2023/2082(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3

– having regard to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the related case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR),

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– Having regard to its resolution of 29 April 2023 on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda; 1a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0120_EN.html

Amendment 100 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls for the EU to ~~give access to asylum to LGBTIQ+ persons, including those from so-called safe countrie~~ensure that the individual right to seek asylum also applies to LGBTIQ+ persons;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24 a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure support for LGBTIQ+ equality in action under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, as announced in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, and include said support in the Work Programme 2023- 2025;

Amendment 102 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24 b. Calls on the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) to swiftly finalise their practical guidance on applicants with SOGIESC and for Member States to then adhere to said guidance;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

~~25. Calls on the Commission to monitor the impacts and fund CSOs investigating the anti-gender movement, in order to effectively address it;~~deleted

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor the impacts and fund CSOs investigating ~~the anti-gender movement~~organisations and movements spreading hate-speech and violate laws , in order to effectively address it;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to monitor the impacts and fund CSOs and academic projects investigating the anti- gender movement, in order to effectively address it;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to draw from the empirical and systematic knowledge built by CSOs and academic researchers when designing policies and programmes to support LGBTIQ+ people in Europe and around the world;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ~~define and criminalise~~address hate speech, hate crimes and violence motivated by SOGIESC bias, including online; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to extend the list of EU crimes in Article 83(1) TFEU to hate speech and hate crimes which would establish minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions applicable in all EU Member States; highlights the need to ensure a robust EU criminal law response to hate speech and hate crime; strongly deplores the delayed approval of the initiative, and reiterates its call on the Council to work diligently towards a consensus;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Council to adopt a decision to include hate speech and hate crime as a criminal offence within the list under Article 83(1) TFEU, so that the Commission can initiate the second stage of the procedure; and on the Commission and the Member States to define and criminalise hate speech, hate crimes and violence motivated by SOGIESC bias, including online;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls the Union and Member States to recognise actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics as bias- motivations; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define and criminalise hate speech, hate crimes and violence motivated by SOGIESC bias, including online;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

– having regard to the Commission proposal of 7 December 2022 for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and on the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (COM(2022)0695),deleted

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to define and criminalise hate speech, hate crimes and violence ~~motivated by SOGIESC bias, including online~~, including online; Condemns all illegal speech calling for discrimination, hatred or violence against any person or persons;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Urges the European Commission to take forward a programme of work to raise awareness and encourage the reporting of SOGIESC bias motivated hate crimes; urges the European Commission and Member States to ensure police and judicial officers receive training on LGBTIQ+ issues, to better support LGBTIQ+ people and adequately investigate and prosecute cases of hate crimes.

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to explore the EU legal framework and the possible avenues that could be followed to counter and ban conversion practices at EU level, and to push Member States to ban ‘conversion practices’ on the grounds of SOGIESC;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls for a ban on female genital mutilation~~, in particular intersex genital mutilation and female genital mutilation~~; calls on Member States to continue to exchange best practices on safeguarding the fundamental rights of children born with intersex conditions; highlights in particular the right of persons born with intersex status, who has undergone surgical intervention or other non-consenting treatment during their childhood, to be provided with full medical information about their condition and medical history at latest when they are 16 years old;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls for a ban on forced abortions and on forced sterilisations, especially for persons with disabilities; underlines the importance of LGBTIQ+ persons’ autonomy and physical and mental health;

Amendment 115 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Calls for a ban on forced abortions and on forced sterilisations; underlines the importance of LGBTIQ+ persons’ right to self determination, autonomy and physical and mental health;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29 a. Calls on the Member States to recognise marriage and parenthood of same-gender couples for the purposes of exercising rights derived from EU law, as required by the Court of Justice of the European Union;

Amendment 117 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 b (new)

29 b. Calls on the Member States to put in place accessible legal gender recognition legislation and procedures, with support of the Commission;

