Activities of Alexis GEORGOULIS
Plenary speeches (15)
The situation of EU forests (debate)
Importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe (debate)
EU response to extreme meteorological events and their impacts: how to protect European urban areas and their cultural heritage (debate)
Presentation by the Commission President-elect of the College of Commissioners and their programme (debate)
Activities of the European Ombudsman in 2018 (debate)
Achieving an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage (debate)
The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (debate)
European Year of Youth 2022 (debate)
Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)
One youth, one Europe (topical debate)
EU Citizenship Report 2020 (debate)
The new European Bauhaus (debate)
Implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations (debate)
Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)
Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)
Shadow reports (10)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 445/2014/EU establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033
REPORT on achieving an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage
REPORT on the activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2019
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Solidarity Corps Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1475 and (EU) No 375/2014
REPORT on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
REPORT on EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward
REPORT on the EU Citizenship Report 2020: empowering citizens and protecting their rights
REPORT on the impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU
REPORT on esports and video games
REPORT on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations
Shadow opinions (21)
OPINION on the recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (recast)
OPINION on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) 2021-2027: Boosting the Innovation Talent and Capacity of Europe
OPINION on the sustainable Europe Investment Plan - How to finance the Green Deal
OPINION on the Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on the Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
OPINION on intellectual property rights for the development of artificial intelligence technologies
OPINION on the Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019
OPINION on the Turkey - Annual progress report 2019 and 2020
OPINION on guidelines for the 2022 Budget – Section III
OPINION on citizens’ dialogues and citizens’ participation in EU decision-making
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 – all sections
OPINION on the implementation of inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020
OPINION on guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III
OPINION on the implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
OPINION towards equal rights for persons with disabilities
OPINION on upscaling the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework: a resilient EU budget fit for new challenges
OPINION on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – all sections
OPINION on the protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter
Institutional motions (15)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The proposed new Criminal Code of Indonesia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION On The situation of LGBTI people in Uganda
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the effects of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Group
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the state of play on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (2016/0107(COD)), known as public country-by-country reporting
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on opening accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Haiti
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the climate and environmental emergency
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the gender pay gap
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on a common charger for mobile radio equipment
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on The situation of child labour in mines in Madagascar
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Republic of Guinea, notably violence towards protestors
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on child labour in mines in Madagascar
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the cultural recovery of Europe
Oral questions (6)
Facial recognition and identification in publicly accessible spaces
Concerted plans and actions to transition to innovation without the use of animals in the EU
Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education
An EU Commissioner for Animal Welfare
Rebuilding European production capacity for active pharmaceutical ingredients
The outcome of the European Year of Youth
Written explanations (1)
Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (RC-B9-0160/2022, B9-0160/2022, B9-0162/2022, B9-0163/2022, B9-0164/2022, B9-0165/2022, B9-0166/2022, B9-0167/2022)
Η κλιματική κρίση, η κρίση της COVID-19 και, τώρα, η εισβολή της Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία έχουν τραυματίσει περαιτέρω το εύθραυστο παγκόσμιο σύστημα τροφίμων. Οι συνέπειες θα μπορούσαν να είναι καταστροφικές για τις πιο ευάλωτες χώρες και πληθυσμούς. Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση κατά τη διάρκεια κρίσεων πρέπει να λαμβάνει έκτακτα μέτρα για την αντιμετώπιση τους και επομένως στην προκειμένη περίπτωση για την επισιτιστική ασφάλεια στη Ουκρανία αλλά και σε τρίτες χώρες και την αντιμετώπιση της αύξησης των τιμών στην Ευρώπη. Παρότι το ψήφισμα δεν εκφράζει πλήρως τις θέσεις μας, σε σχέση με τη ανάσχεση της εντατικής γεωργίας και την προώθηση της βιώσιμης παραγωγής τροφίμων, αναγνωρίζοντάς τις ανησυχίες των πολιτών υπερψηφίσαμε τα έκτακτα μέτρα, ώστε να ενισχυθούν τα συστήματα παραγωγής για μεγαλύτερη αυτονομία και ανθεκτικότητα.
Written questions (130)
Excessive powers of the Greek Prime Minister over the media - Allocation of responsibilities for justice and migration policy to the Hellenic Police Force
Reduced rate of excise duty on 'tsipouro' and 'tsikoudia'
Implementation of legislation to protect personal data from FaceApp
Need for action to tackle the devastating fires in the Amazon
Rule of law infringement in Britain
Commission initiatives with regard to the Framework for Action on Cultural Heritage
Conversion of open reception and identification centres into closed-type detention centres
Violation of EU law and the right to the provision of judicial protection in Greece
Funding for the European Green Deal
Memorandum of understanding of 27 November 2019 between Turkey and Libya’s Government of National Accord
Retroactive legislation resulting in the removal of administrators serving on the Greek Competition Commission
Conditions of detention and detainees’ fundamental rights in the European Union
The EU disability card
Access to documents and transparency after the Commission’s decision to withdraw revision of the Access to Documents Regulation (EC) 1049/2001
Gender mainstreaming in the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework
Broad participation and objectivity in DG SANTE’s public consultation on the Commission’s study on new genomic techniques
Increased refugee and migratory flows at the Turkish-Greek border
Equal treatment of the LGBTIQ+ community within the Greek Police
Excessive legislative power concentrated in the hands of the Hungarian Government
Violation of sovereign rights and international law by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Measures to support workers in the face of the coronavirus crisis in Greece
The Commission’s decision to award a contract to BlackRock to oversee the development of ESG factors in the EU banking sector and corporate investment policies
Common Security and Defence Policy operation EUNAVFOR MED Irini
Change in legislation and implementation of directives on the natural environment
Amendment of legislation on environmental licensing procedures and Directive 2011/92
Supporting the cultural and creative sector of the economy
Difficulties in funding studies during the COVID-19 pandemic
Exposure of children to harmful content and safe use of the Internet
Protecting the personal data of minors in distance education
Inequalities in access to distance school education
Greek Government granting secret funds to its Ministry of Asylum and Migration
Strengthening the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) now and in the future
Access to a Covid-19 vaccine
Direct award of an EOT (Greek National Tourism Organisation) tourism promotion project to the private company, Marketing Greece
Illegal hydrocarbon exploration and drilling by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Illegal hydrocarbon exploration and drilling by Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Lack of data on the creative and cultural sectors (CCS)
Direct violation by the President and the Vice-President of the Commission of their obligations of impartiality and objectivity and of the Code of Conduct
Inclusion of an assessment of ‘behaviour’ in school leaving certificates
Urgent question on developments relating to Hagia Sophia
Urgent question for the Commission regarding events surrounding Hagia Sophia
Natural disasters
Inclusive education and not substituting lifelong learning with digital education
Application of European Qualifications Framework (EQF) provisions to private education in Greece
Azerbaijan’s hostile activities against Armenia
Impact of climate change and environmental pollution on the cultural heritage
Task Force on Equality
Energy Charter Treaty renegotiation: the EU’s position regarding fossil fuels protection, the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism and public information
Inappropriate terms used by Eurostat
Creation of an EU access board
Urgent question on the earthquake in Samos
Research and innovation funding for the performing arts under the shadow of COVID-19
Four-day blanket ban on gatherings in Greece
Authorisation of ship-breaking facility at the archaeological site of the Salamis sea battle
Assistance for artists and cultural workers
Transparency of contracts for COVID-19 vaccines
Supporting European primary care systems
EU framework provisions regarding labour rights in the creative and cultural sector
Decision of the European Ombudsman regarding the Commission’s decision to award a contract to BlackRock for a study on integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives into EU banking rules
The European Schools
Non-transparent partnership of the Greek Government with Palantir Technologies, a data processing company, to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
The importance of plant-based alternatives in the shift to a more sustainable food production model
Uneven supply of COVID-19 vaccines
Quantities of COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines and the responsibility of pharmaceutical companies
COVID‑19 vaccines and transparency
Creation of a European prevention, monitoring and intervention body/mechanism in the sports sector
Uniform rules for safe travel in the EU
Ratification of the Beijing Treaty
Extensive power cuts in Greece
Ensuring the timely mass vaccination of the population
Hellas Gold
Funding packages for measures relating to youth, education, culture and sport.
Minimum 2 % earmarking for CCS in national plans for the RRF evaluation process
Roadmap for reopening the cultural sector
Protecting freedom of expression on social media
Continued violations of human rights and civil liberties in Turkey
Amending Directive 2006/115/EC to prevent a huge transfer of revenue away from Europe and European music performers and producers
Remembering the victims of the Armenian Genocide
Appropriate and proportionate remuneration for all online services
Revision of the EU’s cross-border healthcare framework
Deterring civil servants from testifying before Greek courts, with the threat of disciplinary and criminal action, is unprecedented
Delay in transposing Directives 2019/789 and 2019/790 into national legislation
Protection of persons with disabilities from discrimination outside employment
Situation of women and girls with disabilities
Arrest of Dutch journalist Ingeborg Beugel in Greece
Protecting heritage and promoting infrastructure in Thessaloniki’s Venizelos metro station
EU web accessibility for persons with disabilities
Typecast role models
Protecting the dignity of juveniles
Group pushbacks by Bulgarian authorities
Forthcoming closure of Euronews Greek service
Percentage of funds dedicated to the cultural and creative sectors in national recovery plans
Erosion of press freedom in Greece
Delay in transposing Directives (EU) 2019/789 and (EU) 2019/790 into national legislation
Written question on the death of a pregnant Polish woman after being denied an abortion
Shifting from a ‘victim-blaming’ mentality to a caring society
Criminal proceedings against investigative journalists in Greece
Verbal attacks on journalists, attempts to undermine freedom of the press and direct interference by the Greek Prime Minister in the workings of the judiciary
On the implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/1808
Culture in the national recovery and resilience plans
Subject: Criminal proceedings against former prosecutor and assistant prosecutors responsible for investigating the Novartis corruption scandal
Appropriate and proportionate remuneration for the use of an author’s creative work
Cross-border enforcement of intellectual property rights in the EU
Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/790 by means of additional non‑waivable remuneration rights
Infringement of EU law by Greece at the expense of electricity consumers
Question on designating 2023 as a European Year of Youth, as an extension of the European Year of Youth 2022
Loss of income for authors and performers owing to failure to transpose Directives (EU) 2019/789 and (EU) 2019/790 into national law on time
Threats to heritage sites from climate change and environmental degradation
EU budget 2023 / Creative Europe programme
On gender equality in the universities of the European Union
On the protection of academic freedom and the autonomy of universities’ governance
Τhe protection of authors and performers under the Digital Single Market Copyright Directive
Private jet use and greenhouse gas emissions
Flight BEA/CY 284
Pets in the EU institutions’ buildings
Reducing forced labour and child labour in EU supply chains by 2025
Sectoral action for music in the 2021-2027 Creative Europe programme
EU legislation covering academic and professional qualifications of artists
Discrimination regarding recognition of graduate art studies
European Commission - third countries - transparency
Combating online piracy of live content
Guaranteeing correct, complete and reliable implementation of the Railway Safety Directive
Greek railway safety reports
Water privatisation by the Greek Government
Measures for tackling extreme weather events more quickly
Measures to deal with the consequences of the catastrophic wildfires and devastating floods in Greece
Youth work
Transfer of National Observatory of Athens oversight to the Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection
Collective agreements for audiovisual and cultural sector workers in Greece
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on banning the production of tea bags containing plastic
Amendments (1060)
Amendment 1 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that freedom of expression is a fundamental human right enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and includes the freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authorities and regardless of frontiers; deplores, however, that some governments and individu, in Article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of the Council of Europe and in Article 11 of the Charta of Fundamental Rights of the European Union; recalls that this fundamental human right includes the freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authorities and regardless of frontiers; stresses that the rights to freedom of expression and information are indispensable conditions for journalists, in order to assist citizens' active participation in a democratic society, for the realisation of the principles of transparency and accountability; recalls in positions of power around the globe are systematically threatening this rightthat public authorities have the duty not only to refrain from implementing restrictions on freedom of expression, but also the obligation to adopt a legal and regulatory framework which fosters the development of free, independent and pluralistic journalism, and the responsibility to ensure that journalists and their sources are protected by strong laws, the prosecution of perpetrators and ample security where necessary;
Amendment 5 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Is deeply concerned regarding the challenge sector-specific pathogenies that need relevantly sector-specific policy intervention, including in the online environment;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Is deeply concerned regarding the challenge sector-specific pathogenies such as already deeply established networks promoting the bribery of financially-dependent journalists to drive public opinion towards desired directions, against public interests;
Amendment 15 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes with regret that there has beenIs deeply concerned that journalists, especially female journalists, and other media actors are facing increasing violence, acts of aggression, intimidation, threats, harassment, pressure, self-censorship, public shaming and even assassination as a result of carrying out their job to protect the public interest; notes with regret that a rise in violence towards journalists and media professionals, which is increasingly happening in countries officially at peace and is, creating a general sense of insecurity; deploresis shocked that 57 journalists have been killed in 20221 , 78 journalists are being held hostage and 478 journalists are currently imprisoned2 ; demands that all detained journalists be released immediatelfrom the Member States and the EEAS to undertake everything in their power to achieve the immediate release of all detained journalists; recollects in this context the importance of its "Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism", notes, however, that symbolism and public awareness are insufficient for improving the situation in the long term; therefore calls for effective protective measures and robust investigation and prosecution of criminal threats against journalists and other media professionals, drawing particular attention to threats against women journalists and journalists representing or reporting on equality; _________________ 1 https://cpj.org/data/killed/2022/?status=Kill ed&motiveConfirmed%5B%5D=Con firme d&motiveUnconfirmed%5B%5 D=Unconfi rmed&type%5B%5D=Jou rnalist&type%5 B%5D=Media%20W orker&star☆t_year=2022& end_ye ar=2022&group_by=location 2 https://rsf.org/en/number-journalists- arbitrary-detention-surges-20-488- including-60-women
Amendment 20 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that investigative journalism should be promoted as a form of civic engagement and as an act of civic virtue supported by communication, learning, education and training; deplores that journalists and whistleblowers have been subject to legal prosecution instead of legal protection when, acting in the public interest, they disclose information or report suspected misconduct, wrongdoing, fraud or illegal activity; calls on the Commission and Member States to protect whistleblowers, as whistleblowing is one of the most effective ways of uncovering corruption; whistleblowers often take on high personal risk and the absence of effective protection can discourage potential whistleblowers from reporting their concerns or suspicions for fear of unfair treatment, including retaliation, discrimination or disadvantage; protection should also extend to people facilitating the reporting, intermediaries and investigative journalists;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Notes that working conditions in the media sector are deteriorating and often journalists work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries and social guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom; underlines the importance of ensuring adequate working conditions for journalists and media workers, in full compliance with the requirements of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Social Charter;
Amendment 30 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the freedom of media and media pluralism have increasingly come under threat in recent years with globalisation of media streams, and that disinformation and propaganda, as well as disproportionate actions to tackle them, are growing trends in the media landscape worldwide; notes that this trend has been intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war against Ukraine; stresses that the internet and social media plays a significant role in spreading hate speech and fostering radicalisation leading to violent extremism, especially far-right violent extremism; in this context, is concerned about problematic developments of the administration of social media platforms that undermine the credibility of individual journalists, notably the recent changes in verification requirements for blue checkmarks on Twitter, which have the potential to damage the reputation of legitimate journalism and hence to increase the dissemination of disinformation; believes that this situation should be considered a general threat to the values the European Union claims to stands for as a global actor and to democracy as a whole; emphasizes the interdependency of media freedom with other freedoms of expression - such as of the arts and science - and their mutual prerequisite and equally fundamental importance for a liberal democracy;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is concerned by recent developments of wire-tapping scandals throughout the EU, such as the ones investigated by the PEGA Committee; stresses that independent journalism cannot be achieved if journalists are being targeted by their governments, using spyware such as Predator or Pegasus spyware, allegedly used in countries such as Greece;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the EUHighlights that the media play an essential role in democratic society, by acting as public watchdogs, while fostering citizens’ conscious participation in democratic life; emphasises that a critical use of media content is essential to people’s understanding of current issues and to their contribution to public life; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to re-evaluate the profound links between media freedom and democracy, and to identify pathways to rebuild safe spaces for information and communication with a particular focus on education for information and, media literacy and the promotion of and support for critical thinking especially at schools, and artistic freedom;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reaffirms the need to independently monitor the media freedom and pluralism situation in the EU and globally, and therefore encourages the Commission and the Member States to implement and further enhance existing instruments, such as the Media Pluralism Monitor; calls on the EU to adopt and implement a media ownership regulatory framework in order to avoid horizontal concentration of ownership in the media sector and indirect and cross-media ownership, and to guarantee transparency;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the urgent need for journalists to know their rights and protection mechanisms; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to promote programs and policies aimed at fostering education of journalists, media actors and the general public on their rights and protection mechanisms, including but not limited to showcasing real examples and best practices;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recognises the importance of democracy and education on media literacy; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to promote programs and policies aimed at fostering media and news literacy for journalists, media actors and the general public;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to promote as well online media literacy, investigating for public engaging and innovative means to this cause and under the logic of common policies intended to bridge the digital divide within and among the Member States along all its lines (wealth, gender, age, geographical and social conditions);
Amendment 52 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that in order to improve its external governance and its credibility, the EU needs to lead by example and deliver on its domestic media policy ambitions; welcomes, in this context, the adoption of the Digital Services Act3 , and the recently published proposals for a directive against ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation’ (the anti-SLAPP directive) (COM(2022)0177) and the European Media Freedom Act (COM(2022)0457), which are signs the EU is taking a more robust approach to media policies; However, a lot more needs to be done; recalls that SLAPPs are lawsuits or other legal actions based on civil, administrative and criminal law, as well as the threats of such actions, initiated by state organs, business corporations and individuals who hold power of one kind or another against weaker parties, such as journalists, and others, who express criticism or transmit uncomfortable messages to the powerful, on public matters, and as a result bring about lack of information distribution and lack of freedom of expression by the media/journalists; _________________ 3 OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1.
Amendment 54 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that media’s independence from political and economic powers and influences must be guaranteed; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide appropriate, proportionate and stable funding for public service media, thus ensuring it can fulfil its cultural, social and educational role, and contribute to an inclusive information society, while guaranteeing its independence from governmental influences; highlights in this context the potential of the Creative Europe programme in promoting a free, diverse and pluralistic media environment by encouraging crossovers and cross-cutting activities supporting the news media sector, by providing support for new media professionals, and by enhancing the development of critical thinking among citizens by means of promoting media literacy; calls for further strengthening of these actions in the programme's next MFF cycle;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Suggests the development of media freedom indicators and media freedom tests, following the example of the recently developed youth indicators and youth tests;
Amendment 77 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include suspension mechanisms in the EU’s multilateral and bilateral partnership or trade agreements; invitescalls on the Commission to support and monitor media freedom and use targeted sanctions or suspend agreements in the event of persistent and systematic violation of media freedom;
Amendment 81 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need to have in place independent monitoring mechanisms, including rapid response mechanisms, to assess the situation of media freedom and media pluralism in the EU;
Amendment 83 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks the Commission to proceed to investigations for a mapping of the journalism sector in the EU and around the world in order to convey already established sector-specific pathogenies;
Amendment 84 #
2022/2057(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Strongly asks the Commission to proceed to sector-specific policy interventions to address sector-specific pathogenies such as - but not limited to - deeply established networks promoting the bribery of financially-dependent journalists to drive public opinion towards desired directions, against public interests;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests amending Articles 3, 4 and 6 TFEU to introduce shared competences in the field of education, at a minimum in the field of citizenship education, highlighting that the exercise of that competence by the Union shall not result in Member States being prevented from exercising their competence;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Requests, therefore, that amendments to Articles 165 and 166 TFEU formulate the framework for the common minimum standard on the basis of common objectives of an education that promotes democratic values, rule of law and digital and economic literacy, as was especially concluded in Proposal 37, Measure 1, Proposal 27, Measure 4 and Proposal 32, Measure 4 of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE);
Amendment 19 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses that sustainable educational spaces include more than general and vocational education in schools and start in Kindergartens, which are consistently designed as educational offers; easily accessible and affordable childcare should be mandatory throughout the Union, as proposed by Proposal 29, Measure 5 of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE); this should be included in the common minimum standards;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Suggests making 9 May a common holiday in the EU, focusing on cultural exchanges and educational offerings, as linked to Proposal 48, Action 3 of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFE), to build a visible European public;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2051(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Suggests examining the introduction of a legislation addressing threats to media independence through EU-wide minimum standards to protect whistle-blowers, journalistic sources and editors; such legislation should include a review of the media business model to ensure the integrity and independence of the EU media market especially for broadcast formats and media companies that have taken responsibility for shaping a European public sphere as proposed in point 27.1 CoFE;
Amendment 7 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the report by the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) Working Group of Member States’ Experts of 22 September 2022 entitled “Stormy Times. Nature and Humans: Cultural Courage for Change”,
Amendment 8 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
Amendment 13 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 18 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU's cultural policies are still underdeveloped and have a great potential to play a more powerful role particularly in international diplomacy;
Amendment 20 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) fall short in explicitly addressing culture, despite culture being a global public good and both a cross-cutting dimension of sustainable development and a goal in itself, as made clear by global campaigns such as #Culture2030Goal;
Amendment 23 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas culture is a value in itself and shall be regarded as a practice and only as a resource;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas cultural creation is an essential way to communicate opinions, including critical opinions towards those in power, and therefore it is crucial to guarantee freedom of expression in culture, including media freedom of expression;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the legacy of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage that promoted culture and cultural heritage could have been further supported;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) represent 4.4 % of EU GDP and employ around 7.6 million people16 ; stresses the unacknowledged importance of cultural and artistic workers and calls on Member States and the Commission to empower them by cross-country collaborations and promoting the circulation and mobility of EU CCS workers in a multidisciplinary approach, including by establishing a mechanism of EU recognition of their educational and work qualifications and skills; _________________ 16 Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 33 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) play an important role in the EU economy as representing 4.4 % of EU GDP and, employing around 7.68.7 million people16 ; _________________ 16 Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultur2a, having amongst the highest rates in the EU in youth employment, gender balance, SMEs and self-employed and the potential to be drivers to local and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.gional development2b; _________________ 2a European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI)) 2b https://www.oecd- ilibrary.org/sites/eb146060- en/index.html?itemId=/content/componen t/eb146060-en
Amendment 34 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI) represent 4.4 % of EU GDP and employ around 7.6 million people16 which is not adequately nor proportionally reflected in public funding for these sectors; _________________ 16 Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 35 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries (CCSI), represent 4.4 % of EU GDP and employ around 7.6 million people16 ; _________________ 16 Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 42 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on the European CCSI has been dramatic but has beenand uneven across sectors, which were the first hit and last to recover, therefore a 2% of the national RRF plans should be directed to CCS;
Amendment 43 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on the European CCSI has been dramatic but has been uneven across sectors, damaging particularly live sectors such as live music and all performing arts;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 51 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament, in its resolutions of 7 June 2007 and of 20 October 2021, called for the establishment of a European Status of the Artist, leading to a strengthening of the working conditions in the EU's CCS, mostly by establishing a European Framework for the protection of the labour and working conditions for CCS' workers, including social security and pension rights as well as a minimum standard income for all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 55 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Parliament, in its resolutions of 14 September 2020 and of 20 October 2021, called for at least 2% of the National Recovery and Resilience Plans to be devoted to culture, a call echoed by Europe’s wider cultural and creative ecosystem;
Amendment 58 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas arts and cultural activities have long been recognised to be beneficial to health and men, including mental health, and to individual and societal well-being;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the arts and artistic disciplines are important components of education, and therefore should get political support to be fairly included in the education systems in the EU, as included in school curriculums following all stages of children's and adolescents' development, thus in all educational stages;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the arts and artistic disciplines are important components of education, including with regards to freedom of expression;
Amendment 66 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas artistic research should be brought to a peer dialogue with other research disciplines and funded as such, because of both its self-value and its crucial contribution to triggering innovation;
Amendment 69 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas cultural rights should be safeguarded throughout the range from access to culture and audience development to meaningful participation in culture and governance of the commons, with special regard to enhancing diversity, equality, inclusion, and democratisation of the shared public spaces, fostering dialogue and social cohesion, while engaging all people, with a special attention to underrepresented communities, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the EU’s Creative Europe programme for the cCultural and cCreative sSectors is playing a key role in promoting the arts, culture and audio-visual content and in supporting high-quality media, despite still being underfunded even after its budget increase in the current MFF;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas digital technologies affect all aspects of cultural institutes’ work; life, including the work of creators, organisations and institutions, also posing challenges to diversity, fair remuneration, access to culture, and deepening inequalities due to various reasons including the unequal power concentration in the digital cultural environment;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas culture is a public good, cultural and creative sectors shall be supported with ambitious policy frameworks, adequate public financing and an enabling environment for CCS workers as well as for the audience's access to culture; whereas the New European Agenda for Culture should aim at preserving, expanding and disseminating a vibrant and diverse European cultural scene fostering the participation of all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 86 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 89 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Acknowledges the satisfactory implementation of the new European agenda for culture and of the joint communication towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations; is delighted to notebelieves that the two documents have to a certain extent withstood the challenges posed by unforeseen crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, yet there is still room for improvement as noted by relevant EP resolutions, such as the Resolution on the Cultural Recovery of Europe and the Resolution on the Situation of Artists and the Cultural Recovery in the EU;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the strengthening of the Creative Europe 2021-2027 programmeRegrets that the EU failed to sufficiently fund the Creative Europe 2021-2027 programme, despite its significant budget increase in the MFF; is deeply worried that any annual budget cuts to the programme, proposed as a consequence of frontloading the budget, will seriously harm the recovery of the Cultural and Creative Sectors and thus undermine any attempt to strengthen the role of culture in the EU's international relations;
Amendment 100 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Believes that the overall EU spending for culture falls far behind the actual needs in terms of both economic and societal regards, be it the Creative Europe programme or other indirect funding opportunities; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge the multifaceted importance of culture to our society and economy when drafting budgets;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that synergies between different EU policies and programmes are being developed; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergies; encourages closer synergies between cultural sector and education since culture facilitates education through experience-learning, as well as between culture and innovation and science, since culture functions as a catalyst to creativity and triggers out-of- the-box and innovation thinking; recalls in this respect the need to give sufficient public financial support to all professionals engaged in these contexts;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that synergies between different EU policies and programmes are being developed; encourages the Commission to continue harnessing these synergiesintensify harnessing these synergies and promoting them publicly; insists that culture should be horizontally mainstreamed in all EU policies, especially the Green and the Digital transition policies, as culture is an enabler and facilitator for any individual or societal transition;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Commission to adequately follow-up on the Porto Santo Charter on cultural democracy, adopted under the Portuguese Presidency in 2021 and provide timely relevant information to the European Parliament and the public;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to integrate freedom of artistic expression as a self-standing indicator of the respect of the rule of law in its annual reports;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the setting up of the Voices of Culture Structured Dialogue (SD); encourages more frequent and systematic exchanges between the SD and the OMC; calls for further relevant actions where individuals could also participate;
Amendment 126 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy; calls on the Commission and Member States, to increase reaching out to new audiences and enhance active participation to cultural by strengthening the links between culture, education, innovation and research;
Amendment 127 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy, including by investing in culture in order to strengthen citizens' engagement, active participation, overall citizenship and interest to the state's affairs;
Amendment 128 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy, and to adopt a cultural rights approach integrating access and meaningful participation to culture for all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy, with a special interest to education policy, by including culture in school curriculums in all stages of education;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote and invest in citizens’ participation in cultural and artistic activities; invites the Member States to integrate cultural participation objectives in policy-making beyond cultural policy, and to horizontally mainstream it to all national policies;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the social and societal importance of the international mobility of cultural creators such as authors, performers and artists; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their role in the EU’s international relations; reiterates in this context its repeated calls urging the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist, ensuring fair contractual situations and working conditions for everyone working in the cultural and creative sectors, and increasing opportunities for international mobility;
Amendment 140 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the work undertaken by the Commission to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion and, well-being, while asking to work more on the culture's power to citizenship, participation, strengthening democracy, the digital and the green transition;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of the most disadvantaged groups in cultural activities and initiatives leaving no one behind;
Amendment 151 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the inclusion of the most disadvantagmarginalised and underrepresented groups in cultural activities and initiatives;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for the establishment of safeguarding systems across the Union to fully take into account the specificities of working features in the CCS such as seasonality or non-standard forms of employment; urges in this respect the Commission and Member States to establish a common European Framework protecting labour rights of all workers in the CCS, including social insurance and pension rights, as well as safeguarding a common minimum standard income;
Amendment 157 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to recognise the role of the arts and culture in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and mental well-being; emphasizes that in this context freedom of expression in culture and media is crucial to democracy and the society's well-being;
Amendment 159 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Member States to recognise the role of the arts and culture in the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and mental well-being, of mental health, and of individual and societal well-being and calls for adequate relevant public funding to culture;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work more on collecting updated and comparable data on culture, including by mapping and benchmarking good practices and structurally engaging experts, stakeholders and public authorities and the audience, not only from the cultural sector, but also from all sectors of the economy, with a special focus on the health sector; calls on the Commission to provide more indicators for culture, including qualitative indicators and possibly inspired or similar to other policy areas such as youth indicators;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual’s identity and overall individual and societal well-being as well as in the education of children and young people; calls therefore for the inclusion of culture and sports as well in school curriculums of all educational stages, also supported by educating educators on the importance and power of culture on society's individuals' identity and overall well-being;
Amendment 169 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual’s identity and overall well-being as well as in the education oflifelong learning education of all people, especially children and young people;
Amendment 173 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for dedicated strategies to be developed in order to support professional working and labour conditions, including minimum standard income and social security and pension rights, for all workers in the CCS, by openly acknowledging that a CCS occupation is - and therefore, should be considered and payed as - a professional occupation;
Amendment 177 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSI; suggests in this respect the creation of a European Culture Area, with relevant registration and other procedures similar to the European Education Area;
Amendment 178 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSI; proposes in this respect the establishment of an EU register for artists and workers in the CCS;
Amendment 179 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recalls the importance of mutual recognition of artistic competences and creative skills and qualifications to facilitate cross-border mobility of workers in the CCSI and the role this recognition plays for de-facto achieving or restricting freedom of expression;
Amendment 189 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the establishment of the Culture Moves Europe mobility scheme for professionals in the CCSI; regrets, however, that enormous administrative and financial obstacles to mobility still remain;
Amendment 191 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for easier procedures to be applied for all partners, especially SMEs, or partners from third countries in order to overcome the cumbersome procedures of funding applications; calls in this respect for more small scale projects where consortiums do not need a large- scale company as a leading partner;
Amendment 193 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionals in the CCSI, having been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a genuine European recovery, also by reviewing overall working procedures, including by providing safety rules against harassment and any kind of abuse in the cultural workplace;
Amendment 195 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionals in the CCSI, having been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a genuine European recovery; calls for further support to initiatives aiming at stimulating creativity, diversity and innovation in Europe’s artistic sectors;
Amendment 196 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that the professionals in the CCSI, having been seriously hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, must benefit from a genuine European recovery, which would go further than getting back to normal, since normal was already problematic in terms of labour and pay conditions in CCS;
Amendment 203 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that the support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility should be used in particular to improve the working conditions of professionals in the CCSI;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds the Commission of Parliament’s repeated calls for a European Status of the Artist to be proposed; highlights that adequate working conditions, social security and fair remuneration are crucial elements of guaranteeing de-facto genuine creativity and freedom of expression;
Amendment 209 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds the Commission of Parliament’s repeated calls for a European Status of the Artist to be proposed in order to strengthen minimum standards in the working and income conditions of the EU’s Cultural and Creative Sectors;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes with regret that the procedures to apply for EU funding still are often burdensome especially for smaller projects; calls on the Commission to further simplify these procedures;
Amendment 220 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. AskUrges the Commission to respect the principle of multilingualism when adapting these procedures; regrets that the relevant detailed information and the application forms still have to be submitted only in certain languages, thus having no respect for multilingualism, while making it more difficult or impossible for non-native speakers to receive funding or even to apply;
Amendment 223 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. AsksDemands that the Commission to respect the principles of multilingualism and diversity when adapting these procedures;
Amendment 224 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the recent setting-up of ‘cascade funding’; invites the Commission to further develop such schemhowever, urges the Commission to consider, when setting up such schemes involving intermediary organisations, the issues of potential conflicts of interest between the intermediary and the final recipients, the overhead costs for intermediaries in the logistics and administration of the grants, the criteria for selection and final evaluations of the grants; reiterates that political economic choices and austerity measures had severe consequences on major cuts in budget for culture; whereas on the contrary culture is underfunded in many Member States;
Amendment 240 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Acknowledges the important contribution of the New European Bauhaus initiative; reiterates its call to fund the initiative with its own budget;
Amendment 246 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the vast contribution that the arts and culture make to raising awareness of environmental, climate and sustainability issues, and inspiring positive behavioural change; calls for the guaranteeing the right of creative and artistic workers to fair remuneration, contractual agreements and working conditions;
Amendment 247 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Highlights the vast contribution that the arts andof culture make to raising awareness of environmental, climate and sustainability issues, and to inspiring positive behavioural change, since culture is the most efficient vehicle towards any social change;
Amendment 272 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Insists that freedom of artistic expression must remain guaranteed for all creators; calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the importance of freedom of artistic expression in all their activities across all policy areas; notes that violation of artistic freedom by silencing or intimidating artists is on the rise in Europe; recalls in this respect that freedom of expression is a key component of creativity and cultural production as it ensures that artistic works reflect diversity and richness of society;
Amendment 277 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers that culture makes a key contribution to fostering mutual understanding and restoring communication on the international stage in challenging global contexts, especially when diversity is respected and supported;
Amendment 280 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that equality, transparency and diversification criteria drive the allocation of financial and non- financial resources to the cultural sector;
Amendment 285 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Points out the difference between ‘cultural relations’ and ‘cultural diplomacy’; underlines that both approaches canmust coexist and complement each other;
Amendment 286 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote fair remuneration, labour conditions and the modernisation of and welfare systems for the CCS, including in the digital environment, while regretting that the Copyright Directive is still not transposed into national law in many member states, more than a year after the deadline;
Amendment 290 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the lack of a clear and coherent EU strategy for international cultural relations (ICR); strongly encourages the Commission and the EEAS to develop such a coherent strategiesy;
Amendment 294 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Urges the Commission, the EEAS and the Member States to apply a bottom- up and a people-to-people approach when building their cultural relations with countries outside the EU; emphasizes the importance of personal bonds between citizens;
Amendment 305 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Encourages the Member States and the EEAS to integrate coaching on cultural policies, ICR and cultural diplomacy in the selection processes and training of all their diplomatic staff;
Amendment 313 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by certain Member States to return cultural works and artefacts to their places of origin; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support those Member States in their negotiating processes with countries outside the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge as European cultural heritage, all member states' cultural heritage already existing even prior to the creation of the European Union, including therefore the cultural heritage coming from the ancient years as well as historic monuments of ancient European civilisations that are today out of the European Union's member states' territory;
Amendment 316 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by certain Member States to return cultural works and artefacts to their places of origin; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support those Member States in their negotiating processes with countries outside the EU; calls on the Commission to actively support the efforts of all member states with regard to the protection and reparations of their cultural and historical heritage;
Amendment 317 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by certain Member States to return cultural works and artefacts to their places of origin; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to support those Member States in their negotiating processes with countries outside the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to proceed according to article 17 of MONDIACULT 2022 as declared by the Ministers of Culture of the Member States of UNESCO;
Amendment 318 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Invites the Commission to explore concrete paths to uphold the freedom of artistic expression of artists at risk, especially as consequences of wars and geopolitical instability;
Amendment 329 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to advocate at the UN level for the inclusion of a self-standing goal for culture in the development agenda beyond 2030, as included in the final declaration of UNESCO’s MONDIACULT 2022, as well as to reaffirm the role of culture as a cross-cutting dimension of sustainable development;
Amendment 333 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Highlights the potential of culture and cultural heritage as a vector of peace, reconciliation and conflict prevention, as already experienced in the past, recalling as an example the massive impact of the famous lyrics ''all we are saying is give peace a chance'';
Amendment 339 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. InvitesCalls on the Member States to take due account of Parliament’s position when approving the Work Plan for Culture 2023- 2026;
Amendment 340 #
2022/2047(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and, the Commission and the EEAS.
