58 Amendments of Josef WEIDENHOLZER related to 2018/2036(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
– having regard to UN Resolution A/70/L.1 adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015 entitled ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)
Citation 3 c (new)
– having regard to UN Resolution A/RES/60/7 adopted by the General Assembly on 1 November 2005 on the Holocaust Remembrance,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) adopted on 13 December 2006,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 2153 (2017) – Promoting the inclusion of Roma and Travellers,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
– having regard to the Declaration of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the Rise of Anti- Gypsyism and racist violence against Roma in Europe, adopted on 1 February 2012,
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
– having regard to General Policy Recommendation No 13 of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) on combating anti- Gypsyism and discrimination against Roma,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin[1], [1]OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
– having regard to the Council recommendation of 9 December 2013 on effective Roma integration measures in the Member States, to the Council conclusion of 8 December 2016 on Accelerating the process of Roma integration and of 13 October 2016 on the European Court of Auditors Special Report No 14/2016,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (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 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 d (new)
Citation 10 d (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communications on Roma integration (COM(2010)0133, COM(2012)0226,COM(2013)0454, COM(2015)0299, COM(2016)0424), including the Communication on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020(COM(2011)0173),
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions on Roma[1], [1] OJ C 4E, 7.1.2011, p. 7; OJ C 308E,20.10.2011, p. 73;OJ C 199 E, 7.7.2012, p. 112; OJ C 468, 15.12.2016, p. 36; OJC 468, 15.12.2016, p. 157.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2015 on the occasion of International Roma Day –anti-Gypsyism in Europe and EU recognition of the memorial day of the Roma genocide during World War II[1], [1]OJ C 328, 6.9.2016, p. 4.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 c (new)
Citation 11 c (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2017 on the fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism (2017/2038(INI)),
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 d (new)
Citation 11 d (new)
– European Parliament resolution of 7 February 2018 on protection and non- discrimination with regard to minorities in the EU Member States (2017/2937(RSP)),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 4 February 2014 on the EU Roadmap against homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity (2013/2183(INI)),
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
– having regard to the Fundamental Rights Agency’s EU-MIDIS I and II surveys and various other surveys and reports on Roma,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the rights of persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, LGBTI people and people living with disabilities are an integral part of human rights, which are universal, indivisible and independent, and whereas protecting and promoting minority rights is essential for peace, security and stability and for promoting tolerance, mutual respect and understanding and co- operation among all persons living on their territory;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas people belonging to minorities often face multiple and intersectional discriminations;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard the protection of minorities within minorities and tackle the inequalities within inequalities, since people belonging to minorities often face multiple and intersectional discriminations;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
National and ethnic minorities
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that national/ethnic minorities are groups of persons belonging to minorities who have been living on the same territory and sharing a common identity, in some instances as a result of border changes, in others as a result of living a long time in an area, whereby they have managed to preserve their identity; calls on the Member States and the Commission to protect the cultural and linguistic identity of national/ethnic minorities, and to create conditions for the promotion of that identity; points to the important role that regional and local authorities in the EU can play in protecting national/ethnic minorities, and considers that administrative reorganisation and territorial districting must not have negative consequences for them;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that persons belonging to national/ethnic minorities have the right to exercise fully and effectively their human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination and in full equality before the law;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that maintaining the cultural heritage of the EU is a common interest of the Member States; calls on the EU institutions and its Member States to support, enhance and promote the cultural rights of national/ethnic minorities;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise the contribution of national/ethnic minorities to the cultural heritage of the Union, to reinforce dialogue with the representatives of national/ethnic minorities and to identify and implement coordinated policies and actions for the sustainable management of preserving and developing their culture;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve and support national/ethnic minorities and their representatives in fostering knowledge and skills that are necessary in order to safeguard, sustainably manage and develop cultural heritage and that should be handed down to future generations; calls on the Member States and the Commission to establish and maintain concrete cultural funds for the representatives of regional and minority rights, both at horizontal and vertical levels;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the fact that media plays a central role with regard to cultural and linguistic rights; recalls that being able to receive and publish information in a language one can fully understand and communicate in is a precondition for equal and effective participation in public, economic, social and cultural life; notes in this regard that special attention must be given to the needs of persons belonging to national/ethnic minorities living in rural and remote areas;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the media can operate independently and free from discrimination in minority languages, to take into account national/ethnic minorities when licensing or privatising media services, including assigning TV and radio broadcasters, to provide appropriate funds for self-governance to organisations representing minorities, with a view to fostering their sense of belonging to, and identification with, their respective minority groups, and to bring their identities, languages, histories and cultures to the attention of the majority;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to refrain from political and legal acts and policies that aim to prescribe restrictive measures, such as subtitling and/or translation obligations and mandatory quotas for programmes in official languages; calls on the Members States and the Commission to allow and promote the presence of regional or minority-language media, also on online interfaces; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure appropriate funding or grants for organisations and media representing national/ethnic minorities, in view of their regional specificities and needs;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on Member States to make the history, including the atrocities committed against a minority group, and the culture of national/ethnic minorities part of the curricula in schools;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on Member States to launch cultural dialogues, including but not exclusively in schools, on the different forms and faces of hate against minority groups, such as anti-Gypsyism, anti- Semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, etc.
