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Amendment 14 , , , i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, , , Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, , Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/2020 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Recalls that the protection of 3. Recalls that the protection of persons belonging to minorities is an persons belonging to minorities is an explicit founding value of the EU, together explicit founding value of the EU, together with democracy, the rule of law and with democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights, as set out in respect for human rights, as set out in Article 2 of the TEU; Article 2 of the TEU; calls on the Commission to include in the annual report on the rule of law the monitoring of the rights of persons belonging to minorities; reiterates its call for the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, whose remit would include, inter alia, the monitoring of these rights;

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Amendment 15 Rasmus Andresen, Tineke Strik, Romeo Franz, Diana Riba i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ignazio Corrao, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Monika Vana, Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, Francisco Guerreiro, Saskia Bricmont on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Delara Burkhardt

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/20 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Believes that linguistic rights must 7. Believes that linguistic rights must be respected in communities where there be respected in line with the constitutional is more than one official language, order of each Member State, without limiting the rights of one group jurisprudence, and international law; compared with another, in line with the believes that in order to prevent constitutional order of each Member State discrimination and promote diversity, and its national law; believes that the regional and minority languages should promotion of regional languages and the be protected at the European level; protection of language communities should respect the fundamental rights of all persons;

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Amendment 16 Rasmus Andresen, Tineke Strik, Romeo Franz, Diana Riba i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ignazio Corrao, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Monika Vana, Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, Francisco Guerreiro, Saskia Bricmont on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Delara Burkhardt

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/20 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10a. Calls on the Commission to improve its monitoring of the respect for the rights of persons belonging to national minorities in its enlargement policy by using the experience gained in previous rounds of enlargement and through effective cooperation with the Council of Europe;

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Amendment 17 Rasmus Andresen, Tineke Strik, Romeo Franz, Diana Riba i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ignazio Corrao, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Monika Vana, Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, Francisco Guerreiro, Saskia Bricmont on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Delara Burkhardt

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/20 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Is of the opinion that cultural and 12. Is of the opinion that cultural and linguistic identity preservation measures linguistic identity preservation measures for the benefit of persons belonging to for the benefit of persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities must aim national and linguistic minorities can only at positive action, including in the areas of be effective insofar as they go beyond education, culture and public services; merely prohibiting discrimination, and must aim at positive action, including in public administration, the judiciary, education, culture, social services, healthcare and public services;

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Amendment 18 Rasmus Andresen, Tineke Strik, Romeo Franz, Diana Riba i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ignazio Corrao, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Monika Vana, Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, Francisco Guerreiro, Saskia Bricmont on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Delara Burkhardt

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/20 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution Amendment

18. Believes that every EU citizen 18. Believes that every EU citizen should be able to enjoy culture and should be able to enjoy culture and entertainment in his or her own language; entertainment in his or her own language; points out that linguistic minorities are points out that linguistic minorities are often too small or lack the institutional often too small or lack the institutional support to build up a comprehensive support to build up a comprehensive system of media services of their own; system of media services of their own and calls on the Commission in this regard to depend on the media of another country make an assessment and take the most with the same language; calls on the appropriate measures to support the Commission in this regard to make an development of such media services; notes assessment and take the most appropriate that since the submission of the Minority measures to support the development of SafePack ECI to the Commission in 2013, such media services; encourages the essential copyright and audiovisual media Commission to create the legal and services-related proposals have already regulatory conditions to ensure freedom adopted by the co-legislators; of service, dissemination and reception of acknowledges the recently adopted audiovisual content in regions where Commission communication on the first minorities live, so that they can watch and short-term review of the Geo-blocking listen to content in their mother tongue, Regulation (COM(2020)0766), in which without geo-blocking of this content if it is the Commission proposes a detailed stock- broadcast from another country; taking exercise for 2022, by when the full acknowledges the recently adopted effects of the regulation will have become Commission communication on the first apparent; welcomes the Commission’s plan short-term review of the Geo-blocking to engage in a dialogue with stakeholders Regulation (COM(2020)0766), in which on audiovisual content as part of its media the Commission proposes a detailed stock- and audiovisual action plan; stresses the taking exercise for 2022, by when the full need to ensure that minority language effects of the regulation will have become concerns are taken into consideration in apparent; welcomes the Commission’s

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EN United in diversityEN future regulations; preliminary conclusions on audiovisual content and takes note of the Commission’s plan to engage in a dialogue with stakeholders on audiovisual content as part of its media and audiovisual action plan; stresses the need to ensure that minority language concerns are taken into consideration in future regulations;

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Amendment 19 Rasmus Andresen, Tineke Strik, Romeo Franz, Diana Riba i Giner, Rosa D’Amato, Sergey Lagodinsky, Ignazio Corrao, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, Monika Vana, Jordi Solé, François Alfonsi, Francisco Guerreiro, Saskia Bricmont on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Delara Burkhardt

Motion for a resolution B9-0403/20 PPE, S&D, Renew, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe’

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution Amendment

19. Points out that a large number of 19. Points out that a large number of de stateless people in the jure and de facto stateless people in the belong to national and linguistic minorities; European Union belong to national and considers that, taking due account of the linguistic minorities; considers that, taking sovereignty and competences of Member due account of the sovereignty and States, positive measures could be and are competences of Member States, positive being taken in this regard; points out that measures could be and are being taken in granting or withdrawing citizenship is a this regard; points out, in particular, that national competence; the Union should consider ways for approximating the rights of long-term stateless persons and their families with those of EU citizens; points out that granting or withdrawing citizenship is a national competence which should be exercised with due regard to EU law;

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