7 Amendments of Ernest URTASUN related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the manifestations of extreme nationalism, racism, xenophobia and intolerance have not yet disappeared from our communities; on the contrary, especially after the recent terrorist attacks they appear to be on the rise in many Member States which affects traditional minorities and new national minority communities as well;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity",
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities shall be provided for all citizens of the European Union including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned about the recent laws approved in some Member States such as the new Spanish law on Citizenship Security 4/2015, increasing repression measures against social movements and demonstrations thus jeopardizing the right of assembly and of association as established in the Article 12 of the Fundamental Right Charter of the European Union. Calls on the Spanish Government to repeal the law;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is concerned about recent ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court number 161/2015 condemning to three years of prison 8 activists who were demonstrating against the new budgetary cuts of the Catalan Government;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on promoting understanding, acceptance and tolerance between the different national communities in the Member States through the principles of equality, non-discrimination and respect for diversity; calls on particularly the condemnation of hate speech and all forms of aggression;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the European Union in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; Calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure fundamental and acquired rights of national and linguistic minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;