Amendment 1 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Believes that the importance of culture for our identity, democracy, society and economy is not adequately reflected in the current multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, particularly in light of the long-lasting consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic which the cultural and creative sectors will continue to be suffering from for many years to come;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Stresses that a broad revision of the current MFF is needed as it was already pushed to its limits in its first year; points to the multiple crises and challenges that the Union has been facing, striking substantially the Cultural and Creative Sectors;
Amendment 4 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) have demonstrated flexibility in response to recent global challenges; is convinced, nonetheless, that when emergency situations inspire new political priorities, these need to be agreed upon by the co-legislators and regrets that this has not or not sufficiently been the case;
Amendment 7 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers there to be a long-term and overall structural lack of EU funding for education, youth, sports and culture, especially in the face of new priorities, the slow recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of the Russian war against Ukraine, inflation and price hikes; requests that this be addressed when deciding on any programme adjustments to ensure adequate funding for the CCS against any crises in the future;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to conduct an in-depth review of the current MFF and to proceed with a legislative proposal for an updated, comprehensive, and ambitious MFF revision, that would safeguard increasing or at least stable funding amounts for Creative Europe, Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmes, as soon as possible and no later than the first quarter of 2023;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Strongly suggests the conduction of an in-depth review to evaluate the absorption levels of the past and current MFF;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates its deep regret and incomprehension that - despite repeated calls by the European Parliament1a with overwhelming majority - the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; _________________ 1a e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
Amendment 15 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Is worried that the proposed massive budget cut of the Creative Europe programme - the proposed 2023 annual budget foresees a 20% reduction compared to the previous year2a - will bring further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that are only slowly starting to blossom again and will thus have a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its diversity; _________________ 2a 325.3 million EUR (2023 proposal) after 406.5 million EUR (2022 budget)
Amendment 17 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that more funding than agreed in the objectives of the Erasmus+, ESC and Creative Europe programmes be made available to support the EU’s actions in response to the Russian war against Ukraine; emphasizes that such additional funding cannot come at the expense of other objectives of these programmes but must derive from other budget sources;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to rebalance the commitment appropriations for Erasmus+, making more funding available as sooner rather than later as possible and no later than January 2023, while ensuring that the best possible inclusion measures derive from any additional funding, as well as the programme's greening and digitalisation;
Amendment 25 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to adapt the multiannual financial framework by increasing the overall Creative Europe budget 2021-2027 by at least 720 million EUR3a in order to allow for a stable continuation of the funding and thus avoid any annual budget reductions; _________________ 3a Plus inflationary adjustment
Amendment 26 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to examine the reallocation of unused funds from other policy areas to the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 28 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to support the co-legislators’ commitment to ensuring that the 2022 European Year of Youth leaves a lasting legacy, including by extending the EYY to 2023 in order to give more time for the organisation of youth events of social nature that were not possible in 2022 due to the pandemic;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Requests an overall increase in funding for the ESCuropean Solidarity Corps to better address the challenges arising from the Russian war against Ukraine;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is concerned that the structure of the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries (CCSI), which cover many micro- organisations, as well as mostly women and youth, has made them particularly vulnerable to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, decimating both organisations and employment opportunities, and explains their very slow and incomplete economic recovery; therefore, requests more support for the CCSI, especially authors, performers, artists and all workers employed by these sectors as well as micro-organisations and non-for-profit associations;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. AsksCalls on the Commission to propose, without delay, a European Status of the Artist; that fully reflects the Parliament's demands from its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU1a; _________________ 1a OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 88–98.
Amendment 44 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its call for a permanent EU news media fund and urges the Commission to take immediate action, especially in light of journalists affected by any restrictions of freedom of expression; highlights in this context the importance of the independence of journalism as well as the fight against disinformation;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Reiterates its long-standing position that new policy commitments, objectives and priorities need to be matched with fresh money, and are not to be financed at the expense of other already existing Union policies, programmes and priorities, including and especially culture;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the regulation establishing Horizon Europe to be amended as part of the next revision in order to create a New European Bauhaus (NEB) mission; calls on the Commission to propose a new standalone EU NEB programme by the start ofin due time to be implemented with the next multiannual financial framework.
Amendment 125 #
2022/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Recognizes the importance of the introduction of a minimum VoD quota and considers that ensuring its effective implementation is a priority; calls on the European Commission, Member States and audiovisual regulators to proceed to a detailed monitoring of its concrete implementation in all Member States as well as to assess its impact on the geographical, cultural, linguistic and artistic diversity of audiovisual works available to the European audience, including authored works; considers that equating a season of a series with one title should be assessed in due time in light of the objective of ensuring a balanced representation of cinematographic works and TV series;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Stresses the importance of prominence, promotion and discoverability of European works and that they should be the subject of more attention and proposals, on the continuity of the work done by ERGA on the matter; calls on the Commission to present guidelines on how Member States can ensure the prominence and the discoverability of European works, with a view to improving access to a greater cultural and linguistic diversity, and suggests that these guidelines may define the terms of prominence and discoverability; stresses the need for access to online consumption data in order to properly evaluate the impact of the prominence obligation in particular;
Amendment 132 #
2022/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Insists on the importance of the article 13.2 on the possibility to introduce financial obligations (contributions to funds or direct investment obligations) on the basis of a targeted derogation to the country-of-origin principle, as Member States retain full competence over their cultural policies including for the audiovisual sector; highlights that financial obligations are instrumental in stimulating private investments and public support policies to the benefit of European works and to sustain local audiovisual ecosystems in a changing market context; encourages Member States implementing financial obligations to make sure that they benefit European independent producers and authors as well as different audiovisual genres and the linguistic expressions;
Amendment 140 #
2022/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on Member States to better protect the European model of author’s rights against practices, such as work-for- hire contracts and buy-out contracts, where the intellectual property rights of creators are waived in full or in part; stresses that, in order to be considered an European work pursuant to Article 13(7) of the Directive, the law governing the contract must be that of the European Union or of one of its Member States; suggests that this latter requirement also applies to the eligibility criteria to benefit from funding under the Creative Europe Media programme;
Amendment 158 #
2022/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Commission to issue in good timewithout undue delay the guidelines required under Article 33a(3) on the scope of the Member States’ reports on the implementation of the measures for the development of media literacy skills, so thatas is it referred in Recital 59 of the AVMSD, in order to ensure a more effective and unified implementation and control of the AVMSD among all the State Members, so that the implementation of the directive and the timely submission of thesecontrol reports is not further delayed;
Amendment 3 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI)),
Amendment 4 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to World Health Organization’s decision about “the inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases) as based on reviews of available evidence and reflecting a consensus of experts fromdifferent disciplines and geographical regions that were involved in theprocess of technical consultations undertaken by WHO in the process of ICD-11development”; having regard that “the inclusion of gaming disorder in ICD- 11follows the development of treatment programmes for people with healthconditions identical to those characteristic of gaming disorder in many partsof the world, and will result in the increased attention of healthprofessionals to the risks of development of this disorder and, accordingly, torelevant prevention and treatment measures”,1a _________________ 1a WHO https://www.who.int/news- room/questions-and- answers/item/addictive-behaviours- gaming-disorder
Amendment 5 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard to International Olympic Committee’s decision to launch the Olympic Virtual Series (OVS), “the first-ever, Olympic-licensed event for physical and non-physical virtual sports”, as “a new, unique Olympic digital experience that aims to grow direct engagement with new audiences in the field of virtual sports, as in line with Olympic Agenda 2020+5 and the IOC’s Digital Strategy”, as it encourages “sports participation and promotes the Olympic values, with a special focus on youth”1a; _________________ 1a International Olympic Committee (IOC) https://olympics.com/ioc/news/internation al-olympic-committee-makes-landmark- move-into-virtual-sports-by-announcing- first-ever-olympic-virtual-series
Amendment 8 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the video game ecosystem has become a leading cindustry and its whole ecosystem has become an important element of the Cultural and cCreative industry Sectors(CCIS) across Europe and all over the world, with an estimated European market size of EUR 23.3 billion in 202011 , and has great potential for growth; whereas this, innovation, creativity and triggering positive change for the whole CCS, including about equal and fair labour and working conditions, social security coverage and a secured standard- minimum income; whereas the video game industry is the only CCIS to have experienced turnover growth during the COVID-19 crisis12 ; _________________ 11 ISFE, Europe’s Video Games Industry, ISFE-EGDF Key Facts, 2021. 12 EY, Rebuilding Europe: the cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 14 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the video game industry employedhas a strong gender imbalance; of the approximately 87 000 peopleemployees in Europe in 201913 , ofnly an estimated 20 % are whom only an estimated 20 %en14 , while in 2019 only a 5% of video games protagonists were female, lower than a 9% in 201515a, while 47% of European video gamers are women14 6a; _________________ 13 ISFE, Europe’s Video Games Industry, ISFE-EGDF Key Facts, 2021. 14 Ibid. 15a https://www.wired.com/story/e3-2019- female-representation-videogames 16a https://www.isfe.eu/wp- content/uploads/2021/10/2021-ISFE- EGDF-Key-Facts-European-video- games-sector-FINAL.pdf
Amendment 23 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the video game industry has a complete value chain based on innovation and creativity, bringing together a wide range of skills and know-how; whereas a video game is first and foremost a work of intellectual property (IP) onf its creators - developers, producers, programmers, graphic designers, composers, musicians and a range of other workers in the sector - on the creative work and contribution of which the value chain is based;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European video game industry is mainly made up of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of vital importance to the European economy and particularly for the CCS and therefore, due to be especially supported;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas video games are complex creative works protected both by the computer programs directive 2009/24 and the copyright directive 2001/29 also updated by 2019/790, and have a unique and creative value as recognised by the Court of Justice of the EU1a. _________________ 1a Judgement of the CJEU Case C-355/12.
Amendment 32 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas video games constitute complex matter comprising not only a computer program but also graphic and sound elements, which, although encrypted in computer language, have a unique creative value which cannot be reduced to that encryption. In so far as the parts of a video game, in this case, the graphic and sound elements, are part of its originality, they are protected, together with the entire work by copyright in the context of the system established by Directive 2001/29 as recognised by the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas competitive video gaming, otherwise known as e-sport, could be considered not only part of the video game sector, but also part of the culture, media and sports sectors and media, and has clear digital and competitive elements;
Amendment 36 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the video game and e- sports ecosystems are strongly impacted by technological, research and creative innovation and must constantly be reinvented, and in high speeds, because otherwise it is not possible to survive, and therefore should receive specialized support by relevant European policies;
Amendment 39 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the video games ecosystem is private, but benefits from measures and incentives at national and EU level which should then benefit back European citizens;
Amendment 42 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas video games have proven to be a powerful, cross-sectoral medium, at the confluence of arts and technologies, building on the experiences of various artistic techniques while intertwining them with innovative technologies;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
K b. whereas videogames area cultural product whose production relies on large investments in Research and Innovation; whereas the video games sector has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, enhanced computing capabilities, which spills over to other sectors; whereas the innovative value of the sector should also be acknowledged, as much as its cultural added-value;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas e-sports differ from traditional sports in that they are digital by definition; whereas e-sport is a phenomenon that takes place in an essentially private setting, with the IP and competition rights belonging to the game publisheris essentially organised by private entities, with the IP rights belonging to the game publisher and competition rights either to the game publisher or arranged on a contract-by-contract basis, although the users are citizens with fundamental rights that should be fairly and equally protected according to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in this complex space;
Amendment 56 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas e-sports is a massn increasingly popular entertainment activity, characterised by both a large video game player base and a small number of professional teamplayers and teams; whereas e- sports can be practiced at amateur, semi- professional, or professional level by teams and players;
Amendment 61 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas e-sports starts with amateurism and may lead to many different professional career paths, a lot of which are newly-created and in the context of and facilitating the European digital shift;
Amendment 65 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas, as in many creative sectors, workers in the video game sector in the run-up to the release of a game are particularly subject to a very high work rate, known as "crunch", consisting of often unpaid overtime; whereas these working conditions can be detrimental to workers;
Amendment 70 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
O b. whereas there is no cohesive EU strategy on video games and e-sports to align with the growing European video game industry and its impact on the Cultural and Creative Sectors and on our whole economy and society, which could be rather beneficial only if appropriate EU policy is set in place, while without timely EU regulation the high speed of the growth of the video games and e-sports are about to bring challenges in the near EU future, that will force the EU to take action, yet not proactively;
Amendment 71 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to formally acknowledge the value of the video game ecosystem as a major CCIS with strong potential for growth and innovation; calls for the development of a long-term European video game strategy, also taking into account e- sports, building upon the targets of the2030 Digital Compass Communication, to enhance access to talent and financing, to address the shortage of digital skills, and to provide reliable infrastructures and connectivity;
Amendment 77 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Urges the Commission to properly reflect the role of those who create video games -e.g. producers, developers, programmers, graphic designers, composers, musicians and all video games workers - in any EU strategy on the video game sector and to ensure that they benefit fairly and adequately from the sector's economic boom and any political decisions and actions at Union and Member State level;
Amendment 81 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the growing video game sector offers an increasing number of new job opportunities for many cultural creators, such as game developers, designers, writers, music producers and other artists, which any Union action in this field and especially funding activities should take into consideration
Amendment 85 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to map and define the European video game industry, and to foster the creation of a ‘European Video Game’ label, as well as initiatives at local, national, regional and European level ensuring that European videogame developers receive national and international recognition and exposure to new markets to improve their discoverability and encourage the dissemination of video games created in Europe; notes however that αEuropean video game label in itself may not suffice to improve discover ability and dissemination; highlights that European studios need support in order to improve access to trade missions and attend the market places where publishers and distributors are present to promote and market their creations; suggests the Commission to support the creation of national and European game awards as they are important for such promotion and recognition;
Amendment 88 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to map and define the European video game industry, and to foster the creation of a ‘European Video Game’ labinitiatives at national and European level to improve the discoverability and encourage the dissemination of video games created in Europe;
Amendment 89 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls the Commission to collaborate with the stakeholders, the Civil Society and experts of Videogames in order to establish widely accepted, universal and harmonized terminology and definitions, broad enough to cover all issues, categories and participants and at the same time, specific enough to manage to provide effective regulation policies, leaving no one behind, as well as comparable data, necessary for mapping and monitoring of the sector due to be collected and updated at a regular basis and in the longrun;
Amendment 92 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to create a European Video Game Observatory, as well as to ensure that there are clear NACE statistical classification categories for the video game sector and for e sports to provide decision-makers and stakeholders with harmonised data, assessments and concrete recommendations with a view to developing the sector and improving the working conditions of all those employed in it, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 93 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Is concerned that the absence of public data on the video games sector is linked to the inadequacy of the current statistical classification, under which games are covered in an unclear manner; calls therefore Eurostat to improve videogames data clarifying and harmonizing among member states categories of different video game companies and including within the national statistical classification systems all participants throughout the value chain of the sector, in a comparable manner;
Amendment 96 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the Council’s position on a European strategy for the cultural and creative industrial ecosystem, in particular on the definition, protection and promotion of our strategic cultural assets; declares its readiness to move forward on this subject, in particular with regard to European video game studios and catalogues; equally calls on the European Commission to include video games in the sectors to be covered by the General Block Exemption Regulation;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair contractual situations and working conditions for all cultural creators and other professionals working in the video game sectors, notably in the context of a European status of the artist, and to safeguard the protection of their intellectual property rights;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to explore synergies between the video game sector and its innovation strategy, in particular in the context of research on the metaverse, without losing sight of the e-sports phenomenon as well as protection of data privacy and cybersecurity challenges;
Amendment 102 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the boost that videogames provide for EU’s digital strategy as well as innovation, artificial intelligence, high performing computing, digital skills, connectivity, European Digital Identity and a new generation of technologies and therefore calls the Commission to include videogames in all funds relevant to the Digital shift and the priority “A Europe fit for the digital age”;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Highlights that videogames arguably strongly support and facilitate all the six Commission priorities for 2019- 2024, namely the European Green Deal, an economy that works for people, a stronger Europe in the world, promoting our European way of life and a new push for European democracy and therefore, they should be horizontally included in all relevant funds;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that, owing to their wide audience and digital component, video gaming and e-sports have significant social and cultural potential to strengthen social cohesion connecting Europeans of all ages, genders and backgrounds, including older people and people with disabilities, leaving no one behind and therefore videogames and e-sports should be considered as at core of the European Cohesion Policy 2021-2027 and receive as well relevant support and funding such as from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund+ (ESF+), the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund (JTF),Interreg and the overall 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy Fund;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that video games and e- sports canhave a great potential to promote European history, identity, heritage, values and diversity through immersive experiences that to a large extent hasn't been unleashed yet;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Highlights the unique power videogames and e-sports have in cultivating and establishing European values in a broad audience including among the youth; calls therefore the Commission to explore synergies and actions in order to promote European values through videogames and e-sports; suggests in this respect to especially focus on gender balance regarding women employees and in decision-taking positions, as well as equal representation of the female narrative including as video games leading heroines;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Highlights the value of genuine innovation and creativity that the videogames and e-sports offer as a whole new sector providing massive opportunities for the production of contemporary art and culture as well as new artforms also combined with the best new technology and AI;
Amendment 114 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Highlights the value of genuine innovation and creativity that the videogames and e-sports offer as a whole new sector providing massive opportunities for the production of contemporary art and current cultural production including new and innovative artforms also combined with the best new technology and AI, also in metaverses;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to finance the establishment of a European Video Game Academy responsible for the promotion of video games showcasing European values as well as for education and awareness of the broad audience on the benefits of video games in skills development, while at the same time eliminating their negative stigmatization, by promoting appropriate and safe usage, as well as good practices already established by the international experience and established by scientific and expertise approaches;
Amendment 120 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that video games can quicklwith an almost 50 years1a of history has already become heritage to be preserved and promoted; suggests that support be provided for the creation of an archive preserving the most culturally significant European video games; heritage and exploring new forms of promoting European heritage through videogames; _________________ 1a https://www.museumofplay.org/video_ga mes/
Amendment 125 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that video games can be a valuable teaching tool for actively involving learners in a school curriculum; a;believes that the deployment of video games in school should be done in parallel with raising teachers’ awareness of how best toenhancing schools’ level of equipment and connectivity, and calls member states and the Commission to take action in order to raise teachers’ awareness and provide them for free with training skills opportunities on how to best use video games in their teaching;
Amendment 131 #
2022/2027(INI)
11. Insists that video games can be a valuable teaching tool for actively involving learners in a curriculum; believstresses that the deployment of video games in school should be done in parallel with raising teachers’ awan uptake in schools’ connectivity and teachers’ upskilling aren ess of how best to use video games in their teachingential to ensure a successful integration of ICT and games in education;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 136 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Stresses that video games provide opportunities for inclusion thanks to their easiness of access, which in turn enables players of various demographics, skills, and socio-economic background to engage with video games or esports; equally recognises that half of the players are women, and that initiatives have been taken by the sector to include people with Disabilities;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Amendment 138 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Amendment 139 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11 e. Calls the Commission and member states to invest in inclusion videogames actions for people with Disabilities, including profession opportunities and providing for free education, training support, Research and Development funds and relevant equipment as needed;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls the importance of European training courses dedicated to the video game professions; stresses the importance of developing leading educational programmes in Europe, providing officially recognised University degrees, focusing on video games and of pursuing a proactive policy to foster gender equality and inclusivity in the sector; suggests the Commission to support the establishment of a European coordinating authority in this respect such as a European Videogames Academy;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that an uptake in schools’ connectivity and teachers’ upskilling are essential to ensure a successful integration of ICT and games in education; calls member states and the Commission to invest funds in developing more official training curricula and University degrees on videogames and eSports for teachers, as well as for professional trainers, coaches and talent- developers, as well as to invest funds for providing the relevant equipment and facilities needed for such studies and University programmes;
Amendment 150 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls the Commission and member states to support the existing boost for job creation in the sector, along with visibility and discoverability; calls therefore the Commission and member states to define methods to discover, distinguish and supports talents, including for amateurs and providing supportsuch as scholarships for gamers and coaches;
Amendment 151 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Highlights that video gaming may lead to the development of promising professions in the sector, yet there are challenges on how talents are discovered and promoted as well as on power relations regarding contractual bargaining and harassment incidents, because there are no such mechanisms in place; is concerned that sometimes dishonest activities relevant to talents’ discovery, contractual agreements and harassment incidents, worryingly of young age or minors, even put at stake gamers’ health and safety; calls therefore the Commission to act for the creation of talent-discover ability and safeguard mechanisms on contractual agreements and protection of all kinds of mistreatment or harassment and codes of conduct, either in the context of a European Observatory, or a European Videogames Academy or, preferably a European Videogames Federation, that would provide discoverability mechanisms, as well as relevant codes of conduct, monitoring, overall supervision, as well as a meeting-point and coordination of all the different agents the sector;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls the Commission and member states to support the existing boost for job creation in the sector, along with visibility and discoverability; calls therefore the Commission and member states to define methods to discover, distinguish and supports talents, including for amateurs and providing support such as scholarships for gamers and coaches;
Amendment 154 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the work carried out by Pan European Game Information (PEGI) since 2003 to inform video game players and parents about the content of video games and in protecting minors from potentially inappropriate content; recalls that the role of parents is key in ensuring that children play video games safely; welcomes the parental control tools put in place by the sector to support parents and players; recommends public and private partnerships to educate and inform parents and schools;
Amendment 160 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure early, timely, regular and efficient stakeholders’ and Civil society’s involvement, leaving no one behind, in any action and decision taken at Union level on videogames and esports, especially with regards to developing a long-term strategy;
Amendment 164 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls the Commission to act in order to establish a European Videogames Federation which is necessary as an authority to address challenges already threatening this rapidly evolving sector such as dopping, illegal betting, set games, power relations, mistreatment and harassment of gamers, sometimes minors, and also, to ensure fair-play and overall supervision as an official European institution, providing as well relevant codes of conduct, monitoring, overall supervision, and serving as a coordinator of all the different agents the sector, which are currently scattered across Europe with no central reference point;
Amendment 173 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that e-sports and traditional sports are different sectors, especially given the fact that video games used for competitive gaming or e-sports belong to a private entity and are played in a digital environment; believes, however, that they may complement each other and promote similar values and skills, such as fair play, teamwork, antiracism, anti-hate speech, social inclusion and gender equality;
Amendment 181 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that, owing to the borderless nature of the discipline, the European UnionUnion level is the appropriate levelframework at which to address the challenges of e- sports; encourages the introcalls the Commission for the conduction of European mapping of all e-sports actors at local, regional and national level in the EU, as well as its promotion with campaigns and other publication and awareness tools, enabling Europeans to get in touch with structures close to them, as well as facilitating the organisation of competitions and encouraging amateur e- sports;
Amendment 184 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to develop, in partnership with publishers, clubs, team organizations, and tournament organisers and associations, including amateurs, as well as with representatives of professional and amateur e-sports players, a charter to promote European values in e-sports competitions; suggests in this respect the promotion of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, human rights, as well as peace, justice, sustainable development, gender balance, protection of the rights of the child and all vulnerable groups, social inclusion, scientific and technological progress, solidarity and cultural diversity;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. AskCalls the Commission, to study the possibility ofhe Council and member states to creatinge a framework for of harmonised rules regarding the employment status of professional e-sport players ensuring fair contracts and labour and working conditions, social security coverage, a minimum standard income and a European Fund for professional e- sports players and all workers in the sector; calls the Commission, the Council and member-states to create and expand such a framework for all artists and workers in the Cultural and Creative Sectors across the EU, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 197 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Asks the Commission to study the level of development of e-sports in the different member states, including the state and conditions of the labour market, to document the feasibility of a European framework for harmonised rules regarding the employment status of professionale-sport players and all workers in the sector;
Amendment 200 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to consider the creation of a visa for professional e-sport players, similar to the Schengen sports visaapply the Schengen visa for Cultural/Sports/Religious Event and Film Crews to e-sports competitions, to be applicable to all personnel involved in running the competitions and participating in them, including e-sports players and all workers in the sector;
Amendment 204 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Warns that intensive video gaming, if not safely used in particular for players seeking to become can lead both professionals, can lead or amateurs to addiction and toxic behaviour; believes that the EU should adopt a responsible approach to video games and e-sports by promoting them as part of a healthy lifestyle including physical activity and real-life social interaction;
Amendment 206 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recalls that the World Health Organization defined gaming disorder in the 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, based on reviews of available evidence and reflecting a consensus of experts from different disciplines and geographical regions; is concerned that there is a gap in terms of therapy protocols and treatment know-how; calls the Commission to organize broad communication campaigns and education and training actions, to ensure education and awareness of players, parents, trainers, educators and the overall society on the appropriate videogaming activity, as suggested by solid scientific evidence and expertise; suggests this task to be assigned at along-term basis on a specific European institution who would effectively monitor and coordinate such actions; suggests in this respect the establishment of a European Videogames Federation or of a European Videogames Academy;
Amendment 212 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Regrets that although videogames and e-sports is a well promising sector for the CCS and the overall European economy, funding is limited in only 6 millions and only through Creative Europe;
Amendment 214 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Calls the Commission and member states to ensure that that experts, stakeholders, the Civil Society and scientists, including about minors will be actively participating in the relevant EU decision-making processes, plus equally with major players, to avoid that the latter solely define the rules, while highlighting that the European market is mostly about SMEs, yet this is not the case globally and this new sector now under development should be built by its own participants, thus the citizens, as well as its legal framework;
Amendment 216 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Calls the Commission to explore and eliminate the different speeds among countries in terms of development of this new sector, securing that the boom of this sector would support equally all countries and avoiding one more North -South distinction;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19 e. Calls the Commission to take action to secure videogames from piracy and to strengthen protection of data privacy of its users;
Amendment 218 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19 f. Calls the Commission to provide for the timely implementation of the Copyright Directive 2019/790 which, one year after its deadline is not yet transposed by all member-states, or there are transparency issues that need to be addressed in terms of platforms collaboration, all of which have an impact also the videogames sector and the appropriate and proportionate remuneration of creators and performers in all different formats, platforms and countries;
Amendment 219 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Amendment 220 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 h (new)
Paragraph 19 h (new)
19 h. Suggests the Commission to fund European-wide live events of video games in order to balance the socialization aspect of the sector, such as through the organization of a European Festival of Videogames and e-sports, similar to a combination of athletic tournaments and of to the European Youth Capital;
Amendment 221 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 i (new)
Paragraph 19 i (new)
19 i. Suggests the Commission to consider combining eSports and Video games with the European Year of Youth, while providing extension of the European Year of Youth throughout 2023 to allow for this combination to bear fruits’
Amendment 222 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 j (new)
Paragraph 19 j (new)
19 j. Calls the Member States and the Commission to fund the development of public spaces for citizens to participate for free in videogames and esports, with appropriately equipment for free and including all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 223 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 k (new)
Paragraph 19 k (new)
19 k. Calls the Member States, the Council and the Commission to create public video games and esports, including tournaments and competitions, covering as well amateurs’ activity; suggests in this respect the establishment of a European Videogames Federation as a central European institution and coordinator, supervisor and organizer of the relevant events and actions;
Amendment 224 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 l (new)
Paragraph 19 l (new)
19 l. Calls the Member states and the Commission to organize education and awareness campaigns and specific education programmes to educate parents and the broad audience on how to avoid any negative consequences but rather benefit from amateur videogaming and to invest in further relevant research with focus on certain already proven beneficial aspects of videogaming such as on Learning difficulties, mental health, support of health care providers, over the management of overall health and severe medical conditions, including cancer and chronic diseases and prisoner rehabilitation and social integration;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 m (new)
Paragraph 19 m (new)
19 m. Calls the Commission for more funding on eSports and videogames, yet not competitive to the current EU funds for the CCS nor to the current fund for sports;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 n (new)
Paragraph 19 n (new)
19 n. Calls the Member states and the Commission to create financial incentives and motivation schemes for videogames start-ups to boost entrepreneurship in the sectors, given that in this sector what’s currently new may be outdated in less than a year;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 o (new)
Paragraph 19 o (new)
19 o. Calls Member states and the Commission to create financial incentives and motivation schemes and co- operations including public and private organizations, as well as NGOs, Universities, Educational organizations, Research, Development and Innovation and private entities;
Amendment 228 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 p (new)
Paragraph 19 p (new)
19 p. Calls member states and the Commission to create financial incentives and motivation schemes and especially for young people to follow and establish their professional path in the videogames sector;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 q (new)
Paragraph 19 q (new)
19 q. Recalls that no matter how important the new sector of videogames and e-sports is there should be no competition with sports; nevertheless, calls the commission to not allow e-sports compete public funding already channeled or about to be channeled to sports, which were deeply hit by the pandemic and need funding more than ever; also calls member states and the Commission to invest in research on how to combine the two, sports and esports an videogames to be beneficial for both sectors sports and for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle to the best of the overall European society;
Amendment 1 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. having regard to the Commission 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)0426, ‘the Anti- Discrimination Directive’); whereas this directive would provide greater protection against discrimination of all kinds but still remains blocked in the European Council;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. having regard to the revised European Social Charter, in particular its articles 15, on the right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration, and participation;
Amendment 3 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. having regard to the European's Parliament resolution of 29 November 2018 on the situation of women with disabilities,
Amendment 4 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. having regard to the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR), in particular principle 17 on inclusion of persons with disabilities and principle18 on the right to long-term care,
Amendment 5 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11.7
Amendment 6 #
2022/2026(INI)
1 c. whereas through its role, the Committee on Petitions has a special duty to protect the rights of peoples with disabilities in the EU, with the exercise of their fundamental freedoms and rights being guaranteed by EU law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD);
Amendment 7 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. whereas the right to petition, the petition process and the Peti portal should be more visible and accessible to persons with disabilities; whereas the Committee on Petitions should ensure better visibility and sufficient information in this respect through targeted information and awareness-raising campaigns, with a special focus on vulnerable groups, especially persons with disabilities;
Amendment 8 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Amendment 9 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. whereas work-related discrimination against people with disabilities is interrelated with the lack of inclusive education and vocational training, as well as the segregation and discrimination present in the field of housing, healthcare, and the lack of accessibility of transport and other services and products;
Amendment 10 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1 g. whereas equal and effective access to affordable quality care and support services is an essential prerequisite for independent living of people with disabilities, their participation in the community life and social inclusion so as leave no one behind;
Amendment 11 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1 h. whereas children with disabilities in the EU are disproportionately more likely to be placed in institutional care than children without disabilities, and appear far less likely to benefit from efforts to enable a transition from institutional to family-based care;
Amendment 14 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/20131a, _________________ 1a OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 34-60.
Amendment 24 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 34 a (new)
Citation 34 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU2a, _________________ 2a OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 88–98.
Amendment 31 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Points out that petitioners’ most common concerns regarding the equality of people with disabilities centre around accessibility and social protection, along with employment rights and the right to live independently in the community;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 34 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that independent living goes hand in hand with the freedom to choose one’s place of residence5 , inclusive education6 , a guarantee of democratic rights7 such as the right to vote8 , and access to the open labour market with an adequate salary9 and fair salary9as well as adequate social protection in order to allow sufficient flexibility in the provision of social support and benefits and ensure their adjustability to the individual needs and career paths of PwD; _________________ 5 Petition No 0988/2020. 6 Petitions Nos 1340/2020 and 1529/2020. 7 Petition No 1132/2016. 8 Petition No 1135/2021; European Economic and Social Committee report of 20 March 2019 on the real rights of persons with disabilities to vote in European Parliament elections. 9 Petitions Nos 0608/2020 and 1280/2021.
Amendment 44 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the fact that as part of the Strategy for the Rights of People with Disabilities 2021-2030, an EU-wide Disability Card will be available by the end of 2023; Calls the commission and Member states to developing a system of mutual recognition with common criteria in all Member States of disability status and associate benefits based on an EU disability card with a strong scope harmonising the status and definition of disability and making the Card mandatory for all Member States in order to really safeguard equal opportunities for all across the EU leaving noone behind;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Urges the Commission and Member States to introduce public and private sector workplace quotas for people with disabilities in order to foster an inclusive workplace;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas cultural creators - such as authors, performers and artists - with disabilities have more difficult access to professional and non-professional artistic and cultural activities as well as fewer opportunities to develop long-term careers in the cultural and creative sectors; whereas they are often excluded from policy and funding in the cultural and creative sectors as the result of a lack of account being taken, for example, of restricted mobility or the challenges posed by bureaucratic funding procedures; whereas the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the already existing obstacles;
Amendment 52 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Member States to improve the accessibility of buildings, transport and communication, including web accessibility, in order to remove physical, digital, logistical and social barriers in all areas, and recalls that the Member States must speed up the transposition of the European Accessibility Act10 ; Calls on the Commission to use the New European Bauhaus initiative to promote and support housing solutions, based on a design for all approach, enabling people with disabilities to live at home and to remain active in society; _________________ 10 Petitions Nos 0954/2019, 1491/2020,1135/21 and 1213/2021.
Amendment 59 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Reminds the Member States that independent living, quality social and employment services, adequate social protection and a strengthened social economy are indispensable for decent living for all persons with disabilities, as highlighted in the EU strategy on the rights of people with disabilities;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 calls on the Commission and Member States to promote and ensure a legislative and policy-making framework for admission to the labour market of persons with disabilities, especially women, including those with hidden disabilities, chronic illnesses or learning difficulties; Recalls, in this respect, that the COVID-19 crisis has fostered remote work, which could provide for wider access to employment for PwD, and urges the Member States to take serious measures to tackle unemployment and the payment gap11 ; Stresses the need for the European Commission's Digital Transition Strategy to ensure the involvement of people with disabilities in the IT development, deployment and use; stresses that AI-based technologies in the workplace should be accessible to everyone, based on the design for all principle; _________________ 11 Petitions Nos 0608/2020, 1139/2021, 0226/21 and 0070/2022.
Amendment 71 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls for the collection of EU-wide disability-related data with a human rights-based approach and of data related to the impact of the so- called COVID-19 crisis on persons with disabilities in order to provide the evidence needed to scale up rapid assessments and urgently develop strategies and prepare interventions together with the Member States to revert the backlash in terms of rights and development observed due to the implementation of containment measures of the COVID-19;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines the need to earmark adequate funding for resources enabling people with disabilities to make use of the best available technology and equipment in their everyday lives, at the workplace and for social intercourse; calls on the Member States to make the necessary investment and give people with disabilities easier access to assistive devices and connectivity, such as special tools for the workplace, mobility solutions or intelligent sensor systems, with a view to facilitating their social inclusion and helping them secure a decent standard of living;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Is deeply concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially women, compared to other groups in the European Union;
Amendment 85 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates that PwD, including those with mental disabilities, should have the right to the highest attainable state of health and access to healthcare, free from discrimination, of the same scope and quality as other EU citizens13 ; Calls on the Commission and Member States to include in European structural and investment fund planning and programming appropriations earmarked for policies with an emphasis on services in the community, with a view to implementing national deinstitutionalisation strategies; stresses the need to bring Member State strategies and EU funding more closely into line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with a view to ensuring the mutual recognition of deinstitutionalisation and 'independent living in the community'; _________________ 13 Petitions Nos 0687/2020 and 0470/2020.
