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Alexis GEORGOULIS, Dace MELBĀRDE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marco ZULLO, Irena JOVEVA, Salima YENBOU, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Laurence FARRENG, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Hannes HEIDE, Monica SEMEDO, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; regrets that the Commission and the Member States ignored corresponding repeated calls by the European Parliament adopted by overwhelming majority1a; _________________ 1a 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

2022/10/12
Committee: CULT

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Dace MELBĀRDE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marco ZULLO, Irena JOVEVA, Salima YENBOU, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Laurence FARRENG, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Hannes HEIDE, Monica SEMEDO, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture in fostering mutual understanding, especially in international relations, and notably with regards to the power of cultural exchange in maintaining and regaining peace and overcoming wars; calls upon the Member States to acknowledge the increasingly transnational dimension and impact of culture and consequently to ensure adequate funding;

2022/10/12
Committee: CULT

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Dace MELBĀRDE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marco ZULLO, Irena JOVEVA, Salima YENBOU, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Laurence FARRENG, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Hannes HEIDE, Monica SEMEDO, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Is deeply concerned that the Creative Europe programme is underfinanced, despite its budget increase in the current MFF, with the necessary frontloading of the budget to the years 2021 and 2022 causing dramatic funding shortages in the following years, potentially bringing further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that have only slowly started recovering, and thus having a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its role in international cultural relations;

2022/10/12
Committee: CULT

Alexis GEORGOULIS, Dace MELBĀRDE, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Marco ZULLO, Irena JOVEVA, Salima YENBOU, Niklas NIENASS, Romeo FRANZ, Laurence FARRENG, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Hannes HEIDE, Monica SEMEDO, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI, Andrey SLABAKOV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the social and societal importance of the international mobility of cultural creators such as authors, performers and artists; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their role in the EU’s international relations; reiterates in this context its repeated calls urging the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist, ensuring fair contractual situations and working conditions for everyone working in the cultural and creative sectors, and increasing opportunities for international mobility;

2022/10/12
Committee: CULT

4 Amendments of Niklas NIENASS related to 2022/2047(INI)

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