European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

2020/2011(INI)

12.6.2020

AMENDMENT 1 - 286

Draft report Romeo Franz (PE650.654v03-00)

Report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies: combating negative attitudes towards people with Romani background in Europe (2020/2011(INI))

AM\1207504EN.docx PE653.790v01-00

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PE653.790v01-00 2/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Social Charter, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, as well as reports and recommendations by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) and other Council of Europe mechanisms;

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Amendment 2 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and United Nations human rights treaties including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child;

Or. en

AM\1207504EN.docx 3/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 3 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin;

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Amendment 4 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;

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Amendment 5 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Citation 1 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;

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Amendment 6 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European Parliament reports from 2010 on The EU Strategy on Roma inclusion and the Report on the gender aspects of the European Framework of National Roma Inclusion Strategies from 2013;

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Amendment 7 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard the Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin(Race Equality Directive) and the Council Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;

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Amendment 8 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

AM\1207504EN.docx 5/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2018 on the rise of neo-fascist violence in Europe (2018/2869(RSP)),

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Amendment 9 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to its resolution on Fighting discrimination of EU citizens belonging to minorities in the EU Member States adopted on 7 February 2018;

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Amendment 10 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 6 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard the European Economic and Social Committee opinion on the situation of Roma women SOC/585-EESC-2018;

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PE653.790v01-00 6/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 11 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 6 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2018 on minimum standards for minorities in the EU (2018/2036(INI));

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Amendment 12 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 6 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 13 March 2018 on lagging regions in the EU (2017/2208(INI));

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Amendment 13 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Principle 16 of The European Pillar of Social Rights, which stresses the right to timely access to affordable, preventive and curative health care of good quality;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 7/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 14 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI);

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Amendment 15 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Principle 19 of the European Pillar of Social Rights which states that ‘access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality shall be provided for those in need’;

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Amendment 16 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

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Amendment 17 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin;

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Amendment 18 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation;

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Amendment 19 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Council

AM\1207504EN.docx 9/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA of 28 November 2008 on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law;

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Amendment 20 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 10 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies;

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Amendment 21 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Citation 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

— having regard to the relevant — having regard to the relevant reports and recommendations of civil reports and recommendations of civil society organisations representing people society organisations representing Roma, with Romani background, non- non-governmental organisations (NGOs) governmental organisations (NGOs) and and research institutions, research institutions,

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PE653.790v01-00 10/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 22 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the infringement proceedings titled Non-conformity with Directive 2000/43/EC on Racial Equality - Discrimination of Roma children in education (infringement numbers 20142174, 20152025 and 20152206);

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Amendment 23 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the European Citizens Initiatives on "Minority SafePack Initiative" and on "Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures";

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Amendment 24 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Malin Björk, Klára Dobrev, Marc Angel, Sophia in 't Veld, Cornelia Ernst, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the General Policy Recommendation No. 13 of the European Commission Against Racism

AM\1207504EN.docx 11/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN and Intolerance (ECRI);

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Amendment 25 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Citation 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the Poznan Declaration of Western Balkans Partners on Roma Integration within the EU Enlargement Process;

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Amendment 26 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Citation 15 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the World Bank Poverty Map from 2016 clearly identifying the most back logged regions of Europe;

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Amendment 27 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-A. whereas most people with Romani

PE653.790v01-00 12/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN background are deprived of their fundamental human rights in all areas of life;

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Amendment 28 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Roma* people in Europe live in marginal Europe live in marginal conditions in both conditions in both rural and urban areas, rural and urban areas, and in very poor and in very poor socio-economic socio-economic circumstances25 ; circumstances25 ; *through the whole text we would like to change people with Romani background to Roma people, because it is based on self-identification and it is not clear who is considered a person with Romani background, therefore we propose to use the term of Roma people in line with other EU documents, legislation as well as in documents of other international organisations such as the Council of Europe. The Hungarian law does not refer to someone’s “background”, but use the term of Roma. According to the Hungarian law belonging to a nationality – including Roma – is based on self- identification. As in other political documents of the European Parliament and of the Council, the term ‘Roma’ is used as an umbrella term which includes groups of people who have more or less similar cultural characteristics, such as Sinti, Travellers, Kalé, Gens du voyage, etc., whether sedentary or not; ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey,

AM\1207504EN.docx 13/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 29 Vladimír Bilčík

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe people with Roma background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio- and urban areas, and in very poor socio- economic circumstances25 ; economic circumstances25 ; ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 30 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas Roma and Sinti represent people with Romani background in Europe Europe's largest ethnic minority; whereas live in marginal conditions in both rural a significant proportion of people with and urban areas, and in very poor socio- Romani background in Europe live in economic circumstances25 ; extremely precarious conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio-economic circumstances25 ; ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 31 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio- and urban areas, and in very poor socio- economic circumstances25 ; economic circumstances; whereas some 80% of Roma in nine EU Member States with the largest Roma populations live below their country’s poverty threshold; whereas every third Roma lives in housing without running water, every third Roma child lives in a household where someone went to bed hungry at least once in the previous month and 50% of Roma between the ages of six and 24 was not in education;25 ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 32 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural live in marginal conditions in both rural and urban areas, and in very poor socio- and urban areas, and in very poor socio-

AM\1207504EN.docx 15/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN economic circumstances25 ; economic circumstances; whereas in 2016, some 80% of people with Romani background live below their country’s poverty threshold; 25 ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 33 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Recital A

Motion for a resolution Amendment

A. whereas a significant proportion of A. whereas a significant proportion of people with Romani background in Europe people with Romani background in Europe live in marginal conditions in both rural live by choice in marginal conditions in and urban areas, and in very poor socio- both rural and urban areas, and in very economic circumstances25 ; poor socio-economic circumstances due to their refusal to observe the measures of the Member States to be fully integrated within the society; ______25 FRA, Second European Union 25 FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. Roma – Selected findings, 2016.

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Amendment 34 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas according to selected

PE653.790v01-00 16/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN findings on Roma from the FRA’s survey EU-MIDIS II, some 80 % of Roma surveyed live below their country’s at- risk-of-poverty threshold; every third Roma lives in housing without tap water and one in 10 in housing without electricity; every third Roma child lives in a household where someone went to bed hungry at least once in the previous month; 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 are not employed, in education or training; only one out of two Roma children attend pre- school or kindergarten, and a very small proportion continue school after compulsory education, 50 % of Roma between the ages of six and 24 not attending school;

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Amendment 35 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas poverty is both an outcome and a driver of exclusion in education, employment, health and housing; whereas a key target of the EU 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth is to lift 20 million people, including people with Romani background, out of risk of poverty;

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Amendment 36 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

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Aa. Whereas a significant proportion of people with Roma background have been able to establish large-scale criminal networks in several Member States, generating large profits from illegal activities such as money lending, drugs, prostitution and illegal waste;

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Amendment 37 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Aa. whereas institutional discrimination exists towards people of Romani background in all spheres of life including housing, education, healthcare and employment; whereas they often face challenges when accessing social, employment and healthcare services;

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Amendment 38 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ab. whereas a large number of Roma still live in informal, unhygienic and irregular settlements in miserable living conditions; whereas many do not possess identification documents and lack medical insurance; whereas many suffer of

PE653.790v01-00 18/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN extremely high rates of illiteracy and early school leaving;

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Amendment 39 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ab. whereas Roma face discrimination in employment initiatives such as the Youth Guarantee, whereas Public Employment Services often lack capacity to reach Roma, or apply indirect discrimination practices;

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Amendment 40 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ab. Whereas recent researches suggest a correlation between Romani people settlement and crime rates;

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Amendment 41 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new)

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Ac. whereas according to the EU- MIDIS II survey paid work rates for Roma aged 20-64 years with 43 % was well below the EU average of 70 % in 2015, whereas the situation of young people is substantially worse with 63 % of Roma aged 16-24 not in employment, education or training, compared with the 12 % EU average, whereas the results show a considerable gender gap, with 72 % of young Roma women not in employment, education or training, compared with 55 % of young Roma men;

Or. en

Amendment 42 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ac. Whereas a 2015 Italian police investigation estimated that a gang based in Rome could count more than 1,000 members across 43 families with Roma background while the crime empire built was reportedly worth 90 million euros;

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Amendment 43 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ad. Whereas similar investigations

PE653.790v01-00 20/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN have taken place in several other Member States;

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Amendment 44 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ae. Whereas Crime statistics in some countries have revealed a pattern of over representation of Roma in several types of crime, notably petty stealing;

Or. en

Amendment 45 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital A f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Af. Whereas several local authorities are investing considerable public financial resources to improve housing and living conditions of people with Roma background;

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Amendment 46 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital B

AM\1207504EN.docx 21/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural deleted antygypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis;

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Amendment 47 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas some form of anti- antygypsyism continues to exist at all gypsyism continues to exist in European levels of European society and manifests society itself on a daily basis;

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Amendment 48 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas anti-gypsyism manifests anti-gypsyism continues to exist at all itself regularly in European society; levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis;

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Amendment 49 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

PE653.790v01-00 22/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas persistent and structural antygypsyism continues to exist at all anti-gypsyism remains pervasive across levels of European society and manifests the EU, where structural anti-gypsyism itself on a daily basis; and sustained socio-economic inequalities affect Roma in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education; whereas Roma people suffer increased hate speech in public, in social media and by public figures and politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation;

Or. en

Amendment 50 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas persistent and structural antygypsyism continues to exist at all anti-gypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis; itself on a daily basis; whereas structural anti-gypsyism affects people with Romani background in areas such as housing, healthcare, employment and education; whereas people with Romani background suffer increased hate-speech in public, in social media and by public figures and politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation; whereas racism against people with Romani background has led to violence and killings1a; whereas hate-motivated harassment and hate crimes remain significantly high against people with Romani background and whereas a

AM\1207504EN.docx 23/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN majority of hate-motivated incidents are not reported1b; whereas people with Romani background face structural discrimination, acknowledged as major barrier in achieving their full potential as EU citizens and enjoying fully fundamental rights, social inclusion and equality; ______1a European Roma Rights Centre; Roma child Shot Dead in Bulgaria 1b EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, Roma and Travellers Survey 2019, selected key findings (draft, publication expected in July 2020)

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Amendment 51 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas deeply rooted, persistent, antygypsyism continues to exist at all and structural and often institutional and levels of European society and manifests governmental anti-gypsyism continues to itself on a daily basis; exist at all levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis;

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Amendment 52 Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. whereas persistent and structural B. whereas persistent and structural

PE653.790v01-00 24/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN antygypsyism continues to exist at all anti-gypsyism continues to exist at all levels of European society and manifests levels of European society and manifests itself on a daily basis; itself on a daily basis; whereas specific measures are needed in order to combat this phenomenon;

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Amendment 53 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas anti-gypsyism has resulted in unacceptable levels of inequality for people with Romani background in the field of housing, schooling, health status, and their social and labour-market situation, which often perpetuate their exclusion and racism against them, and whereas EU Member States do not show determination to break the vicious circle of anti-gypsyism, to safeguard equality and non- discrimination for their citizens with Romani background, and to grant the full enjoyment of their fundamental human rights;

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Amendment 54 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas only 21 % of Roma women and 25 % of Roma men aged 16–

AM\1207504EN.docx 25/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN 24 have completed secondary education (ISCED3) or higher; whereas almost 70% of Roma youth aged 18-24 were early leavers from education and training; whereas little or no progress have been achieved towards ending educational discrimination and systemic segregation with regards to the infringement proceedings against several Member States;

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Amendment 55 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas 43 % of Romani men and 22% Romani women are in some form of paid work1a; whereas 63 % of young Romani people (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET)1b; whereas overall 72 % of Romani women aged 16 to 24 years are NEET compared with 55 % of young Romani men1c; ______1a FRA, Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey, Roma – Selected findings, 2016. 1b Report on the National Roma Integration Strategies: key conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.4. 1c Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey – Roma women in nine EU Member States, 2019.

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 26/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 56 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas, while improving the situation of Roma is the primary responsibility of the Member States, the European Union can provide the necessary impetus, structure and coordination to move away from the institutional and political inertia that often hampers the improvement of the situation of Roma in Member States;

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Amendment 57 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. Whereas the misdiagnosis of Roma children as having special educational needs is still a common discriminatory practice leading to a disproportionate number of Roma children attending 'special' schools, thereby separating them from the mainstream school system and often receiving inferior education;

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Amendment 58 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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Ba. Whereas dysfunctioning rule of law in some Member States provides no protection and access to justice for victims of police violence, instead the victims are persecuted by the state authorities;

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Amendment 59 Ioan-Rareş Bogdan

Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ba. whereas people with Romani background continue to be subject of hate speech and discrimination;

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Amendment 60 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. whereas the creation of the first European Roma strategy was an immense achievement, as it put the necessity to improve the situation of Roma on the European policy agenda, created vital institutional structures and networks and put pressure on Member States to develop national strategies to address their shortcomings;

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 28/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 61 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. whereas in 2019, 68 % of Romani children left education early; whereas only 18 % of Romani children transited to higher levels of education and the absenteeism and early-school-leaving rates among the Romani pupils were significantly higher than for other categories of pupils1a; ______1a Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, September 2019.

