4 Amendments of Tiziano MOTTI related to 2011/2182(INI)
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. While recognising the right to information as one of the cornerstones of democracy, considers that greater access to information on investigations and infringement files could be provided by the Commission without jeopardising the purpose of the investigations and that an overriding public interest might well justify access to these files, particularly in cases where fundamental rights, human or animal health and the protection of the environment against irreversible damage may be at stake;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to pay more attention and respond more precisely to the numerous petitions received on the mutual recognition of civil-status documents and of their effects1 and therefore highlights the importance of making progress as quickly as possible towards ensuring the mutual recognition of the status of same-sex marriages and same-sex and different-sex recognised partnerships across the EU and overcoming discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or type of relationship (civil partnership or marriage); calls on the Commission, further, to put forward appropriate legislative proposals as a matter of urgency; calls on the Commission and Member States to use financial and social assistance to encourage family units to be formed and to facilitate in the support of their children, particularly for large families.
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the fact that mass expulsions represent a breach of the FMD, in addition to contravening the basic values and principles underpinning the European Union; recalls that, under the FMD, restrictions on freedom of movement and residence on grounds of public policy or public security can be imposed exclusively on the basis of personal conduct, without any discrimination on grounds such as ethnic or national origin, and that lack of economic means cannot be used as the justification for the automatic expulsion of EU citizens (Recital 16, Article 14); regards a study into trends for migratory flows of workers in European Union countries as important, however.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges Member States to abolish policies that discriminate, either directly or indirectly, against the Roma and other minority groups on the grounds of race and ethnicity, and calls on them to stop all instances of persecution, eviction and expulsion; calls on all Member States and the EU to take joint responsibility for promoting the integration of Roma, giving them the same rights and obligations as other European citizens, in keeping with the European Parliament resolution of 9 March 2011 on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion1 and ‘An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020’2, and to promote and protect their fundamental rights;