Activities of Rui TAVARES related to 2013/2078(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2012)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the economic crisis, severepolitical orientation of dealing with the economic and financial crisis has been to the detriment of women, as it has featured severe spending cuts to public health care and social care services in most Member States and noticeable budget cuts tohas resulted in noticeable reductions, at both national and European level, to the funds allocated to the efforts tof promoteing women's rights have detrimental consequences for women;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas gender-based violence remains a serious and unacceptable violation of human rights; whereas important steps need to be taken at European and national level to eliminate this phenomenon and to decisively mitigate its side-effects;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas equal pay for work of equal value is a basic principle in the EU, already enshrined in the Treaty of Rome 1957; whereas in 2010 women still earned an average of approximately 16,4% less than men for the same jobs in the EU, and whereas the pay gap varies within the Member States, exceeding an average of 22% in some of them in 2011;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Urges the Commission to launch a comprehensive strategy to fight violence against women as promised in the Stockholm Action Programme and as requested by Parliament in several resolutions; reiterates the need for a legislative criminal-law instrument to be launched by the Commission in order to eradicate gender-based violence;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States to respect and safeguard women's sexual and reproductive health and rights; (SRHR); reaffirms that health is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights and that the EU cannot reach the highest attainable standard of health unless the SRHR of all are fully acknowledged, promoted and protected;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that progress in narrowing the gender pay gap is extremely slow; points out that the implementation of the principle of equal pay for the same work and for work of equal value is crucial to achieve gender equality; urges the Commission to revise without delay Directive 2006/54/EC and to propose amendments to it in accordance with Article 32 of the Directive and on the basis of Article 157 TFEU following the detailed recommendations set out in the annex to the European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2012;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to adopt measures aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of private and professional life, providing affordable and accessible quality care facilities for children and vulnerable dependents, protecting the rights of pregnant workers, and safeguarding mcalls on the Council to reach an agreement on the Maternity lLeave. Directive,
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Stresses that cutbacks in public services providing childcare have a direct impact on the economic independence of women – in 2010, 28.3% of women's inactivity and part time work was explained by the lack of care services against 27.9% in 2009. In 2010, the employment rate of women with young children in the EU was 12.7% lower than that of women without children, up from 11.5% in 2008;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a legislative proposal for different types of leave (paternity, adoption, care leave and filial) in order to improve the reconciliation of professional, family and private life, which at the same time could unlock the blocking of the Maternity Leave Directive in Council;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that as a political, historical and ethical project, the European Union endeavours to bring together countries which share and together promote common European values, such as those laid down in Article 2 of the EU Treaty and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including democracy, the rule of law, fundamental rights, liberty, equality and protection of minorities, which are closely linked and are mutual preconditions, and believes therefore that a fundamental pillar of the European identity is, and must be, the internal and external promotion of these European values;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) apply a horizontal approach to be dealt with by the Commission with exclusive priority and urgency, coordinated at the highest political level, involving all the Commission services concerned, and taken fully into account in the various EU sectorial policies until full compliance with article 2 TEU is restored and any risks of violation thereof are defused;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point f
Paragraph 4 – point f
(f) incorporate an early-warning system, political and technical dialogue, letters of formal notice and a ‘'freezing procedure’; ' in which the Commission would hold meetings at technical level with the services of the Member State concerned but not conclude any negotiations in policy field other that article 2 TEU related ones until full compliance with article 2 TEU has been ensured;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the creation, preferably under an inter-institutional agreement, of a "Copenhagen commission" composed of independent high-level experts on fundamental rights, to be appointed also by the EP, whose aim shall be to ensure compliance by all Member States with the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU, the continuity of the 'Copenhagen criteria' and advising and reporting in relation to fundamental rights matters, awaiting for the modification of the Regulation of the Fundamental Rights Agency to allow it to have a wider scope and stronger powers, as requested by the EP repeatedly;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Invites the Commission and the Council to set up together with the European Parliament a contact group to follow-up on the effective implementation of the values of the Union, and to specifically carry out joint assessments of the situation of fundamental rights in specific cases that have been noted with preoccupation by any of these three institutions of the Union; also calls on these institutions to take into account the resolutions of the Council of Europe and decisions of the European Court of Human Rights;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Alerts to the fact that, historically, economic and social crises of this magnitude have put fundamental rights, the rule of law and democratic values under stress, both at the national and supranational level;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Stresses the need to ensure compatibility of the crisis-remedying measures with the values and objectives of the Union, and particularly to ensure the rule of law of the Union actions in the countries most afflicted by the effects of the crisis in the Euro area;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls the attention to the need to enact pedagogic and informative actions, in order to promote among citizens the values and objectives of the Union, and specifically calls for the widest possible dissemination of the text of the relevant articles of the TEU and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights;