10 Amendments of Charlie WEIMERS related to 2022/2047(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas culture has major potential to promote the EU’s values, solidify its identity and contribute to the fulfilment of its objectives worldwide, as well as addressing global challengEuropean values;
Amendment 27 #
B. whereas clearly targeted resources for international cultural relations would greatly enhance its ability to fully developthe Creative Europe programme has funded the EUNIC network since 2014; notes that over EUR 5.6 million has been granted in financial support to the network by the EU since 2016; calls for a special audit and cost- benefit-analysis of the entire cultural relations approach of the EU, including preparatory and pilot projects such as the European Spaces of Culture (formerly European 'Houses' of Culture);
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Preparatory action - European Houses of Culture - was funded by way of a grant of EUR 750 000 awarded in 2020 to the EU National Institutes for Culture , a Brussels based NGO that in 2018 received EUR 750 000 for the same purpose;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU needs to engage in international cultural relations using its own instruments to shape the cultural face of the EU worldwide and complement the work of Member States’ cultural institutes abroadshould let Member States’ cultural institutes work without interference;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the effortsNotes the cost of the Commission and the European External Action Service actions to implement the EU strategy for international cultural relations, demonstrating the EU’s added value and advancing cultural cooperation with partner countries;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the development of the Cultural Relations Platform and the joint implementation of programmes allowing cultural actors and public stakeholders to developQuestions the need to develop a EU funded Cultural Relations Platform; welcomes cooperation between cultural actors to develop and promote innovative ideas and concrete projects, finenhance cultural relations and facilitate networks; emphasizes that these activities do not require funding from the EU budget to be successful;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the development of strategies based on international cultural relationcost- saving strategies for EU delegations and other EU actors in their relations with third countries;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the allocation of the necessary budgetary and personnel resources tofor the EU’s international cultural relations and cultural diplomacy in order to facilitate cultural cooperation with local actors and academia in third countambitions to be reduced substantially as citizens, businesses and Member States are hard pressed by multiple crises;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for an update to cost-benefit analysis and independent audit to be carried out focusing on the 2016 EU strategy for international cultural relations with a view to; questions the need for establishing a permanent structural and institutional EU dimension and developing and implementing a long- term strategy to be integrated permanently and horizontally within the EU’s external action toolbox.
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a thorough independent audit and cost-benefit analysis of all expenditure relating to culture from the EU budget;