18 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2009/2225(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe's potential lieis indissolubly linked with the skills of its population, its workforce, and its organisations; whereas without skills there can only be limited economic and social added value from ICT technologies and infrastructures, ,
Amendment 31 #
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,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for an integrated and comprehensive strategy and action plan enabling Europe to progress towards an open and prosperous digital society; proposes that this new framework be called '2015.eu agenda' and be based on the model of the virtuous 2015.eu spiral;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of continuingstepping up efforts towards ubiquitous and high-speed access for all citizens and consum, consumers and corporate users, 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 social and economic location, thereby ensuring that no European citizen faces exclusion;
Amendment 90 #
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) users by 2015; recalls the necessity to accelerate the harmonised deployment of the digital dividend without compromising existing broadcast services; stresses the need for Europe to remain at the cutting edge of scientific research and innovation in the wireless services sector; also stresses the importance of general access to free public wireless networks in all public and communal locations and on public transport;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that by 2015 all European research institutes and infrastructures must be linked by Gbps ultra-high speed transmission networks, creating a European research community intranet;
Amendment 121 #
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 2015apable of achieving speeds of around 100 Mbps; in remote, mountainous and island areas of the EU this proportion should be no less than 25%;
Amendment 133 #
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, which provide for a stable regulatory environment to stimulapromote investment while safeguarding competition
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that one aim of the new electronic communications regulatory framework is to simplify and progressively to reduce ex ante sector-specific rules as competition in the markets develops and, ultimately, for electronic communications to be governed by competition law only;
Amendment 163 #
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; emphasises the essential commitment to reduce digital literacy and competence gaps by half by 2015; stresses the need to promote distance and lifelong learning by making use of new those technologies;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Emphasises that all EU citizens should be made aware of their basic digital rights and obligations through a European Charter of citizens' and consumers' rights in the digital environment, consolidating and updating the Community acquis as appropriate;·
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes firmly that the protection of privacy constitutes a core value and that all users should have control of their personal data, including the 'right to be forgotten' and ‘the right to transmission of their data’; calls therefore for the adaptation of the Data Protection Directive to the current digital environment;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to take further action to fight cybercrime, online harassment and spam and urges all Member States to ratify the Cybercrime Convention within a reasonable period;·
Amendment 245 #
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 based on open standards, which should include targets and measures for getting all public services online and accessible to persons with disabilities by 2015; encourages Member States to develop e- government, e-democracy, e-learning and e-health services;· calls on Member States to speed up implementation of the directives on public and business access to public sector data;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that, alongside consistent deployment of ICT, it is essential to promote ICT research excellence and foster public and private investment in high-risk, collaborative ICT research and innovation; stresses that Europe should be at the cutting edge in the development of Internet technologies, cloud computing, intelligent environments and supercomputers, and ICT low-carbon applications; proposes that the EU ICT research budget be doubled and that the budget for ICT take-up be multiplied by four in the next Financial Perspective;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. 22. Considers that the 2015.eu agenda should aim at mainstreaming ICT for a low-carbon economy; calls for exploitation of ICT technologies to enable a reduction of 15% in CO2 emissions to be achieved in key sectors by 2020 and calls for promotion of responsible energy consumption, notably through the installation of smart meters in 50% of homes by 2015; points out also that the ICT sector footprint should be reduced by 50% by 2015; stresses the need to reduce the public sector's consumption of paper by 50% by 2015;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers that the 2015.eu agenda should aim at mainstreaming ICT for a low-carbon economy; calls for exploitation of ICT technologies to enable a reduction of 15% in CO2 emissions to be achieved in key sectors by 2020 and calls for promotion of responsible energy consumption, notably through the installation of smart meters and other energy-efficient technologies in 50% of homes by 2015; points out also that the ICT sector footprint should be reduced by 50% by 2015;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the ownership of the 2015.eu agenda by all political and geographical levels (EU, national and regional), as well as political visibility, are essential prerequisites for effective implementation; proposes in this regard that Digital Agenda Summits be periodically organised to review progress at Union and Member State level and to renew political impetus;