17 Amendments of François-Xavier BELLAMY related to 2023/2112(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Europe’s complex, conflict-ridden and contested pastmillennia-old history and rich heritage poses both a challenge and an opportunity for European integration;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Europe's heritage, a faithful representation of its past, helps to consolidate a common historical consciousness;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Greco-Latin heritage and the influence of Judeo-Christian culture in Europe have helped to form a shared sense and a shared consciousness of Europe's history;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been inherent in European history over many centurimanifest themselves, including in the form of antisemitism and antigypsyism in particular;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas historical memory incorporates a distinct degree of subjectivity, given that the choice of what to remember and how the past is interpreted necessarily involves value judgements;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas fostering a critical historical consciousness across borders by educational and other means is central for Europeans to be able to come to terms withlearn about their past, confidently deal with the present and work towards a common future;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas European historical consciousness is understood as an individual as well as collective ability and skill to understand, (self-)critically assess and learn from history, which facilitates the recognition of the inextricable connection and interdependency between past, present and future;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Dealing with Europe’s (dark) past as a risk andpast as an opportunity
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges that thee rich, diverse and oftensometimes conflicting histories of European nations and states make any effort to deal with history at a supranational political level a difficult and potentially dangerous endeavour, and that attempts to regulate how to commemorate and interpret the past always prove to be challenging;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that all EU citizens have the right to learn about their history, including the history of their countries and of the European community to which they belong;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that the Union’s concern mainly with narrating a story about itself ex negativo, with the horrors of the past and especially National Socialism and Stalicommunism serving as a ‘negative foundation myth’, provides a strong sense of purpose for the European project, yet bears the risk of nurturing a teleological and simplistic black-and-white scheme of history which potentially hampers a fully informed understanding of Europe’s intricate past and reduces incentives to challenge stereotypes and sacred cows of national histories;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a (self-)criticaln informed European historical consciousness to emerge, in particular by widening the focus of current European remembrance initiatives;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core values such as humanism, tolerancerespect for human dignity, freedom, democracy and the rule of law, and of creating an open sphere of discussion that also makes it possible to address difficult elements of national histories and that provides for mutual understanding and reconciliation both within and between European nations;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to revise current curricula and teaching methodologies with a view to shifting focus from national towards European and global history and in order to allow for more emphasis on a supranational historical remembrance, in particular by allowing for multiple interpretations of the same historical period and event and by fostering corresponding teaching styles that favour reflection and discussion over knowledge transfer and that are guided by the overall objective of making students learn ‘how to think’ rather than ‘what to think’strengthen current history curricula, and to foster teaching styles that favour knowledge transfer, reflection and discussion;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level in order to foster a (self-)criticaln informed European historical consciousness, in particular the Erasmus+ programme, which supports mobility and intercultural learning as key tools to increase understanding of other cultures and nations, and the CERV programme, which provides support for transnational historical remembrance projects and promotes civic engagement;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place an ambitious policy to preserve Europe's heritage, a faithful representation of its past, in order to foster the emergence of a shared consciousness of Europe's history;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. EnvisionsConsiders that national collective memories eventually contributing to and merging incontribute to a European public sphere, wit in which national remembrance cultures complementing each other rather than being in competition, and dealings with history becoming an issue of civic rather than political action;