2015/2138(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution on improving the quality of teacher education1; 1 OJ C 8E, 14.1.2010, p. 12.

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 100 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge and understanding, values, skills and competences, ~~and~~ empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across thboth the Member States and the future Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 102 #

Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners appropriate to their age with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to think critically and form a well-informed and balanced opinion, exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences such as critical and creative thinking, media literacy, leadership, entrepreneurship and capacity building, to be audacious problem solvers and address current and future challenges, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, encourage intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, including the right to vote, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls to mind the principles underpinning Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in order to reiterate the value of humanistic philosophies, of faiths that have contributed to the history of the EU, including by strengthening intercultural and interreligious dialogue and skills;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that increased student and parent participation in school governance can contribute to tackling discrimination and strengthening sustainable participatory democracy and citizenship, and to fostering trust and cooperation between various actors; calls on educational institutions to introduce, and increase the scope of, democratic governance, since democracy has to be learned and lived;deleted

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that increased student and parent participation in school governance can contribute to tackling discrimination and strengthening sustainable participatory democracy and citizenship, and to fostering trust and cooperation between various actors; ~~calls on educational institutions to introduce, and increase the scope of, democratic governance, since democracy has to be learned and lived~~highlights that any decision regarding educational governance is solely a Member State competence;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that increased student and parent participation in school governance can contribute to tackling discrimination and strengthening sustainable participatory democracy and citizenship, and to fostering trust and cooperation between various actors; calls on educational institutions to introduce, and increase the scope of~~, democratic governance, since democracy has to be learned and lived~~ professional governance and students´ participation;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Points out that increased student and parent participation in school governance can contribute to tackling discrimination and strengthening sustainable participatory democracy and citizenship, ~~and to~~ fostering trust and cooperation between various actors; calls on educational institutions to introduce, and increase the scope of, democratic governance, also by means of giving a bigger weight to the voice of student's representations, since democracy has to be learned and lived;

Amendment 112 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Ernest MARAGALL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO, Mircea DIACONU, Silvia COSTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the need to enhance teachers' and learners' motivation and opportunities to learn more about the EU through their own first-hand experience, such us visits to the European institutions, contacts with EU officials, traineeship opportunities for students within the EU institutions and through media education, such as the European Youth Portal, making full use of the new information and communication technologies and Open Educational Resources;

Amendment 114 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Ernest MARAGALL, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that the quality of schooling depends largely on respect for those who teach; calls, therefore, for their authority to be enhanced; maintains that parents also have a major role to play, since the family is the first context in which socialisation takes place, and calls, therefore, on parents, schools, and education officials to engage in wider- ranging consultations, given that they are all responsible for meeting the challenges of citizenship, which should, moreover, be tackled through greater provision for citizenship education;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Underlines that learning of foreign languages can play a crucial role in increasing intercultural awareness and providing citizens with the skills needed to live and work in an increasingly complex and globalised world;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work and adult learning, in developing social and civic competences and shaping responsible and active European citizens; underlines the need to recognise such competences within formal learning and to create closer links between formal, non-formal and informal learning;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the crucial role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work ~~and~~, volunteering as well as adult learning, in developing social and civic competences and shaping responsible and active European citizens; underlines the need to ~~recognise~~achieve validation process and to recognise the value of learning outcomes of such competences within formal learning and to create closer links between formal, non- formal and informal learning;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work ~~and adult learning~~, volunteering, adult learning, and sport as a pedagogical instrument, in developing social and civic competences and shaping responsible and active European citizens; underlines the need to recognise such competences within formal learning and to create closer links between formal, non- formal and informal learning;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work and adult learning, in developing social and civic competences and shaping responsible and active European citizens; underlines the need to be able to recognise such competences within formal learning and to be able to create closer links between formal, non-formal and informal learning;

Amendment 12 #

Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~poor~~a deeper and appropriate knowledge ~~about~~of the EU and its ~~values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism i~~fundamental rights, enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental rights of the EU, may contribute to achieve a better understanding of the EU's functioning and the impact of its policies on Member States;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Highlights the role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering, inter-generational, family and adult learning, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and shaping responsible and active European citizens; underlines the need to recognise such competences within formal learning and to create closer links between formal, non-formal and informal learning;

Amendment 122 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for the adoption of an intercultural approach to education policy capable of enabling the genuine integration of immigrant students into schools based on mutual knowledge of the different cultures and the construction of shared common values;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Call to make full use of the opportunities offered by digital technologies to further develop cross- border teaching, through digital courses and video conferences, in order to facilitate the discovery for students of other points of view and approaches regarding their disciplines;

Amendment 124 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Philippe JUVIN, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses the importance and the potential of a European approach on the teaching of history, while bearing in mind the competence of Member States on the matter, as some historic events were determinant in the emergence of the European ideal and values;

Amendment 125 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Calls the Commission to prepare guidelines, with concrete examples, on the way to teach the benefits of the European Union for its citizens in an understandable manner for children;

