22 Amendments of Laurence FARRENG related to 2021/2251(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of oEuropean democracy, values, society and economy, to receive support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to use the available funding from RRF to bolster both the short-term recovery of the whole cultural ecosystem as well as the resilience, competitiveness, innovation and sustainability of the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) in the long term;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Calls for the promotion of cross- border approaches to culture and the search for European partners for the creation of major European cultural co- productions, fostering the mobility of artists and creators by reinforcing cooperation of all involved actors and exchanges of best practices;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Underlines that besides economic recovery of the CCSI, the support from RRF should be used also for the improvement of working conditions, training, up- and reskilling of workers in these sectors in order to keep up with the structural changes underway;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectorsCCSI were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover, given the restrictions in capacity of cultural events and venues, as well as postponements or cancellations of events;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the European cultural and creative sectors including industries account for between 4 and 7 % of the EU’s GDP and for about 8.7 million jobs in the EU; emphasizes that these figures are not adequately reflected in the national recovery and resilience plans, leaving the cultural and creative sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and support the recovery and resilience of the European economy;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasizes that the European Parliament repeatedly and with an overwhelming majority - e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU - called on the Commission and the Member States to include culture in the national recovery and resilience plans and to earmark at least 2 % of the RRF budget to culture;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Recalls that atypical employment (part-time and fixed-duration contracts, temporary work and economically dependent self-employment) is commonplace for authors, performers, artists and many other cultural creators, often leading to precarious working conditions; highlights that the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this situation which poses a fundamental threat to the EU’s cultural ecosystem, to Europe’s cultural diversity and to our democracy and society;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Opposes the Commission’s approach to incorporate not strictly cultural interventions such as tourism and energy efficiency of cultural buildings in the calculations, resulting in misleading statistics; calls for a recalculation and reassessment of the data available; of the overall RRF spending on the cultural sector, resulting in a lack of precise statistical information on Member States’ areas of action; calls for a recalculation and reassessment of the data available; calls on the Commission to collect, publish and periodically update comprehensive and disaggregated data on Member States’ interventions in the field of culture, as well as media, youth and sports in the framework of the implementation of RRF funds;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the thematic analysis of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) in terms of education actions published on the Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard website is incomplete and rather general; calls therefore on the Commission to conduct more detailed analysis also in this regard, including on citizenship education as well as on actions fostering media literacy and critical thinking;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to cultureCCSI and 10 % to education; criticises the fact that these already misleading with concrete, inclusive measures accessible to all; points out that these numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes that only half of the Member States decided to include digital training of teachers and educators in their NRRPs; in the context of the digital transformation and the increased relevance of distance and blended learning during the pandemic, considers this number insufficient and encourages Member States to put more emphasis on teachers’ digital skills in their reforms of education systems;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that any action taken to help the cultural and creative sectors in their recovery should not only be aimed at economic recovery, but also be used for the improvement of the working conditions of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators as well as for their up- and reskilling with regards to i.a. knowledge of their rights, the opportunities of the digital era and the possibilities of international mobility;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that high-quality education systems provide the foundation for the EU’s global competitiveness, and recalls that well-functioning education and training systems require high levels of public investment; calls on the Member States to make ambitious use of funds available through the recovery plan to drive investment in education, with the objective of creating a genuine EuropeanEducation Area;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct implementationin order to truly achieve the goals of the RRF, a special focus should be given to micro and small organisations, including independent ones; emphasizes at the same time the need to pay special attention to organisations in remote rural areas;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) are strategic for European citizens and economy, and that their workers must benefit from a genuine European recovery, in view of the fact that CCSI are an atypical sector made up of players characterised by the pre-eminence of small structures (SMEs or self-employed entrepreneurs) and often depending on irregular income; Deplores that the deteriorating economic situation of many households will lead to a diminishing rate of participation in many cultural activities, further jeopardising the remuneration of creators, particularly in terms of copyright, or even suspending it, for as long as productions are put on hold;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. StressesRecalls that COVID-19 crisis has made artists and cultural and creative professionals even more vulnerable, as the loss of earnings for non-standard workers, who make up the majority of the CCSI, has been exacerbated by weak or absent national social security schemes and dedicated support measures; Stresses therefore the need for sustainable structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular regarding social security and legal status in the latter; regrets that such reforms are planned in only a minority of Member States;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition and cross-border portability of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications facilitating cross- border mobility of workers in CCSI; Encourages the Member States to take action in this regard within their NRRPs;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to culture, education, youth, sports and media; recalls that the RRF resources can and should be used in combination with other funds and programmes aimed for these areas, available on European as well as national and regional levels, in order to create synergies and speed up their recovery and strengthen their transformation towards more resilience;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recalls that 2022 is the European Year of Youth which aims to put young Europeans in the centre of the attention and to empower as well as support them in renewing their positive perspectives, especially in the context of the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on them; calls on the Member States to adopt adequate measures in their NRRPs adressing this reality as a complement to the EuropeanYear of Youth actions, while calling on the Commission to ensure the funding of the legacy of those actions beyond 2022;