Amendment 99 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Member States to take due account of the unique situation of authors, performers and artists with disabilities in the development of all relevant policies, funding programmes and activities, and to remove all obstacles to ensuring equal rights and equal chances for all persons in the cultural and creative sectors, in particular by introducing measures which enable the equal access, participation and representation of all cultural creators;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the obligations under the CRPD and the recommendations of the CRPD Committee are also binding on all EU institutions, which are responsible for ensuring accessibility and non- discrimination, including for EU staff with disabilities and carers of PwD. Urges thus the European institutions to improve the accessibilities' level and quality in all of their buildings, as well as to remove the existing barriers to the European institutions' websites, debates and documentation, i.e. the accessibility barriers to the communication of the information produced, by e.g. providing translation into the Sign Language of the different Member States, documents in Braille, documents in easy language, among others;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a comprehensive update of EU disability strategy and funding programmes with a view to complying fully with the CRPD by constructively involving disability organisations; calls on the Commission and the Member States to involve disability organisations in the dialogue and in all stages of the implementation of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Reminds the Member States of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11.7, whose aim is to provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible green and public spaces, in particular for children and women, persons with disabilities and older persons, by 2030;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Urges the Member States to ensure that persons with disabilities are involved in the policy-making process without any restrictions; notes that the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires full involvement in policy making, which means allowing people with disabilities to participate and be represented in policy formulation and decision making in all areas at European, national and local level, in line with the principle of disability mainstreaming;
Amendment 118 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Urges a swift revision of the Employment Equality Directive with a view to fully harmonising it with the provisions of the UNCRPD and implementing a participatory process aimed at ensuring the direct and full involvement of representative organisations, full representation of the Civil Society of the organisations of people with disabilities in the overall decision making process;
Amendment 119 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9 e. Stresses the need to step up research and innovation in the field of accessible technology in order to strengthen the inclusiveness for people with disabilities;
Amendment 120 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9 f. Regrets for the inequity of access to assessment for hidden disabilities such as specific learning disabilities like dyslexia and dyscalculia; Calls the Commission and Member States to develop common European assessment criteria on learning disabilities and implement inclusive educational policies ensuring equal access of students with disabilities;
Amendment 121 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9 g. Calls the Commission and Member States to invest in public educational infrastructures as well as in education workforce’s training and professional learning in order to ensure that children’s and students’ with disabilities learning and development needs are met.
Amendment 122 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9 h. Calls on the commission and the Member states to ensure and promote, according to the Article 30 of CRPD, the right of persons with disabilities to participate in cultural life, including access to cultural materials in accessible formats, television programmes, films, theatre and other cultural activities in accessible formats; Highlights the importance of improving accessibility to cultural heritage sites for people with disabilities;
Amendment 123 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 i (new)
Paragraph 9 i (new)
9 i. Highlights the health benefits of culture and arts on the mental health, wellbeing and overall health of people with disabilities; therefore, calls on member states and the Commission to take measures to publicly provide for free culture and art activities for people with disabilities, as well as to ensure the inclusion of all forms of culture and art;
Amendment 124 #
2022/2026(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 j (new)
Paragraph 9 j (new)
9 j. Recalls that the lessons learnt by the pandemic as to how culture benefited people with disabilities, as well as our overall society, should lead to further supporting culture for people with disabilities with securing specific relevant funds and expanding access to funding for cultural activities for people with disabilities horizontally in as many European funding programmes as possible, while safeguarding that in possible future crises there will already be in place mechanisms to secure adequate access to culture and people with disabilities, as needed;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2026(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to further enhance and promote inclusive elements of the Creative Europe programme in order to increase cultural participation across the Union on the way towards a more inclusive society, in particular with regards to people with disabilities, encouraging their active participation in creative processes as well as audience development;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and especially Article 121a _________________ 1a Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides: “1. States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.”
Amendment 3 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
— having regard to the OECD project “Student Agency for 2030”2a, _________________ 2a https://www.oecd.org/education/2030- project/teaching-and- learning/learning/student- agency/in_brief_Student_Agency.pdf and https://www.oecd.org/education/2030- project/teaching-and- learning/learning/student- agency/Student_Agency_for_2030_conce pt_note.pdf
Amendment 7 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI));
Amendment 9 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP));
Amendment 12 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas children and young people are among the most vulnerable groups of our society and have been impacted by COVID-19 closures during a crucial and critical period of their lives;
Amendment 13 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas mental health of all individual citizens is the precondition for and foundation of a healthy society and democracy;
Amendment 15 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the closure of schools, universities, employment opportunities, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
Amendment 16 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the closure of schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their learning progress and their intellectual, physical and mental well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
Amendment 19 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the closure of schools, spaces for culture and extracurricular activities and sports facilities has denied children and young people the opportunity to participate in activities which are essential for their overall development, their intellectual, physical and mental health and well- being, and for their social and professional inclusion;
Amendment 21 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas COVID-19 closures of cultural venues - which were the first to be closed and the last to be allowed to reopen - have denied young cultural creators and especially young performers the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 27 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the excessive pressure put on students by the large numbers of exams in the current educational curricula even from a young age, as well as the fierce competition to obtain access to higher educational institutions exacerbated by the disruptions in education due to theCovid-19 pandemic has a negative impact on the mental health and well-being of students and young people;
Amendment 29 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas there are vast discrepancies between Member States’ specific situations, owing to the differing nature and duration of the measures put in place, as well as to differences in access to technology and digital tools, which accentuate rural-urban inequalitiesmost notably within the educational systems, which accentuate rural-urban as well as socioeconomic and gender inequalities; whereas there were Member States which did not allocate sufficient resources to ensure equal access of all students to distance education;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it has been observed that 64 % of young people in the 18-34 age group were at risk of depression in spring 202126 and that suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people27 as a result of loneliness, isolation and the lack of educational, employment and financial prospects; whereas children and young people with fewer opportunities or from marginalised groups and socially disadvantaged backgrounds have been hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly owing to structural inequalities, including the lack of technological equipment, connectivity and suitable home space permitting concentration during distance lessons; _________________ 26 https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287356 /risk-of-depression-in-europe-2021-by-age 27 UNICEF article ‘The Mental Health Burden Affecting Europe’s Children’ (4 October 2021).
Amendment 35 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the pandemic not only reinforced existing inequalities but in addition created new ones, increasing the risk of low learning outcomes and consequently of drop-out among the students with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 41 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas distance education has inherent limitations in the teaching of laboratory and art courses, as well as vocational and physical education;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the closures significantly impacted the way how children and young people interact with each other, communicate, consume cultural works and events, leading to an even stronger shift towards virtual experiences and exchanges while stimulating the use of new technologies and overall boosting the digital transition;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas any EU mental health strategy aimed at children and young people must involve their parents and families, friends, schools, teachers, youth organisations, youth workers, cultural institutions and sports clubs, in order to facilitate a holistic approach and ensure outreach to marginalised groups;
Amendment 57 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas scientific data suggests that levels of institutional trust among members of the younger generations have fallen as a result of the way the pandemic has been handled; whereas special attention needs to be devoted to regaining that trust, including by offering them opportunities to take initiatives and to participate in decision making regarding their school life and by promoting student agency;
Amendment 58 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. wWhereas scientific data suggests that levels of institutional trust among members of the younger generations have fallen as a result of the way the pandemic has been handled; whereas special attention needs to be devoted to regaining that trust; education ranked1a among the most emotionally draining sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2020/living-working-and- covid-19
Amendment 60 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas lack of media literacy in combination with increased disinformation in the context of the pandemic have further undermined trust in public institutions;
Amendment 62 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the pandemic should be regarded as an opportunity to address long- standing mental health-related issues that have previously been ignored; and an opportunity to help society identify, recognise and talk about these issues in a more open and understanding way while research1a shows a clear link between the mental health of teachers and that of students; _________________ 1a https://op.europa.eu/webpub/eac/educatio n-and-training-monitor- 2021/en/chapters/chapter1.html#ch1-1
Amendment 65 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the war in Ukraine and the resulting uncertainties are expected to have a further negative impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people regardless of their ethnic origin, inside and outside Ukraine, who are now added to the refugee students from other parts of the world already attending schools in the EU;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas 2022 is the European Year of Youth;
Amendment 74 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
Amendment 75 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
L c. whereas distance education is pedagogically unsuitable and cannot bring substantial learning outcomes for younger students, who have a greater need for interpersonal contact with the teacher and do not have the necessary self-discipline;
Amendment 76 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L d (new)
Recital L d (new)
Amendment 77 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L e (new)
Recital L e (new)
L e. whereas some Member States did not provide adequate training for teachers regarding distance lessons in order for them to be able to use technology tools in an efficient and interesting way and to cope with the special pedagogical and didactic requirements for the use of these tools;
Amendment 78 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L f (new)
Recital L f (new)
L f. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic created a catalytic opportunity for the global education industry of private and commercial organisations to promote their products in public school systems; whereas special attention should be devoted to the risk of long-term dependencies on private technology infrastructures regarding the delivery and governance of public education institutions;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L g (new)
Recital L g (new)
L g. whereas certain Member States did not take the necessary measures to protect the personal data of students and teachers while using the private educational platforms that were provided for distance education;
Amendment 80 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture for the development of the individual identity of children and young people as well as for their education, including their understanding of our society, and for their overall wellbeing;
Amendment 82 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Draws attention to the role played by schools and early childhood education and care institutions in providing the necessary material and psychological support for children and their families, and calls on the Member States to generously invest in public education and provide sufficient financial support to mainstream education institutions and to recruit and retain highly qualified teachers and education personnel in order to ensure that both the cognitive, physical, pedagogical and the psychological development of learners is increasingly promoted;
Amendment 87 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Member States to adjust the content of the curricula and take all the necessary measures in order to tackle cognitive gaps produced during the distance learning periods and to prevent intime the possible increase of school failure and school dropout, especially among the most vulnerable groups of students, as those having disabilities,special learning needs, immigrant or refugee background and high risk of poverty;
Amendment 94 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls, in this regard, on the Member States to improve and further develop the framework for health and safety in learning environments in order to provide learners and teachers with the support of specialist psychologists andthe necessary number of specialist psychologists, who can play a vital role for the individuals but also for the overall school climate; moreover, calls on the Member States to provide special educational needs support staff who can contribute to making the classroom a welcoming and attractive place in which to grow, learn, discuss and overcome differences constructively;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines the vital importance of interpersonal relationships among children and young people; and the social role of education;calls, therefore, on the Member States to put in place appropriate health and safety measures to ensure that, in the event of future pandemics or other unprecedented situations, to keep all learning environments, whether formal, informal or non-formal in nature, openremain open safely; calls on the Member States, in cases where special measures are absolutely necessary, to take into account the needs of different age groupsconsult with schools, teachers, parents and relevantly specialized experts and scientists to adequately take into account the needs of different age groups, people with disability and all vulnerable groups leaving no one behind and not to apply a one-size-fits-all approach;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights in this context the importance of the digital transformation and calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance their measures to make educational institutions fit for the digital era;
Amendment 117 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the importance of personal interaction of young people in a cultural context for their overall well- being; therefore calls upon the Commission and the Member States to increase their measures to provide for such opportunities;
Amendment 119 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Underlines that online-teaching should only be used as a last resort; calls on the Member states using the experience from theCovid-19 pandemic, to set up action plans regarding the functioning of all learning environments so as to minimise disruptions and lack of interpersonal relationships among children and young people;
Amendment 120 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need to significantly increase the funding for adequately fund and promote the opportunities offered by programmes such as Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, to enhance mobility experiences and increase their accessibility for all, and to develop adequate opportunities within the new EU Strategic Framework on occupational health and safety at work1a,regardless of income, gender, health status and region of origin; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the systematic sharing of projects’ outcomes in order to increase their visibility, upscaling and long-term impact; calls on the Commission to already set the ground for proposing a tripling of the said Union programmes in the next Multiannual Financial Framework; _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021 DC0323&qid=1626089672913#PP1Conte nts
Amendment 126 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and other dedicated funds to increase their efforts to tackle the late effects of COVID- 10 closures of cultural venues on cultural creators and especially young performers which were denied the opportunity to commence and develop their careers at the crucial early stage;
Amendment 129 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. 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 and working conditions of young authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators, workers and professionals who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
Amendment 130 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses that being creative is an important way for many children and young people to express themselves in difficult times, and that many of them aspire to a professional career in art and culture; therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their overall efforts and to increase their funding to improve the support for young people to commence such a professional career;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2004(INI)
6. CUnderlines the importance of countering the phenomenon of underreporting and social stigma regarding mental health and wellbeing and calls for a holistic understanding of health and safety that includes overall physical, mental and social well-being, and requires comprehensive prevention and healing strategies, including the development of risk assessment tools, and reporting systems, in consultation with teachers, students, parents and relevantly specialized experts and scientists, and the integration of cultural and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for aon the Commission and the Member States to develop a common holistic understanding of health that includes overall physical, mental and social well-being, and requires comprehensive prevention and healing strategies, including cultural and sporting activities, and promoting the development of creative and social skills;
Amendment 139 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure fair contractual situations and working conditions for all young cultural creators and other young professionals working in the cultural and creative sectors, including with regards to their mental and physical health and their overall wellbeing, and to stipulate this goal in a dedicated section on young artists in a European status of the artist;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 146 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Member States to replace exam-intensive educational curricula that contribute to excessive anxiety and declining mental health and wellbeing of students and young people with more modern assessment methods that are anthropocentric, holistic and less mentally intense; calls on education authorities to take into account the impact theCovid-19 pandemic had on the mental health and wellbeing of students and children when assessing their educational performance;
Amendment 148 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion of art, music and culture in school curricula, as well as the promotion of sports activities in schools, in order to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age and to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders Highlights the urgent need to create an inclusive, creative, dynamic and healthy learning environment from an early age in order to reduce the risk of psychophysical disorders in adulthood; urges the Member States, in this context, to ensure the inclusion of all forms of art, i.e. music, theatre, cinema, documentary, animation, visual arts, dance and new experimental art forms in school curricula notably providing for active creation processes and performances by students in ways that offer the opportunity to students to participate actively and enhance their creativity, to express themselves freely and to explore their talents; underlines that art can be an ideal component for interdisciplinary projects and can promote critical skills, thus should not be limited in art classes; in addition, urges the Member States to promote sports activities in schools, including activities addressed to children and youth with disabilities; underlines that sport like art can help the inclusion of children who are excluded for all possible reasons; recalls that arts and sports in school curricula may strongly help combatting global challenges on youth and education including learning difficulties and learning disorders, as well as bullying adulthood; nd hate-speech;
Amendment 155 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and adequately fund small local cultural initiatives, sports clubs and leisure facilities to carry out the leisure and informal learning activities that play an essential role in the development and well-being of young people and their families, by providing material and psychological support resources, including for those with fewer economic opportunities; calls on the commission and the member states to fund and also help in other ways young artists who were adversely affected as a result of the pandemic;
Amendment 161 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to use the national Recovery and Resilience Facility plans and other dedicated funds and also redirect other funds possibly at disposal to support local cultural initiatives bringing children and young people together in the cultural recovery of local communities;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for more coordination at European level between Member States, regional authorities and local representatives of sports andteams and clubs, cultural associations, youth (museums, cinephile clubs, music and dance schools etc.), youth and student organisations, educational and university bodies education social partners, and the private sector in order to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and create a dynamic, multi- level social network that can respond and adapt to future challenges;
Amendment 169 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure that the EU as a whole becomes stronger and more self-reliant, leaving no one behind; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools in rural and peripheral areascalls on the Commission to create an independent EU educational platform, so that EU public schools are not depending on private platforms; points out that it must address the wider structural gaps caused by the lack of digital infrastructure and digital tools across different countries as well as reaching rural, insular, peripheral and all remoted areas as well as families at risk of poverty;
Amendment 179 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regional gaps and ensure financial support, in particular in the framework of Recovery and Resilience Facility that respond to local needs in order to close regional all gaps, including gender, economic and social inequalities, and ensure financial support to the Civil Society of education, schools and relevant public facilities, so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to continueensure continuous and quality education and training are available and accessible to all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 181 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to invest in specific policies that respond to local needs in order to close regionalall existing gaps and ensure financial support so that the technologies, innovations, learning and support facilities and tools required to continue education and training are available and accessible to all, regardless of their gender, religion, ethnic or regional origin and socioeconomic background;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reiterates the importance of investing in innovation and research in education, enabling the state education system to have access to a ‘ culture of innovation’ across the EU and to ensure that high-quality learning materials, pedagogical approaches and tools are accessible and available to all, for free, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 200 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the need to monitor developments in, and the pedagogical and health and safety consequences of, technological and digital advances through cooperation and dialogue with experts, educators, education social partners, and representatives of civil society; highlights that the primary goal of those technological advances should be to serve people’s needs and that technological skills should follow the pedagogic and education knowledge which should always remain of primary value in any education and cultural context;
Amendment 206 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices and mutual learning between Member States in their respective policies;
Amendment 207 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. calls on Member States to provide teachers with suitable training and equipment so that, whenever necessary, distance learning tools produce the best possible learning outcomes and are used in ways that offer an added value to the learning procedure, by giving an active role to the learner and cultivating their creativity and critical thought;
Amendment 208 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Is deeply concerned on the health and safety impact stemming from the use of digital technologies in education including screen fatigue, cyber violence and harassment, hate speech, social exclusion, data privacy, internet addiction, warrying psychological effects such as the rise of youth suicide due to internet and social media, fake news, misinformation,disinformation and right to disconnect; therefore, calls on the EU Commission to conduct further research and take specific and timely action to address these issues;
Amendment 210 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness among young people of the benefits and risks associated with digital technology, ensuring not only their access to technological tools, but also their ability to use them safely and properly so that they serve as valuable instruments for socialisation and democracy in order to reduce online violence, harassment and fake news; calls on Member States to ensure the protection of students’ and teachers’ personal data while working with educational technology tools;
Amendment 217 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Warns that intensive use of digital devices and increased staying in virtual environments can lead to addiction and toxic behaviour; reiterates in this context its demand for the EU to adopt a responsible and coherent approach to the integration of the digital aspect of education;
Amendment 223 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Urges the Commission to significantly step up its overall efforts to improve media literacy of children and young people, with a focus on digital media and communication, and to further intensify tackling the problem of disinformation notably in the context of such a sensitive issue as a pandemic where fake news aggravate people's mental health and undermine their trust in public institutions;
Amendment 225 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls on Member States to take the necessary measures to reinforce the students’ feeling of belonging to the school community; calls on the Member States to embrace the notion of student agency and to adopt procedures that will enable students' voices to be heard and will encourage students to take initiatives and to participate actively in the decision- making regarding issues that concern them;
Amendment 226 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14 d. Calls on Member States to provide extra-curriculum cultural, sport and environmental participative activities that will help the students feel familiar again with the school environment and regain their interest for school life;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Calls the Commission to consider extending the European Year of Youth 2022 throughout 2023 in order to allow enough time, at least for the mitigation of some the negative consequences of COVID-19 to children and youth;
Amendment 2 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to continuincrease tohe support for the cultural and creative sectors and industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its long-lasting negative effects, and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainian students, artists, journalists and NGOs;
Amendment 3 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to continue to support the cultural and creative sectors and industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainianall students, artists, journalists and NGOs affected by the war;
Amendment 4 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the need to continue to support the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries(CCS) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to urgently address the new priorities linked to the war in Ukraine, including by increasing support to Ukrainian students, artists, journalists and NGOs;
Amendment 9 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Union budget should ensure the long-lasting legacy of the 2022 European Year of Youth, as agreed by the co-legislators, including by extending the European Year of Youth to 2023 in order to give more time for the organisation of youth events of social nature that were not possible in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 15 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes, in this regard, that the Union budget should foresee a significant increase in the 2023 Erasmus+ Programme so that the education and training systems can cope with the new challenges and that learners, teachers, schools, youth organisations and NGOs can benefit from adequate resources; believes, furthermore, that a budgetary increase must also ensures the continued greening and digitalisation of the Erasmus+ Programme as well as further inclusion measures to allow the participation of more disadvantaged young Europeansall persons with fewer opportunities, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 18 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the cCultural and cCreative sSectors and industries(CCS) continue to suffer from the long-lasting negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; points out, furthermore, that the rising inflation, caused by the war in Ukraine is worsening the situation and therefore a bolstering of the Creative Europe Programme is needed; consequently, insists on the need to reinstate at least half of the budgetary cut to Creative Europe Programme, which was proposed by the Commission for 2023 when compared to 2022 and in order to provide targeted support for the cCultural and Creative sSectors and industries, including the performing arts and in particular the live performance sector;
Amendment 22 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. In this context, believes that a dedicated budget category should be created particularly focusing on the revival of performing arts and the live performing sector, which were hit the strongest and hardest by the COVID- 19 pandemic;
Amendment 24 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. States the fact that the 2023 annual budget is closely linked to the MFF mid-term review, and therefore believes that a significant increase of the Creative Europe budget in the MFF is a precondition to maintaining a stable annual budget for the programme in 2023;
Amendment 25 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the Commission to consider reallocating to the Creative Europe programme any unused funds from other policy areas; suggest that this be established as a yearly practice;
Amendment 26 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Believes that, in general, the Union should provide the Cultural and Creative Sectors with overall sufficient funding to counteract the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the long-lasting effects, and to help achieve the expected growth levels that would have been reached without the hit of the pandemic;
Amendment 29 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to fight disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross-Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced; at the same time, emphasizes the need to take special care of how and where any financial support is spent and therefore calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure this, as well as full transparency;
Amendment 31 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to fight disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross-Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced; calls on the Commission to further specify the definition of disinformation and the measures for combatting it;
Amendment 33 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the urgent need for more funding to support independent journalism and freedom of expression while fighting disinformation; insists, in this regard, that the budget for the Cross- Sectoral and Media Strands under Creative Europe should be reinforced;
Amendment 38 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the New European Bauhaus initiative should not be funded at the expense of the Creative Europe Programme; in this regard, recalls the Parliament position for an indispensable and swift mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to the long-term consequences of the current crisis, to additionally explore the possibilities to establish a long-term dedicated funding for the New European Bauhaus initiative and for the European Education Area, as well as a permanent Union news editorial media fund to empower independent news coverageeditorial coverage in news and magazine media, safeguard the independence of European journalists and journalism, and guarantee the freedom of the press;”.
Amendment 40 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that the New European Bauhaus initiative shouldmust not be funded at the expense of the Creative Europe Programme; in this regard, recalls the Parliament position for an indispensable and swift mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework to respond to the long-term consequences of the current crisis, to additionally explore the possibilities to establish a long-term dedicated funding for the New European Bauhaus initiative and for the European Education Area, as well as a permanent Union news media fund to empower independent news coverage, safeguard the independence of European journalists and journalism, and guarantee the freedom of the press;
Amendment 45 #
2022/0212(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that a reinforcement is needed to the European Solidarity Corps Programme to support young people and organisations engaged in solidarity actions, also taking into account the consequences of the war in Ukraine and that more funding is required for the Citizens’ engagement and participationall four strands of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme.
Amendment 77 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Journalists and small independent press publishers play an important role in facilitating public debate and in the imparting and reception of information, opinions and ideas. It is essential that they are afforded the necessary space to contribute to an open, free and fair debate and to counter disinformation, information manipulation and interference. Journalists should be able to conduct their activities effectively to ensure that citizens have access to a plurality of views in European democracies.
Amendment 104 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14 a) Defamation and especially criminal defamation is one of the legal instruments most typically abused for the purpose of SLAPPs (1a). A more human- rights approach should be applied in member states to decriminalize defamation, or at minimum address abusive use of criminal defamation in court proceedings and employ any possible ways to ensure that criminal defamation is included in the scope of this Directive towards the highest possible protection of defendants. _________________ 1a https://commission.europa.eu/system/files/ 2022-04/slapp_comparative_study_0.pdf
Amendment 105 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14 b) Given that most SLAPPs are on criminal cases, the scope of this Directive has to be extended to criminal procedures, even if at a later stage.
Amendment 122 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24 a) The very broad range of SLAPPs targets calls for more resources, coordination, protection, networking, mapping, financial support and advocacy which should be achieved at the EU level.
Amendment 130 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) If a defendant has applied for early dismissal, it should be for the claimant in the main proceedings to prove in the accelerated procedure that the claim is not manifestly unfounded abusive court proceeding. This does not represent a limitation of access to justice, taking into account that the claimant carries the burden of proof in relation to that claim in the main proceedings and only needs to meet the much lower threshold of showing that the claim is not manifestly unfounded and is not abusive in order to avoid an early dismissal.
Amendment 212 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Directive will provide for an EU SLAPPs Coordinator which will channel funding to financially support victims of SLAPPs, either past or pending cases, create networks and hubs of sharing best practices, monitor for all SLAPPs cases at real time and regularly map SLAPPs situation in Europe, facilitate access to individual and independent support and to the relevant European Courts, issue reccomendations, raise public awareness and participate as a European Observer in SLAPPs trials.
Amendment 214 #
2022/0117(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Commission and member states shall explore how to include criminal procedures under the remit of this Directive.
Amendment 9 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament resolution on access to decent and affordable housing for all (2019/2187(INI))1a _________________ 1a OJ C 456, 10.11.2021, p. 145–160.
