2023/2053(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas on 15 February 2023, the Commission decided to refer 11 Member States to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to notify the Commission of transposition measures under two Directives with respect to copyright;

2023/06/06
Committee: CULT

2023/2053(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas self-censorship of writers is a worrying phenomenon that has a great impact on the freedom of expression, variety of content and cultural diversity;

2023/06/06
Committee: CULT

2023/2053(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Ilana CICUREL, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas Brexit has significantly affected the European book market, namely in English-speaking Member States such as Ireland, that heavily relies on the UK’s book market; whereas Brexit has an immense influence on the book sectors’ supply chain by increasing the prices of books and shipment and customs costs, while disrupting the imports of books printed in continental Europe and exports to the EU Member States and other countries, such as the US or Australia, thus negatively affecting the dissemination of European content;

2023/06/06
Committee: CULT

2023/2053(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Ilana CICUREL, Tomasz FRANKOWSKI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)

Kb. whereas Brexit has a strong impact on skills in the publishing sector by reducing the student exchange between the UK, Ireland and other European countries in the highly-regarded publishing programmes, thus making it more difficult to develop much-needed skills and limiting the opportunities of young Europeans interested in the sector;

2023/06/06
Committee: CULT

2023/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines the need to ensure a balance in the book ecosystem by fulfilling the specific roles of the various actors of the value chain, such as authors, publishers, printers, distributors, translators, booksellers and libraries;

2023/06/06
Committee: CULT

2023/2053(INI)

Irena JOVEVA, Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, Ilana CICUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Underlines the duty of public cultural institutions to support the publication and the promotion of diverse titles that carry significant cultural or societal value, but may not necessarily count on commercial success;

2023/06/06
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

2022/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Welcomes the OMC report on “Strengthening Cultural Heritage Resilience for Climate Change – Where the European Green Deal meets Cultural Heritage” and encourages the Commission and Member States to actively follow up on the recommendations and avail of the good practice examples;

2022/10/12
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Welcomes the transposition by several Member States of the possibility of having European works financed by video-on-demand services operating in their territory; considers that one way of making this mechanism even more virtuous would be to channel this funding towards independent producers respecting the European copyright framework as well as national authors’ and performers’ rights;

2023/01/13
Committee: CULT

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) ~~work towards an immediate end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip~~continue supporting the efforts to mitigate the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and to actively work for an end to the sixteen-year-long blockade through a political solution respected by all parties;

2023/02/07
Committee: AFET

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)

— having regard to the ECRI roadmap to effective equality of 27 September 2019

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

— having regard to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 j (new)

— having regard to the Conference on the Future of Europe,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 k (new)

— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, Pillar 3, Equal Opportunities,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 l (new)

— having regard to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) Recommendations for the New Code of Practice on Disinformation, October 2021,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected those from racial and ethnic minority communities, highlighting and exacerbating inequalities including in culture, media, education and sport; whereas hate-motivated harassment and hate crimes significantly increased during the outbreak of the COVID- 19pandemic;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU is built on diversity, pluralism, tolerance, and non- discrimination; whereas discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin is prohibited in the Union,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas discrimination and racism undermine human dignity, life opportunities, prosperity, well-being, and often safety; whereas racist stereotypes have a hold on attitudes and a tendency to self-perpetuate,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the EU anti-racism action plan 2020-2025 outlines structural racism as the discriminatory behaviours which can be embedded in social, financial and political institutions, impacting on the levers of power and on policy-making,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner defines structural discrimination as the rules, norms, routines, patterns of attitudes and behaviour in institutions and other societal structures that represent obstacles to groups or individuals in achieving the same rights and opportunities that are available to the majority of the population,

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas according to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union; whereas racial and ethnic minorities are subjected to harassment, violence and hate speech, both online and offline; whereas the majority of hate-motivated racist and xenophobic incidents are not reported by the victims; whereas racial and ethnic minorities face structural discrimination in the EU in all areas, including housing, healthcare, employment and education;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas according to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights surveys1a, racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union; whereas racial and ethnic minorities ~~are~~in particular are too often subjected to harassment, violence and hate speech, both online and offline; whereas racial and ethnic minorities face structural discrimination in the EU in all areas, including housing, healthcare, employment and education; _________________ 1a FRA surveys: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey – main results (2017); Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey. Muslims – Selected findings (2017); Experiences and perceptions of antisemitism - Second survey on discrimination and hate crime against Jews in the EU (2018); Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey Roma – Selected findings (2016); Being Black in the EU (2018).

