12 Amendments of Simona BONAFÈ related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas a clear connection is present between internet usage and coverage and in 2014 the 18,1% of Europeans never used the internet;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas in 2014 only 15,8 computers per 100 students were available in Europe in 2014;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas a growing number of services are migrating towards the internet and digital technologies are becoming increasingly pervasive in everyday lives;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that, in order to ensure the quality of European Legislation, the European Institutions should adopt and disseminate a "digital first" principle, re- designing all activities around the opportunities and challenges posed by digital technologies;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs, areas where pre-existing concentrations of businesses and skills is present and can be increased, could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to increase the availability and an efficient use of radio spectrum across the Union, with the aim to achieve a EU harmonised radio spectrum policy;
Amendment 574 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that ambitious actions are needed to improve access to legal digital content, in particular by ending without delay geo- blocking practices and, unfair price discrimination based on geographical location and any practices that undermine country neutrality with regard to means of payments between Member States;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement forto any digital progress and must be part of the European integration effort, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that, in order to achieve a real Digital Single Market, it is necessary to ensure access for all citizens in Europe, calls therefore to improve the efforts towards the networks development for those areas where sufficient connectivity it is not yet available;
Amendment 806 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to develop an innovation-friendly policy that fosters competition between, and innovation in,between online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency and to support the freedom, openness and accessibility of the internet; considers that transparency, interoperability, unbundling, common standards, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale- up of platforms should be priorities; Underlines the fact that, in order to allow new businesses to emerge and thrive in existing digital sector, an assessment of the role network effects play in the openness of the digital economy will be key;
Amendment 843 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls the Commission to ensure the presence of minimum quality standards for services that emulate, on the web, other traditional services; Furthermore calls the Commission to support and incentivize interoperability for internet services and to combat the enclosing of the internet in silos;
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to safeguard the openness of the internet, ensuring the application of the principle of Net Neutrality at all levels of the web, ensuring equal access to fixed networks for all service providers and ensuring service neutrality for all services within internet platforms;