Activities of Martina MICHELS related to 2018/0190(COD)
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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2021 to 2027) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013
Amendments (23)
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Culture, cultural heritage and cultural diversity are of great value to European society from a cultural, democratic, environmental, social, human rights and economic point of view and should be promoted and supported. The Rome Declaration of 25 March 2017 as well as the European Council in December 2017 stated that education and culture are a key to building inclusive and cohesive societies for all, and to sustaining European competitiveness. Cultural, democratic dialogue does much to foster a robust approach to history in European societies and their cooperative relations with neighbours and other continents.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Commission Communication on a New European Agenda for Culture15 further sets out the objectives of the Union for the cultural and creative sectors. It aims to harness the power of culture and cultural diversity for social cohesion and societal well-being, fostering the cross-border dimension of cultural and creative sectors, supporting their capacity to grow, encouraging culture-based creativity in education and innovation, and for jobs and growth as well as strengthening international cultural relations. Creative Europe, together with other Union programmes, should support the implementation of this New European Agenda for Culture and at the same time acknowledge the intrinsic value of artistic expression and materials and basic research as part of the process of producing both highly abstract and popular artistic works and promote these activities in particular by putting infrastructure for producers of artistic works on a more sustainable footing. This is also in line with the 2005 UNESCO Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which entered into force on 18 March 2007 and to which the Union is a party. __________________ 15 COM(2018) 267 final. COM(2018) 267 final.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The promotion of European cultural diversity depends on the existence of flourishing and resilient cultural and creative sectors, able to create, produce and distribute their works to a large and diverse European audience. This thereby enlarges their business potential and contributes to sustainable growth and jobs creation. Creative Europe, together with other Union programmes, should support the implementation of this New European Agenda for Culture.. In spite of recent progress, the European cultural and creative market continues to be fragmented along national and linguistic lines, which do not allow the cultural and creative sectors to fully benefit from the European single market and the digital single market in particular. In addition, the highly fragmented cultural and creative sector gives rise to many precarious employment relationships and gender pay disparities to the detriment of women, problems which the support provided through Creative Europe must address and remedy.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The Programme should take into account the dual nature of the cultural and creative sectors, recognising, on the one hand, the intrinsic and artistic value of culture and, on the other, the economic value of those sectors, including their broader contribution to growth and competitiveness, creativity and innovation. This requires strong European cultural and creative sectors, in particular a vibrant European audiovisual industry, taking into account its capacity to reach large audiences and its economic importance, including for other creative sectors as well as cultural tourism. However, competition in global audiovisual markets has been further intensified by the deepening digital disruption e.g. changes in media production, consumption and the growing position of global platforms in the distribution of content. Therefore, there is a need to step-up the support to the European industry. Steps must therefore be taken to ascertain to what extent the support provided by Creative Europe can help to bring about the establishment of a public video and film platform which is permanently available to the European public in all relevant languages.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Artistic freedom is at the core of vibrant cultural and creative industries, includingand freedom of expression, the protection of sources and the economic conditions for functioning media pluralism are vital for the news media sector. The programme should promote cross-overs and collaboration between the audiovisual sector and the publishing sector to promote a pluralistic media environment.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In line with the Joint Communication "Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations", endorsed by the European Parliament's resolution of 5 July 2017, and the conclusions drawn following the European Year of Cultural Heritage 201818a, European funding instruments, and in particular this programme, should recognize the relevance of culture in international relations and its role in promoting European values by dedicated and targeted actions designed to have a clear Union impact on the global scene. __________________ 18 JOIN(2016) 29 JOIN(2016) 29 18a In that connection, attention should be drawn to the statement issued by the Council of Culture Ministers in late November and the statements made at the closing ceremony held on 7 December 2018, including a reference to the relevant source when available.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In line with the Joint Communication "Towards an EU strategy for international cultural relations", endorsed by the European Parliament's resolution of 5 July 201718, European funding instruments, and in particular this programme, should recognize the relevance of culture in international relations and its role in promoting European values by dedicated and targeted actions designed to have a clear Union impact on the global scene. __________________ 18enable the Union to develop cooperative international exchanges based on mutual respect. __________________ 18 JOIN(2016) 29 JOIN(2016) 29
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) One of the greatest challenges of the cultural and creative sectors is their access to finance allowing their activities to grow maintain or increase their competitiveness or internationalise their activities. The policy objectives of this Programme should also be addressed through financial instruments and budgetary guarantee under the policy window(s) of the Invest EU Fund. In that connection, however, due account should be taken of the fragmentary nature of the cultural sector and access to funding should be provided for producers with a low turnover who can show that, in addition to generating European added value, that turnover is stable.
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to promote the intrinsic value of forms of artistic expression, cultural education and cultural criticism and the protection of freedom of opinion and sources for a plural media landscape;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) to promote and safeguard a sustainable infrastructure for the production of artistic works, in particular in the digital sphere as well;
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to enhance the capacity and infrastructure of European cultural and creative sectors to generate cross-border democratic dialogue, to prosper and to generate jobs and growth;
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to support projects which improve platform-based infrastructure for the long-term accessibility of European audiovisual works;
Amendment 370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to support cross-sectoral transnational policy cooperation including on the role of culture for democratic dialogue, social inclusion and promote the knowledge of the programme and support the transferability of results;
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The financial envelope for the implementation of the Programme for the period 2021 – -2027 shall be EUR 12 8506 000 000 in curreonstant prices.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
– up to EUR 609 000 000not less than 33% for the objective referred to in Article 3 (2)(ab) (strand CULTUREMEDIA);
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 2
– up to EUR 1 081 000 000not less than 58% for the objective referred to in Article 3(2)(b) (strand MEDIA);
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 3
– up to EUR 160 000 0009% for the activities referred to in Article 3(2)(c) (CROSS SECTORAL strand).
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The grants shall be awarded taking into account the following features of the projects concerned: (a) high cultural standard and/or long-term safeguarding of infrastructure for the production of artistic works and their dissemination; (b) impact; (c) quality and efficiency in their implementation. (d) guarantee of a living and/or collectively agreed wage for employees and service-providers involved in the project;
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. Where applicable, tThe actions of the Programme shall define appropriate non-discrimination criteria, including on gender balance.
Amendment 481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) to safeguard technical, logistical and digital infrastructure for the production, dissemination, documentation and storage of cross-border artistic works;
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) Specific measures to contribute to a more balancedfair gender participation in the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point c a (new)
Annex I – point 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) to safeguard political and civil society dialogue on threats to media freedom and media pluralism in Europe;