Amendment 126 #

Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Damian DRĂGHICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the ~~major~~ role of Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens and Creative Europe in promoting education and training, language skills, active citizenship, cultural awareness, intercultural understanding and many other valuable skills ~~and~~, competences and important values; stresses the need for sufficient and adequate financial support for these programmes and wider access to mobility;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the ~~major~~ role of Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens and Creative Europe in promoting education and training, language skills, active citizenship, cultural awareness, intercultural understanding and many other valuable skills and competences; stresses the need for sufficient financial support for these programmes and wider access to mobility;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~poor~~insufficient knowledge about the EU and ~~its value~~functioning of its institutions may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and ~~widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;~~ cause that citizens and their institutional representations are discouraged from taking part in and influencing processes, decisions and activities taken at the EU level;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 131 #

Momchil NEKOV, Damian DRĂGHICI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the major role of Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens and Creative Europe in promoting education and training, language skills, active citizenship, cultural awareness, intercultural understanding and many other valuable skills and competences; stresses the need for sufficient financial support for these programmes and wider access to mobility; points out, however, that while mobility can be an asset, it cannot be effective unless the constituent elements of Europe are clearly defined and the specific identity of each European nation is emphasised; maintains that learning about distinguishing national characteristics, not least through the teaching of history, is the only way to identify the common ground shared by European nations and develop European civilisation;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines the major role of Erasmus+, Europe for Citizens and Creative Europe (as well as other instruments offered by the Commission, such as Ploteus and Eures) in promoting education and training, language skills, active citizenship, cultural awareness, intercultural understanding and many other valuable skills and competences; stresses the need for sufficient financial support for these programmes and wider access to mobility;

Amendment 136 #

Marc JOULAUD, György HÖLVÉNYI, Sabine VERHEYEN, Andrea BOCSKOR, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Bogdan Brunon WENTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to promote and fund greater take up of teacher training institutions in the Jean Monnet sub-action and to allow primary and secondary schools to directly apply;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls the wide range of actions possible through the Erasmus+ programme, as well as its popularity and recognition by the general public, in particular for the mobility of students as part of their studies; calls on the Commission and the Member States to raise awareness around the parts of the Erasmus+ programme which are less well-known, such as the European Voluntary Service;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes that the Union is currently undergoing a crisis in its democratic legitimacy not only because of insufficient knowledge of Europeans about the EU mechanisms, but also removal of their voice from decision-making processes; highlights that to regain its legitimacy the Union must reduce its democratic breakdown and re-establish the link with the citizens;

Amendment 139 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Asks the Commission to add a "Learning EU at school" element to the Erasmus Student mobility action;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU, its concrete added-value and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and lead to widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10c. Encourages further measures to facilitate the access of disadvantaged groups and people with special needs to Erasmus+ mobility actions;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10d. Asks for a significant increase in the amount provided by the EU budget for mobility addressed to teachers from primary and secondary educational levels;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10e. Stresses the role of education programmes like "Europe for Citizens" could play with enough funding to fulfil its objectives of coherent and more inclusive society, with a due implication of its citizens in the decision-making processes;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Welcomes the Commission’s 2016 Work Programme for the implementation of the Erasmus+ Programme and its commitment to concrete actions following up on the Paris Declaration;~~deleted

Amendment 144 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Ernest MARAGALL, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcom~~Stresses the ~~Commission’s 2016 Work Programme for the implementation of the Erasmus+ Programme and its commitment to concret~~importance of the proper implementation of the Erasmus+ Programme; calls the Commission for concrete and effective actions following up on the Paris Declaration;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the Commission’'s 2016 Work Programme for the implementation of the Erasmus+ Programme and its commitment to concrete actions following up on the Paris Declaration, in particular those aimed at increasing the impact of Erasmus+ on fostering active and democratic citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion and solidarity, including stronger support for civil society organisations in their key role in education to citizenship;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

~~12. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation;~~deleted

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to ~~closely monitor~~evaluate the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation;

Amendment 148 #

Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jana TOOM, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation; calls on the Commission to simplify the rules and conditions governing the process of the European Citizens' Initiative, thereby reinforcing citizen participation in decision-making;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation; through the implementation of the Europe for Citizens programme;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States and candidate countries;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation, by adopting reliable, transparent and not biased benchmarks and tools;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to closely monitor the impact of EU programmes on developing participants’ sense of citizenship and civic participation; calls for an open and shared debate between the Commission and cities, as well as local and regional authorities regarding the connection between school system and urban models, as a way to understand the effects of different approaches to the intercultural relations in Europe today;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Calls on the Commission to adequately investigate, and publish the reasons for, the extremely high rates of mistrust of citizens towards the EU, the sense that they have a limited understanding of how the EU works and the very high abstention rate in European Parliament elections;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Encourages the Commission to continue its support for efforts to develop and promote an EU dimension in education, and to actively disseminate information – including information on relevant funding opportunities and available studies and reports – to key stakeholders;deleted