Amendment 11 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI))2a; _________________ 2a Texts adopted: P9_TA(2021)0430
Amendment 48 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Union has only had limited competence in the field of culture thus far, with Creative Europe being the sole programme dedicated to culture and whose funding still falls far short of the needs of our European cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the New Bauhaus movement should be a continuation of the original Bauhaus, which introduced the social role of art and architecture in addressing societal needs;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas architecture, urban and territorial planning, mobility, design, the arts, sociology and engineering are complementary and instrumental for building an inclusive and fair society;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas access to decent and affordable housing is a fundamental right;
Amendment 122 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates that NEB aims at improving the quality of life of all people, regardless of their race, gender, nationality, age or possible disability;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights the importance of broadening the perspective of the New European Bauhaus, so that it reflects our values and efforts to strengthen European cultural diversity, and thus moving away from the original Bauhaus, that reflected only the cultural perspective of one country, Member State or artistic school;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative and emphasises that it must primarily focus on improving the quality of people’s lives by sustainably transforming the spaces, means of mobility, buildings, cities and territories in which they live, work and recreate;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that the NEB should be part of a broader Cultural Deal for Europe and support as well as achieve mutual benefits with the Creative Europe programme for the cultural and creative sectors; reiterates in this context that the Creative Europe budget shall not be reallocated to fund the NEB;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the NEB as a creative and interdisciplinary initiative which has the potential to brings together architecture, design, housing, the arts and science at the forefront of EU policies for the first time, contributing to making the European Green Deal a tangible, positive and inclusive experience for all;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the enormous creative potential that the NEB can unleash by opening up new opportunities for artists, performers and other cultural creators, especially with regards to collaboration across different professions within and beyond the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reaffirms that the NEB has the potential to reshape the way policies are conceived and to define the environment of the future by meeting the need for spaces adapted to new ways of life, without compromising people's basic needs;
Amendment 187 #
2021/2255(INI)
6. Considers that this innovative cultural movementinitiative has the potential to position Europe as a global frontrunner in the area of architecture, design, culture, technology and energy efficiency by promoting ways of living, working and recreating better together, which can also be applied beyond the EU;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates the need for the NEB to be an instrument of exchange of culture and art between people from different backgrounds and ideas;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets that no participation of the residents is foreseen for the committees of the New European Bauhaus; urges the Commission to include the perspective of ethical architecture and engage the people most affected by a New European Bauhaus project as active participants in the design process, as well as respect their cultural differences and diverse needs and perspectives;
Amendment 227 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Proposes the use of the New Bauhaus to ensure citizens’ “Right to the City”[1], and to help them to reclaim the city as a space created with their participation, as a space of encounter, societal interaction, collective actions and activities and on the basis of collective participation;[1]https://www.right2city.or g/
Amendment 228 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to ensure good governance, transparency and accountability towards relevant stakeholders for all New European Bauhaus projects;
Amendment 229 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with local authorities and stakeholders so that citizens looking for housing have access to information on available New European Bauhaus housing projects; stresses the importance of strengthening the institutional and structured participation of tenants and residents and urges the Commission to facilitate this process by providing them with the necessary knowledge and information about the New European Bauhaus;
Amendment 269 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 a (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 a (new)
- linking the NEB to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 270 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 b (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 b (new)
- respecting the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 c (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 c (new)
- enhancing the viability of SMEs;
Amendment 272 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 d (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 d (new)
- -creating affordable housing;
Amendment 273 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 e (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 7 e (new)
- contributing to modal shift towards public and collective transportation and less polluting means of transport;
Amendment 292 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Urges for EU-funded upskilling and training, in particular to digital tools, of workers in New European Bauhaus relevant sectors; calls on the Commission to ensure diversity and equal representation in the New European Bauhaus work environment; urges that workers’ and unions’ rights in the New European Bauhaus work environment should be safeguarded;
Amendment 319 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to develop a clear plan for attracting public and private investment; encourages the Member States to allocate adequate funding to the NEB through their recovery and resilience plans and the European structural and investment funds and to assign to or create public bodies for the follow up and permanent accountability of NEB projects;
Amendment 338 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Believes that the NEB movement should promote more sustainable, socially inclusive, gender balanced and innovative ways of life based on a paradigm shift in consuming, mobility patterns and new models of planning, constructing and inhabiting our built environment in order to suit emerging needs and help to ensure decent housing and housing conditions for all;
Amendment 352 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Believes that the NEB movement should take into account the situation of minority and endangered languages when new buildings are planned, constructed or inhabited and their impact on the social and cultural communities;
Amendment 371 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize the NEB as a tool to contribute to the up- and reskilling of cultural professionals and the improvement of their overall working conditions, particularly in the context of the green and digital transitions and of the cultural recovery of Europe;
Amendment 381 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Proposes the use of New European Bauhaus to develop neighbourhoods with open, inclusive, accessible and vibrant spaces that promote equality, cultural exchange, democracy and strengthen the sense of community, co-existence and cooperation;
Amendment 382 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Welcomes the intention of the New European Bauhaus initiative to promote15-minute cities[1] in order to make all essential services and amenities accessible to citizens within walking distance; [1]https://www.15minutecity.com/
Amendment 389 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that the NEB could support energy security, affordability and efficiency by encouraging investment and incentivising low-tech, low-energy solutions and could facilitate the digital transition by improving connectivity to mitigate the digital divide; underlines the importance of the NEB fighting energy poverty through innovative solutions for the building, mobility, construction, industrial and materials sectors;
Amendment 404 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the NEB to better protect Europe’s rich cultural heritage from the impact of underfinancing and the climate change;
Amendment 429 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to use the New European Bauhaus to realize social sustainability whilst protecting EU citizens, in particular vulnerable groups, from the social impact of the European Green Deal with regard to housing and energy efficiency;
Amendment 446 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to have an own fund to finance New European Bauhaus projects, and to cooperate with citizens, neighbourhood organisations and relevant social enterprises, such as NGOs and cooperatives, as well as local authorities in the decision making process;
Amendment 459 #
2021/2255(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee the adequate and continuous involvement of all stakeholders from the cultural and creative sectors in the implementation and monitoring of the NEB, and to facilitate the exchange of good practices, mutual learning, and capacity building to ensure the NEB will create tangible, sustainable, cultural, social and economic benefits;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of our democracy, society and economy, to receive support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitionssocial and working conditions as well as to the green and digital transitions; regrets that this need was not adequately considered in the Regulation of 12 February 2021 establishing the RRF;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe (2020/2708(RSP)) and to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (2020/2261(INI)),
Amendment 10 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Strongly advises that the RRF funding should be distributed by also and equally promoting social cohesion and therefore, social inclusion, cultural diversity and solidarity, ensuring diversity and equality, including gender equality, LGBTIQ+ people,youth, the elderly, supporting firstly and utmost the most vulnerable and in need, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that Education has been affected severely by the Covid19 pandemic in all its levels; Stresses education’s key role in society and thus urges that more funds from the RRF should be distributed towards it, by having adequate space in classrooms, smaller- sized classes, employing more teachers and education workers, psychological support for students and teachers, while education and technological equipment tools should be provided for free to all students and pupils;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Strongly underlines the role of culture and education as shaping people’s minds and identities to the future of the planet in addressing the climate crisis and enabling a successful transformation and Green transition; calls member states and the Commission to invest RRF funds in education and cultural initiatives in order to enhance public awareness and as tools for the overall promotion of the Green Deal;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Strongly underlines the role of education as an enabler to the digital transition; calls member states and the Commission to invest RRF funds in education applications, including the relevant equipment, infrastructure and facilities needed, in order to accelerate the digital transition, using tools accessible to all for free and leaving no one behind;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectors were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recoveras one of the EU's biggest employers, accounting for 8.7 million jobs across Europe, were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the las to recover, justifying the necessity to include in the priorities of the national recovery and resilience plans specific and targeted support measures particularly for the CCS and more financial support for cultural and creative sectors’ workers than what is already inadequately planned by the Member States;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that the economic impact of COVID-19may bring severe challenges of financial and political pressure threatening the survival of media sectors and of independent and quality journalism, leading tothe loss of jobs and less workforce, eventually leading to higher misinformation, disinformation and reproduction of fake news, which are rather crucial threats for society especially in times of a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic; calls therefore for solid and targeted support for media in the national RRF plans, especially for small and medium media organization, in order to ensure media diversity, financial and political media independence and quality journalism, including online media;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 32 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights that the CCS, among those hit first and hardest by the pandemic and the last to recover, are the largest empoyer for young of 15 – 29 years old[1]and therefore, urges the Commission and the member states to take special measures targeting the youth workers in the CCS in the context of the implementation of the national RRF plans; [1] https://www.europecreative.be/images/cult ure/Pdfs/ccs-market-analysis- europe_fei2019.pdf#page=41
Amendment 33 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 35 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Regrets that contrary to its title the Next GenerationEU Fund has no direct and overall inadequate funds for youth, as well as for education and sports which are strongly interlinked with youth; calls the Commission and the Member States for more targeted actions in the context of the RRF national plans to support youth, education and sports;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Regrets that there is a massive loss of jobs and talent leakage from the CCS due to the consequences of the pandemic threatening the long-term sustainability and future of the CCS; calls therefore on member states to invest RRF funds in their national plans in order to strengthen recovery, resilience and competitiveness of the CCS to keep their labour force in terms of both, quantity and quality;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that only 14 Member States have included culture in their RRFnational recovery and resilience plans; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments leads to recovery at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversit, imbalances with regard to social protection and working conditions, and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity, eventually undermining our social cohesion and democracy;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines that people with disabilities that are working in the creative sectors face greater financial difficulties, which have been exacerbated during the COVID 19 pandemic and therefore are more in need to receive funding from the RRF;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 51 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Strongly suggests that all cultural, education, youth and sports facilities that have been closed or forced to cancel their activities or that their income has been reduced because of COVID 19 should be fully compensated by the RRF funds in the future and retrospectively, including those who were forced to close permanently;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2251(INI)
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; calls on the Commission to provide for a comprehensive and detailed overview of the RRF money spent in each of the Member States, disclosing the investments made in each cultural and creative sectors’ branch;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets the focus of the national plans on physical and digital infrastructure as the sole mean of helping the cultural sector to recover and facilitate its resilience; calls on the Commission to urge Member States to develop plans that put the CCS professionals at the center of the recovery strategy;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to dedicate RRF funds in order to foster the green and the digital transition, innovation and creativity, research and development as well as employment opportunities for artists by supporting cooperation across disciplinary domains, such as between the CCS and science and technology;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests, by the Parliament and by representatives of the cultural and creative sectors, urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to culture and 10 % to education; criticises the fact that these already misleading numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only; Recalls previous requests urging the Member States to dedicate at least 1,5 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to sports;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the importance of financially and politically independent media especially intimes of the pandemic and against the socially harmful uprising phenomena of misinformation, disinformation and massive spread of fake news, mainly due to the lack of funding for quality journalism jobs and urges therefore the Commission and member states to dedicate at least 1,5% of the RRF national plans to media, focusing especially on small and medium media organisations, freelancers and self- employed journalists and media workers, including online media;
Amendment 77 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 80 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Urges the Commission to monitor and periodically publish reports on the implementation of the percentages mentioned above, in order to hold the Member-States accountable and improve transparency;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that following a long recovery from the economic crisis (2007– 2013), young people in the EU proved to be more vulnerable to the effects of the restrictions put in place to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, as more likely than older groups to experience job loss, financial insecurity and mental health problems, reduced trust in the institutions as well as life satisfaction and mental well-being associated with the stay-at-home requirements and school closures[1];highlights that COVID-19 disrupts education of more than 70% of youth, while the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on young people has exacerbated inequalities and risks reducing the productive potential of an entire generation[2];calls therefore the Commission and Member States to dedicate to youth at least 1,5% of the RRF national plans; [1] https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2021/impact-of-covid-19-on- young-people-in-the-eu [2] https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the- ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_753060/lang-- en/index.htm
Amendment 83 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Welcomes the measures introduced during the pandemic to support young people including the reinforced European Youth Guarantee, national initiatives to keep young people in education, and measures to reduce barriers to existing financial support and social protection specifically for young people, as well as the European Year of Youth 2022;regrets however that many of these policy responses were temporary and calls member states and the Commission to ensure greater resilience in future crises, through prioritising long- term measures for young people, such as permanent improvements in access to work and apprenticeships and measures to increase job security ;Welcomes the measures introduced during the pandemic to support young people including the reinforced European Youth Guarantee, national initiatives to keep young people in education, and measures to reduce barriers to existing financial support and social protection specifically for young people, as well as the European Year of Youth 2022;regrets however that many of these policy responses were temporary and calls member states and the Commission to ensure greater resilience in future crises, through prioritising long- term measures for young people, such as permanent improvements in access to work and apprenticeships and measures to increase job security[1] [1] https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publicat ions/report/2021/impact-of-covid-19-on- young-people-in-the-eu
Amendment 84 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5 e. Recognizes that the consequences of the COVID-19pandemic exacerbated pre-existing problems making artists and CCS professionals already particularly vulnerable for various reasons including atypical work models and precarious conditions, justifying therefore the need to firmly include the CCS in the national recovery and resilience plans with a minimum of2%;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct implementation of the RRF a special focus should be given to micro and small organisations, including in rural areas and individuals in all branches of the cultural and creative sectors, including in rural and insular areas, safeguarding at the same time quality jobs and descent working, remuneration and social security;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the importance of culture for our identity, democracy, society and economy; is concerned that the European cultural and creative sectors, which account for between 4 and 7 % of the EU’s GDP and for about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Regrets that cancellations of live events left art istsand CCS producers without income and also in debt because of financial obligations taken to third parties especially when touring; urges the Commission and member states to provide funds from the RRF to compensate in the future and also retrospectively, organisers and involved parties in cases of cancellations of live events in the CCS due to COVID-19 restrictions, especially for performing arts;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 98 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Urges the Commission and member states to support financially and by all means possible, local sports communities, clubs and academies having in mind that amateur sport events had to be cancelled or postponed due to COVID- 19measures, while still sports stadiums do not operate in full capacity in terms of audience, and therefore have almost no inflow of their main source of income;
Amendment 99 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Invites the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the actions relevant for culture under the RRF go beyond financing infrastructure facilities or collaboration schemes and consortiums, but focus on the actual needs of small and micro organisations, as well as artists and CCS professionals and stakeholders, including improving their working conditions and social protection schemes;
Amendment 100 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights that given the closure of sports-halls and events the audiences turned to the online portals of sports information that had to quickly react and invest without enough time to optimize their financial resourcing in order to upgrade their services in terms of content and equipment including software and hardware; notes that having done such investments, the cancellations and the postponements of all sports events due to COVID-19 brought further financial burden to sports websites; calls therefore the Commission and the Member-States to foresee funds of their RRF national plans in order to support, all sports-related websites with a special focus to small and medium-size sports news organizations, strengthening thus diversity and independence of sports journalism;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Calls on member states to target RRF funds in their national plans to support innovative and emerging CCS, education, youth, media and sports sectors; suggests that such initiative may support innovative education applications or the gaming and e-sports sectors;
Amendment 102 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Notes that especially touring cultural productions were particularly hit by the consequences and the unpredictable nature of the restrictions for the pandemic; calls therefore member states and the Commission to consider with special attention dedicating RRF funds to support mobility of cultural productions, as well as compensation schemes for all cultural productions financially damaged because of COVID- 19 consequences in the future and retrospectively;
Amendment 103 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Calls on the Commission and Member States to broaden employment opportunities for artists and arts experts by mainstreaming the teaching of arts in the curricula of schooling education, which would further contribute in development of fantasy,innovation and creativity for the citizens of tomorrow, while cultivating audiences to appreciate culture and strengthening social cohesion;
Amendment 104 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Regrets that the CCS and especially performing arts have been stigmatized as COVID-19spreading points; suggests therefore the Commission and member states to target resilience and recovery also by including communication and public awareness campaigns and tools to de-stigmatize the CCS from the blame and fear of being COVID-19 triggers and spread the message to the audiences that the CCS equally ensure the thorough implementation of the perspective hygiene protocols and thus are as safe as all sectors of the economy;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2251(INI)
6 i. Regrets that due the COVID-19 heritage sectors suffered loss of revenue and quality jobs, eventually resulting to losses on maintenance and preservation works; calls therefore on member states and the Commission to target RRF funds particularly to safeguarding heritage; notes in this context the continuously increasing needs for heritage support funds against the damages that environmental degradation and climate change causes to heritage monuments;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Regrets that due the COVID-19 heritage sectors suffered loss of revenue and jobs, less safety measures[1],higher numbers in thefts[2][3],as well as illegal excavations and marketing of heritage goods[4];calls therefore on member states and the Commission to target RRF funds particularly to safeguarding heritage against theft and illegal market circulation of heritage artifacts; [1] https://icom.museum/en/covid- 19/resources/ensuring-cultural-heritage- security-during-lockdown-a-challenge- for-museum-professionals-and-police- services/ [2] https://www.museumsassociation.org/mus eums-journal/opinion/2021/11/has-the- pandemic-left-collections-more- vulnerable-to-theft/# [3] https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/30/va n-gogh-painting-stolen-during-dutch- museum-s-covid-19-closure[4] https://www.artnews.com/art- news/news/interpol-art-crime-survey- 2021-illegal-excavations-1234607580/
Amendment 107 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Regrets that, most artists during the pandemic restrictions mainly depended on their internet-based income for their livelihoods, yet not getting enough income because of the “streaming value gap” and despite the sharp increase of online culture content consumption; calls therefore on member states and the Commission to collaborate with civil society and CCS representatives in order to design specific policies to address the disparity between the value that streaming platforms extract from content and the revenue generated by those who create and invest in creation, which is the “streaming value gap”[1]; [1] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 2/feb/08/unesco-warns-of-crisis-in- creative-sector-with-10m-jobs-lost-due-to- pandemic
Amendment 108 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Is deeply concerned that the COVID-19 restrictions led to the closures of the 90%of museums during lockdowns while nearly 13% face the threat of never re opening again[1];urges member states and the Commission to dedicate RRF funds to support museums and heritage against any permanent closures; [1] https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/05/1064 362
Amendment 111 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for sustainable investments and structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and their workforce and in particular regarding social securityrights and working conditions for authors, performers, artists, technicians and all CCS professionals in the latter; regrets that such investments and reforms are planned in only a minority of Member States;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adequately consider the actual needs of the cultural and creative sectors and to take a holistic approach to supporting their recovery and resilience, focussing on the segments impacted the most, including the distribution and exhibition of films to and in cinemas, and the entire live sector with performing arts, live music and theatre;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Emphasizes that beyond the RRF, fundamental structural improvements must be taken for a true and long-lasting recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular concerning the taxation periods for the often varying income of many authors and performers;
Amendment 126 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adequately consider the actual needs of the cultural and creative sectors and to take a holistic approach to supporting their recovery and resilience, focusing on the segments impacted the most, including the distribution and exhibition of films to and in cinemas, and the entire live sector including performing arts, live music, dance and theatre, as well as all live events such as those in the sectors of books, fashion, gastronomy, heritage, festivals ;
Amendment 127 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls member states and the Commission to increase investments in research and innovation for the development of new ways of making sports, education, culture and creative sectors and especially performing arts more accessible even under hygiene protocol restrictions and other crises situations that would require social and physical distancing;
Amendment 128 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Emphasizes that beyond the RRF, fundamental structural improvements must be taken for a true and long-lasting recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors, in particular concerning the taxation periods for the often varying income of many authors and performers;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Recalls that the CCS are characterized by seasonality, precarious working conditions and income instability, including the possibility to have higher income for one year but no or least income for the next, as it was the case during theCOVID-19 restrictions; urges therefore member states to consider special taxation schemes for the CCS taking under consideration the income instability between successive years to the best interest of individuals, such as by counter balancing taxation based on the income of not only one but more fiscal years;
Amendment 130 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Amendment 131 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7 h. Regrets that despite the crucial situation in audiovisual sector due to the pandemic and although 16 months after the deadline, a number of member states have not transposed the Audiovisual Media Services Directive[1](AVMSD) yet;urges all member states to act as soon as possible, also mobilizing RRF funds if needed, in order to fully and effectively transpose the AVMSD while allowing enough time and transparent procedures for open consultation, so that the civil society and stakeholders may be actively involved; [1] https://digital- strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/audiovisual -media-commission-calls-member-states- fully-transpose-eu-rules-audiovisual- content
Amendment 132 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7 i. Given the harsh times for the audiovisual sector due to the pandemic, urges member states to effectively implement the article 13 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive ((EU) 2018/1808 ) according to which Member States shall ensure that on- demand audiovisual media services provided by media service providers under their jurisdiction promote, where practicable and by appropriate means, the production of and access to European works including interalia through the financial contribution made by such services to the production and rights acquisition of European works or to the share and/or prominence of European works in the catalogue of programmes offered by the on-demand audiovisual media service[1];calls the Commission to report on the European Parliament and the Council on the application of previously mentioned article 13, as well as on monitoring the overall implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, and that member states adequately support European audiovisual production; [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32 010L0013&from=EN
Amendment 133 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Amendment 134 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7 k. Regrets that a significant proportion of artists and CCS professionals are often in eligible for social protection schemes because of the precarious conditions in the CCS, even in countries where there are in place social protection shcemes for freelancers or self- employed people (who constitute a large part of the creative economy workforce);urges member states to respond to the existing problems exarcebated by the pandemic by establishing minimum standards for labour protection of artists and cultural professionals, including guaranteed minimum wages, pensions, sick pay and overall labour rights in line with the general workforce and the relevant requests by Unesco[1]; [1] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 2/feb/08/unesco-warns-of-crisis-in- creative-sector-with-10m-jobs-lost-due-to- pandemic
Amendment 135 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7 l. Highlights that government spending on the CCS was already declining in the year spreceding the pandemic, and Covid-19 led to a collapse in income and employment, while Unesco warns of an unprecedented crisis in the CCS due to pandemic[1];regrets that there were different speeds among member states in terms of social protection schemes and support for artists and the CCS professionals during the pandemic;calls therefore the Commission and the member states to work together in order to target RRF funds for the establishment of a European framework of common labour conditions for artists and CCS professionals, guaranteeing minimum wages, pensions, sick pay and overall labour rights in line with the general workforce of the European Union; [1] https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 2/feb/08/unesco-warns-of-crisis-in- creative-sector-with-10m-jobs-lost-due-to- pandemic
Amendment 136 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)
Paragraph 7 m (new)
7 m. Calls member states to consider tools and motivation policies, including taxation and fiscal measures for legal persons and individuals to stimulate investment in cultural and overall CCS production, including for performing arts, books, paintings, traditional arts, fashion, heritage and all CCS;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to commit to full transparency and accountability and stresses the need for Member States to have the necessary control and audit mechanisms in place to ensure respect for the rule of law, protect the EU’s financial interests, secure transparency and prevent corruption; calls on the Commission and the Member States and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to Union programmes in the field of culture, education, youth, sports and media;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission to add culture as one of the focus areas for the Recovery &Resilience Task Force and to ensure that steps will be taken to attract and integrate specific cultural expertise into the Task Force;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Regrets that there is no cultural expertise nor a focus area for culture in the Recovery & Resilience Task Force;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8 c. Regrets that there were no clear answers by the Commission to written questions for a written answer submitted by Members of the European Parliament regarding the response of members states in their RRF national plans on dedicating 2% for culture;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8 d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to commit to full transparency and promote public awareness at all stages of actions undertaken in the context of National Recovery and Resilience Plans, including specific open calls and tenders put in place, to ensure that support mechanisms remain available to all cultural organizations, including in particular grassroots initiatives as well as micro and small organisations, free-lancers and self- employed individuals;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. URegrets the lack of adequate and substantial consultation with all relevant stakeholders in the preparation of the national recovery and resilience plans; Urge surges the Commission and the Member States to extend theguarantee extend the adequate and continuous involvement of stakeholders to the implementation and monitoring of the RRF plans.and the national recovery and resilience plans, in particular social partners and civil society organisations, allowing for their more continuous involvement, better monitoring and improved transparency;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the exchange of good practices, mutual learning, and capacity building for national entities in charge of implementing national recovery and resilience plans for the benefit of the cultural and creative sectors, in order to ensure swift and timely absorption of allocated funds;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Member States to strategically include the topic of Recovery and Resilience Facility for the cultural and creative sectors in the upcoming Council Work Plan for Culture 2023- 2026, creating the context for knowledge- sharing and mutual learning among national administrations;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Pleads the Member States and the Commission to focus on sustainability as well as on the socio-economic and environmental impact of foreseen RRF investments, ensuring that the actions undertaken go beyond financing the infrastructure, but focus on the actual needs and expectations of cultural stakeholders;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Recognizes the need to exchange good practices regarding different safety nets and social security schemes among member states specifically for artists and CCS professionals, overall, the CCS and sports; calls the Commission to take action in order to have a mapping report about the different safety nets and social security schemes among member states specifically for artists and CCS professionals, as well as for sports workers, as in place before the pandemic and/or put into effect during the pandemic;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9 e. Regrets that some member states were reluctant to quickly react with support measures for the CCS to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic, because they lacked information of the extent of the damage; regrets also that the direct and indirect benefits of the CCS to the broader economy are not adequately visible because of the lack of such data; calls therefore on the member states and the Commission to proceed to the establishment of a continuously monitoring mechanism and gathering of all relevant data needed in order to design firm policy with specific data for each one of the different sectors consisting the CCS, up-to-date and comparable among member states; calls on the Commission to inform the EP and periodically publish reports updating the broad audience to the relevant information, stimulating public awareness on the benefits of culture to society and economy;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 f (new)
Paragraph 9 f (new)
9 f. Regrets that some member were reluctant to take measures to support the recovery and resilience of artists and the CCS arguing that there is no common definition for artists nor for the CCS; calls therefore on the Commission to take relevant action in order to facilitate the process towards an agreement on a common definition of the CCS applicable for a common policy-making terminology, while involving artists’ and CCS’ representatives and stakeholders as well in the process;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 g (new)
Paragraph 9 g (new)
9 g. Calls on the Commission to map existing definitions across Member States of artists and cultural and creative workers, including technicians, backstage and other staff, and to foster dialogue with the Civil Society in order to come up with one single and inclusive wording in the EU’s policy-making and in the European framework for working conditions in the CCS; suggests for a definition that would reflect the diversity of the CCS as well as the civil society’s self-definition, through a process-oriented approach, such as by recognising the labour intensity of the creative process, including research and preparation; also, this definition should be aligned with the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artists;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 h (new)
Paragraph 9 h (new)
9 h. Calls on the Member States to fully include access to art education as part of a holistic approach for the CCS recovery;
Amendment 171 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 i (new)
Paragraph 9 i (new)
9 i. Calls on the Member States to proceed to public consultation and open dialogue with the CCS’ stakeholders, in order to collaborate and co-define alternative measures along with financial measures, to support the CCS; such measures may include compensation schemes of the CCS stakeholders for the seats that have to remain empty in cultural venues due to COVID-19 hygiene protocols, or for possible last-minute cancellations of cultural events due to COVID-19 restrictions, the free usage by artists and CCS organizations of public spaces or buildings not only for one-time cultural events but also for the long-term establishment or usage of artists of all arts as creative ateliers, workshops, laboratories, rehearsal spaces or other needs of the CCS;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 j (new)
Paragraph 9 j (new)
9 j. Calls member states to consider taxation measures and fiscal incentives in order to support the CCS, education, media, youth and sports sectors that were particularly hit by the pandemic, including by reducing VAT rates and by taxation incentives and schemes for organizations and individuals;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 k (new)
Paragraph 9 k (new)
9 k. Notes that during the pandemic there was a phenomenal increase in online audiovisual works consumption, as people turned to culture for comfort and well-being during the hard times of the lockdown and physical and social distancing restrictions;calls therefore the Commission to proceed to research the benefits of the CCS on audiences during the pandemic in order to document indirect but rather important benefits of culture to our society that are currently not visible and therefore not monetized as they should be in favour of creators and performers and the CCS in general; Calls also the Commission also include into research the mapping of people’s willingness to pay for CCS products that they consume, including online; recommends in this context the equal recognition of the multiple forms of artistic and cultural and creative work, including the activities that are not (or barely) monetised, among others;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 l (new)
Paragraph 9 l (new)
9 l. Requests member states and the Commissions to take under consideration that the mostly needed support of the CCS equally includes a variety of different cost categories that are relevant specifically to the CCS including and not limited to compensating for the CCS’ losses due to the lockdowns, supporting for the extra financial burden of the hygiene protocols on top of the usual production costs, compensating for the lost audiences due to the hygiene protocols,compensating for the permanently closed CCS organizations which did not manage to overcome the financial struggles due to the pandemic, investing into re- establishing the lost connection with the audiences which lost the habit of and possible their interest to the live cultural experiences, support for the improvement of the hasty digitization of the CCS, accelerated due to COVID-19restrictions, yet on premature conditions and support for investing into research and development for innovative solutions for the CCS to manage to successfully enter to the digital and to the green transition, among others;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 m (new)
Paragraph 9 m (new)
9 m. Regrets distance working makes less visible some forms of the CCS professionals, especially because they are labour-intensive and services-centered, including workers in the plastic arts, visual arts, performing arts, literary arts, books sectors, folk arts, culinary arts, handicrafts and textiles among others; calls on the member states to consider engaging in open dialogue with the CCS stakeholders in order to find common grounds on how to recognize and fairly monetize their work even in terms of distance working, and including ensuring social protection coverage;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Regrets that only 16 Member States have included culture in their NRRPs; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments leads to recovery at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and thus threatening Europe’s cultural diversity; recalls repeated previous requests by the Parliament and by stakeholders from the cultural and creative sectors, urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national NRRP to culture;
Amendment 250 #
2021/2251(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. 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 and working conditions 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 56 #
2021/2209(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises the important role of physical education in schools, as physical activity and healthy lifestyles are key factors in improving learners' health; calls therefore on the Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to support national authorities in ensuring sufficient and safe sports facilities in schools and the training of qualified sports teachers;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU citizenship is one of most tangible achievements of the EU and confers on EU citizens a set of fundamental rights, including free movement in the EU, the right to participate in European democratic life and the right to be protected from discrimination; while ensuring equal opportunities;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas active citizenship is better ensured if the fundamental needs of citizens are satisfied; hence, the protection provided by minimum wages is of great importance and is a prerequisite for the goal EU has set, to leave no one behind;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas people facing precarious working and living conditions often feel marginalised and participate less or not at all in social life, as well as in civil society and in elections;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas homeless people not only face precarious living conditions but often have little or no access to information regarding their rights and the tools to defend them;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
B d. whereas numerous cross-border and seasonal workers face difficult, unhealthy and not safe working conditions, little or no job security and insufficient or no social security coverage and access to social benefits; whereas many cross-border and seasonal workers often come from vulnerable social groups and regions; whereas COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the already existing precarious situations of numerous cross- border and seasonal workers, creating gaps in the implementation of existing legislation for their protection;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
B e. whereas a definition of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented groups vary widely between Member States and even may depend on the political and social situation in MS in a given moment;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that, in order to ensure that the European Pillar of Social Rights is implemented and that no one is left behind, minimum wages have an important role to play; calls on the Commission and the Member State to ensure that all workers in the EU earn a decent living, which can prevent their marginalisation, decent living conditions being a prerequisite for their full and active participation in our democracies;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Is concerned about the marginalisation of the homeless people because of the difficult living conditions and of the lack of information they face; calls on the Member States to take measures in order to protect homeless peoples’ lives and rights, as well as to reach out to them with information campaigns about these measures and, thus, to facilitate their inclusion in social and political life and civil society;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses the precarious conditions cross-border and seasonal workers are facing, especially after the COVID-19 crisis; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take action to address the vulnerabilities that cross-border and seasonal migrant workers face in the context of the COVID-19crisis and to ensure the effective application and enforcement of Union law related to labour mobility, social security coordination among Member States and the right to equal pay for1 equal work in the same place; 1https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/T XT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C:2021:362:FULL&a mp;from=EN
Amendment 49 #
2021/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls the Commission and MS to agree on a basic set of common definitions regarding vulnerable groups, which may include groups such as women, LGBTQI people, migrants and refugees, people from low income households, ethnic or linguistic minorities, and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to the European Sports Charter and Code of Sports Ethics of the Council of Europe, as revised on 16 May 2001;
Amendment 12 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas grassroots sport contributes to the development of skills among young people and promotes civic participation through volunteering;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas illegal streaming of live sport events threatens the financial stability of both professional and grassroots sports which depend on the revenues from sport broadcasting rights;
Amendment 15 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas sport is promoting social inclusion, mutual respect, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion and therefore the European integration;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Strengthening visibility, cooperation and mainstreaming sport in EU policies;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU to adopt a more holistic approach to sports policy and step up efforts to mainstream it into other EU policies, such as the EU Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the important contribution of sports to transnational collaboration and solidarity;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to set up regular high-level structured cooperation with all sports stakeholders and other institutions to deliver more targeted and accountable recommendations for action on the challenges facing the sport sector, including the challenges imposed by COVID-19, the lack of financial resources, doping, hate speech, gender gap, corruption, governance and accessibility challenges, so that no one is left behind;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a communication on the future of sport linked to the EU’s strategic goals, including the green and the digital transition, as well as social inclusion;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the visibility and sport perspective across policy areas at EU level through adding sport to the title of the portfolio of the Commissioner in charge;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls also in this regard to establish the EU Sport Coordinator who would be the European Commission contact and visible reference point;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Invites sport stakeholders to actively participate in the Conference on the Future of Europe which also covers sport related issues;
Amendment 30 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests the organization of regular yearly events where the Parliament may lead by example and support sports’ visibility;
Amendment 31 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Acknowledges the recent adoption of the revised European Sports Charter within the Council of Europe which highlights the common features of a framework for European sport and its organisation and invites EU institutions to strive for consistency, cooperation and solidarity at continental level, while taking initiative in the field of sport policy;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a European sports model that recognises the need for a strong commitment to integrating the principles of solidarity, sustainability, inclusiveness for all, open competition, mobility and sporting merit, and fair play; strongly opposes breakaway competitions that undermine such principles and endanger the stability of the overall sports ecosystem;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a European sports model that recognises the need for a strong commitment to integrating the principles of solidarity, sustainability, inclusiveness, open competition and sporting merit, sporting merit, fairness and accordingly strongly opposes breakaway competitions that undermine such principles and endanger the stability of the overall sports ecosystem;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the creation of a European Framework regarding coaching, with clear rules concerning the proper pedagogy towards children and youth active in sports and the European values of respect for the body and the soul of all people and gender, social and ethnic equality;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the creation of a European Observatory that will monitor the implementation of the rules established, among other matters watching over cases of sexual harassment, physical and verbal violence, in particular in the case of minors, female athletes, and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 43 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the role of federations in governing their sport and encourages closer coordination, cooperation and exchange of views with authorities and all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges sport clubs as the foundation of a European sports model offering everyone the possibility to engage in sport locally, especially young people, regardless of their cultural or socio- economic background;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need for increased solidarity, more targeted funding and financial redistribution, especially between professional and grassroots sport;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need for more targeted and increased solidarity and financial redistribution, especially between professional and grassroots sport;
Amendment 53 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges public authorities, sports federations and organisations to uphold values such as human rights, equality, inclusiveness, democracy and the rule of law when awarding host status for major sporting events;
Amendment 55 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on sport organisations to respect the established frequency of international sports tournaments, especially the European and World Championships while taking into account domestic competitions and the health of athletes and players;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that a renewed commitment to good governance is needed in order to rebalance the social and economic elements in sport and to ensure that stakeholder representation in decision- making bodies is respected and fairly balanced;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Acknowledges the efforts made by sport organisations and federations to ensure the implementation of good governance principles in sport;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on international, European and national sports organisations and stakeholder representative organisations to implement the highest governance standards, which must be clearly defined and equally applied and harmonized throughout the EU;
Amendment 64 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges sports governing bodies to implement measures on diversity and inclusion, in particular to address the low numbers of women and ethnic minorities in leadership positionsespecially regarding people with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ in particular to address the low numbers of women, LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities, and ethnic minorities and all people from vulnerable groups in decision-making and leadership positions, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on all sport stakeholders organisations to attain the appropriate levels of representativeness and professionalisation as a prerequisite for involvement in collective decision-making processes;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU institutions to promote and protect the fundamental rights of athletes, including freedom of association, collective bargaining and non- discrimination; to this goal, strongly suggest to promote and ensure athlete representation in decision-making bodies;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU institutions to promote the fundamental rights of athletes, including athlete representation in decision-making, freedom of association, collective bargaining and non- discrimination;
Amendment 70 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States, sports governing bodies and clubs to acknowledge the status of fans in sport by involving them their representation in governance and decision-making bodies;
Amendment 71 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to build on its existing work on social dialogue and to extend its scope to all professional sports;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Acknowledges the recent reforms in the football transfer market, which include the establishment of a clearing house, licensing system and caps on agents’ commissions;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes that European frameworks are also necessary to improve player transfer systems and calls on relevant sports bodies and stakeholders to ensure the protection of players and strengthen labour market regulations to meet European specificities, standards and objectives;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and the MS to take specific measures against the involvement of any funders’ or other stakeholders’ interests into the results of any sports’ competition;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sports policy and legislationLegislation, include grassroots sports and professional sports as well as adaptive and disability sports and support gender equality, with particular attention to media coverage, remuneration gaps, award disparities and harassment;
Amendment 90 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Regrets that there are incidents of violence and harassment is sports spoken only after many years later; calls on the Commission and the MS to tackle and prevent any kind of abuse, violence or harassment in sports;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Urges the Member-States’ media not to focus their media coverage on a merely ethno-centric approach;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Urges the Member-States’ media to cover more youth sports;
Amendment 96 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to design policies to support visibility for all sports, especially the sports that have less popularity and funding;
Amendment 97 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Urges Commission to design policies and take specific measures to safeguard health of athletes and sport- staff by guaranteeing the presence of a doctors and medical staff at every sports event and at every training session;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 f (new)
Paragraph 23 f (new)
Amendment 99 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 g (new)
Paragraph 23 g (new)
Amendment 100 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)
Paragraph 23 h (new)
Amendment 104 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance and support the social inclusion of refugees, ethnic minorities and the LGBTQI+ community and all vulnerable groups in sport;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges sports bodies and public authorities to effectively tackle discrimination, violence and hate speech and to guarantee safe, inclusive sport for all athletes, spectators and staff in sport venues and online, while safeguarding that personal freedoms will not be hindered by no means;
Amendment 108 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Insists on a zero-tolerance approach in terms of hate speech, violence and hooliganism in sports;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to step up efforts towards the inclusion in sports activities and programmes of persons with mental and physical disabilities, and to increase visibility in the media of competitions involving athletes with disabilities;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to step up efforts towards the inclusion in sports activities and programmes of persons with disabilities, improving as well visibility and media coverage;
Amendment 114 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that the EU population faces demographic challenges such as an ageing population, and that specific attention should be paid to encouraging active ageing through physical activity;
Amendment 117 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the EU institutions, the Member States and sports organisations to prioritise policies that safeguard children from any form of abuse and provide access to remedies, including legal advice and their timely protection;
Amendment 118 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Insists that young athletes originating from developing countries must benefit from a proper legal status in Europe and support with the assessment and monitoring of their contracts;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States and public authorities to develop sports infrastructure and to increase the amount of physical education and extracurricular physical activities in schools, including during weekends and holidays; insists that sports should be provided to children in schools for free;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Highlights the role of coaches and sport staff in developing the skills of and in educating young peoplechildren and young people and stresses that the adequate training plays a key role in encouraging participation in sport and in ensuring a safe environment for all;
Amendment 138 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop common standards at the European level to ensure that all coaches have the appropriate skills and training to coach children and young people;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. CRecognises the valuable contributions that sports volunteers bring to a society and calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a system for the recognition of qualifications gained by volunteers, including coaches working as volunteers;
Amendment 142 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a system for the recognition of qualifications gained by volunteers, safeguarding at the same time quality jobs and descent working and remuneration conditions;
Amendment 143 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission and MS to create public and open platforms providing guidance for physical exercise online, which can be very useful not only in case of lockdowns but also in the case of isolated people in remote areas where no sport services are provided;
Amendment 147 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Insists on the need for support and funding mechanisms to get the sport sector back on track in the wake of COVID-19; , including through national support funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the structural funds;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Insists on the need for support mechanisms to get the sport sector back on track in the wake of COVID-19, including through national support funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the structural funds;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Highlights the need for specially dedicated funds for sports recovery, given that along with harsh hit of COVID-19 to the sports-sector, there are extra burdens for sports academies, clubs and local agents which have also to pay for the extra costs of the hygiene protocols imposed on sports-events as well as on everyday training practice;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Highlights the necessity to support sports-tourism as one of the means to boost recovery and resilience of sports after the harsh hit of COVID-19 consequences;
Amendment 151 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the need to further increase funding for sport, including grassroots sport, which has restrained resources, while it involves the majority of people participating in sport activities and, therefore, plays fundamental role for society’s physical and mental well-being;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Urges the Commission and member states to support financially and by all means possible, local communities, local clubs and academies having in mind that amateur sport events had to be cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 measures;
Amendment 159 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on the Commission to collect and provide evidence regarding the social and financial impact of low VAT for physical exercices services;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Calls on MS to ensure that the VAT for physical exercise services is not high and to reduce it as much as possible, in order to facilitate the access of people to these services as well as to support the functioning of clubs and enterprises working in this field;
Amendment 161 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)
Paragraph 35 d (new)
35d. Highlights that sport-related VAT rates are largely different across the EU, hindering competition and the functioning of the single market; notes that low category VAT rates for sport have been proven as rather important for the survival and competitiveness of the sector, especially after the harsh hit by COVID- 19;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 e (new)
Paragraph 35 e (new)
35e. Calls on the Commission to include the sport-sectors in Annex III of the VAT Directive listing sectors of reduced VAT rates, or to the category of “special rates” of VAT according to the Articles 102-128 VAT Directive; Calls on the Commission to harmonize across the EU low-category VAT rates for all sport- relates sectors;
Amendment 163 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 f (new)
Paragraph 35 f (new)
35f. Calls on MS to lower sport-related VAT rates to the lowest possible category, at least for a reasonable timeframe so that the sport-sectors may be supported against the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 g (new)
Paragraph 35 g (new)
35g. Calls on the Commission and MS to provide tax deduction and/or other motivation schemes and tools to boost investing interest in the sport-sectors by businesses as well as individuals;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 h (new)
Paragraph 35 h (new)
35h. Calls on the MS to plan campaigns encouraging physical exercise since many citizens and children have lost the habit of sport activities, because of the measures imposed by the pandemic, and urges the Member-States’ media to promote the transmission of such spots;
Amendment 167 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the higher budget for sport under the new Erasmus+ programme and supports further synergies between programmes and funds, and make a better use of this tool to support recovery in sport, keeping in mind the key goal of promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the higher budget for sport under the new Erasmus+ programme and supports further synergies between programmes and funds and make a better use of this tool to support recovery in sport;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Highlights the importance of the preparatory actions and pilot projects in the field of sport which provide additional funding for grassroots sport and give promising results;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Calls on national, regional and local authorities to recognise the key role of sport and physical activity in fields such as urban regeneration, tourism and territorial cohesion and to prioritise them in cohesion policy a, specifically on European Social Fund Plus and on European Regional and Development Fund investments and under the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls for investing in research and innovation for the development of new ways of making sports, even under hygiene protocol restrictions and other crises situations that would require social and physical distancing;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Calls for measures to strengthen doping prevention during and afterCOVID-19 lockdowns, to support athlete’s health as well promote fair play in European sports;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 c (new)
Paragraph 40 c (new)
40c. Calls on the Commission and the Member-States to support, all sports- related websites that were affected by the lockdowns, the cancellations and the postponements of all sports events, since the COVID-19 pandemic began;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 d (new)
Paragraph 40 d (new)
40d. Calls for particular focus on certain sports - such as water sports, martial arts and all sports where physical contact is inevitable - and therefore are particularly affected by the COVID-19 in an absolute manner;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40e. Calls for all big sports clubs in the EU to set up a special fund in order to support amateur athletes and local clubs that have been hit by theCOVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Underlines the need to ensure environmental sustainability, by providing relevant additional funds, when promoting the development of sport and the organisation of sporting events;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Insists on the alignment of sport with the principles of the European Green Deal and its contribution to environmental education and behaviour change; Calls on the Commission and member states to support the sports sector with special funding and support schemes facilitating the green transition of the sector;
Amendment 187 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum accessibility criteria, safety standards and sustainability benchmarks, for sports infrastructure, harmonized throughout the EU, supporting inclusion, as well as mobility of athletes and sport-related workers;
Amendment 190 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Highlights the importance of innovation and cross-sectoral cooperation in sport, especially of developing digital tools to increase participation in physical activity, especially targeting young people, with the aim of establishing sport as a healthy habit;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Highlights the need for sports to not be excluded by the European digital transition; notes that on the other hand digital applications of sports so far bear challenges, especially for the youth, such as losing motivation for real physical activity as well as hindering real socialization; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to design innovation schemes supporting the development of hybrid sports activities, combining the virtual and the digital world, while improving both physical and social engagement;
Amendment 192 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Commission and the European Institute for Technology to create a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the field of sport to boost innovation and resilience, as well as monitoring, transnational collaboration, mobility and solidarity;
Amendment 193 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls on the Commission and members states to support communication and dissemination of important and unknown aspects of sport such as the positive effects on the economy and society of sports and sport-related sectors and activities such as sport-tourism;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls for the EU institutions to launch a debate on the future of e-sport and to present a study on its social and economic impactand possibilities of e-sport and to collect data in order to present a study on its social and economic impact; highlights that e-sports should not be considered as replacing actual sports by any means;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Notes that funding of sports should not be depended from the awards achieved; highlights that it is mainly the long-term and hard process towards the awards’ pursuance that mostly needs support and funding; Calls on the Commission and the MS to unlink financing of sports from their relevant awards-wins;
Amendment 198 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Commission to effectively tackle the growing problem of illegal streaming of live sport events without delay;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)
Paragraph 46 b (new)
46b. Regrets that there are not currently institutionally established mechanisms for the voices of athletes to be heard, leading to them raising up for their needs and claims, sometimes threating their health and safety, only after they achieve high awards and/or acquire public recognition and celebrity, if ever; calls on the Commission and the MS for the establishment of mechanisms to ensure athletes’ active involvement to decision-making as well as to monitoring and control mechanisms safeguarding their health and safety;
Amendment 200 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)
Paragraph 46 c (new)
46c. Regrets that there are incidents where athletes’ demands are not seriously taken under consideration even on international sport events and/or even when they set arguments about rules hindering gender equality while promoting sexism1a; Calls on the Commission and the MS to take measures to ensure athletes expression, development and contribution to the evolution of the rules governing their sport; __________________ 1a https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/nor wegian-women-s-beach-handball-team- fined-not-playing-bikinis-n1274453
Amendment 201 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 d (new)
Paragraph 46 d (new)
Amendment 202 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 e (new)
Paragraph 46 e (new)
46e. Calls on the MS and the Commission to dedicate a percentage of the RRF funding to exclusively support the sport-sectors;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 f (new)
Paragraph 46 f (new)
46f. Calls on MS to dedicate to the sport-sectors 1,5 % of their RRF support; Calls on the Commission to encourage MS to dedicate to the sport-sectors 1,5% of their RRF support;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 g (new)
Paragraph 46 g (new)
46g. Notes that professional athletes’ have to spent many hours a day for training, while following an overall disciplined way of life in the long-term leaving no-time for other professions, occupations, education or preparation for another career development; yet, there are MS where professional athletes, although called professionals, do not have access to social protection mechanisms, pension rights and overall labour protection, as they are not considered at all as workers; calls on MS and the Commission to take specific measures in order to ensure equal social and labour protection for athletes as for all European citizens;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2036(INI)
1. Underlines that an independent, impartial, professional and responsible media is a key pillar of democracy; media’s independence from political and economic powers and influences must be guaranteed therefore, expresses serious concerns about the situation in some Member States whereby media laws allow for greater political interference;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that the current COVID-19 pandemic not only continues to have a significant negative impact on public health, social welfare and the economy, but also entails a serious threat to media freedom; warns that governments across the world could use the coronavirus emergency as an excuse to implement draconian new restrictions on freedom of expression and tighten media censorship; calls on the Commission to mobilise funds to encourage anti-corruption investigative journalism; considers it necessary to take measures to combat the spread of fake news, especially in times of crises, such as the current health crisis, which requires valid, reliable and timely information;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that working conditions in the media sector are deteriorating and often work in precarious conditions with regard to their contracts, salaries and social guarantees, which compromises their ability to work appropriately and thus hampers media freedom;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that Reporters Without Borders1 argue that the next decade will be crucial for ensuring the preservation of media freedom, as it is often threatened by the rise of populist governments; calls on the Member States and the Commission to enforce a legal framework to protect journalists and their sources; Calls on the Commission and Member States to protect whistleblowers as whistleblowing is one of the most effective ways of uncovering corruption; _________________ 1 2020 World Press Freedom Index.
Amendment 27 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reaffirms the need to independently monitor the media freedom and pluralism situation in the EU and therefore encourages Member States to implement and further enhance existing instruments, such as the Media Pluralism Monitor;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to guarantee that the public service media is free from censorship and politicprovide appropriate, proportionate and stable funding for public service media, thus ensuring it can fulfil its cultural, social and educational role, and contribute to an inclusive information society, while guaranteeing its independence from governmental influences ; invites the Member States, in this regard, to establish the necessary regulatory frameworks to monitor media ownership and ensure full transparencytheir funding sources ensuring full transparency and easy accessibility to citizens;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasises that a critical use of media content is essential to people’s understanding of current issues and to their contribution to public life; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to promote and support critical thinking and media literacy projects, espeacially at schools;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Member States to introduce effective measures to ensure better protection for the personal safety of journalists, in particular investigative journalists.; is concerned about the increasing intimidation of and acts of aggression and harassment against journalists, especially against female journalists;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
— having regards to the Directive (EU) 2018/1808 amending Directive 2010/13/EU on the coordination of certain provisions laid by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the provision of audio-visual media services (Audiovisual Media Service Directive),
Amendment 18 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
— having regard to the Protocole on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (Amsterdam Protocol, 10/11/1997),
Amendment 23 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)
Citation 20 a (new)
— having regard the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market for Digital Services (Digital Service Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (COM/2020/825 final),
Amendment 24 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 b (new)
Citation 20 b (new)
— having regard to the Proposal for the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair market in the digital sector (Digital Market Act) (COM/2020/842 final),
Amendment 44 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas quality, well-financed and independent news media and professional journalism are an essential pillar of democracy and rule of law; whereas every effort must be made to increase media pluralism3 ; freedom and media pluralism3; whereas the transparency of media funding is an essential element in reducing the confidence's crisis of European citizens; whereas media shouldn't be subject to any pressure from political and economic power; whereas the media's concentration in hegemonic groups is not adequate for the information's diversity; _________________ 3 No EU country registers a low level of risk in the market plurality area according to ‘Monitoring Media Pluralism in the Digital Era’, p. 50:https://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/ 1814/67828/MPM2020- PolicyReport.pdf?sequence=5&isAllowed =y
Amendment 57 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the audio and audiovisual sector plays a vital part in fostering the resilience of our democratic societies; whereas the heterogeneity of the sector is also one of its strengths, helping to promote and strengthen Europe’s cultural, linguistic, including regional or minority languages, social and political diversity;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the Commission must promote both transformation of new business models of audio and audiovisual media using own online profiles to create a broader investigative and trustworthy media landscape and non profit media freedom inititaives in a substainable and intensive manner;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the fallout of the economic downturn, and strongly reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to increase support available for the news media and audiovisual sectors, and the cultural and creative sectors more broadly; considers that allocations for the media sector should be increased across various multiannual financial framework (MFF) programmes;
Amendment 79 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights the importance of the dual system of public and commercial media in Europe; calls on Member States to provide sustainable funding to public service media in order to secure the diverse European media landscape;
Amendment 81 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the launch of the ‘NEWS’ initiative for the news media sector, including the European News Media Forum; reiterates emphatically its repeated calls for the creation of a permanent European news media fund; including funding of press publishers, the dual system of pubic and commercial media and independent, local and cooperative and exile media producers;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges that some parts of the audio and audiovisual ecosystem are not covered by current support measures; invites the Commission to continue exploring tailored support schemes; urges particular attention be paid in all support actions to Member States with low audio and audiovisual production capacity; invites to support especially the independet and investigative media whuch suffer from the crisis and the poltical will to silence them;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Invites the Commission to conduct a study, develop guidelines and share among Member States the best practices in public financing mechanisms; while recalling the Member States' responsibility in regards to culture, education, youth and media policy and more particularly funding mechanisms in these fields;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls that ecomomic based media concentration, pressure on public media sector and the pressure of infotainment spin with shortening information timeslots and conditioning kind presentation and debates are detrimental to the quality and impartiality of information and democratic exchange;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with concern that global online platforms have a vast disruptive impact on the media sector, as they dominate the data and advertising market, and have radically changed audience consumption patterns; underlines that current legislation does not regulate pivotal issues in the information ecosystem such as access to data, digital advertising, algorithmic transparency, platform accountability, must-show and other questions; considers that timely adoption of legislation to help address these shortcomings is a matter of urgency; given that alerts on the will of the platforms not to refer the information coming from other media sources has to be answered with commen code of conduct on more public transparency to ensure the discoverability of information and other content; is also concerned about the platforms' business practises to remove or interfere with lawful content proboded under a media service provider's editprial responsibilty and that is sibject to specific standards and oversights;
Amendment 149 #
2021/2017(INI)
9 a. Highlights the importance of the Digital Service Act and the Digital Markets Act for European media and audiovisual sectors since citizens and in particular minors increasingly access news und diverse content via thord-party platforms; such as social networks and news aggregators; stresses the need to further improve the proposed Acts in order to mitigate the issues mentioned above;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Notes that media are increasingly dependent on global platforms and interfaces, some of which are vertically integrated competitors, to deliver their services to European audiences; call upon Member States to come up with prominence regimes to ensure that media content of general interest is easy to discover and find on third-party platforms and calls upon the Commission to develop a solid European approach to support this overall goal;
Amendment 157 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the additional challenges for news media operating in smaller markets, including local, regional and niche media, which have limited revenues, and are not viable using current commercial business models, and which cannot embrace new ones that media operating in larger markets can; believes, therefore, that public funding mechanisms based on the arm’s length principle are increasingly necessary; calls on Member States to ensure stable, transparent and adequate funding for public service media on a multiannual basis in order to guarantee their independence from governmental, political and market pressures and enable them to provide a broad range of pluralistic information and diverse content;
Amendment 168 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that it is essential to guarantee financial sustainability of public service media, and to ensure and maintain the independence of private and public service media from political and economic interference, including from external actors and shareholders; acknowledges the specific situation of the Member States which are exposed to geopolitical risks arising from third country interference in their information space, including through media financing; believes that the best viable antidote is a more robust media landscape with steady revenue streams; considers increased transparency to be important, and therefore welcomes the Media Ownership Monitor initiative;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Encourages the Commission for an actve regulation of the big platforms with the new proposed Acts to allow a fair permanent discussion between the media that produce editorial contents and the platforms that used them by references in their searching, communicating and clouding services for individual, institutional and business users;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Urges the Commission to take into account the specificities of the different types of media and definite a broad approach on media producers, including press publishers and focused on independent, cooperative nd exile media producers and public audio and audiovisual media;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses the need for transformation in the news media sector, including through the digitalisation of newsrooms, the uptake of artificial intelligence (AI), changes and improvements to content creation and presentation, as well as better distribution and subscription models, including micro- payments; notes that the above require additional investment and skills that news media sector players often lack, especially those with small market share; calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide tailored support for the digital transformation of the sector;
Amendment 212 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to stabilize media freedom projects in order to prevent practices in the Member States that prevent journalists from reporting and researching, and to protect whistleblowers in a socially and legally sustainable manner;
Amendment 216 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Underlines the added value of including the media sector in media and information literacy initiatives; which must be central to the educational policies of Member States and the European Union;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that in order to help spur competition, the EU also needs to promote the creation and growth of digital media start-ups through easier access to finance and a supportive framework that enables scalability;
Amendment 236 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Is of the view that targeted co- production, translation and co-distribution, subtitling and dubbing could contribute to increasing the availability of diverse European audiovisual content; notes with interest several innovative projects carried out by European public service media organisations in that regard, such as the ARTE European collection, the News Recommendation Box and ENTR;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2017(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights that film literacy is particularly important for making younger audiences aware of European cultural diversity and history; considers it necessary to develop a film literacy toolkit; recalls the specificities of the European cinematographic production and the cultural exception in this domain to preserve the quality production of the European continent;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the need to ensure that inclusion, equal opportunities and diversity are at the core of the implementation of Erasmus+, one of the EU’s most successful programmes; regrethighlights that offering equal opportunities is and must be inherent to EU fundamental values, and thus should not be presented merely as a matter of philanthropy; regrets calls on the EU and MS to take measures in order to address the different definitions and categories of learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities1 across Member States and the lack of reliable data on the profiles of the beneficiaries; believes that an instrument should be developed to monitor whether ensure that participants from vulnerable, and disadvantaged and all less represented groups are being reached by the programme; _________________ 1 , leaving no one behind;Term used in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 on Erasmus+.
Amendment 4 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reminds that definition of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented groups (and then the potential beneficiaries whose participation in Erasmus+ should be augmented )vary widely between Member States and even may depend on the political and social situation in MS in a given moment; calls the Commission and MS to agree a basic set of definitions, which may include groups such as women, LGBTQI people, migrants and refugees, people from low income households, ethnic or linguistic minorities, and persons with disabilities.
Amendment 7 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that Erasmus+ should support stakeholders’ and programme participants’ internationalisation plans that remove physical, psychological, social, socioeconomic, linguistic and other types of barriers to learning mobility and that offer accessible for all, clear and detailed information and qualitative support, including mentoring, for participants from underrepresented groups and/or with specific needs before, during and after a period abroad;
Amendment 9 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the under- resourcing and understaffing of Erasmus+ national agencies and national authorities and the insufficient efforts to reduce administrative barriers to mobility and ensure that diversity and inclusion are at the core of the programme; believes that national agencies should organise targeted information campaigns, and, in order to do so, they ought to appoint an inclusion and diversity officer to reach out to learners from vulnerable backgrounds, including learners with special needs and/or fewer opportunities and all underrepresented groups, insuring gender equality[KTK1] and provide them with advice regarding possible difficulties they may experience during their Erasmus+ programme, such as delayed reimbursements2 or any obstacles caused by external factors such as the COVID-19 crisis3 ; _________________ 2 As seen from Petition 2466/13. 3 As seen from Petition 0125/21.
Amendment 15 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that Erasmus+ should encourage stakeholders to share their expertise at an institutional level, learn from each other, build administrative capacity and foster inclusion and diversity; welcomes, in this sense, specific efforts to support cooperation between different stakeholders and to develop and implement inclusive policies that seek to integrate children and young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds into education; considers, however, that these efforts should be expanded in the field of higher education;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets that the Covid19 pandemic has had several negative effects1 on education as well as on the implementation of Erasmus+ programme, hindering inclusion; highlights the often serious economic difficulties that several households face because of the Covid19 crisis, that do not permit the participation to the Erasmus+ programme. 1 https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repos itory/handle/JRC121071https://erasmus- plus.ec.europa.eu/coronavirus-impact
Amendment 17 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Believes that poverty or economic difficulties is an important obstacle for learners’ mobility; calls for the elaboration of a system that, based on the socioeconomic background of the participants, could offer greater financial support and/or other supporting measures to those who need it; additional financial support should be considered also for participants with special needs, including their caregivers when necessary;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the risk of stigmatisation in the participants’ country of residence may discourage them from self-identifying as disadvantaged, which may hamper their mobility, the collection of reliable data by authorities and the monitoring of their participation in Erasmus+4 ; calls for EU-wide recognition of disability status and encourages host institutions to guarantee the same reasonable accommodations and facilities as home institutions; _________________ 4 Bunescu, L., Davies, H., Gaebel, M., ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility – a study of the mobility of disadvantaged students from Partner Countries, Support and Promotion for Higher Education Reform Experts (SPHERE), January 2020.
Amendment 21 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission and Members States to take specific measures against stigmatisation of underrepresented groups and ensure that relevant campaigns and other communication tools support this goal and do not put the targeted audience into an uncomfortable or embarrassing position;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights that offering equal opportunities should not be presented as philanthropy but as an obligation of any EU programme, according to EU fundamental values;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Reminds Member States of the Bologna Process principles and the principles and guidelines to strengthen the social dimension of higher education in the European Higher Education Area, both of which call on them to draft national strategies and plans to enhance inclusion as soon as possible;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to look closely at the possibility of combining the Erasmus+ and Interrail programmes5 , and thus foster more equality and inclusion; _________________ 5 A and to continue tackling climate change; nevertheless, the funds called for in Petition 0681/2021.ocated to the two programmes should be safeguarded and not decreased in the case of such a combination;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to launch and support Erasmus+ projects to attract participants with disabilities, and learners from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups to their countries; , ensuring equal participation for female [girls/women] and LGBTQ participants, as well as for people at risk of poverty1 or of lower financial status; 1Peopleat risk of poverty present a not negligible percentage in EU according to theofficial statistics: https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/s how.do?dataset=ilc_li07⟨=en
Amendment 33 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all information regarding Erasmus+ is accessible to persons with vision, hearing or any other accessibility problems;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the visibility of all potential participants on the visual materials, in the context of promoting diversity and tackling stigmatisation; videos and photos on Erasmus+ websites, posters, leaflets, etc. should also include persons of all genders and cultural backgrounds, as well as persons with disabilities in order to promote inclusion and diversity;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the lack of familiarity with the Erasmus+ programme, information barriers, bureaucracy and other obstacles to the application process, support services abroad and the challenges relating to the portability of grants faced by persons with disabilities and their caregivers as well as other participants from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including ethnic groups;
Amendment 41 #
2021/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the Commission to take specific measures to ensure that Erasmus+ promotes the european priorities and especially the green and the digital transition; however the monitoring of the individual carbon footprint of the participants should take into account the distance needed to be covered, especially in the case of remote areas and MS on the geographical borders of EU ;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for continued intensive dialogue on the appropriate definition of copyright-protected uploaded content, which truly recognises different types of licensing as well as non-licensed works, and encourages an exchange of views on remuneration models that must be commensurate with modern uses of music and media platforms.'
Amendment 30 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to support the full and timely transposition of the two copyright framework directives; notes that the Commission is puttingput special emphasis on thea fair implementation of Article 17 of the Copyright Directive2and strongly supports its plans for issuing regarding the rights of users, rights intermediaries and the cultural industry as well as platforms, in the implementation guidelines for Member States; it recently proposed urges Member States to quickly and completely transpose the dDirectives into their national legislation, using pre-flagging or other means of flagged upload to explain copyright protection, giving users the right to enjoy fundamental rights to freedom of expression, artistic processing, such as parody, pastiche, etc. in a timely manner, while at the same time requiring respect for copyright-protected material; _________________ 2Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC, OJ L 130, 17.5.2019, p. 92.
Amendment 40 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the ongoing problems faced by creators, artists and cultural sector workers with regard to copyright and related rights; notes with great concern that they continue to be pressured into unfavourable contracts, giving up theso that the publishing rights to their intellectual property withouare not represented in a durable manner and they therefore frequently do not receivinge just remuneration for their creative work; stresses that Member States must ensure that sufficient protection is put in place to prevent loss of IPRs by authors and cultural sector workers across the EU.; calls, therefore, on the Member States to strengthen, in particular, the membership and contractual position of authors and creators vis-à-vis their collecting societies and commercial rights intermediaries, such as the film and music industry and publishers, as laid down in Articles 18-20 of the Copyright Directive in the provisions on the fair drafting of copyright contract law, by means of transparency requirements, the bestseller clause and other contractual provisions and dispute resolution mechanisms, ensuring insight into contractual provisions with large platforms and fair remuneration for authors;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises, particularly in light of the experience of the pandemic, that major cultural and media productions can only come to be if, in addition to the creative talent, the many requisite technical and intermediary services are available, ranging from assistance to the director through to catering, from lighting through to production coordination, and which are not paid for through licence sales, but are often indirectly dependent on creators having good contracts;
Amendment 60 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to ensure transparency and public participation, the Commission should engage with all interested stakeholders. To that end, the Commission should closely cooperate with stakeholders including private and public actors, such as bodies governed by public laws of the educational or health sector, as well as establishments that make cultural heritage and global knowledge assets publicly accessible in libraries, archives and museums, and consult them on measures to accelerate the digital transformation at Union level. The involvement of stakeholders would be important at the level of Member States as well, in particular when adopting their national Digital Decade strategic roadmaps and their adjustments.
Amendment 78 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ensure digital sovereignty notably by a secure and accessible digital infrastructure based on fundamental values that is capable tof processing vast volumes of data that, enables other technological developments, and innovative education and research, and supportings the competitiveness of the Union's industry, democratic dialogue and social welfare;
Amendment 96 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
5a. Basic digital skills include knowledge of personal and institutional data protection, ownership and security structures of online applications used, and basic knowledge of legal safeguards that digital service providers must provide;
Amendment 152 #
2021/0293(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) Developing European projects for the digitisation of global knowledge assets and cultural heritage, including the public accessibility thereof;
Amendment 1 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should not adversely affect investments of a social, educational, creative and cultural nature; therefore, increases the allocations of Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps Programme to better support the recovery, in particular by ‘greening’ those programmes; underlines that particular attention should be paid to ensure good outreach to vulnerable people, whose exclusion has been worsened by the pandemic, in order to ensure equal access to the programmes for all, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 6 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Given the dramatic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on Europe’s cultural and creative sectors (CCS), reinforces the Culture strand of the Creative Europe Programme, to support organisations and artist, artists and all cultural workers in their recovery, to provide targeted support for the performing arts, in particular the music sector, and to ‘green’ and to “digitize” the programme;
Amendment 11 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Member States once more to earmark at least 2 % of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the recovery of the CCS and industries, and/or to provide equal protection measures such as tax deductions or exemptions, disposal of public buildings for free to boost the recovery, financing of the costs of the expensive processes required for the special hygiene protocols to be obligatorily adopted by the CCS or other measures possibly suggested by the CCS agents themselves;
Amendment 15 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists that no funding from any of the three strands of the Creative Europe Programme should be used for financing projects in the framework of the New European Bauhaus initiative, in line with the repeated commitment of the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth to this effect, in order to prevent diversion of the programme’s already thinly spread funds towards new, unforeseen political prioritie, which, as past years have shown, are not sufficient to meet the needs of the programme, towards new, unforeseen political priorities; notes that the New European Bauhaus initiative needs its own funding, which should also be tailored to its particular needs and requirements;
Amendment 19 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that more funding is needed to fund all high-quality projects submitted in the framework of calls for proposals under the Citizens’ engagement and participation strand Union programmes in the fields of culture and education, with particular emphasis ofn the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme andin order to tackle the historically low application success rate of that strand;
Amendment 23 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
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, financial security and predictability for radio networks covering EU affairs with funding covering at least two years; furthermore, splits the existing budget line into its four components, for enhanced transparency and budgetary scrutiny.
Amendment 24 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines the need to support the CCS so that they manage to develop creativity and innovation in order to further develop and eventually deal with the digital transition as an opportunity and not as a threat;
Amendment 25 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Νotes the importance of providing equal access for all to funding for education and culture; therefore, calls for specific measures to enhance visibility of the funding tools that the Union makes available to the CCS, as well as educational activities to enhance know- how and accessibility to the administrative processes required to access Union funding;
Amendment 26 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Stresses the need for Member States to monitor and be monitored with regard to the management of funding for the CCS;
Amendment 27 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights the need to enhance data gathering and usage for the CCS; notes that there are many data that are currently not further used to add value for policy-design; suggests the adoption of specific measures to enhance the usage of the data already gathered in the implementation processes of the programmes;
Amendment 28 #
2021/0227(BUD)
6 e. Highlights that public funding is vital for the CCS; notes, however, that they are currently inadequately funded; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures establishing long-term schemes for funding the CCS as well as measures incentivising the private sector to invest in the CCS.
Amendment 67 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) At the same time, depending on the circumstances regarding its specific application and use, artificial intelligence may generate risks and cause harm to public interests and rightsfundamental rights of people in employment and in learning and of socially active people that are protected by Union law. Such harm might be material or immaterial.
Amendment 71 #
2021/0106(COD)
(5) A Union legal framework laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence is therefore needed to foster the development, use and uptake of artificial intelligence in the internal market that at the same time meets a high level of protection of public interests, such as health and safety and the protection of fundamental rights, as recognised and protected by Union law. To achieve that objective, rules regulating the placing on the market and putting into service of certain AI systems should be laid down, thus ensuring the smooth functioning of the internal market and allowing those systems to benefit from the principle of free movement of goods and services. By laying down those rules, this Regulation supports the objective of the Union of being a global leader in the development of secure, and trustworthy and ethical artificial intelligence based on fundamental rights, as stated by the European Council33, and it ensures the protection of ethical principles, as specifically requested by the European Parliament34. _________________ 33 European Council, Special meeting of the European Council (1 and 2 October 2020) – Conclusions, EUCO 13/20, 2020, p. 6. 34 European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on a framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies, 2020/2012(INL).
Amendment 81 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) For the purposes of this Regulation the notion of publicly accessible space should be understood as referring to any physical or virtual place that is accessible to the public, irrespective of whether the place in question is privately or publicly owned or owned on a non-profit basis. Therefore, the notion does not cover places that are private in nature and normally not freely accessible for third parties, including law enforcement authorities, unless those parties have been specifically invited or authorised, such as homes, private clubs, offices, warehouses and factories. Online spaces are not covered either, as they are not physicalvirtual protected spaces. However, the mere fact that certain conditions for accessing a particular space may apply, such as admission tickets or age restrictions, does not mean that the space is not publicly accessible within the meaning of this Regulation. Consequently, in addition to public spaces such as streets, parks, sports complexes, relevant parts of government buildings and most transport infrastructure, spaces such as cinemas, theatres, museums, libraries, shops and shopping centres are normally also publicly accessible. Whether a given space is accessible to the public should however be determined on a case-by-case basis, having regard to the specificities of the individual situation at hand as regards the use made of that space.
Amendment 88 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Aside from the many beneficial uses of artificial intelligence, that technology can also be misused and provide novel and powerful tools for manipulative, exploitative and social control practices. Such practices are particularly harmful and should be prohibited because they contradict Union values of respect for human dignity, freedom, equality, democracy and the rule of law and Union fundamental rights, including the right to non-discrimination, employee protection, data protection and privacy and the rights of the child.
Amendment 91 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) AI systems providing social scoring of natural persons for general purpose by public authorities or on their behalf may lead to discriminatory outcomes and the exclusion of certain groups. They may violate the right to dignity and non- discrimination and the values of equality and justice. Such AI systems evaluate or classify the trustworthiness, interests and abilities of natural persons based on their social behaviour in multiple contexts or known or predicted personal or, personality characteristics. The social score obtained from such AI systems may lead to the detrimental or unfavourable treatment of natural persons or whole groups thereof in social contexts, whior identity ch are unrelated to the context in which the data was originally generated or collected or to a detrimental treatment that is disproportionate or unjustified to the gravity of their social behaviouracteristics. Such AI systems should be therefore prohibited.
Amendment 95 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement is considered particularly intrusive improperly encroaches on the rights and freedoms of the concerned persons, to the extent that it may affectpersons and is detrimental to the private life of a large part of the population, evoke a feeling of in that it makes constant surveillance possible and, indirectly dissuade the so doing, makes it difficult to exercise of the freedom of assembly and other fundamental rights. In addition, the immediacy of the impact and the limited opportunities for further checks or corrections in relation to the use of such systems operating in ‘real-time’ carry heightened risks for the rights and freedoms of the persons that are concerned by law enforcement activities.
Amendment 96 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) The use of those systems for the purpose of law enforcement should therefore be prohibited, except in three exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations, where the use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest, the importance of which outweighs the risks. Those situations involve the search for potential victims of crime, including missing children; certain threats to the life or physical safety of natural persons or of a terrorist attack; and the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of perpetrators or suspects of the criminal offences referred to in Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA38if those criminal offences are punishable in the Member State concerned by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years and as they are defined in the law of that Member State. Such threshold for the custodial sentence or detention order in accordance with national law contributes to ensure that the offence should be serious enough to potentially justify the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems. Moreover, of the 32 criminal offences listed in the Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, some are in practice likely to be more relevant than others, in that the recourse to ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification will foreseeably be necessary and proportionate to highly varying degrees for the practical pursuit of the detection, localisation, identification or prosecution of a perpetrator or suspect of the different criminal offences listed and having regard to the likely differences in the seriousness, probability and scale of the harm or possible negative consequences. _________________ 38 Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ L 190, 18.7.2002, p. 1)in publicly accessible spaces should therefore be prohibited as a matter of principle.
Amendment 97 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
Amendment 98 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
Amendment 99 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
Amendment 100 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The use of AI systems for ‘real- time’ remote biometric identification of natural persons in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement necessarily involvesresults in the processing of biometric data. The rules of this Regulation that prohibit, subject to certain exceptions, such use, which are based on Article 16 TFEU, should apply as lex specialis in respect of the rules on the processing of biometric data contained in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680, thus regulating such use and the processing of biometric data involved in an exhaustive manner. Therefore, such use and processing should only be possible in as far as it is compatible with the framework set by this Regulation, without there being scope, outside that framework, for the competent authorities, where they act for purpose of law enforcement, to use such systems and process such data in connection thereto on the grounds listed in Article 10 of Directive (EU) 2016/680. In this context, this Regulation is not intended to provide the legal basis for the processing of personal data under Article 8 of Directive 2016/680. However, the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for purposes other than law enforcement, including by competent authorities, should not be covered by the specific framework regarding such use for the purpose of law enforcement set by this Regulation. Such use for purposes other than law enforcement should therefore not be subject to the requirement of an authorisation under this Regulation and the applicable detailed rules of national law that may give effect to it.
Amendment 102 #
2021/0106(COD)
Amendment 105 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) High-risk AI systems should only be placed on the Union market or put into service if they comply with certain mandatory requirements. Those requirements should ensure that high-risk AI systems available in the Union or whose output is otherwise used in the Union do not pose unacceptable risks to important Union public interests as recognised and protected by Union law. AI systems identified as high-risk should be limited to those that have a significant harmful impact on the health, safety and fundamental rights of persons in the Union and such limitation minimises any potential restriction to international trade, if any.
Amendment 110 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) Technical inaccuracies of AI systems intended for the remote biometric identification of natural persons in protected spaces can lead to biased results and entail discriminatory effects. This is particularly relevant when it comes to age, ethnicity, sex or disabilities. Therefore, ‘real-time’ and ‘post’ remote biometric identification systems used in the workplace, in higher education or within vocational training should be classified as high-risk. In view of the risks that they pose, both types of remote biometric identification systems should be subject to specific requirements on logging capabilities and human oversight.
Amendment 119 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) AI systems used in employment, employment support, workers management and access to self- employment, notably for the recruitment and selection of persons, for making decisions on promotion and termination and for task allocation, monitoring or evaluation of persons in work-related contractual relationships, should also be classified as high-risk, since those systems may appreciably impact future career prospects and livelihoods of these persons. Relevant work-related contractual relationships should involve employees and persons providing services through platforms as referred to in the Commission Work Programme 2021. Such persons should in principle not be considered users within the meaning of this Regulation. Throughout the recruitment process and in the evaluation, promotion, or retention of persons in work-related contractual relationships, such systems may perpetuate historical patterns of discrimination, for example against women, certain age groups, persons with disabilities, or persons of certain racial or ethnic origins or sexual orientation. AI systems used to monitor the performance and behaviour of these persons may also impact their rights to data protection and privacy.
Amendment 140 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 85
Recital 85
(85) In order to ensure that the regulatory framework can be adapted where necessary, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to amend the techniques and approaches referred to in Annex I to define AI systems, the Union harmonisation legislation listed in Annex II, the high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III, the provisions regarding technical documentation listed in Annex IV, the content of the EU declaration of conformity in Annex V, the provisions regarding the conformity assessment procedures in Annex VI and VII and the provisions establishing the high-risk AI systems to which the conformity assessment procedure based on assessment of the quality management system and assessment of the technical documentation should apply. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultatthe level of experts from different areas of society such as education, media and culture and from trade unions beand conductedsumer and data protection organisations, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making58. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. _________________ 58 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 160 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39
(39) ‘publicly accessible space’ means any physical or virtual place accessible to the public, regardless of whether certain conditions for access may apply and regardless of form of ownership;
Amendment 163 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
(44a) ‘cultural institutions’ means institutions such as libraries, museums, theatres, concert halls, exhibition centres, architectural ensembles and multi- purpose arts venues, as well as their virtual sections, which organise cultural education, democratic exchanges and research and provide ways and means of engaging with cultural heritage;
Amendment 181 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part
(c) the placing on the market, putting into service or use of AI systems by public authorities or on their behalf for the evaluation or classification of the trustworthiness of natural persons over a certain period of time based on their social behaviour or known or predicted personal or personality characteristics, with the social score leading to either or both of the following:
Amendment 186 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – introductory part
(d) the use of ‘real-time’ remote biometric identification systems in publicly accessible spaces for the purpose of law enforcement, unless and in as far as such use is strictly necessary for one of the following objectives:;
Amendment 188 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Amendment 189 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Amendment 190 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Amendment 194 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 197 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 199 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 267 #
2021/0106(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point 4 – introductory part
4. Employment and employment support, workers management and access to self-employment:
Amendment 17 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the CCSI mainly comprise micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and self-employed entrepreneuorganisations, as well as self-employed workers and freelancers, who often draw on irregular and mixed incomes from different sources;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the containment measures taken by the Member States affected the CCSI more than any other sector; whereas the CCSI experienced losses in turnover of over 30 % for 2020 – a cumulative loss of EUR 199 billion – with the music and performing arts sectors experiencing losses of 75 % and 90 % respectively8 ; _________________ 8Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.
