Report on fundamental rights in the European Union for 2000

In adopting the report of Thierry CORNILLET (EPP-ED, F) on the situation as regards fundamental rights in the European Union, the European Parliament voted by 246 to 141 votes with 50 abstentions (refer to previous document). Among the amendments adopted, one calls for the 1961 Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations to be amended. This would enable the waiving of diplomatic immunity in the case of the violation of human rights carried out by diplomats in their private lives. Another amendment calls for the establishment of a European day for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the distribution to all children of the text of the Charter. Parliament is also calling for the EU countries which had not yet done to sign and ratify the European social chater which was revised in May 1996. Finally, Parliament is calling for any form of wide scale general or exploratory electronic surveillance to be prohibited in line with the European Convention on human rights. �