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Amendment 62 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. whereas no legal or political measures have been taken against Member States to end residential segregation, forced evictions and to ensure access to quality housing;

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Amendment 63 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

AM\1207504EN.docx 29/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. Whereas the life expectancy and health status of Roma minority remain significantly lower than for non-Roma in all European countries;1a ______1a Closing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe, 2018, Study, epha, 12/2018

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Amendment 64 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bb. Whereas only 21 % of Roma women and 25 % of Roma men aged 16– 24 have completed secondary education (ISCED3) or higher;

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Amendment 65 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bc. whereas one third of Romani households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing1a ; whereas 43 % of

PE653.790v01-00 30/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN people with Romani background are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality1b; whereas the process of property registration was clarified in most European states, centuries ago, as part of the “social contract”, however, in most countries, the property of the Romani people remains unregistered, making them prone to abuse, such as forced evictions. ______1a Roma inclusion measures reported under the EU Framework for NRIS, European Commission, 2019, p.18. 1b Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, European Commission, 2019, p.6.

Or. en

Amendment 66 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bc. whereas over the past years important experience and knowledge has been accumulated related to the implementation of national Roma strategies, such as the need for more embeddedness of such strategies into national, regional and local sectoral policies, the need for a more efficient use of EU financing, especially for long-term integration projects; whereas all lessons learnt should be reflected in the new “EU initiative on Roma equality and inclusion up to 2030” to be presented by the Commission;

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Amendment 67 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bc. Whereas 43 % of Roma men and 22% Roma women are in some form of paid work 1a; whereas 63 % of young Roma (aged 16-24) are not in education, employment or training (NEET) 1b; whereas overall 72 % of Roma women aged 16 to 24 years are NEET compared with 55 % of young Roma men 1c; whereas the increasing share of Roma NEETs was an area where the situation had deteriorated in 2016 compared to 2011 1d; ______1a EU FRA2016 Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey : Roma 1b Report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies – 2019, p. 4 1c EU FRA2019 Roma women survey 1d Roma inclusion measures reported under the EU framework for NRIS, p. 18

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Amendment 68 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

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Bc. Whereas the current EU funding instruments addressing the socio- economic challenges of Roma fail to address anti-gypsyism as a specific phenomenon; whereas combating anti- gypsyism through the existing anti- discrimination legislation is not sufficient;1a ______1a Open Society Foundations, Post 2020 EU Roma Strategy: the way forward, 2019

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Amendment 69 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bc. whereas Roma people suffer increased hate speech in public, in social media and by public figures and politicians, police violence, including collective punishment, racial profiling, residential and school segregation;

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Amendment 70 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bd. whereas Romani women are particularly affected as regards women’s

AM\1207504EN.docx 33/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, in Bulgaria1a; whereas people with Romani background have also experienced ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities1b; whereas in some Member States, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Romani women have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilization and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights1c; ______1a Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe, 2017, p.42-44. 1b European Roma Rights Centre v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017, Council of Europe, 2018 1c Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding Observations: Slovakia, 2019. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Concluding Observations: Czech Republic, 2019.

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Amendment 71 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bd. Whereas the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights has brought to the fore the fundamental right

PE653.790v01-00 34/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN of everyone to engage in work and the reinforcement of social rights leading to a positive impact on the lives of people belonging to marginalised groups, such as the Roma;

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Amendment 72 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Be. whereas the life expectancy at birth in the EU is 76 years for men and 82 years for women, for the people with Romani background, it is estimated to be 10 less; whereas the infant mortality rate in the EU is 4.3 per one thousand live births, there is evidence that the rate is much higher among Roma communities1a; ______1a Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.19.

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Amendment 73 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Be. Whereas one third of Roma households do not have tap water, just over half have an indoor flush toilet or

AM\1207504EN.docx 35/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN shower, and 78 % of Roma live in overcrowded housing 1a; ______1a European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6

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Amendment 74 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bf. whereas 61 % of EU citizens believe that discrimination against the Romani people is widespread in their country1a; whereas 56% of Germans wouldn't feel good of having a Romani neighbour1b; whereas, on average, 46 % of the Romani people surveyed by the FRA in 2011 reported having been subject to discrimination because of their Romani ethnicity, ranging from around 60 % in Italy, Czechia and Poland, to around 30 % in Romania, Bulgaria and Spain1c; ______1a Special Eurobarometer 493, 'Discrimination in the European Union', Fieldwork, May 2019 1b Leipzig Authoritarianism Study: Nearly one in three Germans support xenophobic views, 2018 1c Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020 European Implementation Assessment, 2020, p.28.

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 36/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 75 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bf. Whereas 43 % of Roma are discriminated against when trying to buy or rent housing and are not sufficiently aware of their rights in terms of equality 1a; ______1a European Commission, 2019 Report on National Roma Integration Strategies: Key Conclusions, p. 6

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Amendment 76 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bg. whereas environmental injustices are regularly related to health risks and negative consequences for people with Romani background and whereas they are disproportionately affected by environmental burdens, have less access to environmental resources and services, and are discriminated against in their right to information, to participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters;

Or. en

Amendment 77 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

AM\1207504EN.docx 37/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital B g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bg. Whereas the increased use of new technology by public authorities, such as predictive policing and the use of facial recognition, presents a number of risks for Roma in Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 78 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bh. Whereas environmental injustices are regularly related to health risks and negative consequences for Roma and whereas Roma are disproportionately affected by environmental burdens, have less access to environmental resources and services, and are discriminated against in their right to information, to participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters;

Or. en

Amendment 79 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bi. Whereas Roma women, Roma

PE653.790v01-00 38/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN LGBTI, Roma people with disabilities face intersectional discrimination which increase the severity of discrimination on their lives;

Or. en

Amendment 80 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital B j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Bj. Whereas Roma women are particularly affected as regards women’s rights and often face exacerbated forms of verbal, physical, psychological and racial harassment in reproductive health care settings, as has found to be the case in Bulgaria 1a;whereas Roma have also experienced in that Member State, ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities, and are placed in segregated rooms with segregated bathrooms and eating facilities 1b;whereas in some Member States, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Roma have been subjected to systematic practices of forced and coercive sterilization and have been unable to obtain adequate reparations, including compensation, for the resulting violations of their human rights 1c; ______1a See, e.g., Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Europe 42-43, 44 (2017) 1b European Roma Rights Centre v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017, Eur. Comm. Soc. R.(2018). 1c See, e.g., Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Concluding

AM\1207504EN.docx 39/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Observations: Slovakia, paras. 44-45, E/C.12/SVK/CO/3 (2019)

Or. en

Amendment 81 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the deleted Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

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Amendment 82 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the deleted Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 40/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 83 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the Equality C. whereas a Council and Inclusion of People with Romani Recommendation for the Equality and Background, developed on the basis of Inclusion of People with Romani more realistic quantitative and qualitative Background, developed on the basis of data, a legislative act with a binding more realistic quantitative and qualitative character on the European Union and its data, in the yearly partnership agreements Member States, is needed and must be and in the operational programmes must proposed by the Commission; be proposed with clear objectives, targets and minimums, and whereas without clear reporting and coordinating structures the Institutions cannot ensure accountability and transparency;

Or. en

Amendment 84 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the C. whereas the EU initiative on Roma Equality and Inclusion of People with Equality and Inclusion, developed on the Romani Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative data and country-specific qualitative data, a legislative act with a indicators, is needed and must be proposed binding character on the European Union by the Commission; and its Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

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Amendment 85 Klára Dobrev

AM\1207504EN.docx 41/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the C. whereas an EU Strategic Equality and Inclusion of People with Framework for Roma Equality, Social Romani Background, developed on the and Economic Justice and Combating basis of more realistic quantitative and Antigypsyism, developed on the basis of qualitative data, a legislative act with a more realistic quantitative and qualitative binding character on the European Union data, a legislative act with a binding and its Member States, is needed and must character on the European Union and its be proposed by the Commission; Member States, is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

Or. en

Amendment 86 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the Equality C. whereas a post-2020 EU Strategic and Inclusion of People with Romani Framework for the Equality and Inclusion Background, developed on the basis of of People with Romani Background, more realistic quantitative and qualitative developed on the basis of more realistic data, a legislative act with a binding quantitative and qualitative data, a character on the European Union and its legislative act with a binding character on Member States, is needed and must be the European Union and its Member States, proposed by the Commission; is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

Or. en

Amendment 87 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas a Directive for the Equality C. whereas a Directive for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding data collected with the support of Romani character on the European Union and its Civil Society Organisations, a legislative Member States, is needed and must be act with a binding character on the proposed by the Commission; European Union and its Member States, is needed and could be proposed by the Commission;

Or. en

Amendment 88 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital C

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C. whereas a Directive for the Equality C. whereas a Directive for the Equality and Inclusion of People with Romani and Inclusion of People with Romani Background, developed on the basis of Background, developed on the basis of more realistic quantitative and qualitative more realistic quantitative and qualitative data, a legislative act with a binding data, specifically disaggregated for Roma, character on the European Union and its a legislative act with a binding character on Member States, is needed and must be the European Union and its Member States, proposed by the Commission; is needed and must be proposed by the Commission;

Or. en

Amendment 89 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ca. whereas Roma are part of

AM\1207504EN.docx 43/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Europe’s culture and values and they have contributed to the cultural richness, diversity, economy and common history of the EU;

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Amendment 90 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas adequate funding must be deleted allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;

Or. en

Amendment 91 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas adequate funding must be D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas the EU and the Member States; whereas efficient and Member States must ensure that the funds strengthened monitoring and oversight allocated are properly spent and not mechanisms must be developed; whereas misused; the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent

PE653.790v01-00 44/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN and not misused;

Or. en

Amendment 92 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas adequate funding must be D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the People with Romani Background from the local, regional and national budgets of the local, regional and national budgets of the Member States; whereas the EU and the Member States; whereas the EU and the Member States must ensure that the funds Member States must ensure that the funds allocated are properly spent and not are allocated for objectives and projects misused; that have the biggest potential long-term impact on the situation of the Roma;

Or. en

Amendment 93 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas adequate funding must be D. whereas adequate funding could be allocated for the implementation of post- allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the People with Romani Background; whereas local, regional and national budgets of the the EU and the Member States must ensure Member States; whereas the EU and the that the funds allocated are properly spent Member States must ensure that the funds and not misused, as is usually the case allocated are properly spent and not with funds entrusted to NGOs misused; proclaiming rights of the Roma people;

Or. en

AM\1207504EN.docx 45/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 94 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Recital D

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D. whereas adequate funding must be D. whereas adequate funding must be allocated for the implementation of post- allocated for the implementation of post- 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for 2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background from the Roma from the local, regional and national local, regional and national budgets of the budgets of the Member States; whereas the Member States; whereas the EU and the EU and the Member States must ensure Member States must ensure that the funds that the funds allocated are properly spent allocated are properly spent and not and not misused; misused;

Or. en

Amendment 95 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Da. Whereas approximately half of the Roma in Europe live outside the European Union; whereas their situation remains particularly problematic in most of the candidate, potential candidate and neighbourhood countries; whereas the European Union can have a strong impact on their situation through the accession negotiations as well as through the provision of financial assistance;

Or. en

Amendment 96 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

PE653.790v01-00 46/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Da. whereas the diversity among Roma must be far better reflected in the post- 2020 EU Strategic Framework, taking into account the internal heterogeneity of the community and the situation of various groups of people sharing fairly similar cultural characteristics and history of persistent marginalisation in European societies, while ensuring that no-one is left behind.

