67 Amendments of Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ related to 2021/2057(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU)2021/1057 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing the European Social Fund Plus and repealing Regulation (EU) No1296/2013,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
— having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and amending certain Union legislative acts COM (2021) 206 final,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)
Citation 17 c (new)
— having regard to the 2021/2058(INI) European Parliament report on EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward of 8 November 2021,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 d (new)
Citation 17 d (new)
— having regard to the (2020/2243(INI)) European Parliament report on the European Education Area: a shared holistic approach of 11 November 2021,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 e (new)
Citation 17 e (new)
— having regard to the European Parliament study on The role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism, PE 690.905, October 2021,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 f (new)
Citation 17 f (new)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)
Citation 17 g (new)
— having regard to the ECRI roadmap to effective equality of 27 September 2019
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 h (new)
Citation 17 h (new)
— having regard to the EC 6th evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online,
Amendment 32 #
— having regard to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 j (new)
Citation 17 j (new)
— having regard to the Conference on the Future of Europe,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 k (new)
Citation 17 k (new)
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights, Pillar 3, Equal Opportunities,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 l (new)
Citation 17 l (new)
— having regard to the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) Recommendations for the New Code of Practice on Disinformation, October 2021,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU is built on diversity, pluralism, tolerance, and non- discrimination; whereas discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin is prohibited in the Union,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas discrimination and racism undermine human dignity, life opportunities, prosperity, well-being, and often safety; whereas racist stereotypes have a hold on attitudes and a tendency to self-perpetuate,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the EU anti-racism action plan 2020-2025 outlines structural racism as the discriminatory behaviours which can be embedded in social, financial and political institutions, impacting on the levers of power and on policy-making,
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner defines structural discrimination as the rules, norms, routines, patterns of attitudes and behaviour in institutions and other societal structures that represent obstacles to groups or individuals in achieving the same rights and opportunities that are available to the majority of the population,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas according to the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights surveys1a, racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union; whereas racial and ethnic minorities arein particular are too often subjected to harassment, violence and hate speech, both online and offline; whereas racial and ethnic minorities face structural discrimination in the EU in all areas, including housing, healthcare, employment and education; _________________ 1a FRA surveys: Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey – main results (2017); Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey. Muslims – Selected findings (2017); Experiences and perceptions of antisemitism - Second survey on discrimination and hate crime against Jews in the EU (2018); Second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey Roma – Selected findings (2016); Being Black in the EU (2018).
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fight against offline and online racism and discrimination in our societies needs to be stepped up and is a shared responsibility; whereas the European Union needs to further reflect on and commit to tackling the structural racism and discrimination faced by many minority groups;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the way in which people, regardless their racial or ethnic background, are portrayed in the media can reinforce negative stereotypes with racial connotations; whereas the cultural sector and media have the power to promote inclusion and fight racism and such stereotypes;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas schools have an instrumental role in reducing racial stereotyping and prejudice among children; whereas access to education and educational attainment is an issue for racialised communities throughout Europe; whereas segregation in education remains an issue in certain Member States;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas disinformation often targets minorities and instigates social unrest; whereas independent and pluralistic media that promotes balanced narratives foster inclusive societies;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas sport plays a key role in the social, cultural and educational life of European citizens and promotes values such as democracy, respect, solidarity, diversity and equality; whereas sport serves as a vector for integration, and it must be open to all regardless of racial or ethnic origin, age, gender, disability or cultural and socioeconomic background;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas although sport has the power to unite communities, there is a serious issue of racism within sporting organisations across Europemany sporting organisations across Europe encounter challenges related to racism ;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas quality data collection has been proven to be the most effective way tois essential to design, adapt, monitor, and analyse social problems both quantitatively and qualitatively, and to develop evidence- based public policy responses, as well as to benchmark and assess the efficiency of policy responses to those problems;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes with concern the lack of agreement at the Council on the Proposal for a Council Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, COM(2008) 426 final from 2 July 2008; backs the Commission to encourage progress toward the required unanimity in the Council to adopt this proposal;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WRecalls that, due to the possibility to adapt concrete actions to their own circumstances, national action plans are an effective tool to respond against racism, racial/ethnic discrimination and related intolerance; regrets that only 15 Member States2a have such plans; welcomes the Commission’s dedication to ensuring that Member States develop and adopt national action plans against racism and racial discrimination; calls for specific targets on culture, education, media and sport to be included in the development of those plans; _________________ 2a In 2019, according to the 2020 FRA report, June 2020.