4 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2012/2025(INI)
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Underlines the importance of the respect for the rights of persons belonging to minorities and anti-discrimination policies and legislation; encourages the candidate and potential candidate countries that have yet to ratify the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and Protocol 12 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to do so without further delay;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point a (new)
Paragraph 20 – point a (new)
(a) Considers that the mandate of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) should be reviewed to include the necessary competences to regularly monitor the situation of democracy and the rule of law after accession, and be given adequate resources; is of the view that this monitoring activity should in the future also cover the monitoring of the situation in all EU Member States; asks the FRA to publish annual situation reports and present them to the European Parliament;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point b (new)
Paragraph 20 – point b (new)
(b) Calls on the Commission to activate a monitoring mechanism, akin to the cooperation and verification mechanism introduced in the field of judiciary after the accession of Bulgaria and Romania, in the case the FRA finds in its report serious breaches of democracy and the rule of law in the EU Member States;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point c (new)
Paragraph 20 – point c (new)
(c) Awaits with great interest the assessments that were to be launched in December 2011 further to Article 30 of the FRA Regulation (n°168/2007); asks the Commission to include the monitoring activities described under point (a) in its proposal for a revision of the Regulation further to Article 31 paragraph 2 of the Regulation;