Amendment 118 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Calls on the Member States to advance legal equality for LGBTIQ+ people with disabilities, through explicit protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity needed in all areas of life including employment, housing, education, public accommodations, and credit;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Calls on the Member States to implement the Council Recommendations on Pathways to School Success3b, and especially to include measures against the discrimination of LGBTIQ+ persons, particularly LGBTIQ+ youths, to ensure safe and inclusive education; _________________ 3b https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022 H1209%2801%29&qid=1671106078506

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

– having regard to the study by its Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services of ... 2023 entitled ‘The LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 – Implementation overview’3 , _________________ 3 Study – ‘The LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 – Implementation overview’, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services, 2023.deleted

Amendment 120 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to step up measures to address bullying and harassment of LGBTIQ+ children and young people in schools and to raise awareness of those cases; underlines that such situations contribute to social exclusion;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30 b. Calls on the Commission to expand the Erasmus+ funding under the topic “Promoting LGBT+ equality” through active communication efforts in cooperation with the National authorities;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for the EU to set an example and assume a leadership role on the promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights around the world, in line with its human rights guidelines on non-discrimination in external action;

Amendment 123 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. ~~Calls for the EU to set an example and assume a leadership role on the promotion of LGBTIQ+ right~~Underlines that the EU plays an important role in promoting fundamental freedoms around the world;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31 a. Calls on the Commission to instate a Special Representative for LGBTIQ+ Equality in the European External Action Service in order to ensure a horizontal implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 abroad;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that LGBTIQ+ persons are given support as part of wider development aid programmes; asks the EU Commission to use development policy as a tool to enforce reforms in developing countries to ensure rights for LGBTIQ+ persons;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the Commission to ensure that LGBTIQ+ persons are given support as part of budgetary and funding instruments, as well as of wider development aid programmes;

Amendment 127 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Expresses concern about the state of LGBTIQ+ rights worldwide; calls on the commission and EEAS to address the setback in the recognition and protection of these rights and to ensure that the LGBTIQ+ community is given support as part of wider development aid programmes; condemns, in the strongest possible terms, discriminatory laws, policies and practices against LGBTIQ+ people, such as the 'Anti-Homosexuality Bill' in Uganda;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32 a. Calls on the Commission to support candidate countries and potential candidate countries in the implementation of EU legislation, including in the field of LGBTIQ+ rights, and monitor their progress;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission to further improve the possibility of regranting and to provide flexible funding, allowing for small, grassroots and informal groups working on the promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights to access such funding, in the Union and in third countries;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13

~~– having regard to the EU Guidelines for Strategies and Action Plans to Enhance LGBTIQ Equality prepared by the Commission in 2022,~~deleted

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Calls on the Commission to further improve the possibility of regranting and to provide flexible funding for civil society organisations promoting and protecting rights of vulnerable persons;

Amendment 131 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States manage EU funds in compliance with the Charter, including with the right to non-discrimination, as required by a horizontal ‘enabling condition’ under the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR); stresses that no expenditure can be reimbursed by the Commission until the applicable enabling conditions are fulfilled;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33 a. Calls on the Commission to further improve their communication about funding opportunities to promote LGBTIQ+ equality, particularly in Member States were the equality has been confronted with setbacks;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Calls for the EU to continue tackling the stigmatisation and harassment of LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders (HRDs) ~~in the EU and in non-EU countri~~and protecting HRDs from third countries; urges the EU to extend such mechanisms to human rights defenders in the EU, allowing protecting LGBTIQ+ HRDs in Member States;.

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Calls on the Commission to step up data collection on discrimination based on SOGIESC and to use such data in making inclusive public policies tailored for LGBTIQ+ persons; calls the European Commission to support Member States to use such data towards defining and implementing inclusive public policy tailored to fulfil the rights of LGBTIQ+ people.

