, calls on the Commission to integrate those recommendations into its post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, particularly the recommendations relating to anti- gypsyism and truth and reconciliation as these are the cornerstone of building a strong and inclusive society;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Regrets the weak link between available funding tools and strategic plans and objectives related to the socio- economic development and inclusion of Roma; recalls that the one-off, short-term, single-focused interventions have little chance of success; emphasizes that the monitoring is especially important in order to foresee and mitigate any potential risks to the successful implementation of the intervention and would further support evidence-based policy initiatives1a __________________ 1aECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 74 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new) - having regard to Principle 19 of the European Pillar of Social Rights which states that ‘access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality shall be provided for those in need’;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-and-obligations-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission, and the Member States, to ensure a solid correlation between planning for the EU budgeting and the Roma inclusion process at EU level; highlights to that end the need for systematic collection of robust data disaggregated by gender and age to inform needs and context analysis, help in setting targets and impact indicators in order to ensure the best outcome in terms of matching needs with planning and budgeting, both at national and EU level;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those active at local and regional level,
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 c (new) - having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including youth and those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision- making adding to Roma communities’ empowerment and actual participation in the making of policies with a direct impact on their livelihoods; to that end, further attention and support should be given to the capacity-building of all actors involved in the management and implementation of the EU Framework NRIS;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members from all levels, including those
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to integrate an inclusive mechanism for participation and accountability in order to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro-
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Roma
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Is of the opinion that often the best tool for empowering Roma to fully exercise their fundamental rights is through litigation; calls on the Commission to create a strategic litigation funds under the Rights and Values Programme and provide adequate funding for civil society and human rights defenders in order to achieve systemic change;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that inclusive education from early childhood must be a key component of the new proposal, as education is the primary means to break the generational vicious circle of exclusion and poverty;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Strongly rejects the political narrative and populism to build government policy on inciting anti- gypsyism, exercising scapegoating of Roma and promoting discrimination or segregation both directly and indirectly; is of the opinion that such political actions are against not only the national constitutions but the fundamental values of the EU Treaties as well and the rights provided thereby; therefore calls on the Commission to take immediate action by opening infringement procedures and by addressing such issues in the annual report on the state of rule of law in the relevant Member States;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Reiterates its call on the Council to unblock negotiations on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieve equality in the EU;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 d (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 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle anti-gypsyism across the key areas of the proposal for the post-2020 directive; calls to that end, for in-depth research applying comparable methodologies across countries in order to understand the complex drivers of anti-gypsyism and to inform policies to effectively address it;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle anti-gypsyism across the key areas of the proposal for the post-2020
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the fact that extreme poverty effects not solely the Roma communities, but an increasing number of disadvantage and marginalized social groups in Europe and supports the proposal to scale up the future strategy into a European Anti-Poverty Strategy by adapting it to the current socio-economic and demographic challenges of Europe.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to further integrate the work of National Equality Bodies (NEBs) into the development and implementation of the future policy framework; further asks the Commission to develop stronger synergies between the NEBs and national Romani Contact Points (NRCP) to fight against anti-gypsyism.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that EU and its Member States should combat effectively discriminatory or violent treatment and reactions against the schooling and participation of Roma children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to call on the Members States to ensure the binding character of the post 2020 National Romani Inclusion Strategies in terms of clear objectives, measures, targets, timelines, progress and success indicators, monitoring mechanism as well as adequate funding allocation for implementation;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Considers that the fight against anti-gypsyism is a horizontal issue and that it should be taken into account in all areas of Union policy, in particular with regard to new technologies;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the post-2020 EU
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 e (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the post-2020 EU
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to give priority to a gender perspective and gender-sensitive policies; as with any community, the roles and status of women in Roma communities are different to those of men, with women often shouldering additional burdens; notes that future policies must acknowledge these differences and address them by providing Roma women with specific interventions and particular forms of support; stresses that being often subjected to multiple discrimination, specific measures for the empowerment of Roma women and girls should be envisaged;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation and the rights of individuals at the intersections of discrimination grounds in the EU, in particular women, migrants, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery; points out that the EU and the Member States must take actions in this regard;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments,