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the fight against offline and online racism and discrimination in our societies needs to be stepped up and is a shared responsibility; whereas the European Union needs to further reflect on and commit to tackling the structural racism and discrimination faced by many minority groups;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the way in which people, regardless their racial or ethnic background, are portrayed in the media can reinforce negative stereotypes with racial connotations; whereas the cultural sector and media have the power to promote inclusion and fight racism and such stereotypes;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas schools have an instrumental role in reducing racial stereotyping and prejudice among children; whereas access to education and educational attainment is an issue for racialised communities throughout Europe; whereas segregation in education remains an issue in certain Member States;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas it is important for children and young people to see that they are represented throughout society, including in the ~~classroom~~education received and on the media that they use;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas disinformation often targets minorities and instigates social unrest; whereas independent and pluralistic media that promotes balanced narratives foster inclusive societies;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas sport plays a key role in the social, cultural and educational life of European citizens and promotes values such as democracy, respect, solidarity, diversity and equality; whereas sport serves as a vector for integration, and it must be open to all regardless of racial or ethnic origin, age, gender, disability or cultural and socioeconomic background;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas although sport has the power to unite communities, ~~there is a serious issue of racism within sporting organisations across Europe~~many sporting organisations across Europe encounter challenges related to racism ;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas quality data collection ~~has been proven to be the most effective way to~~is essential to design, adapt, monitor, and analyse social problems both quantitatively and qualitatively, and to develop evidence- based public policy responses, as well as to benchmark and assess the efficiency of policy responses to those problems;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas data collection has been proven to be among the most effective ways to analyse social problems both quantitatively and qualitatively and to develop evidence- based public policy responses;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges the EU anti-racism action plan; welcomes the inclusion of ~~specific~~a dedicated sections on education and ~~media~~specific references to media, sports and culture; calls on the Commission to provide adequate funding and resources to ensure the achievement of the outlined commitments;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes with concern the lack of agreement at the Council on the Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, COM(2008) 426 final from 2 July 2008; backs the Commission to encourage progress toward the required unanimity in the Council to adopt this proposal;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Looks forward to the assessment of the existing legal framework to combat discrimination, racism, xenophobia and other types of intolerance at European level; calls on the Commission to assess its transposition and implementation, to determine how to improve it wherever needed, and to keep regular dialogue and exchange of best practices with Member States and stakeholders, in particular from those representing the concerns of those affected by racism and racial discrimination;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. WRecalls that, due to the possibility to adapt concrete actions to their own circumstances, national action plans are an effective tool to respond against racism, racial/ethnic discrimination and related intolerance; regrets that only 15 Member States2a have such plans; welcomes the Commission’s dedication to ensuring that Member States develop and adopt national action plans against racism and racial discrimination; calls for specific targets on culture, education, media and sport to be included in the development of those plans; _________________ 2a In 2019, according to the 2020 FRA report, June 2020.

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s dedication to ensuring that Member States develop national action plans against racism and racial discrimination; welcomes the Commission’s plan to publish Common Guiding Principles for the implementation of national action plans against racism and racial discrimination as well as other tools to assist efforts at the national level; calls for specific targets on culture, education, media and sport to be included in the development of those plans;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the publication and implementation of specific EU guidelines on the collection of equality data based on racial or ethnic origin; calls on the Member States to adapt national statistics and ~~to remove barriers in order to facilitate the collection of quality data on equality~~improve the collection of and access to disaggregated and country-specific quality data on equality, fit for analysis and benchmarking ; calls on Member States to ensure that such data is accessible for independent research, in full respect of the GDPR and ePrivacy regulation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use this data to develop policies to attain racial justice;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the publication and implementation of specific EU guidelines on the systematic collection of robust ethnic and gender disaggregated equality data based on racial or ethnic origin; calls on the Member States to adapt national statistics and to remove barriers in order to facilitate the collection of quality data on equality; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use this data to develop ~~policies~~evidence-based and informed policies and to match these with appropriate budgeting in order to attain racial justice;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the commitment to diversity and inclusion within Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme; calls on the Commission to ensure that the recently published inclusion strategies are mainstreamed across all educational, cultural, media and sporting initiatives; calls on the Commission and Member States to make the programmes accessible for those who are the most disadvantaged;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Encourages further collaboration between the Council of Europe - European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), equality bodies in Member States, NGOs, governments and stakeholders, in particular those representing the concerns of individuals and groups affected by racism and racial discrimination. More specifically, calls on Member States to implement ECRI’s recommendations in full;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on Member States to foster helplines, mediation bodies and staff training to properly address and report on violence or other incidents of racial or ethnic nature in the educational, cultural, media and sport sectors;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Acknowledges that racism is ~~inherently a matter of culture, heritage and norms; highlights, therefore, the role that culture~~deeply embedded in our societies’ history, intertwined with its cultural roots and norms; highlights, therefore, that promoting cultural and linguistic diversity can ~~play~~help in combating racism and discrimination ~~and racism~~;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes the huge contribution to cultural and linguistic diversity in Europe thanks to the presence of diverse communities;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. CRegrets the existence of barriers to the participation of minorities in culture, namely stereotypes, prejudices or ghettoization; calls for the Commission and the Member States to foster ~~a more diverse cultural sector by removing barriers to~~initiatives towards a more diverse participation in the cultur~~e for racialised communit~~al sector by removing such barriers through funding from all the relevant programmes; encourages backing up existing channels and the creation of support networks and outreach activities, ~~especially~~including for those in suburban, rural and outermost regions;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to foster a more diverse cultural sector by removing barriers to participation in culture for ethnic and racialised communities in particular through funding from all the relevant programmes; encourages the creation of support networks and outreach activities, especially for those in rural and outermost regions;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the sharing of best practices, monitoring and evaluation, including by testing and sharing participatory tools, which can demonstrate the effects of promoting inclusion and non- discrimination and combating racism through culture and help to create more inclusive policies;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve monitoring ~~and~~, evaluation and exchange of best-practices, including by testing and sharing participatory tools, which can demonstrate the effects of promoting inclusion and non- discrimination and combating racism through culture and help to create more inclusive policies;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on Member States and relevant stakeholders to foster diversity in cultural institutions at the employee as well as management level, by implementing eligibility and award criteria in organisations benefitting from public funds, and ensuring that all workers are paid from the beginning of their careers;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the recent report by the Open Method of Cooperation (OMC) Working Group of Member States’ Experts on gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors; calls on the OMC Working Group to produce a study on the role that culture and the creative sector plays in promoting racial equality within the cultural and creative sectors;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the ~~recent report by~~work of the Open Method of Cooperation (OMC) Working Group of Member States’ Experts on gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors; calls on the ~~OMC Working Group to produce a study on the role that culture plays in promoting racial equality within the cultural and creative sectors~~Member States to include in the next work plan for culture an OMC Working Group of Member States’ Experts on combatting racism through arts and culture;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Underlines the lasting negative impact of ~~European colonialism~~particular elements of European history including colonialism, slavery and genocide on today’s society, including in the development of educational curricula;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to foster the development of ~~diverse~~ educational curricula to ensure that authors, historians, scientists ~~and~~, artists a~~mong~~nd other prominent figures from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds are included in them as well as in other key materials;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for the history of all racial and ethnic communities living in Europe to be included in ~~all~~ history curricula in order to encourage a broader and more factual perspective on European and world history centred on the interactions between different continents before and after European colonisation;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Deplore~~Strongly condemns the practice of racial and ethnic segregation in schools, which is still in existence in Europe; warns that such practices lead to marginalisation, early dropout, low enrolment rate, the creation of parallel social spaces, perpetuates structural discrimination and hampers equal access to quality life; calls on all Member States to introduce policies to prevent ~~children from~~students, from preschool to higher education, belonging to minority groups from being placed in separate schools, education institutions or classes, whether intentionally or not;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores the practice of segregation in ~~schools~~education; calls on all Member States to introduce or reinforce inclusive policies to prevent children from m~~inority~~arginalised groups from being placed in separate schools or classes, whether intentionally or not;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States to ensure that teaching staff from racial and ethnic minority groups are recruited at all levels ~~and~~of education and that measures are put in place to ensure that both educators and learners are protected from racial discrimination in the school system;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Member States to ensure that teaching staff from minority groups ~~are recruited~~have equal access to teaching and education jobs at all levels and are protected from racial discrimination in the school system;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls for all educators and youth workers to be given time to partake in Initial Teacher Education and Continuous professional development focused on teaching in a multicultural, multiracial context including training on unconscious bias;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Stresses the importance of remembrance activities in Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme and the need for sufficient funding and visibility for projects aiming to remember, research and educate about defining events in recent European history, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose and diversity;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Acknowledges the positive effects of mobility programmes, such as Erasmus+, on educational, social, personal and professional development, as well as on fostering the understanding of other people; encourages the continuous endorsement of such programmes;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Underlines the value of EU citizenship education for mutual understanding and social cohesion, as already reflected in citizen’s input to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) and take in consideration its upcoming 2022 conclusions;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)

