45 Amendments of Sylvie GUILLAUME related to 2018/2091(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 25 January 2016 on Learning EU at school(2015/2138(INI)),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the priorities for the New Agenda and the sector-specific approach are welcome, but whereas hybridisation is also a means of innovation; whereas support should be given to all cultural and creative sectors, and cultural diversity and, intercultural dialogue and accessibility for all should be maintained as cross- cutting priorities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the New Agenda for Culture should provide a flexible framework for changing cultural ecosystems and to foster synergies between sectors;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe is facing growing social inequalities, rising populism and radicalisation and has an increasingly diverse population; whereas culture is therefore more important than ever, in particular with a view to creating connections, tackling prejudice and guaranteeing citizens freedom and diversity of expression, communication and creation;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Europe’s creative and cultural sectors are the EU’s strongest assets, whereas they represent 4.2 % of the EU’s GDP, create 8.4 million jobs, equal to 3.7 % of total employment in the EU, are economically resilient, even in times of crisis, encourage creativity, which feeds into all sectors of activity, boost transformation, and offer a higher percentage of youth employment than other sectors;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Europe’s music sector is very dynamic, accounting for 1 million jobs and a turnover of EUR 25 billion, yet remains severely underfunded; whereas, out of a total budget of EUR 1.46 billion for Creative Europe, as of July 2018 only EUR 51 million have gone to music projects, and mainly towards classical music, this does not reflect the diversity of Europe's music sector or its economic, social and cultural contribution;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Europe’s music sector is very dynamic, accounting for 1 million jobs and a turnover of EUR 25 billion, yet remains severely underfunded, in particular as a result of the new online distribution services; whereas, out of a total budget of EUR 1.46 billion for Creative Europe, as of July 2018 only EUR 51 million have gone to music projects;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas culture can plays an important role in social cohesion and integration and whereas the special call for migrants’ integration in the Creative Europe programme has proved to be efficient but oversubscribed and underfunded;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas artists and cultural professionals often face precarious and unstable situations with weak or no social security and unpredictable incomes;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas cultural networks are a power tool in forging interpersonal bonds and, peaceful connections and dialogue across national borders; whereas culture is at the heart of global regulations, in particular those with a cultural dimension;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the New Agenda for Culture and stresses that it represents a huge opportunity to adopt a comprehensive and coherent policy for culture at European level, which is recognised by European citizens and outside the EU; but also stresses that it can only be successful if supported by a significant budgetary increase for Creative Europe;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present an Action Plan for Cultural Heritage and emphasises the need to focus on both tangible and intangible aspects of Europe’s heritage, as heritage is the first step in the creation of a collective culture, and our future heritage is what we create today;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present an Action Plan for Cultural Heritage and emphasises the need to focus on both tangible and intangible aspects of Europe’s heritage, and on the links it has with contemporary artistic and creative projects and expression;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the need to respond to new unforeseen circumstances will not hinder the attainment of already agreed objectives in the field of culture; recalls that new initiatives should be financed by a new budget from new sources and not via a re- allocation of existing funds;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop new approaches to data collection for all cultural and creative sectors (CCSs) and to ensure that effective statistical codes and more qualitative indicators are used, bridging the divide between the increasingly data-poor public sector and the information-rich digital operators, who use this information to acquire market shares and destabilise market players;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the launching of ‘Music Moves Europe’ as a significant first step in stimulating creativity, diversity and innovation in Europe’s music sector and the sectoral action on music in the Creative Europe programme; calls on the Commission to focus on mobility of artists and repertoire within and beyond Europe, distribution, funding for SMEs, transparency of digital platforms to artists, diversity of streaming services, the accessibility (in particular linguistic) of information presented online, and a mapping of the sector when developing further EU action on music;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the creation of an online directory of European films and the launch of the first EU Film Week and encourages the Commission and the Member States, in collaboration with the creative industries, to develop apromote the development of European platforms providing access to licensed EU films, while remunerating artists and right- holders fairly and respecting the principle of territoriality;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a dedicated action for the mobility of art works, possibly through the form of a touring grant, as this would extend the lifecycle of many projects that are funded through the Creative Europe programme;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to consider designating a European Cultural Personality of the year which would include a series of activities and projects across Europe that would honour the life and work of such a personality and emphasize the impact it has had on fostering European values and identity;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to introduce a dedicated action on mobility within Creative Europe, but underlines that this requires an appropriate budget and simplified administrative procedures in order to avoid obstacles linked to visas, in particular those from third countries, and double taxation;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Points to the project-based, atypical employment of cultural workers and calls on the Member States to adopt comprehensive measures in order to reduce the grey area through harmonisation and to improve the contractual conditions of artists and creators across the EU and on a European scale, with respect to collective representation, social security and direct and indirect taxation;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines that cultural spaces play an important role in city regeneration; encourages the Commission and the JRC, therefore and the promotion of cohesion between residents; encourages, therefore, the Commission and the JRC, whose work gives a sense and a direction to cities' stories, to further develop the Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor and calls on cities and municipalities to make better use of it;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that according to the 2017 Eurobarometer 36 % of Europeans did not participate in any cultural activity within the previous year and therefore calls on the Member States, therefore, to strengthen the links between culture, education, innovation and research and to invest in audience engagement and cultural capability;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that according to the 2017 Eurobarometer 36 % of Europeans did not participate in any cultural activity within the previous year and calls on the Member States, therefore, to strengthen the links between culture, community involvement, education, innovation and research;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that cultural and creative skills are increasingly needed in the digital landscape and calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to transition from STEM to STEAM in formal and non- formal education and to adopt a life-long learning approach accessible to cultural practitioners; acknowledges the important role of music and arts in school