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Encourages the Commission to continue its support ~~for efforts~~ to develop and promote an EU dimension in education, and to actively disseminate all information – including information on relevant funding opportunities and available studies and reports – to key stakeholders and citizens;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Encourages the Commission to continue its support for efforts to ~~develop and~~ promote an EU dimension in education, and to actively disseminate information – including information on relevant funding opportunities and available studies and reports – to key stakeholders;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 158 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Encourages the Commission to continue its support for efforts to develop and promote an EU dimension in education as well as the mobility of educational actors, and to actively disseminate information – including information on relevant funding opportunities and available studies and reports – to key stakeholders;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas poor knowledge about and understanding of the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Draws attention to the need for more information on the European integration process to be provided both in and outside schools so that people may take part in the democratic debate on the various visions for the EU and in order to ensure transparency for the general public in the Member States, who will otherwise be unable to form a critical opinion and play their part in making democracy work; stresses, at the same time, the need for that information to be objective and for teaching to be factual and free of any ideological bias, so as not to impair the ability of children, who are the next generation of citizens, to make up their own minds;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to provide a common set of standards/framework for learning about the EU in order to foster objective and critical thinking about European integration while respecting that decisions about specific education contents are an exclusive competence of Member States;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to support and facilitate networks that promote, and are involved in, learning about the EU at national level, as well as exchanges of best practice between these networks at Union level, and to identify areas of improvement;deleted

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to encourage, support and facilitate networks that promote, and are involved in, learning about the EU at national, regional and local level, as well as exchanges of best practice between these networks at Union level, and to identify areas of improvement;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to support and facilitate objective networks that promote, and are involved in, learning about the EU at national level, as well as exchanges of best practice between these objective networks at Union level, and to identify areas of improvement;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to support and facilitate, in conjunction with the Member States and with due regard for the subsidiarity principle, networks that promote, and are involved in, learning about the EU at national level, as well as exchanges of best practice between these networks at Union level, and to identify areas of improvement;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Commission to support and facilitate public networks, involving all relevant stakeholders and fully complying with the principles of democratic governance, that promote, and are involved in, learning about the EU at national level, as well as exchanges of best practice between these networks at Union level, and to identify areas of improvement;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to establish a platform designed for training of teachers (from elementary to high schools teachers) about the European Union and European integration in order to help them teach about those subjects; such a platform could consist of existing university structures and accredited or certified centres of European studies;

Amendment 168 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Julie WARD, Marlene MIZZI, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jill EVANS, Ignazio CORRAO, Laura FERRARA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the sharing of best practices among Member States in combating discrimination and prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age and disability in educational settings, including by evaluating teaching materials, anti- bullying policies and anti-discrimination policies;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Asks the Commission to further develop the eTwinning, EPALE and School Education Gateway virtual platforms, and to continue supporting and developing digital platforms such as Teachers’ Corner in order to facilitate access to relevant, easy-to-use and up-to- date teaching materials;deleted

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Γ. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values ~~may contribute to~~is not the only factor responsible for the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States: another factor is the pursuit of neoliberal policies that are strengthening the anti-democratic features of the EU, violating the Charter of Fundamental Rights in several Member States, bringing European societies to their knees and increasingly alienating citizens from the ideals of a united Europe;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Asks the Commission to further develop the eTwinning, EPALE and School Education Gateway virtual platforms, and to continue supporting and developing digital platforms such as Teachers’ Corner in order to facilitate access to EU-learning relevant, easy-to- use and up-to- date teaching materials;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Asks the Commission to further develop the eTwinning, EPALE and School Education Gateway virtual platforms, as well as the EUN Academy and KeyCoNet, and to continue supporting and developing digital platforms such as Teachers’ Corner in order to facilitate access to relevant, easy-to-use and up-to- date teaching materials;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Asks the Commission to further develop and promote as widely as possible the eTwinning, EPALE and School Education Gateway virtual platforms, and to continue supporting and developing digital platforms such as Teachers’ Corner in order to facilitate access to high-quality relevant, easy-to-use and up-to- date teaching materials available in all EU languages;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to consider whether teachers and educators have sufficient access to relevant EU programmes and actions for professional development, lifelong learning and platforms for exchange of best practices in order to incorporate efficiently learning EU at school;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Asks the Commission to facilitate a critical review of existing materials currently available on the Teachers' Corner platform by educators that are currently teaching and academics specialised in EU studies to ensure quality and appropriateness;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Encourages the Commission to promote learning EU at school as a recommendation in the negotiation process with candidate countries for EU membership as soon as possible;

Amendment 176 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Ernest MARAGALL, Luigi MORGANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Asks the Commission to encourage further research on how the EU is currently taught in schools across Europe and features in curricula and exams;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Highlights the role information offices of the European Institutions play and welcomes their commitment in fostering relations with the Member States, with national regional and local educational institutions, youth organisations and media in order to bring them closer to each other and to ensure that young people understand the role the institutions play in their daily lives;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Encourages Member States to support, review and~~Points out that under Articles 6 and 165 of the TFEU, the EU has only a supporting competence in the sphere of education, which remains the preserve of the Member States; encourages Member States to update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to st~~rengthening the EU dimension~~epping up the provision of information on how the EU works, in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level;

