Activities of József NAGY related to 2018/2036(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Minimum standards for minorities in the EU (short presentation) HU
Reports (1)
REPORT on minimum standards for minorities in the EU PDF (448 KB) DOC (77 KB)
Amendments (21)
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 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 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 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 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 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create the legal and regulatory conditions which ensures the freedom of service, passage and reception of audio-visual content in those regions where the minorities live in order to watch and listen content in their mother tongue, which is broadcasted cross-border without being geoblocked.
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to draft an opinion on how to create legal means to protect and promote the rights of persons belonging to national minorities in accordance to the particular decision of the Court of Justice, decision no. T- 646/13.
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Encourages the Commission to set up a commission at EU level (either within existing structures or as a separate body) to maintain the aim of the minimum standards for minorities in the EU.
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 211 #
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 have access, receive and publish information and content 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 minorities living in border, rural and remote areas;
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 215 #
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 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; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create the legal and regulatory conditions which ensures the freedom of service, passage and reception of audio-visual content in those regions where the minorities live in order to watch and listen content in their mother tongue, which is broadcasted cross-border without being geoblocked.
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 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Encourages the Member States to ensure that those who speak a regional or minority language as their mother tongue have the opportunity to learn the official language sufficiently, by incorporating good practice from the teaching of foreign and second languages into the methodological approach adopted for teaching the official language of the State.
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Encourages the Member States to produce textbooks that meet the requirements of the speakers of regional or minority languages, and – if that proves to be impossible - facilitate the use of textbooks from other countries published in those languages, in co- operation with educational regulation bodies of the countries where regional or minority languages are used.
Amendment 294 #
26a. Encourages the Member States to promote and encourage the use of regional or minority languages at local and regional level; with this aim in mind, actively encourage municipal authorities to ensure the use of such languages in practice.
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the Commission, the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the candidate countries, the OSCE, the OECD, the Council of Europe and the United Nations.