Activities of Filiz HYUSMENOVA related to 2014/2254(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (A8-0230/2015 - Laura Ferrara) BG
Amendments (31)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs,
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity",
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities shall be provided for all citizens of the European Union including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G i (new)
Recital G i (new)
Gi. having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention);
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Urges the Commission to ensure that any such internal strategy is accompanied by an action plan, series of legislative proposals, in the context of the Treaties currently in forder to supplement and strengthen thece, with a view to adopting a European Democratic Governance Pact in an effort to: (a) establish a scoreboard for democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights so that each Member Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy already applied in EU external relations; notes that the strategy should: is assessed periodically. – With that aim in view, the Commission should set up a group of experts with a remit to establish the indicators by which democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights will be measured. These indicators should reflect the Copenhagen political criteria governing accession and the values and rights laid down in Article 2 of the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. – The indicators should be drawn up on the basis of existing standards, such as those developed by the UN and the Council of Europe, and the contributions of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, existing international bodies and civil society organisations operating in the area of human rights and fundamental freedoms should be taken into account.
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. b) expand the remit and structure of the Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The founding regulation of the FRA should be amended to expand the Agency’s remit and power so that it can monitor the common indicators concerning the rule of law and fundamental rights and the additional human and financial resources it needs to carry out its new tasks, and do all this without detracting from its independence and impartiality, which are two of the Agency’s fundamental principles. – A rule of law and fundamental rights evaluation committee should be set up within the Agency (FRA Evaluation Committee) to analyse and evaluate the results of the regular monitoring of the indicators. – The FRA Evaluation Committee should publish an annual monitoring report containing a detailed evaluation of each Member State’s performance on the basis of the various indicators. – The Evaluation Committee could then recommend, on the basis of this annual report, that the Commission issue a formal warning if one or more indicators show that a Member State, or even several Member States, are violating the rule of law or fundamental rights.
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on EU Institutions to consider EU Treaty change in order to allow for the Democratic Governance Pact (DGP) to be fully functioning, in particular by; (a) Expanding the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union by creating a new specific procedure to enforce the rule of law principle of Article 2 TEU in a Member State by means of an infringement procedure brought by the Commission or another Member State before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU); (b) Revising Article 7 of the EU Treaty, adding an 'application of Article 2 of the EU Treaty' stage, separating the 'risk' stage from the 'violation' stage, with different thresholds for the majorities provided for, a strengthening of technical and objective (not only political) analysis, enhanced dialogue with the Member States' institutions and a wider range of detailed and predictable penalties which are applicable throughout the procedure (Michel, 2013); (c) Including a reference to the FRA in the Treaties, including a legal base making it possible to amend the Agency's founding regulation not by unanimity, as is currently the case, but via the ordinary legislative procedure; (d) Creating a possibility for national Parliament to refer a draft national law to the CJEU for an opinion on its compliance with the Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Call on the Commission to set up a wide fundamental rights awareness raising and communication framework reaching out all groups and communities, aimed at promoting tolerance, non- discrimination and inter-faith dialogue in cooperation with the Fundamental Rights Agency and civil society, in follow up to the European Council informal meeting of 12 February 2015 1 a ; See: under Preventing radicalisation and safeguarding heading valueshttp://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/ press/press-releases/2015/02/150212- european-council-statement-fight- against-terrorism/
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its concerns about the adoption of national legislation by the Member States allowing for blanket surveillance, and reiterates the need for security instruments that are strictly necessary and proportionate in a democratic society, and the need for proper democratic oversight mechanisms;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Call on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to ensure that Fundamental Rights are embedded in internal security policies and measures from the very outset, as suggested in the FRA Focus paper 'Embedding fundamental rights in the security agenda';
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Recalls the importance of a neutral secular state in preventing discrimination against any religious, atheist or agnostic communities and guaranteeing equal treatment of all religions and beliefs; calls on the Member States to combat intolerance, fanaticism and religious extremism, particularly by promoting intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Expresses its concerns over repeated reports on the alleged violation of EU fundamental rights, and EU data protection legislation in particular, by intelligence service activities of Member States and of third countries, and expresses its concern about the weak democratic oversight mechanisms allowing for such practices;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Stresses that unlawful data collection and treatment should be penalised in the same way as the violation of the traditional confidentiality of correspondence; insists that the creation of "back doors" or any other techniques to weaken or circumvent security measures or exploit their existing weaknesses should be strictly prohibited;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 n (new)
Paragraph 7 n (new)
7n. Calls on the Member States to make rapid progress on the data protection package so as to ensure a high level of data protection across the EU;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the European Union in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; Calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure fundamental and acquired rights of national and linguistic minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Strongly deplores the stalling of negotiations with the Council on thefact that the Council has still not adopted the 2008 proposal for an anti-discrimination directive and restates its appeal toagain urges the Council to adopt the proposal as soon as possibleby the end of this year;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take account of demographic developments and changes in the size and composition of households when designing their policies; urges the Commission and the Member States to ensure that their social and employment policies do not discriminate on the basis of size and composition of households;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Member States and the Commission to take all necessary actions to tackle any disproportionate administrative or legislative obstacles that could hinder linguistic diversity at European or national level and to ensure the right to use a minority language and promote multilingualism and linguistic diversity within the Union;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the EU and the Member States to ban any form ofll discrimination for reasons ofon grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and to combat and prosecute all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 h (new)
Paragraph 10 h (new)
10h. Urges the Commission and the Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention to combat violence against women and girls, as a systematic fundamental rights violation, including marital rape, domestic violence, sexual exploitation and harmful traditional practices, such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) and honour crimes, while ensuring support and protection for victims; and calls on the Commission to establish 2016 as the year to combat violence against women and girls;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 t (new)
Paragraph 10 t (new)
10t. Recognises that Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) are fundamental rights and an essential element of human dignity, gender equality and self-determination; urges the European Commission to include SRHR, as basic human rights, in its next EU Health Strategy to ensure coherence between EU's internal and external fundamental rights policy as called upon by the Parliament on 10 March 2015;
Amendment 619 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 i (new)
Paragraph 13 i (new)
13i. Reminds the Member States of their obligations towards refugees, particularly under the Geneva Convention and the non-refoulement principle;
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Urges the EU to extend the mandate of Frontex so as to authorise it to carry out sea rescue operations;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Welcomes the establishment by the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, of the Task-Force for the Mediterranean following the Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013, but thinks that more ought to be done particularly in terms of legal access routes to the European Union for people in need of protection; to that end, encourages the Commission and the Member States to make progress on the matter of humanitarian visas;
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 j (new)
Paragraph 13 j (new)
13j. Notes that collective expulsions are prohibited under Article 19 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 670 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
– introduce new procedures for legal entry into the EU; - apply the internal solidarity principle;
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 a (new)
- establish a new centralised EU asylum system that would allocate refugees between member states, based on a quota system taking both quantitative (GDP and population of the member state) and qualitative (language, cultural ties, family ties of the refugee) data into account;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 3 b (new)
- mandatory participation by all Member States in resettlement programmes;
Amendment 686 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to take into account the specific needs of certain categories of particularly vulnerable migrants, such as women, children, LGBTI people, disabled people and elderly people;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Points out that the right of access to documents of EU institutions, bodies, and agencies is guaranteed by the Charter and that institutional transparency has to be a feature underlying all democracy; deplores the deadlock in the revision of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 and renews its call on the Commission and Council to resume work, taking Parliament’s proposals as the starting point;