3 Amendments of Jude KIRTON-DARLING related to 2016/2009(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the European Ombudsman’s investigation which led to establishing this mechanism and her ongoing work of ensuring that EU institutions respect fundamental rights. Welcomes her inquiry into whether the Charter of Fundamental Rights is being respected when Member States spend money using the EU Cohesion Fund on projects that institutionalise people with disabilities rather than integrating them into society;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Deplores instances of discrimination against minorities, immigrants and asylum seekers, as well as restrictions on the freedom of the media regularly reflected in petitions; calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to these issues; welcomes the unblocking of the anti-discrimination directivecalls for the Anti- Discrimination Directive, which seeks to implement the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, to be unblocked in the European Council;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the advances made in LGTBTI rights in 2015; remains concerned about ongoing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and limits to the freedom of speech of LGTBTI people;