3 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2008/2224(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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3. Stresses the importance of considering citizens' opinions on Europe as a global player, taking into account in particular the increasingly prominent role of the European Parliament in this issue and the real gap which exists between citizens and European politicians; therefore encourages the involvement of MEPs and members of the Council in the "Plan D" visits by Members of the Commission, as they play an important role in reaching out to national parliaments, civil society, business and union leaders and regional and local authorities in Member States;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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4. RecognisesIs pleased that the world at large is showing an ever greater interest in the European project, and that the EU and its citizens are also becoming more aware of the advantages of sharing their supranational experience with othe outside worldr countries and regions, especially with the EU's neighbours; therefore calls on the Commission to explore, witdevelop, through its Delegations in third countries, possibilities for bringing together EU and non-EU citizens on key issues, throughways of reaching out to those countries' citizens and informing them about opportunities in the European Union, e.g. about media and other forms of culture, education, language learning and mobility or exchange programmes such as Erasmus Mundus;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Commission to launch local, small-scale communication campaigns with the involvement of local actors, and to promote agreements providingctivities for citizens to be better informed about immigrants' countries of origin, as the most effective and meaningful ways of achieving these communication goals, and also to continue with the efforts made in the context of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008.