Activities of Mikel IRUJO AMEZAGA
Plenary speeches (44)
MEDIA Mundus: audiovisual cooperation programme with professionals from third countries (debate)
Madagascar
Support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone
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Protection of minorities in Europe (debate)
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Situation in the Horn of Africa (debate)
Zimbabwe
Russia: attacks on human rights defenders, and the Anna Politkovskaya murder trial
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Erasmus Mundus programme (2009-2013) (debate)
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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
European Year of Creativity and Innovation (2009) (debate)
Presentation of the programme of the French Presidency (debate)
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Burma: continued detention of political prisoners
Somalia: routine killing of civilians
Iran: execution of juvenile offenders
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Follow-up of the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness (debate)
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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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Programming implementation of the 10th European Development Fund (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Lisbon Strategy - Broad Economic Policy Guidelines for 2008-2010 (debate)
Adult learning: It is never too late to learn (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Preparation of the European Council (Brussels, 13-14 December 2007) (debate)
Common organisation of the market in wine (debate)
Commission legislative programme and work programme for 2008 (debate)
The role of sport in education (debate)
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Immigration - Legal migration - Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (debate)
i2010: Digital libraries (debate)
Financing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
Human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries (debate)
Democratic scrutiny under the Development Cooperation Instrument (debate)
Written declarations (4)
Amendments (57)
Amendment 1 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas cultural differences frequently hamper understanding and dialogue between pupils and between pupils and teachers,
Amendment 3 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas migration can enrich schools culturally and educationally, but can, in the absence of suitable accompanying measures, lead to serious divergences,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the increasing diversity of the school population, arising from increased migration, is a challenge for the teaching profession, which does not receive training in how to deal adequately with this new form of classroom diversity,
Amendment 10 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that migrant children and adults must have the opportunity to learn the language of the host country if they are to integrate fully in it;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. 10. Suggests that additional financial and administrative support for language courses should be provided to migrants, by trained staff who also understands the mother tongue of the migrantsin the official languages of the host country;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage,
Amendment 2 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the Council of Europe’s European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages which came into force on 1 March 1998,
Amendment 10 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas linguistic diversity is acknowledged as a citizen’s right in Articles 21 and 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and multilingualism should also have the goal of encouraging respect for diversity and tolerance, so as to prevent the emergence of possible conflicts, whether active or passive, between the different linguistic communities within the Member States,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial role of the EU institutions in ensuring respect for the principle of parity, in relations between Member States as also in EU citizens' relations with national administrations and international institutions and bodies; calls on the European institutions and bodies to make further progress in the matter of communicating with citizens in their own national languages, independently of whether such languages enjoy official status within the Member State or the EU;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the vital need for a thorough grounding in one's mother tongue, not only for educational success in general but, especially, also for the acquisition of acceptable levels of competence in other languages, and warmly welcomes the Commission proposal to promote ‘mother tongue plus two’ in education;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Member States actively to promote foreign language educationthe learning of foreign languages and of host countries' local langauges (especially for adults), given that linguistic barriers are one of the main remaining hurdles to mobility of workers and their families;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4.Considers that mobility of workers with families (e.g. children and dependent relatives) depends to a great extent on the availability and costs of services (e.g. childcareare for children and senior citizens, education facilities, day centres, special services); considers, at the same time, that job mobility should promote personal fulfilment and improve quality of life and work;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists on the necessity of implementing the initiative on credit transfer in vocational education and training (ECVET) and also on the need for recognition and validation of skills acquired through non-formal and informal learning, with a view to all accredited training being validated in the different Member States;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Believes that cooperation between private or public companies and educational institutions should be strengthenedcome one of the major components of the job mobility plan.
