Activities of Romeo FRANZ related to 2020/2011(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe
Shadow opinions (2)
OPINION on the report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe
OPINION on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: Combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe
Amendments (70)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Social Charter, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, as well as reports and recommendations by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and other Council of Europe mechanisms;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and United Nations human rights treaties including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that only limited progress has been achieved over previous years in the education of socially disadvantaged Roma children, and that due due to, in particular, anchored antigypsyism on all institutional levels, and to the lack of political will, in particular,which cause the gap between Roma and non- Roma pupils and students to remains high; recalls that providing Romani children with an equal start in life compared with their non-Romani peers is essential to break the cycle of intergenerational transmission of poverty; urges Member States to adopt a holistic approach across all policy areas, and to place the education of Roma children high on governments’ agendas in order to fight effectively against antigypsyism, the poverty and social exclusion they experience;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (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;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (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 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that in regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Romani children are highly exposed to educational consequences, leading the current education gap to a total educational breakdown under the conditions of crisis; recalls that the vast majority of Romani children live in poor, marginalised neighbourhoods and are lacking any means to access remote learning or home schooling;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Romani pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they should be provided with equal opportunities and educated in mainstream, high quality and inclusive education settings at all levels; recalls that despite existing anti- discrimination legislation and policies, the practice of separating groups of pupils in specific schools or classes remains widespread in some Member States; insists that effective desegregation strategies should be put in place, especially by EU Member States with a sizeable Roma population;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks for special support - in health integrity, school-food supply, clothing supply - of Romani families, facing economic, social, medical, housing difficulties, in order to enable the children to go to school and to help them to overcome educational barriers;
Amendment 19 #
3b. Calls the Commission to consider a new instrument such as a Targeted European Education Fund to reduce structural obstacles for pupils with Romani background between 3 and 18 years, with a comprehensive and holistic approach;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that Romani children should stay in education until at least the end of upper secondary education; to this end, urges Member States to ensure sufficient financing so that mainstream education policies reinforce schools’ and teachers’ capacities to respond appropriately to Romani pupils’ learning needs; stresses the need to eliminate grade repetition and reduce the dropout rate by providing both appropriate teacher training and early, regular and timely support for Roma pupils and students, including after-school learning;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. highlights that Roma settlements are often located in areas of high environmental impact;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need for sensibilisation - and antidiscrimination trainings of teachers and educational staff, and to promote best practices of inclusive and intercultural education, for an effective elimination of antigypsyism in the educational sector;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the Romani language, culture and history in school curricula to facilitate the process of intercultural learning;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges Member States to facilitate the transition between various educational pathways, including up to tertiary education, by providing adequate educational and career guidance, and offering empowerment coaching for the transition from school to working life as well as financial assistance such as grants and loans, in order to allow Roma youth to obtain the qualifications – including digital and entrepreneurial skills – they need for effective social and labour market integration;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. Stresses that the lack of personal documents such as birth certificates and identity documents often prevent Roma to buy or rent housing and to access essential state aid services; whereas missing property documents are a barrier to accessing public services such as heating or water supply;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio- economic circumstances; whereas in 2016, some 80% of people with Romani background live below their country’s poverty threshold; 25 ; __________________ 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the pressing need to involve Romani parents in each stage of their children’s schooling.
