9 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2011/0217(COD)
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Article 20(1) of the Treaty provides for citizenship of the Union as additional to national citizenship of the respective Member States, stipulating that every person holding the nationality of a Member State shall be a citizen of the Union. The second paragraph of Article 20 specifies that citizens of the Union shall enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties provided for in the Treaties, and that they shall have, inter alia, notably the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. The right of Union citizens to free movement and residence is further enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In particular, free movement and workers' mobility help addressing the consequences of demographic change on the labour market, while also increasing the employability of people and improving the competitiveness of European industries. At the same time, free movement either enables, as an essential condition, or stimulates the exercise by citizens of a broad range of rights available to them underenshrined in Union law, such as their rights as consumers to access goods and services or their rights as passengers and tourists. Facilitating free movement has therefore the potential to enhance citizens' possibilities to fully benefit from the single market, whilst being a key driver for growth.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Commission and the Member States should set and monitor the implementation of clear objectives to protect citizens against discrimination on grounds of nationality, sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the EU Citizenship Report 2010 ‘Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights‘, the Commission addressed the main obstacles which citizens still encounter in their daily lives, as consumers, residents, tourists, students, workers, professionals, political actors, people with disabilities, when they seek to exercise their rights as Union citizens, in particular in cross-border situations and outlined 25 concrete actions to remove these obstacles. One of the obstacles identified in this context was lack of information. The Commission concluded, in the EU Citizenship Report 2010, that Union citizens are prevented from enjoying their rights because they lack awareness of them and announced its intention to step up the dissemination of information to Union citizens about their rights, in particular about their right to free movement.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
The general purpose of the European Year shall be to enhance awareness of the rights attached to Union citizenship, in order to help citizens make full use of their right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. In this context, the European Year shall focus, among others, on the opportunities for civic participation and access to rights by Union citizens residing in another Member State than their own, by students, workers, consumers, and providers of goods and services across the Union. Additionally, the enforcement actions of the rules on Union citizenship rights will continue, in order to remove the remaining obstacles.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3 a (new)
– to inform the Union citizens about the notification process and legal redress procedures in case of non-observance of their rights deriving from the Union citizenship.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– conferences and events, campaigns at schools and universities, hearings - also via the internet - and events at Union, national, regional and local levels designed to promote debates and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of the right to free movement and residence and more generally citizens' rights as Union citizensanti-discrimination prevention and the importance and benefits of the citizens' rights as Union citizens, including of the right to free movement and residence;
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3 a (new)
- actions of preventing, condemning and eliminating xenophobia in its different manifestations and related intolerance that persist in the behaviour of some Union citizens, judicial entities and governments;
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission and the Member States shall identify any forms of discrimination pertaining to the exercise of the rights stemming from Union citizenship and decide upon appropriate ways to address them.