Frequently Asked Questions on the LGBT Roadmap report (‘Lunacek report’)

Ulrike Lunacek MEP(Lire cette page en français)

Next week, Members of the European Parliament will vote on the report for an EU roadmap against homophobia (available in 24 languages). The Committee on Civil Liberties supported the report with an overwhelming majority in December, and five political groups stand behind it.

MEPs have received numerous questions about the report, and petitions misrepresent its contents on purpose. Here is a list of frequently asked questions, which will be updated in the run up to the vote on 4 February.

What is the report about? It calls for a new EU action plan to combat homophobia and transphobia, just like the EU already combats discrimination based on gender, disability or ethnicity. EU law should protect all citizens against discrimination, including when they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Living free from threats and discrimination isn’t a ‘personal interest’, but a human right.

CountryLast nameFirst nameGroup
AustriaLichtenbergerEvaGreens/EFA
AustriaLunacekUlrikeGreens/EFA
BelgiumDe KeyserVéroniqueS&D
BelgiumEl KhadraouiSaĂŻd
S&D
BelgiumMichelLouisALDE
BelgiumNeyts-UyttebroeckAnnemieALDE
BelgiumRiesFrédérique
ALDE
Belgiumvan BremptKathleenS&D
CroatiaBorzanBiljanaS&D
CyprusHadjigeorgiouTakisGUE/NGL
CyprusPapadopoulouAntigoniS&D
CyprusPitsillidesAndreasEPP
CyprusSophocleousSophoclesS&D
CyprusTheocharousEleniEPP
Czech RepublicBrzobohatĂĄ
ZuzanaS&D
DenmarkChristensenOleS&D
DenmarkLĂžkkegaardMortenALDE
DenmarkRohdeJensALDE
DenmarkSchaldemoseChristelS&D
DenmarkThomsenBrittaS&D
DenmarkTurunenEmilieS&D
EstoniaOjulandKristiinaALDE
EstoniaOviirSiiriALDE
FinlandCronbergTarjaGreens/EFA
FinlandHassiSatuGreens/EFA
FinlandJÀÀtteenmÀki
AnneliALDE
FinlandJaakonsaariLiisaS&D
FinlandPietikÀinen
SirpaEPP
FinlandSarvamaaPetriEPP
FranceAndrieuÉric
S&D
FranceBélier
SandrineGreens/EFA
FranceBové
José
Greens/EFA
FranceCastexFrançoise
S&D
FranceCochetYvesGreens/EFA
FranceCottignyJean-LouisS&D
FranceDelliKarimaGreens/EFA
FranceDésir
HarlemS&D
FranceFlautreHélÚne
Greens/EFA
FranceGrĂšze
CatherineGreens/EFA
FranceGuillaumeSylvieS&D
FranceJolyEvaGreens/EFA
FranceKiil-NielsenNicoleGreens/EFA
FranceLepageCorinneALDE
FranceOmarjeeYounousGUE/NGL
FrancePargneauxGillesS&D
FranceStrifflerMichĂšle
EPP
FranceThomasIsabelleS&D
FranceTrautmannCatherineS&D
FranceVergnaudBernadetteS&D
FranceWeberHenriS&D
GermanyAlbrechtJan PhilippGreens/EFA
GermanyAlvaroAlexanderALDE
GermanyBreyerHiltrudGreens/EFA
GermanyCramerMichaelGreens/EFA
GermanyErnstCorneliaGUE/NGL
GermanyGebhardtEvelyneS&D
GermanyHĂ€ndel
ThomasGUE/NGL
GermanyHirschNadjaALDE
GermanyKellerFranziskaGreens/EFA
GermanyKoch-MehrinSilvanaALDE
GermanyLochbihlerBarbaraGreens/EFA
GermanyMeissnerGesineALDE
GermanyMichelsMartinaGUE/NGL
GermanyRodustUlrikeS&D
GermanyRoth-BehrendtDagmarS&D
GermanyScholzHelmutGUE/NGL
GermanySchroedterElisabethGreens/EFA