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Calls on Member States, in order to create mutual trust, to set up national truth and reconciliation commissions in order to acknowledge the persecution, exclusion and disownment of Roma people through the centuries, and to document these issues in an official white paper;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Calls on Member States to clearly condemn and sanction the denial of atrocities against national/ethnic minorities, such as the Roma Holocaust;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 e (new)
Paragraph 17 e (new)
17e. Calls on Member States to hold and honour major commemoration days of minority groups at state level;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 f (new)
Paragraph 17 f (new)
17f. Calls on Member States to establish institutions displaying the history and culture of minority groups, support them financially and by the necessary regulations;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
The respect and protection of identity
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 g (new)
Paragraph 17 g (new)
17g. Calls on Member States to secure state recognition of national/ethnic minorities, in order to fight identity insecurity of members of minority groups;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 h (new)
Paragraph 17 h (new)
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 b (new)
Subheading 2 b (new)
Citizenship rights
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 i (new)
Paragraph 17 i (new)
17i. Is deeply concerned by the number of people who are denied their citizenship because of their ethnicity, such as thousands of Roma in the EU, which results in the complete denial of their rights and pushes them to the very margins of society; stresses that the situation and legal status of non-citizens permanently resident in Member States need to be addressed;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 j (new)
Paragraph 17 j (new)
17j. Calls on the Member States to take immediate corrective measures to stop discriminatory birth registration, to carry out birth registration of members of minority groups without discrimination and to ensure that the issued ID cards are non-discriminatory;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 c (new)
Subheading 2 c (new)
Civil rights
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 k (new)
Paragraph 17 k (new)
17k. Calls on Member States to safeguard that members of minority groups can practise their civil rights without fear; in this respect, calls on Member States to include mandatory human rights, democratic citizenship and political literacy training courses in their school curricula at all levels in order to strengthen the self-confidence of members of minority groups and their ability to exercise and demand their equal rights;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 l (new)
Paragraph 17 l (new)
17l. Encourages Member States to provide minority groups guaranteed representation in national, regional and local governments and parliaments;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 d (new)
Subheading 2 d (new)
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 m (new)
Paragraph 17 m (new)
17m. Deeply regrets that little progress has been made on the adoption of the proposal for an Equal Treatment Directive and calls on the Commission and the Council to re-launch the relevant negotiations with the aim of concluding them as soon as possible;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 n (new)
Paragraph 17 n (new)
17n. Is deeply concerned by the widespread discrimination, including intersectional discrimination, and segregation of members of minority groups in all areas of life, often resulting in their deep poverty and exclusion from the society; calls on Member States to take both proactive and reactive measures to safeguard equal access of members of minority groups to services, goods, information, etc. in all walks of life, and to provide mandatory trainings to duty- bearers, who are key to the correct implementation of EU and Member State legislation and who have to be equipped to serve all citizens from a human rights- based approach; calls on the Commission and Member States to address intersectional discrimination both in their policies and through their funding programmes;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 e (new)
Subheading 2 e (new)
Active and meaningful participation
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 o (new)
Paragraph 17 o (new)
17o. Considers active and meaningful social, economic, political and cultural participation by minority groups as key; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to design strategies featuring both proactive and reactive measures on the basis of real, systematic consultations with minority groups representatives, and to involve them in the running, monitoring and evaluation of mainstream programmes and projects launched at all levels, including at the local level in order to safeguard their inclusiveness and non-discrimination;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 p (new)
Paragraph 17 p (new)
17p. Stresses that the development of any cultural heritage policy should be inclusive, community-based and participatory, involving consultation and dialogue with the minority communities concerned;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that education is a key element of socialisation and development, and that the continuity of mother tongue education is vital to preserving their cultural and linguistic identity; notes that, when it comes to minority language education, there is no one single best- practice model that is suitable for all national/ethnic minorities; notes that special attention shall be paid to people using sign language;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote and support the official use of languages spoken by national/ethnic minorities in the territories where they live, at local or regional level, in conformity with the principles of the FCNM and the Language Charter, while taking into account that the protection and encouragement of the use of regional and minority languages should not be to the detriment of official languages and the obligation to learn them;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that persons belonging to national/ethnic minorities have rights and adequate opportunities to receive education in a minority language and for instruction in their mother tongue in both public and private educational institutions; calls on the Member States to formulate appropriate education policies, bearing in mind the right for education in a minority language and the needs of national/ethnic minorities; calls on the Members States and the Commission to incorporate the best practices in teaching foreign languages into the methodology of teaching official languages when it comes to curricula for schools which provide education in a minority language; notes that the Member States should ensure that both the regional or minority language and the official language are taught using appropriate methods;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to define preferential thresholds in the learning of regional or minority languages; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that people belonging to national/ethnic minorities living in rural area, or living in widely scattered settlements, have the right to receive education in a minority language, e.g. in their mother tongue and ; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that education reforms and policies do not restrict the right to receive education in a minority language;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls the Member States and the Commission to allow and promote, with regard to the administrative authorities and public service organisations, the use of regional or minority languages in practice, according to the principle of proportionality, such as in relations between private individuals and organisations on the one hand, and public authorities on the other; calls on the Member States to make information and public services available in these languages, including on the internet, in areas where people belonging to national/ethnic minorities are traditionally present; encourages municipal authorities to ensure the use of regional and minority languages; encourages the Member States to use the good practices already existing within the Member States as guidelines;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that the visual representation of regional and minority languages – road signs, street names, the names of administrative, public and commercial institutions, etc. – is essential to promoting and protecting national/ethnic minority rights, as it reflects, and contributes to, the vital use of regional and minority languages, encouraging persons belonging to national/ethnic minorities to use, preserve and develop their linguistic diversity, identity and language rights, express their multi-ethnic local identity, and strengthen their sense of ownership as members of groups living in a local or regional community;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Member States to take action to prevent administrative and financial obstacles that could delay linguistic diversity at European and national level and impede the usage and application of linguistic rights of persons belonging to national/ethnic minorities;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – indent 3
Paragraph 30 – indent 3
– a legislative proposal for a directive, based on the aforementioned points, on minimum standards for minorities in the EU, with clear benchmarks and sanctions;