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; stresses that the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable Roma is catastrophic, as they often work in the informal sector and are left without any income or social assistance; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that Roma are one of the minority groups in Europe that face the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion, and are victims of a specific form of structural racism, called anti- Gypsyism; notes with regret that despite measures introduced in the last decade, progress in the areas of housing, employment, education and healthcare has been limited; calls on local authorities and governments to single out as a priority the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS);
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas persistent and structural antyi-gypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis; whereas structural anti-gypsyism affects people with Romani background in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education; whereas people with Romani background suffer increased hate-speech in public, in social media and by public figures and politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation; whereas racism against people with Romani background has led to violence and killings1a; whereas hate-motivated harassment and hate crimes remain significantly high against people with Romani background and whereas a majority of hate-motivated incidents are not reported1b; whereas people with Romani background face structural discrimination, acknowledged as major barrier in achieving their full potential as EU citizens and enjoying fully fundamental rights, social inclusion and equality; __________________ 1aEuropean Roma Rights Centre; Roma child Shot Dead in Bulgaria 1bEU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Roma and Travellers Survey 2019, selected key findings (draft, publication expected in July 2020)
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to safeguard inclusive equality for Roma people - with particular attention to women and girls, and persons with disabilities being victims of intersectional discrimination - in all areas of life;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas 43 % of Romani men and 22% Romani women are in some form of paid work1a; whereas 63 % of young Romani people (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)1b; whereas overall 72 % of Romani women aged 16 to 24 years are NEET compared with 55 % of young Romani men1c; __________________ 1a FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. 1bReport on the National Roma Integration Strategies: key conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.4. 1cSecond European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey – Roma women in nine EU Member States, 2019.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas in 2019, 68 % of Romani children left education early; whereas only 18 % of Romani children transited to higher levels of education and the absenteeism and early-school-leaving rates among the Romani pupils were significantly higher than for other categories of pupils1a; __________________ 1aReport on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, September 2019.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas one third of Romani households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing1a ; whereas 43 % of people with Romani background are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality1b; whereas the process of property registration was clarified in most European states, centuries ago, as part of the “social contract”, however, in most countries, the property of the Romani people remains unregistered, making them prone to abuse, such as forced evictions. __________________ 1aRoma inclusion measures reported under the EU Framework for NRIS, European Commission, 2019, p.18. 1bReport on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.6.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Youth Employment Initiative programme has an explicit focus on young Roma people, especially Roma women, accompanied by effective active outreach measures through Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas Romani women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, in Bulgaria1a; whereas people with Romani background have also experienced ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities1b; whereas in some Member States, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Romani women have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilization and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights1c; __________________ 1aCommissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, 2017, p.42-44. 1b European Roma Rights Centre v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017, Council of Europe, 2018 1cCommittee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding Observations: Slovakia, 2019. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding Observations: Czech Republic, 2019.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that mainstream programmes, including those covered by the Structural Funds, actively reach out to the Roma, and their outreach is regularly monitored with the involvement of Roma and pro-Roma NGOs;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas the life expectancy at birth in the EU is 76 years for men and 82 years for women, for the people with Romani background, it is estimated to be 10 less; whereas the infant mortality rate in the EU is 4.3 per one thousand live births, there is evidence that the rate is much higher among Roma communities1a; __________________ 1aFramework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.19.
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas 61 % of EU citizens believe that discrimination against the Romani people is widespread in their country1a; whereas 56% of Germans wouldn't feel good of having a Romani neighbour1b; whereas, on average, 46 % of the Romani people surveyed by the FRA in 2011 reported having been subject to discrimination because of their Romani ethnicity, ranging from around 60 % in Italy, Czechia and Poland, to around 30 % in Romania, Bulgaria and Spain1c; __________________ 1aSpecial Eurobarometer 493, 'Discrimination in the European Union', Fieldwork, May 2019 1bLeipzig Authoritarianism Study: Nearly one in three Germans support xenophobic views, 2018 1cFramework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.28.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas environmental injustices are regularly related to health risks and negative consequences for people with Romani background and whereas they are disproportionately affected by environmental burdens, have less access to environmental resources and services, and are discriminated against in their right to information, to participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas a Directive for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data collected with the support of Romani Civil Society Organisations, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and mustcould be proposed by the Commission;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas efficient and strengthened monitoring and oversight mechanisms must be developed; whereas the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the proposal for a post 2020 EU Strategic Framework for the Equality, Inclusion and Participation of people with Romani background should take into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains, ensuring that nobody is left behind, including women children, youngsters and EU mobile Romani people; whereas the correct designation referring to all Romani groups, including those stigmatised as gypsies but who do not have the corresponding ethnic background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani background’;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Framework highlighted diversity under the broad umbrella term of “Roma”; whereas it failed to recognise the diversity within the population of people with Romani background; whereas the term Roma or the double term Sinti & Roma, which is used in EU policies and discussion does not reflect the heterogeneity of the minority, so people with Romani background such as Kalè, Manouches, Lovara, Rissende, Boyash, Domare, Caldaras, Romanichild and Sinti feel excluded or not addressed; whereas Roma is one of the groups of people with Romani background in Europe, the denomination of one group used to describe the other groups in EU policies and discussion is often criticised among community members;1a __________________ 1aThe term Roma encompasses diverse groups, including Roma, Gypsies, Travellers, Manouches, Ashkali, Sinti and Boyash. Roma is the term commonly used in EU policy documents and discussions.
