# Application of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (Employment Equality Directive)

European Parliament procedure 2015/2116(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee EMPL / FEMM / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 427 committee amendments tabled by 57 Members between 2016-02-02 and 2016-06-20.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on the application of the Employment Equality Directive (Council Directive 2000/78/EC) establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation. Amendments stress that the Directive sets only minimum requirements, cover discrimination on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age and sexual orientation, note intersectionality with race and ethnicity and the situation of women, older workers and people with disabilities, cite the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the European Court of Human Rights, and call on the Council to break the deadlock on the horizontal anti-discrimination directive.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ | Lithuania | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96681.md |
| Tatjana ŽDANOKA | Latvia | NI | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28619.md |
| Ádám KÓSA | Hungary | NI | 27 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96829.md |
| Elena GENTILE | Italy | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124847.md |
| Brando BENIFEI | Italy | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124867.md |
| Renate WEBER | Romania | ALDE | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39713.md |
| Marian HARKIN | Ireland | ALDE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28116.md |
| Jean LAMBERT | United Kingdom | Verts/ALE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4531.md |
| Laura AGEA | Italy | EFDD | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124811.md |
| Tiziana BEGHIN | Italy | NI | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124777.md |
| Afzal KHAN | United Kingdom | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124962.md |
| Soraya POST | Sweden | S&D | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124997.md |
| Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH | Germany | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1852.md |
| Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA | Poland | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124889.md |
| Maria ARENA | Belgium | S&D | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124936.md |

## Official source documents

- PE576.806: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-576806_EN.pdf
- PE578.458: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/FEMM-AM-578458_EN.pdf
- PE578.695: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-578695_EN.pdf
- PE580.773: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-580773_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2015-2116-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2015-2116-INI.json

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