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual financial framework; calls on the Commission to make the adoption of national programmes financed out of ESIF funds, and in particular out of the ESF, conditional upon the integration of Commission and Council recommendations regarding the situation of Roma;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds through which integrated housing plans can be built upon, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Is particularly concerned by the high level of segregation children with Romani background in schools and the discriminatory practice of placing children with a Romani background in schools for children with mental disabilities, which persist in some Member States; urges the Member States concerned to put an end to such practices in accordance with applicable anti- discrimination legislation; reminds that the Commission opened infringement procedures on segregation of children with Romani background in relation to 3 Member States; is of the opinion that the last years have shown no improvement despite the Commission's efforts; therefore calls on the Commission to take further steps and refer these cases to the European Court of Justice if necessary;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are being felt mostly by the most deprived, including the Roma communities, across the EU and deplores that Roma communities are being further discriminated and marginalised due to the coronavirus pandemic; regrets that the coronavirus outbreak might lead to cuts in the next MFF 2021-2027, negatively affecting CSOs advocating for Roma communities and thus affecting outreach to Roma communities; calls on the Commission to effectively address this risk;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 f (new) - having regard to Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission that with regard to Member States with a significant number of Roma to include in the Country Specific recommendations an assessment of the progress in achieving the objectives from the national strategies;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Insists in this respect, that entities that engage in discriminatory activities against Roma, or take decisions or implement measures to this effect, should not be eligible for funding from the Union's budget;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Is of the opinion that COVID-19 extorted the active use of info communication techniques (ICT) and methods, however the pandemic revealed insufficient preparedness in digital transformation as families with Romani background and their schools were not equipped adequate ICT tools and skills and families with Romani background are often unable to afford electricity and digital connectedness, therefore they cannot effectively participate in distant learning educational as the majority population; considers that the possession of an ICT device is the turnkey point into digital education, therefore urges the Commission to create a pool ICT tools similarly to the RescEU or within the RescEU framework and distribute it among the most vulnerable families and children to provide them with the basic tools for distant learning and prepare them for the digital age; considers that access to internet and ICT skills are a cornerstone of the forthcoming digital age for every citizen and as such it is essential the empowerment of people with Romani background as well; therefore calls on the Commission to examine the possibility to introduce the right to internet access as a fundamental right within the EU and include it to the post-2020 Framework; calls on the Member States to add ICT skills into their curriculum from an early age;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to effectively respond to the concern about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member States; recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support activities of Roma civil society; takes the view that in order to support Roma and pro-Roma civil society organisations, they should be exempt from co-financing requirements;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to build innovative, impact-oriented and data- based approaches as direct input to the next generation of programmes (2021-27 Invest EU programme); calls on the Commission to consider a new funding tool or sub-
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a new funding tool or sub- programme that should be linked to an existing EU educational and social funding programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the European Social Fund, for targeted and tailored support in quality education for pupils with Roma
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Is of the opinion that the proposal for the post-2020 strategy should also include an external component concerning accession candidate and potential candidate countries as well as neighbourhood countries through which the EU could support these countries in developing comprehensive long-term strategies for Roma inclusion and integration and to offer financial support in the areas such as education, health and social services, housing and employment;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States on a common methodology to collect and publish equality data disaggregated by ethnic origin as defined by the EU race directive that is voluntary, anonymous and ensures the protection of personal data, self- identification and consultation with relevant communities;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) - having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and United Nations human rights treaties including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 g (new) - having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the EU wide implementation of the Aarhus Convention that links environmental rights and human rights; calls for the environmental regulation that would equally benefit all parts of society and address environmental racism that amounts to breaches of internationally recognised human rights;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission to use all synergies and connect the Roma inclusion goals with key EU and international policy efforts of relevance for Roma inclusion, such as the Digital Agenda and the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need to enhance the further mainstreaming of the aspects of Roma integration in relevant EU policies;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls upon the European Commission, Member States and Enlargement Countries to adjust the existing mainstream financial mechanisms and make them flexible for blended use of funds in Roma communities by enabling access to information, outreach, capacity building, delivery of technical assistance and guarantees during the funding application process as well as to combat anti-gypsyism;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Romani people who experienced intensified scapegoating and hate speech including by politicians; calls on the Member States to evaluate and address the following elements of impact of the Covid-19 on Roma: enforcement of racist policies, increase of racist attacks, racial profiling and police brutality, more difficult access to education, increased financial insecurity, loss of income, closure or reduction of support services, benefit from the state support, overcrowding and access to clean water and sanitary conditions;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses that housing is not a commodity, but a necessity, without which people cannot fully participate in society and access fundamental rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate the recommendations of the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Report, "ECSR The Right to affordable housing, Europe's neglected duty", with particular reference to ensuring that all Member States promptly accept to be bound by Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter dealing with the right to housing, and step up investing in social and affordable housing to eradicate the housing cost overburden, particularly among marginalised groups;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Commission to effectively respond to the concern about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member States; recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support activities of Roma civil society;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data collected with the support of Romani civil society organisations, with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background; emphasises that when local, regional, and national budgets are developed, the inclusion of people with Romani background must be among the priorities;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets, subject to a periodic review and evaluation within a 5-year deadline and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 — having regard to the relevant reports and recommendations of civil society organisations representing