Amendment 9 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas no student should be excluded from mobility for lack of funding and particular attention should therefore be paid to the appropriate funding of students' learning, living costs and mobility,
Amendment 15 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas thewithout quality of teaching is as important as the, quality of research is impossible,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas differthe lack of coordination betweent national recognition systems constitute an important obstacle to equal treatment of students,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the Bologna Process must create a new progressive model of education, guaranteeing access to training for all, the principal objective being to transmit knowledge and values, creating a sustainable society for the future which is self-aware and free of social imbalances,
Amendment 37 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for emphasis to be given to the need for joint European doctoral programmes promoting doctoral student mobility and the creation of a framework for a European doctorate;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for special assistance to be provided to students from the disadvantaged groups in society by, for example, proposing inexpensive and decent accommodation providing them, where necessary, with free access to mobility; extra support after arrival is often necessary;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that new means of financing student mobility such as interest-free loans and/or transferable loans should be introduced and promoted, so as to eliminate discrimination caused by lack of funding;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 60 #
2008/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends the creation of a permanent forum for meetings between the relevant committees of the European Parliament and the parliaments of the Member States, with the task of following up and exchanging experiences regarding the development of the Bologna Process;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas it would be unfair to make teachers the sole party responsible for their educational activity; whereas it needs to be stressed that teachers' ability to offer a proper education to all their pupils, create a climate in which all can live together, and reduce violent behaviour, is closely linked to the conditions in which they teach, the means of support available, the number of pupils with learning difficulties in each class, the social and cultural environment in the schools, the cooperation of families, and the social support received; whereas teachers' level of commitment depends to a large extent on society's commitment to education, and both factors interact in the interests of better teaching;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas every effort needs to be made to ensure that all teachers feel they belong to a respected and valued profession, given that a large part of professional identity depends on society's perceived view;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the Commission should encourage and sponsor exchanges between different institutions and bodies responsible for representing and educating teachers, with a view to exchanging best practices and exploring new initiatives;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for consideration to be given to creating a European Teacher Education Institute, with a view to helping teachers adapt to the continual economic and technological changes that rapidly succeed each other in our society;
Amendment 32 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recognises the importance of teachers' ongoing participation in working and discussion groups relating to their teaching activity; this work should be backed up by mentors and educational administrations; considers that participation in critical reflection activities concerning the teaching process should systematically generate greater interest on teachers' part in their work and thus improve performance;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Believes that training should aim to provide teachers with the innovative framework they need in order to mainstream the environment perspective into their activities and into the new subject areas: favours zonal courses and seminars aimed at meeting needs detected in particular contexts, and courses in schools intended for the staff of a given establishment with a view to implementing concrete projects;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU commitments to give more and better aid should include increase of its aid to 0,56% Official Development Assistance (ODA) / Gross National Income by 2010,; whereas the fall in ODA from EU countries from 0.40 % of GDP in 2006 to 0.38 % in 2007 must be seen as an exception from the norm; whereas the EU commitments should also include the development of new and more predictable and less volatile aid mechanisms along with promotion of better coordination and complementarity by working towards joint multiannual programming based on partner countries' plans and systems, further untying aid and reform of technical assistance to respond to national priorities,
Amendment 17 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas in the coming years, one of the institutional challenges is how to best integrate the 12 new members of the EU in their role as emerging donors, as some of these donors find it difficult to conform to the standard development co-operation guidelines of the aid system promoted by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD,
Amendment 36 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission: to help integrate new members into the increasingly coordinated, international approaches to development policy and delivery with the appropriate mechanisms and; to work with new Member States to set out how they will meet the EU's additional objectives on aid effectiveness agreed on in Paris in 2005; to explore the way forward for possible joint programming exercises based on International Labour Organization Labour Code Standards;
Amendment 37 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the crucial role of democratic ownership and parliamentary oversight within developing countries for ensuring aid effectiveness, the need for the EU to provide resources and capacity development support to developing country parliaments to ensure that they have sufficient capacity to engage in scrutiny and oversight of their governments' budgets and the importance that better reporting of the results to the European Parliament and the Member States can help build confidence in Community programmes and permit more strategic forms of oversight; in this respect, calls on the Commission to propose a new indicator (the 'Paris Declaration 13th indicator') to monitor Parliamentary scrutiny;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States and its National Parliaments to put forward the division of labour and the Code of Conduct agenda in order to improve the European aid effortsand to make actionable plans for how they intend to implement them in order to improve the European aid efforts, whilst ensuring that this agenda is driven by partner countries and not donors alone;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to ensure greater reliance onsupport democratically elected governments while providing budget support, including assistance for improving countries‘ public financial management systems where there is assuranceso that aid will be used for intended purposes, in order to facilitate both ownership and poverty reduction;
Amendment 57 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need for developingimproving the guidelines and methodology for monitoring the Paris Declaration in order to improve collective understanding of the Paris agenda and ensure the consistent aggregation of information on indicators across the main countries receiving aid; highlights the need to ensure that donor countries fulfil their aid promises and calls on EU Member States to provide better access to their data to facilitate greater transparency and accountability on aid reporting;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to improve the clarity of the definitions (ODA sectorial allocation) so as to improve consistency of the results and reduce the transaction costs of managing the Commission and Member States data at country level; calls on the Commission to ensure that there is no widening of ODA definitions to include non-aid items such as military spending;