Amendment 28 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas culture is an ecosystem that not only generates high economic value (representing 4.4 % of EU GDP in terms of total turnover and employing around 7.6 million people), but also has a substantial social impact, contributing to democratic, sustainable, free, fair and inclusive societies and reflecting and strengthening our European diversity, values, history, and freedoms and way of life;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the development of thea multidimensional European framework for working conditions in the CCSI will require coordination with EU policies on competition, the internal market, social policy, fundamental rights and equality, and copyright and funding for culture, as well as monitoring the progress of Member States on improving working conditions in the CCS and sharing best practices;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas since Parliament’s call for improvements to the situation of artists in its resolution of June 2007, no progress has been made and, moreover, the situation has aggravated and thus most of its demands remain validhave become urgent;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the measures taken by Members States to support CCS in the face of the pandemic vary greatly, and thus the gaps between the situations of artists and cultural and creative workers in different Member States have considerably increased;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has made artists and cultural and creative professionalworkers even more vulnerable, as the loss of earnings for freelancers and 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;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2261(INI)
H. whereas the ongoing impact of the pandemic has made it impossible for artists and cultural and creative workers to carry out their jobs andactivities and to keep their jobs, while it generated uncertainty over future prospects that could cause professionals to leave the sector, which will have a long- lasting effect on the composition and diversity of the European CCSI as a whole and discourage young people as well as people from vulnerable backgrounds from working in these industriesectors;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas most of the Member States enacted substantial emergency measures to help the CCSI to survive the crisis; whereas, however, this support was not available to some artists on account of their particularlways suitable for all CCS, or even not accessible at all to the most financially vulnerable artists, cultural and creative workers and freelancers on account of their particular, non-standard, seasonal and precarious working status and was inot sufficient to ensure sustainable working conditions;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas cross-border mobility remains an essential component of artists and cultural workers’ careers; however, most of the current funding instruments supporting mobility are not sufficiently adapted to the specific features of the sectors, such as seasonality and bureaucratic obstacles regarding mutual recognition of artistic education among Member States;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas several Member States have specific legislation in place providing a special status for artists to guarantee them access to social benefits; whereas, however, this legislation varies considerably between the Member States, which can hinder the mutual recognition of the status of artists and cross-border collaboration and moultural and creative workers, including technicians, backstage and other staff, cross-border collaboration and mobility, and ultimately European cultural diversity and social sustainability;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas funding support for CCS varies greatly between Member States, in terms of budgets’ size, guiding priorities and transparency levels, which hinders inclusivity, sustainability and balance of cross-border collaboration and mobility;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas artists tend to haveand cultural and creative workers tend to have seasonal, non-standard and overall atypical work patterns and often lack proper social security protection, notably in cross-border contexts, which often leads to their exclusion from pension, health protection and unemployment payments;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas artists and cultural and creative workers’ remuneration often comes from different sources such as contracts, royalties, grants and subsidies, which renders their income highly unpredictable, leaves them in precarious situations and weakens their resilience;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas artists and cultural and creative workers from vulnerable groups such as women, young people, people with disabilities, representatives of LGBTQIIA+ and people with vulnerable socio-economic background, have lesser access to artistic and cultural careers and are hit the hardest by the consequences of the pandemic and any crisis;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the lack of collective bargaining for self-employed artistsartists and cultural and creative workers, including technicians, backstage and other staff, further serves to undermine their position on the labour market and leads to a lack of adequate social protections;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas cross-border mobility is an essential part of an artist and cultural and creative workers’s work but is often hampered by bureaucratic procedures, a lack of clear information and myriad administrative rules and requirements across the Member States, notably as regards social protection and taxation, taxation, as well as complicated and expensive procedures for the specific transportation needs for artistic fragile equipment;
Amendment 93 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas public grants are considered the most vital and effective form of financial support for some of the CCSI, but are often difficult to accessovercomplicated and too difficult to access for those who need them the most;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted artists’ and cultural and creative workers’ dependence on short- term financial support and lack of long- term safety nets specifically designed for the CCS, highlighting the need for continuous public and private financial support;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. Whereas, in light of the consequences of the pandemic, a whole generation of young artists and cultural and creative workers are struggling to develop as members of our societies, due to the obstacles for enrolling in higher art education and entering cultural employment;
Amendment 102 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas access to finance remains the main challenge for individual artists, cultural and creative workers, micro, small and medium-sized organisations, as well as self-employed workers and freelancers, who are often ineligible for loans and bank guarantees and are highly dependent on public and private grants and subsidies;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas many of the private investors have scaled back their financial support for cultural projectsand public funders have scaled back or completely cancelled their financial support for cultural projects, especially those with cross-border dimension, during the crisis;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S b (new)
Recital S b (new)
S b. Whereas culture, arts, cultural heritage, and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, educational, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported. Whereas Education and culture are key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, fostering integration, and sustaining European competitiveness;
Amendment 118 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas freedom of expression and freedom of the arts, as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, are sometimes hindered by the use of antiterrorism legislation or allegations that artistic works insult religious feelings or national symbols, also resulting in cases of (self-)censorship, as well as in criminal prosecutions of artists, thus criminalizing artistic and cultural creation; notes that strong advertising pressure is also retaining artistic freedom;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise the fundamental role of culture for society, the well-being of EU citizenspeople and the economy, and to translate this recognition into continuous financial and structural support;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to recognise the European added value of cross-border cooperation and to eliminate barriers to cross-border mobility insustainable, balanced and inclusive cross-border mobility in the EU, with a special focus on sustainability, better coordination, fostering mutual recognition of artistic education and training skills among Member states, promoting the elimination of bureaucratic barriers and further provision of financial motivation with EU funding, while taking under consideration the specific features of the CCS such as seasonality, uncertainty of income of cultural events and the need for cultural agents to organize in advance touring locations, as well as including as eligible third countries with possible agreements with the EU;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide workers in the CCSI with clear information and guidelines on mobility opportunities and administrative requirements in all Member States, including on visas, taxation, social security and access to training, health insurance, funding opportunities, access to training and recognition of artistic education degrees;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the establishment of mobility information points to provide assistance to artists and support sustainable mobility; and recommends that all Member States establish oneat least one to offer free and tailored support to artists and cultural and creative workers;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Encourages greater synergy between the cultural and educational sector and promotes greater participation of artistic and cultural schools and institutions in activities under Erasmus+, and in other actions under EU programmes, both for students and teachers;
Amendment 155 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on theUrges Member States to transposcomplete by all means as soon as possible the transposition of the Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market and, in particular, to guarantee fairappropriate and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers, as well as of the Directive (EU) 2019/789 for the online distribution of television and radio programmes; calls on the Members States to set transparent public consultation procedures in order to actively involve the civil society and representing organizations of artists during these transposition processes;
Amendment 160 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Regrets that the national transposition of Directives2019/790 and 2019/789 are rather delayed, while only a few Member States seize the Article 18 opportunity to implement appropriate remuneration mechanisms; urges Members States to translate Article 18 of the 2019/790 Directive into effective remuneration mechanisms;
Amendment 165 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Highlights the need for transparency on behalf of online platforms so that they provide to Collective Management Organizations at least the minimum of information they need in order to effectively ensure authors’ fair remuneration;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to ensure the payment of a fee or in form of taxation by platforms in order to remunerate authors and performers as well as to establish further regular funding sources the CCS;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to apply best practices in order to ensure fair and proportionate remuneration to authors and performers; suggests for the provision of legislation which would provide for an unwaivable and untransferable right to remuneration paid by the users and collectively managed; highlights the need to make intellectual property rights and their practical implementation implications an explicit and integral part of a European framework for working conditions and employment in the CCS;
Amendment 171 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Recognises the crucial role of culture and arts in promoting cultural diversity and fostering inclusive societies and the fight against any kind of discrimination;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s inception impact assessment and ongoing public consultation on collective bargaining agreements, which is designed to define the scope of application of EU competition rules in order to remove obstacles and, improve working conditions and guarantee minimum standards in terms of income, social security, pension and health insurance access through collective bargaining on behalf of solo artists, self- employed workers and freelancers in the CCSI;
Amendment 177 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission for the promotion of collective bargaining with transparent and open public consultation procedures and regrets that contractual freedom often leaves cultural creators in a weak and isolated position when negotiating their contracts with producers;
Amendment 180 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the urgent need to improve the working conditions in the CCSI; encourages the Member States to utilise upward convergence to establish minimum standards for artists and cultural workers in relation to working conditions and social securand creative workers, including technicians,backstage workers and other staff, in relation to working conditions, income, social security, pension and health insurance, while taking under consideration the special characteristics of the CCS such as seasonal work and the non-monetized quality of creativity;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RecommeUrges Member States ands the creation ofEuropean Commission to create a European framework for working conditions in the CCSI that sets minimum standards common to all EU countries; welcomes, in this regard, the forthcoming OMC discussions between the Member States on the status of artists;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2261(INI)
8 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to establish a code-of- conduct or some kind of artistic procedures’ certifications in order to safeguard, at a European-level, Occupational Safety and Health against sexual and any other harassment, violence, bullying or any other forms of abuse, in the CCS and regarding cultural production and performance, including artistic training and education, since according to the study: “When combined with hierarchies and power relations, gender inequality often takes the shape of sexism and sexual harassment in the cultural and creative sectors, where it seems to be more prevalent than in other economic sectors”;
Amendment 196 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to support vocational training programmes and initiatives for the career development of all authors, performers and cultural creators, and in particular to support them in acquiring digital, entrepreneurial and other skills in order benefit from digital opportunities to promote their work and collaborate with other artists;
Amendment 198 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recommends an increased and consistent information on sustainable mobility through policies such as updated toolkits, handbooks and guidelines, as well as the revision of existing ones;
Amendment 199 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Amendment 201 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to fulfil their obligation to defend and respect artistic freedom in order to uphold the fundamental right to freedom of expression and ensure that EU citizens can freely enjoy and consume artistic creationsenjoy free access to and participation in culture; invites the European Commission to develop further research on the topic and prepare a roadmap for achieving better protection of freedom of artistic expression in Europe;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Commission to map existing definitions across Member States of artists and cultural and creative workers, including technicians, backstage and other staff, and to foster dialogue with the Civil Society in order to come up with one single and inclusive wording in the EU’s policy-making and in the European framework for working conditions in the CCS; suggests for a definition that would reflect the diversity of the CCS as well as the civil society’s self-definition, through a process-oriented approach, such as by recognising the labour intensity of the creative process, including research and preparation; also, this definition should be aligned with the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artists;
Amendment 207 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Recommends the equal recognition of the multiple forms of artistic and cultural and creative work, including the activities that are not (or barely) monetised, among others;
Amendment 216 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Calls on the Member States to fully include access to art education as part of a holistic approach for the CCS recovery;
Amendment 217 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to broaden employment opportunities for artists and arts experts by mainstreaming the teaching of arts in the curricula of schooling education, which would further contribute in development of fantasy, innovation and creativity for the citizens of tomorrow, while cultivating audiences to appreciate culture and strengthening social cohesion;
Amendment 219 #
2020/2261(INI)
11 c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to foster the green and the digital transition, innovation and creativity, research and development as well as employment opportunities for artists by supporting cooperation across disciplinary domains, such as between the CCS and science and technology;
Amendment 223 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to encourage and promote private investment in the CCSI, as well as public-private partnerships, by providing financial motivation, such as through reduced VAT rates, tax reductions and overall fiscal or other measures and tools;
Amendment 232 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to update and adapt the funding envelopes for culture and to facilitate access to public grants and loans by reducing administrative burdens and ensure transparency at all stages of the application and reporting processes;
Amendment 234 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to dedicate sector-specific funding covering all different art forms as well as innovative – experimental combinations among art forms, targeted not only to legal entities but also to individuals and also, boosting transnational cooperation;
Amendment 235 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to generate new and innovative ways to support the CCS in the long-term by providing resources and infrastructure; suggests for example the granting for free to artists and players of the CCS public spaces and buildings to display their work or to be used as working spaces for workshop-seminars- rehearsal spaces throughout the year or for certain time periods;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call 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 budget envelope of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to culture with concrete, inclusive and accessible to all measures, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the short-term and the long-term recovery of the CCSI and to bolster their resilience and competitiveness of these industries in the long termin the long term, by ensuring comprehensive monitoring of the socio-economic situation in the CCS, providing fair and structured support to all CCS and value-chain players, as well as by establishing a European Framework for working conditions in the CCS, in order to tackle any major crises as effectively and as pro-actively as possible in the future;
Amendment 251 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights the vital importance of culture and the CCS for the digital and the green transition, as well as for the promotion of any societal change, innovation and progress and calls on Member States and the Commission for the inclusion of the CCS in all relevant funding schemes;
Amendment 252 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create new funding programmes to support sustainable, balanced and inclusive mobility and cross-border cooperation, as well as innovate existing funding instruments in this direction;
Amendment 257 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls on the Member States to provide the CCS with clear guidelines along with support measures regarding their re-opening, tailored to the different features of each specific sector of the CCS; include compensation schemes of the CCS stakeholders for the empty seats or for possible last-minute cancellations of cultural events, because of the COVID- 19 hygiene measures; include communication campaigns and tools to de-stigmatize the CCS from the blame and fear of being COVID-19 triggers and spread the message to the audiences that the CCS equally ensure the thorough implementation of the perspective hygiene protocols and thus are as safe as all sectors of the economy;
Amendment 259 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Calls on the Commission for continuous monitoring of the CCS with regular studies on the Situation of the Artists in order to have accurate, reliable, updated and sector-specific data at a European level in order to design solid policy making, as well as have a better mapping of the CCS and be better prepared in case of future crises;
Amendment 260 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes that during the crisis many cultural ecosystems of workers and organisations adapted to new digital distribution formats showing innovative ways of reaching their audience, nevertheless, digital engagement should not replace cultural experiences in person;
Amendment 262 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Calls on Member States and the Commission to take measures to promote gender equality in the CCS, in order to tackle obstacles in terms of access, equal payment, representation and visibility, with concrete measures such as concretely supporting more women in decision- making positions;
Amendment 263 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to take measures to tackle inequalities and increased risk of exclusion in the CCS such as exclusion related to gender, disabilities, ageism, racism and xenophobia, while promoting cultural diversity to tackle the appearing trend towards digital homogeneity;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15 e. Highlights that the CCS are the first sectors and most severely hit by the pandemic and the last to recover, while given the restrictions in capacity of cultural events and venues due to the hygiene protocols, the recovery for the CCS is expected to be even slower; reiterates that the CCS have a direct and indirect link, contribution and important impact to other sectors of the economy as well as to local communities and calls on Member States and the Commission to take measures to further support the CCS, proportionally equal to other sectors such as tourism, which was found to be less hit by COVID-19;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ultimate goal is building a bottom-up European Education Area with common European policy objectives, requiring existing obstacles to be removed, European tools to be utilised and supporting policies at national and European levels to be developed, designed with the future of the planet in mind and encompassing the key roles to be played by education systems in addressing the climate crisis and enabling a successful digital transformation and Green transition;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the challenges the EU and its Member States are currently faced with today, including climate change, various forms of extremism and populism, andexacerbation of existing inequalities as a result of the COVID- 19 pandemic, and the rise of far- right extremism, neo-facism and authoritarianism require appropriate educational answers and concerted European action;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the realities of educational infrastructure, expertise and access to resources vary within and across Member States, and whereaswith those differences haveing become further pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic; primarily as a result of increased inequality, including lack of access to IT infrastructure for people from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, negatively impacting access to education; whereas in person education remains essential in both the intellectual and personal development of the student.
Amendment 61 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the European Education Area provides an important opportunity for increased international cooperation amongst both formal and informal education facilitators;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2243(INI)
1. Emphasises the importance of quality education founded upon the principle of inclusiveness and accessibility for all and that the European Education Area (EEA) initiative should provide more and better opportunities for every single European citizenone in Europe to study, train and work abroad, and cultivate anthe environment where skills and diplomas are recognised throughout Europe;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the role of the EEA in fostering a sense of European belongingcommunity and in providing economicfair and equal opportunities by addressing existing educational challenges;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Considers the need for increased collaboration on education across Europe and beyond, to ensure that common answers to common, cross-border challenges, such as the climate crisis, the skills mismatches, the academic achievement gaps, can be developed;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Appreciates the Commission’s efforts to foster an EEA, while noting the need for a more holistic approach, requiring meaningful cooperation and coordination between all actors and stakeholders across national, regional &; local authorities;
Amendment 92 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights the diversity of the stakeholders that include the education and training community, social partners, trade unions, youth organisations, youth workers and civil society;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Emphasises the urgent need to develop a common implementation strategy and roadmap that includes the European institutions, Member States and all relevant stakeholders including local and regional authorities and civil society, and defines their respective responsibilities;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Turning vision into reality: common strategic priorities, funding and EU-level targets
Amendment 113 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights inclusiveness of the most marginalised communities including women in all their diversity, racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTIQ+ people, persons with disabilities, refugees and migrants, as a central dimension of an EEA and a prerequisite for achieving quality education for all, ensuring that no talentlearner is left behind;
Amendment 124 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for at least 10% of the recovery and resilience facility's funding to be allocated to education and for the provision of adequate funding for the establishment, implementation and development of the European Education Area; Encourages Member States to earmark funds to contribute towards the development of the EEA;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Aims to foster inclusion, equality, media literacy and critical thinking at all stages of learning as a central means to empower responsible Europemembers of society and citizensounter the increasing tide of disinformation;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the importance of improving working conditions and enhancing competences and motivation in the education profession, especially supported through the improved recognition of educators’ value to societygreater societal valuation of educators and by bolstering pedagogical autonomy;
Amendment 163 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the importance of Commission and Member State action in higher education, such as reinforcing the Bologna Process, strengthening the international dimension of the EEA, including partners from the global south, and furthering the European Student Card, including through embracing the synergies offered by existing EU programmes;
Amendment 194 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Seeks clarity on the level of involvement expected from stakeholders, education sectors that have been underrepresented so far, and relevant civil society actors; stresses that the governance framework should involve all relevant stakeholders working in all arenas of learning. This also includes the involvement of youth workers and youth organisations specifically;
Amendment 197 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Seeks clarity onto increase the level of involvement expected from stakeholders, education sectors that have been underrepresented so far, and relevant civil society actors;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the need for a European dimension in education by strengthening a distinct European perspective in students’ curricula and teachers’ training, with regards to all teachers, trainers & learners from both formal & non-formal organisations including with support from Jean Monnet actions and teacher academies; proposes that these teacher academies be called ‘Comenius Teacher Academies’;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Emphasises the need to provide learners with knowledge about European history and cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, and to foster a critical European memory and historical consciousness, taking into account the legacy of colonialism and its continued influence throughout European society and beyond;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that AI should be used in a fair and ethical manner and with due respect for Union values and principles, human rights, freedom of expression, the right to privacy, data protection, non- discrimination, media pluralism and cultural diversity; notes that while AI offers great potential, it can also present certain risks due to issues such as bias and opacity, the manipulation of individual behaviour, violation of privacy, the identification/forecasting of sensitive identity traits and emotion, enabling of mass surveillance, the restriction of access to vital public services, and reinforcing structural discrimination; stresses that in view of commercial activities on online market places, self- regulation provided to be insufficient and therefore, asks the Commission to introduce strong safeguards and obligations for product safety and consumer protection for commercial activities on online market places, accompanied by a tailored liability regime with proper enforcement mechanisms;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the omission of culture from AI strategies and policy recommendations at both national and Union level; stresses the need to set up a clear legal framework that prioritises culture, education and sports, without discrimination, in order to bring the Union to the forefront of AI-driven innovation and value creation worldwide and to maximise its benefits, while assessing its potential risks for society; underlines the role of AI to preserve and boost the European culture and language diversity; underlines that data sets used by AI systems (both for training and operation) may suffer from the inclusion of inadvertent historic bias, incompleteness and bad governance models; stresses that the continuation of such biases could lead to unintended (in)direct prejudice and discrimination against certain groups or people, potentially exacerbating prejudice and marginalisation;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into national law is crucial to achieving a genuine digital single market; urges the Member States that have not yet done so to complete the transposition as soon as possible; stresses that the future Digital Services Act (DSA) and any future regulation on AI, with particular regard to the cultural and creative sectors, should be in line with the principles and obligations of the AVMSD and should respect the broad framework of fundamental European rights of users and consumers, such as the protection of privacy, data, non-discrimination, dignity, fairness and free speech;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2216(INI)
4 a. Urges the Union to take steps to prevent or mitigate associated risks by the negative effects of AI and to set concrete and applicable baseline standards and rules, specifically in the sensitive area of AI systems in law enforcement, such as facial recognition software;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 41 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Stresses that the DSA should introduce a tailored liability regime with proper enforcement mechanisms for commercial activities on online market places in order to guarantee consumer protection and product safety;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Considers it necessary to end the “attention- seeking” profiling business model of digital markets, where algorithms prioritise controversial content and thus contribute to its spread online; stresses thus, that users should have more control on how rankings are presented, e.g. by giving them the choice to arrange them alternatively;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that large platforms acquired a huge amount of data and replaced services of a diverse and decentralised system with open standards by “walled gardens” with locked- in users; stresses that as a consequence some markets are characterised by large platforms with significant network effects which are able to act as de facto “online gatekeepers” of the digital economy; considers it therefore necessary to introduce additional obligations regarding data protection, transparency, user choice and interoperability in order to guarantee a level playing field and consumer welfare;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that the Member States and the EU institutions have an obligation, under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights, to ensure that each person’s rights to privacy, data protection, free expression and assembly, non- discrimination, dignity and other fundamental rights are not unduly restricted by the use of new and emerging technologies;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to support public trust in AI by providing clear, regulatory limits to uses of AI which inherently undermine fundamental rights and the protection of the environment;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for the surveillance of all workers, artists, athletes and students to be prevented;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Highlights that it is important for the Union to guarantee a high degree of control over data and maintain the highest standards of protection for personal data;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Reiterates European principles on the ownership of individuals of their own personal data and explicit, informed consent, which is necessary before using personal data as enshrined in the GDPR; points out that consent implies that individuals understand for which purposes their data will be used and that entities using personal data in algorithms have a responsibility for ensuring this understanding;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Amendment 64 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6 i. Believes that it is vital that the upcoming EU regulatory proposal establishes in law clear limitations as to what can be considered lawful uses of AI and must legally restrict uses and deployments of AI which unduly infringe upon access to social, cultural, linguistic rights and benefits;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6 j. Highlights that the main purpose of AI must be to provide more ecological and effective alternative to current technology; stresses that AI and humans should collaborate in fulfilling the long- term goals of humankind - to create equal society based on indisputability of human rights and especially right to human dignity, while achieving balances relationship with nature; stresses that making the most advanced AI is not a goal for itself;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 k (new)
Paragraph 6 k (new)
6 k. Highlights that beneficial innovation can only be achieved when we guarantee that uses are safe, legal, and do not discriminate; believes in the need to ensure democratic oversight and clear regulation before technologies are deployed;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 l (new)
Paragraph 6 l (new)
6 l. Believes that consumers should be adequately informed, if requested in offline format, in a timely, impartial, easily-readable, standardised and accessible manner about the existence, process, rationale, reasoning and possible outcome of algorithmic systems, about how to reach a human with decision- making powers, and about how the system’s decisions can be checked, meaningfully contested and corrected;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2216(INI)
6 m. Believes that particular attention in AI literacy programs should be paid in all education levels;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 n (new)
Paragraph 6 n (new)
6 n. Notes that those who own or operate inputs to AI systems and profit from it should be asked to help fund the development of AI literacy programmes for schools and universities.
Amendment 16 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. Whereas it is indispensable for the European Institutions’ websites to set up the necessary technical specifications in order to be accessible to persons with disabilities, so that persons with disabilities can receive correct and direct information on all issues that concern them as citizens, with the aim of increasing the accessibility of documents, videos and websites and promoting alternative means of communication;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to consult and actively involve organisations of persons with disabilities in each stage of planning, adoption, implementation and monitoring of all types of measures so that these measures do not lead to the violaensure the promotion of their fundamental rights; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to involve organisations of persons with disabilities in the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2021-2030;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2209(INI)
10 a. Calls on the Commission for the exemption of persons with disabilities and their families and helpers from the payment of tolls across Europe to support their movement especially when multiple routes are needed to cover their medical and wellbeing transportation;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Amendment 55 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the Commission’s proposal for the creation of the ‘AccessibleEU’ resource centre by 2022; calls on the Commission to create an EU Agency on accessibility (‘EU Access Board’) that would be in charge of developing technical specifications on accessibility in support of specific EU policies and legislation, carrying out consultations with rights- holders and, stakeholders and NGOs, helping Member States and EU institutions to implement accessibility in a harmonised way for the benefit of the single market, and raising awareness of the importance of accessibility for inclusiveequal societies;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Regrets the fact that access to the built environment and physical accessibility were not included within the scope of the European Accessibility Act; calls on the Commission to use the European Accessibility Act as a basis for adopting a robust EU framework for an accessible and inclusiveequal environment with fully accessible public spaces, services, including public transport, communication and financial services, and the built environment;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to ensure the swift and efficient implementation at all levels of Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of public sector bodies’ websites and mobile applications, in order to guarantee that persons with disabilities are able to access all information they require in an accessible format; welcomes the Commission’s initiative for an action plan on web accessibility for all EU institutions, bodies and agencies with a view to ensuring the compliance of EU websites, and the documents published on these websites and online platforms, with European accessibility standards which need to be broadened; urges all EU institutions, bodies and agencies to comply with the European accessibility standards as quickly as possiblein 2022 at the latest;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Points out that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the entire population should be able to benefit from digital transformation, without any discrimination or exclusion; emphasizes the importance of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) for mobility, communication and access to public services; therefore, calls on the Member States to actively promote the participation of persons with disabilities by providing the appropriate means ensuring their access to online public services;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Highlights the need to employ interpreters of the Sign language and Easy-to-Read language, as well as subtitles, so that Committee meetings, Plenary meetings and all other meetings of the European Parliament are accessible for persons with disabilities;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that there is no mutual recognition of disability status between Member States; calls on the Member States to work together in a spirit of mutual trust to recognise the status assigned in another Member State; emphasises the Commission’s goal of working with Member States to expand the scope of the mutual recognition of disability status in areas such as labour mobility and the benefits related to the conditions of service provision; underlines the need to extend the benefits of the EU disability card so that mutually recognized health access benefits are also included;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Is concerned about the high unemployment rates of persons with disabilities, especially among women with disabilities compared to other groups in the European Union; calls on the Member States to promote and ensure a legislative and policy framework for the participation of persons with disabilities and especially women with disabilities in the labour market, including those with hidden disabilities, chronic illnesses or learning disabilities;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Amendment 79 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses the urgent need for EU legislation aimed at protecting citizens against all forms of discrimination in the EU, considers it to be a primordial legislative act for a correct implementation of CRPD policies; urges the Member States to adopt the EU horizontal anti-discrimination directive tabled by the Commission in 2008; calls on the Commission to present an alternative solution in order to move forward in tackling discrimination across the EU, in all areas of life, as soon as possible;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Strongly condemns all medical discrimination against persons with disabilities; recalls that the relevant measures adopted by the Member States must comply with the CRPD and must ensure equal and non-discriminatory access to healthcare and social services; stresses that persons with disabilities deserve the same medical treatment as any other person, including intensive medical care, also during health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic; recalls the importance for health public services to always play a main role for the protection of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Stresses that imprisonment of persons whose disability is incompatible with detention must be prevented and that alternatives to prison sentences should be provided; calls on the Member States to ensure that the fundamental principles of equality of treatment, non-discrimination, reasonable accommodation and accessibility are respected for detainees with disabilities;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Recalls that a good structure of public services, especially in health and education, is essential to ensure an equal treatment of persons with disabilities, regardless of their economic condition; calls on the Member States to use the EU funds to improve these services and related infrastructures, according to the spirit of the initiatives REACT EU and Next Generation EU;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Underlines the necessity for adequately funding the equipment that persons with disabilities need, to ensure that they can use the best available technology and equipment for their everyday life, for their employment and social participation;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Highlights the need for financial aids so that persons with disabilities may hire or employ helpers or financially support family members, since their caring services have a cost in time and finance, and since this is absolutely necessary for the support of the persons with disabilities and for their family helpers;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21 c. Highlights that persons with disabilities are socially marginalized and excluded from employment, economic and social life; regrets that often persons with disabilities, particularly those with high support needs, are highly at risk of being institutionalized, while the current financial support by Member States is not enough, especially regarding community based, person centered support that would protect the rights of persons with disabilities1a; _________________ 1a https://www.edf-feph.org/independent- living-and-de-institutionalisation-policy/
Amendment 96 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
21 d. Stresses that Article 19 of the CRPD sets out the right to live independently and be included in the community; calls on the Member States to ensure a process that provides for a shift in living arrangements for persons with disabilities, from institutional settings to a system enabling social participation where services are provided in the community according to individual will and preference; calls on the Member States to include specific targets with clear deadlines in their deinstitutionalisation strategies and to adequately finance the implementation of these strategies;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to conduct further research into the impact and health-related effects of LED lights, in particular on photosensitive persons and persons with disabilitieemerging technologies on persons with disabilities, such as the case of LED lights on photosensitive persons;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Recalls that in order to develop appropriate and effective policies to ensure an accessible society for all persons with disabilities in the EU, there is a need for comparable and reliable EU data; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their efforts to collect reliable statistics and data on the participation of persons with disabilities in the various levels and types of education, labour and participation in social life;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Stresses the need to invest in innovation and research regarding employment and entrepreneurship of persons with disabilities to support their financial survival and their participation in economic and social life;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the fact that Member States are willing to implement inclusive educational policies, but calls on them to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality inclusive education for all learners, and calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the inclusion of childrenCalls on Member States to further increase their education systems’ capacity to provide high-quality accessible education for all learners, by promoting specific measures and personalized support, such as accessible and tailored curricula and learning materials, accessible information and communication technologies, as well as appropriate digital education, not only for persons with disabilities but for future teachers as well; and calls on the Commission to strengthen the role of the Child Guarantee in ensuring the equal treatment of children with disabilities; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in training professionals regarding the needs of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 109 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Strongly believes that Member States should provide adequate support to children with disabilities to enable public education to become the backbone of the individualized pedagogical itinerary;
Amendment 111 #
2020/2209(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23 b. Proposes the creation of projects to raise awareness of the needs of persons with disabilities, by positively using the power of cultural tools, such as through the promotion of cultural events, as a part of a broader educational strategy to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that citizens’ trust in the EU institutions is fundamental for democracy, good governance and effective policy-making and that for this reason the EU institutions must strive for the highest possible standards of transparency, accountability and integrity by taking specific, focused and coordinated relevant measures;
Amendment 8 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the establishment of an Ethics body (2020/2133(INI)) as an independent authority to foster transparency in the EU institutions;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 12 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Stresses the need to financially invest in activities to strengthen transparency in the governance procedures of the EU institutions;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Urges the EU institutions to provide timely and fully transparent access to the public during all preparatory stages of the legislative documents and processes;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Calls on the Commission to take further and specific measures in order to strengthen transparency with a special focusing on the EU decision-making regarding the allocation of any EU funding;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Calls on the Commission to monitor and conduct systematic controls in order to ensure that organisations once registered in the Transparency Register keep covering transparency criteria overtime;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1 g. Highlights that the EU institutions should lead by example regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; notes that there are lessons to take from current crisis and especially the vaccination agreements, which eventually hampered citizens’ trust on the European institutions; urges the Commission to take specific measures to secure the highest transparency standards, adequately, timely and throughout all the stages of the decision procedures in the future, even if emergency procedures are followed;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1 h. Highlights that MEPs and senior officials of the EU institutions should lead by example regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; suggests the strengthening of the measures to prevent incidents of revolving doors and conflicts of interests;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that all democratic means of participation for citizens must entail an open and transparent process that takes an inclusive, participatory and well-balanced approach to citizens and stakeholders; notes that openness requires relevant adjustments to facilitate and remove bureaucracy barriers for citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making; believes that dialogue between decision- makers and civil society should be organised in such a way that the diversity of our societies is fully reflected; highlights the need for inclusion measures especially for persons with disabilities, persons from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds and LGBTIQ people; highlights that all citizens should have equal access and possibilities to exercise their democratic rights;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that in order to strengthen inclusiveness, awareness and visibility, there is a need to improve accessibility as much as possible; suggests proceeding to adjustments on the websites and all the digital presence of the EU in order to be user-friendly and presented in an easily understandable manner and language; suggests including and investing further in translation services, so that all websites of the EU support all official languages; suggests for specific technical or other adjustments to be made to all websites of the EU in order to facilitate participation of persons with disabilities, as well as persons with dyslexia or any reading disorder or difficulty, which account for 9-12% of the European population, according to relevant estimates;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that the procedures for citizens’ participation in the EU decision- making should be as simplified as possible; highlights that along with the digital communication channels there is a need to empower traditional communication channels, so that citizens of low web literacy or limited web access may still have equal opportunities to the EU participation, dialogues and decision- making;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Reiterates the definition of equality according to the Chapter 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, as equality before the law, non- discrimination, diversity, gender equality and rights of children, elderly people and people with disabilities;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that established channels for citizens to give their input on the EU decision-making process, such as the European citizens’ initiative, the right of petition to the European Parliament, recourse to the European Ombudsman, public consultations and dialogues, lack visibility, accessibility and follow-up; notes that although there has been some relevant improvement, according to the EU survey in EU citizenship, there is still the need to work with a special focus on citizens’ information and awareness on the ways they may use in order to exercise their democratic rights;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to prioritize citizens’ access to information on the Union’s activities in its external communication strategy;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights the need for the Commission to further diversify the information and dissemination tools currently used; suggests designing programmes, actions or pilot projects where cultural and creative sectors may provide creative and innovative solutions relevant to this aim; suggests the integral incorporation of the cultural and creative sectors as they may indeed contribute the much-needed visibility for the aims relevant to EU decision-making awareness;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of fostering civic engagement and participation in a coordinated and coherent way at a local, regional, national and EU level; believes, in this connection, that the role and activities of European Commission Representations and European Parliament Liaison Offices (EPLOs) in the Member States should be strengthened, privileging the mainstreamed use of communication tools for the digital and physical participation of citizens; suggests for specific measures to be taken to improve coordination also among the EU Committees, along with a broadening of the EU channels and communication practices;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Suggests designing collaboration schemes between EPLOs and Education Ministries, so that civic engagement and participation activities are implemented in schools and education premises, focusing on youth;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Suggests the establishment of scheduled and regular public hearings on citizens’ dialogues and citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making, where citizens, stakeholders and citizens’ society representatives may take the floor and express their views on measures to improve civic engagement in the EU decision making;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Suggests the conduct of scientific social research in order to explore the parameters that the Commission should focus on in order to improve civic participation in the EU decision-making;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Suggests the scheduled and systematic conduct of evaluation assessments, where citizens may give their input and evaluate the available channels and procedures for their participation in EU dialogues and decision-making;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Amendment 53 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4 f. Suggests the mainstreaming of EU communication strategies to the broad public; suggests possible collaborations with artists and persons of celebrity from the cultural, creative, media or sport sectors, as ambassadors of the messages of civic participation in the EU dialogues and decision-making; suggests exploiting visibility and audience engagement that may be effectively provided by the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Notes the need to foster visibility with specific activities where the public and the youth tend to gather; therefore, suggests that, after the pandemic, the physical presence of the EU should be strengthened, by introducing EU logos, banners and on-the-spot accessibility and information points at the universities, establishing actions such as a European Information Week; suggests similar measures to highlight EU awareness in festivals, sport-events, concerts and cultural or other events of high attendance of the public;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that civic education and learning about the EU is key to enabling EU citizens to make informed choices; calls on the Commission to develop a common curriculum on EU learning in order to foster objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Union; stresses the need to build this curriculum on the shared European values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law and human rights; highlights the need to include in this curriculum clear connections between the EU and citizens’ everyday needs and possibilities;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the importance of focusing on youth in any EU learning activities; suggests that youth-engaging tools are promoted with a special focus on multimedia, new media, social media, videogames, animations, mobile apps, mobile games, quizzes and other youth- friendly formats or solutions provided by the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the right of citizens to have access to reliable and factual information on the European Union, its policies and decision-making processes; recognises the need to establish a neutral, independent and informative common European news centre, available in all of the EU’s official languages; considers it necessary to take measures to combat the spread of fake news, especially in times of crises, such as the current health crisis, which requires valid, reliable and timely information; calls for downstream feedback, fact-checking and moderation in relation to disinformation to be introduced into the functioning of online platforms. ;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasizes that there are lessons to be learnt from the current crisis, in terms of transparency, information and dissemination, coordination and proactive approach; suggests the design of regular and scheduled announcements or information briefings open to the public through the media, so that the citizens get updated directly by the EU officials and that a feeling of proximity and safety is cultivated; stresses the need to create action plans, communication programmes and campaigns in order to educate and prepare citizens for future crisis management; suggests for such actions to be implemented as a broad EU initiative to reach out to society and through schools;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes that culture provides with the tools for experience-based learning and involvement which facilitate the understanding and engagement of the public regarding the relevant messages; suggests that, in order to make people understand and get engaged, there is a need to further involve culture, creativity and the cultural and creative sectors in the communication activities relevant to the citizens’ dialogues and citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making; therefore, suggests that in the actions, programmes, pilot projects or any other EU funded activities supporting public awareness on EU-decision making cultural activities should be plainly included as eligible, including festivals, performances, concerts or any other cultural interventions either in the traditional, the digital or a hybrid form.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas inclusive, quality education is the cornerstone of the green and digital transitions, because it both enhances participation in democratic life and the life of society and individual self- determination, and gives people the skills needed to assess technological developments and their implications for society, including the need for political regulation;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the shift to online and distance learning has exacerbated existing inequalities, leaving disadvantaged and vulnerable learners and learners with disabilities further behind, increasing drop- out rates across education sectors, and revealing an absence of pastoral and social supportsupport for socially disadvantaged or linguistically less able students in the digital environment;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the development and expansion of digital infrastructure in primary and secondary schools is in some cases still being planned and carried out in the complete absence of permanent IT network and support staff;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s scheduled mid-term review of the plan and its intention to ramp up data collection; reiterates the need for a clear implementation timetable; remains convinced that the plan needs a clearer governance and coordination structure, in which Parliament should be involved, to monitor developments and performance on an ongoing basis; calls on the Commission, therefore, to establish a forum bringing together the Member States, Parliament and other relevant stakeholders and experts; urges the Commission to better integrate digital education into the European Semester exercisedevelop synergies between innovative measures to promote digital education under the various European support programmes and to determine and outline their impact in the mid-term assessments;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the plan’s focus on supporting school and university connectivity through the Connecting Europe Facility and efforts to publicise EU funding opportunities; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States, local authorities and stakeholders to ensure that EU support dovetails with national schemes, in particular to support disadvantaged groups; calls on the Commission to target support at other educational establishments besides schools, this support to be provided on a long-term basis by trained staff who oversee networks and applications and provide basic instruction in data protection;
Amendment 200 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the need to enhance tools at Union level to open up lifelong learning opportunities and to enable full and quality access to university and post- university courses and materials; calls on the Commission to create an public Online European University with distance and online education content available across Europe and, in that connection, to take account of Europe's language diversity as regards access and communication;
Amendment 204 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that the special emphasis on encouraging girls and women to study MINT subjects at school and university and as part of their professional training and further training must also cover the related digital skills, from programming to networked application;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that highest standards of transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions are essential to enabling citizens to exercise their democratic right to participate in the EU’s decision-making process and thus to enhancing the democratic legitimacy and credibility of the Union while restoring confidence in the European integration process; recalls that, in her Political Guidelines for the 2019- 2024 Commission, the President of the Commission stressed that if citizens were to have faith in the EU, its institutions should be open and beyond reproach on ethics, transparency and integrity; recalls that the right to petition provides citizens with the most accessible way to enter into and maintain a direct dialogue with representatives from the EU institutions and thus contributes to improving openness, responsiveness and accountability while bridging the gap between citizens and EU institutions; notes that openness requires relevant adjustments to facilitate citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making by ensuring inclusiveness and by removing any barriers relative to bureaucracy, accessibility and know- how, among others; notes that the procedures for citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making should be as simplified as possible and easy for citizens to understand; highlights that along with the digital communication channels there is a need to empower traditional communication channels, so that citizens of low web literacy or limited web access may still have equal opportunities to the EU participation, dialogues and decision- making; suggests that the proposed independent Ethics Body should be established as serving both roles in a manner of coordination, working for transparency inwards and outwards, that is within EU institutions and in direct dialogue with the citizens and the Citizen’s Society;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that the EU institutions should lead by example regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; notes there are lessons to take from the management of the current COVID-19 crisis and especially the vaccination agreements, which eventually hampered citizens’ trust on the European Institutions; urges the Commission to take specific measures to secure the highest transparency standards adequately, timely and throughout all the stages of the decision procedures in the future, even if emergency procedures are followed; in this context, welcomes the establishment of an independent Ethics Body or the development of any existing body to an independent ethics coordination authority;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Notes that the proposed Ethics Body or any existing body to be further developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should pay special attention to monitoring institutions and agreements where there is the greatest risk of deviating from transparency, agreements with financial transaction higher than a certain amount or agreements and contracts of the EU institutions relating with public health and safety;
Amendment 13 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Calls on the Commission to consider specific measures to ensure that highest standards of transparency, accountability and integrity are horizontally embedded in all the EU procedures and across the EU institutions in a coordinated manner; therefore, welcomes the establishment of an independent Ethics Body with the authority to verify certain transparency standards of agreements and proceed to cancellations where needed as well as to monitor and control procedures, persons and bodies, and impose sanctions where needed; suggests that the role of ethics coordinator with the above mentioned authorities should be assigned to one of the existing bodies of the EU, in case no Ethics Body is established;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Calls on the Commission to take further and specific measures in order to strengthen transparency and integrity in all agreements of EU bodies relevant with financing and budgets; suggests to include, under the authority of the Ethics Body or another independent ethics coordination authority, all EU decision- making procedures relevant with EU public spending, funding or getting any provision supplies and financially relevant transactions;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the particular interest that citizens have for transparency and integrity in the functioning of the EU institutions as revealed by a number of petitions received by the Committee on Petitions that call for more transparency1 , in particular in the decision-making of the Council and its contacts with lobbyists; raises its concerns over the appointment procedures of EU senior officials2 and over alleged conflicts of interests of Commissioners and breaches of MEPs’ code of conduct3 ; nNotes also that, as in previous years, the majority of inquiries closed by the European Ombudsman in 2019 concerned transparency and accountability, including public access to information and documents; _________________ 1Petitions Nos 0134/2019, 0939/2018, 0161/2017, 1367/2015, 0696/2015, 0698/2013. 2Petitions Nos 0224/2018 and 0799/2018, 0799/2018. 3Petitions Nos 0742/2017, 1004/2016, 2485/2014, 1984/2014.highlights that democracy, transparency and integrity presuppose openness and inclusiveness; suggests that all EU websites and documents, with a special focus on transparency-sensitive documents, should be timely available in all official EU languages;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that although there has been some relevant improvement, according to the EU survey in EU citizenship, there is still the need to work with a special focus on citizens’ information and awareness on the ways they may use in order to exercise their democratic rights; stresses that already in-place channels for citizens to participate in the EU decision-making, such as the right of petition to the European Parliament, recourse to the European Ombudsman, or public consultations, need to improve in terms of visibility, accessibility, inclusiveness and coordination; suggests that the establishment of an independent Ethics Body or the further development of any other existing independent ethics coordination authority should also serve as a central coordination portal of all channels of citizen’s participation in the EU decision-making; suggests that the inauguration of the Ethics Body or of any other existing independent ethics coordination authority under further development should facilitate relevant awareness raising with specific communication measures; calls on the Commission to prioritize citizens’ access to information on the Union’s activities in its external communication strategy;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Suggests to include on the annual regular function of the proposed Ethics Body or of any other existing independent ethics coordination authority under further development of a scheduled and systematic conduct of evaluation assessments, where citizens may give their input and evaluate the available channels and procedures for their participation in EU dialogues and decision-making;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses that a change in rules and practices such as the establishment of an independent Ethic Body at EU level or the further development of any existing body to an independent ethics coordination authority should have in place open procedures in order to take into account the opinion of citizens and Citizens’ Society;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Suggests in the context of the function of the Ethics Body or of any other existing independent ethics coordination authority under further development, the establishment of scheduled and regular public hearings on citizens’ dialogues and citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making, where citizens, stakeholders and Citizens’ Society representatives may take the floor and express their views on measures to improve civic engagement in the EU decision making;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Suggests, along with the establishment of the Ethics Body or of any other existing independent ethics coordination authority under further development, to proceed to the design of an EU Civic Participation Strategy, including an action plan and a media plan; suggests the setting of specific aims and measurable goals for such a strategy, including quotas to secure gender balance and overall representation of the diversity of European society; suggests the setting of long-term goals; highlights the importance of an ultimate goal to increase citizens’ participation in the European elections;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Suggests the conduct of scientific social research in order to explore the parameters suggested by citizens and the Citizen’s Society that the Commission should focus on in order to improve civic participation in the EU decision- making,including the establishment of the independent Ethics Body or the further development of any other existing body to an independent ethics coordination authority;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that athe highest level of transparency of the legislative process is essential to enabling citizens to hold their elected representatives and governments accountable; reiterates, therefore, its call on the Council to improve its rules and practices on transparency of its legislative process in line with the recommendations of the European Ombudsman, which have been overwhelmingly supported by Parliament in its resolution of 17 January 2019 on the Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU4 , which was based on the joint report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Petitions; _________________ 4urges the EU Institutions to provide timely and fully transparent access to the public during all preparatory stages of the legislative and other documents and processes; suggests that legislative discussions should be on live web stream and the relevant minutes made available to the general public as soon as possible and shortly after the proceedings; Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0045.
