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Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe is an ongoing European Citizens' Initiative on minority rights in the EU, sponsored by FUEN.

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The proposals registered by the European Commission were summarised as follows (by the initiators^[1])

EU Recommendation for the protection and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity
Funding programmes for small linguistic communities,
The creation of a Language Diversity Centre
The objectives of EU’s regional development funds to include the protection of national minorities and the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity
Research about the added value of minorities to our societies and Europe
Approximating equality for stateless minorities e.g. Roma
A single European copyright law, so that services and broadcast can be enjoyed in the mother tongue
Freedom of service and reception of audio-visual content in the minority regions
Block exemption of regional (state) support for minority culture, media and cultural heritage conservation.

The proposals rejected by the European Commission were:^[2]

A Council directive, regulation or decision, for strengthening within the EU the place of citizens belonging to a national minority, with the aim of ensuring that their concerns are taken into consideration in the election of the European Parliament;
Effective measures to address discrimination and to promote equal treatment, including for national minorities, in particular through a revision of the existing Council directives on the subject of equal treatment.

Litigation

The European Commission initially refused to register the initiative, in 2013. The authors (who include Hunor Kelemen, Anke Spoorendonk, Karl-Heinz Lambertz, Luis Durnwalder and Valentin Inzko) have appealed the refusal in court, where they were joined by Hungary and the Commission - by Slovakia and Romania. The General Court annulled the Commission decision in February 2017.^[3] In March 2017, the Commission decided to launch collection of signatures for 9 of 11 proposals initially included in the initiative.^[2]

Collection of signatures

Collection of signatures (both online and offline) began in April 2017, and continued until 3 April 2018.

The initiative has been supported by the Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion,^[4] by the Basque Parliament^[5] and the Parliament of Navarre;^[6] an invitation to sign it was published at the web portal of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.^[7] As reported by FUEN, it has also been supported by the President of the European Parliament^[8] and the Hungarian Parliament.^[9]

As of 4 April 2018, the initiative has been supported online by 771,089 EU citizens (the unionwide threshold is 1,000,000). The necessary statewide threshold has been achieved by online signatures in nine member states (in Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, and Slovenia), with seven having been needed.^[10]

Counting both online and offline signatures, the petition has been signed by 1,215,789 EU citizens. The threshold was reached in eleven countries, namely Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark, Slovakia, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Italy.^[11] On 25 July, it was confirmed that over 1.1 million signatures have been recognised as valid.^[12]

Consideration

The European Parliament has expressed support for the initiative in December 2020,^[13] as did the Bundestag in November.^[14] However no new legal acts have been proposed, the Commission refers to already existing policies that have been amended and will further support the goals of the initiative. It emphasises that diversity is ‘at the heart of the Union’ and one of the core principles the EU was founded on.

References

^ "Minority SafePack – One million signatures for diversity in Europe". www.minority-safepack.eu.
^ ^a ^b "Commission registers 'Minority Safepack' European Citizens' Initiative". europa.eu.
^ "Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑646/13". curia.europa.eu.
^ Minority SafePack, Euregio sostiene la campagna(in Italian)
^ [1](in Spanish)
^ [2](in Spanish)
^ [3](in German)
^ FUEN. "President of the European Parliament fully supports the FUEN Minority SafePack". www.fuen.org.
^ FUEN. "The Hungarian Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the Minority SafePack Initiative". www.fuen.org.
^ "Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe".
^ FUEN’S SUCCESSFUL MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE CREATED A EUROPEAN MOVEMENT FOR MINORITY RIGHTS - FUEN News, 4 April 2018.
^ MINORITY SAFEPACK: WE HAVE GOT THE VALIDATED SIGNATURES; WE NEED TO SECURE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY - FUEN News, 25 July 2018
^ “Minority SafePack”: Parliament supports proposals for diversity across EU
^ Koalitionsantrag zur Umsetzung des „Minority SafePack“ angenommen

External links

[1] "Minority SafePack – One million signatures for diversity in Europe". www.minority-safepack.eu.

[europa.eu-2] "Commission registers 'Minority Safepack' European Citizens' Initiative". europa.eu.

[3] "Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑646/13". curia.europa.eu.

[4] Minority SafePack, Euregio sostiene la campagna(in Italian)

[5] [1](in Spanish)

[6] [2](in Spanish)

[7] [3](in German)

[8] FUEN. "President of the European Parliament fully supports the FUEN Minority SafePack". www.fuen.org.

[9] FUEN. "The Hungarian Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the Minority SafePack Initiative". www.fuen.org.

[10] "Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe".

[11] FUEN’S SUCCESSFUL MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE CREATED A EUROPEAN MOVEMENT FOR MINORITY RIGHTS - FUEN News, 4 April 2018.