GermanySippelBirgitS&D
GermanyTheinAlexandraALDE
GreeceArsenisKritonS&D
GreeceKoppaMaria EleniS&D
HungaryGöncz
KingaS&D
HungaryGurmaiZitaS&D
HungaryHerczogEditS&D
HungaryTabajdiCsaba SĂĄndor
S&D
IrelandChildersNessaNI
IrelandCostelloEmerS&D
IrelandHarkinMarianALDE
IrelandMcGuinnessMaireadEPP
IrelandMurphyPaulGUE/NGL
IrelandPrendergastPhilS&D
ItalyAlfanoSoniaALDE
ItalyGualtieriRobertoS&D
ItalyPittellaGianniS&D
ItalyRinaldiNiccolĂČALDE
ItalyVattimoGianniALDE
ItalyZanoniAndreaALDE
MaltaAbela BaldacchinoClaudetteS&D
MaltaMetsolaRobertaEPP
MaltaMizziMarleneS&D
PolandSenyszynJoannaS&D
PolandSiwiecMarekS&D
PortugalGomesAna MariaS&D
PortugalMatiasMarisaGUE/NGL
PortugalSousaAldaGUE/NGL
PortugalTavaresRuiGreens/EFA
RomaniaCretuCorinaS&D
RomaniaMacoveiMonicaEPP
RomaniaWeberRenateALDE
SlovakiaFlaƥíkovå BeƈovåMonikaS&D
SlovakiaNevedalovĂĄ
KatarĂ­na
S&D
SloveniaFajonTanjaS&D
SloveniaKacinJelkoALDE
SloveniaKleva KekuĆĄMojcaS&D
SpainBadia i CutchetMariaS&D
SpainBilbao BarandicaIzaskunALDE
SpainGardiazĂĄbal Rubial
EiderS&D
SpainIrazabalbeitia FernĂĄndez
Iñaki
Greens/EFA
SpainMeyerWillyGUE/NGL
SpainRomeva I RuedaRaĂŒl
Greens/EFA
SpainSosa WagnerFranciscoNI
SpainTremosa i BalcellsRamonALDE
SpainYåñez-Barnuevo García
LuisS&D
SwedenCorazza BildtAnna MariaEPP
SwedenFĂ€rm
Göran
S&D
SwedenFjellnerChristoferEPP
SwedenGustafssonMikaelGUE/NGL
SwedenHedhAnnaS&D
SwedenLövin
IsabellaGreens/EFA
SwedenLudvigssonOlleS&D
SwedenNilssonJensS&D
SwedenSchmidtOlleALDE
SwedenUlvskogMaritaS&D
SwedenWestlundÅsa
S&D
SwedenWikström
CeciliaALDE
the Netherlandsvan BaalenJohannes CornelisALDE
the NetherlandsBermanThijsS&D
the NetherlandsBozkurtEmineS&D
the Netherlandsvan de CampWimEPP
the NetherlandsCornelissenMarijeGreens/EFA
the NetherlandsEickhoutBasGreens/EFA
the NetherlandsGerbrandyGerben-JanALDE
the NetherlandsIn 't VeldSophieALDE
the Netherlandsde JongDennisGUE/NGL
the NetherlandsMandersToineALDE
the NetherlandsMulderJanALDE
the Netherlandsvan NistelrooijLambertEPP
the NetherlandsSargentiniJudithGreens/EFA
the NetherlandsSchaakeMarietjeALDE
United KingdomAndersonMartinaGUE/NGL
United KingdomBearderCatherineALDE
United KingdomBennionPhilALDE
United KingdomCashmanMichaelS&D
United KingdomDaviesChrisALDE
United KingdomDuffAndrewALDE
United KingdomEvansJillGreens/EFA
United KingdomHallFionaALDE
United KingdomHoneyballMaryS&D
United KingdomHowittRichardS&D
United KingdomHudghtonIanGreens/EFA
United KingdomHughesStephenS&D
United KingdomLambertJeanGreens/EFA
United KingdomLudfordBaroness SarahALDE
United KingdomMartinDavidS&D
United KingdomMcAvanLindaS&D
United KingdomMcCarthyArleneS&D
United KingdomMoraesClaudeS&D
United KingdomSimpsonBrianS&D
United KingdomSmithAlynGreens/EFA
United KingdomStihlerCatherineS&D
United KingdomTaylorKeithGreens/EFA
United KingdomVaughanDerekS&D
United KingdomWatsonGrahamALDE
United KingdomWillmottGlenisS&D
United KingdomYannakoudakisMarinaECR

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