22 Amendments of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2007/2145(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Title between paragraph 21 and 22
Title between paragraph 21 and 22
Human rights and security, freedom, security and justice
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Is concerned about the fact that international cooperation in the fight against terrorism leading to an erosion of the fundamental right to privacy, data protection and non-discrimination; urges the Council to adopt the Framework Decision of Data Protection in the third pillar in line with EP recommendations;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Asks EU institutions and Member States to take a strong diplomatic initiative towards US authorities to ensure that Guantanamo is closed down, that inmates are tried according to US law and that nobody is sent back to countries where there is a risk they could be tortured or subjected to ill-treatment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to continue its work with a view to submitting a proposal for a legislative package including the proposal, deferred to date, toproposal for a Directive implementing the principle of equality outside of employment, hereby extending the scope of Directive 2000/43/EC to all other forms of discrimination, thus implementing Article 21 of the Charter, which provides greater leeway than Article 13 of the Treaty establishing the European Community in that it makes reference to further forms of discrimination: colour, social origin, genetic features, language, political or other opinions, membership of a minority, property and birth; stresses once more that the effect of granting preferential treatment in legislation to particular forms of discrimination is to introduce a kind of hierarchy between them, which should not be the case;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Regrets that the proposed directive leaves substantial gaps in legal protection against discrimination, notably through a wide range of exceptions relating to public order, public security and public health, economic activities, marital and family status and reproductive rights, education and religion; is concerned that, rather than banning discrimination, these 'escape clauses' may actually serve to codify existing discriminatory practices, notably against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people; reminds the Commission that the directive must be in line with existing case law in the area of LGBT rights, notably the Maruko ruling;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)
Paragraph 38 a (new)
(38a) Underlines in this context that more and more EU citizens move from one Member State to another and that they shall fully enjoy the rights provided by the Treaties in relation to their status of EU citizens, notably those to participation in local and European elections and to free movement; calls Member States to fully comply with Directive 2004/38/EC on free movement and to EU institutions to take further action to ensure protection of European citizens' rights all over the EU;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Stresses the need to raise public awareness of the right to reproductive and sexual health, and calls on the Member States to putensure that women can fully enjoy their Sexual and Reproductive Health rights, and that they have access to safe and legal abortion if necessary (in line with the resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe d.d. 16/042008) by putting in place appropriate sex education, information and confidential advisory services, and to facilitate access to contraception in order to prevent all unwanted pregnancies and illegal and high- risk abortions;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 54 a (new)
Paragraph 54 a (new)
54a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study into discrimination of single person households, notable with regard to fiscal treatment, social security, public services, health services and housing;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Welcomes the publication of the first thematic report by the Agency, drawn up at Parliament’s request, on ‘homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the EU Member States’ and urges Member States and EU institutions to implement the Agency's recommendations or state their reasons for not doing so;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Reminds all Member States that, in line with European Court of Human Rights case law, freedom of assembly may be exercised even if the opinions of those making use of that right go against the majority, and that, accordingly, a discriminatory ban on marches and any failure to meet the requirement to give appropriate protection to those taking part breach the principles guaranteed by the European Court of Human Rights, by art. 6 TEU on common EU values and principles, and by the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Calls those Member States who have not yet done so, and in application of the principle of equality, to take legislative action to overcome discrimination experienced by same-sex couples by recognising such relationships;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Calls on the Commission to make sure that Member States grant asylum to persons fleeing from persecution on the basis of their sexual orientation in their country of origin, to take initiatives at the bilateral and multilateral level to stop persecutions of persons on the basis of sexual orientation, and to launch a study on the situation of transsexual people in the Member States and candidate countries, with regard inter alia to the risk of harassment and violence;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 122
Paragraph 122
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 125
Paragraph 125
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
Paragraph 126
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 130
Paragraph 130
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133
Paragraph 133
133. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to propose strategies with the aim of offering high-quality employment to the people who are furthest from the employment market and to tackle the reality of ‘poor workers’; takes the view that such strategies should address the issues of fair wages, work-life balance, good working conditions and job securemployability;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)
Paragraph 133 a (new)
133 a. Urges Member States to speed up the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy with particular emphasis on boosting employability;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 139
Paragraph 139
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 140
Paragraph 140
140. Takes the view that the lack of decent, affordable housing in all the Member States is a factor which leads people into poverty and keeps them there; calls on the Commission, given the vital role of housing in social inclusion policies, to assist the Member States with improving their social housing systems;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 141
Paragraph 141
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 144
Paragraph 144
144. Recommends to the Member States that they put in place routine medical examinationensure adequate health care facilities for the elderly with a view to preventing a deterioration in their quality of life and, where possible, long-term hospitalisation, and give precedence, where possible, to nursing care in the home;