Amendment 34 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Highlights that MEPs and senior officials of the EU institutions should lead by example regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; suggests the strengthening of the measures to prevent incidents of revolving doors and conflicts of interests; in this regard, suggests for a common framework and definition of conflict of interest and revolving doors to be used in all EU institutions;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU institutions should apply the highest ethical standards to prevent any episodes of revolving doors and any conflicts of interests, also with regard to the appointments to senior positions in the EU institutions and agencies; notes that in cases where ethical standards are proven as inadequate, there should be sanctions imposed, varying from soft to severe sanctions, depending on the offense and according to a framework of sanctions with specific rules and procedures; expresses its concern that any such episodes, even if legally admissible, are undermining the overall credibility of the EU institutions and often used by anti- European propaganda as a means of introducing euro-scepticism to the publiccitizen’s trust on the EU institutions;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the creation of a strict and clear framework of prevention and of sanctions would work as a precaution in order to avoid violations; suggests that prevention measures may include freezing time intervals after occupation in senior EU positions, disclosure of breaches where proven as required may as well act as a deterrent; suggests that the proposed Ethics Body or any existing body to be further developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should be plainly assigned the authority of monitoring procedures, applying controls on its own initiative and enforcing sanctions where required and after relevant procedures to safely prove the truth; suggests to include the creation of a common framework of sanctions, varying from soft to severe, according to specific rules and procedures based on the offence, including the return of financial resources or of any other fortune where proven as legitimately required;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that the procedures for selecting persons for senior positions should be carried out with fully objective criteria and fully transparent to the general public; highlights that there should be a framework in place for expressing questions and objections, along with open follow-up procedures and the power to cancel decision that may be proven as of inadequate transparency and integrity;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the important role that the European Ombudsman plays in ensuring high standards of transparency and integrity in the EU institutions; calls on its Committee on Constitutional Affairs committee to consider and to take into account the experience provided by the European Ombudsman when reflecting on the possible establishment of an independent ethics body; suggests the setting up of an EU interinstitutional working group that is tasked with discussing and formulating recommendations on all aspects related to the subject matter; suggests that the interinstitutional working group focuses on utilizing accumulated experience aiming at the best possible effectiveness and optimization of coordination for the proposed Ethics Body; suggests that if there is evidence that there may be more efficient alternatives in terms of coordination than establishing a new body, then they should be thoroughly examined as well;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that there is no common definition of ethics in the EU law; notes in this regard that there is a need to reach an agreement among the institutions on definitions to be accordingly used regarding ethics, transparency, integrity, accountability, morality, trust and conflict of interest, among others; underlines the need for relevant institutional change so that the treaties plainly define ethics with no open interpretations; suggests to include this review into the Future of Europe;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes that the Ethics Body or any existing body to be further developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should have full access to all the data needed during audit process and any control procedures over the auditees, including personal data, banking data, tax data and all financial situation data and data of relatives or other approximates where the case is valid, among others;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Highlights the need for the Ethics Body or any existing body to be further developed to an independent ethics coordination authority to monitor and conduct systematic controls in order to ensure that the EU institutions and any third parties in collaboration with the EU institutions, including those enlisted in the Transparency Registry, keep covering transparency criteria overtime;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the important role played by Parliament as representative of the citizens of the EU, including in its oversight of the Commission and other institutions on behalf of the public; suggests that nominees by the European Parliament to participate in the independent Ethics Body or in any existing body to be developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should follow democratic procedures and should be voted by the two third of the plenary;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Emphasizes that the independent Ethics Body or any existing body to be developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should follow democratic procedures and should be governed by a scheme including equal representation by all institutions; suggests that the relevant governance scheme should as well respect gender parity;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Suggests that the independent Ethics Body or any existing body to be developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should include in its function certain mechanisms for complaint management internally in the EU institutions, so that concerns about potential breaches may be confidentially risen and discreetly examined;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Suggests that the independent Ethics Body or any existing body to be developed to an independent ethics coordination authority should include in its function certain mechanisms for complaint management coming from citizens or the Citizen’s Society under a certain framework, so that concerns about potential breaches may be confidentially risen and appropriately and discreetly examined;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates, therefore, the need for the highest ethical standards for the Members of the European Parliament and calls for a strong advisory body within Parliament , consisting, among others, of highly respectable former Members with a staunch record of responsiveness to the public opinon the Commission to establish an independent Ethics Body or to develop any existing body into an independent ethics coordination authority; highlights that this body should be assigned with the resources needed to effectively function monitoring and control as well as the authority to impose sanctions and to cancel decisions if proven as necessary;urges the Commission to ensure that no colleagues are to be placed as judges of other colleagues; namely, suggests not to place MEPs or former MEPs as judges of other MEPs; instead, suggests the procedure of the voting process where necessary, for the European Parliament to have a supervisory and control power, as one of the EU Institutions;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Notes that in this context it is necessary to adequately clarify any responsibilities and authorities of MEPs and members of any other body that are about to participate in order to ensure transparency and integrity;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the fact that strengthening the existing procedures on the basis of analysis and evaluation of their effectiveness and public response is generally more effective than the introduction of new ones; considers of high importance to identify the weaknesses of the current system and address them; notes that sound feasibility studies should be the basis for the decisive criteria on the creation of a new independent Ethics Body or the further development of an existing body to an independent ethics coordination authority;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses that the procedures used should be evaluated at regular intervals in order to judge their effectiveness and in case they do not bring the desired results should be changed or replaced by other procedures;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers, as the committee most directly engaged with the public opinion and public response to the institutions’ transparency and integrity, that the democratic approach and political responsibility, highest ethics, transparency and accountability standards remains the strongest control mechanism in any constitutional democracy, as well as in the EU; stresses the need for further strengthening of the democratic accountability mechanisms at EU level. , either with the establishment of anew independent Ethics Body or by the further development of an existing body to an independent ethics coordination authority;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Stresses that information should be provided to citizens without discrimination; to this end, suggests for the relevant technical or other adjustments to be made on the websites of the EU institutions so that people with disabilities and people with dyslexia or any other reading difficulties may equally receive complete and understandable information;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Highlights that those who are audited must be accountable to both the European institutions and the citizens; stresses that there should be a sanctions range, including return of financial resources or other items of wealth when proven as legitimately required;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2133(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Stresses that the procedures used should be regularly evaluated in order to monitor their effectiveness and apply quality improvements where necessary.
Amendment 39 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Congratulates Emily O’Reilly on her re-election as European Ombudsman and on her excellent work; endorses her commitment to continue her efforts to ‘ensure that the EU delivers the highest standards of administration, transparency and ethics’, and to guarantee the accessibility and quality of the services that the EU provides to European citizens; Reiterates that transparency is a principle complementary to the rule of law and democracy and its implementation should aim at allowing citizens to participate in the decision making process;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Repeats its call for a revision of the 1049/2001 which governs the regime for the public access to documents; Regrets the blockage created by the Council in that regard; Believes that the basis for resuming the negotiations should be proposal (2008/0229 (COD)), while (2011/0073(COD)) should be withdrawn by the European Commission as going below the current standards, providing a very limited definition of what constitutes a ''document'' and stresses the need to increase all efforts to maximize transparency as per the practice of the Ombudsman;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Council to follow the European Ombudsman’s recommendations; calls for the systematic identification of Member State governments which set out positions in the preparatory bodies; Further recalls its suggestions in the Resolution of 17 January 2019 on the Ombudsman's strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses out the need for increased transparency in the Council including a full record of the meetings by President of the European Council and members of his cabinet that should be published in a structured and proactive manner; Strongly supports the recommendations of the Ombudsman towards the General Secretariat of the Council in relation to case 1946/2018/KR;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes that in publicizing documents dealing with external relations of the Union, Commission should enjoy a certain level of discretion as necessary to allow mutual trust between negotiators1a but such discretion should be curtailed when rights of European citizens are at stake; _________________ 1aDecision in case 1392/2019/FP on the European Commission’s refusal to grant full access to a report on property rights in Albania
Amendment 71 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Applauds the European Ombudsman’s repeated efforts to combat conflicts of interest, approves the publication, following an inquiry, of the minutes of meetings held between lobbyists and the President of the European Council, and calls for the conclusion of a fair and ambitious interinstitutional agreement on the Transparency Register; stresses, however, the need to adopt in the longer term a decision establishing areiterates its support for the adoption of a fully mandatory register for lobbyists; Regrets the decision of the European Commission not to fuolly mandatory register for lobbyow the recommendations of the Ombudsman in case 1302/2017/MH and its decision not to grant access to the documents relating to the opinions of its Legal Service, concerning the Transparency regists;er
Amendment 75 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Highlights the importance of the public access to documents containing the positions taken by Member States in decision making; Supports the findings of the Ombudsman in relation to case 2142/2018/EWM and deplores the Commission's continued refusal to grant access to the requested documents dealing with the risk assessment of pesticides on bees;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Amendment 78 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes that the Commission has committed itself to implementing many of the European Ombudsman’s proposals on the issue of ‘revolving doors’, and endorses the recommendation to take a firmer approach; Urges the Commission to implement all recommendations and take a more robust approach including forbidding new activity when there is evidence that this would lead to a conflict with the legitimate interests of the Commission; Stresses the importance of a compliance monitoring process to ensure that rules occupational activities after leaving the service are effectively enforced and communicated to other institutions; Strongly believes that such rules should not only include high- ranking staff members;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Fully endorses the European Ombudsman’s confirmation of her finding that four instances of maladministration marred the appointment process of the most senior Commission official, and applaudwelcomes the new Commission’s introduction in 2019 of a specific appointment procedure for its Secretary- General;
Amendment 94 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the European Ombudsman’s role in protecting, promoting and monitoring the implementation of the UNCRPD by the EU administration, and in strengthening the EU agenda for the rights of persons with disabilities; Considers it urgent to address lack of an appropriate legal basis to ensure that the spending of EU funds complies fully with the CRPD;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that the number of inquiries concerning the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) rose from 23 in 2018 to 44 in 2019; urges the European Ombudsman to monitor closely the proper implementation of anti-discrimination measures which apply to all recruitment procedures; suggests a strategic inquiry into the methods utilised by EPSO and other agencies in order to ascertain that principles of fairness and openness are fully in place in all recruitment procedures;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Council to approve the revised Statute of the European Ombudsman, so that the Office of the Ombudsman is better able to promote the highest standards of ethical behaviour in the institutions and properly mandated to perform effectively its tasks;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2125(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the European Parliament to overhaul the nomination process for the election of the European Ombudsman, so that the election at the beginning of the parliamentary term can take place in a more informed, uniform, transparent and orderly manner; Specifically calls for a more detailed description of time limits for the collection of signatures and campaigning of the nominees;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that the Committee on Petitions receives a large number of petitions on the lack of implementation of the principle of equal treatment as regards access to employment, vocational training, promotion, and the working conditions of persons with disabilities, as well as has repeatedly called for the need to make the Petitions Web Portal more accessible, transparent and open to all citizens;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that a reasonable effort should be made, based on defined timeframes, to adapt all workplaces to accommodate specialaccessibility needs with a view to potentially employing persons with all types of disabilitieimpairments and insists on promoting dialogue between social partners with a view to fostering equal treatment, including through the monitoring of workplace practices, collective agreements, codes of conduct and research on or the exchange of experiences and good practices;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on all Member States to take appropriate action to achieve the social and economic integration of disabled people, to raise awareness about their rights, to share best practices and to combat youth and senior unemployment, as unemployment can lead to poverty, social exclusion and mental health problems; Reiterates the importance of avoiding the segregated employment by linking people with disabilities to the open labour market, and thus providing them with the possibility of choosing a job.
Amendment 43 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Highlights the role of women, who usually have primary responsibility for taking care of children and dependants with disabilities and that disabled women face a double discrimination which has statistically led to a higher unemployment ratio; stresses that this has a direct effect on women’s access to jobs and their professional development and may negatively affect their conditions of employment;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Insists on updating and renewing the post-2020 European Disability Strategy, with the aim of further reducing inequalities for disadvantaged persons, and promoting their social and economic inclusion and independence, taking into account the challenges and issues relating to disabilitiesy that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that confinement measures taken by governments and teleworking may have affected persons with disabilities as well as the need to consider the provision of financial support to employers of disabled persons in order to provide them with the equipment required for teleworking.
Amendment 54 #
2020/2086(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights the importance of updating the legal framework related to persons with no legal capacity, through the adoption of supported decision- making regimes and with a view to ultimately enabling them to practically exercise the right to employment.
Amendment 9 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to introduce Environmental Protection and Environmental Education as the one of the key principles of the ESC programme;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines the fact that the Green Deal requires a ''cultural wing'' that would foster the transition by utilizing art and culture to manifest its benefits as well as investing in culture and art as sustainable means of growth;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights the importance of cultural diversity as necessary for humankind as biodiversity is for nature, whereas recognizes the diversity of cultural expressions as a driving force for financial development and welfare and the importance of a wide cultural ecosystem, with diversity of origins, actors and content for sustainable development;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Reiterates the liaison among public spaces as cultural spaces and places of cultural expression and expressiveness as a basic dimension of human dignity and social inclusion without prejudice to gender, origin or any other form of discrimination and thus believes that investment should be fostered in upgrading cultural and traditional routes which can act as elements of protection and heritage management, as well as basis for solid transnational cooperation;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that under the investment plan, funding can be dedicated to thematic projects in the fields of education, volunteering and cultureshould be allocated inter alia to thematic projects, at local, regional, national and European level, in the fields of education, volunteering and culture to raise awareness on climate- and environmental-related issues; calls on the Commission to step up the synergies between the Green Deal and Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe in order to complement and cross- fertilise their specific methods of tackling environmental issues;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission, along with Member States and regions with education and university competences, to provide a plan to for the ''greening'' Erasmus+, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity Corps, design and provide a financial assistance scheme to those students who cannot afford the costs of Erasmus+, ESC and Creative Europe programmes or the cost of the transport means, as long as they meet the most environmentally friendly standards;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the fact that Europe's cultural ecosystem is fragile, is characterized by precarious working conditions and uncertainty for the overwhelming majority of cultural workers, thus it is fundamental to ensure that all sustainability and greening measures mainstreamed through the cultural strand of Creative Europe will not negatively impact the underfunded cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Stresses the need to ensure that all measures adopted in the field of the cultural and creative sectors will be undertaken after consulting with all organizations representing the different stakeholders and workers and with the view to maintaining employment and fostering job creation;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2 d. Underlines that the transition towards a climate-neutral society requires new skills and competences; notes that funds should be allocated in this regard to the development and implementation of programmes for students and workers to provide for the specialised training, knowledge and skills required to adapt to and thrive in the new socio-economic context;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2 e. Strongly supports the need for recognition of the economic dimension of culture through the Green Deal and the creation of funding opportunities through a series of measures such as subsidies, micro-credits, tax or other incentives to enhance the strategic role of cultural and creative sectors in contributing to local identity, creative continuity and job creation;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2 f. Expects an ambitious MFF and a Recovery Plan endowed with the financial, and enhanced and new genuine EU own resources system in order to successfully finance the Green Deal;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2 g. Calls on the Commission to publish a ‘good environmental practice’ guide covering audiovisual and cultural production, dissemination and event organisation, with a particular focus on transport, energy, sport and waste management;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Amendment 31 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2 i. Urges the Commission to make it possible for participants and beneficiaries of Erasmus+, Creative Europe and ESC to choose the least-polluting means of transport; calls on the Commission to revise the current financial rules so that the additional costs and journey times associated with the use of more environmentally friendly means of transport can be offset; insists that the additional costs be reimbursed in full;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 j (new)
Paragraph 2 j (new)
2 j. Calls on the Commission to include respect for the environment among the principles set out in the Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 k (new)
Paragraph 2 k (new)
2 k. Emphasises that the three programmes – Erasmus+, the European Solidarity Corps and Creative Europe – should be a means of highlighting good practices, as examples to be followed, while the way they operate must evolve in keeping with the Green Deal; integrating a sustainability dimension into these programmes is a precondition for the Green Deal to succeed;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the transition to an economy with net-zero emissions will have an increased impact on vulnerable and marginalised groups and individuals; emphasizes the importance of education in minimizing social differences and inequalities and in providing opportunities for students from disadvantaged backgrounds; calls on the Commission to ensure dedicated funding in this regard;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Underlines that improved energy efficiency of buildings will be one of the key enablers of the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy; emphasizes that increased investments are necessary for the renovation of energy-intensive buildings of schools, universities and of other educational and cultural institutions in order to improve their energy performance thus making them more sustainable and climate friendly;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Reiterates the liaison between sustainable tourism and the restoration, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage both tangible and intangible, natural, man-made or mixed and the potential that this would untap for rural areas and local economies of Member States;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes the tremendous impact that the COVID-19 had on the cultural and creative sectors; urges the Commission to offer financial aid to the cultural and creative sectors and the whole cultural ecosystem, including through the Corona Response Investment Initiative and construct supportive measures that would alleviate the impact; urges the Commission to propose the increase the budget of the Create Europe Programme 2021-2027 in order to alleviate the effects of the crisis in the long-term; stresses the need to include the cultural and creative sectors as priority sectors in the Recovery Fund as well as boosting the EU's investment tools, such as Invest EU, to open eligibility for the CCS; highlights the urgent need to ensure the availability of EU funds, specifically structural funds for the CCS as well as new support measures for creators, creative workers and freelancers in the EU;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates the liaison between sustainable tourism and the restoration, preservation and promotion of cultural heritage both tangible and intangible, natural, man-made or mixed and the potential that this would untap for rural areas and local economies of member states;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Strongly believes that professional tourist guides play a vital role in promoting cultural heritage throughout the member states and therefore calls member states to ensure that their profession is properly recognized and enjoys adequate protection in the labour market;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the need for a strategy on sustainable tourism that will include robust supportive and recovery measures for the sector that was vastly hit by the measures against the pandemic of COVID-19;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that pan-European or European cultural events and festivals with periodicity and the view to reignite and raise awareness on the significance of European culture present an added value for sustainable tourism purposes; urges the Commission to consider financing such initiatives;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2038(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Believes that certain aspects of Sustainable Tourism can play a fundamental role in highlighting the European elements of culture, such as cultural and traditional routes which can act as elements of protection and heritage management, as well as basis for solid transnational cooperation;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 14 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for all protective measures which might at the same time be detrimental to fundamental rights to remain tasks for the State that are subject to thorough judicial review and for no public- authority tasks to be transferred to private- sector firms; considers that these sector- specific rules may ensure unhindered access to media services and content, as well as advance freedom and pluralism of the media;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates the work of the Human Rights Committees of the United Nations in further elaborating interpretatively the texts of the UN Human Rights Conventions, in order be fit for the digital era, along with the work of the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Ensures that private agreements between artists and companies do not contravene the fundamental rights of the artists, creators and all personnel employed in the creative and cultural sectors, respecting their work and their intellectual property, both financially and ethically; highlights the need to ensure a fair remuneration from all activities entailing creativity for all stakeholders involved in the process, and with due regard to their right to collective bargaining;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses out that any rule on content moderation for service providers must ensure full respect for freedom of expression, which according to Art. 11 CFREU, includes "freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart Information and ideas without interference by public authorities and regardless of frontiers'', and that access to a wide variety of opinions contributes to the development of open and democratic societies even when such views are controversial or unpalatable;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Emphasises that the sharing of personal data and the processing of data for the purposes of the new Digital Single Act must respect the safeguards set out by the GDPR and the rules of the protection of data put in place in the Union; highlights that there is no need for any 'lex specialis' derogation from the General Rules of Data Protection;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Highlights the need to ensure that the collection and processing of all personal data, which does not fall under the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the Protection of natural persons with regard to processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purpose of law enforcement, or under the scope of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is done in accordance with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality, as established by Article 9 of the Council of Europe's Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention No. 108);
Amendment 43 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Believes that platform liability should be tailored, in order to respect the size of the operator and a clear distinction on the platforms' engagement with the content based on clear and verifiable criteria and aspects, such as editorial functions, actual knowledge and a certain degree of control; furthermore believes that any system proposed, should be accompanied by robust set of fundamental rights safeguards and adequate independent and impartial public oversight;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Strongly believes that the issue of platform workers must be addressed by a specific, dedicated, labour-oriented piece of legislation and not in an act dealing with digital services; suggests that platform operators should be responsible as employers for platform workers, and thus they should be liable to provide quality work, individual labour rights, social protection training and fulfilling health and safety at work requirements; reiterates that, in case of a provision of a legal presumption that platform workers are workers, it would ensure that requisite responsibility of platform operators as employers, to guarantee labour rights and to contribute to social security for platform workers;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Highlights the need to find an effective way to enforce properly and appropriately intellectual property rights thus fostering cultural and creative sectors without interfering with freedom of expression; believes that this balance should include proactive measures to be employed when necessary, in order to ensure that illegal and harmful content is not only taken down from online platforms but also that it stays down;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Recognises the need to define companies' human rights responsibilities in line with the ''respect, protect, remedy'' framework set out under the UN Guiding Principles and Business and Human Rights, which should be promptly turned into legally binding standards of International Law, by requiring in particular a human rights approach to the development of terms of service and Community standards as well as policies governing access to and use of their platform;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Highlights the need to ensure transparency to the maximum extent feasible to all measures taken under the new Act, including those taken by Member States' and Union authorities;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2022(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Emphasises the need to establish effective and timely remedies accessible to all, without discrimination, that are independent and impartial;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Emphasises that the products bought from online marketplaces should comply with all the relevant Union safety regulations, as the Digital Services Act should be able to upgrade the liability and safety rules for digital platforms, services and products;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for measures and specific provisions within the Digital Services Act to effectively halt the spread of disinformation and misleading information shared via online programs and platforms of digital marketing and distribution;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Notes that findability should be made transparent to the maximum extent possible, assisting citizens to discover means to address their needs and take decisions as informed customers, especially after the COVID-19 outbreak, where the use of online services has increased;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates that pro-competitive data access systems complementing competition law enforcement should seek to decentralise the data held by data holders whilst maintaining incentives to innovate for the benefit of consumers;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Reiterates that pro-competitive data access systems complementing competition law enforcement should seek to decentralise the data held by data holders, whilst maintaining incentive to innovate for the benefit of consumers;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2019(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Strongly believes that there is a need to strengthen platform liability, when it comes to illegal and unsafe products, thus re-enforcing the digital single market; recalls that in those cases, platform liability should be fit for its purpose, considering the consumer safeguards in place, which should be observed at all times, and the establishment of concomitant redress measures for retailers and consumers; believes that the system could only function if enforcement authorities have sufficient powers, tools and resources to enforce the provisions and efficiently cooperate for cases with a transnational element;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it necessary to adopt uniform, Union-wide rules to combat hatred, online bullying and hate crimes and disinformation and to protect children and youth as well as rules governing online advertising and fair e- commerce and at the same time calls for a strict distinction to be made between illegal and harmful content and cases of disinformation, as different rules are applicable in each case;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Expresses its concern that the information requirements set out in Article 5 of Directive 2000/31/EC cannot be effectively enforced; therefore suggests that they be complemented by a requirement for certain intermediaries to adequately verify the identity of any customers who provide information society services on a commercial basis; considers that this would contribute towards a more trustworthy online environment for the consumers, creators and artists who use these services or whose works are distributed on these services; underlines that any new requirements must fully respect fundamental rights and be in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Strongly believes that online platforms, that fulfil certain criteria of engagement with the content, should be liable and strongly opposes the ''Good Samaritan'' clauses option in the event of voluntary measures; reiterates the emerging need to move past the simple notice in order to safeguard creation and stresses that the obligatory engagement of platforms via liability regimes is necessary; suggests in that respect the simultaneous mediation between rights holders and users in cases where content appears to be illegal or harmful with the view to resolve duly and without further delay the matter;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on platform operators not only to immediately delete illegal content after positive identification, but also to continuously transmit it to the by an independent and impartial authority, but also to collaborate with law enforcement authorities for the purpose of further prosecution, including the metadata necessary for this purpose, respecting the presumption of innocence and personal data of victims;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the protection and promotion of freedom and diversity of opinion, information, the press and cultural forms of expression, as well as the protection of the privacy of communication between individuals, form the basis of liberal democracy and that this applies online without restriction; demands therefore that the use of all technologically feasible means of combating harmful or illegal content on the internet in this context be subjected to careful prior constitutional vetting and therefore rejects prior checks on content as disproportionate; suggests that when technological means are used especially to enforce decisions by judicial or independent authorities, there is a need for robust safeguards of transparency and accountability as well as highly skilled independent and impartial public oversight;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to ensure that the collection and processing of all personal data carried out which does not fall under the scope of Directive (EU) 2016/680 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purpose of law enforcement, or under the scope of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is done in accordance with the principles of legality, necessity and proportionality, as established by article 9 of the Council of Europe’s Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention No. 108);
Amendment 40 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Believes that platform liability should be tailored in order to respect the size of the operator and a clear distinction on the platform engagement with the content based on clear and verifiable criteria and aspects, such as editorial functions, actual knowledge and a certain degree of control; furthermore believes that any system that will be proposed should be accompanied by a robust set of fundamental rights safeguards and adequate independent and impartial public oversight;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2018(INL)
3c. Strongly believes that the issue of platform workers must be addressed by a specific, dedicated, labour-oriented piece of legislation and not in an act dealing with digital services; suggests that platform operators should be responsible as employers for platform workers that should be liable to provide quality work, individual labour rights, social protection training and fulfilling Health & Safety at work requirements; reiterates that, in case of a provision of a legal presumption that platform workers are workers, it would ensure the requisite responsibility of platform operators as employers, to guarantee labour rights and to contribute to social security for platform workers;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Highlights the need to find an effective way to enforce properly and appropriately intellectual property rights thus fostering cultural and creative sectors without interfering with the freedom of expression; believes that this balance should include proactive measures to be employed when necessary in order to ensure that illegal and harmful content is not only taken down from online platforms but also that it stays it down;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recognises the need to define companies’ human rights responsibilities in line with the ‘respect, protect, remedy’ framework set out under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which should be promptly turned into legally binding standards of international law, by requiring in particular a human rights approach to the development of terms of service and community standards as well as policies governing access to and use of their platform;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the need to ensure transparency to the maximum extent feasible to all measures taken under the new Act, including those taken by Member State and Union authorities;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Expresses its concern regarding the undue restrictions on non-profits and small private intermediaries and urges the adoption of criteria that are objective and provide for clear exemptions that would allow content-sharing providers to untap their potential reaching a larger size, and foster a true level-playing field, which in turn would not cause an impediment to the right to science and culture;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Emphasises the need to establish effective and timely remedies accessible to all, without discrimination, that will be characterised by the qualities of independence and impartiality;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Strongly believes that the new Act should provide for an obligation for digital service interconnectivity and data portability, alongside strict data protection rules and strict protection of data sovereignty;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2018(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Strongly believes that the E- commerce Directive1a has been a piece of legislation with significant success and 20 years of unfettered operation, thus opines that a codification of jurisprudence by the Court of Justice of EU would be an appropriate way forward; _________________ 1aDirective 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce')
Amendment 78 #
2020/2018(INL)
4g. Strongly believes that there is a need to strengthen platform liability when it comes to illegal and unsafe products, thus re-enforcing the digital single market; recalls that in those cases, platform liability should be fit for its purpose considering the consumer safeguards in place which should be observed at all times and the establishment of concomitant redress measures for retailers and consumers; believes that the system could only function if enforcement authorities have sufficient powers, tools and resources to enforce the provisions and efficiently cooperate in cases with a transnational element;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that AI may give rise to biases and thus to various forms of discrimination; in this regard, recalls that everyone’s rights must be ensured and that AI initiatives that lead to discriminatory processes should not be allowed; emphasizes that AI technologies should aim at not reflecting any sort of profiling bias whether regarding any identity, race, age, colour, gender or sexuality or disability;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that AI-powered education brings a wide range of possibilities and opportunities, while at the same time posing risks regarding equal access to education and learning equalities; expresses its concerns about lacking telecommunication infrastructures in some regions across the European Union, which limits the accessibility to the internet and calls on the Commission to deploy sustained efforts in ameliorating telecommunication infrastructures, particularly with regards to the public education sector; calls for the non- discriminatory use of AI in the education sector; recalls the risks and discrimination arising from recently developed AI tools used for school admission;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that AI-powered education brings a wide range of possibilities and opportunities, while at the same time posing risks regarding equal access to education and learning equalities; calls for the non-discriminatory use of AI in the education sector; calls not to underestimate the digital gender gap and to take measures to remedy it; recalls the risks and discrimination arising from recently developed AI tools used for school admission;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that artificial intelligence can reproduce and accentuate discriminatory processes ; requests that special attention be paid to this problem when designing and maintaining artificial intelligence; therefore recommends to ensure that the teams that design, develop, test and maintain, deploy and procure these systems, reflect the diversity of uses and society in general, and that they are diverse in terms of gender, culture and age to reflect all the essentials elements of society and avoid prejudice;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to update the Digital Education Action Plan in order to make better use of data and AI-based technologies so as to make educational systems fit for the digital age; stresses that general public awareness of AI at all levels, including awareness of AI risks relating to privacy and bias, is essential for preparing everyone to make informed decisions; recalls that educating the public to ensure proper skills should be viewed as a prerequisite before the widespread use of AI, especially for children and vulnerable peoples;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that data protection and privacy can be particularly affected by AI; defends the principles established in the General Data Protection Regulation as guiding principles for AI deployment; calls for stronger protection and safeguards in the education sector where children’s data are concerned; recalls that children constitute a vulnerable public, which deserves particular attention and protection; strongly believes that AI technologies pose a risk regarding collection of individual data of students and teachers in particular, which could breach their human rights; recommends in this sense that audiovisual recording and monitoring devices should not be used in schools to collect data for AI- related purposes;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recognises the threat that automation and AI might pose to employment and reiterates the need to maintain jobs as a priority, particularly in education, cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 41 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for explicability of AI algorithms and the possibility of human verification and for due process, including the right of appeal, especially for decisions taken within the framework of prerogatives of public power; urges the Commission to ensure that systems and methods are in place to allow verification of the algorithm and access to remedies;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for full transparency and explicability of AI algorithms and the possibility of human verification and for due process, including the right of appeal, especially for decisions taken within the framework of prerogatives of public power;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that AI tools have the potential to fight illegal content online, but strongly recalls, ahead of the Digital Services Act expected for the end of this year, that such tools should always respect fundamental rights, especially freedom of expression, and should not lead to a general monitoring of the internet; nor to the removal of material disseminated for education, journalistic, artistic or research purposes;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that AI tools have the potential to fight illegal content online, but strongly recalls, ahead of the Digital Services Act expected for the end of this year, that such tools should always respect fundamental rights, especially freedom of expression and information, and should not lead to a general monitoring of the internet;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that artificial intelligence (AI) should serve humanity and that its benefits should be widely sharedequally shared by all without any discrimination; stresses that, in the long-term, AI may surpass human intellectual capacity; stresses the need therefore to establish safeguards such as human control and verification of AI decision-making;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the need to ensure the human centric approach of AI development, as a means to observe public interest of its use, especially in areas of biomedical engineering, medicinal advancement and health;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Takes note that the AI systems are software based displaying intelligent behaviour based on an analysis of their environment; highlights that this analysis is based on statistical models of which errors form an inevitable part, sometimes with feedbacks loops that replicate, reinforce and prolong pre-existing biases, errors and assumptions; notes the need to ensure that systems and methods are in place to allow verification of the algorithm, explicability of the algorithm and access to remedies;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the effect that AI may have on cultural creation and artistic expression , where a balance should be stricken offering priority to creators and allowing them to capture the value of their work; emphasises the need to have copyright and computational creativity and clearly distinct, in a transparent manner;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes the appropriate levels of transparency about the public procurement, use, design and basic processing criteria and methods of AI implemented by and for them or by private sectors actors; underlines that the legislative frameworks for intellectual property or trade secrets should not preclude such transparency;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the need for an IP scheme that would ensure full transparency and explainability and would not inhibit full auditing and understanding of their software, because such trade secrecy contributes to the black box effect and would render it impossible to assess bias, contest decisions or remedy errors;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 68 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Highlights the need to ensure that there are binding regulations laying down the rules for a whole spectrum of activity of AI , regulating all possible aspects and ensuring that principles of transparency, accountability and non-discrimination are preserved;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Recognises that due to the technological advancement of certain States, there is an underpinning obligation of the EU to promote the sharing of the benefits of AI, utilising a number of tools, including investment in research in all Member States;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2015(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Underlines that AI relies heavily on software and data and the current IP system is not equipped to cope with the AI technologies, as software is not patentable;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Strongly believes that there is an urgent need to examine how time- honoured human rights frameworks and conventions, as well as the obligations that derive from those commitments, can guide actions and policies relating to digital cooperation and digital technology and how human rights can be meaningfully applied to ensure that no gaps in protection are caused by new and emerging technologies;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Emphasises the need to continue the fight against fake news and asks the Member States to take measures against the spread of "deepfakes" in audiovisual media;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Amendment 78 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Emphasises that AI technologies should clearly not reflect on any sort of profiling bias whether regarding identity, race, age, colour, gender or sexuality or disability;
Amendment 79 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Recognises the need to ensure that the teams that design, develop, test and maintain, deploy and procure AI systems reflect the diversity of uses and of society in general, and that they are diverse in terms of gender, culture and age in order to mirror all essential elements of society and avoid bias;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Highlights the role that educational systems can play in fostering and developing an ethical mindset by making people aware and informing them about AI and its use, as well as fostering AI literacy across society; underlines that educating the public to ensure proper skills should be viewed as a prerequisite before the widespread use of AI;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7 h. Notes that along with AI technologies, education systems should also provide measures against technology addiction and lack of personal engagement and measures for responsible use by individual users;
Amendment 82 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7 i. Recognises the threat that automation and AI might pose to employment and reiterates the need to maintain jobs as a priority, including in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7 j. Emphasises the need to examine thoroughly, properly regulate and efficiently ban the deployment of AI and the automation in political spaces, which include facial recognition, emotion recognition systems, Internet restrictions and controls to limit and restrict opposition views, controlling distributing access to public and social services, as well as disinformation or fake news, data collection, censorship and automated surveillance;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7 k. Strongly believes that AI could have a detrimental impact on the rule of law, democracy and peoples' right of self- determination with respect to their rights to freely determine their political status and to hold opinions without interference, to exercise the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, to receive, and to impart information and ideas of all kinds;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7 l. Notes that AI systems are software-based displaying intelligent behaviour based on the analysis of their environment; stresses that this analysis is based on statistical models of which errors form an inevitable part , sometimes with feedback loops that replicate, reinforce and prolong pre-existing biases, errors and assumptions; notes the need to ensure that systems and methods are in place to allow verification of the algorithm, explicability of the algorithm and access to remedies;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)
Paragraph 7 m (new)
7 m. Highlights the need to ensure that there are binding regulations laying down the rules for a whole spectrum of activity of AI, regulating all possible aspects and ensuring that principles of transparency , accountability and non-discrimination are preserved;
Amendment 87 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 n (new)
Paragraph 7 n (new)
7 n. Reiterates the 2019 Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and the seven key requirements for trustworthiness of AI which are (a) human agency and oversight (including fostering informed decision-making that is respectful of the individual ) (b) technical robustness and safety; (c) privacy and data governance; (d) transparency; (e) diversity, non- discrimination, and fairness; (f) societal and environmental well-being; and (g) accountability;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2012(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 o (new)
Paragraph 7 o (new)
7 o. Recognises that AI and automation will have an effect on the globalised economy which might be detrimental by entrenching existing inequalities and prompting regulatory arbitrage;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in order to fight against disinformation and fake news, reinstate a climate of trust in the media and counter threats to democratic political processes, a comprehensive strategy is needed, based inter alia on media, internet and information literacy, and aimed at empowering citizens to critically assess media content and recognise the difference between opinion and fact;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to work in close cooperation with the Member States and civil society organisations to develop common curricula on mediaeducational programmes on media and internet literacy and to reach out to all citizens through formal, non-formal and informal education, and through lifelong learning, and to ensure comprehensive civil society organisation involvement in broadcasting and audience advisory boards;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines its view that non- discriminatory, comprehensive and balanced media coverage is essential to a free and well-informed society in Europe; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote an inclusive media sphere in which more women, migrants and refugees, as well as members of LGBTI+ communities and people with disabilities, occupy creative and decision- making positions, which would in turn contribute to the reduction of stereotypes in media; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote multilingual and barrier-free media projects;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that the protection of sources, full editorial support for journalistic research in word and picture, independent editorship and favourable employment contracts or corresponding levels of fees for journalists are prerequisites for balanced, fact-based reporting;
Amendment 56 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that the Commission and the Member States have a particular responsibility for alternative media projects and exile media;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Considers that state interventions or commercial pressure on published material damage free journalism and democratic debate; takes the view that securing media freedom and assuming editorial responsibility are also important in terms of information on large-scale platforms which publish or broadcast news and programmes directly or via users; recalls that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive drew up useful rules to regulate the elimination of hate speech, the protection of minors and the placing of advertisements. Implementation of and compliance with the Directive should be transparent, subjected to evaluation and further developed to ensure continued media freedom in the long term;
Amendment 84 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Deeply regrets that the Commission still has not responded to Parliament's call for a comprehensive review of the budget line for multimedia measures, particularly with regard to the framework contract with Euronews; decides to put its budgetary allocation in reserve until the Commission has answered the concerns raised by the Court of Auditors; notes however that the Court of Auditors does not point to any shortcomings on Euronews’s part in its contractual reporting duties under the current framework; regrets that such a reserve of 18 million euros endangers the financial viability of Euronews, and consequently its staff, while it is highly important that the EU supports independent and high-quality journalism on EU affairs;
Amendment 115 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Information society services and especially intermediary services have become an important part of the Union’s economy and daily life of Union citizens. Twenty years after the adoption of the existing legal framework applicable to such services laid down in Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council25, new and innovative business models and services, such as online social networks and marketplaces, have allowed business users, including institutions of public life, and consumers to impart and access information and engage in transactions in novel ways. A majority of Union citizens now uses those services on a daily basis. However, the digital transformation and increased use of those services has also resulted in new risks and challenges, both for individual users, for institutional users such as educational and cultural institutions, and for society as a whole. _________________ 25Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1).
