Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2010/2211(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
Amendments (12)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the current education, youth, media and culture funding programmes generate European added value by pooling resources and enhancing cooperation; underlines that these programmes contribute to the EU's economic value and notes that they correspond closely to the needs of the sectors concerned, have high implementation rates and produce noticeable leverage and spill- over effects;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that onetwo of the five Europe 2020 headline targets deal with the importance of education and knowledge: one target is to reduce the share of early school leavers to less than 10% and to increase the share of the younger generation with a degree or diploma to at least 40%; underlines that education, training and youth mobility are essential for creating and safeguarding jobs and reducing poverty, and are thus crucial for both Europe's short-term recovery and its longer-term growth and productivity; takes the view that EU programmes play an important role in steering national policies in the direction agreed at inter- governmental level, and towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that EU policy initiatives have helped to modernise education and training policies and institutions within the Member Statesthe other target is to increase investment in Research and Development to at least 3% of the GDP of the EU;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets the absence of binding instruments at EU level to ensure Member States' commitment to these and other EU2020 targets;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Underlines that education, training, mobility and investment in R&D are important cornerstones for innovation, employment and economic growth in Europe;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes that the EU must remove barriers to the free movement of knowledge by creating a 'fifth freedom' to be added to the four original principles of free movement of persons, capital, services and goods in the European Union;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Takes the view that EU programmes play an important role in steering national policies in the direction agreed at inter-governmental level, and towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that EU policy initiatives have helped to modernise education and training policies and institutions within the Member States;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the Lifelong Learning Programme brings about obvious economies of scale by organising mobility schemes at EU level and thus maximising synergies; notes that the Member States would not be able to finance similar actions unaided, and that the programme therefore facilitates access to learning mobility for all EU citizens; notes that international experience and multilingualism are increasingly valued on labour markets; is therefore convinced that studying abroad improves employment prospects;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Underlines that the internationalisation of education is of socio-cultural and economic importance; recognises that European universities are losing ground as centres of excellence and believes that measures should be taken to attract top talent from outside the EU; insists on the Commission to boost cross-border mobility of researchers, students, scientists and teachers, in and outside the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the Culture 2007 programme plays a unique role in supporting cross- border cooperation in the cultural sphere, reducing obstacles to mobility and fostering Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity; recalls its significant economic spill-over effects; underlines the transversal character of culture and supports it as a vital element in the Union's external relations;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the important role that the MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes have played in strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry; notes, in particular, that since national support mechanisms apply mainly to the production phase, these programmes have demonstrated significant European added value by supporting cross- border (and indeed global) distribution of European audiovisual works and reaching audiences across the world;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recognizes that digitisation of the sector is important for the MEDIA programmes;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that EU education, youth, media and culture programmes are successful in that they enjoy high implementation rates and generate clear European added value, and believes that there are good arguments for increasing the resources devoted to them; supports the MEDIA programmes' independence to be maintained within the EU financial framework after 2013; underlines the importance of linking the allocation of resources more closely to take-up;