Amendment 18 #

Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jana TOOM, Ilhan KYUCHYUK, Damian DRĂGHICI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Γ. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values ~~may~~and a lack of information about European issues contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, and national, level, while strongly encouraging regionals and local ~~level~~authorities, in particular when they have direct competences on educational systems;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all public relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level, fully complying with the principles of democratic governance;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level; calls on Member States to fully exploit and complement EU financial instruments, programmes and initiatives for the promotion and support of intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including informal, non-formal and vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States on a voluntary basis to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems and all forms of EU-related curricula content at all levels of education – including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU, national, regional and local level; hopes that the system of multi-level governance will function well in this respect;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Encourages Member States to support all possibilities for increasing information about EU conveyed to pupils, teachers and students at school through all school curricula and through interdisciplinary teaching methods;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States at their own discretion to ensure equal and inclusive access to innovative and high-quality formal and non-formal education for all learners;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States to ensure equal and inclusive access to innovative and high-quality formal and non-formal education for all learners; however notes that an increase in accessibility to education does not necessarily imply an increase in quality of education;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States to ensure equal and inclusive access to innovative and high-quality formal and non-formal education for all learners, in particular those with a disability, whom education policies all too often overlook; calls accordingly for every possible effort to be made to include people with disabilities in an open and welcoming education environment, including, wherever possible, in mainstream education systems;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas widespread Euroscepticism in Member States is growing due to citizens recognising the anti-democratic nature of the European Union;

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States to ensure equal and inclusive access to innovative and high-quality formal and non-formal education for all learners; calls on Member States to increase public investment in inclusive, quality and accessible education as a means to tackle civic education and provide equal access and opportunities for all;

Amendment 191 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jill EVANS, Ignazio CORRAO, Laura FERRARA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on Member States to ensure equal and inclusive access to innovative and high-quality formal and non-formal education for all learners as well as lifelong learning opportunities;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers non-discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age and disability an essential part of the EU's values; deplores that in the area of education, EU law only prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity; calls in this regard on Member States to adopt, as a matter of urgency, the 2008 proposal for a directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, which would protect against discrimination on these grounds in education;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Asks Member States to take further action to promote multi-cultural, non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula;~~deleted

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks Member States to take further action to ~~promote multi-cultural, non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula~~include civics in the school curriculum; points out that, in particular in the wake of the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, it is now more important than ever for schools to be a place of social integration in which everyone assimilates both national and European values, in order to safeguard democracy and foster a form of citizenship that is in keeping with the national identity of each Member State and with the ideas underpinning European civilisation;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks Member States to take further action to promote ~~multi-cultural,~~ non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula; in this context stresses the urgent need to engage institutions of formal and non-formal education at all levels to stem the tide of hate speech and intolerance towards minorities which were provoked by the migrant crisis and recent acts of terror;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks Member States to take further action to promote ~~multi-~~intercultural, non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks Member States to take further action at their own discretion to promote multi-cultural, non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Asks Member States to take further action to promote multi-cultural, non- discriminatory and inclusive education and citizenship values in school and university curricula; encourages Member States to develop training, empowering educators to address all forms of discrimination and racism and to diversify teaching staff, to re-examine educational resources, foster multi-perspective and multi-language learning;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;~~deleted

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~the role of education~~education is a fundamental human right and a public good that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the main role of education is to form fully aware citizens and therefore goes beyond the fulfil~~ling~~ment of the economic targets of EU and national strategies; whereas the objectives of education include preparing individuals for life and active citizenship in increasingly complex, demanding, multicultural and integrated societies;

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, as the above figures show, the EU is suffering from a democratic deficit and a crisis of legitimacy in the eyes of citizens of Member States; whereas it might therefore be useful to disseminate information shedding greater light on the workings of the European system, but whereas such action requires the sine qua non of respect for the diversity of opinions among Member States’ citizens in order that they themselves may feel respected;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop ~~an EU dimension in education~~high quality teaching in civics and in the workings of the EU;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for ~~schools and teacher~~all educational and teacher training institutions to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in quality education and equal opportunities for all and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States at their own discretion to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in quality education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education, encouraging the sharing of best practices in order, inter alia, to boost knowledge-sharing and understanding of the process of building EU citizenship and the EU institutions;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education, also by means of greater partnership with the private sector, and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education; considers that if the Member States make a shared commitment to attain a common goal this will help them achieve a single and uniform result, which will foster integration still further;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas a better understanding of the EU building blocks may help to launch a proper debate about the so-called EU democratic deficit and its root causes without labelling the critiques and the proposals to reform the current EU system as Euroscepticism;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education; calls on Member States to promote mobility especially for teachers from primary and secondary levels in order to share experiences and develop own tools to face and answer evolving societal challenges;

Amendment 211 #

Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jana TOOM, Ilhan KYUCHYUK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in public education and to provide the necessary support for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support for schools and to empower the role of teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education;

Amendment 213 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on Member States to increase investment in education and to provide the necessary support and training for schools and teachers to carry out and continuously develop an EU dimension in education; to this end, teachers should be encouraged to spend part of their initial formation in another Member States in order to discover other perspectives and teaching methods of their discipline;