16e. Stresses the importance of the recognition of non-formal and informal education, as well as the automatic recognition of diplomas and qualifications as key tools to open up opportunities for individuals from racial and ethnic groups, counter structural racism and discrimination, and foster diversity;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Underlines the importance of representation and diversity in the development of inclusive societies; reminds the responsibility of media in reflecting societies in all their diversity, and regrets the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in many media; calls on the relevant stakeholders to address diversity and representation within their organisations~~; regrets the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the media~~ including by creating a responsible figure for diversity;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Welcomes the task assigned to of the European Digital Media Observatory in tackling disinformation and actions targeting minority communities; stresses the crucial effects that media literacy campaigns and initiatives may have in mitigating racial discrimination narratives spread through disinformation;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Urges the Commission to ensure that the definition of hate speech, regardless if it happens offline or online, and the criminalisation of hate crime is fully and correctly transposed into Member States’ national law, and launch infringement procedures where necessary;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Welcomes the sixth evaluation of the code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online and the progress on removing online hate speech; regrets that while the average of notifications reviewed within 24 hours remains high (81%), it has decreased compared to 2020 (90.4%), and that, at 62.5%, the average removal rate was lower than in 2019 and 2020; urges the Commission to continue the cooperation with platforms to eliminate hate of speech on their content, and improve on removal rate, transparency and feedback to users;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to launching a communication campaign to foster off-and on-screen, off- and on-air diversity in the audiovisual sector; calls for this campaign to be centred on the diversity and history of racialised communities and on how achieving racial justice can contribute to a more cohesive, peaceful and democratic Europe;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Welcomes the Commission’s ~~commitment to launching a~~ communication campaign to foster diversity in the audiovisual sector; calls for this campaign to ~~be centred on~~include the diversity and history of racialised communities, a~~nd on~~s well as other marginalised communities, and to highlight how achieving racial justice can contribute to a more democratic Europe for all;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes that some Member States have audiovisual regulatory bodies with the power to issue sanctions following programmes that show discriminatory or racist content; encourages the Member States to empower their regulatory agencies in this sense; calls for the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services to ~~be given a greater role in~~access resources to properly coordinat~~ing~~e the national agencies ~~and~~in collecting and sharing ~~data~~quality data, as well as in monitoring such task;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Calls on the Commission to open a specific call for funding for~~Notes that racism is mentioned under the sector-specific priorities in Key Action 2 partnerships for sport and that grassroots sports initiatives focuseding on inclusion and the fight against racism can be funded under the new the small scale partnerships scheme; calls on the Commission~~, furthermore,~~ to systematically monitor the number and type of sports projects whose main focus is the fight against racism, and the amount of funding allocated to them;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Salima YENBOU, Niyazi KIZILYÜREK, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Welcomes the efforts made by NGOs and grassroots organisations in various member states to use sports as a means of bringing people together and fostering collective memory with the aim of building respect and inclusion; calls on the Commission to develop a database of best practices in the areas of sports education and media so as to foster their development across the union;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Łukasz KOHUT, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Urges the international, European and national sports governing bodies and stakeholders to implement measures on diversity and inclusion, in particular to address the low numbers of women and ethnic minorities in leadership positions and on boards;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2057(INI)

Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Hannes HEIDE, Victor NEGRESCU, Salima YENBOU, Manuel PIZARRO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to develop an EU code of ethics in sport in order to combat racism in sporting organisations and foster inclusion and respect at all levels of sport; invites sporting organisations at all levels to ~~subsc~~actively contribute to such ~~an EU code~~ code making, to subscribe to it and to incorporate it within their statutes; encourages organisations to raise awareness of such a code and its content among their members and their families, and the wider public;

2021/12/08
Committee: CULT

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)