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the equal participation ofand empowerment of people with Romani Background in policymaking, from all levels, must be better ensured: local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of the public policies towards people with Romani background, in the post- 2020 context;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas most of the disadvantaged communities of people with Romani background are often left behind and excluded from the benefits of the national inclusion programs due to limits in mapping methodologies used when identifying the most in need communities; whereas when designing programme intervention, the analyses should target the exactly geographic area and the number of families, persons who face socio-economic exclusion;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas political support, when racism against different minority groups is raising sharply, is a key point for the inclusion of people with Romani background; whereas major mobilisation of key stakeholders exploring the opportunities around the upcoming EU presidencies is needed to ensure political commitment and accountability;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas while building on the results of the evaluation1a, which found that without the EU Roma Framework, Romani issues would receive less attention in the EU policy agenda, it is essential that the National Inclusion Strategies for people with Romani background, guided by a post 2020 common framework, are continued and improved, asking for a strengthened compliance of the Member States, promoting the use of more binding targets to increase the commitment and accountability through improved target setting, data collection, reporting and monitoring; __________________ 1a Report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies, European Commission, 2019.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas COVID-19 highlighted, more than clearly, the urgent need for the EU and its Members States to address the Romani Inclusion as a priority to improve their living situation; whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people ofwith Romani background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas people ofwith Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, police violence and brutality, exclusion and discrimination against people ofwith Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas anti-gypsyism exists in our societies since centuries and it took its most cruel form during the Holocaust, in which an estimated number of 500 000 people with Romani background were exterminated1a; whereas anti-gypsyism took the form of almost 500 years of slavery for people with Romani background in Romania1b; whereas due to centuries of discrimination and social exclusion, people with Romani background could not efficiently and significantly benefit from the continuous socio-economic development of our societies; whereas they were left behind and consequently the disparities between Romani people and the general population have increased; whereas the 80% of people with Romani background living at the limits of extreme poverty are forced by this situation to accept jobs with salary way beyond the minimum wage, others are forced to survive from informal activities such as collecting metal scrap or plastic bottles, which massively increases the chances of exploitation of these people; __________________ 1aRight to Remember, A Handbook for Education with Young People on the Roma Genocide, Council of Europe, 2017, p.29. 1b Vallachia and Moldavia factsheets on Romani history, Council of Europe.
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the fact that the Racial Equality Directive6 provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment with regard to access to and supply of goods and services, including housing, which is primarily within the remit of national and regional governments; expresses its deep concern that Member States continue to violate the housing rights of Roma, who often live in segregated settlements characterised by substandard living conditions, including the lack of public utilities, poor sanitation, the exposure to environmental hazards, and by the complete lack of public services, including education, healthcare and employment opportunities, roads and transport links, which result in Roma people’s compromised health, deep poverty and social exclusion; _________________ 6 Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22.
