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8 Amendments of Marie-Hélène DESCAMPS related to 2008/2224(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. UrgesCalls on the Commission to extend its dialogue to new target groups by designing communication plans that can involve people living in smaller towns and villages, the working class and retired people in EU affairs; therefore proposes a two-phase approach to enhanceall levels; therefore proposes that the dialogue between the European Union and its citizens by firstshould be strengthened by providing the same information and then, tailored to individual target groups, to everyone and facilitating debate with and among informed citizens;
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends the extension of the Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig and Comenius programmes to less affluent citizens to facilitate their mobility within the EU; draws attention to the fact that less affluent citizens currently cannot afford to participate in these programmesmore widespread communication concerning programmes such as Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig and Comenius in order to facilitate and increase participation by less affluent citizens within the EU;
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the CommissionMember States to promote a common one-year school course on the history of Europe after 1945, the history of European integration and the functioning of the EU, consensually developed by experts in the Member States and taught, voluntarily, in secondary schools in the 23 official languages to to form the basis of a common European knowledge;
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the Budgetary Authority should further increase funds for schools, universities and NGOs which support EU studies and EU communication in the Member States;deleted
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Proposes that EU Institutions create a new educational project called the European Open University, a university that is open and free for Union citizens, irrespective of their nationality, age and qualifications; proposes that a comprehensive curriculum (consisting of the history, objectives, institutions, policies and the future of the EU) be developed for it by leading professors in the 27 Member States; proposes that the European Open University also use the most developed technologies, such as various e-learning and webinar forms, along with traditional courses, in order to reach the largest possible public, enabling everyone who wishes to to attend the courses;deleted
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that encouraging EU officials to give regular interviews to the media helps to fill the communication gap between the institutions and citizens, thus helping to give the EU a more human face;deleted
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that clarifying the political differences between the EU political parties would help citizens to identify themselves with and choose between various concepts on the future of Europe, and proposes that all parties present their manifesto for the 2009 European parliamentary elections;deleted
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to launch local, small-scaleffective EU communication campaigns with the involvement of local NGOs, instead of expensive and ineffective Europe-wide campaignsat all levels, national, regional and local; calls on the Commission to disseminate the best practises identified from such campaigns;
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT