Awaiting committee decision
2013/2129(INI) Historical memory in education and in culture in the EU
Lead committee dossier: CULT/7/13173
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | CULT | MIGALSKI Marek Henryk (ECR) | BECKER Heinz K. (EPP), MENÉNDEZ DEL VALLE Emilio (S&D), TAKKULA Hannu (ALDE), BENARAB-ATTOU Malika (Verts/ALE), VERGIAT Marie-Christine (GUE/NGL) |
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Activites
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2014/02/04
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2013/12/17
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- 2013/10/29 Amendments tabled in committee
- 2013/08/26 Committee draft report
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2013/07/04
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
| Amendments | Dossier |
| 355 |
2013/2129(INI)
2013/10/29
CULT
355 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) – having regard to the statement of the Stockholm Programme adopted by the European Council on 10/11 December 2009,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the process of mastering democracy is far more effective if information is provided about the heinous crimes of the dictatorships;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas education in Europe should be based on an objective approach to history, so as to enable Europe’s youth to understand other peoples and to learn about both the good and the bad sides of Europe’s history;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas history education contributes to the acquisition of key and transversal competences which are essential to develop young people's curiosity, autonomy, open- and international mindedness, spirit of inquiry and ability to think independently and to resist manipulation;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas colonialism and slavery are part of Europe's conflictive past and their dramatic consequences must be taught;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas education contributes to younger children's acquisition of key skills, which are essential for the development of curiosity, autonomy, an open mind and a critical approach that will enable them to think independently and not allow themselves to be manipulated;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the historical memory of Europe primarily concerns a sharing of European cultures, which require a better mutual understanding and complementarity in order to allow the development of common European practices in approaching the past;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas cultur
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 b (new) – having regard to the pilot project ‘New Narrative for Europe’,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture is a universal and easily
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture is a universal and easily accessible carrier of historical memory and content influencing Europeans’ awareness and facilitating an understanding of
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture is a universal and easily accessible carrier of historical memory and content influencing Europeans’ awareness and facilitating an understanding of
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture is a universal
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas culture is a universal and easily accessible carrier of historical memory and content influencing Europeans' awareness and facilitating an understanding of
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 c (new) – having regard to the initiative ‘A Soul for Europe’,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature,
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature, for propaganda purposes, falsifying history and presenting
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature, for propaganda purposes, falsifying history and presenting
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature, for propaganda purposes,
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the temptation can exist to use culture, particularly film and literature, for propaganda purposes, falsifying history and presenting
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations, universities, research institutes and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering the truth of totalitarian crimes, revealing the adversities that our societies faced and preserving the memory of the victims;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 c (new) – having regard to the Declaration by European Youth on the Occasion of the European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Totalitarian Regimes, adopted on 23 August 2013 in Vilnius,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas non-governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in documenting and uncovering the truth of
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the part played by historians, research institutes, non-governmental organisations and
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas educational institutions, non- governmental organisations and the voluntary sector play a major role in
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas the lack of thorough and honest scientific analyses regarding European history represents an obstacle to facing and atoning historic sins, and drawing their lessons for the sake of our common future;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on political interpretation but on solid research work; whereas the full opening up of historical archives will make it possible to carry out diligent research and to verify ‘historical lies’ or 'historical inaccuracies';
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on political interpretation but on the development of critical and historical skills and solid research work; whereas the full opening up of historical archives will make it possible to carry out diligent research and to verify ‘
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the presentation and teaching of history should be based not on political interpretation but on solid
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas the
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas there is still no comprehensive EU programme for research into the dictatorships of the 20th century and the revelation of the heinous crimes committed;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas it is clear that some Member States which until very recently were suffering under dictatorships should be able to access their archives to help come to terms with their past;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the creation of
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the creation of
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the creation of a Platform of European Memory and Conscience is an essential step on the road to genuine reconciliation among European
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the creation of
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with the tragedy of wars and the experience of
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas an extremely important role is played by European programmes and funds intended for
