7 Amendments of Therese COMODINI CACHIA related to 2016/2008(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that an increasing number of citizens use ICT tools and new media and technologies to engage and participate in political life at both national and EU level and that it i; considers therefore as crucial to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital dividehe eradication of the existing digital divide and asks to develop actions and policies to increase digital inclusion and literacy;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategically launch e-democracy tools able to provide decentralproposes actions and policies in support of e-democracy to provide citizens with skills to recognised sources of independent information and, to support innovative models of learning, and to stimulate citizens’ active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that e-democracy can be a tool to attract more people, especially young, to participate in democratic processes, decrease the democratic deficit and stop the decline of democratic participation in EU;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that e-democracy can increase transparency of decision making process in representative democracy and can have a positive impact on trust of citizens in their elected representatives;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Acknowledges the importance of decreasing the digital divide in a way that as many people as possible have access to internet and can participate in processes of e-democracy;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that e-democracy has the potential to increase the sense of ownership of EU among the citizens, which is especially important in the current Eurosceptic climate;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Believes that despite mostly positive aspects of e-democracy some caution is needed; notes the possibility of abuse of private data in the online environment, possibility of electoral fraud in online elections and other sorts of democratic online participation;