Or. en

Amendment 97 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Da. whereas the protection and strengthening of cultural heritage related to national minorities in the Member States plays a crucial role in social cohesion;

Or. en

Amendment 98 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Recital E

Motion for a resolution Amendment

E. whereas the correct designation deleted referring to all Romani groups, including

AM\1207504EN.docx 47/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN those stigmatised as gypsies but who do not have the corresponding ethnic background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani background’;

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Amendment 99 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital E

Motion for a resolution Amendment

E. whereas the correct designation E. whereas the proposal for a post referring to all Romani groups, including 2020 EU Strategic Framework for the those stigmatised as gypsies but who do Equality, Inclusion and Participation of not have the corresponding ethnic people with Romani background should background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or take into account the internal Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani heterogeneity of the community in the background’; priority domains, ensuring that nobody is left behind, including women children, youngsters and EU mobile Romani people; whereas the correct designation referring to all Romani groups, including those stigmatised as gypsies but who do not have the corresponding ethnic background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, or Travellers, should be ‘people with Romani background’;

Or. en

Amendment 100 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital E

Motion for a resolution Amendment

E. whereas the correct designation E. whereas in other political referring to all Romani groups, including documents of the European Parliament

PE653.790v01-00 48/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN those stigmatised as gypsies but who do and of the Council, the term ‘Roma’ is not have the corresponding ethnic used as an umbrella term which includes background, such as Egyptians, Ashkali, groups of people who have more or less or Travellers, should be ‘people with similar cultural characteristics, such as Romani background’; Sinti, Travellers, Kalé, Gens du voyage, etc., whether sedentary or not;

Or. en

Amendment 101 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ea. whereas the Framework highlighted diversity under the broad umbrella term of “Roma”; whereas it failed to recognise the diversity within the population of people with Romani background; whereas the term Roma or the double term Sinti & Roma, which is used in EU policies and discussion does not reflect the heterogeneity of the minority, so people with Romani background such as Kalè, Manouches, Lovara, Rissende, Boyash, Domare, Caldaras, Romanichild and Sinti feel excluded or not addressed; whereas Roma is one of the groups of people with Romani background in Europe, the denomination of one group used to describe the other groups in EU policies and discussion is often criticised among community members;1a ______1a The term Roma encompasses diverse groups, including Roma, Gypsies, Travellers, Manouches, Ashkali, Sinti and Boyash. Roma is the term commonly used in EU policy documents and discussions.

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AM\1207504EN.docx 49/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 102 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital F

Motion for a resolution Amendment

F. whereas the equal participation of F. whereas the equal participation and local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, empowerment of people with Romani activists, experts, community members, Background in policymaking, from all etc.) must be significantly involved in the levels, must be better ensured: local and development, implementation and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, monitoring of public policies towards experts, community members, etc.) must people with Romani background, in the be significantly involved in the post-2020 context; development, implementation and monitoring of the public policies towards people with Romani background, in the post 2020 context;

Or. en

Amendment 103 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital F

Motion for a resolution Amendment

F. whereas the equal participation of F. whereas the equal participation of local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, local, regional, national and European activists, experts, community members, stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, etc.) must be significantly involved in the community members, etc.) must be development, implementation and significantly involved in the development, monitoring of public policies towards implementation and monitoring of public people with Romani background, in the policies towards people with Romani post-2020 context; background, in the post-2020 context;

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 50/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 104 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Recital F

Motion for a resolution Amendment

F. whereas the equal participation of F. whereas the equal participation of local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and development, implementation and monitoring of public policies towards monitoring of public policies towards people with Romani background, in the Roma, in the post-2020 context; post-2020 context;

Or. en

Amendment 105 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Recital F

Motion for a resolution Amendment

F. whereas the equal participation of F. whereas the equal participation of local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, experts, community members, activists, experts, community members, etc.) must be significantly involved in the etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and development, implementation and monitoring of public policies towards monitoring of public policies towards people with Romani background, in the people with Romani background, in the post-2020 context; post-2020 context, while respecting the prerogatives and sovereignty of Member States in implementing their Roma integration strategies;

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Amendment 106 Romeo Franz

AM\1207504EN.docx 51/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fa. whereas most of the disadvantaged communities of people with Romani background are often left behind and excluded from the benefits of the national inclusion programs due to limits in mapping methodologies used when identifying the most in need communities; whereas when designing programme intervention, the analyses should target the exactly geographic area and the number of families, persons who face socio-economic exclusion;

Or. en

Amendment 107 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fa. whereas Member States have a clear responsibility to take corrective measures against practices that discriminate against members of the Roma community, in particular in their dealings with regional and national administrative authorities, health care services, policing and judiciary and whereas the Commission is the guardian of the Treaties as well as of the implementation of the Directive 2000/43/EC;

Or. en

Amendment 108 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

PE653.790v01-00 52/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fa. whereas there is a strong need to strike a balance between equality, inclusion and participation of people with Romani background in the post-2020 EU Strategic Framework;

Or. en

Amendment 109 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fb. whereas political support, when racism against different minority groups is raising sharply, is a key point for the inclusion of people with Romani background; whereas major mobilisation of key stakeholders exploring the opportunities around the upcoming EU presidencies is needed to ensure political commitment and accountability;

Or. en

Amendment 110 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fb. whereas the Commission’s enlargement strategy foresees the enlargement of the EU by the countries of

AM\1207504EN.docx 53/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Western Balkan according to their efforts and objective merits and results of each country, whereas there is a significant number of Roma residing in the region;

Or. en

Amendment 111 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Fc. whereas while building on the results of the evaluation1a, which found that without the EU Roma Framework, Romani issues would receive less attention in the EU policy agenda, it is essential that the National Inclusion Strategies for people with Romani background, guided by a post 2020 common framework, are continued and improved, asking for a strengthened compliance of the Member States, promoting the use of more binding targets to increase the commitment and accountability through improved target setting, data collection, reporting and monitoring; ______1a Report on the implementation of National Roma Integration Strategies, European Commission, 2019.

Or. en

Amendment 112 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital F c (new)

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Fc. whereas the institutional structure of the current EU framework has insufficient qualitative and quantitative monitoring and evaluation procedures while the provided country specific recommendations are not binding;

Or. en

Amendment 113 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 114 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas COVID-19 highlighted, lockdowns, the situation of marginalised more than clearly, the urgent need for the communities of people of Romani EU and its Members States to address the background in overcrowded compounds Romani Inclusion as a priority to improve and settlements is very difficult; whereas their living situation; whereas under people of Romani background do not have COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of access to adequate healthcare, sanitation marginalised communities of people with and food, and are particularly at risk; Romani background in overcrowded whereas the Member States must deliver compounds and settlements is very emergency support and medical care in difficult; whereas people with Romani order to limit the spread of the virus; background do not have access to adequate whereas racism, exclusion and healthcare, sanitation and food, and are discrimination against people of Romani particularly at risk; whereas the Member background should be urgently addressed States must deliver emergency support and by the Union and its Member States; medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, police violence and brutality, exclusion and discrimination against people with Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 115 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; and food, and are particularly at risk of whereas the Member States must deliver contracting COVID-19 or of suffering emergency support and medical care in negative economic and societal order to limit the spread of the virus; consequences of the COVID-19 crisis; whereas racism, exclusion and whereas the Member States must deliver

PE653.790v01-00 56/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN discrimination against people of Romani emergency support and medical care in background should be urgently addressed order to limit the spread of the virus; by the Union and its Member States; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 116 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have people of Romani background do not have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation access to adequate healthcare, sanitation and food, and are particularly at risk; and food, and are particularly at risk; whereas the Member States must deliver whereas the Member States must deliver emergency support and medical care in emergency support and medical care in order to limit the spread of the virus; order to limit the spread of the virus; whereas racism, exclusion and whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed background is worsened with the COVID- by the Union and its Member States; 19 outbreak and should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 117 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of Roma in overcrowded background in overcrowded compounds compounds and settlements is very and settlements is very difficult; whereas difficult; whereas Roma do not have access people of Romani background do not have to adequate healthcare, drinking water, access to adequate healthcare, sanitation sanitation and food, and are particularly at and food, and are particularly at risk; risk; whereas the Member States must whereas the Member States must deliver deliver emergency support and medical emergency support and medical care in care in order to limit the spread of the order to limit the spread of the virus; virus; whereas racism, exclusion and whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against Roma should be discrimination against people of Romani urgently addressed by the Union and its background should be urgently addressed Member States; by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

Amendment 118 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have people of Romani background do have access to adequate healthcare, sanitation limited access to adequate healthcare, and food, and are particularly at risk; sanitation and food, and are particularly at whereas the Member States must deliver risk; whereas the Member States must emergency support and medical care in deliver emergency support and medical order to limit the spread of the virus; care in order to limit the spread of the whereas racism, exclusion and virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States; by the Union and its Member States;

Or. en

PE653.790v01-00 58/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 119 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. whereas under COVID-19 G. whereas under COVID-19 lockdowns, the situation of marginalised lockdowns, the situation of marginalised communities of people of Romani communities of people of Romani background in overcrowded compounds background in overcrowded compounds and settlements is very difficult; whereas and settlements is very difficult; whereas people of Romani background do not have certain people of Romani background do access to adequate healthcare, sanitation not have access to adequate healthcare, and food, and are particularly at risk; sanitation and food, and are particularly at whereas the Member States must deliver risk; whereas the Member States must emergency support and medical care in deliver emergency support and medical order to limit the spread of the virus; care in order to limit the spread of the whereas racism, exclusion and virus; whereas racism, exclusion and discrimination against people of Romani discrimination against people of Romani background should be urgently addressed background should be urgently addressed by the Union and its Member States; by the Union and its Member States;

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Amendment 120 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ga. whereas anti-gypsyism exists in our societies since centuries and it took its most cruel form during the Holocaust, in which an estimated number of 500 000 people with Romani background were exterminated1a; whereas anti-gypsyism took the form of almost 500 years of slavery for people with Romani background in Romania1b; whereas due to centuries of discrimination and social exclusion, people with Romani

AM\1207504EN.docx 59/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN background could not efficiently and significantly benefit from the continuous socio-economic development of our societies; whereas they were left behind and consequently the disparities between Romani people and the general population have increased; whereas the 80% of people with Romani background living at the limits of extreme poverty are forced by this situation to accept jobs with salary way beyond the minimum wage, others are forced to survive from informal activities such as collecting metal scrap or plastic bottles, which massively increases the chances of exploitation of these people; ______1a Right to Remember, A Handbook for Education with Young People on the Roma Genocide, Council of Europe, 2017, p.29. 1b Vallachia and Moldavia factsheets on Romani history, Council of Europe.

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Amendment 121 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Malin Björk, Klára Dobrev, Marc Angel, Sophia in 't Veld, Cornelia Ernst, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ga. whereas the European Commission’s 2019 report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies recognises that success factors encompass intersectional, cross-sectoral and integrated approaches to tackle multiple discrimination and multi-dimensional exclusion; whereas the report mentions amongst the priorities the need to support Roma access to justice

PE653.790v01-00 60/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN with a focus on victims of multiple discrimination (women, LGBTI, non- citizen Roma), and reinforcing the capacity of equality bodies to deal with discrimination against people with Romani background;

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Amendment 122 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ga. whereas anti-gypsyist attitudes have been exacerbated during the Covid- 19 pandemic with Romani people being singled out for spreading the virus; whereas there is a critical role of media in decreasing anti-gypsyist attitudes through non-discriminatory coverage of minorities;

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Amendment 123 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Ga. whereas the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis threaten to hit the Roma population the hardest and deepen the existing inequalities in all priority areas of Roma integration;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 61/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 124 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Gb. whereas the European Commission’s 2019 report on the implementation of national Roma integration strategies recognises that success factors encompass intersectional, cross-sectoral and integrated approaches to tackle multiple discrimination and multi-dimensional exclusion; whereas the report mentions amongst the priorities the need to support Roma access to justice with a focus on victims of multiple discrimination (women, LGBTI, non- citizen Roma), and reinforcing the capacity of equality bodies to deal with discrimination against Roma;

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Amendment 125 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Malin Björk, Klára Dobrev, Marc Angel, Sophia in 't Veld, Cornelia Ernst, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Gb. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may

PE653.790v01-00 62/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;

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Amendment 126 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

Gc. whereas expert reports on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies recognise that Roma LGBTI face a range of facets of discrimination: first as people with Romani background, secondly as LGBTI, thirdly as LGBTI persons in Roma communities; whereas some LGBTI people with Romani background may resort to suppressing aspects of their identity as a result;

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Amendment 127 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-1. Deeply regrets that Roma continue to face many barriers and inequities in gaining access to quality health care, including a lack of health insurance, preventive programmes such as childhood vaccinations, and sexual and reproductive health services, which are of paramount importance for Roma women and

AM\1207504EN.docx 63/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN children;1a ______1a Closing the life expectancy gap of Roma in Europe, 2018, Study, epha, 12/2018

