Activities of Marie-Christine VERGIAT related to 2013/2181(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European gastronomic heritage: cultural and educational aspects PDF (178 KB) DOC (88 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the conclusions of the WHO European Ministerial Conference on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020 held on 4 and 5 July 2013 in Vienna,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas a poor diet may have disastrous consequences; whereas, at the WHO European Ministerial Conference held in July 2013, European health ministers called for coordinated action 'to tackle obesity and poor diets', which are the causes of an epidemic of non- communicable diseases, such as heart complaints, diabetes and cancer;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the stereotypical ideas about body image and food which are prevalent in society can cause serious eating and psychological disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia; whereas it is important to talk openly about these issues, in particular with adolescents;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas, according to the European Food Information Council, in 2006 some 33 million people in Europe were at risk of malnutrition; whereas the situation has worsened since the start of the crisis;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas increases in the prices charged in school canteens and for food in general are denying many households, and in particular children, access to a balanced, high-quality diet;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas on 16 November 2010 UNESCO added the French gastronomic meal to the Intangible Cultural Heritage List, where it joined 212 other cultural practices and customs, such as the Mediterranean diet, traditional Mexican cuisine and Croatian gingerbread;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas gastronomy is identified with the various aspects of diet and its three primary pillars are health, eating habits and pleasure; whereas in many countries the culinary arts are an important aspect of social life and help to bring people together; whereas experiencing different gastronomic cultures is one form of cultural exchange and sharing;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas it is essential to promote local and regional products in order to preserve our gastronomic heritage, on the one hand, and guarantee fair remuneration for producers and the broadest possible degree of availability of the products in question, on the other;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Asks the Member States to include the study of food, nutritional health and dietary habits in curricula, starting with those for very young pupils, as a means of improving the health and wellbeing of the population; emphasises the importance of combining education in healthy eating habits with measures to combat the stereotypes which can cause serious eating and psychological disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia; welcomes the gastronomic education experiments conducted in schools in a number of Member States, some in cooperation with leading chefs;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses, by the same token, the importance of implementing the WHO's recommendations on tackling obesity and poor diets; expresses alarm at the ongoing phenomenon of malnutrition in Europe and its increased prevalence since the start of the crisis, and urges the Member States to do everything they can to make a healthy diet a feasible option for everyone, for example by ensuring that school or municipal canteens offer high-quality food and are open to the public;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to promote intercultural exchange in sectors related to catering, food and gastronomy through exchanges between schools and by granting scholarships allowing students to gain experience in other EU or third countries;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to ensure quality food for all by promoting local produce, reducing transport costs and distribution by intermediaries and allowing both fair prices for producers and lower prices for consumers;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to create awareness of the diversity and quality of Europe’s gastronomy, which forms part of our cultural heritage; believes that access to quality food and gastronomy should be a right and not a luxury;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Urges the Member States and the Commission to develop the cultural and democratic aspects of gastronomy and to promote eating habits which can maintain consumer health and the exchange and sharing of cultures, while at the same time retaining the pleasure associated with eating, conviviality and sociability;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Member States to collaborate with each other and support initiatives to maintain the high quality, accessibility, diversity, heterogeneity and singularity of local, regional and national traditional products in order to combat homogenisation, which will in the long term diminish Europe’s gastronomic heritage; considers in this context that the preservation and enhancement of the ‘cultural exception’ principle is fundamental;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. EWelcomes the inclusion in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the gastronomic meal of the French, alongside the Mediterranean diet, traditional Mexican cuisine and Croatian gingerbread craft and encourages the Member States to request the inclusion of their gastronomic traditions and practices in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, in order to help preserve them;