Activities of Csaba SÓGOR related to 2016/2009(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2015 (debate) HU
Amendments (11)
Amendment 775 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8
Subheading 8
Amendment 799 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. points out that Member States’ legislation on the mother-tongue education of national minorities is in many cases selectively applied, and that the minorities’ established rights enshrined in law are thus not upheld;
Amendment 804 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)
Paragraph 30 b (new)
30b. Stresses that, similarly, the linguistic rights laid down by law are not upheld, and that the public authorities use administrative and financial means to obstruct the application in practice of written and spoken multilingualism;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)
Paragraph 30 c (new)
30c. Notes that the use of national minorities’ symbols still encounters harassment from the authorities, and that in the absence of a stable legal environment court proceedings are being brought to allow the use of community emblems;
Amendment 808 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)
Paragraph 30 d (new)
30d. Highlights the risk that administrative reorganisation will lead to the neglect of international commitments under which restructuring must not have an adverse effect on the proportion of a national minority within an administrative unit; notes that the planning process totally disregards the regions’ specific historical, cultural and social features, and indeed it seems as if one of the aims of restructuring might be to tear apart regions that are organically interconnected;
Amendment 809 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 e (new)
Paragraph 30 e (new)
30e. Notes that to this day some public authorities treat the articulation, by representatives of national minorities, of political objectives such as the better enforcement of the principle of self- determination or the speeding up of decentralisation, as a risk to national security;
Amendment 810 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 f (new)
Paragraph 30 f (new)
30f. Notes with concern that the restoration of ecclesiastical, communal and private assets confiscated by the Communist authorities has ceased in spite of commitments made by the state, and that in some Member States signs may even be seen of the process being reversed;
Amendment 811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 g (new)
Paragraph 30 g (new)
30g. Notes with regret that various state bodies, disregarding the basic principles of the rule of law, are intimidating and harassing national minorities by imposing administrative fines;
Amendment 812 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 h (new)
Paragraph 30 h (new)
30h. Considers it particularly worrying that provocative statements disparaging national minorities often appear in the media, and that media outlets convey the impression that these are accepted points of view;
Amendment 813 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 i (new)
Paragraph 30 i (new)
30i. Calls on the Union and the Member States to consider acceding to the Council of Europe’s documents on the protection of minorities: the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages;
Amendment 814 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 j (new)
Paragraph 30 j (new)
30j. Urges the Member States to exchange good practice and apply tried and tested solutions in addressing the problems of national minorities to throughout the European Union;