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background accompanied by a comprehensive joint assessment framework and based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre-
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background and those in similar situation;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to give the highest priority to alleviating extreme forms of poverty, especially hunger, malnutrition and severe housing deprivation among Roma;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States (i) to refer to territorial inequalities, residential segregation, and the comprehensive and multiple trait of disadvantages in the planning, targeting and implementation of Roma inclusion measures; (ii) to design clear and binding targets, timelines and indicators in a wider set of priority areas in order to proper monitor the implementation of the strategy; (iii) to use all available data to establish benchmarks and guide policy programme development; emphasises that it is vital to develop a more accurate profile of the Roma population and their needs, including in the candidate countries; notes that mechanisms, therefore, should be strengthened to capture accurate data, both quantitative and qualitative that is disaggregated by gender and age, and underlines that the Fundamental Rights Agency’s guidelines would be key in this regard;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to design laws and policy measures aiming to ensure reparations and repair the harm of all Romani children misdiagnosed and placed in special schools or Romani-only classes and schools based on their ethnic origins, and consequently having been denied fundamental rights and opportunities for quality education and good jobs;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the Member States to improve their data collection methods to provide reliable actual and comparable data as they support effective evidence- based policies and can contribute to improving the effectiveness of strategies, actions and measures taken, and to identifying structural problems;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls Member States’ obligation under the Racial Equality Directive1a to designate a specialised body for the promotion of all persons without discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin; __________________ 1a Article 13 of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22–26
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines that these National Strategies must pay particular attention to overcoming persistent racism and discrimination towards people with Romani background in the areas of education, housing and health;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Is of the opinion that these strategies should not be conceived as isolated documents, but should instead be well embedded in horizontal central and local policies and the activities of line ministries;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the infringement proceedings titled Non-conformity with Directive 2000/43/EC on Racial Equality - Discrimination of Roma children in education (infringement numbers 20142174, 20152025 and 20152206);
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the effective independence, the mandate and the necessary resources of the equality bodies for enabling them to carry out their tasks in the promotion of equal treatment and protection of fundamental rights also of people with Romani background; is of the opinion that equality bodies are the right institutions to collect data and draw trends on anti-gypsyism and to channel it to the European level;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Points out that the implementation of Roma integration policies are strongly dependent on the political will from Member States; calls on national governments to put their Roma inclusion national strategies high on their agendas; calls on national parliaments to actively follow the actions of their governments in this regard;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Member States to focus on reparations for past and present injustices, including enslavement, forced sterilization, and segregation in special schools.
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on the Member States to place at the heart of their national documents comprehensive, committed and well-funded long-term education strategies that fully addresses all the main factors and pre-conditions defining the precarious situation of Roma, such as educational, economic, social and cultural factors, including racism and discrimination; is of the view that these education strategies should be based on a broad involvement of education professionals, central and local government authorities, civil society, Roma communities and all interested citizens, while drawing on from best practices across Europe;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Considers that education reforms must comprehensively address the reasons behind the alarming early school drop-out rate of Roma children and ensure that Roma children benefit of the same educational opportunities as their non- Roma peers; points out that this must involve the full recognition of the fact that Roma children do not have the same learning possibilities at home as their peers do, which makes the availability of additional active measures and supportive tutoring for Roma children necessary in order to break out from the self- perpetuating cycle of low education; points out that more attention has to be paid to the involvement of parents to support their children’s education and to give these parents the support they need; is of the opinion that the provision of free meals in school and childcare establishments would encourage parents keeping their children in school; calls on Member States to make full use of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in this regard; believes that for children who have abandoned school and/or are illiterate and lack basic skills, new opportunities should be designed to continue their education;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new) 8e. Calls on Member States to put in place special training programmes for teachers to in order to equip them to better handle discrimination issues among children as well as to pay greater attention to the physical and emotional wellbeing of Roma children;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new) 8f. Calls on national governments to ensure better access of Roma to the labour market, including through active adult education and vocational education policies targeting adults with low skills, transforming practices of working in the grey economy into legal work-contracts protecting Roma workers and ensuring them long-term work prospects and encouraging stronger engagement of businesses; calls on Member States to promote the employment opportunities in the civil service for Roma;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with Romani background, and to develop and implement specific and effective preventive and corrective measures against it on all levels where it occurs, including online spaces, in their national legal systems and to include the fight against anti-gypsyism, in a horizontal approach, in their National Inclusion Strategies;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the European Citizens Initiatives on "Minority SafePack Initiative" and on "Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures";
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form of racism against
