26 Amendments of Vladimír BILČÍK related to 2022/2005(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU Action Plan is the first EU policy instrument to recognise the structural dimension of racism, which has historical roots datingand in some Member States dates back to colonialism and slavery while in others exists due to other factors;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU Action Plan lacksis an important step towards tackling racism in the EU; whereas it does not foresee follow-up mechanisms and measurable targets;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the urgent need for the Union to develop a robust and comprehensive agenda for effectively combating racism and discrimination on all grounds and in all areas in the EU; insists that the Union and its institutions must lead by example in the fight against structural and institutional racism and anti- discrimination;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to assesscontinue the assessment of the implementation of the current EU legal framework for combating discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other types of intolerance in order to determine how to improve it where needed, and to take part in a regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders, local governments and stakeholders; calls for concrete steps to address possible gaps identified in the course of this assessment;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that Roma communities remain one of the most discriminated and vulnerable groups in the EU; call on the Member States to implement the recommendation of the Council of the European Union on Roma equality, inclusion and participation adopted on 12 March 202 as well as EU Roma Strategic Framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030 and to make full use of the available funding on both the EU and the national levels towards this end; calls on the Commission to intensify the monitoring of Member States’ progress and take further steps accordingly;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to ensure the full implementation of the Racial Equality Directive; condemns the fact that racial, ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities face structural racism, discrimination, hate crime and hate speech, a lack of access to justice, and sustained socioeconomic inequalities in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education, education and other essential services, and experience greater difficulties in access to justice system, which need to be acknowledged as major barriers to full enjoyment of fundamental rights and key barriers to inclusion and equality;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that healthcare services are prepared to address specific health issues that affect in particular people of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American and Asian descent through necessary trainings and updating of the medical education curricula accordingly;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on better enforcement of the Employment Equality Directive in all Member States as well as for effective monitoring of the compliance with the directive;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Call on the European Commission to monitor the application of the existing EU anti-discrimination legal framework and to take further steps where necessary, including infringement procedures in case of breaches of the EU law;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on Member States to apply the key guiding principles on encouraging reporting of hate crime developed in March 2021 by Working Group on hate crime recording, data collection and encouraging reporting; encourages exchange of best practices among relevant authorities;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. underlines that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a potential of helping identify and reduce the impact of human biases and can be used in mapping groups that are discriminated through application of AI software on data sets; recognises however the risks of reinforcing the existing discrimination and stresses therefore the importance of the quality of data used in the development of algorithms, as the standard of AI systems relies on the data used to train them; underscores that AI system that is trained on low quality data, does not meet adequate requirements in terms of its accuracy or robustness, or is not properly designed and tested before put into service, it may single out people in a discriminatory or otherwise incorrect or unjust manner;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Demands thatCalls on the Member States end racial or ethnic profiling in all forms, encompassing ato ensure that necessary safeguards for the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects are in place for the use of AI tools particularly when used by law enforcement; welcomes that the Commission's proposal on the Artificial iIntelligence (AI) tools and includingAct recognises the uses of AI in law enforcement context as high-risk; recalls that in accordance with Union law profiling that results in discriminal law enforcement, counter-terrorism measures and immigration controls, and to officiallytion against natural persons on the basis of personal data which are by their nature particularly sensitive in relation to fundamental rights and freedoms is prohibited as stipulated in the Directive (EU) 2016/680 (Articles 10 and 11); stresses the importance of the recognisetion and combating practices of unlawful discrimination and violence through anti- racism and anti-bias training for the authorities;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to monitor racial bias, including in AI datasets, in criminal justice, education systems and social services, and to take proactive steps to ensure equal justice in order to improve relations between authorities and minority communities; calls, furthermore, for the creation of independent complaint mechanisms for all administrative, judiciary and executive branches of the state, in particular law enforcement; stresses the need to streamline anti-discrimination and anti- racism in all institutions of Member States’ justice systems, including within the judiciary, prosecution services and law enforcement agencies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide trainings for justice system practitioners with the aim to strengthen their legal and non-legal knowledge and skills in the area of non-discrimination and anti-racism;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that according to FRA survey (2021) Your Rights Matter: Police Stops, the majority in the EU as a whole thinks that police generally treats people with respect “frequently” or “always”; notes however that there are disparities between Member States; stresses that there is a correlation between trust among citizens and the readiness to report a crime when witnessing it;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on CEPOL for more training on how to avoid unlawful profiling in law enforcement context and to assist with understanding and eliminating bias; recalls that the FRA Handbook on Preventing Unlawful Profiling Today And In The Future (2018) provides practical information that can be directly used by national authorities in their own trainings;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the need to ensure meaningful participation of all groups affected by intersectional discrimination in policymaking at EU, national and local levels, especially racialised groups;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of collecting comparable and robust disaggregated equality data in order to fully understand and to document discrimination and to tackle inequality holistically, based on voluntary participation, self-identification and informed consent, while protecting anonymity and confidentiality, ensuring community participation in defining of categories, analysis and evaluation, respecting the key principles of EU data protection legislation and fundamental rights and complying with national legislation; calls on the Commission to continue developing a common methodology on this with Member States in order to ensure the comparability, accuracy and reliability of the data collected; supports the FRA’s work on analysing this data and welcomes further developments in this field, in line with its new mandate and through structured and close cooperation with affected groups;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on all Member States to adopt national action plans against racism and discrimination by the end of 2022, as provided for in the EU Anti-racism Action Planwhich take into account the historical roots of racism and create a culture of remembrance, as provided for in the EU Anti-racism Action Plan; calls on the Commission to increase transparency and participation of racialised groups in the work of the subgroup on National Action Plans against Racism, including by providing information on national contact points; highlights the need to continue this EU Action Plan beyond 2025 and encourages the Commission to begin this work before the end of its current mandate;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for more relevant programming under the Citizen, Equality, Rights and Values Programme in the area of fight against discrimination; stresses that only through adequate funding directly from the EU budget the organisations working on the ground will be able to make a meaningful contribution;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to adopt concrete legislative measures to strengthen the role and independence of equality bodies in Member States and to ensure that they are sufficiently funded in order to perform their tasks, especially when it comes to a better collection of data in view to mapping discrimination and inequalities across the EU;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls foron the European institutions to address structural and institutionalised racism, discrimination and the underrepresentation of minorities within theits structures of the European institutions to be addressed and for the adoption ofand to develop a workforce diversity and inclusion strategy;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s appointment of the first anti-racism coordinator in 2021 and the continuous re- appointment since 2015 of the coordinator on combating anti-semitism and fostering Jewish life; but deplores that the position of anti-muslim hatred coordinator has been left vacant since July 2021;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to swiftly appoint the anti-muslim hatred coordinator; regrets that the post has been vacant since July 2021;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the systematic integration of issues related to anti-racism, discrimination and intersectionality into its annual reports on fundamental rights and the rule of law; calls for this dimension to be fully integrated and reflected in the final report of the panel of independent experts to be set up through the public procurement procedure requested by Parliament’s Bureau as part of the rule of law report;