7 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2015/2329(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme is a unique and highly symbolic programme, as it is a listening exercise on civil society’s debate and critical thinking about the European project and the European decision-making process;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme aims to strengthen a sense of European citizenship, enhance and belonging, enhance solidarity, mutual tolerance and respect, promote a better understanding of the EU; and foster active dialogue between EU citizens;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the need to foster the development of a shared sense of European identity, encourage civic participation and to launch an in-depth debate on European values, while highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EU;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in line with Article 11 TEU, the EU institutions are bound to give citizens and representative associations the opportunity to publicly exchange their views in all areas of Union action; whereas this provision also entails the EU institutions’ obligation to have an open, transparent and regular dialogue with civil society and the Commission’s duty to carry out broad consultations with all stakeholders;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishes the fundamental status of Union citizenship and details the rights attached to it, and whereas in order to empower citizens to fully enjoy these rights, a better understanding of the EU and its values is an important precondition;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, owing to budgetary constraints, the total number of funded projects is too small to achieve the programme’s ambitious goals and that only around 6 % of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects were able to be financed in 2015, which is very low in comparison to the Creative Europe programme results for the same year (19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA); indicates that the funding for these two strands of the Europe for Citizens programme should be substantially increased in line with the ambitions of the programme;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to implement an engaging communication strategy with the active involvement of NCPs for European citizenship by using social networks, constantly updating the content and reaching new audiences in the participating countries, especially those in which the level of participation is lower;