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas an extremely important role is played by European programmes and funds intended for the teaching of the history of Europe and its institutions, historical cultural projects and exchanges of experience among European citizens, for example by funding historical research and developing cross-border and transnational educational and cultural programmes;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the 20th century dictatorships not only drastically restricted universal human freedom but were in every case also directed against one or more minorities;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas activities related to the awareness and education and research of the crimes committed by totalitarian communist regimes are only in place in the Member States which experienced such crimes, while in other Member States there is insufficient awareness of these crimes;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas efforts for building common European memory on the XX century's history of Europe adds to strengthening unity, solidarity and common understanding within the EU; whereas promoting true historic memory across Europe must not separate but unite;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the European Union supports the House of the European History, as a cultural institution with the scope of conveying a transnational overview of European history that is inclusive of its diversity, its varied interpretations and differing perceptions;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the ‘House of European History’ initiative – which should include also the history of totalitarianism in Europe – is to be welcomed;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas historiography often conceals, or fails to adequately recognise, the contribution women have made to the history of Europe and their role in historical research and history teaching, not to mention the holistic approach they take to historiography;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas legislation on the denial of the Holocaust exists in 10 Member States, only four Member States have national legislation on the denial of crimes committed by totalitarian regimes which explicitly includes crimes committed by totalitarian communist regimes;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas the European youth should be at the centre of those efforts, as deepening of young Europeans' knowledge about our totalitarian past essentially means educating about human rights and democracy, preventing xenophobia, racism and intolerance, rehabilitation and rebirth of totalitarianism, and adds to building active European citizenship;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe and its relation to the world is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of totalitarianism, such as Communism, National Socialism, Fascism and other criminal systems which brought death and unimaginable suffering to millions of Europeans;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas all Member States have commemoration days of the Holocaust, while 9 Member States commemorate European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, as called upon by the declaration of the European Parliament adopted on 23 September 2008;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K d (new) Kd. whereas the dominant historical experience of Western Europe was Nazism, and whereas Central and Eastern European countries have experienced both Communism and Nazism; whereas understanding has to be promoted in relation to the double legacy of dictatorship borne by these countries;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K e (new) Ke. whereas Europe will not be united unless it is able to form a common consciousness, recognises Nazism, Stalinism and fascist and Communist regimes as a common legacy and brings about an honest and thorough debate on their crimes in the past century;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K f (new) Kf. whereas there can be no reconciliation without truth and remembrance;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly condemns all crimes against humanity and the totalitarian regimes which left a bloody stain on
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly condemns all crimes against humanity and the totalitarian regimes which left a bloody stain on our history; endorses the acknowledgement and perpetuation through research of the historical memory of acts of genocide perpetrated against European peoples both inside and outside present-day European geographical borders;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly condemns all crimes against humanity and the totalitarian and dictatorial regimes which left a bloody stain on our history;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly condemns all crimes against humanity and the totalitarian
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly and unequivocally condemns all the crimes against humanity and
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Strongly condemns all crimes against humanity and the totalitarian regimes which left a bloody stain on our modern history;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Asserts that, by affording insight into the past, the shared commemoration and depiction of history can convey a sense of the ongoing need to reshape the concept of ‘the future’;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that a peaceful and prosperous Europe should be founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the duty of memory must not be a tool used for political ends and that it must serve as a means of transcending tragic events in European history and ensuring a ‘renaissance’ of unified European culture;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers it crucial to develop and share historical memory in education and teaching, in the training and re-training of teachers, lecturers and researchers and in culture in the European Union, in order to pass on to future generations a greater awareness of the significance of European citizenship;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that as early as 1973, in the Declaration on European Identity, European governments were voicing the need to rediscover common European values;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recognises that in order to facilitate the creation of a shared historical memory based on common values, the European Union and Member States should ensure conditions of freedom of research, methodological rigour, pluralism, accessibility of sources and archives and transnational and international exchanges and debates among researchers;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe and its relationship with the world is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the heroes and victims, known and unknown, who, acting out of a profound sense of humanism and faithfulness to their values, opposed the totalitarian and dictatorial regimes and demonstrated their humanity, often paying with their own lives;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the heroes, known and unknown, who, acting out of
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the heroes, known and unknown, who, acting out of a profound sense of humanism and faithfulness to their values, opposed
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Pays tribute to all the heroes, known and unknown, who
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 a (new) – having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Acknowledges the sovereign right of the Member States to rehabilitate and compensate the victims of dictatorships in a complete and equitable manner; calls on the Member States to organise the legal, moral and material rehabilitation of the victims on the basis of the principles of justice, democracy and equity;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that, while Europe’s past is full of dark and brutal events, our continent’s development is based largely on profoundly humanistic processes and events that have given rise to a unique form of peaceful cooperation between peoples;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that a European historical memory should not only be based on a negative foundation myth that includes past experiences of mass violence, genocide or population displacement;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the discussions held between the countries of the Union on Europe’s past and how to commemorate it, and views these as necessary awareness-raising steps in terms of the existence of a European community;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Member States to investigate whether the instigators and political leaders of violent organisations run by the dictatorships are enjoying privileges; if this is the case in comparison with former victims, calls on Member States to put an end to these privileges;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on Council, Commission and Member States to provide European historical memory with a positive approach based on European common values such as human dignity, tolerance, freedom and equality, solidarity and democracy, which were acquired through brilliant historical periods of Europe during Humanism, Renaissance and Enlightenment;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of 20th-century Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of totalitarianism