Amendment 135 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. ~~Calls on the Commission to step up data collection on discrimination based on SOGIESC and to use such data in making inclusive public policies tailored for LGBTIQ+ persons~~Underlines that the European Union has in place an advanced legal framework with which to promote equality and non-discrimination and provides relevant national authorities and EU institutions with non-binding guidelines on how to improve the collection and use of equality data;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36 a. Calls on all Member States to self- assess their progress in implementing the LGBTIQ Strategy and share their results with the Commission and the Parliament;

Amendment 137 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36 b. Calls on all Member States to adopt national LGBTIQ+ action plans and strategies until 2025;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

~~37. Calls on the Commission to draw up a new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2025-2030, based on strong commitments, reflecting the calls of Parliament, CSOs and of LGBTIQ+ persons;~~deleted

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the Commission to draw up a new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2025-2030, based on strong commitments, reflecting the calls of Parliament, CSOs and of LGBTIQ+ persons; ask the Commission to communicate a time lime on a LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2025-2030 before the 2024 European Parliament election;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas LGBTIQ+ rights are fundamental rights; whereas the safety and dignity of LGBTIQ+ people is the safety and dignity of all of us;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on the European Commission to draw up a new LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy for 2025-2030, based on strong commitments, reflecting the ~~calls of Parliament, CSOs and of LGBTIQ+ persons~~Charter, the calls and expectations of the European Parliament, of civil society organisations and of LGBTIQ+ people in Europe and around the world;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the next LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy is ~~accompanied by an implementation plan, a strong mainstreaming structure~~driven by a more robust strand, accompanied by a target-oriented implementation plan, a strong mainstreaming structure ensuring LGBTIQ+ rights are mainstreamed across all EU policies including all grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, and resource allocation; to include a timeline, ensuring the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning processes, including the consultation of LGBTIQ+ organisations;

Amendment 143 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the next LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy is accompanied by an implementation plan, a strong mainstreaming structure and resource allocation; to include a timeline, ensuring the monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning processes, including the consultation of LGBTIQ+ organisations; further calls on the Commission to ensure an intersectional approach and to put particular attention to groups in vulnerable situations, such as LGBTIQ+ children and youth;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38 a. Calls on the Council to restart the negotiations on the horizontal anti- discrimination directive that has been blocked since 2008;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 b (new)

38 b. Calls for including the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in the EU’s anti-discrimination legal framework, based on a broad interpretation of the grounds of sexual orientation and sex and the principle of equality between women and men set forth in the Treaties. Notes that this will ensure legal certainty and comprehensiveness of the protection of all citizens of our Union, as this Parliament has already agreed in the Equality Bodies directive

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 c (new)

38 c. Underlines the importance of respecting self-determination and autonomy and of promoting LGBTIQ+ people’s physical and mental health. Underlines that the position of the Parliament on the proposal for a directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence includes adding FGM, IGM and forced sterilisation to the so-called Eurocrimes.

Amendment 148 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls on the Commission to ~~sec~~ensure ~~a portfolio for an E~~that equality and Ddiversity ~~Commissioner in the next term~~are given priority, in the next term and that it is reflected in the composition of the College;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas LGBTIQ+ rights are fundamental rights and thereby an integral part of liberal democracy ;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas Article 21 TFEU establishes that every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas all Member States have assumed obligations and duties under international law and the EU Treaties to respect, guarantee, protect and fulfil fundamental rights;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas ~~discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) persists throughout the EU~~the EU’s founding values are human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas developments in ~~some~~ Member States have shown that ~~progress on LGBTIQ+ rights cannot be taken for granted~~the EU has delivered over half a century of peace, stability and prosperity ensuring fundamental freedoms for all;

Amendment 2 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

~~– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’),~~deleted

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas in 2022, the European Commission, together with the European Parliament and fifteen Member States, referred Hungary to the Court of Justice of the European Union over violations of LGBTIQ rights;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

~~H. whereas the growth of anti-rights rhetoric has contributed to creating a hostile environment for those advocating LGBTIQ+ rights;~~deleted

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the growth of anti-rights rhetoric, including by elected politicians, has contributed to creating a hostile environment for those advocating LGBTIQ+ rights;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the growth of anti-rights rhetoric has contributed to creating a hostile environment for LGBTIQ+ persons and those advocating LGBTIQ+ rights;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the growth of ~~anti-rights~~extremist rhetoric has contributed to creating a hostile environment for those advocating LGBTIQ+ rights;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

~~I. whereas building safe, free, inclusive societies for LGBTIQ+ persons implies addressing multiple and intersectional manifestations of discrimination, exclusion and violence;~~deleted

