# Minimum standards for minorities in the EU

European Parliament procedure 2018/2036(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee CULT / LIBE). Stage: Procedure completed. 477 committee amendments tabled by 47 Members between 2018-06-22 and 2018-06-26.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns minimum standards for minorities in the EU. Amendments debate the absence of explicit EU competence over minority issues while invoking the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. They address mother-tongue and minority-language education, cultural rights and discrimination including against Roma.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soraya POST | Sweden | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124997.md |
| Josef WEIDENHOLZER | Austria | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111014.md |
| Dietmar KÖSTER | Germany | S&D | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124822.md |
| Monika BEŇOVÁ | Slovakia | NI | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23868.md |
| Csaba SÓGOR | Romania | PPE | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39724.md |
| Pál CSÁKY | Slovakia | PPE | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124930.md |
| Liadh NÍ RIADA | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124987.md |
| Bodil VALERO | Sweden | Verts/ALE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124993.md |
| Miroslavs MITROFANOVS | Latvia | Verts/ALE | 34 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/191695.md |
| Harald VILIMSKY | Austria | PfE | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125001.md |
| Angelika MLINAR | Austria | ALDE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125026.md |
| Nicolas BAY | France | ECR | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124760.md |
| Gilles LEBRETON | France | ID | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124738.md |
| Andrejs MAMIKINS | Latvia | S&D | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124746.md |
| Liliana RODRIGUES | Portugal | S&D | 26 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125099.md |

## Official source documents

- PE623.807: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-623807_EN.pdf
- PE623.877: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-623877_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2018-2036-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2018-2036-INI.json

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