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at the same time, for
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at the same time, for
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; maintains, that the Union should still play a meaningful role as facilitator by encouraging discussion, setting standards, sharing of experiences and supporting scientific research and other Member States' initiatives; calls, at the same time, for selective memory to be avoided when these programmes are drawn up and condemns an instrumental approach to history and its political interpretation;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the sovereign role and position of the Member States in designing their own teaching programmes; calls, at the same time, for
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Acknowledges the
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of 20th century Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of various forms of totalitarianism
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that it is unacceptable to apply double standards when assessing and critically analysing Communism, Fascism and National Socialism;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that it is unacceptable to apply double standards when assessing and critically analysing Communism and National Socialism and that the two dictatorships and their consequences must be assessed by the same criteria;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that it is unacceptable to apply double standards when assessing and critically analysing the ideology and deeds of Communis
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe is inextricably linked with tragedy and the experience of
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Reminds that any attempt to rank guilt and suffering among crimes as well as to establish hierarchies among competing historical memories is counterproductive;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that it is unacceptable to mix up political objectives with the overriding need to gain deeper knowledge of Europe's shared history through rigorous research and high-quality education;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own history policy, which helps to build a sense of national identity, but which, in combination with ignorance and selective memory, can sometimes lead to falsifications of history that are dangerous and hurtful to victims and their families, as is the case when referring to Auschwitz- Birkenau, the Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland, as a ‘Polish death camp’; calls on Member States, precisely for this reason, to set up a joint committee of historians to research and clarify any issues which may remain controversial;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own history policy, which helps to build a sense of national identity, but which, in combination with ignorance and selective memory, can sometimes lead to falsifications of history that are dangerous and hurtful to victims and their families, as is the case when referring to Auschwitz- Birkenau, the Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland, as a ‘Polish death camp’, or when attributing the Nazi crimes on the occupied Baltic territory to the Baltic states;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the history of Europe
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own history education and remembrance polic
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own history education/curriculum and remembrance polic
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own history policy,
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes that all countries implement their own histor
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Emphasises that the countries of Europe see life in the same way, that this is based on the desire to build a society designed to serve man, and that they mean to protect democratic principles;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Stresses that talk of a European historical memory presupposes an acceptance to view history in an alternative and objective manner, or in other words one that enables one to develop one’s viewpoint;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Points out that forgetting the past does not mean denying the past, and that this is a necessary foundation from which historical memory can emerge;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas to this day the victims of dictatorships have not been fully and genuinely rehabilitated and compensated;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical truth and memory, nurtured among other things by educational activities and cultural events, will reinforce genuine reconciliation between nations and authentic European
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical truth and memory, nurtured among other things by educational activities and cultural events, will reinforce genuine reconciliation between nations and authentic European integration based on truth, strengthen stability and peace, and reinforce our unity as free and equal European citizens;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical truth and memory, nurtured among other things by educational activities and cultural events, will reinforce genuine reconciliation between nations and authentic European integration based on truth and therefore recommends that greater efforts should be made to teach the history of Eastern Europe in Western Europe and vice versa;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that historical truth
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Considers that
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls, if this has not yet happened, for the appropriate bodies of the Member States to expose without delay the crimes against humanity of the 20th century;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recognizes that raising awareness about the totalitarian experiences of Member States will help form a common consciousness and therefore recommends support of the teaching of a comparative history of totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that Europe has a specific, finely-developed vision of democracy, and it is this unique approach, amalgamated with its past errors, which will serve as the foundation of the identity of Europe;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Stresses the fact that European states must reflect on one important aspect of European historical memory: they need both justice and to confront their pasts, and far from being opposites, reconciliation and the development of a shared memory in fact make justice possible;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas aspects of European history and culture are rooted in the colonial system that prevailed for so long and in its global consequences;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the proposal for a Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the aim of which is to establish an international judicial body to deal with the most serious crimes of the Communist dictators; believes that it should also deal with the crimes of Fascist regimes and dictatorships that never confronted a similar judicial body;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the proposal for a Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the aim of which is to establish an international judicial body to deal with the most serious crimes of the Communist dictators; considers that. without a ‘Nuremberg trial’ of Communism, Europe cannot draw the curtain on its past;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the proposal for a Platform of European Memory and Conscience, the aim of which is to establish an international judicial body to deal with the most serious crimes of the Communist and Fascist dictators;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the proposal for