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Amendment 128 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-1. Emphasizes that health care services and lack of basic health awareness add to the widespread segregation of Roma students at school; notes in addition that, the widespread anti-gypsyism in the societies the Roma live in, the structural disadvantages they face in terms of preschool enrolment and the social exclusion constitute the root causes of segregated schools and discrimination against Roma children, leading to a vicious cycle of unemployment and poverty;

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Amendment 129 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

-1. Considers that people with Romani background belong to one of the minority groups in Europe that face deprivation of

PE653.790v01-00 64/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN their fundamental human rights, they are subject to anti-gypsyism, a specific form of racism and the highest rates of poverty and social exclusion; notes with regret that despite economic prosperity in the EU and despite the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies and the Cohesion Funds measures introduced in the last decade, the overall situation of the people with Romani background in the EU has stagnated; stresses that progress in the area of education and healthcare has been very limited and in some fields even regressed often due to the lack of political will; therefore calls on the Commission to lead by example and introduce a “Roma mainstreaming policy” in order to integrate the perspective of the people with Romani background at all stages and levels of mainstream policies, programmes and projects particularly the Recovery Plan, the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027, the European Green Deal, the new Common Agricultural Policy, the Just Transition Fund, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, the European Digital Strategy, the SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe, and to prevent discrimination at policy areas in the EU policy in general and facilitate affirmative action and active outreach to people with Romani background; calls on the Member States also to follow this path and create policies which help the active inclusion of people with Romani background into our societies;

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Amendment 130 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new)

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-1b. Recalls that the Racial Equality Directive1a provides protection and guarantees for equal treatment in access to and supply of goods and services; highlights that poor access to housing and public utilities, such as clean water and sanitation, has a negative impact on education, employment and health outcomes and adversely affects social inclusion overall; nonetheless considers that, given the existing evidence of wide- spread discrimination against Roma, the Racial Equality Directive (2000/43/EU) is not sufficient in addressing the wide- spread discrimination and negative attitudes against people with Romani background; ______1a Article 3(1)(h) of Council Directive2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000,p. 22–26

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Amendment 131 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission deleted must develop a proposal for a post-2020 directive for equality and inclusion of people with Romani background in Europe putting the fight against poverty and antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that the new proposal must include clear and binding objectives, measures and

PE653.790v01-00 66/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN targets for the Member States, a clear timeline and clear and binding progress requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for its implementation; emphasises the need for a robust monitoring and oversight mechanism to ensure effective implementation and appropriate use of funds; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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Amendment 132 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Notes that the Commission should must develop a proposal for a post-2020 make a consultation on the possible directive for equality and inclusion of development of further policies on people with Romani background in equality and inclusion of people in Europe Europe putting the fight against poverty putting the fight against poverty at the and antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses forefront; stresses; emphasises the need for that the new proposal must include clear a monitoring and oversight mechanism to and binding objectives, measures and ensure effective implementation and targets for the Member States, a clear appropriate use of funds due to the timeline and clear and binding progress practices of misappropriation of such requirements, as well as success funds that have been observed so far; indicators and adequate funding for its notes that equal participation in all implementation; emphasises the need for a domains of public life, political robust monitoring and oversight participation, and the language, arts, mechanism to ensure effective culture, history and environment of people implementation and appropriate use of with Romani background should be some funds; notes that equal participation in all of the issues that are covered by possible

AM\1207504EN.docx 67/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN domains of public life, political proposal, as well as measures to priority participation, and the language, arts, areas such as education, employment, culture, history and environment of people housing and healthcare; with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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Amendment 133 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 should develop a proposal for a post-2020 directive for equality and inclusion of Directive for Equality, Inclusion and people with Romani background in Europe Participation of people with Romani putting the fight against poverty and background in Europe putting the fight antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that against social exclusion and anti-gypsyism the new proposal must include clear and at the forefront; considers that this binding objectives, measures and targets proposal could be based on Article19 for the Member States, a clear timeline and TFEU as appropriate action to combat clear and binding progress requirements, as discrimination based on ethnic origin and well as success indicators and adequate could further develop the prohibition of funding for its implementation; emphasises indirect discrimination and permissibility the need for a robust monitoring and of positive action with a view to ensuring oversight mechanism to ensure effective full equality of people with Romani implementation and appropriate use of background in practice; stresses that the funds; notes that equal participation in all new proposal must put the fight against domains of public life, political anti-gypsyism and social exclusion at the participation, and the language, arts, forefront, and that the proposal must culture, history and environment of people include clear and binding objectives, with Romani background should be measures and targets for the Member explicitly mentioned in the proposal for States, a clear timeline and clear and post-2020 EU public policy for people with binding progress requirements, as well as Romani background, as additional success indicators and adequate funding for measures to the four main priority areas of its implementation; emphasises the need education, employment, housing and for a robust monitoring and oversight mechanism to ensure effective

PE653.790v01-00 68/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN healthcare; implementation and appropriate use of funds; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment injustice of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for the post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare; notes that the objectives of a proposed Directive should be aligned with the horizontal objectives of the European Union, and particularly with the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs, the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Semester, the UN2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the New Green Deal and the EU COVID-19 Recovery Plan; stresses that the legislative act with a binding character on the European Union and its Member States building on the concepts contained in existing relevant EU legislation ensuring substantive equality, enhancing social inclusion and promoting full participation of all people with Romani background in society, is considered to be the most appropriate and effective response and must be proposed by the Commission; considers that this Directive lays down minimum requirements, thus giving the Member States the option of introducing or maintaining more favourable provisions; notes that the implementation of this Directive should not serve to justify any regression in relation to the situation which already prevails in each Member State, and that in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article 5 of the EC Treaty, the objective of this Directive, namely ensuring equality and inclusion of people with Romani Background in all the Member States, can be significantly achieved by the Member States, and by reason of the scale and impact of the proposed action, with the

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Amendment 134 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 should develop - on the basis of systemic directive for equality and inclusion of consultations with (pro-) Romani experts people with Romani background in Europe and NGOs and the Council of Europe - a putting the fight against poverty and proposal for a post 2020 EU Strategic antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that Framework for equality and inclusion of the new proposal must include clear and people with Romani background in binding objectives, measures and targets Europe; is of the opinion that this for the Member States, a clear timeline and proposal should contain a legislative clear and binding progress requirements, as measure based on Article19 (2) of the well as success indicators and adequate Treaty of the Functioning of the EU as funding for its implementation; emphasises appropriate action to combat the need for a robust monitoring and discrimination based on ethnic origin and oversight mechanism to ensure effective could further develop the prohibition of implementation and appropriate use of indirect discrimination and permissibility funds; notes that equal participation in all of positive action with a view to ensuring domains of public life, political full equality of people with Romani participation, and the language, arts, background in practice; stresses that this culture, history and environment of people Strategic Framework should be putting with Romani background should be the fight anti-gypsyism and social explicitly mentioned in the proposal for exclusion at the forefront; stresses that the post-2020 EU public policy for people with new proposal must include clear, realistic Romani background, as additional and binding objectives, measures and measures to the four main priority areas of targets for the Member States, a clear education, employment, housing and timeline and clear and binding progress healthcare; requirements, as well as success indicators and adequate funding for its implementation; emphasises the need for a robust monitoring and oversight and sanctioning mechanism on European level with the involvement of the Fundamental Rights Agency, the EQUINET, watchdog organisations and other stakeholders from the civil society to ensure effective

PE653.790v01-00 70/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN implementation and appropriate use of funds and to prevent corruption and the misuse of EU funds; is of the opinion that funds are often most effectively spent at local level by local governments and NGOs, therefore calls on the Commission to increase the funds distributed directly to them; notes that equal participation in all domains of public life, political participation, and the language, arts, culture, history and environment of people with Romani background should be explicitly mentioned in the proposal for post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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Amendment 135 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 must develop a proposal for a post-2020 directive for equality and inclusion of framework for equality and inclusion of people with Romani background in Europe people with Romani background in Europe putting the fight against poverty and putting the fight against poverty, anti- antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that gypsyism and improving living and health the new proposal must include clear and conditions at the forefront and combining binding objectives, measures and targets targeted and mainstream approach; for the Member States, a clear timeline and stresses that the new proposal must include clear and binding progress requirements, as clear and binding objectives, measures and well as success indicators and adequate targets for the Member States, a clear funding for its implementation; emphasises timeline and clear and binding progress the need for a robust monitoring and requirements, success indicators and oversight mechanism to ensure effective adequate funding for its implementation as implementation and appropriate use of well as explicit guidelines for funds; notes that equal participation in all Enlargement Countries; emphasises the domains of public life, political need for a robust monitoring and oversight participation, and the language, arts, mechanism to ensure effective

AM\1207504EN.docx 71/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN culture, history and environment of people implementation and appropriate use of with Romani background should be funds; notes that equal participation in all explicitly mentioned in the proposal for domains of public life, political post-2020 EU public policy for people with participation, and the language, arts, Romani background, as additional culture, history and environment of people measures to the four main priority areas of with Romani background should be education, employment, housing and explicitly mentioned in the proposal for healthcare; post-2020 EU public policy for people with Romani background, as additional measures to the four main priority areas of education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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Amendment 136 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 must develop a proposal for a post-2020 directive for equality and inclusion of EU initiative on Roma Equality and people with Romani background in Inclusion in Europe putting the fight Europe putting the fight against poverty against poverty and anti-gypsyism at the and antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses forefront; stresses that the new proposal that the new proposal must include clear must include clear objectives, country- and binding objectives, measures and specific indicators and concrete measures targets for the Member States, a clear for the Member States, a clear timeline and timeline and clear and binding progress progress requirements, as well as adequate requirements, as well as success indicators funding for its implementation; emphasises and adequate funding for its the need for a robust monitoring and implementation; emphasises the need for a oversight mechanism to ensure effective robust monitoring and oversight implementation and appropriate use of mechanism to ensure effective funds; notes that equal participation in all implementation and appropriate use of domains of public life, political funds; notes that equal participation in all participation, and the language, arts, domains of public life, political culture, history and environment of Roma participation, and the language, arts, should be explicitly mentioned in the culture, history and environment of people proposal for post-2020 EU public policy with Romani background should be for Roma, as additional measures to the explicitly mentioned in the proposal for four main priority areas of education, post-2020 EU public policy for people with employment, housing and healthcare; Romani background, as additional

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Amendment 137 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers it imperative for the must develop a proposal for a post-2020 Commission to develop a proposal for a directive for equality and inclusion of post-2020 directive for equality and people with Romani background in Europe inclusion of people with Romani putting the fight against poverty and background in Europe putting inclusive antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that education, the fight against poverty and the new proposal must include clear and anti-gypsyism at the forefront; stresses that binding objectives, measures and targets the new proposal must include clear and for the Member States, a clear timeline and binding objectives, measures and targets clear and binding progress requirements, as for the Member States, a clear timeline and well as success indicators and adequate clear and binding progress requirements, as funding for its implementation; emphasises well as success indicators and adequate the need for a robust monitoring and funding for its implementation; emphasises oversight mechanism to ensure effective the need for a robust monitoring and implementation and appropriate use of oversight mechanism to ensure effective funds; notes that equal participation in all implementation and appropriate use of domains of public life, political funds; notes that equal participation in all participation, and the language, arts, domains of public life, political culture, history and environment of people participation, and the language, arts, with Romani background should be culture, history and environment of people explicitly mentioned in the proposal for with Romani background should be post-2020 EU public policy for people with explicitly mentioned in the proposal for Romani background, as additional post-2020 EU public policy for people with measures to the four main priority areas of Romani background, as additional education, employment, housing and measures to the four main priority areas of healthcare; education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 73/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 138 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Considers that the Commission 1. Considers that the Commission must develop a proposal for a post-2020 must develop a proposal for a post-2020 directive for equality and inclusion of Council Recommendation for equality and people with Romani background in Europe inclusion of people with Romani putting the fight against poverty and background in Europe putting the fight antigypsyism at the forefront; stresses that against poverty and anti-gypsyism at the the new proposal must include clear and forefront; stresses that the new proposal binding objectives, measures and targets must include clear and binding objectives, for the Member States, a clear timeline and measures and targets for the Member clear and binding progress requirements, as States, a clear timeline and clear and well as success indicators and adequate binding progress requirements, as well as funding for its implementation; emphasises success indicators and adequate funding for the need for a robust monitoring and its implementation; emphasises the need oversight mechanism to ensure effective for a robust monitoring and oversight implementation and appropriate use of mechanism to ensure effective funds; notes that equal participation in all implementation and appropriate use of domains of public life, political funds; notes that equal participation in all participation, and the language, arts, domains of public life, political culture, history and environment of people participation, and the language, arts, with Romani background should be culture, history and environment of people explicitly mentioned in the proposal for with Romani background should be post-2020 EU public policy for people with explicitly mentioned in the proposal for Romani background, as additional post-2020 EU public policy for people with measures to the four main priority areas of Romani background, as additional education, employment, housing and measures to the four main priority areas of healthcare; education, employment, housing and healthcare;

