Activities of Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. Highlights the increasing number of severe and destructive natural disasters in and outside Europe; underlines that due to climate change extreme weather events are going to further intensify and multiply; stresses that the EUSF is only a curative instrument and that climate change primarily requires a preventive policy in line with the Union’s international commitments and the Green Deal;

2023/10/03
Committee: REGI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2023/09/08
Committee: CULT

2023/0264(BUD)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates the need to support editorial and news media to help counter the constant and intensifying information warfare, which is threatening the public debate in European democracies and their elections, including the elections of the European Parliament in 2024; therefore, insists that the Cross-Sectoral strand under Creative Europe should be reinforced with an additional EUR 15 million; furthermore, recalls the need to increase support for the cultural and creative sectors and industries to align the programme with the objectives of the 2018 New European Agenda for Culture, and the priorities and corresponding actions of the EU Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026; therefore, the cultural strand should be reinforced with an additional EUR 15 million; additionally, underlines the need to strengthen the media strand with an additional EUR 13 million to support the audio-visual sector; Underlines the need to protect media freedom and the freedom of journalists from any kind of interference;

2023/09/08
Committee: CULT

2 b. Emphasizes that the European Parliament repeatedly and with an overwhelming majority - e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU - called on the Commission and the Member States to include culture in the national recovery and resilience plans and to earmark at least 2 % of the RRF budget to culture;

2022/02/11
Committee: CULT

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Recalls that atypical employment (part-time and fixed-duration contracts, temporary work and economically dependent self-employment) is commonplace for authors, performers, artists and many other cultural creators, often leading to precarious working conditions; highlights that the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this situation which poses a fundamental threat to the EU’s cultural ecosystem, to Europe’s cultural diversity and to our democracy and society;

2022/02/11
Committee: CULT

2021/2251(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;

2022/02/11
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Strategy for the rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030’,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) High-risk AI systems should only be placed on the Union market or put into service if they comply with certain mandatory requirements. Those requirements should ensure that high-risk AI systems available in the Union or whose output is otherwise used in the Union do not pose unacceptable risks to important Union public interests as recognised and protected by Union law. AI systems identified as high-risk should be limited to those that have a ~~significant~~ harmful impact on the health, safety and fundamental rights of persons in the Union and such limitation minimises any potential restriction to international trade, if any.

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33

(33) Technical inaccuracies of AI systems intended for the ~~remote~~ biometric identification of natural persons in protected spaces can lead to biased results and entail discriminatory effects. This is particularly relevant when it comes to age, ethnicity, sex or disabilities. Therefore, ~~‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote~~ biometric identification systems used in the workplace, in higher education or within vocational training should be classified as high-risk. In view of the risks that they pose, both types of ~~remote~~ biometric identification systems should be subject to specific requirements on logging capabilities and human oversight.

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) AI systems used in employment, employment support, workers management and access to self- employment, notably for the recruitment and selection of persons, for making decisions on promotion and termination and for task allocation, monitoring or evaluation of persons in work-related contractual relationships, should also be classified as high-risk, since those systems may appreciably impact future career prospects and livelihoods of these persons. Relevant work-related contractual relationships should involve employees and persons providing services through platforms as referred to in the Commission Work Programme 2021. Such persons should in principle not be considered users within the meaning of this Regulation. Throughout the recruitment process and in the evaluation, promotion, or retention of persons in work-related contractual relationships, such systems may perpetuate historical patterns of discrimination, for example against women, certain age groups, persons with disabilities, or persons of certain racial or ethnic origins or sexual orientation. AI systems used to monitor the performance and behaviour of these persons may also impact their rights to data protection and privacy.

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85

(85) In order to ensure that the regulatory framework can be adapted where necessary, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend the techniques and approaches referred to in Annex I to define AI systems, the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Annex II, the high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III, the provisions regarding technical documentation listed in Annex IV, the content of the EU declaration of conformity in Annex V, the provisions regarding the conformity assessment procedures in Annex VI and VII and the provisions establishing the high-risk AI systems to which the conformity assessment procedure based on assessment of the quality management system and assessment of the technical documentation should apply. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at ~~expert level, and that those consultat~~the level of experts from different areas of society such as education, media and culture and from trade unions beand con~~ducted~~sumer and data protection organisations, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making58. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 58 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39

(39) ‘publicly accessible space’ means any physical or virtual place accessible to the public, regardless of whether certain conditions for access may apply and regardless of form of ownership;

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)