[12] MINORITY SAFEPACK: WE HAVE GOT THE VALIDATED SIGNATURES; WE NEED TO SECURE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY - FUEN News, 25 July 2018

[13] “Minority SafePack”: Parliament supports proposals for diversity across EU

[14] Koalitionsantrag zur Umsetzung des „Minority SafePack“ angenommen

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+{{Short description|Initiative on minority rights in the EU}}
-{{TextBox|<center><big>'''Minority SafePack'''</big><br />[[File:Emoji u270d 1f3fb.svg|center|120px|Sign]]<br />'''[https://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/32/public/#/ Sign online]'''<br/>(Europa.eu)</center><br/><small>Only one signature per person is allowed, excess ones are automatically invalidated.</small>}}
-'''Minority SafePack — one million signatures for diversity in Europe''' is an ongoing [[European Citizens' Initiative]] on minority rights in the EU, sponsored by [[FUEN]].
+[[File:Minority SafePack Initiative - Logo.jpg|thumb|right|Logo of the initiative]]
+'''Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe''' is an ongoing [[European Citizens' Initiative]] on minority rights in the EU, sponsored by [[FUEN]].
 ==Content==
+The proposals registered by the European Commission were summarised as follows (by the initiators<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.minority-safepack.eu/#about|title=Minority SafePack – One million signatures for diversity in Europe|website=www.minority-safepack.eu}}</ref>)
-[[File:Minority SafePack Initiative - Logo.jpg|thumb|right|Logo of the initiative]]
-The proposals registered by the European Commission were summarised as follows (by the initiators<ref>[http://www.minority-safepack.eu/#about]</ref>)
 *EU Recommendation for the protection and promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity
 *Funding programmes for small linguistic communities,
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 *Block exemption of regional (state) support for minority culture, media and cultural heritage conservation.
-The proposals rejected by the European Commission were:<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-776_en.htm Commission registers 'Minority Safepack' European Citizens' Initiative]</ref>
+The proposals rejected by the European Commission were:<ref name="europa.eu">{{cite web|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-776_en.htm|title=Commission registers 'Minority Safepack' European Citizens' Initiative|website=europa.eu}}</ref>
-*A Council directive, regulation or decision on the basis of Article 20(2) [[TFEU]] and Article 25 TFEU, for the purpose of strengthening within the EU the place of citizens belonging to a national minority, with the aim of ensuring that their legitimate concerns are taken into consideration in the election of Members of the [[European Parliament]];
+*A Council directive, regulation or decision, for strengthening within the EU the place of citizens belonging to a national minority, with the aim of ensuring that their concerns are taken into consideration in the election of the [[European Parliament]];
-*Effective measures to address discrimination and to promote equal treatment, including for national minorities, in particular through a revision of the existing Council directives on the subject of equal treatment, on the basis of Article 19(1) TFEU.
+*Effective measures to address discrimination and to promote equal treatment, including for national minorities, in particular through a revision of the existing Council directives on the subject of equal treatment.
 ==Litigation==
-The [[European Commission]] has initially refused to register the initiative, in 2013. The authors (who include [[Hunor Kelemen]], [[Anke Spoorendonk]], [[Karl-Heinz Lambertz]], [[Luis Durnwalder]] and [[Valentin Inzko]]) have appealed the refusal in court, where they were joined by Hungary and the Commission - by Slovakia and Romania. The [[General Court (European Union)|General Court]] has annulled the Commission decision in February, 2017.<ref>[http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=187422&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1477286 Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑646/13]</ref> In March, 2017, the Commission decided to launch collection of signatures for 9 of 11 proposals initially included in the initiative.<ref>[http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-776_en.htm Commission registers 'Minority Safepack' European Citizens' Initiative]</ref>
+The [[European Commission]] initially refused to register the initiative, in 2013. The authors (who include [[Hunor Kelemen]], [[Anke Spoorendonk]], [[Karl-Heinz Lambertz]], [[Luis Durnwalder]] and [[Valentin Inzko]]) have appealed the refusal in court, where they were joined by Hungary and the Commission - by Slovakia and Romania. The [[General Court (European Union)|General Court]] annulled the Commission decision in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=187422&pageIndex=0&doclang=EN&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=1477286|title=Judgment of the General Court in Case T‑646/13|website=curia.europa.eu}}</ref> In March 2017, the Commission decided to launch collection of signatures for 9 of 11 proposals initially included in the initiative.<ref name="europa.eu"/>
 ==Collection of signatures==
-Collection of signatures (both online and offline) began in April 2017, and will continue until April 3, 2018.
+Collection of signatures (both online and offline) began in April 2017, and continued until 3 April 2018.