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Amendment 139 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

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1a. Notes that to make the future EU Roma inclusion process successful and credible a fundamental change in approach is needed; emphasises that national efforts towards Roma inclusion should be accelerated in all EU Member States; stresses however that the emphasis should be placed on those with a sizable Roma population where an ineffective process of Roma inclusion poses macroeconomic challenges, deepens regional disparities and thus hampers EU social cohesion; underlines that the EU support to those countries should be measured up to the challenges, that greater attention should be devoted to the effectiveness of policies and measures in these countries, and that adequate funding should be closely linked with policies;

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Amendment 140 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1a. Highlights that it is necessary to reinforce and upgrade the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies after 2020 with an improved, updated comprehensive approach, based on the findings of field-work based monitoring and research into the Roma integration process of the last 20 years in the Member States;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 75/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 141 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the Recovery Plan and the new Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 EU is firmly linked to the post- 2020EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, its binding targets and their execution by the National Roma Inclusion Strategies;

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Amendment 142 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1a. Regrets that in some Member States the judiciary system is not adequately prosecuting multiple offenders with Roma background thus creating a climate of impunity and undermining the credibility of the justice system towards victims of crime;

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Amendment 143 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

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1b. Emphasises the importance of counterfactual impact evaluation methods in order to reduce the gap between policy frameworks and implementation on the ground; recalls that the ECA has concluded in 2016 that the monitoring and assessing the progress of the NRIS was a significant challenge for all visited Member States1a; reminds that a critical limitation for some interventions is the gap between the ambition and the capacity of the structure in place to achieve results, due to the lack of data based planning, insufficient budgeting, and emergence of new unforeseen needs; ______1a ECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 32 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf

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Amendment 144 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1b. Encourages Member States to oblige the population with Roma background to register in the municipalities, as it is the case for all citizens, in compliance with national and international laws, in order to put an end to a situation of illegality and degradation which frequently occurs in their settlements and to monitor the overall

AM\1207504EN.docx 77/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN situation of Roma in Europe and base policy on trustable data;

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Amendment 145 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1b. Reiterates its position and recommendations put forward and adopted in its resolution of 25 October 2017 on fundamental rights aspects in Roma integration in the EU: fighting anti-Gypsyism; since limited action has been taken so far, calls on the Commission to integrate those recommendations into its post-2020 EU Framework for National Roma Inclusion Strategies, particularly the recommendations relating to anti- gypsyism and truth and reconciliation as these are the cornerstone of building a strong and inclusive society;

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Amendment 146 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1b. Regrets the weak link between available funding tools and strategic plans and objectives related to the socio- economic development and inclusion of Roma; recalls that the one-off, short-term,

PE653.790v01-00 78/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN single-focused interventions have little chance of success; emphasizes that the monitoring is especially important in order to foresee and mitigate any potential risks to the successful implementation of the intervention and would further support evidence-based policy initiatives1a ______1a ECA, Special Report EU policy initiatives and financial support for Roma integration: significant progress made over the last decade, but additional efforts needed on the ground, 2016, p. 74 https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/SR16_14/SR_ROMA_EN.pdf

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Amendment 147 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to deleted develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 79/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 148 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of Directive for the Equality, Inclusion and people with Romani background, giving Participation of people with Romani priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; background, giving priority to (i) achieving (ii) a rights-based approach, including a a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based plan to eliminate social and economic approach, including a plan to eliminate, inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for health, social and economic inequalities; the future proposal, including specific, (iii) developing a vision for the future measurable, achievable, relevant and time- proposal, including specific, measurable, bound objectives to protect and improve achievable, relevant binding and time- the inclusion of people with Romani bound objectives to protect and improve background; and (iv) eliminating the inclusion of people with Romani inequalities, especially for children from background; (iv) eliminating inequalities, their earliest years; especially for children from their earliest years; and (v) a justice approach, given the collective and the structural nature of discrimination against Romani people; stresses that the European Commission’s post-2020 policy should focus on fighting against anti-gypsyism through development of concepts, policies, and measurements aiming to ensure Romani social, restorative, economic, and environmental justice;

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Amendment 149 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of Council Recommendation for the equality

PE653.790v01-00 80/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN people with Romani background, giving and inclusion of people with Romani priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; background with a framework that (ii) a rights-based approach, including a through the partnership agreements and plan to eliminate social and economic operational programmes clear objectives inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for targets can be agreed and sanctioned if the future proposal, including specific, not met, giving priority to (i) achieving a measurable, achievable, relevant and time- positive impact; (ii) combining the socio- bound objectives to protect and improve economic aspects with a rights-based the inclusion of people with Romani approach, including a plan to eliminate background; and (iv) eliminating social and economic inequalities; (iii) inequalities, especially for children from developing a vision for the future proposal, their earliest years; including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years;

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Amendment 150 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of Strategic Framework for the equality and people with Romani background, giving inclusion of people with Romani priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; background, giving priority to (i) achieving (ii) a rights-based approach, including a a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based plan to eliminate social and economic approach, including a plan to eliminate inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for social and economic inequalities; (iii) the future proposal, including specific, developing a vision for the future proposal, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- including concrete, specific, measurable, bound objectives to protect and improve comparable, achievable, relevant and time- the inclusion of people with Romani bound objectives to protect and improve background; and (iv) eliminating the inclusion of people with Romani inequalities, especially for children from background; and (iv) eliminating their earliest years; inequalities and discrimination and segregation, especially for children from their earliest years and those with Romani background facing multiple

AM\1207504EN.docx 81/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN discrimination, such as women and girls, LGBTI persons and people with disabilities;

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Amendment 151 Terry Reintke, Maria Walsh, Malin Björk, Klára Dobrev, Marc Angel, Sophia in 't Veld, Cornelia Ernst, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic plan to eliminate social and economic inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for the future proposal, including specific, the future proposal, including specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- measurable, achievable, relevant and time- bound objectives to protect and improve bound objectives to protect and improve the inclusion of people with Romani the inclusion of people with Romani background; and (iv) eliminating background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years; their earliest years and those with Romani background facing multiple discrimination, such as women and girls, LGBTI persons and people with disabilities.

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Amendment 152 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

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2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; priority to (i) achieving the biggest impact (ii) a rights-based approach, including a on the most marginalized people of plan to eliminate social and economic Romani background; (ii) a rights-based inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for approach, including a plan to eliminate the future proposal, including specific, social and economic inequalities; (iii) measurable, achievable, relevant and time- developing a vision for the future proposal, bound objectives to protect and improve including specific, measurable, achievable, the inclusion of people with Romani relevant and time-bound objectives to background; and (iv) eliminating protect and improve the inclusion of people inequalities, especially for children from with Romani background; and (iv) their earliest years; eliminating inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years;

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Amendment 153 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of initiative on Roma Equality and Inclusion, people with Romani background, giving giving priority to (i) achieving a positive priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, (ii) a rights-based approach, including a including a plan to eliminate social and plan to eliminate social and economic economic inequalities; (iii) developing a inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for vision for the future proposal, including the future proposal, including specific, specific, measurable, achievable, relevant measurable, achievable, relevant and time- and time-bound objectives to protect and bound objectives to protect and improve improve the inclusion of Roma; and (iv) the inclusion of people with Romani eliminating inequalities, especially for background; and (iv) eliminating children from their earliest years; inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 83/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 154 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of directive for the equality and inclusion of people with Romani background, giving people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a (ii) a rights-and-obligations-based plan to eliminate social and economic approach, including a plan to eliminate inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for social and economic inequalities; (iii) the future proposal, including specific, developing a vision for the future proposal, measurable, achievable, relevant and time- including specific, measurable, achievable, bound objectives to protect and improve relevant and time-bound objectives to the inclusion of people with Romani protect and improve the inclusion of people background; and (iv) eliminating with Romani background; and (iv) inequalities, especially for children from eliminating inequalities, especially for their earliest years; children from their earliest years;

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Amendment 155 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Calls on the Commission to 2. Calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU develop a proposal for a post-2020 EU directive for the equality and inclusion of framework for the equality and inclusion people with Romani background, giving of people with Romani background, giving priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; priority to (i) achieving a positive impact; (ii) a rights-based approach, including a (ii) a rights-based approach, including a plan to eliminate social and economic plan to eliminate social, economic and inequalities; (iii) developing a vision for health inequalities; (iii) developing a the future proposal, including specific, vision for the future proposal, including measurable, achievable, relevant and time- specific, measurable, achievable, relevant bound objectives to protect and improve and time-bound objectives to protect and

PE653.790v01-00 84/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN the inclusion of people with Romani improve the inclusion of people with background; and (iv) eliminating Romani background; and (iv) eliminating inequalities, especially for children from inequalities, especially for children from their earliest years; their earliest years;

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Amendment 156 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2a. Calls on the Commission, and the Member States, to ensure a solid correlation between planning for the EU budgeting and the Roma inclusion process at EU level; highlights to that end the need for systematic collection of robust data disaggregated by gender and age to inform needs and context analysis, help in setting targets and impact indicators in order to ensure the best outcome in terms of matching needs with planning and budgeting, both at national and EU level;

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Amendment 157 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Romani experts Romani civil society organisations, and community members, including those experts and community members, active at local and regional level; including those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender

AM\1207504EN.docx 85/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making;

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Amendment 158 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those and community members, including those active at local and regional level, taking active at local and regional level, into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making;

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Amendment 159 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, Romani civil society, experts and experts and community members, community members, including those including those active at local and regional active at local and regional level, taking level, taking into account a gender into account a gender perspective in the perspective in both the policy debate and policy debate and decision-making, and to in decision-making; develop a Romani Task Force to facilitate Romani inclusion into different policy fields and maximise impact, including a Romani leadership strengthening participation in Romani related bureaus/departments/agencies, processes, and policy making in an substantive,

PE653.790v01-00 86/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN dignified, impartial, inclusive, and transparent manner.

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Amendment 160 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those and community members, including youth active at local and regional level, taking and those active at local and regional level, into account a gender perspective in both taking into account a gender perspective in the policy debate and in decision-making; both the policy debate and in decision- making adding to Roma communities’ empowerment and actual participation in the making of policies with a direct impact on their livelihoods; to that end, further attention and support should be given to the capacity-building of all actors involved in the management and implementation of the EU Framework NRIS;

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Amendment 161 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those and community members from all levels,

AM\1207504EN.docx 87/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN active at local and regional level, taking including those active at local and regional into account a gender perspective in both level, taking into account a gender the policy debate and in decision-making; perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making; calls on the Member States to do the same when creating their own post-2020 National Inclusion Strategies for People with Romani Background;

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Amendment 162 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to the equal participation of Romani and pro- integrate an inclusive mechanism for Romani civil society organisations, experts participation and accountability in order and community members, including those to ensure the equal participation of Romani active at local and regional level, taking and pro-Romani civil society organisations, into account a gender perspective in both experts and community members, the policy debate and in decision-making; including those active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making;

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Amendment 163 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the equal participation of Roma and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts Roma civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those and community members, including those active at local and regional level, taking active at local and regional level, taking

PE653.790v01-00 88/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN into account a gender perspective in both into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making; the policy debate and in decision-making;

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Amendment 164 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Calls on the Commission to ensure 3. Calls on the Commission to ensure the equal participation of Romani and pro- the participation of Romani and pro- Romani civil society organisations, experts Romani civil society organisations, experts and community members, including those and community members, including those active at local and regional level, taking active at local and regional level, taking into account a gender perspective in both into account a gender perspective in both the policy debate and in decision-making; the policy debate and in decision-making;

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Amendment 165 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3a. Is of the opinion that often the best tool for empowering Roma to fully exercise their fundamental rights is through litigation; calls on the Commission to create a strategic litigation funds under the Rights and Values Programme and provide adequate funding for civil society and human rights defenders in order to achieve systemic change;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 89/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 166 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3a. Stresses that inclusive education from early childhood must be a key component of the new proposal, as education is the primary means to break the generational vicious circle of exclusion and poverty;

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Amendment 167 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3b. Strongly rejects the political narrative and populism to build government policy on inciting anti- gypsyism, exercising scapegoating of Roma and promoting discrimination or segregation both directly and indirectly; is of the opinion that such political actions are against not only the national constitutions but the fundamental values of the EU Treaties as well and the rights provided thereby; therefore calls on the Commission to take immediate action by opening infringement procedures and by addressing such issues in the annual report on the state of rule of law in the relevant Member States;

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PE653.790v01-00 90/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 168 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3c. Reiterates its call on the Council to unblock negotiations on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive as it is a prerequisite to achieve equality in the EU;

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Amendment 169 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Calls on the Commission to tackle 4. Calls on the Commission to antigypsyism across the key areas of the recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form proposal for the post-2020 directive; of racism and demands effective European and national legislative and policy measures to tackle anti-gypsyism both in Member States and Enlargement Countries across all areas;

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Amendment 170 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Calls on the Commission to tackle 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle

AM\1207504EN.docx 91/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN antigypsyism across the key areas of the anti-gypsyism; proposal for the post-2020 directive;

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Amendment 171 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Calls on the Commission to tackle 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle antigypsyism across the key areas of the anti-gypsyism across the key areas of the proposal for the post-2020 directive; proposal for the post-2020 directive; calls to that end, for in-depth research applying comparable methodologies across countries in order to understand the complex drivers of anti-gypsyism and to inform policies to effectively address it;

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Amendment 172 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4. Calls on the Commission to tackle 4. Calls on the Commission to tackle antigypsyism across the key areas of the anti-gypsyism across the key areas of the proposal for the post-2020 directive; proposal for the post-2020 Framework;

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Amendment 173 Lívia Járóka

PE653.790v01-00 92/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4a. Stresses the fact that extreme poverty effects not solely the Roma communities, but an increasing number of disadvantage and marginalized social groups in Europe and supports the proposal to scale up the future strategy into a European Anti-Poverty Strategy by adapting it to the current socio-economic and demographic challenges of Europe.

