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REPORT Report on a new Digital Agenda for Europe: 2015.eu PDF (1 MB) DOC (1 MB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Europe needs to step up its efforts to develop a comprehensive digital society in order to perform a leading role in the world in creating and applying new digital technologies and bringing more value to its citizens and businesses,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the underlying goal of creating a digital Europe is to further increase the quality of life and the quality of working conditions of European citizens; whereas the digital society should be developed in such a way as to create more jobs, and to empower more citizens to fully use the opportunities offered by the new information and communication technologies,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas development of the digital society shall be inclusive - the new technologies and services shall be accessible at a reasonable cost to all EU citizens; whereas policies relating to the digital agenda should aim at closing the digital gap within the EU; whereas the principle of solidarity should be fully applied in the digital information society,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas we have not yet achieved a fully functioning digital single market for online services in Europe; whereas the free movement of digital services is today severely hindered by fragmented rules at national level; whereas European companies and public services will gain economic and social benefits from the use of advanced ICT services and applications,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, while broadband is available to more than 90% of the EU’s population, take-up occurs in only 50% of households,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas competitive communications markets are important in ensuring that users receive maximum benefits in terms of choice, quality and affordable prices,
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuing efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consumers, through the promotion of access to fixed and mobile Internet and the deployment of next-generation infrastructure; emphasises that this requires policies that promote access on fair terms and at competitive prices for all communities, irrespective of location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion; is concerned that the expense of using the Internet is still a significant factor for a substantial number of European citizens;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to promote both take-up and effective use of Internet services by all citizens, as a way to foster economic growth and digital inclusion;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that every EU household should have access to broadband Internet at a competitive price by 2013; urges the Commission therefore to carry out a review of the universal service obligations, and calls on Member States to impart new impetus to the European high-speed broadband strategy, notably by updating national targets for broadband and high- speed coverage; calls, furthermore, upon the Commission to promote all available policy instruments to achieve broadband for all European citizens in its upcoming broadband strategy, including the use of the European Structural Funds and of the digital dividend for extending mobile broadband coverage;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that every EU household should have access to broadband Internet at a competitive price by 2013; urges the Commission therefore to carry out a review of the universal service obligations and calls on Member States to impart new impetus to the European high-speed broadband strategy, notably by updating national targets for broadband and high- speed coverage; calls for the competent national authorities to monitor the quality of broadband experience in order to enable consumers to benefit from the use of applications such as VOIP, video- streaming, etc.;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of maintaining Europe as the mobile continent in the world and ensuring that 75% of mobile subscribers are 3G (or beyond)high-speed mobile network users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing broadcast services;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that, as Internet access rates are increasing, 50% of EU households should be connected to high-speed networks by 2015; stresses that special attention should be paid to groups who are in need, notably people with school- age children and people who are physically isolated;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the competition among Internet providers in order to guarantee faster and cheaper Internet access;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on Member States to transpose the telecoms package before the established deadline, in particular the new provisions on Next Generation Access (NGA) networks and spectrum and to fully enforce it, which provides for a stable regulatory environment tohat stimulates investment while safeguardingand promotes competition;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that digital competences are crucial for an inclusive digital society and that all EU citizens should be empowered with the appropriate digital skills; considers that older people and people with low incomes are in particular need of digital literacy programmes; emphasises the essential commitment to reduce digital literacy and competence gaps by half by 2015; calls on the Commission and the Member States to tackle the emerging second digital divide, the disparities between different groups of society in terms of Internet use;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that the 2015.eu strategy should ensure a vibrant knowledge society by enabling substantial expansion of tertiary education and life-long learning opportunities through better and accessible education and training programmes;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that all EU citizens should be made aware of their basic digital rights through a European Charter of citizens' and consumers' rights in the digital environment, consolidating and updating the Community acquis as appropriate; stresses however that there should be no distinction between the rights in the digital world and the real world, and that the digital rights should be considered within the overall framework of human rights;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to take further action to fight cybercrime and spam and urges all Member States to ratify the Cybercrim; calls therefore on the Commission to take further concrete actions to secure the European Union’s cyberspace, and to effectively engage and enhance international cooperation in that area, and urges Member States to ratify and implement the Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime; recalls that almost half of the Member States have still not yet ratified the Convention;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to propose before 2013 a long-term solution to the problem of roaming, which would drastically reduce the prices of roaming for data, SMS, MMS and voice services;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the EU institutions to remove the key regulatory obstacles to cross-border online transactions by 20153; calls on the Commission to review the Community acquis affecting the online single market and to propose targeted legislative action on key impediments;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that, almost a decade after their adoption, the Directives concerning the legal framework for the information society (i.e. the Data Protection Directive, Electronic Signatures Directive and Electronic Commerce Directive) appear out of date due to the increased complexity of the online environment and, the introduction of new technologies and the fact that EU citizens' data are increasingly processed outside of the EU; believes that, while the legal issues arising from some Directives can be resolved through an incremental update, other Directives need a more fundamental revision and that the adoption of an international framework for data protection should be promoted;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Emphasises the potential value to citizens and businesses of the digital switchover of public services and calls on Member States to develop national plans for the digital switchover of public services, which should include targets and measures for getting all public services online and accessible to persons with disabilities by 2015; stresses that the focus should be on e-government model moves towards citizen empowerment and on services that are citizen-driven, accountable, trustworthy and participatory and that encourage the participation of lower socio-economic groups, raise the awareness of possible users, and build up trust and confidence;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls for a strategy to exploit the potential of having interoperable and accessible high-impact services at the local level, in particular in fields such as education and social care; considers that open source approaches should be supported to lower deployment costs and stimulate innovation;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises the need to develop a 'Fifth Freedom' to enable the free circulation of content and knowledge and to achieve, by 2015, a simple, consumer- friendly legal framework for accessing digital content in Europe, which would give certainty to consumers and ensure robust solutions that are balanced and attractive for users and rights-holders; urges the EU to accelerate the debate on copyright and to establish an EU copyright title under Article 118 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU by 2013xplore the possibilities offered by the Treaty of Lisbon to establish measures for the creation of European intellectual property rights in order to provide uniform protection of intellectual property rights throughout the Union;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Undertakes to be pro-active in tackling the issues related to the common regulation of the on-line content, lifting the impediments for Internet-based services, and calls on the other EU institutions to do likewise;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Draws the attention of the Commission specifically to the necessity to set smart (specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic and time-based) objectives and targets and adopt an Action Plan mobilising all appropriate EU instruments: funding, soft law, enforcement and, where necessary, targeted legislation; calls for a regular review of the 2015.eu strategy´s achievements on the basis of a broader set of indicators enabling a qualitative analysis on social impacts;