curricula as they contribute to increased creativity and inspire an interest in culture; calls for the creation of a manual on European cultural history to be considered;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Notes that the pace of technological change makes it imperative to adopt a life-long learning approach that is accessible to cultural practitioners and to enhance synergies between culture and education in formal and non-formal domains;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that democratic principles and European values are increasingly challenged due to growing polarisation both within Europe and globally; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to develop a strategic approach for the protection of cultural rights, freedom of artistic expression and media pluralism, as well as the right to freely participate in cultural life, particularly by supporting the development of indicators and monitoring systems at European level,;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that democratic principles and European values are increasingly challenged due to growing polarisation both within Europe and globally; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to develop a strategic approach for the protection of cultural rights, freedom of artistic expression and media pluralism, as well as the right to freely participate in cultural life, and to promote this European model on an international level;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the popularity of Creative Europe, combined with its underfunding, led to a mere 16.2 % success rate; points out that this acts as a dissuasive factor and prevents many CCS actors from applying; which generates frustration towards the programme and EU cultural action, and prevents many CCS actors from applying; calls, therefore, for a rethinking of the selection processes on the basis of the limits identified in the mid-term evaluation, with a view to promoting cross-sectoral cooperation, transversal cooperation and synergies with the research community; also invites us to reflect on the matter of creation, which has its own intrinsic value, distinct from creativity;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Regrets that culture is not mentioned in the majority of policy fields it contributes to in the Commission’s MFF proposal and calls on the Commission, therefore, in collaboration with CCSs, to design holistic and coordinated strategies for mainstreaming culture in other policy areas and to promote the inclusion of projects, in particular for small entities that create an economy of European diversity; calls on it to work on the whole value chain, from creation to dissemination;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Underlines the crossover impact of culture and calls on the Commission and the Member States to report on how much funding is allocated to culture across all funding programmes and ensure that it amounts to at least 1 % of the next MFF; invites the EU regions to designate culture and CCSs as a priority in the structural funds and to encourage Member States to include a cultural dimension in the strategic objectives of their operational programmes;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop a ‘one-stop-shop’ portal where all existing EU funding instruments for CCSs are listed in a user-friendly, comprehensive and efficient manner with clear application guidelines and assistance;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to develop a ‘one-stop-shop’ portal where all existing EU funding instruments for CCSs are listed in a user-friendly, comprehensive, innovative and efficient manner;
Amendment 152 #
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt a tailored approach to each sector, recognising that financial instruments such as guarantees, loans and equity are appropriate for profit- generating projects, b; points out that grants are vital when considering the cultural ecosystem as a whole, valuing intangible assets correctly and supporting innovative artistic and cultural practices; points out that, while financial instruments such as guarantees, loans and own funds are suitable for profit-generating projects, grants should remain the primary source of funding, in particular for smaller entities;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages further development of sustainable cultural tourism, in collaboration with UNESCO, on the designation of heritage sites, and with the Council of Europe, through the development of cultural routes; calls for the promotion of EU regions as European destinations of excellence (EDEN); stresses, in this connection, the need for the Creative Europe programme to be opened up to citizens' initiatives whose objective is to defend cultural rights in this dynamic of intercultural exchange;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages further development of sustainable cultural tourism, in collaboration with the cultural sector, communities and citizens, as well as UNESCO, on the designation of heritage sites, and with the Council of Europe, through the development of cultural routes; calls for the promotion of EU regions as European destinations of excellence (EDEN);
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that the digital revolution has radically transformed the way art and culture are produced, distributed and enjoyed, presenting opportunities but at the same time posing great challenges to the already strained working conditions of artists and creators and threatening their economic survival; points out the risk of fracturing and distancing the sections of the public that do not for economic, educational or generational reasons, have access to these new tools, and the risk of social exclusion;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers that the protection of copyrights is at the core of CCS revenue and welcomes the new copyright directive proposal and its measures to protect news publishers, close the value gap between creative industries and digital platforms and, increase transparency and balance in the contractual relations of authors and performers, and guard against the seizure of intellectual property; stresses that it is vital to create a fair digital marketplace in which creators are fairly compensated;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that digital platforms that play an active role in distributing, promoting and monetising copyright protected content have a clear obligation to obtain licenses from rightholders and to fairly remunerate artists, authors, news publishers, producers, journalists and creators for the digital use of their work;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the need for the link between the European Agenda for Culture and the Digital Agenda to be maintained if existing synergies are to be stepped-up;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets that the safeguarding and promotion of culture was not included as a goal in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and stresses that culture is an engine for sustainable development and intercultural dialogue, and that synergies could be used given Creative Europe's neighbouring and international dimension;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the Council initiative to draw up a comprehensive approach to international cultural relations and, but points out the strategic importance of the Eastern Neighbourhood and the Mediterranean; calls for the creation of cultural focal points in all EU delegations, the appropriate training of officials and the involvement of local and grassroots actors, including in the preparatory action on European Houses; reiterates its request for the Commission and the EEAS to report on the state of implementation every two years and in the deployment of Erasmus+ for the sake of giving value to European history, public education and the link with European citizenship; reiterates its request for the Commission and the EEAS to report on the state of implementation every two years; calls for specific attention to be given to the territories of the outermost regions, which have a number of different cultures and which, by valuing other networks with other partners nearby, create a form of creolization that has creative and cultural value;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the Council initiative to draw up a comprehensive approach to international cultural relations and calls for the creation of cultural focal points in all EU delegations, the appropriate training of officials and the involvement of local and grassroots actors and international cultural networks, including in the preparatory action on European Houses; reiterates its request for the Commission and the EEAS to report on the state of implementation every two years;