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the publication and implementation of specific EU guidelines on the collection of equality data based on racial or ethnic origin; calls on the Member States to adapt national statistics and to remove barriers in order to facilitate the collection of quality data on equalityimprove the collection of and access to disaggregated and country-specific quality data on equality, fit for analysis and benchmarking ; calls on Member States to ensure that such data is accessible for independent research, in full respect of the GDPR and ePrivacy regulation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to use this data to develop policies to attain racial justice;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the commitment to diversity and inclusion within Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, and the New European Bauhaus programmes; calls on the Commission to ensure that the recently published inclusion strategies are mainstreamed across all educational, cultural, media and sporting initiatives and monitor their actual implementation and impact;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Encourages further collaboration between the Council of Europe - European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), equality bodies in Member States, NGOs, governments and stakeholders, in particular those representing the concerns of individuals and groups affected by racism and racial discrimination. More specifically, calls on Member States to implement ECRI’s recommendations in full;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on Member States to foster helplines, mediation bodies and staff training to properly address and report on violence or other incidents of racial or ethnic nature in the educational, cultural, media and sport sectors;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Reminds the importance of granting equal access to quality education, as well as to extracurricular activities such as cultural and sports activities for children from all backgrounds;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Acknowledges that racism is inherently a matter of culture, heritage and norms; highlights, therefore, thee powerful role that culture can playhas in combating discrimination and racism;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRegrets the existence of barriers to the participation of minorities in culture, namely stereotypes, prejudices or ghettoization; calls for the Commission and the Member States to foster a more diverse cultural sector by removing barriers toinitiatives towards a more diverse participation in the culture for racialised communital sector by removing such barriers through funding from all the relevant programmes; encourages backing up existing channels and the creation of support networks and outreach activities, especiallyincluding for those in suburban, rural and outermost regions;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States to launch initiatives, such as cultural vouchers or similar efforts, aiming to encourage the participation of groups of diverse racial and ethnic background in cultural events;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the sharing of best practices, monitoring and evaluation, including by testing and sharing participatory tools, which can demonstrate the effects of promoting inclusion and non- discrimination and combating racism through culture and help to create more inclusive policies;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes the recent report by the Open Method of Cooperation (OMC) Working Group of Member States’ Experts on gender equality in the cultural and creative sectors; calls on the OMC Working Group to produce a study on the role that culture and the creative sector plays in promoting racial equality within the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the inclusion of the people and places most in need as one of the strategic axes of the New European Bauhaus; asks that this initiative takes into account the social inclusion of immigrants in order to give them equal access to opportunities;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Acknowledges the decisive role of education and training to tackle racism and discrimination, as well as to build inclusive societies; highlights the role of the new European Education Area in the fight against all forms of discrimination inside and outside the classroom, especially in the development of a quality and inclusive educational space;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the lasting negative impact of European colonialism on today’sSuggests the revision of the educational curricula content to explain with a focussed approach the past of our societyies, including in the development of educational curriculathe history of colonialism, and help understand its relation to the present in order to contribute to the eradication of stereotypes that currently lead to discrimination;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls onEncourages the Member States to foster the development of diverse educational curricula and educational tools or activities to ensure that authors, historians, scientists and artists among other figures from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds are included in key materials;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the history of all racial and ethnic communities living in Europe to be included in allwith a focussed approach in applicable history curricula in order to encourage a broadern the perspective on world history centred, and acquire a better understanding onf the interactions between different continents before and after European colonisation;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to actively combat bias in school books, educational tools, kids and youth movies, news programmes for kids and youth, and sports; calls on Member States to include these targets in the implementation of the European Year of Youth 2022;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. DeploreStrongly condemns the practice of racial and ethnic segregation in schools, which is still in existence in Europe; warns that such practices lead to marginalisation, early dropout, low enrolment rate, the creation of parallel social spaces, perpetuates structural discrimination and hampers equal access to quality life; calls on all Member States to introduce policies to prevent children fromstudents, from preschool to higher education, belonging to minority groups from being placed in separate schools, education institutions or classes, whether intentionally or not;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to ensure that teaching staff from minority groups are recruitedhave equal access to teaching and education jobs at all levels and are protected from racial discrimination in the school system;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the importance of remembrance activities in Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme and the need for sufficient funding and visibility for projects aiming to remember, research and educate about defining events in recent European history, and at