Amendment 26 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

K a. whereas all forms and manifestations of hatred and intolerance, including hate speech and hate crime, are incompatible with the Union values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and respect for human rights, as enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

K a. whereas systemic rivals of the European Union, such as Russia and China, attack LGBTIQ+ persons in their society and beyond with the goal to undermine liberal democracy;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

K b. whereas conversion practices can rely on different methods such as electroshocks, taking hormones or exorcism rites; and it is estimated that 2% of LGBTIQ+ persons in the EU have been actually submitted to conversion practices and 5% have been offered conversion, although the real figures could be much higher;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, adopted by the European Commission on 12 November 2020 (COM(2020)0698);

Amendment 3 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6

– having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’), which was ratified by the European Union on 28 June 2023,

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and its recent Progress Report on the implementation of the Strategy;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025;

Amendment 32 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Condemns all forms of violence or discrimination against persons on the basis of their race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, sexual orientation, property, birth, disability, age or sex;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Acknowledges the progress made for the implementation of the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 while stressing that real equality for LGBTIQ+ persons in the EU is still far away from the actual reality;

Amendment 34 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Welcomes the efforts by the European Commission to advance equality for LGBTIQ+ persons in all fields included in the Strategy; regrets that certain key actions originally envisaged by the Commission have not been implemented so far;

Amendment 35 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1 c. Welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to support Member States in their implementation of the Strategy, expresses deep concern about the disparity of openness to the Strategy between the Member States;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Regrets the fact that the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008; considers that any update of this proposal by the Commission must build on Parliament’s position, address intersectional discrimination and explicitly prohibit discrimination on any combination of grounds listed in the Charter; regrets that the Council has ignored these requests and urges the Council to integrate them in its mandate and to take all appropriate actions to fight discrimination in the EU;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Regret~~Notes the fact that the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Regrets the fact~~Deplores that the horizontal anti- discrimination directive has been blocked in the Council since 2008;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls for including all the grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics in the EU anti-discrimination legislation, based on a broad interpretation of the grounds of sexual orientation and sex and the principle of equality between women and men set forth in the Treaties; Notes that this will ensure legal certainty and comprehensiveness of the protection of LGBTIQ+ people;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7

– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that LGBTIQ+ persons are disproportionately affected by homelessness, poverty and socio-economic exclusion; expresses concern with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost of living and housing crisis, as well as of the structural curtail on public investment by the EU common fiscal rules, over the lives of LGBTIQ+ people; underlines that LGBTIQ+ people in Europe are disproportionately affected by homelessness and precarious housing conditions, due to discrimination, exclusion and poverty; Reiterates that housing is a fundamental right;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets th~~e fact that~~at despite EU legislation prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment and occupation, LGBTIQ+ persons still face barriers to accessing decent jobs; expresses that LGBTIQ+ rights are workers’ rights;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the fact that LGBTIQ+ persons still face barriers to accessing employment, in particular decent jobs;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that discrimination on grounds of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex still has a significant impact on LGBTIQ+ people’s physical, mental and sexual health and well-being; regrets that LGBTIQ+ people still face discrimination in accessing healthcare; Underlines that access to healthcare should be offered as a universal, free and timely public service;

Amendment 44 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that access to healthcare should be ~~offered as a free and timely public service~~a priority and be available to LGBTIQ+ persons on equal terms with others;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that access to healthcare should be offered as a ~~free and timely~~timely and accessible public service;