— having regard to the awarding of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Raif Badawi in 2015, Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar in 2016 and to Ilham Tohti in 2019,

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the UN Human Rights Committee has recalled that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion (which includes the freedom to hold beliefs) encompasses freedom of thought on all matters, personal conviction and the commitment to religion or belief, whether manifested individually or in community with others; whereas this freedom cannot be reduced in its description, protection and promotion to less inclusive terms such as religious freedoms;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the freedom of religion and belief implies the right of the individual to choose what to believe and not to believe, the right to change or abandon one’s religion and convictions without any constraints, and the right to practise and manifest the religion or theistic, non-theistic or atheistic belief of one’s choice, whether individually or in community and whether in private or in public, the right to not to profess any religion or belief, and the right to express critical or satirical opinions on religions and religious authorities as a legitimate expression of freedom of thought or artistic creation; whereas freedom of religion or belief also entails the right for the religious and non-confessional organisations to have recognised legal personality;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas freedom of religion or belief is violated in ~~almost one third of~~many countries worldwide; whereas ~~over 5 billion~~a large number of people live in countries imposing or tolerating severe violations of freedom of religious or belief;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas women are particularly at risk of increased discrimination and violence linked to intersectional factors such as gender, religion, caste, ethnic background, power imbalances, patriarchy and belonging to minority groups;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas in 2018 Asia and the Pacific experienced the largest increase in government restrictions on freedom of religion or belief, while the Middle East and North Africa continued to have the highest median level of restrictions;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas in 2018, Christians were harassed in 145 countries, Muslims in 139, Jews in 88, Buddhists in 24, Hindus in 19 countries and non-believers in 18 countries12 ; __________________ 12According to data collected by the Pew Research Center (10 November 2020).deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Affirms its unwavering commitment to promoting and protecting the rights of persons belonging to religious minorities everywhere in the world, including their right to change or choose their religion or belief, in respect of the principles of equality and non- discrimination; condemns in the strongest terms all persecution, violence, incitement to violence and terrorism targeting any minority on the grounds of religion and belief, which in some cases may even amount to crimes against humanity or genocide; condemns also the denial of or efforts to minimise such crimes;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that freedom of religion or belief, including freedom to worship, and freedom to believe or not believe, is a human right~~, and that it often serves as a last bastion of liberty and as a source of fierce determination in highly repressive settings~~;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the persecution of minorities on grounds of religion or belief is often intertwined with some other grounds of distinct nature, in particular those linked to ethnicity, gender and caste;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Is deeply concerned about the ~~rise over the last decade of~~ violence against people belonging to minorities on the grounds of their belief or religion as a global phenomenon, which is intensifying and affecting more and more countries; notes that it affects many religious communities, namely Christians (including Copts), Jews, Muslims (including Ahmadis and Alevis), Buddhists, Hindus and smaller religious groups, such as Baha’is, Sikhs and Zoroastrian; notes that it affects many religious communities, as well as groups of people who are atheists, humanists, agnostics or do not identify with any religion;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Strongly deplores that non- religious, and secular and humanist organizations are facing growing persecution, including unprecedented waves of incitement and hatred and killings, in a number of countries worldwide; denounces as well that countless individuals and civil society organisations are under assault for peacefully questioning, criticizing or satirizing religious beliefs; stresses that this ongoing violation of their freedom of thought and of expression occurs across geographic and cultural borders, including within EU Member States;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that among believers’ groups, Christians are estimated to constitute the majority of people facing persecution for their faith; underlines that globally around 340 million Christians experience high levels of persecution and discrimination, with over 4 500 Christians killed for their faith, 4 500 churches and other Christian buildings attacked, and over 4 200 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or imprisoned in 2020 alone; is alarmed about the increase in the overall level of discrimination, and especially about the sharp increase in the number of killings compared to 2019;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Is concerned about the persecution and serious human rights violations against Muslim minorities;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

~~7. Is worried about growing antisemitism worldwide, given that although Jews make up only 0.2 % of the global population, they faced harassment in 88 countries in 2018;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises that the perpetrators of acts of persecution include authoritarian regimes, governments inclined to impose the supremacy of ~~dominant~~certain ethnic or religious populations over minorities, terrorist organisations, political and religious extremist parties or groups, and also, sometimes, family members, friends and neighbours of victims, for instance when the latter change or abandon their religious allegiance or practise their religion differently than the traditional norms and doctrine;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

~~The Middle East and North Africa~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes with particular concern that persecution of Christians is widespread in the Middle East, at times amounting to genocide, and has prompted an exodus of Christians from the region over the past two decades, resulting in approximately 15 million Christians making up 4 % of the population in the Middle East and North Africa, down from 20 % a century ago;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Strongly deplores that millions of Christians have been uprooted from their homes, and that many have been killed, kidnapped, imprisoned, discriminated against and have had restrictions placed on their freedom of worship; notes that forms of persecution also exist in all aspects of social life, including in employment and education;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls the crimes against humanity and war crimes were committed in Iraq and Syria by the so-called ‘ISIS/Daesh’ against Christians, Yazidis, Muslims and other religious and ethnic minorities in the territories under its control during the period 2014-2020;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Underlines that the persecution of minority Muslim denominations or sects is widespread in the countries in the Middle East and North Africa in which Islam is the predominant or official religion;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes with particular concern that the Middle East and North Africa present the highest regional levels of anti-Semitic attitudes, and that Holocaust denial is prevalent among certain segments in society and even at state level, such as in Iran;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Is concerned about the persecution of Baha’is in the Middle East; strongly condemns the restrictions imposed on the Baha’i community by the Houthis in Yemen, the expulsion of community members from Qatar and the continued systematic arrests, imprisonment, torture and harassment of community members in Iran;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Deplores the fact that atheists ~~are still persecuted in almost all of the region and that apostasy carries the death sentence in several countries; expres~~, humanists and non-religious persons face persecution around the world, notably in the name of religion; underlines that the discrimination against theses i~~ts regret that freedom of worship is severely limited in some of the count~~ndividuals may take multiple forms, including constitutional and legal barriers ~~in the Middle East, with the notable example of Saudi Arabia, where public practice of any religion other than Islam~~and restrictive and conservative societal norms and perceptions; denounces that apostasy carries the death sentence isn s~~trictly prohibited~~everal countries;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

