Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2011/0370(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Erasmus for all programme (debate)
Amendments (56)
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In its resolution of 12 May 2011 on the cultural dimensions of the EU's external actions1, the European Parliament underlined that culture should be a vital and horizontally integrated element among the broad spectrum of external policies which make up the Union's foreign and security policies. __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0239.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) With regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in particular Articles 11 and 21, the cultural and creative sectors make an important contribution to the fight against all forms of discrimination including racism and xenophobia and are an important platform for freedom of speechexpression. Article 22 imposes an obligation to respect cultural and linguistic diversity.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Union is a member of World Trade Organisation (WTO) since 1 January 1995 and is therefore under a general obligation to respect the commitments undertaken under WTO Agreements as well as the Cultural Cooperation Protocols in the context of Free Trade Agreements (FTA).
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It emerges from these monitoring, evaluation and public consultation exercises that the Culture, MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes play a very important role in protecting and promoting Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity and that they are relevant for the needs of the cultural and creative sectors, but also that the objectives of any new programme should be realigned to the goals of Europe 2020. It also appears from these evaluations and consultations, as well as from various independent studies, in particular the study on the entrepreneurial dimension of cultural and creative industries, that the cultural and creative sectors are facing common challenges, namely a highly fragmented market and regulatory context, the impact of the digital shift and globalisation, difficulties in accessing finance, bureaucratic burdens and a shortage of comparable data, which all require action at Union level.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The European cultural and creative sectors are inherently fragmented along national and linguistic lines. On the one hand, fragmentation results in a culturally diverse and highly independent cultural landscape, providing a voice for the different cultural traditions forming the diversity of our European heritage. On the other hand, fragmentation leads to limited and sub-optimal transnational circulation of cultural and creative works and operators within and outside the Union, to geographical imbalances and - subsequently - to a limited choice for the consumer. The existence of 27 different intellectual property rights management systems is a particular burden for Europe's cultural and creative sectors. The current fragmented regime needs to be reformed to facilitate access to, and increase (global) circulation of, content, and in such a way as to enable artists, creators, consumers, businesses and audiences to benefit from digital developments, new distribution channels and new business models and other opportunities.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The digital shift is having a massive impact on how cultural and creative goods and services are made, disseminated, accessed, consumed and monetised. These changes offer great opportunities for the European cultural and creative sectors. Lower distribution costs, new distribution channels, larger and global audiences and new opportunities for niche products can facilitate access and increase circulation worldwide. In order to seize these opportunities and adapt to the context of the digital shift and globalisation, the cultural and creative sectors need to develop new skills and require greater access to finance to upgrade equipment, develop new production and distribution methods and adapt their business models.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Current distribution practices underpin the film financingrevenue system. However, there is an increasing need to promote the emergence of attractive, accessible and affordable legal online offers and encourage innovation. Therefore, promotingit is essential to reform and harmonise intellectual property rights in Europe, promote the flexibility of new distribution modes and reform the release windows model in order to allow the emergence of new business models is essentialand entrepreneurial models.
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) It is essential to encourage, inter alia, culture in school curricula and in ad hoc programmes, the enhancement of artistic, cultural and creative education and film, media and digital literacy.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors, especially small operators including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises, is their difficulty accessing the funds – in particular Union funds, on account of overly complex application procedures – they need to finance their activities, grow, maintain their competitiveness or internationalise. While this is a common challenge for SMEs in general, the situation is significantly more difficult in the cultural and creative sectors due to the intangible nature of many of their assets, the prototype profile of their activities, the lack of investment-readiness of the operators in the sectors as well as the insufficient investor-readiness awareness and readiness on the part of financial institutions.