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Amendment 174 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4a. Calls on the Commission to further integrate the work of National Equality Bodies (NEBs) into the development and implementation of the future policy framework; further asks the Commission to develop stronger synergies between the NEBs and national Romani Contact Points (NRCP) to fight against anti-gypsyism.

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Amendment 175 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4a. Points out that EU and its Member States should combat effectively discriminatory or violent treatment and reactions against the schooling and participation of Roma children, both through law enforcement and by promoting mutual understanding and social cohesion;

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Amendment 176 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4b. Calls on the Commission to call on the Members States to ensure the binding character of the post 2020 National Romani Inclusion Strategies in terms of clear objectives, measures, targets, timelines, progress and success indicators, monitoring mechanism as well as adequate funding allocation for implementation;

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Amendment 177 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4b. Considers that the fight against anti-gypsyism is a horizontal issue and that it should be taken into account in all

PE653.790v01-00 94/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN areas of Union policy, in particular with regard to new technologies;

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Amendment 178 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Calls on the Commission to take 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the community; the post-2020 EU directive proposal, ensuring that nobody is left behind, and to use the designation ‘people with Romani background’ when referring to Romani groups in post-2020 EU policies and discussions;

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Amendment 179 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Calls on the Commission to take 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the community in the priority domains of the post-2020 EU directive proposal, the post-2020 EU Council ensuring that nobody is left behind, and to Recommendation proposal, ensuring that use the designation ‘people with Romani nobody is left behind, background’ when referring to Romani groups in post-2020 EU policies and discussions;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 95/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 180 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5. Calls on the Commission to take 5. Calls on the Commission to take into account the internal heterogeneity of into account the internal heterogeneity of the community in the priority domains of the community in the priority domains of the post-2020 EU directive proposal, the post-2020 EU Initiative on Roma ensuring that nobody is left behind, and to Equality and Inclusion, ensuring that use the designation ‘people with Romani nobody is left behind; background’ when referring to Romani groups in post-2020 EU policies and discussions;

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Amendment 181 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5a. Stresses the need to give priority to a gender perspective and gender-sensitive policies; as with any community, the roles and status of women in Roma communities are different to those of men, with women often shouldering additional burdens; notes that future policies must acknowledge these differences and address them by providing Roma women with specific interventions and particular forms of support; stresses that being often subjected to multiple discrimination, specific measures for the empowerment of Roma women and girls should be envisaged;

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PE653.790v01-00 96/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 182 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

5a. Takes the view that particular attention should be paid to the situation and the rights of individuals at the intersections of discrimination grounds in the EU, in particular women, migrants, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery; points out that the EU and the Member States must take actions in this regard;

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Amendment 183 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Calls on the Commission to deleted strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual financial framework;

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Amendment 184 Romeo Franz

AM\1207504EN.docx 97/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Calls on the Commission to 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European instruments, and inclusion priorities for Structural and Investment Funds, and people with Romani background; calls on inclusion priorities for people with the Commission to mobilise funding for Romani background, as part of the next Romani equality, inclusion and multiannual financial framework; participation under the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, the new Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, the New Green Deal and the EU COVID-19 Recovery Plan;

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Amendment 185 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Calls on the Commission to 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani inclusion priorities for people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual background, as part of the next multiannual financial framework; financial framework; calls on the Commission to make the adoption of national programmes financed out of ESIF funds, and in particular out of the ESF, conditional upon the integration of Commission and Council recommendations regarding the situation of Roma;

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PE653.790v01-00 98/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 186 Isabel Santos

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Calls on the Commission to 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and Structural and Investment Funds through inclusion priorities for people with Romani which integrated housing plans can be background, as part of the next multiannual built upon, and inclusion priorities for financial framework; people with Romani background, as part of the next multiannual financial framework;

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Amendment 187 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6. Calls on the Commission to 6. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the link between EU strengthen the link between EU mainstream financial and policy mainstream financial and policy instruments, particularly the European instruments, particularly the European Structural and Investment Funds, and Structural and Investment Funds, and inclusion priorities for people with Romani inclusion priorities for Roma, as part of the background, as part of the next next multiannual financial framework; multiannual financial framework;

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Amendment 188 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

AM\1207504EN.docx 99/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Is particularly concerned by the high level of segregation children with Romani background in schools and the discriminatory practice of placing children with a Romani background in schools for children with mental disabilities, which persist in some Member States; urges the Member States concerned to put an end to such practices in accordance with applicable anti- discrimination legislation; reminds that the Commission opened infringement procedures on segregation of children with Romani background in relation to 3 Member States; is of the opinion that the last years have shown no improvement despite the Commission's efforts; therefore calls on the Commission to take further steps and refer these cases to the European Court of Justice if necessary;

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Amendment 189 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6a. Recalls that the effects of the coronavirus outbreak are being felt mostly by the most deprived, including the Roma communities, across the EU and deplores that Roma communities are being further discriminated and marginalised due to the coronavirus pandemic; regrets that the coronavirus outbreak might lead to cuts in the next MFF 2021-2027, negatively affecting CSOs advocating for Roma communities and thus affecting outreach

PE653.790v01-00 100/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN to Roma communities; calls on the Commission to effectively address this risk;

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Amendment 190 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6a. Calls on the Commission that with regard to Member States with a significant number of Roma to include in the Country Specific recommendations an assessment of the progress in achieving the objectives from the national strategies;

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Amendment 191 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

6a. Insists in this respect, that entities that engage in discriminatory activities against Roma, or take decisions or implement measures to this effect, should not be eligible for funding from the Union's budget;

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Amendment 192 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

AM\1207504EN.docx 101/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new)

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6b. Is of the opinion that COVID-19 extorted the active use of info communication techniques (ICT) and methods, however the pandemic revealed insufficient preparedness in digital transformation as families with Romani background and their schools were not equipped adequate ICT tools and skills and families with Romani background are often unable to afford electricity and digital connectedness, therefore they cannot effectively participate in distant learning educational as the majority population; considers that the possession of an ICT device is the turnkey point into digital education, therefore urges the Commission to create a pool ICT tools similarly to the RescEU or within the RescEU framework and distribute it among the most vulnerable families and children to provide them with the basic tools for distant learning and prepare them for the digital age; considers that access to internet and ICT skills are a cornerstone of the forthcoming digital age for every citizen and as such it is essential the empowerment of people with Romani background as well; therefore calls on the Commission to examine the possibility to introduce the right to internet access as a fundamental right within the EU and include it to the post-2020 Framework; calls on the Member States to add ICT skills into their curriculum from an early age;

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Amendment 193 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

PE653.790v01-00 102/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new)

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6b. Calls on the Commission to effectively respond to the concern about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member States; recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support activities of Roma civil society; takes the view that in order to support Roma and pro-Roma civil society organisations, they should be exempt from co-financing requirements;

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Amendment 194 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Calls on the Commission to 7. Calls on the Commission to design consider a new funding tool or sub- new funding tools or sub-programmes that programme that should be linked to an should be complementary to the measures existing EU educational and social funding of the Member States and support the programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the progress in all key areas set out in the new European Social Fund, for targeted and post-2020 framework, existing and future tailored support in quality education for EU educational and social funding pupils with Romani background between initiatives, such as Erasmus Plus, the Child the ages of 3 and 18 who are contending Guarantee or the European Social Fund with extreme poverty and do not have Plus, and should ensure targeted and access to existing EU educational and tailored support for Roma in quality social inclusion funding instruments; education as well as quality employment services for Roma youth not in employment, education and training who are contending with extreme poverty and do not have adequate access to these funding instruments;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 103/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 195 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Calls on the Commission to 7. Calls on the Commission to build consider a new funding tool or sub- innovative, impact-oriented and data- programme that should be linked to an based approaches as direct input to the existing EU educational and social funding next generation of programmes (2021-27 programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the Invest EU programme); calls on the European Social Fund, for targeted and Commission to consider a new funding tailored support in quality education for tool or sub-programme that should be pupils with Romani background between linked to an existing EU educational and the ages of 3 and 18 who are contending social funding programme, such as with extreme poverty and do not have Erasmus Plus or the European Social Fund, access to existing EU educational and for targeted and tailored support in quality social inclusion funding instruments; education for pupils with Romani background between the ages of 3 and 18 who are contending with extreme poverty and do not have access to existing EU educational and social inclusion funding instruments;

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Amendment 196 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Calls on the Commission to 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a new funding tool or sub- consider a new funding tool or sub- programme that should be linked to an programme that should be linked to an existing EU educational and social funding existing EU educational and social funding programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the European Social Fund, for targeted and European Social Fund, for targeted and tailored support in quality education for tailored support in quality education for pupils with Romani background between pupils with Roma background between the the ages of 3 and 18 who are contending ages of 3 and 18 who are contending with with extreme poverty and do not have extreme poverty and do not have access to access to existing EU educational and existing EU educational and social

PE653.790v01-00 104/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN social inclusion funding instruments; inclusion funding instruments;

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Amendment 197 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7. Calls on the Commission to 7. Calls on the Commission to consider a new funding tool or sub- consider a sub-programme that should be programme that should be linked to an linked to an existing EU educational and existing EU educational and social funding social funding programme, such as programme, such as Erasmus Plus or the Erasmus Plus or the European Social Fund, European Social Fund, for targeted and for targeted and tailored support in quality tailored support in quality education for education for pupils with Romani pupils with Romani background between background between the ages of 3 and 18 the ages of 3 and 18 who are contending who are contending with extreme poverty with extreme poverty and do not have and do not have access to existing EU access to existing EU educational and educational and social inclusion funding social inclusion funding instruments; instruments;

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Amendment 198 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Is of the opinion that the proposal for the post-2020 strategy should also include an external component concerning accession candidate and potential candidate countries as well as neighbourhood countries through which the EU could support these countries in developing comprehensive long-term strategies for Roma inclusion and integration and to offer financial support

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Amendment 199 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Calls on the Commission to work with the Member States on a common methodology to collect and publish equality data disaggregated by ethnic origin as defined by the EU race directive that is voluntary, anonymous and ensures the protection of personal data, self- identification and consultation with relevant communities;

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Amendment 200 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Calls for the EU wide implementation of the Aarhus Convention that links environmental rights and human rights; calls for the environmental regulation that would equally benefit all parts of society and address environmental racism that amounts to breaches of internationally recognised human rights;

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PE653.790v01-00 106/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 201 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Calls on the Commission to use all synergies and connect the Roma inclusion goals with key EU and international policy efforts of relevance for Roma inclusion, such as the Digital Agenda and the United Nations 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development;

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Amendment 202 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Stresses the need to enhance the further mainstreaming of the aspects of Roma integration in relevant EU policies;

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Amendment 203 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7b. Calls upon the European Commission, Member States and Enlargement Countries to adjust the

AM\1207504EN.docx 107/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN existing mainstream financial mechanisms and make them flexible for blended use of funds in Roma communities by enabling access to information, outreach, capacity building, delivery of technical assistance and guarantees during the funding application process as well as to combat anti-gypsyism;