Amendment 80 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that increasing transparency of information on aid flows is a critical objective for improving the effective use of aid and mutual accountability; , and ensuring that there is timely public dissemination of complete information on all aid committed, allocated and disbursed, including publishing reliable country-by-country timetables, for aid commitments and expenditure; that there is automatic, timely and proactive disclosure by Member States and partners of all documents related to the planning, execution and evaluation of aid strategies and projects; and that this disclosure should include publication of information that permits public participation in decision-making, in languages and forms that are appropriate for the stakeholders concerned;
Amendment 95 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 98 #
2008/2048(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25b (new)
Paragraph 25b (new)
25b. Recognises that the agendas of aid quantity and aid quality are inextricably linked, and that for aid effectiveness targets to be met, there must be continued commitment to existing quantity targets as agreed to by all EU Member States;
Amendment 6 #
2008/0029(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
6. It is therefore necessary to amend Decision No 1904/2006/EC in order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is therefore necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about measures taken for the implementation of this Decision without the assistance of a committee within the same day or the day after on which the selections decisions take effect.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0029(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Decision 1904/2006/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 6 #
2008/0025(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
5. It is therefore necessary to amend Decision No 1720/2006/EC in order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is therefore necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about measures taken for the implementation of this Decision without the assistance of a committee within the same day or the day after on which the selections decisions take effect.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0025(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)
Decision 1720/2006/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 6 #
2008/0024(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 6
Recital 6
6. It is therefore necessary to amend Decision No 1855/2006/EC in order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is therefore necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about measures taken for the implementation of this Decision without the assistance of a committee within the same day or the day after on which the selections decisions take effect.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0024(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Decision 1855/2006/EC
Article 8 - paragraph 3
Article 8 - paragraph 3
Amendment 6 #
2008/0023(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Recital 6 Decision 1719/2006/EC
Recital 6 Decision 1719/2006/EC
6. It is therefore necessary to amend Decision No 1719/2006/EC in order to allow selection decisions to be implemented more quickly and efficiently, it is therefore necessary to replace the advisory procedure with an obligation on the Commission to inform the European Parliament and the Member States without delay about measures taken for the implementation of this Decision without the assistance of a committee within the same day or the day after on which the selections decisions take effect.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0023(COD)
Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Article 1 - point 1 a (new)
Decision 1719/2006/EC
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 69 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11b (new)
Recital 11b (new)
(11b) The necessary measures and conditions must be adopted to enable undergraduates, doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and academics from third countries to return home once their period of residence is over, thus preventing 'brain drain';
Amendment 83 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) enhanced support for mobility, between the Community and third countri for persons selected on grounds of academic excellence, especially from third countries to the Community, in the field of higher education, while also respecting the principles, of people gender equality, ensuring a fair geographical distribution, and meeting the field of higher educationspecial needs of those with disabilities or learning difficulties;
Amendment 85 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point ea (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point ea (new)
(ea) support for the development of infrastructures and adaptation to the new technologies for universities in third countries, especially the ACP countries;
Amendment 89 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point ca (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point ca (new)
(ca) provide Community support for an alumni association of all students (third- country and Europeans) graduating from Erasmus Mundus master's programmes and Erasmus Mundus doctoral programmes.
Amendment 94 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – point d a (new)
Article 10 – point d a (new)
(da) promoting the development of third countries, especially the ACP countries;
Amendment 95 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 11– paragraph 1
Article 11– paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, in cooperation with the Member States, ensure overall consistency and complementarity with other relevant Community policies, instruments and actions, in particular with the Lifelong Learning Programme, the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, with external cooperation programmes, with the ACP Association Agreements, and with the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals.
Amendment 120 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section C – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex – Action 1 – Section C – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) The Community may provide full-study scholarships to third-country master students and doctoral candidates who have been admitted, through a competitive process, to Erasmus Mundus masters programmes and Erasmus Mundus doctoral programmes. These scholarships are for study at the European institutions involved in an Erasmus Mundus masters programme or an Erasmus Mundus doctoral programme. The Commission shall, by means of a decision, determine the content and form of those competitive processes within three months of the approval of the present text.
Amendment 122 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 1 – Section C – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex – Action 1 – Section C – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) The Community may provide full-study scholarships to European master students and doctoral candidates who have been admitted, through a competitive process, to Erasmus Mundus masters programmes and Erasmus Mundus doctoral programmes. These scholarships are for study at the European institutions involved in an Erasmus Mundus masters programme or an Erasmus Mundus doctoral programme and, if these also involve one or more third- country institutions, for study at one of these. The Commission shall, by means of a decision, determine the content and form of those competitive processes within three months of the approval of the present text.
Amendment 130 #
2007/0145(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – Action 3 – paragraph 6
Annex – Action 3 – paragraph 6