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the proposal
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Supports the
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on Member States, if this has not yet fully happened, to rehabilitate and compensate individuals and communities that were persecuted, repressed or physically destroyed by dictatorships;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas a great many EU Member States have, at some point in their history, lived through the painful experience of a totalitarian regime;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes; recognises that Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content of their teaching syllabuses provided they do not infringe the rights of neighbouring or other countries;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious European history teaching programmes
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes; recognises that while Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content of their teaching syllabuses, they have to be based on common European values;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which do not gloss over the most difficult episodes, together with fields of research covered by Area Studies providing a comprehensive insight into history, including international studies and, in particular, the study of civilisations from a political, social, linguistic and archaeological perspective; recognises that Member States have complete autonomy as regards the content of their teaching syllabuses;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Union has a duty to a develop a process of integration, based on the shared values of the rule of law, democracy, freedoms, human rights, humanism and tolerance enshrined in international agreements such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights and international covenants on civil and political rights and on economic, social and cultural rights;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States to support ambitious history teaching programmes which
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls the Commission to ensure that there is no banalization of totalitarian regimes in the media, the schools and the political discourse in Member States, and to be strict in the compliance with Council Decision 2008/913/JAI;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Believes there to be scope for cooperation between Member States in exchanging information on teaching programmes and that grass-roots cooperation between Member States, for example on writing new history textbooks, would avoid the trap of the past being used as an instrument for propaganda purposes in schools and would promote common values such as tolerance, mutual understanding and respect for diversity;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Acknowledges the importance of public memorials and monuments in youth education; calls on Member States to remove remaining monuments which display Nazi or Soviet symbols offending the victims of the totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on the governments of the Member States to scrutinise their systems of law in detail and, if it is found to be still in force, repeal completely any legal provision which enshrines the principle of collective guilt;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls on Council, Commission and Member States to strengthen the efforts to promote education, remembrance and research about European historical memory through school and textbooks, museums, historic monuments, music, theatre, cinema and literature, among other means;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recommends that the European Union and the Member States promote and support research on the contribution of women to our common European history and the women’s associations and networks involved in research and women's studies;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on Member States to entrust teachers and students with the means required to scrutinize their own countries' history objectively; encourages young Europeans to become actively involved in discussing history and contribute to an informed historical memory;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Hopes that, also within the cohesion policy, Digital Agenda and Horizon 2020 funds, support may be given to projects aimed at digitising and broadening access to historical archives and film and video libraries, which contribute to the study and spreading of knowledge of Europe’s history;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new) 8c. Calls on Member States to revise existing curricula and teaching methodologies, with a view to shift focus from national towards European and global history; encourages the promotion of bi- and multilateral history textbooks projects, such as the German-Polish Text Book Commission;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aа. recognising the role and the significance of historical events, such as the Armenian genocide, the destruction of the Thracian Bulgarians, the Balkan Wars and the first and Second World Wars, that led to huge groups of people being annihilated or driven from their native places;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new) 8d. Urges Council, Commission and Member States to further promote awareness, especially among young people, of the history and lessons of the crimes and atrocities committed in the past without neglecting the promotion of the values that are part of the European cultural heritage;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting historical
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting historical truth, both by accurately portraying historical events and by granting appropriate funding to historical productions and educational history programmes; considers that people living to the west of the former Iron Curtain should be more fully informed about the crimes of Communism;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting historical truth, both by accurately portraying historical events and by granting appropriate funding to historical productions and educational history programmes, at national, regional and local level;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting historical truth, both by accurately portraying historical events and by granting appropriate funding to historical productions and educational history programmes, such as the EUROCLIO project of Historiana, and, in this context, commends the level of awareness of the Holocaust and crimes of the Nazi regime and calls upon similar efforts to raise awareness of the crimes of other totalitarian regimes;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media can play a vital role in promoting