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Amendment 204 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7a. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Romani people who experienced intensified scapegoating and hate speech including by politicians; calls on the Member States to evaluate and address the following elements of impact of the Covid-19 on Roma: enforcement of racist policies, increase of racist attacks, racial profiling and police brutality, more difficult access to education, increased financial insecurity, loss of income, closure or reduction of support services, benefit from the state support, overcrowding and access to clean water and sanitary conditions;

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Amendment 205 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7b. Stresses that housing is not a commodity, but a necessity, without which people cannot fully participate in society and access fundamental rights; calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate the recommendations of the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Report, "ECSR The Right to affordable housing, Europe's neglected duty", with particular reference to ensuring that all Member States promptly accept to be bound by Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter dealing with the right to housing, and step up investing in social and affordable housing to eradicate the housing cost overburden, particularly among marginalised groups;

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Amendment 206 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

7c. Calls on the Commission to effectively respond to the concern about the increasingly shrinking space for independent civil society in some Member States; recalls the importance of ensuring adequate funding to support activities of Roma civil society;

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Amendment 207 Annalisa Tardino

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to deleted develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre-defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background;

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Amendment 208 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- and qualitative data collected with the defined budget, incorporated into the support of Romani civil society national, regional and local budgets and organisations, with an adequate pre- which reflects the scale of the social defined budget, incorporated into the inclusion needs of people with Romani national, regional and local budgets and background; which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background; emphasises that when local, regional, and national budgets are developed, the inclusion of people with Romani background must be among the priorities;

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PE653.790v01-00 110/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 209 Isabel Santos

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- and qualitative data with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and national, regional and local budgets, which reflects the scale of the social subject to a periodic review and inclusion needs of people with Romani evaluation within a 5-year deadline and background; which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background;

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Amendment 210 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative Background accompanied by a and qualitative data with an adequate pre- comprehensive joint assessment defined budget, incorporated into the framework and based on realistic national, regional and local budgets and quantitative and qualitative data with an which reflects the scale of the social adequate pre-defined budget, incorporated inclusion needs of people with Romani into the national, regional and local background; budgets and which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani background;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 111/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 211 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani the Inclusion of People with Romani Background based on realistic quantitative Background based on realistic quantitative and qualitative data with an adequate pre- and qualitative data with an adequate pre- defined budget, incorporated into the defined budget, incorporated into the national, regional and local budgets and national, regional and local budgets and which reflects the scale of the social which reflects the scale of the social inclusion needs of people with Romani inclusion needs of people with Romani background; background and those in similar situation;

Or. en

Amendment 212 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Member States to 8. Calls on the Member States to develop post-2020 National Strategies for develop post-2020 National Strategies for the Inclusion of People with Romani the Inclusion of Roma based on realistic Background based on realistic quantitative quantitative and qualitative data with an and qualitative data with an adequate pre- adequate pre-defined budget, incorporated defined budget, incorporated into the into the national, regional and local national, regional and local budgets and budgets and which reflects the scale of the which reflects the scale of the social social inclusion needs of Roma; inclusion needs of people with Romani background;

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Amendment 213 Loránt Vincze

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Calls on the Member States to give the highest priority to alleviating extreme forms of poverty, especially hunger, malnutrition and severe housing deprivation among Roma;

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Amendment 214 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Calls on the Member States (i) to refer to territorial inequalities, residential segregation, and the comprehensive and multiple trait of disadvantages in the planning, targeting and implementation of Roma inclusion measures; (ii) to design clear and binding targets, timelines and indicators in a wider set of priority areas in order to proper monitor the implementation of the strategy; (iii) to use all available data to establish benchmarks and guide policy programme development; emphasises that it is vital to develop a more accurate profile of the Roma population and their needs, including in the candidate countries; notes that mechanisms, therefore, should be strengthened to capture accurate data, both quantitative and qualitative that is disaggregated by gender and age, and underlines that the Fundamental Rights Agency’s guidelines would be key in this regard;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 113/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 215 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Calls on the Member States to design laws and policy measures aiming to ensure reparations and repair the harm of all Romani children misdiagnosed and placed in special schools or Romani-only classes and schools based on their ethnic origins, and consequently having been denied fundamental rights and opportunities for quality education and good jobs;

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Amendment 216 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Calls on the Member States to improve their data collection methods to provide reliable actual and comparable data as they support effective evidence- based policies and can contribute to improving the effectiveness of strategies, actions and measures taken, and to identifying structural problems;

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Amendment 217 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Recalls Member States’ obligation under the Racial Equality Directive1a to designate a specialised body for the promotion of all persons without discrimination on grounds of race and ethnic origin; ______1a Article 13 of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ L 180, 19.7.2000, p. 22–26

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Amendment 218 Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8a. Underlines that these National Strategies must pay particular attention to overcoming persistent racism and discrimination towards people with Romani background in the areas of education, housing and health;

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Amendment 219 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Is of the opinion that these strategies should not be conceived as isolated documents, but should instead be well embedded in horizontal central and local policies and the activities of line ministries;

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Amendment 220 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8b. Calls on the Member States to guarantee the effective independence, the mandate and the necessary resources of the equality bodies for enabling them to carry out their tasks in the promotion of equal treatment and protection of fundamental rights also of people with Romani background; is of the opinion that equality bodies are the right institutions to collect data and draw trends on anti-gypsyism and to channel it to the European level;

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Amendment 221 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8b. Points out that the implementation

PE653.790v01-00 116/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN of Roma integration policies are strongly dependent on the political will from Member States; calls on national governments to put their Roma inclusion national strategies high on their agendas; calls on national parliaments to actively follow the actions of their governments in this regard;

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Amendment 222 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8b. Calls on the Member States to focus on reparations for past and present injustices, including enslavement, forced sterilization, and segregation in special schools.

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Amendment 223 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8c. Calls on the Member States to place at the heart of their national documents comprehensive, committed and well-funded long-term education strategies that fully addresses all the main factors and pre-conditions defining the precarious situation of Roma, such as educational, economic, social and cultural factors, including racism and discrimination; is of the view that these

AM\1207504EN.docx 117/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN education strategies should be based on a broad involvement of education professionals, central and local government authorities, civil society, Roma communities and all interested citizens, while drawing on from best practices across Europe;

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Amendment 224 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8d. Considers that education reforms must comprehensively address the reasons behind the alarming early school drop-out rate of Roma children and ensure that Roma children benefit of the same educational opportunities as their non- Roma peers; points out that this must involve the full recognition of the fact that Roma children do not have the same learning possibilities at home as their peers do, which makes the availability of additional active measures and supportive tutoring for Roma children necessary in order to break out from the self- perpetuating cycle of low education; points out that more attention has to be paid to the involvement of parents to support their children’s education and to give these parents the support they need; is of the opinion that the provision of free meals in school and childcare establishments would encourage parents keeping their children in school; calls on Member States to make full use of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in this regard; believes that for children who have abandoned school and/or are illiterate and lack basic skills, new opportunities should be designed to

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Amendment 225 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8e. Calls on Member States to put in place special training programmes for teachers to in order to equip them to better handle discrimination issues among children as well as to pay greater attention to the physical and emotional wellbeing of Roma children;

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Amendment 226 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

8f. Calls on national governments to ensure better access of Roma to the labour market, including through active adult education and vocational education policies targeting adults with low skills, transforming practices of working in the grey economy into legal work-contracts protecting Roma workers and ensuring them long-term work prospects and encouraging stronger engagement of businesses; calls on Member States to promote the employment opportunities in the civil service for Roma;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 119/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 227 Angel Dzhambazki, Nicola Procaccini

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Calls on the Member States to deleted officially recognise antigypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with Romani background, and to develop and implement specific and effective preventive and corrective measures against it on all levels where it occurs;

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Amendment 228 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Calls on the Member States to deleted officially recognise antigypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with Romani background, and to develop and implement specific and effective preventive and corrective measures against it on all levels where it occurs;

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Amendment 229 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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9. Calls on the Member States to 9. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise antigypsyism as a officially recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with specific form of racism against people with Romani background, and to develop and Romani background, and to develop and implement specific and effective implement specific and effective preventive and corrective measures against preventive and corrective measures against it on all levels where it occurs; it on all levels where it occurs, including online spaces, in their national legal systems and to include the fight against anti-gypsyism, in a horizontal approach, in their National Inclusion Strategies;

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Amendment 230 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9. Calls on the Member States to 9. Calls on the Member States to officially recognise antigypsyism as a officially recognise anti-gypsyism as a specific form of racism against people with specific form of racism against Roma, and Romani background, and to develop and to develop and implement specific and implement specific and effective effective preventive and corrective preventive and corrective measures against measures against it on all levels where it it on all levels where it occurs; occurs;

Or. en

Amendment 231 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9a. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the

AM\1207504EN.docx 121/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN disproportionate impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Romani communities which experienced intensified scapegoating and hate-speech including by politicians; calls on the Member States to evaluate and address the following elements of the impact of the Covid-19 on the life of people with Romani background: enforcement of racist policies, increase of racist attacks, racial profiling and police brutality, more difficult access to education, increased financial insecurity, loss of income, closure or reduction of support services, benefit from the state support, overcrowding and access to clean water and sanitary conditions;

Or. en

Amendment 232 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9a. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and to ensure effective enforcement of the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to combat persisting anti-gypsyism; calls for implementation of legislation and stronger sanctions of any discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, residence status or health;

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Amendment 233 Loránt Vincze

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

9a. Points out that beyond the strict enforcement of anti-discrimination legislation, sensitizing public opinion about the particular situation of Roma through media and school curricula and activities is of particular importance in order for majority populations to overcome their prejudices and be more empathic in their actions and communication;

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Amendment 234 Maria Walsh

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9a. Further calls on the Member States to reinforce their efforts to combat discrimination, hate speech and hate crimes within national and EU anti- discrimination legislation, particularly with regard to monitoring and assisting Roma victims;

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Amendment 235 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Calls on EU Member States to develop concrete measures to tackle hate crime and hate speech motivated by anti- Gypsyism; such measures should ensure that Roma, like everyone else, are aware of and can benefit from the protection of the law against hate crime and hate speech, also ensuring that law enforcement applies effective hate crime recording practices based on the principles endorsed by the EU High Level Group on combating racism, xenophobia and other forms of intolerance; considers that National Roma integration strategies should include an explicit component on measures to tackle hate crime and harassment caused by anti-Gypsyism by including specific actions that law enforcement in cooperation with equality bodies could take to foster an environment where Roma, like everyone else, feel confident about reporting incidents of hate crime and discriminatory treatment, including discriminatory ethnic profiling, in the knowledge that their complaints will be taken seriously and followed up by the competent authorities;1a ______1a FRA, EU MIDIS II: A persisting concern: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma inclusion, p.10

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Amendment 236 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective practical enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and to ensure effective enforcement of the Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law to combat persisting anti-gypsyism; calls on the Member States to ensure the implementation of legislation and stronger sanctions of any discrimination on the grounds of ethnic or social origin, religion or belief, disability, age, gender, gender expression, gender identity, skin colour, sexual orientation, residence status or health;

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Amendment 237 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9b. Calls on Member States to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for Roma and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of Roma rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, severe ill-treatment during detention, etc, and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;

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AM\1207504EN.docx 125/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN Amendment 238 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9c. Calls on EU Member States to prioritise measures to combat anti- Gypsyism in education by eliminating any form of school or class segregation of Roma in line with the 2013 Council Recommendation, by implementing a wide range of measures actively involving local stakeholders, particularly Roma parents and children, as well as community organisations; highlights that awareness- raising actions on anti-Gypsyism should particularly target parents, teachers and children from non-Roma backgrounds;1a ______1a FRA, EU MIDIS II: A persisting concern: anti-Gypsyism as a barrier to Roma inclusion, p.11

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Amendment 239 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9c. Calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education, ready access for women to family planning, and the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including modern contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion;

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PE653.790v01-00 126/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 240 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9c. Calls on the Member States to structurally address respect for diversity, intercultural understanding and human rights in regular school curricula;

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Amendment 241 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9d. Calls on the Member States’ to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for people with Romani background and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of Romani rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;

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Amendment 242 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new)

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9d. Calls on EU Member States to ensure equal access of Roma children to high quality education including though community service learning and life-long learning opportunities; stresses that particular attention should be given to early childhood education and care, given its critical role in avoiding disadvantages at the early stages and fostering positive learning habits and social skills;

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Amendment 243 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9d. Calls on Member States to prevent, condemn and secure appropriate punishment for any denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights of Roma women and girls;