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Romani communities which experienced intensified scapegoating and hate-speech including by politicians; calls on the Member States to evaluate and address the following elements of the impact of the Covid-19 on the life of people with Romani background: enforcement of racist policies, increase of racist attacks, racial profiling and police brutality, more difficult access to education, increased financial insecurity, loss of income, closure or reduction of support services, benefit from the state support, overcrowding and access to clean water and sanitary conditions;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to combat persisting anti-gypsyism; calls for implementation of legislation and stronger sanctions of any discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, residence status or health;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Points out that beyond the strict enforcement of anti-discrimination legislation, sensitizing public opinion about the particular situation of Roma through media and school curricula and activities is of particular importance in order for majority populations to overcome their prejudices and be more empathic in their actions and communication;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Further calls on the Member States to reinforce their efforts to combat discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes within national and EU anti- discrimination legislation, particularly with regard to monitoring and assisting Roma victims;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on EU Member States to develop concrete measures to tackle hate crime and hate speech motivated by anti- Gypsyism; such measures should ensure that Roma, like everyone else, are aware of and can benefit from the protection of the law against hate crime and hate speech, also ensuring that law enforcement applies effective hate crime recording practices based on the principles endorsed by the EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance; considers that National Roma integration strategies should include an explicit component on measures to tackle hate crime and harassment caused by anti-Gypsyism by including specific actions that law enforcement in cooperation with equality bodies could take to foster an environment where Roma, like everyone else, feel confident about reporting incidents of hate crime and discriminatory treatment, including discriminatory ethnic profiling, in the knowledge that their complaints will be taken seriously and followed up by the competent authorities;1a __________________ 1aFRA, EU MIDIS II: A persisting concern: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma inclusion, p.10
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and to ensure effective enforcement of the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to combat persisting anti-gypsyism; calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of legislation and stronger sanctions of any discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, skin colour, sexual orientation, residence status or health;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on Member States to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for Roma and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of Roma rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, severe ill-treatment during detention, etc, and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on EU Member States to prioritise measures to combat anti- Gypsyism in education by eliminating any form of school or class segregation of Roma in line with the 2013 Council Recommendation, by implementing a wide range of measures actively involving local stakeholders, particularly Roma parents and children, as well as community organisations; highlights that awareness- raising actions on anti-Gypsyism should particularly target parents, teachers and children from non-Roma backgrounds;1a __________________ 1aFRA, EU MIDIS II: A persisting concern: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma inclusion, p.11
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Calls on the Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights in regular school curricula;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on the Member States’ to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for people with Romani background and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of Romani rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on EU Member States to ensure equal access of Roma children to high quality education including though community service learning and life-long learning opportunities; stresses that particular attention should be given to early childhood education and care, given its critical role in avoiding disadvantages at the early stages and fostering positive learning habits and social skills;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on Member States to prevent, condemn and secure appropriate punishment for any denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights of Roma women and girls;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Calls on the Member States to prevent, condemn and secure appropriate punishment for any denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights of Romani women and girls; calls on the Member States to allocate sufficient funding for improving the general health condition of Romani communities through health and sex-education, through mobile health screening activities in segregated areas, through health educational campaigns on prevention, and through training the health and social workers on diversity, which contributes to adapting EU health systems to diversity;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Calls on EU Member States to develop measures to improve access to good quality and affordable preventive and curative healthcare for Roma, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, and in particular for women, children, older people and persons with disabilities; reiterates that a key element in that regard is improving access to health services – both physical access and removing the intangible barriers among which prejudice plays an important role;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new) 9e. Strongly condemns Roma women ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities; calls on Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new) 9f. Calls on the Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on the Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new) 9f. Calls on all the Member States to address the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 g (new) 9g. Calls on the Members states to pay attention to the situation and the rights of Romani individuals at the intersections of discrimination grounds in the EU, in particular women, mobile Romani people, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 b (new) - having regard to the Poznan Declaration of Western Balkans Partners on Roma Integration within the EU Enlargement Process;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 h (new) 9h. Calls on the Member States to ensure that Romani people are duly registered with ID papers and birth certificates, and that the property (land and house) of Romani people is duly registered, by eliminating all legal and administrative barriers for the future;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 i (new) 9i. Call on the Member States to ensure that all schools and inspectorates actually fulfil their legal obligation to desegregate school and also to commit to annually collect and publish the situation of school segregation at all levels, including by sanctioning those who fail to comply, establishing, capacitating and resourcing a Desegregation Ministerial Commission in order to support schools who want to desegregate and sanction those who do not comply;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 j (new) 9j. Calls on the Member States to adopt a comprehensive mechanism to ensure that discrimination and abuse against Romani people in the field of housing is prevented, sanctioned and to forbid forced evictions without ensuring alternative housing;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with Romani background, taking into account the gender perspective, in policy-making