Amendment 143 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to achieve the objective of ensuring a safe, predictable and trusted online environment, for the purpose of this Regulation the concept of “illegal content” should be defined broadly andbut must be determined separately from legal harmful content such as equivalent relevant information on 'illegal content'; it also covers information relating to illegal content, products, services and activities. In particular, that concept should be understood to refer to information, irrespective of its form, that under the applicable law is either itself illegal, such as illegal hate speech or terrorist content and unlawful discriminatory content, or that relates to activities that are illegal, such as the sharing of images depicting child sexual abuse, unlawful non- consensual sharing of private images, online stalking, the sale of non-compliant or counterfeit products, the non-authorised use of copyright protected material or activities involving infringements of consumer protection law. In this regard, it is immaterial whether the illegality of the information or activity results from Union law or from national law that is consistent with Union law and what the precise nature or subject matter is of the law in question.
Amendment 151 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The exemptions from liability established in this Regulation should not apply where, instead of confining itself to providing the services neutrally, by a merely technical and automatic processing of the information provided by the recipient of the service, the provider of intermediary services plays an active role of such a kind as to give it knowledge of, or control over, that informatione dissemination and meaning of that information, in the context of automatic, quantity-statistical or broader computer-linguistic document analysis, and which it actively employs. Those exemptions should accordingly not be available in respect of liability relating to information provided not by the recipient of the service but by the provider of intermediary service itself, including where the information has been developed under the editorial responsibility of that provider.
Amendment 164 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Whilst the rules in Chapter II of this Regulation concentrate on the exemption from liability of providers of intermediary services, it is important to recall that, despite the generally important role played by those providers, the problem of illegal content and activities online should cannot be dealt with by solely focusing on their liability and responsibilities. Where possible, third parties affected by illegal content transmitted or stored online should attempt to resolve conflicts relating to such content without involving the providers of intermediary services in ques, and yet complete faith is in some cases placed in non-transparent programmed routines being used for automatic content recognition. Recipients of the service should be held liable, where the applicable rules of Union and national law determining such liability so provide, for the illegal content that they provide and may disseminate through intermediary services. Where appropriate, other actors, such as group moderators in closed online environments, in particular in the case of large groups, should also help to avoid the spread of illegal content online, in accordance with the applicable law. Furthermore, where it is necessary to involve information society services providers, including providers of intermediary services, any requests or orders for such involvement should, as a general rule, be directed to the actor that has the technical and operational ability to act against specific items of illegal content, so as to prevent and minimise any possible negative effects for the availability and accessibility of information that is not illegal content.
Amendment 174 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) In order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation, and in particular to improve the functioning of the internal market and ensure a safe and transparent online environment, it is necessary to establish a clear and balanced set of harmonised due diligence obligations for providers of intermediary services. Those obligations should aim in particular to guarantee different public policy objectives such as the safefreedom of information and data security and trust of the recipients of the service, including minors and vulnerable users, protectand the relevant fundamental rights to freedom of expression and protection against discrimination enshrined in the Charter, and to ensure meaningful accountability of those providers and to empower recipients and other affected parties, whilst facilitating the necessary oversight by competent authorities.
Amendment 204 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) Action against illegal content can be taken more quickly and reliably where online platforms take the necessary measures to ensure that notices submitted by trusted flaggers through the notice and action mechanisms required by this Regulation are treated with priority, without prejudice to the requirement to process and decide upon all notices submitted under those mechanisms in a timely, diligent and objective manner. Such trusted flagger status should only be awarded to entities, and not individuals, that have demonstrated, among other things, that theybe conferred primarily on organisations, industry representatives and public entities that have particular expertise and competence in tackling illegal content, that as they represent collective interests and that they work in a diligent and objthe corresponding collective mannerd public interests. Such entities can be public in nature, such as, for terrorist content, internet referral units of national law enforcement authorities or of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’) or they can be non-governmental organisations and semi- public bodies, such as the organisations part of the INHOPE network of hotlines for reporting child sexual abuse material and organisations committed to notifying illegal racist and xenophobic expressions online. For intellectual property rights, right holders, organisations of industry and of right- holdercollecting societies could be awarded trusted flagger status, where they have demonstrated that they meet the applicable conditions. The rules of this Regulation on trusted flaggers should not be understood to prevent online platforms from giving similar treatment to notices submitted by entities or individuals that have not been awarded trusted flagger status under this Regulation, from otherwise cooperating with other entities, in accordance with the applicable law, including this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council.43. _________________ 43Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA, (OJ L 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53).
Amendment 212 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) In view of the particular responsibilities and obligations of online platforms, they should be made subject to transparency reporting obligations, which apply in addition to the transparency reporting obligations applicable to all providers of intermediary services under this Regulation. For the purposes of determining whether online platforms may be very large online platforms that are subject to certain additional obligations under this Regulation, the transparency reporting obligations for online platforms should include certain obligations relating to the publication and communication of information on the average monthly active recipients of the service in the Unionall the Member States in which their intermediary services are used.
Amendment 214 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Given the importance of very large online platforms, due to their reach, - as a result in particular as expressed inof the number of active recipients of the service, - in facilitating public debate, economic transactions and the dissemination of information, opinions and ideas and in influencing how recipients obtain and communicate information online, it is necessary to impose specific obligationdue diligence obligations concerning the guarantee of rights of information and fundamental rights and the transparency of free, non-discriminatory communication and business performance for business customers on those platforms, in addition to the obligations applicable to all online platforms. Those additional obligations on very large online platforms are necessary to address those public policy concerns, there being no alternative and less restrictive measures that would effectively achieve the same result.
Amendment 221 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
Recital 57
(57) Three categories of systemic risks should be assessed in-depth. A first category concerns the risks associated with the misuse of their service through the dissemination of illegal content, such as the dissemination of child sexual abuse material or illegal hate speech, and the conduct of illegal activities, such as the sale of products or services prohibited by Union or national law, including counterfeit products. For example, and without prejudice to the personal responsibility of the recipient of the service of very large online platforms for possible illegality of his or her activity under the applicable law, such dissemination or activities may constitute a significant systematic risk where access to such content may be amplified through accounts with a particularly wide reach. A second category concerns the impact of the service on the exercise of fundamental rights, as protected and guaranteed by the Charter of Fundamental Rights, including the freedom of expression and information, the right to private life, the right to non- discrimination and, the rights of the child. Such risks and the protection of women from doxing and gender-specific cybermobbing, which in many arise, for example, in relation to the designMember States are still not even classified as specific criminal offences. Such risks may, for example, be incorporated in the basic programming of the algorithmic systems used by the very large online platform or arise from the misuse of their service through the submission of abusive notices or other methods for silencing speech or hampering competition and the freedom to exercise a profession. A third category of risks concerns the intentional and, oftentimes, coordinated manipulation of the platform’s service, with a foreseeable impact on health, civic discourse, electoral processes, public security and protection of minors, having regard to the need to safeguard public order, protect privacy and fight fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices. Such risks may arise, for example, through the creation of fake accounts, the use of bots, and other automated or partially automated behaviours, which may lead to the rapid and widespread dissemination of information that is illegal content or incompatible with an online platform’s terms and conditions.
Amendment 225 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) Very large online platforms should deploy the necessary means to diligently mitigate the systemic risks identified in the risk assessment. Very large online platforms should under such mitigating measures consider, for example, enhancing or otherwise adapting the design and functioning of their content moderation, algorithmic recommender systems and online interfaces, so that they discourage and limit the dissemination of illegal content, adapting their decision-making processes, or adapting their terms and conditions. They may also include corrective measures, such as discontinuing advertising revenue for specific content, or other actions, such as improving the visibility of authoritative information sources. Very large online platforms may reinforce their internal processes or supervision of any of their activities, in particular as regards the detection of systemic risks. This will involve ensuring digital care, the internal removal of illegal content, in particular the deletion of previously-identified scenes of violence in illegal content, by means of psychological support and the imposition of an appropriate time limit for these tasks. They may also initiate or increase cooperation with trusted flaggers, organise training sessions and exchanges with trusted flagger organisations, and cooperate with other service providers, including by initiating or joining existing codes of conduct or other self-regulatory measures. Any measures adopted should respect the due diligence requirements of this Regulation and be effective and appropriate for mitigating the specific risks identified, in the interest of safeguarding public order, protecting privacy and fighting fraudulent and deceptive commercial practices, and should be proportionate in light of the very large online platform’s economic capacity and the need to avoid unnecessary restrictions on the use of their service, taking due account of potential negative effects on the fundamental rights of the recipients of the service.
Amendment 255 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) set out uniform rules for a safe, accessible, predictable and trusted online environment, where fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter are effectively protected.
Amendment 276 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
No general obligation to monitor the information which providers of intermediary services transmit or store, nor actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity shall be imposed on those providers. No provision of this Regulation should be understood as prescribing, promoting or recommending the use of automated decision-making or the monitoring of the behaviour of a large number of natural persons - not even for statistical purposes.
Amendment 370 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the dispute settlement is made easily accessible, including for persons with disabilities, through electronic communication technology;
Amendment 377 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) it represents collective interests and is independent from any online platform or state law enforcement authorities;
Amendment 403 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Online platforms that display advertising on their online interfaces shallmay use profiling only by agreement, not as a default setting. They must ensure that the recipients of the service can identify, for each specific advertisement displayed to each individual recipient, in a clear and unambiguous manner and in real time:
Amendment 477 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Article 40 – paragraph 1
Amendment 479 #
2020/0361(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 2
Article 46 – paragraph 2
Amendment 151 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) Considering that the cultural and creative sectors and industries have been hit particularly hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic due to, amongst other things, the closure of cinemas, theatres and other cultural venues, the sudden stop of ticket sales and low advertisement sales, the Union and its Member States should earmark at least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the support of these sectors, which are of utmost importance for the economies, social cohesion, tourism and recreation.
Amendment 29 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that an independent judiciary, access to justice, freedom of expression and, freedom to access, receive and impart information and media pluralism are crucial components of the rule of law; calls on the Commission to enforce these core EU values when infringed by Member States; highlights the urgent need to effectively take steps to combat misinformation and ''fake news'' in order to ensure the proper performance of the fundamental role of media in a democratic society;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to further implement the principles of the Pillar of Social Rights, including via legislative measures, to ensure social fundamental rights at EU and national level, such as quality and inclusive education as well as life-long learning, the social and occupational the integration of persons with disabilities, just and fair working conditions, social benefits and , social assistance and cultural diversity;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urges the Commission, within the context of the establishment of the 5G networks and the respective services and infrastructures in the EU, to ensure the highest protection of citizen’s rights, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Commission to promote the protection of the personal data of citizens as one of the key priorities of the EU toolbox on 5G Cybersecurity and to ensure that the standardization process foreseen in this framework will facilitate the achievement of this goal;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on all EU Member States to encourage the effective involvement of qualified civil society organisations in the enforcement of data protection rules, by providing the necessary legal standing for them to lodge complaints regarding data protection violations independently of vested interest or a specific data subject's mandate;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underscores that, in the foreseen development of common data spaces in the fields of agriculture and healthcare, the protection of private data, as specified in the GDPR, needs to be taken into account, and where it will be deemed necessary, the current legal framework should be updated and new legislation should be adopted in accordance with GDPR; Notes that, along with the respective legal framework, citizens’ education on the new digital developments is also necessary to ensure the effective protection of their rights, in terms of privacy; Urges the European Commission to further promote citizen’s digital education, specifically addressing the issue of data protection, through targeted and innovative initiatives as well as with the specific guidance documents that will enable health professionals avoid misconduct;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls that current EU Legal framework provides protection against discrimination on grounds of gender and racial or ethnic origin, while other forms are only covered as related to the area of employment and occupation. Highlights the overwhelming evidence of discrimination on different grounds in areas such as education, social protection and access to goods and services, including housing, and deplores the stalemate in the adoption of the Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Council to urgently conclude the EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violaence against women and domestic violence, on the basis of a broad accession, without any limitation; calls on as well the remaining Member States to ratify and implement the Convention; expresses its concerns that several Member States have incorrectly, or only partially, implemented the convention; cMember States should urgently address protection gaps and review national criminal legislation to criminalize all non-consensual sexual conduct as provided in Article 36 of the Istanbul Convention, not simply acts forced by use of violence, threats of violence or coercion; Calls on the Commission to review the implementing legislation.;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Calls on the Commission to promote the protection of the personal data and health of citizens as one of the key priorities of the EU toolbox on 5G policies and ensure that a thorough and detailed impact assessment is carried out in that regard;
Amendment 73 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the lack of comparable statistical data on violence against women; strongly supports the Eurostat pilot to develop full-scale surveys in Member States and calls upon the immediate collaboration and investment of resources in order to successfully and expeditiously carry out the surveys;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to continue their efforts to effectively implement victims' rights to ensure rights awareness, access to appropriate support services and effective remedies available to all victims of crime pursuant to Victim's Rights Directive (2012/29/ΕU);
Amendment 81 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on all EU Member States that have not yet become party to the Optional Protocol to the CRPD to ratify and achieve a wide ratification of the Protocol in order to allow individual communications; Calls on the Council to take the necessary steps in order to ensure accession of the Union to the Optional Protocol;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Highlights the need to ensure inclusive education strategies at a European level for special educational needs (SEN) in order to allow the full realization of Article 14 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights on the rights to education in conjunction with the exercise of the fundamental freedoms concomitant with the citizenship of the Union;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the Commission to adopt a single definition for cyberbullying in order to ensure common understanding of the phenomenon and promote initiatives to raise awareness on cyberbullying with Member States on the basis of Article 83 TFEU; calls on the Commission to issue guidelines on how to effectively detect, monitor and report incidents of cyberbullying, including online hate speech in the context and by revising its Digital Strategy;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on EU Member States to ensure that any alleged hate crime, including illegal forms of hate speech is effectively recorded, investigated, prosecuted and tried in accordance with national, EU, European and international human rights law; Calls on the Commission to systematically promote the collection and publication of data on hate crimes and assist member states to develop effective, evidence-based legal and policy responses to this phenomenon;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need that more funds need to be allocated for sustainability of Culture and the EYCH, especially after the pandemic, since large sectors of the tourism industry are focused on Cultural Tourism;
Amendment 37 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Acknowledges the need to intensify the courses regarding EU History and Common Cultural Heritage;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 39 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses the need to provide digital education tools to the citizens for free in order to strengthen the sense of EU Cultural Heritage;
Amendment 40 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Acknowledges the need to support financially skilled craftspeople, restoration professionals and heritage experts, which is putting European heritage at risk;
Amendment 41 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Stresses that these digital cultural tools should be provided to the citizens free of charge;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Acknowledges the need to Protect jobs related with the Cultural Heritage sector despite the digitization of several services,
Amendment 43 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Emphasises that in order to promote sustainability, it is recommended to make further efforts to encourage travel to less well-known and popular destinations, rural areas and low-season travel;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Reiterates that the illicit trafficking of cultural artefacts is a serious crime with a global dimension that requires coordinated action not only among Member States, but also at international level;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of all types of education – formal, non-formal and informal – relating to history and cultural heritage, at all ages; reiterates the significance of including art, music, film and theatre, design and architecture in school curricula; calls the Commission to fully integrate these fields in its strategy towards a European Education Area;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the role digital education can play in enabling learning about and through cultural heritage; notes the need to develop high-quality e-learning initiatives in order to make learning about cultural heritage more accessible and enhance heritage-related skills across Europe; stresses that the field of cultural heritage was not included in the Digital Education Plan;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates the need to improve socio-economic and labour conditions and gender balance and to promote mobility opportunities for different specialists employed in the cultural heritage sector; stresses that, for mobility programmes to be successful, it is necessary that the certifications, issued by Member States, regarding the skills acquired by the professionals working on the cultural heritage sector, should be valid across the European Union; calls the Commission to coordinate with Member States to facilitate the recognition of such certificates at European level; is highly concerned about the systemic exclusions that people with disabilities face as regards both the access to the cultural heritage and the respective labour market and calls the Commission to increase its efforts in fighting this problem;
Amendment 109 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Reiterates the strong correlation between cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, tourism and sustainable development;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 133 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Highlights the ned to find an adequate formula for a more permanent cooperation and co-ordination platform on cultural heritage policies at EU level that would effectively cooperate with the civil society and the sector representatives;
Amendment 135 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Reiterates the need sustain and increase EU funding directly or indirectly related to cultural heritage in the future and urges the Commission to increase the values and cohesion budget line in the next MFF;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Paragraph 21 d (new)
Amendment 137 #
2019/2194(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)
Paragraph 21 e (new)
21e. Highlights the fact that pan- European or European cultural events and festivals with periodicity and the view to reignite and raise awareness on the significance of European culture present an added value to untap the potential of cultural heritage; urges the Commission to consider financing such initiatives;
Amendment 96 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Launch of a new KIC in the field of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) (a) Provide the environment to ensure that a framework for the certification of artistic, cultural and creative competences and studies is developed as well as the concomitant recognition of the titles and other skills between member states fostering mobility, visibility and access to opportunities without discrimination to European citizens exercising their right to freely move (b) Allow for the investment and necessary resources to be deployed in coherence and complementarity with other tools, in order to support emerging methods, detached from a strict market- based assessment of art and culture (c) Foster visibility and promotion of European culture and innovation globally, assisting and employing culture and creative industries and creator with the means to face challenges posed by globalisation.
Amendment 97 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
The EIT shall cooperate and support other Union programmes or instruments, especially in the field of financing to avoid overlapping and ensure maximum utilisation of opportunities for KICs when supporting them in planning and implementing their activities.
Amendment 110 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
Annex I – point 1 – point 1.2 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
— Activities supporting innovation to develop innovative, products, processes and services that address a specific business opportunity and present a societal added value;
Amendment 128 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) Strengthen sustainable innovation ecosystems across Europe and sustainable development per se;
Amendment 131 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) Foster innovation and entrepreneurship through better educand quality education that is accessible to all without discrimination;
Amendment 134 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) Bring new solutions to global challenges to market.
Amendment 135 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Assist the mobility of European citizens in order to achieve cross fertilisation of fields and sectors where synergies are needed to bolster their activity and ensure that barriers are eliminated especially in sectors, such as culture, where the development of cross - border or transnational activity is lacking, such as culture.
Amendment 136 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Annex I – point 2 – point 2.1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In achieving the objectives, the EIT shall aim to achieve gender mainstreaming while ensuring accessibility of persons with disabilities to its services and its implemented actions.
Amendment 150 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Cultural and creative industries (CCIs) sectors, meaning sectors whose activities are based on cultural values or other artistic individual or collective creative expressions mirror an ever- evolving wide spectrum of activities. Whereas culture is a catalyst for creativity and innovation and CCIs have a potential to generate that potential is still untapped, as they are shrinking under a pressing and fragile competitiveness, whereas artists and creative professionals lack access to training and mobility opportunities, they face lack of necessary means to adapt to the increasing digitalisation. The creation of a KIC focused to empower the aforementioned sectors is an imperative with the view to allow the more than 12 million people employed in the CCIs to face increasing challenges and allow equal opportunities for quality employment to people wishing to access those sectors without discrimination.
Amendment 155 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3 a (new)
(3 a) An EIT on CCI should necessarily assist the CCI and all actors engaged in that to be empowered to face new challenges, eliminate barriers that occur from lacking recognition and certification of artistic competences in certain member states, the lack of proper and sufficient funding and make sure that long lasting partnerships and synergies are created.
Amendment 159 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Support and strengthen cultural and artistic education while promoting the cross-border recognition of artistic competences and skills.
Amendment 181 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.5 – paragraph 1
Building on its broad scope of action and distinctive role, the EIT is well placed to create synergies and provide complementarities with other EU programmes or instruments, including by reinforcing its support to KICs in their planning and implementing activities. The EIT shall cooperate and support other Union programmes or instruments, especially in the field of financing to avoid overlapping and ensure maximum utilization of opportunities for KICs when supporting them in planning and implementing their activities. The list below offers concrete examples where the EIT will contribute to synergies in the mid to long term beyond Horizon Europe.
Amendment 182 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.5 – paragraph 6 – indent 1
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.5 – paragraph 6 – indent 1
— The new Creative Europe Programme will be specifically relevant for the activities of a future KIC on CCI. Strong synergies and complementarities will be developed with the programme in areas such as creative skills, jobs and business models and their recognition and certification, jobs, cross- border mobility, intersectoral approaches in creativity and the development of business models that foster creativity away from a strictly market-based approach.
Amendment 229 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 6 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – paragraph 4
Annex I – point 6 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – paragraph 4
Culture and participation in cultural activities has a direct impact on the well- being of citizens. CCI enhance societal values of identity, democracy and community participation. Culture has a great potential to reinforce a European sense of belonging, where diversity represents an asset. This is of fundamental importance to enable resilience, social access, society cohesion, anti-radicalisation and gender equality, and to tackle Europe’s political uncertainties and need of unity. Culture has the capacity to allow the comprehension of the different challenges of the present, the use of the knowledge of the past and the facing of the future with conviction and certainty.
Amendment 241 #
2019/0152(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex I – point 6 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 6 – paragraph 2
An EIT KIC on CCI is most suited to address the major economic and societal challenges outlined above. Creativity is a key driver of innovation and a KIC on CCI has the capacity to unleash the potential of culture-based creativity and help strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and smart growth. A KIC on CCI would also have the potential to ensure further recognition and advancement of schemes recognising and certifying artistic and cultural skills and competences and improve capacity of artists to create transnationally while exercising their freedom to move.
Amendment 33 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to contribute to the competitiveness and to reinforce the international attractiveness of the European economy and its innovation and socio- economic capacity, the EIT and the KICs should be able to attract partner organisations, researchers and students from all over the world, including by encouraging their mobility, as well as to cooperate with third-country organisations.
Amendment 39 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
Amendment 40 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13 a) An EIT KIC on CCIs should necessarily assist the CCIs and all actors engaged in CCIs to be empowered to face new challenges, to eliminate barriers that occur from lacking recognition and certification of artistic competences in certain Member States, as well as the lack of proper and sufficient funding, and to make sure that long lasting partnerships and synergies are created on a solid basis that fosters creativity.
Amendment 42 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘innovation’ means the process, including its outcome, by which new ideas respond to societal or, economic needs and demandor cultural needs and generate new products, services or business and, organisational models or other means for meeting those needs that are successfully introduced into an existing market or that are able to create new markets and that provide value to society and aim at the sustainable development and the betterment of the welfare of European peoples;
Amendment 52 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) ‘partner organisation’ means any legal entity which is a member of a KIC and may include, in particular, higher education institutions, vocational education and training providers, research organisations, public or private companies, financial institutions, regional and local authorities, foundations and non- profit organisations and private stakeholders as relevant;
Amendment 55 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The EIT’s mission is to contribute to sustainable Union economic and social growth and competitiveness by reinforcing the innovation capacity of the Member States and the Union, with specific emphasis on the Member States lacking innovation capacity, in order to address major challenges faced by the society and peoples. It shall do this by promoting synergies and cooperation among, and integrating, higher education, research and innovation of the highest standards, including by fostering entrepreneurship and the creation of quality employment without discrimination.
Amendment 59 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The EIT shall contribute to the strengthening of the educational capacity of Member States in areas that have presented societal added value with the view to develop skills and competences to ensure the welfare of the citizens of the Union.
Amendment 60 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 b (new)
In attaining its objectives and missions, the EIT shall cooperate with and support other Union programmes or instruments, especially in the field of financing, to avoid overlapping and to ensure maximum utilization of opportunities for KICs when supporting them in planning and implementing their activities.
Amendment 61 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The EIT shall contribute to deliver on the general and specific objectives of the Union framework programme supporting research and, innovation with the view of sustainable development of the societies of Europe.
Amendment 75 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ensure and strengthen the recognition outside the EIT Community of degrees and diplomas which are awarded by participating higher education institutions and which may be labelled EIT degrees and diplomas and extend them to lifelong learning programmes ;
Amendment 81 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) innovation-driven experimentation, prototyping and demonstration in areas of key economic and societal interest and drawing on the results of Union and national research, with the potential to strengthen the Union’s competitiveness, visibility and impact at international level and find solutions for the major challenges faced by European society;
Amendment 82 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) education and training activities in particular at masters and doctoral level, as well as professional training courses, in disciplines with the potential to meet future European socio-economic needs and which expand the Union’s talent base, promote the development of innovation-related skills, the improvement of managerial and entrepreneurial skills and the mobility of researchers and students, students and citizens engaged in life-long learning activities without discrimination, and foster knowledge- sharing, best practice sharing and cultural exchanges, mentoring and networking among the recipients of EIT- labelled degrees and training;
Amendment 88 #
2019/0151(COD)
4. In addition to the condition set out in paragraph 3, at least two thirds of the partner organisations forming a KIC shall be established in the Member States. At least one higher education institution ,and one research organisation and one private company shall be part of each KIC, while allowing for private initiatives to join.
Amendment 98 #
2019/0151(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – point j
Annex I – section 2 – point 1 – point j
(j) take appropriate measures, including the reduction, modification or withdrawal of the EIT’s financial contribution to the KICs after providing sufficient justification or the termination of the framework partnership agreements with them;