~~Asia~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Notes that persecution of religious minorities in Asia is commonplace in many countries, especially in those with communist regimes, and that blasphemy laws are of particular concern, particularly in Pakistan;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Deplores the crimes against Muslim communities in Asia, including the past and current human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya population;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Is concerned about the situation of Buddhists; takes special note of the difficult situation faced by Buddhists in Vietnam;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Underlines that Hindus continued to be harassed in 19 countries in 2018, most notably in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

~~20. Strongly condemns terror attacks on places of worship, including the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka in 2019, when nine suicide bombers carried out a series of attacks, including on three churches;~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

~~Sub-Saharan Africa~~deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Notes with particular concern the rise of terrorist groups and militias in several parts of Africa, including in the Sahel, Nigeria and Mozambique, and of terrorist violence against religious minorities;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly condemns, in this regard, the violence, including murder, kidnapping and burning of places of worship, committed by terrorist and militant groups against Christian and Muslim communities in Nigeria, Mozambique and the Central African Republic;deleted

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

Tackling key challenges posed by the persecution against religious and belief minorities

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Council and EU Member States to apply sanctions against individuals and entities responsible for or involved in s~~ystematic~~erious violations or abuses of the rights of persons belonging to ~~religious~~ minorities on grounds of belief or religion, as provided for by the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Is appalled by the exacerbation of persecution against ~~religious~~ minority groups during the COVID-19 pandemic; denounces the fact that persons belonging to ~~religious~~ minorities have been scapegoated, blamed for spreading the COVID-19 virus, and have been denied or faced discrimination in access to public healthcare, food or humanitarian aid, on the basis of their religiousn or belief ~~criteria~~;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines that women belonging to religious or belief minorities have been specifically and increasingly targeted with the purpose of inflicting harm on their community as a whole; stresses that they are particularly exposed to violent attacks, kidnapping, sexual violence, forced conversion, forced and early marriage and domestic incarceration, and that lockdown measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic have made their human rights situation even more precarious;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Denounces all forms of violence and coercion, including public expression of hostility by religious leaders, perpetrated against women, girls and LGBT+ persons justified with reference to religious practice or belief; calls for the repeal of discriminatory laws, enacted with reference to religious considerations, that criminalize adultery, that criminalize persons on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identify or expression, that criminalize abortion in all cases or that facilitate religious practices that violate human rights;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Deplores the ongoing rollback and regression on sexual and reproductive rights of women and girl and rights of LGBTI persons, notably under the guise of religious principles or doctrine; notes that intersectional factors, including religion and belonging to minority groups, increase the risk of discrimination under this regressive trend;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Condemns the use ~~by authoritarian regimes~~ of legislation on security, sedition and the fight against terrorism and extremism as an instrument to persecute persons belonging to religious or belief minorities, to outlaw the practise or expression of their religion ~~and gatherings of~~or belie~~vers~~f, and to deter the registration of religious and belief-related associations; calls on the Commission and European External Action Service (EEAS) to monitor carefully the implementation of such legislation, and to consistently raise this issue in bilateral dialogues with the governments concerned; urges EU Member States to reject any request by foreign authorities for judicial and police cooperation in individual judicial cases if they are based on such legislation;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Deplores the fact that more than 70 countries in the world enforce criminal laws or seek to introduce new legislation which provide for punishments for blasphemy, apostasy and conversion, including the death sentence; notes that laws already in place are used disproportionately against people ~~belonging to religious minorities, and are thus seen, with good reason~~on grounds of religion or belief, as an instrument of oppression; calls for the EU to intensify its political dialogue with all countries concerned with a view to repeal those laws; deplores in this context, that at least 9 EU Member States maintain criminal blasphemy or religious insult laws and underscores that the EU's external action in support of freedom of religion and belief would gain in credibility and legitimacy by addressing this internal situation;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Denounces the recourse to denunciations of blasphemy, apostasy or other accusations based on religious grounds, in order to crack down on human rights defenders in relation to their legitimate activities, including on the Internet and social media, and more broadly to restrict civil society space;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Stresses that States that have compulsory military service should allow for conscientious objection, including on grounds of religion or belief, and provide for an alternative national service;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 c (new)

28c. Recalls that, as stated by the UN Human Rights Council, public education that includes instruction in a particular religion or belief is inconsistent with the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, unless provision is made for non-discriminatory exemptions or alternatives that would accommodate the wishes of persons and guardians;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5

Strengthening EU human rights foreign policy and external actions to ~~address the persecution of religious minoritie~~protect the freedom of belief and religious of persons belonging to minority groups