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, moving from a paternalistic to a non- paternalistic approach as well as to promote Roma voter education and turnout;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that a specific chapter on women’s rights and gender equality is included in their National Roma Integration Strategies (NRISs), and that gender mainstreaming measures aimed at promoting women’s rights and the gender equality perspective are applied in each section thereof, in particular in the allocation of funds, in line with the Council conclusions on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies which ‘demand a gender perspective to be applied in all policies and actions for advancing Roma inclusion’; calls on Member State governments and local authorities to involve Roma women in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the NRISs; emphasises the need for gender-disaggregated data to be systematically collected and regularly analysed, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess whether policies are achieving the desired improvements for Roma women and girls, and to take action if there is a lack of progress;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 b (new) - having regard to the World Bank Poverty Map from 2016 clearly identifying the most back logged regions of Europe;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to expand the Romani health and school mediation systems, mandatory, to all Romani communities, to ensure a mediator for each 500 people and to properly budget and support the systems, giving the mediators a more pivotal role in the inclusion process;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Member States to collect and publish, in consultation with the relevant communities, equality data disaggregated by ethnic origin, that is voluntary and anonymous and ensures the protection of personal data, and is based on self-identification;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States not to rely exclusively on EU financial support in order to improve the situation of the Roma; calls on the Member States to indicate what level of funding would be needed to carry out the proposed measures for inclusion of people with Romani background and to state the amount of money available for such measures from the national and from the EU budgets;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States to increase investment on empowerment and participation of Romani youth, women and children (especially those in primary school who face difficulties in going to school because of their families’ financial and social precarious situation), in all domains of public life, including health, education, employment, professional training, and housing.
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Calls on the Member States to promote Romani language, culture and history, in school curricula, museums and other forms of cultural and historical expression, and to recognise the contribution of Romani culture as part of the European Heritage; calls on the Member States to develop coherent and consistent measures, with appropriate budgets to stimulate, support and promote the Romani arts and culture, to research and conserve the material and intangible heritage of the traditional Romani culture and to revive and promote Romani traditional crafts;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Calls on the Member States to design measures empowering Romani women, girls and youth through ensuring better educational and employment opportunities to support them to fully fulfil their potential and possibilities of acting as independent, self-confident and emancipated active citizens; calls on the Member States to mainstream gender equality aspects in all relevant areas of policy and at all levels;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring and oversight mechanisms to ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused; calls on the Member States to integrate better identification methodologies for marginalized Romani communities and strengthened funding mechanisms into their regional and local development structures that allow more targeted investments in marginalized Romani communities and a better integration of Roma communities into the implementation of funds;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas most people with Romani background are deprived of their fundamental human rights in all areas of life;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms involving Roma representatives and NGOs to ensure that the funds allocated reach Roma and are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure the effectiveness of policy measures as well as that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Acknowledges that the path to successful inclusion of children with Romani background requires not only compulsory (high-quality and non- segregated) school education but also early childhood education and equal access to extracurricular activities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate funding to NGOs which provide such activities as these activities are crucial to create an environment and conditions where children from all backgrounds have equal opportunities; considers that the exchange of good practices between Member States is also crucial in this field;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission as well as the Member States to evaluate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the situation of Roma communities and to take effective measures using EU Funds in order to answer the identified challenges; notes that the new framework strategy should be in line with the current situation in order to prevent increasing poverty and exclusion of communities;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on Member States to allocate sufficient funding for improving the general health condition of people with Romani background through health- and sexual education and educational campaigns, mobile health screening in segregated areas, prevention and through training health and social workers to tackle discriminatory practices;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Draws attention to discriminatory practices and cases of violence by the police against people with Romani background in Member States; calls on the Member States adopt Guidelines and develop trainings to the police forces against disproportionate criminalisation of people with Romani background, over- policing (ethnic profiling, excessive stop- and-search procedures, uncalled-for raids on Romani settlements, arbitrary seizure and destruction of property, excessive use of force during arrests, assaults, threats, humiliating treatment, physical abuse, and the denial of rights during police interrogation and custody) and in under- policing of crimes committed against people with Romani background, providing little or no assistance, protection (such as in cases of trafficking and for victims of domestic violence) or investigation in cases of crimes reported by people with Romani background (hate crimes in particular); calls on the Member States concerned to ensure that full investigation of such cases police and particularly where violence and brutality involved; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate remedies;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Member States to include human rights and democratic citizenship training as well as Roma history in their school curricula, to design awareness-raising campaigns on anti- gypsyism and to ensure adequate representation of Roma in public media in order to structurally address respect for diversity and intercultural understanding, to fight stereotypes and the subconscious societal consensus to exclude Roma and to strengthen awareness of rights and exercising of such rights;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Member States to protect Roma from threats by far-right groups, investigate incidents of police abuse and ensure Roma participation in law enforcement and security forces;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Calls on the Member States to invest in digital literacy programmes that can support Roma children;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) 12e. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Romani people who experienced intensified scapegoating and hate speech including by politicians;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a significant proportion of
