23 Amendments of Jude KIRTON-DARLING related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the useadvent of the internet and mobile communications has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; whereas this has expanded the market place, facilitating access by smadigital world will fundamentally change how societies work and interact; and how the digital world will impact not just markets but society, and will coimpanies to a customer base of 500 million customers and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideact people not just as consumers, but as citizens and workers;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way users communicate, invent, consume and share; and has expanded the market place facilitating the access of small companies to a customer base of 500 million customers, and the development by entrepreneurs of new ideas;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU is more than a union of consumers or a marketplace, a Digital Single Market strategy must include a future for the citizen in the digital public space; a future for the worker in a digital economy; and a future for a digital European society beyond markets;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the growth of a European digital society could lead to more European research and innovation, greater investment in job creation, and more creativity and entrepreneurship across the EU;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas Europe must use the opportunity of the Digital Single Market to develop state of the art educational systems, better labour protection standards, better resource and energy efficiency, to support the Energy Union, research and innovation both for business and for science, and promotion of gender equality and equal access for the marginalised and for people living with disabilities;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas particular attention must be paid to vulnerable citizens, workers in precarious employment, those caught in the digital divide, and isolated or poor communities, to ensure they too reap the full benefits of a Digital Single Market;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the use of the internet and mobile communication has changed the way businesses interact with each other, and how governments interact, and will continue to do so;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market is not just a step change in how business and industry works, but with the Internet of Things, Open Data, and Industry 4.0, represents a total reimagining of the functioning of the economy;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Digital Single Market represents a valuable opportunity to ensure full accessibility and participation for disabled people;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas 75% of the value added by the digital economy comes from traditional industry; whereas its integration of digital technology remains weak, with only 1.7% of EU enterprises making full use of advanced digital technologies and 14% of SMEs using the internet as a sales channel, and whereas Europe, must use digitalised industry to maintain its global leadership in high value added manufacturing;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; believes that the horizontal approach taken needs to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy and stresses the importance of high speed internet access especially for rural and peripheral areas so that everyone can benefit from the advantages offered by the Digital Single Market;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of creating the best possible business environment to allow digital companies, including SMEs and start-ups, to operate; believes that accelerator programmes for digital start- ups are vital to ensure new companies are given the time and space needed to grow their business models and that these should be available in both rural and urban areas;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for a renewed commitment by the Commission to research and innovation, which represents the building blocks of a competitive European Digital Single Market;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that digital skills go hand in hand with a successful and competitive Digital Single Market, and calls on the Commission to dedicate investment to skills and education both in schools and through lifelong learning; as we need to ensure older and vulnerable workers are not left behind in the digital shift, as well as ensuring that our children are equipped with the future skills they will need in a digital workforce;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers the adoption of a European Web Accessibility Directive to be vital to address issues of accessibility across Europe; reminds that the latest report (2011) from the "Monitoring eAccessibility in Europe" (MeAC) study estimates that only one third of the content generated by public authorities across the EU is accessible; underlines that web accessibility is not just a question of technical standards and of web architecture and design, it is vital in order to ensure that no one is at risk of being partially or totally excluded from society as it becomes ever more digitised;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to improve the legal protection of consumers as regards intangible digital content; points out that while consumers buying tangible digital content are protected by consumer protection laws, consumer rights when buying intangible digital content remain largely unregulated; agrees that consumers should enjoy a comparable level of protection regardless of whether they purchase digital content online or offline;
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists that any Digital Single Market framework should be built around ensuring the same working rights enjoyed by workers in the offline economy are enshrined and enforced for workers in the online economy, with particular regard being paid to the integrity of union rights, working time, and proper regulation of real and false self-employment;
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement for any digital progress, 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 networksrecognises that universal service provision may require public as well as private investment;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to moallow for prudent regulation which does not limit the innovation of entre pregulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competitneurial businesses but ensures that they are not exempt from appropriate European labour rights and legislation that provide fair employment conditions for all workers across the Union;
Amendment 813 #
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, online platforms; considers that the priorities should be transparency, facilitation of switching between platforms or online services, access to platforms, prevention of preferential treatment of own services, prevention of discrimination against third parties' services and identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scale-up of platforms;
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market Strategy and stresses the importance of ensuring that all platforms are fully accessible for disabled users;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the Commission to analyse the need to protect consumers in the sharing economy and, where appropriate and if necessary, to come forward with proposals to ensure the adequacy of the consumer-related legislation framework in the digital sphere, including possible abuses; also encourages the Commission to examine the issue of employment rights of workers within the sharing economy and highlights the necessity of ensuring full adherence to employment and social rights and insurance rules by companies operating in the sharing economy;
Amendment 903 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to come forward with proposals to prevent employment abuses and false self- employment in the digital economy, particularly with regard to aspects of the digital economy which are not currently appropriately covered by labour law and fair employment legislation;