5 Amendments of Jill EVANS related to 2015/2063(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
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1. Recalls the Paris Declaration adopted by the EU Education Ministers on 17 March 2015, calling for enhanced cooperation by Member States to promote respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, social inclusion, and active citizenship through the education of children and young people; recalls that it is the EU's responsibility to respect the fundamental rights, freedoms, and security of its citizens, as enshrined in the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, including freedom of expression and information, assembly and association, and respect for linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that the prevention of terrorism and countering of radicalisation is one of the key priorities within the European Agenda for Security, and stresses the need for a multifaceted and multi-agency approach to address the root causes of terrorism; reiterates the fundamental role of education, teacher training, youth policies and interfaith and intercultural dialogue to prevent radicalisation leading to violent extremism; emphasises the importance of building trust within and between communities, promoting a better understanding of each other's sensitivities and problems, and engaging different sections of society; underlines the importance of building up effective social measures in order to prevent conditions that might marginalise sectors of society that could facilitate radicalisation and recruitment; emphasises that tackling society's vulnerabilities to radicalisation should be prioritised, and young people should be given safe spaces in which to discuss and challenge cited causes of radicalisation, such as foreign policy, with those responsible for creating the policies; recalls that radicalisation is a process that transcends the individual level, and that groups can also be radicalised, and recognises that the development and response to individual and group radicalisation can be quite different;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
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3. Notes with concern the use of the internet and social media for the dissemination of propaganda material and recruitment by terrorist organisations, and underlines the need to develop innovative online counter-communication with Member States and to stimulate critical digital judgement skills among all vulnerable internet users; emphasises the crucial role of a wide range of stakeholders, including educators, role models and, community groups, to develop effective counter-messagescitizens, victims, and former extremists to develop effective and credible messages; stresses the fact that it is the extremist propaganda that is the counter-message, and not the mainstream narrative;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
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4. Recalls the importance of EU programmes in the field of education, culture and sport, as crucial vectors for supporting Member States' efforts to tackle inequalities and prevent marginalisation; calls on the Commission to implement its commitment to mobilise targeted funding to promote concrete actions to challenge extremist ideologies and radicalisation; suggests that civil society groups that might benefit from the support of the authorities should be able to demonstrate several degrees of separation from government funding, should not be marketed as part of the anti-extremism agenda, and should include diverse participants;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls on the Commission to further strengthen the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), inter alia by enhancing access to information and concrete cooperation between stakeholders on anti- radicalisation and support the EU/Member States in setting up de-radicalisation and disengagement programmes and in developing "exit strategies" to help individuals leave violent extremism; stresses that in strengthening and promoting the RAN, groups and individuals should be vetted and have a proven track record of working against extremism and radicalisation; recognises that the most obvious current manifestation of radicalisation is terrorist violence and combatants leaving for Syria, and recognises that an accurate assessment of the war in Syria and migration to that country will help us to better describe the phenomenon of the radicalisation process in society and to develop an effective policy response to it.