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Calls on the Member States to respect Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter dealing with the right to housing and step up investing in social and affordable housing to eradicate the housing cost overburden, particularly among marginalised groups;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 g (new) 12g. Welcomes the Council of Europe statements that the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind such as alternative narrative and fact checking technologies; supports the Code of Conduct with IT companies and urges the EU and its Member States to work closely with IT companies to prevent illegal content online such as incitement to hatred;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 h (new) 12h. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to combat persisting anti- gypsyism;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 i (new) 12i. Calls on Member States’ to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for Roma and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, severe ill-treatment during detention and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 j (new) 12j. Condemns Roma women ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities; calls on Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 k (new) 12k. Condemns the incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by anti- gypsyism; calls on all the Member States to address the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines the importance of the work being done by the Council of Europe's ‘Roma and Travellers Team’, which helps to promote and protect the rights of Roma and travellers in Council of Europe member countries in cooperation with their governments in the formulation and implementation of legislation, policies, programmes and measures to promote equal opportunities, diversity and social inclusion for members of the Roma community;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Roma
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (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 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Roma and Sinti represent Europe's largest ethnic minority; whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live in
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio- economic circumstances; whereas some 80% of Roma in nine EU Member States with the largest Roma populations live below their country’s poverty threshold; whereas every third Roma lives in housing without running water, every third Roma child lives in a household where someone went to bed hungry at least once in the previous month and 50% of Roma between the ages of six and 24 was not in education;25
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live by choice in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to selected findings on Roma from the FRA’s survey EU-MIDIS II, some 80 % of Roma surveyed live below their country’s at- risk-of-poverty threshold; every third Roma lives in housing without tap water and one in 10 in housing without electricity; every third Roma child lives in a household where someone went to bed hungry at least once in the previous month; 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 are not employed, in education or training; only one out of two Roma children attend pre- school or kindergarten, and a very small proportion continue school after compulsory education, 50 % of Roma between the ages of six and 24 not attending school;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas poverty is both an outcome and a driver of exclusion in education, employment, health and housing; whereas a key target of the EU 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth is to lift 20 million people, including people with Romani background, out of risk of poverty;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas a significant proportion of people with Roma background have been able to establish large-scale criminal networks in several Member States, generating large profits from illegal activities such as money lending, drugs, prostitution and illegal waste;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas institutional discrimination exists towards people of Romani background in all spheres of life including housing, education, healthcare and employment; whereas they often face challenges when accessing social, employment and healthcare services;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas a large number of Roma still live in informal, unhygienic and irregular settlements in miserable living conditions; whereas many do not possess identification documents and lack medical insurance; whereas many suffer of extremely high rates of illiteracy and early school leaving;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas Roma face discrimination in employment initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, whereas Public Employment Services often lack capacity to reach Roma, or apply indirect discrimination practices;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 d (new) - having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. Whereas recent researches suggest a correlation between Romani people settlement and crime rates;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas according to the EU- MIDIS II survey paid work rates for Roma aged 20-64 years with 43 % was well below the EU average of 70 % in 2015, whereas the situation of young people is substantially worse with 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 not in employment, education or training, compared with the 12 % EU average, whereas the results show a considerable gender gap, with 72 % of young Roma women not in employment, education or training, compared with 55 % of young Roma men;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. Whereas a 2015 Italian police investigation estimated that a gang based in Rome could count more than 1,000 members across 43 families with Roma background while the crime empire built was reportedly worth 90 million euros;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. Whereas similar investigations have taken place in several other Member States;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new) Ae. Whereas Crime statistics in some countries have revealed a pattern of over representation of Roma in several types of crime, notably petty stealing;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new) Af. Whereas several local authorities are investing considerable public financial resources to improve housing and living conditions of people with Roma background;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persistent and structural ant
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 e (new) - having regard to Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persistent and structural ant
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas deeply rooted, persistent, and structural an
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas persistent and structural