(44a) ‘cultural institutions’ means institutions such as libraries, museums, theatres, concert halls, exhibition centres, architectural ensembles and multi- purpose arts venues, as well as their virtual sections, which organise cultural education, democratic exchanges and research and provide ways and means of engaging with cultural heritage;

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part

(c) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of AI systems ~~by public authorities or on their behalf~~ for the evaluation or classification of the trustworthiness of natural persons over a certain period of time based on their social behaviour or known or predicted personal or personality characteristics, with the social score leading to either or both of the following:

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part

(d) the use of ~~‘real-time’~~ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces ~~for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:~~;

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i

~~(i) the targeted search for specific potential victims of crime, including missing children;~~deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii

~~(ii) the prevention of a specific, substantial and imminent threat to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack;~~deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii

(iii) the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of a criminal offence referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA62and punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years, as determined by the law of that Member State. _________________ 62 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1).deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2

2. The use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall take into account the following elements: (a) the nature of the situation giving rise to the possible use, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm caused in the absence of the use of the system; (b) the consequences of the use of the system for the rights and freedoms of all persons concerned, in particular the seriousness, probability and scale of those consequences. In addition, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement for any of the objectives referred to in paragraph 1 point d) shall comply with necessary and proportionate safeguards and conditions in relation to the use, in particular as regards the temporal, geographic and personal limitations.deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3

3. As regards paragraphs 1, point (d) and 2, each individual use for the purpose of law enforcement of a ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification system in publicly accessible spaces shall be subject to a prior authorisation granted by a judicial authority or by an independent administrative authority of the Member State in which the use is to take place, issued upon a reasoned request and in accordance with the detailed rules of national law referred to in paragraph 4. However, in a duly justified situation of urgency, the use of the system may be commenced without an authorisation and the authorisation may be requested only during or after the use. The competent judicial or administrative authority shall only grant the authorisation where it is satisfied, based on objective evidence or clear indications presented to it, that the use of the ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification system at issue is necessary for and proportionate to achieving one of the objectives specified in paragraph 1, point (d), as identified in the request. In deciding on the request, the competent judicial or administrative authority shall take into account the elements referred to in paragraph 2.deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. A Member State may decide to provide for the possibility to fully or partially authorise the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement within the limits and under the conditions listed in paragraphs 1, point (d), 2 and 3. That Member State shall lay down in its national law the necessary detailed rules for the request, issuance and exercise of, as well as supervision relating to, the authorisations referred to in paragraph 3. Those rules shall also specify in respect of which of the objectives listed in paragraph 1, point (d), including which of the criminal offences referred to in point (iii) thereof, the competent authorities may be authorised to use those systems for the purpose of law enforcement.deleted

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part

4. Employment and employment support, workers management and access to self-employment:

2022/04/01
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Laurence FARRENG, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Andrey SLABAKOV, Diana RIBA I GINER, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)

M a. Whereas authors, performers and all cultural creators should have access to guaranteed minimum standards of social security, including employment and health insurance and pension funds, so that they can concentrate fully on their artistic process and creativity

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Laurence FARRENG, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Łukasz KOHUT, Dace MELBĀRDE, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Diana RIBA I GINER, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital S b (new)

S b. Whereas culture, arts, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported. Whereas Education and culture are key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, fostering integration, and sustaining European competitiveness;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Łukasz KOHUT, Dace MELBĀRDE, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Laurence FARRENG, Irena JOVEVA, Diana RIBA I GINER, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Encourages greater synergy between the cultural and educational sector and promotes greater participation of artistic and cultural schools and institutions in activities under Erasmus+, and in other actions under EU programmes, both for students and teachers;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Łukasz KOHUT, Dace MELBĀRDE, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Laurence FARRENG, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Diana RIBA I GINER, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Recognises the crucial role of culture and arts in promoting cultural diversity and fostering inclusive societies and the fight against any kind of discrimination;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Łukasz KOHUT, Andrey SLABAKOV, Dace MELBĀRDE, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Laurence FARRENG, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Diana RIBA I GINER, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to support vocational training programmes and initiatives for the career development of all authors, performers and cultural creators, and in particular to support them in acquiring digital, entrepreneurial and other skills in order benefit from digital opportunities to promote their work and collaborate with other artists;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2261(INI)