raising awareness among European citizens, of their common history, culture, cultural heritage and values, thereby enhancing their understanding of the Union, its origins, purpose and diversity;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Acknowledges the positive effects of mobility programmes, such as Erasmus+, on educational, social, personal and professional development, as well as on fostering the understanding of other people; encourages the continuous endorsement of such programmes;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Underlines the value of EU citizenship education for mutual understanding and social cohesion, as already reflected in citizen’s input to the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) and take in consideration its upcoming 2022 conclusions;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Stresses the importance of the recognition of non-formal and informal education, as well as the automatic recognition of diplomas and qualifications as key tools to open up opportunities for individuals from racial and ethnic groups, counter structural racism and discrimination, and foster diversity;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recognises the importance of role models in educational attainment; encourages the creation of a pan- Europeanpublicly accessible platforms of individuals and collectives of people from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds who can share their experiences with learners;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Underlines the importance of representation and diversity in the development of inclusive societies; reminds the responsibility of media in reflecting societies in all their diversity, and regrets the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in many media; calls on the relevant stakeholders to address diversity and representation within their organisations; regrets the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the media including by creating a responsible figure for diversity;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the task assigned to of the European Digital Media Observatory in tackling disinformation and actions targeting minority communities; stresses the crucial effects that media literacy campaigns and initiatives may have in mitigating racial discrimination narratives spread through disinformation;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Urges the Commission to ensure that the definition of hate speech, regardless if it happens offline or online, and the criminalisation of hate crime is fully and correctly transposed into Member States’ national law, and launch infringement procedures where necessary;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Welcomes the sixth evaluation of the code of conduct on countering illegal hate speech online and the progress on removing online hate speech; regrets that while the average of notifications reviewed within 24 hours remains high (81%), it has decreased compared to 2020 (90.4%), and that, at 62.5%, the average removal rate was lower than in 2019 and 2020; urges the Commission to continue the cooperation with platforms to eliminate hate of speech on their content, and improve on removal rate, transparency and feedback to users;
Amendment 249 #
18d. Shows concern over the spread of AI-and-algorithm-enabled hate speech and disinformation hosting racial and discriminatory content; notes that such hate speech and disinformation unleashes an immediate disruptive effect in our societies; calls for efforts towards countering such activities, notably by designing AI and algorithms for this purpose, with the ultimate goal to halt the surge and the implications of such hate speech and disinformation;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Observes the generalised use of English language in the development, deployment and use of AI, including in content filters; alerts that online hate speech occurs also in languages different than English, and that in such cases the efficacy of content filters decreases; calls for measures to fight hate speech in all languages;
Amendment 251 #
18f. Asks for initiatives aiming to broaden media professionals’ literacy on diversity and inclusiveness issues for better reflecting the independent and pluralistic nature of their task, and contributing to building inclusive societies;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to launching a communication campaign to foster off-and on-screen, off- and on-air diversity in the audiovisual sector; calls for this campaign to be centred on the diversity and history of racialised communities and on how achieving racial justice can contribute to a more cohesive, peaceful and democratic Europe;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that some Member States have audiovisual regulatory bodies with the power to issue sanctions following programmes that show discriminatory or racist content; encourages the Member States to empower their regulatory agencies in this sense; calls for the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services to be given a greater role inaccess resources to properly coordinatinge the national agencies andin collecting and sharing dataquality data, as well as in monitoring such task;
Amendment 271 #
22. Recalls the acknowledgement of sport as a driver of social inclusion, equality and the promotion of EU values in the Erasmus+ regulation; laments the fact that the most recent regulation does not make the same explicit reference to racism as the previous programme, and salutes the reflection of such role in the EU action on sport and the Erasmus+ programme; ; welcomes the EU and state funds to enable the participation of persons in poverty, especially persons from minorities and children, in sports activities;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to open a specific call for funding for grassroots sports initiatives focused on inclusion and the fight against racism; calls on the Commission, furthermore, to systematically monitor the number and type of sports projects whose main focus is the fight against racism,assess grassroots sports initiatives funded by the EU and their impact on inclusion as well as on addressing race and ethe amount of funding allocated to themnic understanding;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Urges the international, European and national sports governing bodies and stakeholders to implement measures on diversity and inclusion, in particular to address the low numbers of women and ethnic minorities in leadership positions and on boards;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance and support the social inclusion of persons with fewer opportunities, refugees, ethnic minorities and the LGBTQI+ community in sport, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Urges the Commission to develop an EU code of ethics in sport in order to combat racism in sporting organisations and foster inclusion and respect at all levels of sport; invites sporting organisations at all levels to subscactively contribute to such an EU code code making, to subscribe to it and to incorporate it within their statutes; encourages organisations to raise awareness of such a code and its content among their members and their families, and the wider public;