Amendment 214 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS, Ernest MARAGALL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO, Silvia COSTA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on Member States to encourage and facilitate high quality training on EU topics for teachers, other educational staff, youth leaders and trainers, and to ensure the recognition of such training;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that Member States, in consultation with educational actors, should seek opportunities to exchange ideas and examples of good practice ~~in integrating an EU dimension into their educational programmes in order to enable young people to see the Union as an integral part of their living environment~~;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that Member States, in consultation with educational actors, should seek opportunities to exchange ideas ~~and examples of good practice in integrating an EU dimension into~~on teaching the European integration process and the workings of the EU, in conjunction with the history curriculum, in their educational programmes in order to enable young people to ~~see the Union as an integral part of their living environment~~understand the Union’s impact on their present and future lives;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that Member States, in consultation with educational actors, ~~should~~can seek opportunities to exchange ideas and examples of good practice in integrating an EU dimension into their educational programmes in order to enable young people to see the Union as an integral part of their living environment;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Considers that Member States, in consultation with educational actors, should seek opportunities to exchange ideas and examples of good practice in integrating an EU dimension into their educational programmes in order to enable young people to see the Union as an integral part of their living environment; encourages the various sectors involved in education to enter into dialogue and cooperation in order to better achieve the outcomes targeted by the EU;

Amendment 219 #

Isabella ADINOLFI, Julie WARD, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Jill EVANS, Ignazio CORRAO, Laura FERRARA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas, according to the 2015 Special Eurobarometer 437, a vast majority of Europeans agrees that school lessons and material should include information about diversity in terms of religion or beliefs, ethnic origin, sexual orientation and gender identity1; 1 http://ec.europa.eu/COMMFrontOffice/Pu blicOpinion/index.cfm/ResultDoc/downloa d/DocumentKy/68004, p. 100.

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

~~21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens;~~deleted

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and, as the individual Member States see fit, to support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. ~~Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citize~~Highlights the role social partners and civil society organisations play in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens, but points out that that gap will remain open for as long as the European institutions continue to suffer from a crisis of legitimacy; emphasises, therefore, the need for discussions to be held at the highest level between the Member States, the Commission and the Council, with a view to identifying the real causes of this disconnect between the general public in the Member States and the EU and to taking the necessary decisions on the basis of those discussions;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU ~~and its~~institutions and European citizens;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens, promoting and strengthening participatory and direct democracy tools;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens; calls on Member States to involve migrants, refuges and faith communities in respectful and empowering citizenship building processes, ensuring their participation in civic and cultural life;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens in a structural and sustainable way;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges Member States to acknowledge and support social partners and civil society organisations, in particular youth organisations, in bridging the gap between the EU and its citizens;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Highlights the hitherto inadequate use of EU funds by Member States for education and young people;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the EU is experiencing not only an economic crisis, but also an axiological and a political crisis;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the democratic deficit needs to be addressed in order to tackle the growing gap between the voice of European citizens and the EU institutions;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas decisions, political direction and agendas at EU level are often taken without any forms of consultation with citizens and are sought to be legitimised at a later stage;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas increased awareness about the free movement of people and services within the Union and EU mobility programmes can help to create a sense of belonging to the EU, community spirit and acceptance of multicultural and multinational societies;deleted

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the role of education ~~goe~~is be~~yond fulfilling~~ing undermined by the implementation of the economic ~~target~~policies of the EU and ~~national strategi~~the extraordinary fiscal adjustment programmes in Member States; whereas the objectives of education include preparing individuals for life and active citizenship in increasingly complex, demanding and integrated societies;

Amendment 30 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~increased awareness about~~a sense of belonging to the EU, a community spirit and the acceptance of multicultural and multinational societies arise from an effective implementation of EU fundamental rights and freedoms; whereas the free movement of people ~~and services~~ within the Union and EU mobility programmes can help to ~~create a sense of belonging to the EU, community spirit and acceptance of multicultural and multinational so~~overcome economic, racial, ethnic and socio- cultural prejudices and stereotypes and create sincere, peaceful and respectful relationships among cietiezens;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas increased awareness about the benefits of European policies, such as free movement of people and services within the Union and EU mobility programmes can help to create a sense of belonging to the EU, community spirit and acceptance of multicultural and multinational societies;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas those who benefit from mobility programmes often come from social environments making it easy in any case for them to move within Europe; whereas the immediate priority must therefore be to remedy the social and economic hardship in which many citizens of Member States are living; whereas, in addition, the subsidiarity principle has to be observed and the importance of nation-states needs to be recognised, as citizens will then be able to understand the advantages underlying the principle of a Europe of free and independent nations, cooperating among themselves in common programmes such as the Erasmus+ mobility programme;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas Europe today faces many challenges which are having a major impact in the Member States; basic values of the EU, such as democracy, justice, human rights, the rule of law and solidarity, are in crisis, which contributes to the alienation of citizens from the European project;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Erasmus Impact Study presented by the European Commission in 2014 demonstrates the positive impact mobility in education and internationalisation of studies has not only on curricula and employability but also in terms of knowledge of Europe, the development of a sense of European citizenship and a positive attitude to Europe, and on voting in the European elections;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas successful education systems and curricula together with increased influence and participation of Europeans in EU policy decision making processes could create greater interest in EU affairs and a sense of understanding and belonging while contributing in tackling social divisions, cultural segregation and feeling of deprivation;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the majority of Member States have integrated learning about the EU into their curricula and teacher training programmes; whereas ~~disparities between and within~~any decision on teacher training or curriculum programmes remains solely as a Member States co~~ntinue to exist~~mpetence;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the majority of Member States have integrated learning about the EU into their curricula and teacher training programmes; whereas ~~disparities between and within Member States continue to exist~~, however, such learning cannot be of use unless citizens of Member States have first acquired real knowledge of their national history, this being a sine qua non for understanding of the European integration process;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the majority of Member States have integrated learning about the EU into their curricula and teacher training programmes; ~~whereas disparities between and within Member States continue to exist;~~

