Activities of Domènec RUIZ DEVESA related to 2023/2017(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy (debate)
Amendments (20)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2022 on the implementation of citizenship education actions[1], [1] Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0114.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 April 2016 on Learning EU at school (Text adopted, P8_TA(2016)0106.)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to its legislative resolution of 16 April 2014 on a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament’s right of inquiry and repealing Decision 95/167/EC, Euratom, ECSC of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission[1] [1] J C 443, 22.12.2017, p. 39
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
– having regard to the Proposal of a Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Sovereign, Social and Ecological adopted by the Spinelli Group on 29 August 2022,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Strongly believes that Parliament, as the only directly elected EU institution, should be granted the general direct right of legislative initiative, right for inquiry and full authority over the budget and that it should be enabled to lay down the strategic priorities of the European legislative agenda; Calls on this regard for an amendment of art 225 and art 226 of TFEU.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls to the Council and the Commission to engage with Parliament in negotiations in the initiatives in which the legislative initiative is conferred to the Parliament such as the European Parliament right of inquiry and the new European electoral law,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the key role of parliaments at the heart of democracy and cwelcomes a right for national parliaments to propose initiatives to the European Parliament; Calls for closer coordination and political dialogue between national parliaments and the European Parliament to make it more meaningful and substantial, also in frameworks such as Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs (COSAC); stresses the importance of the subsidiarity principle as laid down in Article 5 TEU;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the revolution in media consumption habits, driven by the ubiquity of smartphones, the rise of social media and the rollout of broadband, due to which many traditional media outlets have lost significance, especially among young people; recalls that polarised and extreme opinions have become widely accessible while fact-based, well- researched information is often locked behind “paywalls”; is concerned that staying properly informed in an environment of information overload, poor-quality news sources, and social media bubbles has become increasingly difficult and has led to a fragmentation of societies and an undermining of democracies; calls for a coordinated EU strategy to address threats to media independence and the establishment of a substantial EU media support fund to support an independent and pluralistic quality media landscape in all Member States.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Is highly concerned about targeted cyber-attacks and disinformation campaigns, whose ultimate goal is the destruction of democratic processes within the Union; calls for coordinated action on national and EU level to ensure that cybersecurity rules at EU-level are adequate and well implemented on the national level; calls for the establishment of an independent and well-resourced European Centre for Interference Threats and Information Integrity to identify, analyse and document information manipulation operations and threats of interference against the Union as a whole; recalls that activities to fight disinformation are considered a matter of public interest; calls for the national parliaments of the Member States to consider establishing their own parliamentary bodies tasked with overseeing activities related to the protection of their democracy against foreign interference and information manipulation, and to set up regular exchanges on these topics with the European Parliament as a part of COSAC inter-parliamentary cooperation;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Is concerned that Artificial Intelligence has made the production and distribution of false and misleading information significantly easier, cheaper, and faster; warns that generative AI is likely to be used to mislead voters, impersonate candidates and undermine European elections on a scale and at a speed not yet seen; calls for the timely adoption of the EU’s AI act, with a focus on tackling the dangers of synthetic audio and video material as well as images for disinformation campaigns.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest equally in the formal actions of citizenship education and in supporting informal citizenship education, in curricular and extra- curricular activities, and to reinforce EU programmes supporting education and citizenship education; calls for the inclusion in the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the educational programmes financed with EU funds of specific targets related to citizenship education,
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to better inform non- national Union citizens (i.e. Union citizens who reside in a Member State of which they are not nationals) about their right to vote in or run for office in municipal and European elections; stresses that such ‘mobile’ EU citizens’ right to vote and stand should be expanded to regional and national elections in Member States; Urges Member States to guarantee that all those who have the right to vote, including EU citizens living outside their country of origin, homeless people and prisoners who are granted such a right in accordance with national laws, are able to exercise this right.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that a single harmonised age for voting and for standing as a candidate should be introduced across the EU; is of the opinion that the minimum age for voting should be set at 16;reflect current right and duties that young people already have in some Member States and be set at 16 without prejudice to existing constitutional orders establishing a minimum voting age of 18 or 17 years of age.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Proposes the implementation of an election observation mission in the European Union during the European Parliament elections in May 2024 to reinforce good practices at the European level by strengthening the electorate's confidence in the electoral process, while at the same time citizens actively participate in this process as observers,
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Proposes, in particular, the creation of a permanent representative and deliberative mechanism called the European Agora, which will start in January each year bywork on yearly basis deliberating on the Commission’s annual work programme and the specific theme of the European Year; further proposes that in the first four months of the year the Agora should focus on the EU’s priorities for the year ahead with the results of the deliberations to be presented on 9 May as an input to the consultation process on the work programme; notes that those results should also include a proposal for the specific theme for the European Year in the following annual cycle; proposes that European Parliament's representative should be regularly informed on the developments of those deliberations in order to adjust its legislative works.
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Suggests that a Youth component of the Agora should form a European Youth Assembly, which will also monitor the application of the ‘youth check’ throughout the EU’s legislative process; proposes that the Committee of the Regions and the Economic and Social Committee should establish a structure that convenes representatives of youth civil society and, young local elected politicians, and representatives of social partners which should cooperate closely with the Youth Assembly to implement the youth check;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Believes that effective citizenship participation at EU level requires the acquisition of specific knowledge about the EU and the European dimension of the topics under discussion; asks therefore to introduce dedicated training within the European Agora;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Proposes the introduction of pan- European online citizens’ consultations, organised by the Parliament on a regular basis concerning the main current European policy debates; believes that giving all citizens the opportunity to express their views on current European affairs will increase citizens’ trust in and understanding of the European decision- making process; considers that that this new participatory mechanism, which should have consultative character, would reinforce many of Parliament’s policy priorities, and, as a result, strengthen the EP’s role towards the other institutions; believes that Parliament should develop and manage these online consultations in order to ensure easy and secure access across the Union.
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls for the increasing of funds to promote pilot projects and programs as Building Europe with Local Councillors which creates a European network of locally elected politicians aimed at communicating the European Union,