Activities of Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ related to 2014/2254(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate) ES
Amendments (4)
Amendment 141 #
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", and Article 21 prohibits discrimination on the grounds of language and/or being a member of a national minority;
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 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;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the EU and the Member States to take substantive measures to ban discrimination on the grounds of speaking a regional language and/or being a member of a national minority. According to an ELEN report to the UN there have been several cases where EU citizens in some Member States have been beaten and/or humiliated by State employees for using their regional language, thereby transgressing their fundamental human rights;