9 Amendments of Ernest MARAGALL related to 2016/2036(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, apart from the military mission against traffickersccording to the provisions of Article 43(1) TEU the tasks of civilian and military CSDP in the field of migration in the Mediterranean cand measures to reinforce the management of migration by EUCAP Sahel Niger, the contribution of the CSDP civilian missions to only focus on humanitarian and rescue tasks and not on the management of migration; notes that the European response to the migration crisis has been very limited and has not been part of a real strategy;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the need to ensure coherence between internal and external EU policies, and stresses that targeted cultural and educational policies can support key EU foreign and security policy objectives; reiterates the role of intercultural dialogue through intergovernmental collaboration, acting in close coordination with civil society and NGOs in the field of culture, as a tool for peace building and conflict prevention;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is surprised that, at a time when some national budgets are tight and when military expenditure has until recently declined sharply in contrast with other regions of the world, the Member States do not see the urgent need to achieve economies of scale by means of ‘in depth cooperation, in particular 'permanent structural cooperation’', in other words the pooling and sharing of military resources by those countries that are willing and able to do this (Article 46 TEU); Welcomnotes the existence of EU battlegroups, but deplores the failure to make use of them owing to a political structure which is so complex that it does not work due to the lead nation concept and to a funding method that is flawed, which endanger the very idea of an effective European defence;response to crisis
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the Member States have not sufficiently exploited the potential of cooperative projects proposed by the European Defence Agency and expresses concern at the freezing of the Agency's budget by the Member States since 2010; considers the pooling of defence research capacities to be indispensable in order to avoid duplication and to prepare for the future; welcomes the establishment of Parliament's pilot project in this field and supports iturgently reminds the 19 November 2007 decision of EU defence ministers on a framework for a joint Strategy on Defence Research and Technology which contained four benchmarks on collaborative spending, and in particular a benchmark on research and development aiming at increasing the percentage of collaborative research and development from 10 to 20 percent; notes that EU Member States areinforcement by the appropriate means from 2017. still unable to implement their own decisions in this respect since 9 years; is convinced that any EU budget contribution in this field would, under these circumstances, not be justifiable;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the work done by DG EAC on extending the cultural and education links to third countries like China, Korea and India; supports the cooperation between DG EAC and the EEAS, as stated in the recommendations of the Preparatory Action "on culture in the EU external relations", and the nomination of a cultural attaché in the EU Representation in China;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the renewed European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), and calls for an increased profile of culture and education in the bilateral and regional cooperation programmes under the ENP, aiming at involving more citizens in cultural and educational offers and build up a resilient civil society;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the role of cultural and creative industries in fostering growth and economic development, and encourages further support to creative industries in the EU and in third countries, for example with the pilot project supporting networks of young creative entrepreneurs in EU and third countries which is due to start in 2016;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the work done by the Commission and the Communication on cultural diplomacy due to be published in 2016;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the participation of eligible third countries in the main EU programmes in the field of education and culture, such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and Horizon 2020; supports all actions allowing youth to be in contact with third countries and vice-versa to learn better from one another, and open up to their neighbours, i.e. in the preparatory actions on youth exchanges between EU and Ukraine, EU and Russia.