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Amendment 244 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9e. Calls on the Member States to prevent, condemn and secure appropriate punishment for any denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights of Romani women and girls; calls on the Member

PE653.790v01-00 128/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN States to allocate sufficient funding for improving the general health condition of Romani communities through health and sex-education, through mobile health screening activities in segregated areas, through health educational campaigns on prevention, and through training the health and social workers on diversity, which contributes to adapting EU health systems to diversity;

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Amendment 245 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9e. Calls on EU Member States to develop measures to improve access to good quality and affordable preventive and curative healthcare for Roma, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, and in particular for women, children, older people and persons with disabilities; reiterates that a key element in that regard is improving access to health services – both physical access and removing the intangible barriers among which prejudice plays an important role;

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Amendment 246 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 e (new)

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9e. Strongly condemns Roma women ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities; calls on Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;

Or. en

Amendment 247 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9f. Calls on the Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on the Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;

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Amendment 248 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new)

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9f. Calls on all the Member States to address the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;

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Amendment 249 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9g. Calls on the Members states to pay attention to the situation and the rights of Romani individuals at the intersections of discrimination grounds in the EU, in particular women, mobile Romani people, LGBTI people, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, victims of abuse or modern slavery;

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Amendment 250 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9h. Calls on the Member States to ensure that Romani people are duly registered with ID papers and birth certificates, and that the property (land and house) of Romani people is duly registered, by eliminating all legal and

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Amendment 251 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9i. Call on the Member States to ensure that all schools and inspectorates actually fulfil their legal obligation to desegregate school and also to commit to annually collect and publish the situation of school segregation at all levels, including by sanctioning those who fail to comply, establishing, capacitating and resourcing a Desegregation Ministerial Commission in order to support schools who want to desegregate and sanction those who do not comply;

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Amendment 252 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 j (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

9j. Calls on the Member States to adopt a comprehensive mechanism to ensure that discrimination and abuse against Romani people in the field of housing is prevented, sanctioned and to forbid forced evictions without ensuring alternative housing;

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PE653.790v01-00 132/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN Amendment 253 Nadine Morano

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10. Calls on the Member States to deleted strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, moving from a paternalistic to a non- paternalistic approach;

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Amendment 254 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10. Calls on the Member States to 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, Romani background in policy-making moving from a paternalistic to a non- ensuring that Roma and civil society paternalistic approach; organizations are fully involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of the framework, and making Roma participation a binding common quality standard for the future framework and national strategies;

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Amendment 255 Annalisa Tardino

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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10. Calls on the Member States to 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, Romani background in policy-making; moving from a paternalistic to a non- paternalistic approach;

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Amendment 256 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10. Calls on the Member States to 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, Romani background, taking into account moving from a paternalistic to a non- the gender perspective, in policy-making paternalistic approach; moving from the paternalistic approach to a non-paternalistic approach; stresses that local and regional stakeholders (NGOs, activists, local experts, regional experts, community members, the affected people by anti-gypsyism, etc.) must be significantly involved in the development, implementation and monitoring of the National Inclusion Strategies and other public policies towards people with Romani background;

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Amendment 257 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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10. Calls on the Member States to 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with strengthen the participation of people with Romani background in policy-making, Romani background in policy-making, moving from a paternalistic to a non- moving from a paternalistic to a non- paternalistic approach; paternalistic approach as well as to promote Roma voter education and turnout;

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Amendment 258 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10. Calls on the Member States to 10. Calls on the Member States to strengthen the participation of people with strengthen the participation of Roma in Romani background in policy-making, policy-making, moving from a paternalistic moving from a paternalistic to a non- to a non-paternalistic approach; paternalistic approach;

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Amendment 259 Clare Daly, Cornelia Ernst

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10a. Calls on the Member States to ensure that a specific chapter on women’s rights and gender equality is included in their National Roma Integration Strategies (NRISs), and that gender mainstreaming measures aimed at promoting women’s rights and the gender equality perspective are applied in each

AM\1207504EN.docx 135/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN section thereof, in particular in the allocation of funds, in line with the Council conclusions on an EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies which ‘demand a gender perspective to be applied in all policies and actions for advancing Roma inclusion’; calls on Member State governments and local authorities to involve Roma women in the preparation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the NRISs; emphasises the need for gender-disaggregated data to be systematically collected and regularly analysed, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to assess whether policies are achieving the desired improvements for Roma women and girls, and to take action if there is a lack of progress;

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Amendment 260 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

10a. Calls on the Member States to expand the Romani health and school mediation systems, mandatory, to all Romani communities, to ensure a mediator for each 500 people and to properly budget and support the systems, giving the mediators a more pivotal role in the inclusion process;

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Amendment 261 Cornelia Ernst, Clare Daly, Pernando Barrena Arza

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Motion for a resolution Amendment

10a. Calls on the Member States to collect and publish, in consultation with the relevant communities, equality data disaggregated by ethnic origin, that is voluntary and anonymous and ensures the protection of personal data, and is based on self-identification;

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Amendment 262 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Calls on the Member States to 11. Calls on the Member States not to indicate what level of funding would be rely exclusively on EU financial support needed to carry out the proposed measures in order to improve the situation of the for inclusion of people with Romani Roma; calls on the Member States to background and to state the amount of indicate what level of funding would be money available for such measures from needed to carry out the proposed measures the national and from the EU budgets; for inclusion of people with Romani background and to state the amount of money available for such measures from the national and from the EU budgets;

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Amendment 263 Vladimír Bilčík, Tomáš Zdechovský, Peter Pollák

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11. Calls on the Member States to 11. Calls on the Member States to

AM\1207504EN.docx 137/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN indicate what level of funding would be indicate what level of funding would be needed to carry out the proposed measures needed to carry out the proposed measures for inclusion of people with Romani for inclusion of Roma and to state the background and to state the amount of amount of money available for such money available for such measures from measures from the national and from the the national and from the EU budgets; EU budgets;

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Amendment 264 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11a. Calls on the Member States to increase investment on empowerment and participation of Romani youth, women and children (especially those in primary school who face difficulties in going to school because of their families’ financial and social precarious situation), in all domains of public life, including health, education, employment, professional training, and housing.

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Amendment 265 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11b. Calls on the Member States to promote Romani language, culture and history, in school curricula, museums and other forms of cultural and historical expression, and to recognise the contribution of Romani culture as part of the European Heritage; calls on the

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Amendment 266 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

11c. Calls on the Member States to design measures empowering Romani women, girls and youth through ensuring better educational and employment opportunities to support them to fully fulfil their potential and possibilities of acting as independent, self-confident and emancipated active citizens; calls on the Member States to mainstream gender equality aspects in all relevant areas of policy and at all levels;

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Amendment 267 Loránt Vincze

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States to 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened develop financing measures that target monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the the people in need in the most direct and funds allocated are properly spent and not efficient way possible and which rely on

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Amendment 268 Romeo Franz

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States to 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the monitoring and oversight mechanisms to funds allocated are properly spent and not ensure that the funds allocated are properly misused; spent and not misused; calls on the Member States to integrate better identification methodologies for marginalized Romani communities and strengthened funding mechanisms into their regional and local development structures that allow more targeted investments in marginalized Romani communities and a better integration of Roma communities into the implementation of funds;

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Amendment 269 Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States to 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the monitoring mechanisms, a better funds allocated are properly spent and not consideration of Roma-specific criteria misused; and explicit but not exclusive targeting of Roma people1a, to ensure that the funds

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Amendment 270 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States to 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the monitoring mechanisms involving Roma funds allocated are properly spent and not representatives and NGOs to ensure that misused; the funds allocated reach Roma and are properly spent and not misused;

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Amendment 271 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States to 12. Calls on the Member States to develop more efficient and strengthened develop more efficient and strengthened monitoring mechanisms to ensure that the monitoring mechanisms to ensure the funds allocated are properly spent and not effectiveness of policy measures as well as misused; that the funds allocated are properly spent and not misused;

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Amendment 272 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12a. Acknowledges that the path to successful inclusion of children with Romani background requires not only compulsory (high-quality and non- segregated) school education but also early childhood education and equal access to extracurricular activities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure adequate funding to NGOs which provide such activities as these activities are crucial to create an environment and conditions where children from all backgrounds have equal opportunities; considers that the exchange of good practices between Member States is also crucial in this field;

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Amendment 273 Lívia Járóka

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12a. Calls on the Commission as well as the Member States to evaluate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the situation of Roma communities and to take effective measures using EU Funds in order to answer the identified challenges; notes that the new framework

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Amendment 274 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12a. Calls on Member States to allocate sufficient funding for improving the general health condition of people with Romani background through health- and sexual education and educational campaigns, mobile health screening in segregated areas, prevention and through training health and social workers to tackle discriminatory practices;

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Amendment 275 Anna Júlia Donáth, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Sophia in 't Veld, Olivier Chastel, Michal Šimečka, Abir Al-Sahlani, Moritz Körner, Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12b. Draws attention to discriminatory practices and cases of violence by the police against people with Romani background in Member States; calls on the Member States adopt Guidelines and develop trainings to the police forces against disproportionate criminalisation of people with Romani background, over- policing (ethnic profiling, excessive stop- and-search procedures, uncalled-for raids

AM\1207504EN.docx 143/149 PE653.790v01-00 EN on Romani settlements, arbitrary seizure and destruction of property, excessive use of force during arrests, assaults, threats, humiliating treatment, physical abuse, and the denial of rights during police interrogation and custody) and in under- policing of crimes committed against people with Romani background, providing little or no assistance, protection (such as in cases of trafficking and for victims of domestic violence) or investigation in cases of crimes reported by people with Romani background (hate crimes in particular); calls on the Member States concerned to ensure that full investigation of such cases police and particularly where violence and brutality involved; calls on the Member States to provide appropriate remedies;

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Amendment 276 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12b. Calls on the Member States to include human rights and democratic citizenship training as well as Roma history in their school curricula, to design awareness-raising campaigns on anti- gypsyism and to ensure adequate representation of Roma in public media in order to structurally address respect for diversity and intercultural understanding, to fight stereotypes and the subconscious societal consensus to exclude Roma and to strengthen awareness of rights and exercising of such rights;

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12b. Calls on the Member States to protect Roma from threats by far-right groups, investigate incidents of police abuse and ensure Roma participation in law enforcement and security forces;

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Amendment 278 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12c. Calls on the Member States to invest in digital literacy programmes that can support Roma children;

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Amendment 279 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12e. Calls on the Member States to specifically target mitigation of the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Romani people who experienced intensified scapegoating and hate speech including by politicians;

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Amendment 280 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12f. Calls on the Member States to respect Article 31 of the revised European Social Charter dealing with the right to housing and step up investing in social and affordable housing to eradicate the housing cost overburden, particularly among marginalised groups;

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Amendment 281 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 g (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12g. Welcomes the Council of Europe statements that the phenomenon of online hate speech requires further analysis and action with a view to regulating and finding new ways of combating rhetoric of this kind such as alternative narrative and fact checking technologies; supports the Code of Conduct with IT companies and urges the EU and its Member States to work closely with IT companies to prevent illegal content online such as incitement to hatred;

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Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 h (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12h. Calls on the Member States to ensure the effective enforcement of the Race Equality Directive (2000/43/EC) and the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia to combat persisting anti- gypsyism;

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Amendment 283 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 i (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12i. Calls on Member States’ to secure equal access to justice and equality before the law for Roma and effectively fight structural anti-gypsyism taking shape in over-policing and violations of rights committed by police officers, such as violent raids resulting in injuries and property damage, severe ill-treatment during detention and failure to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of crimes committed by police officers;

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Amendment 284 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 j (new)

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12j. Condemns Roma women ethnic segregation in maternal health care facilities; calls on Member States to immediately prohibit all forms of ethnic segregation in health facilities, including maternal health care settings; calls on Member States to ensure effective and timely remedies to all survivors of forced and coercive sterilization, including through the establishment of effective compensation schemes;

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Amendment 285 Klára Dobrev

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 k (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

12k. Condemns the incidents of hate crime and hate speech motivated by anti- gypsyism; calls on all the Member States to address the lack of reporting of hate crimes by victims due to inadequate safeguards and failure of authorities to properly investigate and bring convictions for hate crimes in Member States;

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Amendment 286 Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

13a. Underlines the importance of the

PE653.790v01-00 148/149 AM\1207504EN.docx EN work being done by the Council of Europe's ‘Roma and Travellers Team’, which helps to promote and protect the rights of Roma and travellers in Council of Europe member countries in cooperation with their governments in the formulation and implementation of legislation, policies, programmes and measures to promote equal opportunities, diversity and social inclusion for members of the Roma community;

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