4 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2013/2007(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on all Member States who have not yet done so to ratify and fully implement the Council of Europe European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. The Charter acts a benchmark for the protection of endangered and minority languages and as one of the minority protection mechanisms specified in the Copenhagen criteria which States must satisfy in order to gain EU accession;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to adapt EU policies and programmes so as to support endangered languages and linguistic diversity using EU financial support tools for the period between 2014 and 2020, including: programmes on education and training, youth and sporsocial inclusion and innovation, youth and sport, research and development, the culture and media programme, the structural and rural development funds (cohesion fund, ERDF, ESF, European territorial cooperation, EARDF) and all instruments designed to promote new technologies, social media initiatives and multimedia platforms;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to start the process to establish a EU Directive for the protection of endangered and minority languages;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the European Commission and Member States to establish a minority and endangered language observatory that monitors and collects data on: their sociolinguistic situation; existing educational provision; their extent of usage; and reports on any hindrances they face in terms of usage.