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the European Parliament is well aware that it is up to the European Union and its bodies to coordinate the EU dimension in education and set-up standards for the latter as well as assist the Member States in order to ensure quality of education in this domain;

Amendment 4 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Ernest MARAGALL, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the role of education goes beyond fulfilling the economic targets of EU and national strategies; whereas the objectives of education include preparing individuals for life and active citizenship and contributing to the personal development and growth of learners in order to make them proactive and responsible citizens in increasingly complex, demanding and integrated societies;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the knowledge and skills of teachers and other educational staff need to be further developed and updated through initial and ongoing training;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in some Member States EU topics are generally taught across the different education levels and across various subjects of compulsory education, they primarily constitute a small part of the curriculum that a given teacher has to deliver;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas schools and teachers require effective assistance that is tailored and relevant to their particular needs;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)

E c. whereas according to the "Learning Europe at school" study by ICF GHK for DG Education and Culture, it is primarily institutions and associations outside of higher education that are involved in delivering teacher education on EU issues;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)

Ed. whereas EU topics are rarely covered during initial or continuous teacher training in most Member States of the EU;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)

Ee. whereas the basic facts about the EU have to be accompanied by a deeper reflection about why the EU exists, what it really does and how;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines theat it is becoming increasingly importan~~ce of a European dimension in education, while stressing the need for a broad understanding~~t for pupils and students to find the ways to understand the European structure within which they are living, given that the European Union is having a growing impact ofn the ~~concept which takes into ac~~ir lives; points out, however, that, as numerous studies have shown, the priority as regards education count ~~its complex, dynamic and multi-layered nature, with learning about the EU at school being a crucial component~~inues to be the acquisition of basic knowledge (reading, writing, and arithmetic), for there are no better means of grasping the world and the environment in which citizens live their lives;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the increasing importance of a European dimension in education, while ~~stressing the need for a broad understanding of~~at the same time safeguarding the interests of individual EU Member States, and stresses that the concept which takes into account its complex, dynamic and multi-layered nature~~, with~~ can be understood broadly and that learning about the EU at school ~~being~~can be a crucial component;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the increasing importance of a European dimension in education, while stressing the need for a broad understanding of the concept which takes into account its complex, dynamic and multi-layered nature, with learning a~~bout the EU at school being a crucial component~~t school about the values the Union is based on, EU policy making processes and the role of citizens in it as basic components of teaching material;

Amendment 5 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the role of education goes beyond fulfilling the economic targets of EU and national strategies; whereas the objectives of education include preparing individuals for life and active citizenship in increasingly complex, demanding and integrated societies; whereas education remains an area of exclusive Member State competence, in which the EU should never interfere;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the increasing importance of a European dimension in education across the different disciplines, while stressing the need for a broad understanding of the concept which takes into account its complex, dynamic and multi-layered nature, with learning about the EU at school being a crucial component;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that, according to the Treaties, education remains a competence of Member States, which shall remain absolutely free and sovereign in defining the content of school programs and that the EU should then not interfere in their area of sovereignty;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education ~~can help reconnect~~is crucial to help citizens to better understand the role of the EU wiboth i~~ts citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world~~n an interdependent world and in their daily life, whilst favouring the learning and the importance of the values set out in Article 2 TEU;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education can help ~~reconnect the EU with its citizens~~citizens to better understand the EU and the challenges the EU and its countries are facing, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education c~~an help~~ould contribute to reconnecting the EU with its citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world; reminds though that efforts to overcome democratic deficit in the EU decision making process should not be restricted to educational and informational measures only;

Amendment 56 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education can help ~~reconnect the EU~~to improve the EU’s connection with its citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in ~~an interdependent~~the world;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education can help reconnect the EU with its citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and potentially strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education can help reconnect the EU with its citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world; recommends an exchange of best practices between Member States and candidate countries with regard to the European dimension in education as an important aspect of ensuring the success of potential future EU enlargement;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that an EU dimension in education can help reconnect the EU with its citizens, deepen the role of the values set out in Article 2 TEU, and strengthen the voice of the Union in an interdependent world; highlights the need to prepare future generations by giving them access to citizenship education;

Amendment 6 #

Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI, Therese COMODINI CACHIA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, according to a 2014 Eurobarometer opinion poll, 44% of European Union citizens feel that they have limited understanding of how the EU works11 ; whereas only 42.61% of EU citizens and only 27.8% of 18-24 year-olds voted in the last European Parliament elections, representing the lowest voter turnout since 197912 ; whereas this proves that there is no common European identity or demos; __________________ 11 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives /eb/eb81/eb81_publ_en.pdf, p. 117. 12 http://www.eprs.sso.ep.parl.union.eu/lis/lis rep/13-EPRS- publications/2015/COMM_STUD_558351 _UpdateReview-EN.pdf, p. 43-45.