Amendment 46 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. 7. Regrets that LGBTIQ+ people still face discrimination in some Member States regarding access to social protection, social security, access to the supply of goods and other sectors or services;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Emphasises the need for an inclusive and safe education for LGBTIQ+ persons in all Member States, especially for LGBTIQ+ youths;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. 8. Regrets that older LGBTIQ+ people are particularly affected by the lack of LGBTIQ+ rights, further exacerbating a sense of social isolation and barriers to accessing to essential services; Highlights that the older LGBTIQ+ population is often neglected in the design of public policies and of projects, including in those tailored for LGBTIQ+ people; Underlines that the older LGBTIQ+ population is disproportionately affected by poverty and the lack of access to decent housing and adequate care networks; Underlines that an European LGBTIQ Freedom Zone cannot leave anyone behind, including LGBTIQ+ older persons;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Underlines the importance of offering universal, free and public care services everyone in need of care, including to LGBTIQ+ people ; stresses that care services shall always ensure the dignity, independence, autonomy, wellbeing and participation in social life of those receiving it, including the possibility of home-care and of community-based services;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– Having regard to the Yogyakarta Principles,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Notes that LGBTIQ+ people in rural, peripheral and outermost regions face particular challenges and barriers to their access to essential services;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses deep concern over the implications for LGBTIQ+ persons of the proposals included in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum; expresses concern that trans and intersex persons face even more obstacles in the process of applying for asylum;deleted

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 53 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses deep concern over the implications for LGBTIQ+ persons of the proposals included in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, in particular in the Screening Regulation, for LGBTIQ+ persons needing to exercise their right to request asylum in the European Union; expresses concern that trans and intersex persons face even more obstacles in the process of applying for asylum;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. E~~xpresses deep concern ov~~mphasises the need to consider the implications for LGBTIQ+ persons of the proposals included in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum; ~~expresses concern~~welcomes the ongoing consideration of these implications in the negotiations; underlines that trans and intersex persons must not face even more obstacles in the process of applying for asylum;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Expresses deep concern with the rise of hate speech, hate crimes and violence against LGBTIQ+ persons; Recalls the need for preventive and protective public policy regarding bias motivated hate speech, hate crimes and violence against LGBTIQ+ persons; Recognises there is an underreporting of cases of hate speech and crimes against LGBTIQ+ people, due to a lack of trust and confidence in public authorities to tackle such crimes;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Underlines the importance that the situation of LGBTIQ+ persons is taken into account when designing the Union's migration policy;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

~~8. Condemns the fact that the rise of far-right political forces has motivated an increase in the harassment and persecution of LBGTIQ+ persons;~~deleted

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the fact that the rise of far-right political forces has motivated an increase in the stigmatisation, harassment and persecution of LBGTIQ+ persons; and LGBTIQ+ civil society organisations and activists; condemns the increasing scapegoating of the LGBTIQ+ community and the harmful designation of the promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights as an ‘ideology’.

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the fact that the rise of ~~far-right~~extreme political and religious forces has motivated an increase in the harassment and persecution of LBGTIQ+ persons;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8

~~– having regard to the Commission communication of 12 November 2020 entitled ‘Union of Equality: LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0698),~~deleted

Amendment 60 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Condemns the fact that the rise of far-right political forces has motivated an increase in the harassment, violence and persecution of LBGTIQ+ persons;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Condemns the impact hate crime and hate speech have on LGBTIQ+ persons, both offline and online; condemns the effect online platforms such as TikTok have in promoting anti- LGBTIQ+ content, censoring LGBTIQ+ content and breaching privacy rights of viewers of LGBTIQ+ content;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines the need for the EU to address the situation of LGBTIQ+ persons in formal negotiations with candidate countries and to support all enlargement countries ~~to close legislative gaps regarding the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons~~as well as country’s in the Eastern Partnership to close legislative gaps and secure fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons; underlines the need to integrate the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons in the Union's foreign and enlargement policy;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Underlines th~~e need for the EU to support enlargement countries to close legislative gaps regard~~at policies and legislation on marriage and parenthood depend exclusively on the sovereignty of Member States, and therefore urges the EU to rigidly respect national competences ing the ~~rights of LGBTIQ+ persons~~areas of health and family law;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Insists that the EU, within the framework of the treaties and in line with the Judgment in CJEU Case C- 673/16, needs to take a common approach to the legal recognition of same-sex marriages and partnerships, and of rainbow parents, including of trans parents, and to legal gender recognition, to ensure the best interests of children in line with CJEU case-law;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Insists that the EU needs to take a common approach to the legal recognition of same-sex marriages and partnerships, and of rainbow parents, including of trans parents, and to legal gender recognition, to ensure the best interestsmust be an area of freedom for all, and that includes the rights to non-discrimination and security; recalls that Member States’ policies and legislation on education, marriage, adoption ofr c~~hildren in line with CJEU case-law~~onception must be respected;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Highlights the challenges faced by trans, non-binary and intersex people in the EU, particularly around their socioeconomic and sociodemographic status; underlines how the absence or barriers to accessing legal gender recognition procedures in Member States violate the rights and hinder the aspirations of trans and non-binary and intersex people across the Union;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Insists that rainbow families have a right to free movement in the EU, and the children of rainbow families should not be discriminated against in acquiring EU citizenship;~~deleted

