17 Amendments of Virginie JORON related to 2017/0360R(NLE)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Citation 1
Citation 1
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing sexual education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives are before the Polish Parliament, one of which seeks to tighten up even further a law on abortion which is already one of the most restrictive in the EU, and the other to make providing sexual education to minors a criminal offence punishable by imprisonmentand whereas their content and possible adoption come under the sovereignty of Poland;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the members of the Sejm were democratically elected on the basis of proportional representation, and whereas the Polish people elected their representatives freely and in the exercise of their sovereignty;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in 2019, the Polish people freely chose to elect to the Sejm a majority of members whose stance on abortion was known to the electorate; whereas it is not for supranational or foreign institutions and NGOs to state their opinions on matters of national competence when citizens can vote freely and governments and assemblies are elected democratically;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the factNotes that on 16 April 2020 the Polish Parliament voted to refer back to committee the two draft laws stemming from citizens’ initiatives on access to abortion and on the sexual education of minors;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that legislation on abortion, as with all laws, comes under national sovereignty, primarily that of each country’s parliamentary institutions, and that the European Parliament should not become involved in a national, democratic matter in Poland;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that legislation on abortion must go hand in hand with measures to prevent abortion, given the large number of contraceptive techniques in existence today;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the fact that this campaign to discredit Poland in the eyes of the European Parliament is an example of the modus operandi of the EU, which actively distorts national democratic processes and undermines Europe’s diversity;