Monica SEMEDO, Dace MELBĀRDE, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Laurence FARRENG, Romeo FRANZ, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Diana RIBA I GINER, Niklas NIENASS, Łukasz KOHUT, Andrey SLABAKOV, Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Welcomes that during the crisis many cultural ecosystems of workers and organisations adapted to new digital distribution formats showing innovative ways of reaching their audience, nevertheless, digital engagement should not replace cultural experiences in person;

2021/06/10
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas inclusive, quality education is the cornerstone of the green and digital transitions, because it both enhances participation in democratic life and the life of society and individual self- determination, and gives people the skills needed to assess technological developments and their implications for society, including the need for political regulation;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the shift to online and distance learning has exacerbated existing inequalities, leaving disadvantaged and vulnerable learners and learners with disabilities further behind, increasing drop- out rates across education sectors, and revealing an absence of ~~pastoral and social support~~support for socially disadvantaged or linguistically less able students in the digital environment;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the development and expansion of digital infrastructure in primary and secondary schools is in some cases still being planned and carried out in the complete absence of permanent IT network and support staff;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the Commission’s scheduled mid-term review of the plan and its intention to ramp up data collection; reiterates the need for a clear implementation timetable; remains convinced that the plan needs a clearer governance and coordination structure, in which Parliament should be involved, to monitor developments and performance on an ongoing basis; calls on the Commission, therefore, to establish a forum bringing together the Member States, Parliament and other relevant stakeholders and experts; urges the Commission to ~~better integrate digital education into the European Semester exercise~~develop synergies between innovative measures to promote digital education under the various European support programmes and to determine and outline their impact in the mid-term assessments;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at other educational establishments besides schools, this support to be provided on a long-term basis by trained staff who oversee networks and applications and provide basic instruction in data protection;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the need to enhance tools at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials; calls on the Commission to create an public Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe and, in that connection, to take account of Europe's language diversity as regards access and communication;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2135(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises that the special emphasis on encouraging girls and women to study MINT subjects at school and university and as part of their professional training and further training must also cover the related digital skills, from programming to networked application;

2020/11/19
Committee: CULT

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas the EU’s SMEs have traditionally ~~generated a high share of the EU’s employment, and in so doing have ensured social and economic well-being and prosperity~~been the backbone of many member state's economies in the EU and they should be supported both in a transition to environmental sustainability as well as the creation of new safe jobs with fully ensured labour rights;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the EU’s industrial future is linked to an alignment of the economy with the principles of the European Green Deal, a roadmap towards a new growth policy for the EU~~, bringing citizens, cities and regions together, and allowing for a just transi~~ which should ensure high environmental and social standards in particularly through compliance with collective agreements, workers' participation, and the eradication of energy poverty and energy isolation;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that investment in innovative means of production should foster cohesion amongst all EU regions, allowing them to accomplish fair and inclusive economic growth and social cohesion;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that in supporting SMEs through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) the goal should be, inter alia, an innovative and smart economic transformation, a greener and low carbon EU committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the EU's goal of climate neutrality by 2040, as well as an EU which is more connected and aims to ensure long- term ~~and~~, sustainable employment with guaranteed full labour rights;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates that the public sector has an important new role to play in facilitating a just transition by promoting a green and fair energy transition, green and blue investments, the circular economy, as well as climate adaptation and risk prevention in all EU regions; calls therefore for sustainable, long- term public investment on key sectors of the real economy on EU level in order to facilitate this just transition;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that lessons should be learned by the COVID-19 experience and the EU should be attentive to preserving and developing an industrial strategy and production which ensure European strategic autonomy, as well as the availability and delivery of essential products and equipment for citizens if the need arises in the single market;

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2076(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that ESIF financial support should prioritise investments in new or transformed industrial production in carbon-intensive regions in order to facilitate achieving the goals of a just transition, including the elimination of energy poverty and social dumping.

2020/06/15
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)

- having regard the Territorial Impact Assessment report of the Committee of the Regions on the Demographic Change of 30 January 2020

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)

- having regard the Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the "Demographic change: proposals on measuring and tackling its negative effects in the EU regions" of 12-14 October 2020