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to promote spatial desegregation and engage Roma beneficiaries in the design and, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of housing projects, to reduce and prevent forced evictions and to provide sufficient and appropriate halting sites for non- sedentary Roma; emphasises the urgent need for public investments in this regard also due to the dangers of the COVID-19 epidemic, and urges the Commission and the Member States to utilize the planned Just Transition Fund for improving the housing-, health- and employment-related situation of the Roma;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Commission mustshould develop a proposal for a post-2020 dDirective for eEquality and inclus, Inclusion and Participation of people with Romani background in Europe putting the fight against povertysocial exclusion and anti-gypsyism at the forefront; stresses that the newconsiders that this proposal could be based on Article19 TFEU as appropriate action to combat discrimination based on ethnic origin and could further develop the prohibition of indirect discrimination and permissibility of positive action with a view to ensuring full equality of people with Romani background in practice; stresses that the new proposal must put the fight against anti-gypsyism and social exclusion at the forefront, and that the proposal must include clear and binding objectives, measures and targets for the Member States, a clear timeline and clear and binding progress requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for its implementation; emphasises the need for a robust monitoring and oversight mechanism to ensure effective implementation and appropriate use of funds; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment injustice of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for the post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare; notes that the objectives of a proposed Directive should be aligned with the horizontal objectives of the European Union, and particularly with the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Semester, the UN2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the New Green Deal and the EU COVID-19 Recovery Plan; stresses that the legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States building on the concepts contained in existing relevant EU legislation ensuring substantive equality, enhancing social inclusion and promoting full participation of all people with Romani background in society, is considered to be the most appropriate and effective response and must be proposed by the Commission; considers that this Directive lays down minimum requirements, thus giving the Member States the option of introducing or maintaining more favourable provisions; notes that the implementation of this Directive should not serve to justify any regression in relation to the situation which already prevails in each Member State, and that in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the EC Treaty, the objective of this Directive, namely ensuring equality and inclusion of people with Romani Background in all the Member States, can be significantly achieved by the Member States, and by reason of the scale and impact of the proposed action, with the support of the Community.
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU dDirective for the eEquality and inclus, Inclusion and Participation of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate, health, social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant binding and time- bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years; and (v) a justice approach, given the collective and the structural nature of discrimination against Romani people; stresses that the European Commission’s post-2020 policy should focus on fighting against anti-gypsyism through development of concepts, policies, and measurements aiming to ensure Romani social, restorative, economic, and environmental justice;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Acknowledges that specific funding priority for Roma was introduced in the Common Provisions Regulation7 and that country-specific recommendations related to Roma integratclusion became a requirement for granting funds for its promotion; calls on the Member States and the Commission to guarantee that these changes will result in specific projects for the benefit of Roma on the ground8 . _________________ 7 Annex XI on ex ante conditionalities, Part I: Thematic ex ante conditionalities, Investment Priority 9.2 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320. 8Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Revisiting the EU Roma Framework: Assessing the European Dimension for the Post-2020 Future, Open Society Institute, June 2017, p.17.
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making; decision-making, and to develop a Romani Task Force to facilitate Romani inclusion into different policy fields and maximise impact, including a Romani leadership strengthening participation in Romani related bureaus/departments/agencies, processes, and policy making in an substantive, dignified, impartial, inclusive, and transparent manner.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to further integrate the work of National Equality Bodies (NEBs) into the development and implementation of the future policy framework; further asks the Commission to develop stronger synergies between the NEBs and national Romani Contact Points (NRCP) to fight against anti-gypsyism.
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to call on the Members States to ensure the binding character of the post 2020 National Romani Inclusion Strategies in terms of clear objectives, measures, targets, timelines, progress and success indicators, monitoring mechanism as well as adequate funding allocation for implementation;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual financial frameworkand inclusion priorities for people with Romani background; calls on the Commission to mobilise funding for Romani equality, inclusion and participation under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, the new Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, the New Green Deal and the EU COVID-19 Recovery Plan;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data collected with the support of Romani civil society organisations, with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background; emphasises that when local, regional, and national budgets are developed, the inclusion of people with Romani background must be among the priorities;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to design laws and policy measures aiming to ensure reparations and repair the harm of all Romani children misdiagnosed and placed in special schools or Romani-only classes and schools based on their ethnic origins, and consequently having been denied fundamental rights and opportunities for quality education and good jobs;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Member States to focus on reparations for past and present injustices, including enslavement, forced sterilization, and segregation in special schools.