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises the need of understanding and promoting attachment to the fundamental values of the European Union; points out that knowing and understanding the common history and values of the EU and its Member States is a key for mutual understanding, peaceful living together, tolerance and solidarity and also to understand the core principles of the European Union;

Amendment 61 #

Marlene MIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that investing in a generation of knowledge-thirsty young people will produce a generation of youngsters willing to educate themselves, and to aim for academic achievements, and that it will reduce the number of school drop outs; is of the opinion, that in order to nurture generations of employable, flexible, qualified job and career seekers, education should go beyond the class room;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU ~~should~~can be more visible in teaching materials, given its impact on the everyday life of its citizens; considers that content explicitly related to the EU can add substantial value to school curricula; ~~emphasises the need~~considers it possible to use active and participative teaching methods tailored to learners’ levels, needs and interests;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU should be more visible in teaching materials, given its impact on the everyday life of its citizens; considers that content explicitly related to the EU can ~~add substantial value~~make for another approach to school curricula; emphasises the need to use active and participative teaching methods tailored to learners’ levels, needs and interests, without neglecting the need first to acquire basic knowledge leading to better educational and cultural development and better understanding of the world around us;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU should be more ~~visible~~and better integrated in teaching materials, given its impact on the everyday life of its citizens; considers that content explicitly related to the EU can add substantial value to school curricula; emphasises the need to use active and participative teaching methods tailored to learners’ levels, needs and interests;

Amendment 66 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU should be more visible in teaching materials, given its impact on the everyday life of its citizens; considers that content explicitly related to the EU can add substantial value to school curricula; emphasises the need to use active and participative teaching methods tailored to learners’ levels, needs and interests, and exploit fully the opportunities offered by the information and communication technologies and the media, including social media;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that the EU should be more visible in teaching materials, given its impact on the everyday life of its citizens; considers that content explicitly related to the EU can add substantial value to school curricula and to the personal development of students, for instance in the awareness of the European cultural and opinion diversity and in the understanding of the world around us; emphasises the need to use active and participative teaching methods tailored to learners’ levels, needs and interests;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to enhance the pedagogical aspects and responsiveness to schools' needs of projects funded via the Jean Monnet 'Learning Europe at School' action by making sure schools can directly apply and that projects receive funding for periods longer than the year they are funded for, which is a very short time to create and implement activities;

Amendment 69 #

Marlene MIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that making children aware of the potential of the outside world, – a world they might have heard of but never dreamt of visiting – would in turn stimulate a yearning for learning and study about other cultures, the arts, languages and customs; stresses that one way of promoting European cultures, languages and values to children at a very young age is through school and extracurricular activities in other countries and cultures, while being a part of the national school curriculum activities;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas, according to a 2014 Eurobarometer opinion poll, 44% of European Union citizens feel that they have limited understanding of how the EU works11 ; whereas only 42.61% of EU citizens and only 27.8% of 18-24 year-olds voted in the last European Parliament elections, representing the lowest voter turnout since 197912 ; whereas 52% of Europeans believe that their voice does not count in the EU; __________________ 11 http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives /eb/eb81/eb81_publ_en.pdf, p. 117. 12 http://www.eprs.sso.ep.parl.union.eu/lis/lis rep/13-EPRS- publications/2015/COMM_STUD_558351 _UpdateReview-EN.pdf, p. 43-45.

Amendment 70 #

Marlene MIZZI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Is of the opinion that school visits to other countries at a very young age would provide children with the unique opportunity to have a direct contact and a first-hand experience with the diversity of different European cultures, languages and history; recalls that the Erasmus+ programme does not cover mobility of very young children, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to explore the possibility of fine tuning the school curricula to include targeted school visits to other countries, so that in their school-lifetime, children would have been exposed to other cultures at least once;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that any EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge, but also to engage in a critical reflection on the EU, including EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participationnot be biased;

Amendment 72 #

Louis MICHEL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that the learning goal for an EU dimension in education should ~~enable~~be for learners ~~not only~~ to acquire knowledge~~, but also to e~~ and understanding of the history and current state of the EU, its language ~~in a critical reflection on the EU, including EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation;~~ s, all the values on which the EU is based and its institutions, powers and decisions, and for pupils also to be taught to think critically in this connection so that they can view EU decisions and decision-making processes in their context and independently assess their impact on their Member State and on the EU;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that an EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge, but also to engage in a critical reflection on the EU, including through learning about EU fundamental values based on the rule of law and Human Rights, EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that an EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge, but also to engage in a critical reflection on the EU~~, including EU~~ and its history, including EU governance and decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation;

