Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph 1

   Tabled by Beata Kempa · ECR

   1. Removed: Welcomes Added: Notes the Commission’s LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025, adopted by the European Commission on … (COM(2020)0698), and its recent Progress Report on the implementation of the Strategy; Removed: notes the European Commission’s commitment to support Member States in their implementation of the Strategy, expresses deep concern about the disparities in openness to the Strategy between the Member States; welcomes the efforts by the European Commission to advance equality for LGBTIQ+ persons in all fields included in the Strategy; regrets that certain key actions originally envisaged by the Commission have not been implemented so far; Added: condemns all forms of violence or discrimination against persons on the basis of their race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, sexual orientation, property, birth, disability, age or sex; underlines that policies and legislation on marriage and parenthood depend exclusively on the sovereignty of Member States, and therefore urges the EU to rigidly respect national competences in the areas of health and family law; calls for the EU and the Member States to protect families and ensure respect for human dignity, democratic choices, equality before the law and human rights;

2. Amendment 2Adopted

   Paragraph 7

   Tabled by Isabel Santos, Cyrus Engerer · S&D

   7. Underlines Added: that discrimination on the grounds of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex still has a significant impact on LGBTIQ+ people’s physical, mental and sexual health and well-being; regrets that LGBTIQ+ people still face discrimination in accessing healthcare; underlines that access to healthcare should be offered as a Added: universal, free, timely and accessible public service;

3. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph 7

   Tabled by Isabel Santos, Cyrus Engerer · S&D

   7. Underlines Added: that discrimination on the grounds of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex still has a significant impact on LGBTIQ+ people’s physical, mental and sexual health and well-being; regrets that LGBTIQ+ people still face discrimination in accessing healthcare; underlines that access to healthcare should be offered as a Added: universal, free, timely and accessible public service;

4. Amendment 3Adopted

   Citation - 20 a (new)

   Tabled by Sara Skyttedal · PPE

   Added: 20a. having regard to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/442 of 24 January 2024 on the request for registration, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the European citizens’ initiative entitled Ban on conversion practices in the European Union1a, ______________ 1a OJ L, 2024/442, 05.02.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/442/oj.

5. Amendment 4Adopted

   Recital Sa (new)

   Tabled by Sara Skyttedal · PPE

   Added: Sa. whereas the European citizens’ initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’ was submitted to the Commission on 27 November 2023; whereas it calls for the EU to take action to propose a binding legal ban on conversion practices targeting LGBTIQ+ citizens in the European Union; whereas the Commission fully registered this ECI on 21 January 2024;

6. Amendment 5Adopted

   Paragraph 44 a (new)

   Tabled by Sara Skyttedal · PPE

   Added: 44a. Welcomes, as a first step, the Commission’s formal registration of the ECI entitled ‘Ban on conversion practices in the European Union’, as doing so recognises the legal grounds at European level to act on this issue; expresses its support for this ECI; calls on the Commission to act on it and to propose legal acts based on the Treaties and the ECI Regulation1a; ______________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2019/788 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the European citizens’ initiative (OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 55).

7. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 4 a (new)

   Tabled by JeanPaul Garraud, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone +2 · ID

   Added: 4a. Notes that the Commission communication promotes the Islamic headscarf on the ‘International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia’1; reiterates its call for the cessation of all Commission communications promoting the Islamic headscarf; ___________ 1 https://x.com/EU_Partnerships/status/1658729061181698049?s=20.

8. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 13 a (new)

   Tabled by JeanPaul Garraud, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone +2 · ID

   Added: 13a. Expresses deep concern about the fact that the advancement of radical Islam in Europe and internationally has serious consequences for the rights and freedoms of sexual minorities; affirms that unassimilated mass immigration tends to import discriminatory discourse and behaviour into Europe, which have negative consequences for the living conditions of sexual minorities;

9. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 19 a (new)

   Tabled by JeanPaul Garraud, Susanna Ceccardi, Silvia Sardone +2 · ID

   Added: 19a. Recalls that policies and legislation on marriage and parenthood depend exclusively on the sovereignty of the Member States, and therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to rigorously observe national competences in the areas of health and family law;