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Expresses concern with the growing use of artificial intelligence, in particular surveillance mechanisms that use facial recognition and profiling that might create greater risks for LGBTIQ+ people, in particular for trans and non- binary and intersex people;

Amendment 7 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

– having regard to the Judgement on CJEU Case C-673/16;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Regrets the lack of a cohesive overview of EU funding for LGBTIQ+ equality under the different programmes supporting the Strategy;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the urgency for the Commission to facilitate access to funding for civil society organisations (CSOs) working for the human rights of LGBTIQ+ persons in the Union and in third countries; notes that adequate and flexible funding to CSO’s advocating for LGBTIQ+ rights is an essential enabling condition for the protection and promotion of LGBTIQ+ rights, in the European Union and in third countries;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the urgency for the Commission to ~~facilitat~~ensure access to funding for civil society organisations (CSOs) working for the human rights of LGBTIQ+ persons in the Union and in third countries;

Amendment 74 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Welcomes EU initiatives directed at protecting LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders and at facilitating their work of defending fundamental rights; emphasizes the need for the EU to continue tackling the stigmatisation, intimidation, harassment of LGBTIQ+ human rights defenders across the world:

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Welcomes the Commission’s support of LGBTIQ+ activists in Ukraine, especially through the “direct award” modality since the start of the Russian invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that European humanitarian aid should be gender-, age- ~~and LGBTIQ+- sensitiv~~, protection- and LGBTIQ+-sensitive, while taking into consideration intersectionality as a cross- cutting principle, and in line with humanitarian principles;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that European humanitarian aid should be ~~gender-, age- and LGBTIQ+-sensitive, and in line with humanit~~based on humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartia~~n principles~~lity and independence;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure the true mainstreaming of LGBTIQ+ rights across all EU policies;~~deleted

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure the true mainstreaming of LGBTIQ+ rights across all EU policies; calls for policies to cover grounds of multiple and intersectional discrimination which can be based on, among other grounds, class, age, race, religion, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics or disability; calls for policies to consider the particular contexts of rural, peripheral and outermost regions;

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

~~– having regard to its resolution of 14 September 2021 on LGBTIQ rights in the EU1 , _________________ 1 OJ C 117, 11.3.2022, p. 2.~~deleted

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to ensure the true mainstreaming of LGBTIQ+ rights across all EU policies; therefore encourages an introduction of an LGBTIQ+ rights coordinator in the EU Commission;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for the EU and the Member States to include SOGIESC in the grounds taken into account in the EU anti-discrimination legislation, in line with Parliament’s mandate on the proposal for a directive on standards for equality bodies4 ; _________________ 4 Commission proposal of 7 December 2022 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU (COM(2022)0688).deleted

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls for the EU and the Member States to include SOGIESC in the grounds taken into account in the EU anti- discrimination legislation, in line with Parliament’s mandate on the proposal for a directive on standards for equality bodies4 ; deplores that the proposal on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has remained blocked in the Council since 2008; considers that any update of this proposal by the Commission must build on Parliament’s position, address intersectional discrimination and explicitly prohibit discrimination on any combination of grounds listed in the Charter; regrets that the Council has ignored these requests and urges the Council to integrate them in its mandate and to take all appropriate actions to fight discrimination in the EU; _________________ 4 Commission proposal of 7 December 2022 for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU (COM(2022)0688).