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Observes in this context significant demographic contrasts at both Union and Member State level between core, metropolitan regions and periphery, often rural areas, and between the mainland and islands and outermost regions;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that ~~economic migration has a direct impact on the~~with changing migration trends, local and regional authorities face the challenge to promote greater inclusiveness ~~of cities~~, requiring tailored policy responses and supporting measures in different territorial contexts;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates the need for further simplification of cohesion policy instruments in order to allow for an easier, but at the same time sound management of financial resources and for maximising synergies among the various EU funds; emphasises the needplace based and integrated approaches of cohesion policy, Common Agricultural Policy national strategic plans and national recovery strategic plans, notably in order to improve synergies among the various EU funds and integrated tools; emphasises the need to reinforce administrative capacity, to reduce red tape and ensure coherent legislation throughout the project implementation process;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. recalls its position that the objectives of the ERDF/CF include that of supporting urban and rural areas with geographical or demographic handicaps, and includes that Member states should support and allocate provision of EU financial support for projects that promote environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive economic development in the regions concerned;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. recalls in this regard that particular support should be given to NUTS level 3 areas or clusters of local administrative units with a population density of below12.5 inhabitants per km2 for sparsely populated areas or below 12 inhabitants per km2 for very sparsely populated areas, or with an average population decrease of more than 1% between 2007 and 2017, which should be subject to specific regional and national plans to support public services, enhance attractiveness and boost the accessibility of digital and public services, including a fund in the Structural Fund cooperation agreement;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Member State to include demographic challenges in their national development policies and long- term strategies for sustainable development ~~correlated with the European Semester~~, thus ensuring proper financing for demographic issues;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the regions at risk of depopulation to focus investments on universal accessibility to quality services and infrastructure and job creation; insists on investment in education, reskilling of workers, creating entrepreneurial conditions and supporting SMEs; Calls on Member states to reinforce their support to this end;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Encourages ~~policymakers at regional and national level to invest in the knowledge~~Member-States to fully involved regional and local authorities in at every stage of the development and implementation process of the recovery plan; encourages the local and regional authorities to use the new RRF to invest in the broadband extension in order to invest in foster the digital economy, as well as in providing ~~services and incentiv~~quality and basic public services, to maintain high-skilled workers and to ~~develop research centres in the different regions;~~ ensure the attractiveness of the depopulated areas;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Asks the European Commission Statistic Office to provide data on the situation of quality of life indicators at NUTS 3 and LAU level to monitor the impact of demographic challenge on the territories; highlights the possibility for Member states to use the Recovery and Resilient Facility to modernise the capacity of data collection at those levels to ensure that national investment policies and European data reflect the real situation in these territories;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Insists that investments should be focused on information and communication technology, since this has the potential to reduce the distance between the users and to attract high- skilled workers in order to avoid the digital divide and ensure digital cohesion; stresses the importance of funding the infrastructures, the development and uptake of these technologies among ~~companie~~SMEs and schools in rural and isolated regions and regions in industrial transition;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2039(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. States that the future Conference of the Future of Europe should propose a definition of the areas which suffer from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps mentioned in the article 174 (TFEU) in order to ensure a long-term support of the EU key policies from a place-based approach;

2021/02/09
Committee: REGI

2020/2009(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that in order to fight against disinformation and fake news, reinstate a climate of trust in the media and counter threats to democratic political processes, a comprehensive strategy is needed, based inter alia on media, internet and information literacy, and aimed at empowering citizens to critically assess media content and recognise the difference between opinion and fact;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to work in close cooperation with the Member States and civil society organisations to develop ~~common curricula on media~~educational programmes on media and internet literacy and to reach out to all citizens through formal, non-formal and informal education, and through lifelong learning, and to ensure comprehensive civil society organisation involvement in broadcasting and audience advisory boards;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines its view that non- discriminatory, comprehensive and balanced media coverage is essential to a free and well-informed society in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote an inclusive media sphere in which more women, migrants and refugees, as well as members of LGBTI+ communities and people with disabilities, occupy creative and decision- making positions, which would in turn contribute to the reduction of stereotypes in media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote multilingual and barrier-free media projects;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that the protection of sources, full editorial support for journalistic research in word and picture, independent editorship and favourable employment contracts or corresponding levels of fees for journalists are prerequisites for balanced, fact-based reporting;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Considers that the Commission and the Member States have a particular responsibility for alternative media projects and exile media;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/2009(INI)

Martina MICHELS, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Alexis GEORGOULIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Considers that state interventions or commercial pressure on published material damage free journalism and democratic debate; takes the view that securing media freedom and assuming editorial responsibility are also important in terms of information on large-scale platforms which publish or broadcast news and programmes directly or via users; recalls that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive drew up useful rules to regulate the elimination of hate speech, the protection of minors and the placing of advertisements. Implementation of and compliance with the Directive should be transparent, subjected to evaluation and further developed to ensure continued media freedom in the long term;

2020/05/06
Committee: CULT

2020/1998(BUD)