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that modern media
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projects linked to history education, promotion, research, archiving and digitisation and historical sites;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the European Union undertook in 2007 to foster a European historical memory with the intention of forging a common identity;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projects linked to history education, promotion, research, revelation of heinous crimes, archiving and digitisation;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projects linked to history education, promotion, research, archiving and digitisation as well as publication and raising awareness;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory, not only for the historical remembrance of tragic events in European history, but also for the intellectual and cultural events which have created the Europe of today; notes that such funds should be used for projects linked to history education, promotion, research, archiving and digitisation;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses th
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of EU funds in promoting historical memory; notes that such funds should be used for projects
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Strongly believes that no public funds should go to civil society platforms that their main issue is to promote the positive remembrance of totalitarian regimes and their leaders, as it has happened in Spain with Fundación Francisco Franco;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes the EU funding to the House of the European History;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on Member States to facilitate access to documents that reflect the suffering and human rights violations inflicted on large numbers of Europeans during our continent's darkest episodes;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Advocates measures to enhance our knowledge of history and keep history alive through joint initiatives related to tourism and the mobility of pupils, students and members of relevant organisations and bodies;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational and cultural projects which raise awareness of the darker episodes in Europe’s history; calls on the Commission to avoid double standards when supporting projects concerning the 20th century dictatorships;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee better funding for
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational and cultural projects which raise awareness of the darker episodes in Europe's history; encourages the promotion of other relevant EU-funded projects such as Developing Competence-Orientated Teaching of Historical Memories and Sharing European Memories at School;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational and cultural projects which raise awareness of
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational and cultural projects
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the planned reduction in funds for the ‘Europe for Citizens’ programme, and calls on the Commission to guarantee funding for national and transnational educational, research and cultural projects which
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Considers that the House of European History, currently in development, will be of critical importance to the work of historical memory in the EU, and emphasises that a transnational process of discussion about the exhibition content there is necessary inter alia as a means of promoting reciprocal understanding among the nations of Europe;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for greater use of Horizon 2020 funding in the main part of the Societal Challenges policy priority, with particular reference to the social sciences and humanities, in order to increase cooperation and exchanges between researchers, research institutes and universities;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Calls for greater attention to be paid, in existing and future programmes, to increasing circulation and exchanges between historical institutions, in addition to building networks aimed at establishing a common European historical research background and identifying new goals and strategies;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that the European Union should support cooperation between institutes and organisations which foster historical memory, and in this context calls on the Commission to ensure financial
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that the European Union should support cooperation between institutes and organisations which foster historical memory, and in this context calls on the Commission to ensure financial support for professional historical research to form the basis for future educational and cultural projects; calls for historical archives to be fully opened up to research historians; welcomes the initiative of the European Parliament to establish a House of European History;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that the European Union should support cooperation between institutes and organisations which foster historical memory, and in this context calls on the Commission to ensure financial support for professional historical research to form the basis for future educational and cultural projects; calls for historical archives, particularly archives of repressive forces of the totalitarian dictatorships, to be fully opened up to research historians;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that the European Union should support cooperation between institutes and organisations which foster historical memory
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that the European Union should support cooperation between historical research institutes and organisations
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes its initiative to establish a House of European History, which will offer an opportunity to become acquainted with Europe's history from a transnational starting point that takes account of its diverse character and the manifold interpretations and perceptions which it evokes, and to reflect critically on its significance today;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens’ initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching the history of nations and gathering documents on the crimes committed under totalitarianism, and supports transnational partnerships and networks with the aim of promoting mutual relations between EU citizens, in addition to the establishment of museums, archives and document centres on the history of totalitarian regimes; supports, in that context, cooperation between Member States and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens’ initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens’ initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching the history of nations and gathering documents on the crimes committed under totalitarianism and dictatorships, and supports transnational partnerships and networks with the aim of promoting mutual relations between EU citizens; supports, in that context, cooperation between Member States and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens' initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching the history of
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens’ initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens' initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in researching the history of nations and gathering documents on the crimes committed under
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Supports citizens’ initiatives and non- governmental organisations, including those outside the EU, which are actively engaged in
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13.