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) As a pilot project, the European Creative Industries Alliance is a cross- sectoral policy initiative that will primarily support the creative industries at policy level. It aims at leveraging additional private funds for creative industries and in stimulating the demand for creative industries' services by other industries and sectors. Testing of new tools for better support for innovation in creative industries will take place and will be leveraged to feed into a policy learning platform composed of European, national and regional stakeholders.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) There is a need to bring together and merge the current individual Union programmes for the cultural and creative sectors within a single comprehensive framework programme in order to more effectively and efficiently support cultural and creative operators to take advantage of the opportunities the digital shift and globalisation offer and help them to address issues currently leading to market fragmentation. To be effective, the Programme should take account of the specific nature of the sub- sectors, their different target groups and their particular needs through tailor-made approaches within independent strands while ensuring that added value and efficiency are also fostered.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The European Capital of Culture and the European Heritage Label can help to strengthen the feeling of belonging to a common cultural area, and contribute to enhancing the inherent value of cultural heritage. Funding should be provided for these two Union actions.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the field of cultureal and audiovisual fields such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe and in particular Eurimages, OECD and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), needs to be fostered.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) It is necessary to ensure the European added value of all actions carried out within in the framework of the Programme, complementarity to Member State activities and compliance with Article 167 (4) of the Treaty and other Union activities, in particular in the field of education, research and innovation, industrial and cohesion policy, tourism and external relations.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Given the transnational and international character of proposed actions, the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by Member States alone. For reasons of scale and the expected effects of those actions, transnational results can be better achieved by action at Union level. The Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to support the achieving of the objectives to safeguard and promote European cultural and linguistic diversity and strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors in the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020, including internationally,
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 1
Article 2 – point 1
1. ‘cultural and creative sectors’ means all sectors whose activities are based on cultural values and/or artistic and creative expressions, whether these activities are market or non-market oriented and whatever the type of structure that carries them out. These activities include the creation, the production, the dissemination and the preservation of goods and services which embody cultural, artistic or creative expressions, as well as related functions such as education, management or regulation. The cultural and creative sectors include in particular architecture, archives and libraries, artistic crafts, audiovisual (including film, television, video games, radio and multimedia), cultural heritage, design, festivals, music, performing arts, publishing, radio and visual arts;
Amendment 283 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
2. ‘'operator’' means an individual, a professional, an organisation, a business or an institution active in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the transnational character of itsactions and activities and their impact in particular in the field of culture and in the cultural and creative sectors, and their cross-sector spillover effects, which will complement national, international and other Union programmes and policies;
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) fostering creativity, diversity of cultural expressions and innovative value chains in the culture and creative sectors within and beyond the Union;
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a b (new)
(ab) strengthening the impact of the cultural and creative industries on social and human capital;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a c (new)
(ac) enhanced accessibility and participation of young people and underprivileged groups;
Amendment 322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – point b
Article 4 – point b
(b) to strengthen the competitiveness of the cultural and creative sectors with a view to promoting smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and access to larger (international) audiences and markets.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point a
Article 5 – point a
(a) to support the capacity of the European cultural and creative sectors to operate transnationally and internationally;
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point b
Article 5 – point b
(b) to promote the transnational collaboration, co-production and circulation of cultural and creative works and operators and reach new audiences in Europe and beyondthe rest of the world, particularly with the help of digitisation and online access through, for example, Europeana, but also through other channels;
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) to strengthen the financial capacity, and the access to financial capacity, of the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – point c
Article 5 – point c
(c) to strengthen the financial capacity of the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations, targeted in such a way as to take into account equality across geographical areas and different sectors;
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point b
Article 6 – point b
(b) a Culture Strand addressed to the cultural and creative sectors. Audiovisual activities are covered if they are ancillary to the general and specific objectives of this strand as referred to in Chapter III;
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory wording
1. The Commission shall establish a Facility targeting the cultural and creative sectors and operated within the context of a Union debt instrument for small and medium-sized enterprises. This facility shall be open to all cultural and creative SMEs and organisations established in countries eligible for participation in the Programme as defined in Article 16, and shall have the following priorities:
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to this end, improveing the capacity and readiness of financial institutions to assess cultural and creative projects, including through technical assistance and networking measures.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – introductory wording
Article 8 – introductory wording
In order to foster policy development, innovation, audience building and business models in the cultural and creative sectors the Commission shall implement the following support measures for transnational policy cooperation: , primarily via an internet website with a view to ensuring the development of institutional memory and easy access to information across borders:
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 1
Article 8 – point f – indent 1
– promote and inform about the Creative Europe Programme at national level;
Amendment 426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 2 a (new)
Article 8 – point f – indent 2 a (new)
– provide training and assistance to cultural and creative SMEs and organisations enabling them to improve their business and entrepreneurial skills and to access finance;
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – indent 4
Article 8 – point f – indent 4
– support the Commission by providing assistance regarding the cultural and creative sectors in the Member States, for example through the provision of data on these sectors and through fostering efficiency through cooperation;
Amendment 464 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supporting actions providing operators with skills and know-how encouraging the adaption to digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience buildreaching audiences and developing andnew business models;
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) supporting actions providing operators with skills, competences and know-how encouraging the adaption to digital technologies, including testing new approaches to audience -building and business models;
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) supporting digitisation and online access to European cultural content;
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point b
Article 10 – point b
(b) activities by European bodies, including European Cultural Ambassadors, comprising networks of operators from different countries;,
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point d
Article 10 – point d
(d) support for literary translation, the promotion of literature in different languages and the encouragement of reading;
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point e
Article 10 – point e
(e) special actions aiming to achieve greater visibility for the richness and diversity of European cultures, and stimulate intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding, including European cultural prizes, the European Heritage Label, and the European Capitals of Culture, as well as Europeana.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) increasing the capacity of audiovisual operators to develop audiovisual works with athe potential to circulate in Europe and beyond and to facilitate European and international co-production including with TV broadcasters;
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) Ppromoting flexibility of new distribution modes in order to allow the emergence of new business models. and keeping to an absolute minimum obstacles to licensing, including cross border licensing, in order to allow the emergence of new business models with a view to ensuring completion of the digital single market.
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point b
Article 12 – point b
(b) support audiovisual operators to develop European audiovisual works with enhanced cross-border circulation potential, including games;
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point e
Article 12 – point e
(e) establish systems of support for the distribution of non-national European filmaudiovisual works on all platforms and for international sales activities;
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point f
Article 12 – point f
(f) facilitate circulation of European filmaudiovisual works worldwide and of international filmworks in Europe on all platforms;
Amendment 573 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point g
Article 12 – point g
(g) support ofor a European cinema owners' network screening a significant proportion of non-national European films, including through the integration of digital technologies;
Amendment 581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point i
Article 12 – point i
(i) support activities aiming at increasing knowledge and interest of audiences, as well as media literacy;
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – point j a (new)
Article 12 – point j a (new)
(ja) measures to reform and harmonise Europe´s IPR management system so as to allow for low barriers to access for audiences and consumers to film and other audiovisual content online;
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) relevant EU policies, in particular those in the fields of education, employment, health, research and innovation, the Digital Agenda, external relations, enterprise, tourism, justice and development;
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) relevant EU policies, in particular those in the fields of education, employment, health, research and innovation, enterprise, tourism, justice and development, foreign policy, development, human rights, enlargement and trade policies;
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2
– percentage of people reporting that they access European cultural works.;
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 a (new)
– multiplier effects and external benefits on social well-being and human capital development;
Amendment 614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 b (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 b (new)
– the cultural and creative sectors' contribution to job creation and growth (direct effects);
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 c (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a – indent 2 c (new)
– the cultural and creative sectors' contribution to jobs and growth as regards related suppliers of products and services (indirect effects);
Amendment 648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) Individuals, journalists and artists from countries where expression is not free, or who are themselves facing repression, and who can learn about press and media freedom as well as freedom of expression in Europe and can be given shelter in the Union, such as, for example, in the context of the European Shelter City Programme;
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. The Programme shall permit cooperation and joint actions with countries not participating in the Programme and with international organisations active in the cultural and creative sectors such as UNESCO, the Council of Europe, OECD, EUNIC or the World Intellectual Property Organisation on the basis of joint contributions for the realisation of the Programme's objectives.
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)