Activities of Mikuláš PEKSA related to 2023/2184(INL)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT with recommendations to the Commission on promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU
Amendments (15)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas specific Union legislative acts, such as Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council3 , limit the freedom of scientific research by submitting the academic sector to regimes primarily designed for regulating the internal market; _________________ 3 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1).
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Reaffirms the Union's commitment to upholding fundamental rights, including the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, academic freedom as well as the freedom of scientific research and the arts as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; believes free and open science in all branches of research is essential to protect our European democratic values;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the fundamental importance of freedom of scientific research in promoting innovation, progress, and wellbeing in the Unionadvancing our knowledge of natural and social phenomena, thereby contributing to the promotion of innovation, progress, and wellbeing in the Union and recalls that freedom of scientific research is a universal right and public good, to be applied to all scientific disciplines;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Estimates that freedom of scientific research must come with the responsibility to respect highest ethical standards and integrity in scientific research, and with the obligation to perform scientific research on the basis of Open Science;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the decisive role of a properly designed and well implemented enabling framework to effectively protect and promote freedom of scientific research throughout the Union, taking into utmost account of available public support to facilitate production, sharing and spreading of knowledge, as a public good for our society, and to avoid any risk of interference or undermining of independence of scientific research by third parties promoting private interests or interests incompatible with our European values;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Insists on the relevance of open knowledge to ensure the freedom of scientific research; calls for efficient and transparent creation of knowledge without artificial barriers hindering the access to information and its dissemination; estimates that sharing results of scientific research for non- commercial purposes must be protected by European law and actively promoted; stresses that publicly funded scientific results shall be published in open-access academic journals and the results shall be accessible for everyone in an easily accessible way;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Suggests the introduction of European funding for development of free open source digital tools to help researchers access, use and disseminate all the relevant information needed for their work across the Union;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is deeply concernedConsiders that the Commission, despite its strong words in the ERA Communication, is failing to use its legal authority to protect this freedom in the Union;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the completion of the ERA requires the fulldue respect and active promotion of the freedom of scientific research, and throughout the Union, and believes that any attempts to undermine or failure to actively promote this freedom will have negative consequences fornegatively impacts the development of a competitive and innovative ERA;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Expresses its concern with regard to the Commission's failure to use its legal authority to protect the freedom of scientific research is a serious abdication of its responsibility to uphold the Rule of Law in the Union, and calls on the Commission to take immediate action to remedy that situation;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the European Council to support the protection and promotion of the freedom of scientific research, and to ensure that this fundamental right is fulduly respected in all Member States;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Requests that the Commission submit, on the basis of Article 182(5), in conjunction with the Article 179(1), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a proposal for an act on the freedom of scientific research, following the principles and aims set out in the Annex hereto to guarantee, protect and promote this freedom at the level of research organisations and of researchers all along their careers;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 5
Annex I – point 5
5. The freedom of scientific research is the right for individual researchers to disseminate their results, freely define research questions, tochoose and develop theories, gather empirical material, and employ sound scientific research methods, to challenge conventional wisdom and to propose new ideas and theories.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 6 – point b
Annex I – point 6 – point b
(b) the right to access information, public or private,freely access public information, and the right to access private information needed for scientific purposes, which is to be balanced with the rights of information holders;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 17
Annex I – point 17
17. Promoting the freedom of scientific research means that governmental bodies have to engage actively with third parties to advocate for the respect, protection and ensuring of the freedom of scientific research, and potentially to disengage from cooperation with third parties not abiding by the same set of principles and values.