Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-10-22-Speech-2-179"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-10-22"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Question Time (Commission)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20021022.7.2-179"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-10-22-Speech-2-1802
lpv:speaker	lp:Alonso José Puerta2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Izquierda Unida (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-president; European Parliament (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Question No 42 by María Izquierdo Rojo (): On 27 July 2002 the Spanish-Argentinian couple Juan Carlos Manteca Cendrero and Carlos Daniel Bettio submitted an application for a residence visa on the grounds of family reunification to the Spanish Consulate-General in Buenos Aires (Argentina) so that Daniel Bettio, an Argentinian citizen, would be able to reside legally in Spain. They attached the required documents, having been informed by the Consulate that visas had been granted in the past to people in the same situation, i.e. same-sex couples. On 13 August 2002 they received notification that the visa had been refused 'because they did not meet the conditions laid down in RD 864/2001'. The section where an indication must be made as to which specific condition has not been fulfilled states 'negative report of the government or labour authority'. Taking account of the specific circumstances of this case and the widely-held suspicion that same-sex couples are being refused visas, which would be a violation of equal rights, and bearing in mind that this would also be in breach of rights enshrined in the Spanish Constitution and EU law, in particular the Treaty of Amsterdam, which lays down that everyone enjoys equal rights regardless of their sex or sexual orientation, can the Commission say whether it might be proposed that the burden of proof be reversed in view of such incidences of sexual discrimination (refusal to grant a visa to Carlos Daniel Bettio)? Is it aware that this type of discrimination in the granting of visas is occurring in the EU? What steps can be taken to prevent it? What measures are available to us to avert or take action in such cases"@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"President."1 "Subject: Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation in the granting of visas"1

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