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with Romani background, and to develop and implement specific and effective preventive and corrective measures against it on all levels where it occurs, including online spaces, in their national legal systems and to include the fight against anti-gypsyism, in a horizontal approach, in their National Inclusion Strategies;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Romani communities which experienced intensified scapegoating and hate-speech including by politicians; calls on the Member States to evaluate and address the following elements of the impact of the Covid-19 on the life of people with Romani background: enforcement of racist policies, increase of racist attacks, racial profiling and police brutality, more difficult access to education, increased financial insecurity, loss of income, closure or reduction of support services, benefit from the state support, overcrowding and access to clean water and sanitary conditions;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and to ensure effective enforcement of the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to combat persisting anti-gypsyism; calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of legislation and stronger sanctions of any discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, skin colour, sexual orientation, residence status or health;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Calls on the Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights in regular school curricula;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9d. Calls on the Member States’ to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for people with Romani background and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of Romani rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Calls on the Member States to prevent, condemn and secure appropriate punishment for any denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights of Romani women and girls; calls on the Member States to allocate sufficient funding for improving the general health condition of Romani communities through health and sex-education, through mobile health screening activities in segregated areas, through health educational campaigns on prevention, and through training the health and social workers on diversity, which contributes to adapting EU health systems to diversity;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9f. Calls on the Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on the Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9g. Calls on the Members states to pay attention to the situation and the rights of Romani individuals at the intersections of discrimination grounds in the EU, in particular women, mobile Romani people, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9h. Calls on the Member States to ensure that Romani people are duly registered with ID papers and birth certificates, and that the property (land and house) of Romani people is duly registered, by eliminating all legal and administrative barriers for the future;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 i (new)
Paragraph 9 i (new)
9i. Call on the Member States to ensure that all schools and inspectorates actually fulfil their legal obligation to desegregate school and also to commit to annually collect and publish the situation of school segregation at all levels, including by sanctioning those who fail to comply, establishing, capacitating and resourcing a Desegregation Ministerial Commission in order to support schools who want to desegregate and sanction those who do not comply;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 j (new)
Paragraph 9 j (new)
9j. Calls on the Member States to adopt a comprehensive mechanism to ensure that discrimination and abuse against Romani people in the field of housing is prevented, sanctioned and to forbid forced evictions without ensuring alternative housing;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with Romani background, taking into account the gender perspective, in policy-making, moving from athe paternalistic to a non- paternalistic approachapproach to a non-paternalistic approach; stresses that local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, local experts, regional experts, community members, the affected people by anti-gypsyism, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of the National Inclusion Strategies and other public policies towards people with Romani background;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to expand the Romani health and school mediation systems, mandatory, to all Romani communities, to ensure a mediator for each 500 people and to properly budget and support the systems, giving the mediators a more pivotal role in the inclusion process;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to increase investment on empowerment and participation of Romani youth, women and children (especially those in primary school who face difficulties in going to school because of their families’ financial and social precarious situation), in all domains of public life, including health, education, employment, professional training, and housing.
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Member States to promote Romani language, culture and history, in school curricula, museums and other forms of cultural and historical expression, and to recognise the contribution of Romani culture as part of the European Heritage; calls on the Member States to develop coherent and consistent measures, with appropriate budgets to stimulate, support and promote the Romani arts and culture, to research and conserve the material and intangible heritage of the traditional Romani culture and to revive and promote Romani traditional crafts;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Calls on the Member States to design measures empowering Romani women, girls and youth through ensuring better educational and employment opportunities to support them to fully fulfil their potential and possibilities of acting as independent, self-confident and emancipated active citizens; calls on the Member States to mainstream gender equality aspects in all relevant areas of policy and at all levels;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring and oversight mechanisms to ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused; calls on the Member States to integrate better identification methodologies for marginalized Romani communities and strengthened funding mechanisms into their regional and local development structures that allow more targeted investments in marginalized Romani communities and a better integration of Roma communities into the implementation of funds;