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Suggests that 2019 be designated as a ‘European Year of Contemporary History’ with the aim of taking a concentrated look back at the 100 years from 1919 to 2019 as a means of further encouraging shared European awareness of history;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls Member States to ensure that those private documents taken by force by totalitarian regimes and held by public archives are returned to citizens if they request it;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by t
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Supports the initiatives of writing joint history textbooks, which can contribute to better understanding of nations and communities living traditionally next to each other;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls for efforts to make education on totalitarianism in Europe more comprehensive, including education, research and remembrance on crimes committed by the totalitarian Communist regimes, which could not have been adequately addressed during the post-war decades;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Condemns the trivialization of totalitarianism through the public use of its symbols by the media, advertising and others;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses that archives are essential for research and in turn research for the promotion of education and knowledge, therefore calls for a Statute of European Heritage for historical archives, including those of the former internal security services, secret police and intelligence agencies, which would provide a safeguard for the common history of the European Union;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines the need to reflect remembrance of the crimes committed under the totalitarian regimes in Europe, in order to more effectively combat the racism, xenophobia and political extremism that we are witnessing across the EU today; in this context, looks forward to the substantial conclusions of the European conference 'Combating hate crime in the EU', organized by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Supports the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) examining the role of historical sites and museums in Holocaust education and human rights education in the EU, invites the FRA to include also other totalitarian regimes in Europe in its research and encourages the Member States to draw inspiration from the identified practices in their broader efforts to preserve the memory of crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in pre- war and post-war Europe;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the traumas brought about by two
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other; and whereas united Europe is founded on the basis of Judaeo- Christian
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to the Council conclusions of 8 June 2011 on the memory of the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes in Europe,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by t
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other; and whereas united Europe is founded on the basis of
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Communism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the ‘Nuremberg trial’ of Communism has still not been held;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, while the dark episodes of Europe's 20th-century-history are crucial elements of the continent's collective memory, positive historical developments such as the construction of the European Union should also be remembered;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the dark passages of 20th century European history play a crucial role in collective commemoration in our continent, and the great positive historical developments, such as the post-1945 peace-building process, the successful integration of Europe, peace-making in the Balkans, the removal, after decades, of the Iron Curtain divide between East and West, the birth of universal social insurance systems and the establishment of human rights as a fundament of society, also need to be firmly anchored in collective historical memory;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 c (new) – having regard to its many previous resolutions on democracy and respect for fundamental rights and freedoms, including that of 13 January 1983 on the situation in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, of 27 January 2005 resolution on remembrance of the Holocaust, anti- semitism and racism, of 12 May 2005 on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe on 8 May 1945, of 28 September 2005 on the 25th Anniversary of Solidarity and its message for Europe, of 26 October 2006 on the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and its historical meaning for Europe, of 23 October 2008 on the commemoration of the Holodomor, and that of 15 January 2009 on Srebrenica,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, while the dark episodes of Europe's 20th-century-history are crucial elements of the continent's collective memory, positive historical developments such as the emergence of welfare systems throughout the continent should also be remembered;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the European Union was born from the impetus provided by several European leaders, and could not have become the area of peace and freedom that we know today without their energy and motivation;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas, even though the dark episodes in 20th-century European history are crucial elements in the collective memory of the continent, it should not be forgotten that significant positive historical developments also took place, such as the restoration of democracy in many countries;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the creation of European symbols such as the European flag, passport and anthem as early as the 1980s sought to give concrete expression to the common collective identity towards which we strive;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas, while not repudiating the past, one should not confuse history, which draws on experiences, with historical memory, which calls for objectivity;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and its central and eastern parts not fully liberated until after 1989, when the opportunity presented itself for genuine
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War marked the inception of a fresh dictatorship and hence did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and its central and eastern parts not fully liberated until after 1989, when the opportunity presented itself for genuine integration across the entire continent;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to Written Declaration 2013(0002) on establishing a European day in recognition of the victims of European colonisation and colonial slavery,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia and part of Romania were forcefully incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940; whereas many eastern and central European countries were held captive by Soviet imposed communist dictatorships; whereas democracy was stifled in parts of Southern Europe until the late 1970s; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and its central and eastern parts not fully liberated until after 1989, when the opportunity presented itself for genuine integration across the entire continent;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and its central and eastern parts not fully liberated until after 1989 and that dictatorial regimes in Southern Europe persisted until the 1970s, when the opportunity presented itself for genuine integration across the entire continent;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas for many European countries the end of the Second World War did not lead to full freedom; whereas for many years after the war Europe was divided, and it