+The initiative has been supported by the [[Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino Euroregion]],<ref>[https://www.ufficiostampa.provincia.tn.it/Comunicati/Minority-SafePack-Euregio-sostiene-la-campagna Minority SafePack, Euregio sostiene la campagna]{{in lang|it}}</ref> by the [[Basque Parliament]]<ref>[http://www.legebiltzarra.eus/irud/11/00/009248.pdf]{{in lang|es}}</ref> and the [[Parliament of Navarre]];<ref>[http://www.parlamentodenavarra.es/es/noticias/aprobada-una-declaraci%C3%B3n-institucional-por-la-que-el-parlamento-de-navarra-se-suma-la-0]{{in lang|es}}</ref> an invitation to sign it was published at the web portal of the [[Parliament of the German-speaking Community]] of Belgium.<ref>[http://www.pdg.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4114/7293_read-51460/]{{in lang|de}}</ref> As reported by FUEN, it has also been supported by the President of the European Parliament<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/president-of-the-european-parliament-fully-supports-the-fuens-minority-safepack/|title=President of the European Parliament fully supports the FUEN Minority SafePack|last=FUEN|website=www.fuen.org}}</ref> and the Hungarian Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/the-hungarian-parliament-unanimously-adopted-a-resolution-in-support-of-the-minority-safepack-initiative/|title=The Hungarian Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution in support of the Minority SafePack Initiative|last=FUEN|website=www.fuen.org}}</ref>
+As of 4 April 2018, the initiative has been supported online by 771,089 EU citizens (the unionwide threshold is 1,000,000). The necessary statewide threshold has been achieved by online signatures in nine member states (in Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, and Slovenia), with seven having been needed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiartive/32/public/#/|title=Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe|publisher=}}</ref>
+Counting both online and offline signatures, the petition has been signed by 1,215,789 EU citizens. The threshold was reached in eleven countries, namely Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark, Slovakia, Croatia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and Italy.<ref>[https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/fuens-successful-minority-safepack-initiative-created-a-european-movement-for-minority-rights/ FUEN’S SUCCESSFUL MINORITY SAFEPACK INITIATIVE CREATED A EUROPEAN MOVEMENT FOR MINORITY RIGHTS] - FUEN News, 4 April 2018.</ref> On 25 July, it was confirmed that over 1.1 million signatures have been recognised as valid.<ref>[https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/minority-safepack-we-have-got-the-validated-signatures-we-need-to-secure-the-support-of-the-majority/ MINORITY SAFEPACK: WE HAVE GOT THE VALIDATED SIGNATURES; WE NEED TO SECURE THE SUPPORT OF THE MAJORITY] - FUEN News, 25 July 2018</ref>
-The initiative has been supported by the [[Basque Parliament]]<ref>[http://www.legebiltzarra.eus/irud/11/00/009248.pdf]{{es icon}}</ref> and the [[Parliament of Navarre]]<ref>[http://www.parlamentodenavarra.es/es/noticias/aprobada-una-declaraci%C3%B3n-institucional-por-la-que-el-parlamento-de-navarra-se-suma-la-0]{{es icon}}</ref>; an invitation to sign it was published at the web portal of the [[Parliament of the German-speaking Community]] of Belgium.<ref>[http://www.pdg.be/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-4114/7293_read-51460/]{{de icon}}</ref> As reported in English by FUEN, it has also been supported by the President of the European Parliament<ref>[https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/president-of-the-european-parliament-fully-supports-the-fuens-minority-safepack/]</ref> and the Hungarian Parliament<ref>[https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/the-hungarian-parliament-unanimously-adopted-a-resolution-in-support-of-the-minority-safepack-initiative/]</ref>.
+==Consideration==
-As at March 23, 2018, the initiative has been supported online by over 550,000 EU citizens (the unionwide threshold is 1,000,000). The necessary statewide threshold has been achieved by online signatures in six member states so far (Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark and Slovakia), from at least seven necessary ones; in Croatia, 63 % of the threshold has been gathered online, in Croatia, 62 %, in Austria, 53 %, in Slovenia, 44 %, in Italy, 40 %.<ref>[https://ec.europa.eu/citizens-initiative/32/public/#/ Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe]</ref>
+The European Parliament has expressed support for the initiative in December 2020,<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201211IPR93639/minority-safepack-parliament-supports-proposals-for-diversity-across-eu “Minority SafePack”: Parliament supports proposals for diversity across EU]</ref> as did the Bundestag in November.<ref>[https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2020/kw48-de-buergerinitiative-minority-safepack-807792 Koalitionsantrag zur Umsetzung des „Minority SafePack“ angenommen]</ref> However no new legal acts have been proposed, the Commission refers to already existing policies that have been amended and will further support the goals of the initiative. It emphasises that diversity is ‘at the heart of the Union’ and one of the core principles the EU was founded on.
-As FUEN stated on 20 March 2018, the petition was already signed that time by over 900,000 EU citizens, counting both online and offline signatures. The threshold was said to have been reached in the necessary seven countries, namely Romania, Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Denmark, Slovakia and Croatia.<ref>[https://www.fuen.org/news/single/article/minority-safepack-threshold-reached-in-7-countries-100-000-signatures-still-needed/ MINORITY SAFEPACK: THRESHOLD REACHED IN 7 COUNTRIES, 100 000 SIGNATURES STILL NEEDED] - FUEN News, 20 March 2018.</ref>
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