🇪🇺 Today I had the pleasure of speaking to Oliver Röpke Christa Schweng and President Joó Kinga of the Ad hoc Group on the #EuropeanCitizensInitiative. We discussed #MinoritySafePack Initiative & the ways AFCO Committee Press~European Economic and Social Committee can work together to make the #ECI more known, useful & powerful.

Looking forward to our enhanced cooperation to increase the effectiveness of the #EuropeanCitizensInitiative.

🇩🇪💬🇪🇺 Markus Pieper (CDU/CSU in Europa - EPP Group) calls for "#MinoritySafePack 2.0" during a conference co-organised by FUEN & Kulturstiftung der deutschen Vertriebenen. The German Deutscher Bundestag adopted a unanimous resolution in support of #MinoritySafePack Initiative, whilst 524 Europaparlament MEPs voted in favour of it. ⤵️

🇪🇺🤝🇩🇰 Today I had the pleasure of meeting Carsten Grønbech-Jensen Jonas Bering Liisberg of @DKinEU. We discussed cooperation with FUEN and the follow-up to #MinoritySafePack (#MinoritySafePack Initiative) by Minister Jeppe Kofod of Denmark MFA 🇩🇰. The Danish-German #minority model is a best practice for all 🇪🇺

🗣️ Today we had a meeting of the Citizens' Committee of #MinoritySafePack and the FUEN Presidium. 🌍 So far we received 58 positive reactions from across Europe calling on the European Commission to change its position and propose legal acts. 🇪🇺 We will continue with #MinoritySafePack Initiative.

Während der heutigen Sitzung des Oppelner Regionalparlaments wurde dank den Ratsmitglieder der Deutschen Minderheit ein Beschluss über "Den Appell des Oppelner Regionalparlament, wegen der Ablehnung der @MSPI" verabschiedet. Text im Link FUEN skgd.pl/.../uchwala-ap…

📜 A resolution supporting #MinoritySafePack has been adopted by the Parliament of the Opolskie Voivodeship in Upper Silesia within Poland, at the initiative of Rafał Bartek (Mniejszość Niemiecka): "we call on the European Commission to re-examine the #EuropeanCitizensInitiative #MinoritySafePack Initiative":

Die Initiatoren der #MinoritySafePack Initiative klagen gegen die negative Entscheidung der European Commission. Auf Initiative der Räte des Oppelner Sejmik aus den Reihen der Mniejszość Niemiecka wurde gestern auch ein Appell für die MSPI beschlossen. wochenblatt.pl/minderheiten-w…

🇭🇺📜🇪🇺 The Heves County Assembly in Hungary adopted a resolution supporting #MinoritySafePack & "expects Commissioner Věra Jourová, Vice-President of European Commission for Values ​​and Transparency, to make a concrete proposal for action on the #MinoritySafePack Initiative #EuropeanCitizensInitiative":

📜🇭🇺🇪🇺 Today the Hungarian Parliament debates a motion for resolution on European Commission's response to #MinoritySafePack. The Committee on Nationalities and Committee on National Cohesion unanimously adopted statements supporting #MinoritySafePack Initiative. Vote in 3 weeks: parlament.hu/irom41/15586/1…

🇩🇰🇪🇺🇩🇪 The #DialogForumNorden - representing national #minority organizations and institutions in Schleswig-Holstein and Region Syddanmark - adopted a resolution that "calls on the European Commission to deal with #MinoritySafePack again and to come to a positive vote for the interests of #MinoritySafePack Initiative."

📜 "the leaders of the political parties, civil & social organizations of the Hungarian autochthonous national minority in #Slovakia call on European Commission to reconsider its decision to reject #MinoritySafePack (#MinoritySafePack Initiative) a successful citizens' initiative."ma7.sk/aktualis/felvi…

🇭🇺📜🇪🇺 The Hungarian #Parliament adopted a resolution on #MinoritySafePack Initiative with a huge majority of 157 in favour, 1 against: "It is shocking & unacceptable that European Commission rejected the initiative entirely, disregarding Az Európai Parlament Magyarországon's supportive resolution and the will of EU citizens."

👏🇩🇪🇪🇺 At our FUEN event Sylvia Lehmann (SPD-Fraktion im Bundestag) stated her "unwavering support for implementing the #ECI #MinoritySafePack" and announced that the Deutscher Bundestag Committee on Internal Affairs and Community will hold a hearing on the European Commission's response to #MinoritySafePack Initiative. Danke!

🇺🇳🤝🇪🇺 #MinorityRights are #HumanRights: this must become self-evident! Great meeting w/ United Nations Special Rapporteur Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, a strong #MinoritySafePack Initiative ally. FUEN proudly partners for the #UN European Regional Forum on #Minority Issues. 2nd half of 2021 will bring important events!

🇪🇺 We celebrate today #EuropeDay, the 72nd birthday of the #CouncilofEurope (Council of Europe): a champion of #humanrights, #minorityRights, and #languages. As FUEN President and European Parliament #Minority Intergroup Co-Chair, I wish you a happy anniversary and hope for closer cooperation!

🇪🇺🎉Wir feiern #EuropeDay und haben dazu mit AGDM-Sprecher Bernd Gaida über die Situation von Minderheiten in #Europa & die #MinoritySafePack Initiative gesprochen. Er sagt, dass eine gute #Minderheitenpolitik der europäischen Idee helfen kann: ifa.de/blog/beitrag/m… 📷: Florin Cnejevici

🇪🇺 Vice-President Věra Jourová grilled during an CULT Committee Press hearing on #MinoritySafePack: the European Commission decision to reject #MinoritySafePack Initiative was strongly criticized by MEPs Hannes Heide, Romeo Franz & #PetraKammervert-Europa-SPD. The pressure to reverse the decision keeps mounting!

🇪🇺 At our latest FUEN #EuropeanDialogueForum meeting we discussed our next steps for #MinoritySafePack (#MinoritySafePack Initiative) and our participation in the Conference on the Future of Europe 🇪🇺 & the United Nations European Regional Forum on #Minority Issues hosted by Former UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues & Tom Lantos Institute: fuen.org/en/article/The…

Congratulations to FUEN #EuropeanDialogueForum member Tanja Novotni Golubić on her re-election as Deputy Prefect of Bjelovar-Bilogora County for the Czech national #minority in 🇭🇷! Táňa is a strong advocate of #MinoritySafePack (#MinoritySafePack Initiative) & #autochthonous national #minorities in 🇪🇺