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas even after the Second World War the building of a united Europe met with very mixed success, and a democratic harmonisation of the governments of its Member States would only come about after 1989;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital В a (new) Ва. whereas the peoples of Europe have been the primary victims of their leaders’ political and ideological decisions and they bear the burden of all the wars that have been fought on the continent, leading to division, and to the creation of borders, in place of free association;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas no one could claim that the trauma of 1939-45
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 15 June 2009 on ‘European Conscience and Totalitarianism’,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard remembering and accurately portraying the past is of vital importance; whereas, also, the acceptance of historical lies or the denial of difficult episodes in history can lead to xenophobia and hatred;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the traumas of
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard remembering and accurately portraying the past is of vital importance; whereas, also, the acceptance of historical lies or the denial of difficult episodes in history can lead to xenophobia and hatred;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the traumas of 1939-45 must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the trauma of 1939-45 and the traumas inflicted on people within Europe during the Balkan Wars in modern times must not be allowed to be repeated, and in that regard remembering and accurately portraying the past
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the decision of the European Parliament to create the House of the European History,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas historical memory cannot be selective and whereas the impact that European countries have had on other countries and continents through colonialism cannot be overlooked;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas it is necessary to pronounce repeatedly that we must reject hatred and repel extremist ideologies, that treat people as less than equal, or less than human;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas historical research and history education do not attempt to transmit a single truth about the past, nevertheless the aim is to approach the historical truth as near as possible based on solid facts and qualified evidence and by striving towards objectivity;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas many European countries and nations have histories that have been shaped by Colonialism and Imperialism; whereas they exercised the role of colonial power, either inside or outside Europe, or that they themselves were under hegemonic foreign rule by another power;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas no attempt should be made by historians, or in the teaching of history, to present knowledge about the past as absolute truth, and that, instead, the past should be approached in an academically sound and objective way through historians’ approximation of historical truths on the basis of facts and established proof;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas racism in many Member States among younger generations is mainly based on the ignorance of the recent past;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas historical research and history education do not attempt to transmit a single truth about the past, but nevertheless aim to approach the historical truth as near as possible based on solid facts and qualified evidence and by striving towards objectivity;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas historical research and education do not seek to convey a single truth about the past but to come as closely as possible to historical truth, based on actual facts and proven evidence and using an objective approach;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Dа. whereas the consequences of past wars continue to have a negative influence on relations between certain countries in Europe, finding expression in some cases in ‘hate speech’, and we have witnessed the erection of barriers to democratic association among peoples, a trend particularly characteristic of the Western Balkan and Black Sea regions;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. considers Colonialism and Imperialism as part of European historical memory, together with the dictatorial regimes and all crimes against humanity that have caused the deaths of human beings throughout the history of Europe;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) – having regard to the study from the European Parliament's Policy Department B, entitled ‘European historical memory: policies, challenges and perspectives’4, __________________ 4 http://www.ipolnet.ep.parl.union.eu/ipolne t/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/poldepb/ culture_education/pe513977_en.pdf
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas mistaken ideas about historical events, combined with each country having its own history policy and ignorance on the part of the media, which form public opinion, are a universal phenomenon leading to falsifications of history that can be hurtful to victims of totalitarian regimes and their families, as is the case with the all-too-frequent references to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland, as a ‘Polish death camp’;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas according to Article 167 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union it is its duty to contribute to the improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people, whose knowledge of history often comes solely from electronic media and whereas it is necessary to fight the public ignorance concerning the dark chapters of European history;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people, whose knowledge and understanding of history often comes solely from electronic media;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting the historical
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas education plays a key role in understanding history and promoting historical truth, especially among young people
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2013-12-17Show (2) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-11-08Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-10-30Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-09-19Show (6) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-09-18Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-08-29Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
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http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE516.702
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2013-08-27Show (1) Changes | Timetravel
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2013-07-09Show (5) Changes
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