10 Amendments of Ádám KÓSA related to 2011/2182(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Union citizens – regardless of their disabilities – have, inter alia, the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the European Parliament and in municipal elections in their Member State of residence, the right to the provision of consular protection by the diplomatic and consular authorities of another Member State in third countries, and the right to petition the European Parliament, to apply to the European Ombudsman, and to address the EU institutions and advisory bodies in any of the Treaty languages1;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas Parliament adopted a firm position1a in October 2011 regarding the mobility and integration of people with disabilities in which it unequivocally stated that people with disabilities are restricted both in their freedom of movement and the freedom of access to services, products and information. __________________ 1a P7_TA(2011)0453.
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it alarming that millions of people with disabilities are still exposed to significant discrimination with regard to at least three of the European Union’s four fundamental freedoms, particularly – including on line – unhindered access to information, goods and services and transport and as regards unrestricted participation in elections to the European Parliament;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), which will apply from 1 April 2012, constitutes the first instrument of transnational participatory democracy and will give citizens the possibility to become more actively involved in the framing of European policies and legislation; calls for the effective implementation of the ECI Regulation, and, in particular, calls on the EU institutions and Member States to take an active role in informing citizens about this new instrument and in ensuring equal and barrier-free access to such instruments;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on all Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to ensure that the right of access to documents provided for in Regulation 1049/20011, an important right enjoyed by EU citizens, is guaranteed by improving transparency and making access to documents and information easy and user-friendly, including the provision of barrier-free technologies, so as to enable citizens to participate more closely in the decision- making process;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Member States transpose and implement the FMD correctly, making full use of its power to launch infringement proceedings; calls on Member States to remove existing legal and practical barriers to the free movement of citizens and not to introduce cumbersome, unjustified administrative procedures or to tolerate unacceptable practices restricting the application of that right; calls on the Commission, further, to step up its efforts to raise awareness about citizens’ right to free movement and to assist them in exercising it, in particular when it is denied or limited, or if practices are implemented that result in indirect discrimination;
Amendment 107 #
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 – including unhindered access to these documents by people with disabilities – 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;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges that Member States ensure and calls the attention of the Commission to the fact that hearing impaired suspects and defendants, including aggrieved parties in the case of criminal offences, be provided, if they so require, with suitable sign language interpreters in the interest of protecting their rights and preserving their dignity;
Amendment 113 #
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 disabilities or 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);
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the establishment of tha barrier-free one-stop shop for citizens, ‘Your Europe’, is of great importance for citizens seeking advice or redress; acknowledges that the problem-solving networks set up by the Commission are important partners in the settlement of complaints regarding malfunctions in the internal market; calls on the Commission to promote these online and accessible services more actively by involving the existing EU level assistance and problem solving services;