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the recent appointment of Mr Christos Stylianides as the EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief; deplores that the Commission did not carry out a transparent and comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness and added value of the position of the Special Envoy in the process of the renewal of this mandate, as requested by the Parliament; calls on the Commission to include objectives for the fight against persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion as important part of his mandate; ~~recommend~~insists that the Special Envoy works closely and in a complementary manner with the EU Special Representative for Human Rights, and ~~the Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM), and reiterates its calls on the Coun~~reports annually on the countries visited and his thematic priorities; encourages the Special ~~and the Commission to adequately support the Special Envoy’s institutional mandate, capacity and duties~~Envoy not to neglect the situation of non- believers and to enhance his outreach and advocacy in relation to the non- confessional dimension of his mandate;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Council, the Commission, EEAS and EU Member States to address persecutions based on belief or religion as a priority of EU human rights foreign policy, in line with the EU action plan for human rights and democracy for 2020-2024; stresses that a multi-layered and multi-actor approach is needed to protect and promote freedom of religion or belief, encompassing human rights, conflict resolution and interfaith initiatives that involve multiple state and non-state actors; reiterates its call for a regular and public review of ~~the EU Guidelines~~all EU thematic guidelines on human rights, including those on freedom of religion or belief, allowing for the assessment of their implementation and of proposals for their update; also calls for progress reports on the implementation of the thematic EU Guidelines to be communicated regularly to Parliament;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Urges the EEAS and EU Delegations to include objectives specifically related to ~~the protection~~freedom of religio~~us minorit~~n and beliesf for all relevant situations, as part of the human rights and democracy country strategies (HRDCSs) for 2021-2024. and to consistently raise general issues and specific cases relating to the discrimination against or persecution of ~~religious~~ minorities during human rights dialogues with partner countries; reiterates its call for Members of the European Parliament to be given access to the content of HRDCSs; observes that atheism and the non- religious population are growing rapidly worldwide and should not be neglected in the EU policy framework;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Calls on the EU Delegations and the Member States’ representations to support human rights defenders and journalists active in relation to belief or religious minorities, and, where appropriate, to facilitate the issuance of emergency visas, and provide temporary shelter in EU Member States when these individuals are at risk;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)

31b. Calls on the Commission to support civil society organizations and social campaigns that promote understanding and awareness of non majority religion and belief groups, especially humanists and atheists in countries where they face particularly serious forms of discrimination;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Calls on the Commission and EEAS to scrutinise the human rights situations of religious or belief minorities in third countries and the implementation of related commitments under bilateral agreements of those countries with the EU;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Recalls that the political and legal separation of religion and state is a prerequisite for the full enjoyment of human rights, democracy and the rule of law; calls on the EU to ensure that its assistance programmes to national and local authorities in third countries are consistent with the principles of secularism, including in the field of education, and strictly refrain from reinforcing government legislation and policies that favour one belief or religious group over others;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2055(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Recommends strengthening EU multilateral engagement with like-minded states and other actors with a view to promoting and mainstreaming the respect for religious ~~minorities in human rights policies everywhere in~~and belief minorities around the world; calls for the EU and EU Member States to enhance cooperation with the UN, notably the Special Procedures under the UN Human Rights Council, the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to intensify its dialogues with the African Union and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and to forge alliances with third countries in order to provide international responses to human rights issues faced by religious or belief minorities, in particular those who are most vulnerable or targeted in conflict areas; also recommends that the EU continue to be the lead co-sponsor of resolutions on freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief in the UN General Assembly and the UN Human Rights Council, as well as to take EU-UN joint initiatives on discrimination against non-believers (including atheists, apostats, agnostics, humanists, etc.) as well as against religious minorities, also formulating common proposals on how to put an end to such acts;

2021/06/28
Committee: AFET

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)

— having regard to the Council of Europe Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture (RFCDC)

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)

— having regard to the Conclusions of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council on fostering democratic awareness and democratic engagement among young people in Europe (2020/C 415/09);

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 c (new)