Amendment 75 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that an EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge, but also critically to engage in a critical reflection on the EU, including EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that an EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge, but also to engage in a critical reflection on the EU, including EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation; encourages to this end the use of European Youth Parliament role-play games, to help children and students understand the European processes and raise their awareness of European issues;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that an EU dimension in education should enable learners not only to acquire knowledge and develop a sense of belonging and European citizenship skills, but also to engage in a critical reflection on the EU, including EU decision-making processes and how these influence their Member State and their democratic participation;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that teaching about the EU should not have an ideological, but an informational character, where curricula should be designed in a way to refrain from imposing 'Euro-enthusiastic' or 'Eurosceptic' attitudes, or determining ever closer Union as the only proper direction of the development of the EU, justified by historical determinism and shaped by teleological thinking; in this context emphasizes that educators should present these issues as a matter on which different views are or could be held and to expound those different views as impartially as possible;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas there is an increasing convergence of EU policies, creating a common and cohesive institutional framework for Member States;

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that the EU has been shaped by its Member States with their unique histories and cultures, and that the development of the Union remains inextricably linked with its Member States; notes that the impact of the EU on Member States is considerable, and that learning about the EU at school should reflect ~~both~~ the role of Member States in the development of the EU ~~and~~, the influence of the EU on national developments as well as differences in their education systems;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that the EU has been shaped by its Member States with their unique histories and cultures, and that the development of the Union remains inextricably linked with its Member States; highlights at the same time the contribution of different cultures to the European societies and heritage; notes that the impact of the EU on Member States is considerable, and that learning about the EU at school should reflect both the role of Member States in the development of the EU and the influence of the EU on national developments;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Draws attention to the fact that the EU has been shaped by its Member States with their unique histories and cultures, and that the development of the Union remains inextricably linked with its Member States; notes that the impact of the EU on Member States is considerable, and that learning about the EU at school should reflect both the role of Member States in the development of the EU and the influence of the EU on national developments; points out that Member States and the EU have to lead the example to all actors involved in teaching and learning EU at school by practicing core European values of social inclusion and European and international solidarity;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Rec~~all~~ognises the need to ensure, enhance and broaden initial and ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education; points out, however, that investment priorities vary from one Member State to the next and that some Member States need in the first place to raise the salaries and social status of educators so as to ensure that their authority will be respected and to guarantee the best possible learning conditions for all;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the ~~need to~~possibility of ensureing, enhanceing and broadening initial and ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education;

Amendment 87 #

Damian DRĂGHICI, Krystyna ŁYBACKA, Ernest MARAGALL, Fernando MAURA BARANDIARÁN, Momchil NEKOV, Luigi MORGANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the need to ensure, enhance and broaden initial and ongoing professional lifelong development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the need to ensure, enhance and broaden initial and ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education, as well as to implement learner-centred strategies and to adapt their teaching methods to the needs of learners, and to provide them with appropriate support and resources;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the need to ensure, enhance and broaden initial and ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education; recalls the need to promote and encourage multi-lingual and intercultural competences of educators as well as mobility opportunities for educators, peer-to-peer learning and exchanges of best practices among teaching staff;

Amendment 9 #

Marc JOULAUD, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Sabine VERHEYEN, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Therese COMODINI CACHIA, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Andrea BOCSKOR, György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas poor knowledge about the EU and its values may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and widespread Euroscepticism in Member States;~~deleted

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the need to ensure, enhance and broaden initial and ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers and educators in order to enable them to incorporate an EU dimension into their teaching, in particular with regard to citizenship education, for instance through the organisation of European-level seminars where teachers and national education civil servants from the Member States could exchange on good practices on teaching the European dimension both in general and in their specific discipline;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the role of the universities in the preparation and training of highly- qualified and motivated teachers and educators; calls for encouragement and support for the actions of the Member States in their efforts to provide possibilities for specialised qualification courses within the universities, open and accessible for enrolled students as well as for practicing teachers and educators;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support history societies and centres for historical research, in order to highlight the value of their scientific contribution to European history and their role in keeping schoolteachers up to date;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to create and promote a "Euro Teacher" label award for teachers in recognition of their competence to teach EU topics, and that the label counts as a merit for teachers' mobility programme;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for the House of European History to develop especially for students and teachers at all levels of education specific programmes, instruments and activities that build up a cogent narrative of European integration and its basic values;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;deleted

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an urgent renewal and strengthening of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities, to value diversity, and to be active and responsible citizens;deleted

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for an ~~urgent renewal and strengthening~~adjustment, on a voluntary basis, of EU citizenship and political education across the Member States, with the aim of equipping learners with relevant knowledge, skills and competences, and empowering them to exercise their democratic rights and responsibilities~~, to value diversity, and~~ so as to be active and responsible citizens;

Amendment 99 #