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas anti-gypsyism has resulted in unacceptable levels of inequality for people with Romani background in the field of housing, schooling, health status, and their social and labour-market situation, which often perpetuate their exclusion and racism against them, and whereas EU Member States do not show determination to break the vicious circle of anti-gypsyism, to safeguard equality and non- discrimination for their citizens with Romani background, and to grant the full enjoyment of their fundamental human rights;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas only 21 % of Roma women and 25 % of Roma men aged 16– 24 have completed secondary education (ISCED3) or higher; whereas almost 70% of Roma youth aged 18-24 were early leavers from education and training; whereas little or no progress have been achieved towards ending educational discrimination and systemic segregation with regards to the infringement proceedings against several Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas 43 % of Romani men and 22% Romani women are in some form of paid work1a; whereas 63 % of young Romani people (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)1b; whereas overall 72 % of Romani women aged 16 to 24 years are NEET compared with 55 % of young Romani men1c; __________________ 1a FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. 1bReport on the National Roma Integration Strategies: key conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.4. 1cSecond European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey – Roma women in nine EU Member States, 2019.
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, while improving the situation of Roma is the primary responsibility of the Member States, the European Union can provide the necessary impetus, structure and coordination to move away from the institutional and political inertia that often hampers the improvement of the situation of Roma in Member States;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice leading to a disproportionate number of Roma children attending 'special' schools, thereby separating them from the mainstream school system and often receiving inferior education;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas dysfunctioning rule of law in some Member States provides no protection and access to justice for victims of police violence, instead the victims are persecuted by the state authorities;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas people with Romani background continue to be subject of hate speech and discrimination;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) - having regard to the European Parliament reports from 2010 on The EU Strategy on Roma inclusion and the Report on the gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies from 2013;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the creation of the first European Roma strategy was an immense achievement, as it put the necessity to improve the situation of Roma on the European policy agenda, created vital institutional structures and networks and put pressure on Member States to develop national strategies to address their shortcomings;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas in 2019, 68 % of Romani children left education early; whereas only 18 % of Romani children transited to higher levels of education and the absenteeism and early-school-leaving rates among the Romani pupils were significantly higher than for other categories of pupils1a; __________________ 1aReport on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, September 2019.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas no legal or political measures have been taken against Member States to end residential segregation, forced evictions and to ensure access to quality housing;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. Whereas the life expectancy and health status of Roma minority remain significantly lower than for non-Roma in all European countries;1a __________________ 1aClosing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe, 2018, Study, epha, 12/2018
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. Whereas only 21 % of Roma women and 25 % of Roma men aged 16– 24 have completed secondary education (ISCED3) or higher;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas one third of Romani households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing1a ; whereas 43 % of people with Romani background are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality1b; whereas the process of property registration was clarified in most European states, centuries ago, as part of the “social contract”, however, in most countries, the property of the Romani people remains unregistered, making them prone to abuse, such as forced evictions. __________________ 1aRoma inclusion measures reported under the EU Framework for NRIS, European Commission, 2019, p.18. 1bReport on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.6.
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas over the past years important experience and knowledge has been accumulated related to the implementation of national Roma strategies, such as the need for more embeddedness of such strategies into national, regional and local sectoral policies, the need for a more efficient use of EU financing, especially for long-term integration projects; whereas all lessons learnt should be reflected in the new “EU initiative on Roma equality and inclusion up to 2030” to be presented by the Commission;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. Whereas 43 % of Roma men and 22% Roma women are in some form of paid work 1a; whereas 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET) 1b; whereas overall 72 % of Roma women aged 16 to 24 years are NEET compared with 55 % of young Roma men 1c; whereas the increasing share of Roma NEETs was an area where the situation had deteriorated in 2016 compared to 2011 1d; __________________ 1a EU FRA2016 Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey : Roma 1bReport on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies – 2019, p. 4 1c EU FRA2019 Roma women survey 1dRoma inclusion measures reported under the EU framework for NRIS, p. 18
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. Whereas the current EU funding instruments addressing the socio- economic challenges of Roma fail to address anti-gypsyism as a specific phenomenon; whereas combating anti- gypsyism through the existing anti- discrimination legislation is not sufficient;1a __________________ 1a Open Society Foundations, Post 2020 EU Roma Strategy: the way forward, 2019
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas Roma people suffer increased hate speech in public, in social media and by public figures and politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin(Race Equality Directive) and the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas Romani women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, in Bulgaria1a; whereas people with Romani background have also experienced ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities1b; whereas in some Member States, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Romani women have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilization and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights1c; __________________ 1aCommissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, 2017, p.42-44. 1b European Roma Rights Centre v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017, Council of Europe, 2018 1cCommittee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding Observations: Slovakia, 2019. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding Observations: Czech Republic, 2019.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new) Bd. Whereas the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights has brought to the fore the fundamental right of everyone to engage in work and the reinforcement of social rights leading to a positive impact on the lives of people belonging to marginalised groups, such as the Roma;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new) Be. whereas the life expectancy at birth in the EU is 76 years for men and 82 years for women, for the people with Romani background, it is estimated to be 10 less; whereas the infant mortality rate in the EU is 4.3 per one thousand live births, there is evidence that the rate is much higher among Roma communities1a; __________________ 1aFramework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.19.