— having regard to the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas education is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate meaningfully in society;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas the green transition calls for expanding citizenship education to include the need to act responsibly not only within a given community or society but towards the planetas a whole; whereas the digital shift opens new opportunities for active citizenship and democratic participation online but also encompasses risks and threats posed by misinformation and disinformation; whereas active digital citizenship should take into account and address the digital gap among generations;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas new systemic changes such as ~~the~~ climate c~~risis~~hange, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. Whereas the digital agenda and the Green Deal open opportunities for citizenship education; whereas both can only be fully achieved with a citizenship education dimension to them;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and global citizenship; whereas the ongoing process of globalisation and European integration will require the new generation of Europeans to increasingly engage politically at multiple levels, to be able to live and work internationally and navigate difference in their daily lives; whereas societies are becoming more diverse, making respect for the diversity of cultures and origins and the rejection of any kind of discrimination towards women, LGTBIQ people or minorities ever more important within Europe;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and global citizenship and cross-sectoral, benefitting from mutual cooperation between formal, non-formal and informal education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas citizenship education must be conceived of as a means through which educators and learners discover and construct values, attitudes, skills and knowledge and understand the world together through participatory pedagogy;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non-formal, and informal, by means of and lifelong- learning ~~education~~approach to participatory pedagogy could play an important role in countering this trend;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas, the European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on Learning EU at school called on the Commission to provide a common framework and to prepare guidelines with concrete examples on learning about the EU in order to foster objective and critical thinking about the benefits of the European Union for its citizens;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas existing EU programmes such as Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps still have a significant unleashed potential to improve the implementation of citizenship education with a more strategic approach to the formal, non- formal and informal learning components of the programmes, and with better coordination of resources;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care; considers that, as a minimum, citizenship education should provide a theoretical understanding of the political, legal, social and economic concepts and structures including those pertaining to the European level, as well as global developments and sustainability commensurate with the level of education and training, coupled with practical experiences;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences, attitudes, values and care;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Is concerned about the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula; notes with concern that only half of students studying in the EU report having opportunities to learn about Europe in school; highlights that students' support for cooperation among European countries was positively associated with higher levels of civic knowledge; deplores the increasing tension between the national and European level in some Member States’ curricula; warns against the politicisation of citizenship education and the ensuing shifts in the delivery of citizenship education following government changes;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States in terms of the education levels at which it is taught, total hours devoted to the subject, contents and methodologies; notes that only some Member States have structured assessments, objectives, pedagogical orientations or specific training for teachers; notes that even when these elements are present, there is a gap between the national programmes and its effective implementation in schools; recalls that initial and continuous teacher training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education; and in particular as regards to European and global citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across and within Member States; recalls that ~~initial and continuous teacher training~~the quality of teachers has the strongest impact on effective learning, therefore initial and continuous teacher training for all teachers irrespective of subject specialisation must be a priority in the field of citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights that the lack of solid research on how to teach and assess citizenship education in an effective manner and the lack of appropriate pedagogical instruments to this end, hinder the effective teaching of citizenship education; notes that some empirical evidence points towards a ‘whole school’ or ‘whole community’ approaches as having a positive impact on civic skills and attitudes;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Decries the lack of attention to citizenship education in initial vocational education and training and adult education, as well as the lack of emphasis placed on the value of intergenerational learning contexts that facilitate bilateral dialogue amongst older and younger generations;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Believes that it is never too early to learn about citizenship; notes that early childhood education plays an important role for the development of critical social and emotional skills and plants the seed for wellbeing, dialogue, mutual respect, understanding, and common values;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens, as well as the need to not solely understand education and learning as a tool to serve the labour market but to acknowledge its full potential to serve and prepare the European citizens for the challenges ahead;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Regrets that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values has not been translated into concrete objectives, actions, targets and benchmarks; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementation gap;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that EU programmes such as Erasmus +, Horizon Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, the Rights & Values, or Creative Europe, among others, have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Finds that there is a lack of policy coherence in the area of citizenship education at the EU policy level, particularly as regards cooperation between the European Commission’s directorates general that are in charge of developing and implementing EU programmes that can fund citizenship education - these include, but are not limited to, education and culture; employment, social affairs and inclusion; development and international partnerships; justice and fundamental rights; notes that there is currently no policy instrument that brings together all relevant bodies and authorities in a structured way;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Highlights the will to encourage a European common identity through a common academic programme and to strongly integrate a European dimension in education as expressed by citizens in the context of the Conference of the Future of Europe, as well as the demand of European youth to include knowledge about the opportunities and benefits of Europe in curricula;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned about the lack of effective action by the Commission regarding the advancement of ~~‘active citizenship’, which is a k~~the Key cCompetence ~~of citizenship education~~for Lifelong Learning 2018 framework "Citizenship Competence", while other basic competences are reflected in the ET 2020 benchmarks or are supported by dedicated competence frameworks to facilitate teaching and uptake at national level;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes the importance of citizenship education to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030; underlines the interconnections between citizenship education and education for sustainability and the importance of coordinating the efforts being made to mainstreaming both areas into policies, curricula, pedagogies and methodologies from formal, non-formal and informal learning and education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Draws attention to the awarding of the 2021 European Citizen’s prize to student´s debate initiatives; considers that in a climate of increasing polarisation, democratic debate is more important than ever; believes that fostering skills and competences for debate is an integral part of citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems – and all forms of EU- related curricula content at all levels of education and learning, including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU and national level, while strongly encouraging regions and local authorities to do the same, in particular when they have direct competences in educational systems; underlines the importance to take into account linguistic diversity within European citizenship Education, with due consideration to minority languages and languages in danger;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12 d. Asks the Member States to enhance and broaden initial and ongoing, professional, and lifelong development opportunities for teachers, educators, families and the wider educational community to provide them with appropriate support and resources to teach citizenship education; stresses the need to promote and encourage multilingual and intercultural competences of educators, as well as mobility opportunities, peer-to-peer learning and exchanges of best practices among teaching staff;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)

12 g. Calls for the recognition and validation of citizenship competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and for the strengthening of links between formal, non-formal and informal learning in citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Considers that in the post-ET 2020 cooperation framework, attention should be focused on developing curricula and national assessments in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area and encourages the inclusion of informal and non-formal education providers in its coordination and facilitation;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Suggests to adhere to the definitions of Citizenship Education provided by the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education and the COE Reference framework on Competences for Democratic Culture;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for a new Working Group focusing on citizenship education to be established to follow-up on the works of the ET 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education set up after the 2015 Paris declaration;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Considers that citizenship education should be approached from a participatory and transformative perspective rather than a normative one and should take into consideration national and regional specificities and learning needs; notes that citizenship education is not only a set of knowledge, competences and skills, but also, and for many citizens, mainly a lived experience and, therefore, requires methods than enable learners to experience citizenship in all its dimensions and that raise awareness on its role in and for the European Union, the Member States, the individual, and society at large, and that, the other way around, help learners to translate their lived experience into concrete skills, competences and knowledge;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls for the development of concrete objectives and benchmarks on citizenship education in the European Education Area enabling framework, including European citizenship education and under a Lifelong learning perspective starting from early childhood;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need for a more structured approach towards the identification and dissemination of the results of citizenship education projects from EU programmes, notably Erasmus plus, Horizon Europe, Europe for Citizens and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity corps in order to scale up results across the Union; considers to this end the need to establish a permanent review and analysis mechanism at EU level to identify good practices which can be disseminated and scaled-up widely to contribute to systemic and long-lasting policy changes;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights the need to decisively advance the research ~~on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, taking into account new systemic and contextual chang~~and monitoring of the implementation of citizenship education and the methods of teaching citizenship education to accrue sufficient and updated comparative data from all Member States, taking into account new systemic and contextual changes and responding to the need for cross-sectoral approaches involving formal, non-formal and informal learning opportunities;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Believes it is important to disseminate further existing opportunities at EU level among the VET educational community, considers important to provide tailored support to facilitate access to the programmes; calls for the inclusion of a dedicated focus on citizenship education on all EU vocational education and training actions, in particular within the activities of the Centres of Vocational Excellence;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to include European citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to heritage and memory sites of historical significance for the Union and the host countries to promote an intercultural and dialogical approach to history and strengthen European values and principles as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the Commission to promote citizenship education for all citizens, including adults, more actively and to reflect this in relevant funding programmes as well as working groups; asks the Commission to link the initiatives of the European Skills Agenda to civic competences and to include digital citizenship in the development of the European Digital Skills Certificate;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Calls on the Commission to boost research to develop innovative pedagogical approaches for citizenship education in early years;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Loucas FOURLAS, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17 c. Calls on the Commission to make the most of the 2022 European Year of Youth to develop specific programmes and actions strengthening European citizenship and identity;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)