David CORMAND, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Francisco GUERREIRO, Valérie HAYER, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Irena JOVEVA, Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Eva KAILI, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Andrey SLABAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Deeply regrets that the Commission still has not responded to Parliament's call for a comprehensive review of the budget line for multimedia measures, particularly with regard to the framework contract with Euronews; decides to put its budgetary allocation in reserve until the Commission has answered the concerns raised by the Court of Auditors; notes however that the Court of Auditors does not point to any shortcomings on Euronews’s part in its contractual reporting duties under the current framework; regrets that such a reserve of 18 million euros endangers the financial viability of Euronews, and consequently its staff, while it is highly important that the EU supports independent and high-quality journalism on EU affairs;

2020/10/20
Committee: BUDG

2020/0104(COD)

Niklas NIENASS, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Rasmus ANDRESEN, Laurence FARRENG, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Romeo FRANZ, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Alexis GEORGOULIS, Hannes HEIDE, Irena JOVEVA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Dace MELBĀRDE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Sabine VERHEYEN, Salima YENBOU, Anne-Sophie PELLETIER, Elżbieta KRUK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Considering that the cultural and creative sectors and industries have been hit particularly hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic due to, amongst other things, the closure of cinemas, theatres and other cultural venues, the sudden stop of ticket sales and low advertisement sales, the Union and its Member States should earmark at least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the support of these sectors, which are of utmost importance for the economies, social cohesion, tourism and recreation.

2020/09/22
Committee: BUDG ECON

2019/2213(BUD)

Romeo FRANZ, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms the importance of programmes in the fields of education and culture and the need to provide adequate funding if they are to deliver on their increased ambitions, as well as to enable more participants to enjoy their benefits, particularly those with fewer opportunities; considers that cultural, educational and creative programmes ~~can~~have the capacity to both strengthen their social objectives with a special focus on inclusion, and contribute to the EU’s goal of tackling global challenges such as climate change;

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2213(BUD)

Romeo FRANZ, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Reiterates that a strong emphasis needs to be placed on the societal challenges triggered by climate change and that a reasonable budget must be allocated for ERASMUS+, Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe in order to foster sustainable development and environmental transition; Stresses that education and culture are key tools to address societal changes;

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Asks the Commission to provide the evaluation on the proposals for Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions in timely manner for the Committee to take fully informed decisions on the proposals; thereby asks the Commission to be thorough in its comments to support its evaluation of the proposals and to be transparent in the whole follow-up on the implementation,keeping the Parliament informed;

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Welcomes the fact that culture and education-related projects are supported across a range of Union programmes and instruments, notably the ESI Funds, EFSI and Horizon Europe; calls on the Commission to foster coherent strategies across Union Programmes to enhance the support of projects in the field of education, youth and cultural and creative sectors;

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2213(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Recalls that programme implementation was initially slow in the current MFF, increasing the likelihood of payment obligations spilling over into the next MFF and having to be settled under the new payment ceilings; stresses the need to avoid a repetition of the payment crises that occurred at the end of the 2007-2013 MFF, since the beneficiaries of education and culture programmes are often individuals and small organisations that can ill afford payment delays; points out that payment delays severely undermine the benefits of the programme and ultimately erode trust in the European project;

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2213(BUD)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Insists that the “multimedia actions” budget line be reinforced, made transparent and differentiated in the 2021 budget; underlines that freedom of speech, freedom of artistic expression and media pluralism are fundamental values to the Union; asks the Commission to support an adequate mix of media channels, including radio, television and on-line media channels, in order to supporta clear communication on EU affaires.