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for the EU and the Member States to include LGBTIQ+ persons in the design of socio-economic and housing policies; calls member states to tackle the cost of living and housing crisis, including by defining specific measures for LGBTIQ+ people; calls for greater public investment on public housing and social housing at Member State level;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for the EU and the Member States to in~~clud~~volve LGBTIQ+ persons in ~~the design of socio-economic and housing~~policy-making, in particular in the design and implementation of socio-economic, housing and education policies;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and on the creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood to protect the rights of all children by ensuring that their parental ties, including particularly same-sex parents, established in one Member State are recognised in all EU Member States; asks the Commission to explore the potential of other legal bases in the Treaties, notably Article 19 and 21 TFEU, to ensure that marriages, partnerships, parenthood and family life of LGBTIQ+ persons is fully and unconditionally recognised by all Member States without discrimination and obstacles for free movement;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of EU law in the Member States and to launch infringement procedures in cases where the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons have been violated, on grounds of Article 2 TEU, the Charter of Fundamental Rights or secondary legislation, where applicable; calls on the Commission to recourse systemically to expedited procedures and applications for interim measures before CJEU; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States comply with the judgments of the CJEU and ECtHR, in particular on LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families crossing borders within the EU; recommends the Commission, in particular, to use actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments under Article 260(2) TFEU and the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in cases of non-compliance with ECtHR judgments;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to monitor closely the implementation of EU law in the Member States and to launch infringement procedures in cases where the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons have been violated; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States comply with the judgments of the CJEU, in particular on LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families crossing borders within the EUEU and Member States to protect families and ensure respect for human dignity, democratic choices, equality before the law and human rights;

Amendment 88 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. CWelcomes the Commission decision of 15 July 2021 to starts legal action against Member States for violations of fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ people; calls on the Commission to continue to monitor closely the implementation of EU law in the Member States and to launch infringement procedures in cases where the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ+ persons have been violated; calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States comply with the judgments of the CJEU, in particular on LGBTIQ+ persons and rainbow families crossing borders within the EU;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on Latvia to join the LGBTIQ Equality Subgroup set up under the High-Level Group on Nondiscrimination, Equality and Diversity - as the last Member State to do so after Cyprus recently expressed its interest - with the goal to enhance implementation of the LGBTIQ strategy in all Member States;

Amendment 9 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10

~~– having regard to its resolution of 11 March 2021 on the declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone2 , _________________ 2 OJ C 474, 24.11.2021, p, 140.~~deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Calls on all Member States to adhere to the Guidelines for Strategies and Action Plans to Enhance LGBTIQ Equality3a as prepared by the LGBTIQ Equality Subgroup; _________________ 3a https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/ 2022- 09/guidelines_for_strategies_and_action_ plans_to_enhance_lgbtiq_equality_2022fi nal16_05.pdf

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Member States to expand coverage of all healthcare services, allowing LGBTIQ+ persons to seek specific care, including sexual and reproductive health and technologies; Urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to combat discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons in the health sector;

Amendment 92 #

Moritz KÖRNER, Hilde VAUTMANS, Malik AZMANI, Jan-Christoph OETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Member States to expand coverage of all healthcare services~~, allowing LGBTIQ+ persons to seek specific care, including sexual and reproductive health and technologies~~;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Member States to expand ~~coverage of all~~ healthcare services~~, allowing LGBTIQ+ persons to seek specific care~~ to specific care for LGBTIQ+ persons, including sexual and reproductive health and technologies;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to combat discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons in the health sector;~~deleted

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to combat discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons not least in the health sector;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to ~~provide greater funding for~~ensure funding for the provision of services for victims of gender-based violence ~~services~~ and for them to support LGBTIQ+ victims, in particular LGBTIQ+ women, addressing their specific needs and experiences;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Supports Parliament’s mandate in the framework of the negotiations on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act to ~~minimise~~address the biases and risks created for LGBTIQ+ persons, in particular in AI uses that include surveillance and facial recognition mechanisms; recalls the need to ensure that these systems are guided by the principles of transparency, explainability, fairness, and accountability and that independent audits are put in place to prevent that they exacerbate discrimination and existing inequalities;

Amendment 98 #