4 Amendments of Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT related to 2015/2116(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NotStresses that in the EU an individual is not protected outside the workplace against discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, age, disability or sexual orientation; Takes the view, that non- discrimination in the field of occupation and employment is only effective if discrimination is comprehensively outlawed in all other fields, including education, access to goods and services and social protection; deplores that an EU anti-discrimination directive was proposed by the Commission in 2008 and voted by the European Parliament in 2009, but that the matter remains blocked in Council; deplores some Member States' lack of political will, the lack of transparency in the negotiation process within the Council and the abuse of the unanimity principle by opposing member states; recalls that it has called upon the Council to adopt the proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons, irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation plenty of times over the past 8 years and that the Council has failed to act and respond positively to the call of the EP as the Union's only Institution directly elected by citizens; and urges the Council once again, to overcome ongoing political inertia and swiftly to adopt the directive proposed 8 years ago
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is concerned that according to the 2013 EU LGBT survey by the Fundamental Rights Agency 20% of the respondents who were employed and/or looking for a job in the 12 months preceding the survey felt discriminated against; regrets that underreporting of cases of discrimination remains a problem; highlights the need to raise awareness among LGBTI people about their rights, e.g. through equality bodies, trade unions and employer organisations;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes with concern the lack of comparable equality data, as well as huge differences in the reporting of cases across Member States; encourages the Commission and Member States, together with relevant agencies, to regularly collect relevant and comparable data disaggregated according to ground of discrimination, including multiple discrimination;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the recent proposal for an European Accessibility Act, as such a measure will certainly have a real and positive impact on the lives of persons with disabilities; notes that the communication on this proposal was very poor resulting in a stagnation of the negotiations in the Council of the directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons, irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, blocked in the Council since it was proposed by the Commission in 2008 and voted in the Parliament in 2009.