2020/02/24
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Green Deal sets the target of a climate-neutral European Union by 2050, thereby putting the climate emergency at the centre of all the Union’s programmes and policies; believes that the European Green Deal needs to be more ambitious, particularly in regard to setting a 2030 reduction target of, at the bare minimum, 55%;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas education, sport, volunteering and culture play a fundamental role in the green transition as regards awareness-raising, learning, communication and the sharing of knowledge, and whereas the potential they offer can be exploited to develop innovative ways of tackling environmental challenges; whereas these sectors provide low-carbon and high-quality jobs;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas, although these programmes do not primarily focus on the environment, they nonetheless contribute to the green transition through their substance and scope and have an environmental impact like all economic activities, so that their essential nature should be preserved;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the objectives and the very nature of the ESC give young people the opportunity to ~~take~~share knowledge on taking practical action to protect the environment and on activism;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the experience of mobility offered by these programmes can ~~change everyday behaviour~~be a transformative experience for young people, and whereas mobility of this kind should therefore be encouraged;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas Creative Europe has a role to play in promoting culture and the audiovisual media, which can help raise people’s awareness of environmental issues, organise activism and are also a unique source of creative solutions;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the aim, under the current multiannual financial framework, of devoting 205% of expenditure to climate protection measures cannot be achieved if the data and instruments needed to measure the contribution of the programmes to meeting this aim are not available, and whereas they must therefore be put in place as a matter of urgency;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas there are currently few incentives – particularly of a financial nature – to encourage participants in the three programmes to shift to more environmentally friendly means of transport; whereas more environmentally friendly means of transport tend to be the least accessible and affordable and whereas participants in these programmes tend to have less financial means;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission to record systematically the means of transport used so ~~that participants’ individual CO2 emissions can be calculated~~as to take measures to reduce programme-specific emissions; takes the view that the Mobility Tool should be used for this purpose and that use of the Tool should be extended to cover all parts of Erasmus+ and the ESC; calls on the Commission to make a similar calculation tool available for journeys undertaken in connection with the Creative Europe programme; provided that data protection is fully respected;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the main stakeholders in the programmes to inform participants of examples of good practice which they can employ in their everyday lives, ~~perhaps by means of a digital app~~by the most efficient and direct way possible;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and on national and regional agencies and offices to take account of the environmental aspects of projects and to evaluate projects accordingly;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to make it possible for participants to choose the least-polluting means of transport, but at the same time not to stigmatise or exclude participants for whom air travel is the only option; calls for special attention to be paid to the outermost regions in this regard and to examine more environmentally-friendly modes of transport particularly for these regions;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to revise the current financial rules so that the additional costs and journey times associated with the use of more environmentally friendly means of transport can be ~~off~~properly reimbursetd; insists that the additional costs be reimbursed in full;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Urges Member States and regions to widen the offer of the most environmentally friendly means of transport;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission – particularly in the light of its European Year of Rail in 2021 – to enter into partnerships with European rail and bus ~~companie~~operators so that participants are eligible for discounted fares;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission, along with Member States and regions with education and university competences, to design and provide a financial assistance scheme to those students who cannot afford the costs of the Erasmus+, ESC and Creative Europe programmes or the cost of the transport means, as long as they meet the most environmental friendly standards;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission to include respect and protection for the environment among the principles set out in the Erasmus+ Higher Education Charter; urges the Commission to apply this approach to the whole programme and to take action to achieve it;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the potential of the European Universities and Vocational Education and Training Centres of Excellence, as they could be encouraged to introduce programmes of excellence for teaching and training in environmental issues~~, provided sufficient~~; emphasises that the Commission should ensure enough funding is available to achieve this;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to introduce Environmental Protection and Fighting Climate Change at the core of all the programmes as a transversal skill;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that encouraging mobility among the staff of local sports organisations would help make them aware of more environmentally friendly ways of organising sports events and encourage environmental activism; calls for greater emphasis to be placed on environmental issues when the European Week of Sport takes place;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the national, regional and local authorities involved in the ESC to support and actively advise organisations responsible for sending and receiving participants; stresses that they are also able to identify the scope for and set up environmental projects in situ;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the authorities involved to extend the offer of traineeships related to environmental issues and to introduce environmental education and environmental impact into the scope of every project;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the Commission to introduce Environmental Protection and Environmental Education as the one of the key principles of the ESC programme;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to draw up, together with the national and regional offices, a charter setting out the environmental principles which every participant in the programme must observe;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to publish a ‘n ambitious ’good environmental practice’ guide covering audiovisual and cultural production, dissemination and event organisation, with a particular focus on transport, energy and waste management and with the aim of making the practices concerned standard for all projects financed by the programme; calls on the Commission to develop a tool to evaluate the environmental impact of cultural events;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2195(INI)

Pernando BARRENA ARZA, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Martina MICHELS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to authorise, as a trans-sectoral measure, the establishment of a European network of environmental consultants to advise project developers and draw up annual reports, with the aim of maintaining transparency and sharing best practices;

2020/05/07
Committee: CULT

2019/2028(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges to maintain and secure the Commission’s draft budget for 2020 for multimedia actions, including the budgets of the Euranet+ network and Euronews within the multimedia actions budgetary line; underlines that such institutions are helpful in developing a common european public space;

2020/01/28
Committee: CULT

2019/2028(BUD)