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new) Be. Whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing 1a; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas 61 % of EU citizens believe that discrimination against the Romani people is widespread in their country1a; whereas 56% of Germans wouldn't feel good of having a Romani neighbour1b; whereas, on average, 46 % of the Romani people surveyed by the FRA in 2011 reported having been subject to discrimination because of their Romani ethnicity, ranging from around 60 % in Italy, Czechia and Poland, to around 30 % in Romania, Bulgaria and Spain1c; __________________ 1aSpecial Eurobarometer 493, 'Discrimination in the European Union', Fieldwork, May 2019 1bLeipzig Authoritarianism Study: Nearly one in three Germans support xenophobic views, 2018 1cFramework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.28.
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new) Bf. Whereas 43 % of Roma are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality 1a; __________________ 1aEuropean Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas environmental injustices are regularly related to health risks and negative consequences for people with Romani background and whereas they are disproportionately affected by environmental burdens, have less access to environmental resources and services, and are discriminated against in their right to information, to participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new) Bg. Whereas the increased use of new technology by public authorities, such as predictive policing and the use of facial recognition, presents a number of risks for Roma in Europe;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B h (new) Bh. Whereas environmental injustices are regularly related to health risks and negative consequences for Roma and whereas Roma are disproportionately affected by environmental burdens, have less access to environmental resources and services, and are discriminated against in their right to information, to participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B i (new) Bi. Whereas Roma women, Roma LGBTI, Roma people with disabilities face intersectional discrimination which increase the severity of discrimination on their lives;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2018 on the rise of neo-fascist violence in Europe (2018/2869(RSP)),
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B j (new) Bj. Whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria 1a;whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities 1b;whereas in some Member States, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilization and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights 1c; __________________ 1aSee, e.g., Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe 42-43, 44 (2017) 1b European Roma Rights Centre v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017, Eur. Comm. Soc. R.(2018). 1cSee, e.g., Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding Observations: Slovakia, paras. 44-45, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3 (2019)
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a Directive for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data collected with the support of Romani Civil Society Organisations, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas a Directive for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, specifically disaggregated for Roma, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas Roma are part of Europe’s culture and values and they have contributed to the cultural richness, diversity, economy and common history of the EU;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) - having regard to its resolution on Fighting discrimination of EU citizens belonging to minorities in the EU Member States adopted on 7 February 2018;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas efficient and strengthened monitoring and oversight mechanisms must be developed; whereas the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds are allocated
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas adequate funding
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. Whereas approximately half of the Roma in Europe live outside the European Union; whereas their situation remains particularly problematic in most of the candidate, potential candidate and neighbourhood countries; whereas the European Union can have a strong impact on their situation through the accession negotiations as well as through the provision of financial assistance;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the diversity among Roma must be far better reflected in the post- 2020 EU Strategic Framework, taking into account the internal heterogeneity of the community and the situation of various groups of people sharing fairly similar cultural characteristics and history of persistent marginalisation in European societies, while ensuring that no-one is left behind.
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas the protection and strengthening of cultural heritage related to national minorities in the Member States plays a crucial role in social cohesion;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the proposal for a post 2020 EU Strategic Framework for the Equality, Inclusion and Participation of people with Romani background should take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains, ensuring that nobody is left behind, including women children, youngsters and EU mobile Romani people; whereas the correct designation referring to all Romani groups, including those stigmatised as gypsies but who do not have the corresponding ethnic background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani background’;
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