17 d. Highlights the role of the House of European History to advance the development, specific programmes, instruments and activities that build up a cogent narrative of European integration and its basic values, in particular for students and teachers at all levels of education; asks the Commission and the Parliament to assess modes to decentralise the House of European history in order to broaden accessibility, including from the Member States and in particular, the educational community, through among others, enhanced collaboration with Member States cultural institutions, itinerant exhibitions, and a network of permanent delegations;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles – such as human dignity, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, equality, tolerance and the respect of diversities - with the aim of enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making process and of EU policies, raising awareness of the benefits, rights and obligations of EU citizenship, advancing knowledge of the European integration process, how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes and of reinforcing a common sense of belonging;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Stresses that the strategy should include a lifelong learning and community perspective, involving the informal, non formal sectors, as well as business and NGOs, in particular those that receive EU funding, which should directly contribute to enhance the knowledge about the EU among participants and the communities in which they are inscribed;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Asks the Commission to develop a European Competence Framework for Citizenship Education that accounts for the local, regional, national, European and global spheres, in a similar vein to DigComp, EntreComp and LifeComp, and the recently released GreenComp building interconnections amongst all frameworks;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Believes that said strategy should include synergies with relevant EU actions in the field of youth and EU policies fighting racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, xenophobia, hate against LGTBIQ people and discrimination against women and minorities, by stablishing links with the EU antiracism action plan, and funding instruments such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for reinforced coordination and synergies across EU programmes ~~to be reinforced~~ in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education, inter alia, by introducing and providing a compulsory module on the EU citizenship in all training courses financed by the EU through structural funds and mobility programmes; believes that undertaking a modules in EU citizenship education should entail a certification through microcredentials;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for ~~coordin~~mainstreaming of citizenship education across EU programmes ~~to be~~and to reinforce~~d in order~~ synergies across EU programmes to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Andrey SLABAKOV, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Encourages the Commission to promote learning about the EU at school in negotiation processes with candidate countries for EU membership;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; in particular Article 165 TFEU, developed jointly with Member States’ experts, teachers, students, and the wider educational community, and accompanied by incentive measures for its uptake; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education ~~for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions~~; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, ~~and~~including means of citizens participating in the democratic life of the EU, as well as the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; considers that said Agency should be in charge of data collection, and of evaluating the impact of citizenship education actions financed by the Union, in view of upscaling those most successful and allowing the Commission to identify tested initiatives in order to propose legislative acts in this field;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education ~~in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in~~as well as to improve the opportunities for citizenship education training for education professionals in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; believes that said agency should encourage cross-national exchange and dissemination of innovative methods for incorporating a European dimension of citizenship education;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Believes that it is urgent to kick- start work in this direction by introducing a feasibility action focused on data collection and evaluation of the impact of citizenship education actions; considers that in the mid-term, such an Agency should operate on a model of shared governance, allowing for the direct contribution of Member States, the European Parliament, students and the wider educational community in order to ensure a wider expertise and ownership of its activities;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Praises the Ambassadors schools programme and the Euroscola initiative; calls for the introduction of certification and recognition of the skills and competences obtained by participants, for students and teachers alike; considers it a best practice that deserves to be scaled up to achieve a systemic effect across the Union; believes that in the long run it could be jointly managed by the EU Agency on citizenship education and the European Parliament; asks in this regard for a dedicated and enhanced budget line;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Victor NEGRESCU, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Marcos ROS SEMPERE, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ilana CICUREL, Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education and culture; believes that shared competences in the field of education should be introduced, while the exercise of that competence by the EU shall not result in Member States being prevented from exercising theirs; calls on the Member States and the Commission to embrace and take forward the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/2008(INI)

Salima YENBOU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22 a. Calls on Member States to strengthen the efforts for the implementation of the Council Recommendation of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning considering how many competences obtained through these types of learning are adjacent, complementary or outright essential for the development of civic competences;

2022/01/24
Committee: CULT

2021/0227(BUD)

Laurence FARRENG, Salima YENBOU, François-Xavier BELLAMY, Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Irena JOVEVA, Ilana CICUREL, Domènec RUIZ DEVESA, Massimiliano SMERIGLIO, Bernard GUETTA, Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Increases the budget for “Multimedia actions” by EUR 2,2 million and creates a reserve of EUR 5 million, in order to encourage the Commission to provide more stability and predictability for radio networks covering EU affairs with funding covering at least two years; calls, however, for this reserve not to penalise the partnerships concluded by the Commission with other partners for the provision of quality European information, in the framework of "Multimedia actions"; affirms in particular its support for the editorial partnership concluded with Euronews in this perspective; furthermore, splits the existing budget line into its four components, for enhanced budgetary scrutiny.

2021/09/08
Committee: CULT

2021/0106(COD)

Salima YENBOU, Samira RAFAELA, Monica SEMEDO, Karen MELCHIOR, Peter POLLÁK

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) In order to introduce a proportionate and effective set of binding rules for AI systems, a clearly defined risk- based approach should be followed. That approach should tailor the type and content of such rules to the intensity and scope of the risks that AI systems can generate for individuals and society, rather than depend on the type of technology. It is therefore necessary to prohibit certain artificial intelligence practices, to lay down requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for the relevant operators, and to lay down transparency obligations for certain AI systems.