69 Amendments of Martina MICHELS related to 2021/2058(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas sport is promoting social inclusion, mutual respect, intercultural dialogue, social cohesion and therefore the European integration;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the EU to adopt a more holistic approach to sports policy and step up efforts to mainstream it into other EU policies, such as the EU Cohesion Policy;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the important contribution of sports to transnational collaboration and solidarity;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to set up regular high-level structured cooperation with all sports stakeholders and other institutions to deliver more targeted and accountable recommendations for action on the challenges facing the sport sector, including the challenges imposed by COVID-19, the lack of financial resources, doping, hate speech, gender gap, corruption, governance and accessibility challenges, so that no one is left behind;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to present a communication on the future of sport linked to the EU’s strategic goals, including the green and the digital transition, as well as social inclusion;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Suggests the organization of regular yearly events where the Parliament may lead by example and support sports’ visibility;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for a European sports model that recognises the need for a strong commitment to integrating the principles of solidarity, sustainability, inclusiveness for all, open competition, mobility and sporting merit, and fair play; strongly opposes breakaway competitions that undermine such principles and endanger the stability of the overall sports ecosystem;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the creation of a European Framework regarding coaching, with clear rules concerning the proper pedagogy towards children and youth active in sports and the European values of respect for the body and the soul of all people and gender, social and ethnic equality;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls for the creation of a European Observatory that will monitor the implementation of the rules established, among other matters watching over cases of sexual harassment, physical and verbal violence, in particular in the case of minors, female athletes, and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises the role of federations in governing their sport and encourages closer coordination, cooperation and exchange of views with authorities and all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need for increased solidarity, more targeted funding and financial redistribution, especially between professional and grassroots sport;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges public authorities, sports federations and organisations to uphold values such as human rights, equality, inclusiveness, democracy and the rule of law when awarding host status for major sporting events;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that a renewed commitment to good governance is needed in order to rebalance the social and economic elements in sport and to ensure that stakeholder representation in decision- making bodies is respected and fairly balanced;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on international, European and national sports organisations and stakeholder representative organisations to implement the highest governance standards, which must be clearly defined and equally applied and harmonized throughout the EU;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges sports governing bodies to implement measures on diversity and inclusion, in particular to address the low numbers of women and ethnic minorities in leadership positionsespecially regarding people with disabilities and LGBTIQ+ in particular to address the low numbers of women, LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities, and ethnic minorities and all people from vulnerable groups in decision-making and leadership positions, leaving no one behind;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU institutions to promote and protect the fundamental rights of athletes, including freedom of association, collective bargaining and non- discrimination; to this goal, strongly suggest to promote and ensure athlete representation in decision-making bodies;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on Member States, sports governing bodies and clubs to acknowledge the status of fans in sport by involving them their representation in governance and decision-making bodies;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to build on its existing work on social dialogue and to extend its scope to all professional sports;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and the MS to take specific measures against the involvement of any funders’ or other stakeholders’ interests into the results of any sports’ competition;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sports policy and legislationLegislation, include grassroots sports and professional sports as well as adaptive and disability sports and support gender equality, with particular attention to media coverage, remuneration gaps, award disparities and harassment;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Regrets that there are incidents of violence and harassment is sports spoken only after many years later; calls on the Commission and the MS to tackle and prevent any kind of abuse, violence or harassment in sports;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Urges the Member-States’ media not to focus their media coverage on a merely ethno-centric approach;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Urges the Member-States’ media to cover more youth sports;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to design policies to support visibility for all sports, especially the sports that have less popularity and funding;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)
Paragraph 23 e (new)
23e. Urges Commission to design policies and take specific measures to safeguard health of athletes and sport- staff by guaranteeing the presence of a doctors and medical staff at every sports event and at every training session;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 f (new)
Paragraph 23 f (new)
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 g (new)
Paragraph 23 g (new)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 h (new)
Paragraph 23 h (new)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance and support the social inclusion of refugees, ethnic minorities and the LGBTQI+ community and all vulnerable groups in sport;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges sports bodies and public authorities to effectively tackle discrimination, violence and hate speech and to guarantee safe, inclusive sport for all athletes, spectators and staff in sport venues and online, while safeguarding that personal freedoms will not be hindered by no means;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Insists on a zero-tolerance approach in terms of hate speech, violence and hooliganism in sports;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Member States to step up efforts towards the inclusion in sports activities and programmes of persons with disabilities, improving as well visibility and media coverage;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Calls for the EU institutions, the Member States and sports organisations to prioritise policies that safeguard children from any form of abuse and provide access to remedies, including legal advice and their timely protection;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Member States and public authorities to develop sports infrastructure and to increase the amount of physical education and extracurricular physical activities in schools, including during weekends and holidays; insists that sports should be provided to children in schools for free;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create a system for the recognition of qualifications gained by volunteers, safeguarding at the same time quality jobs and descent working and remuneration conditions;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Calls on the Commission and MS to create public and open platforms providing guidance for physical exercise online, which can be very useful not only in case of lockdowns but also in the case of isolated people in remote areas where no sport services are provided;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Insists on the need for support and funding mechanisms to get the sport sector back on track in the wake of COVID-19; , including through national support funds, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the structural funds;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Highlights the need for specially dedicated funds for sports recovery, given that along with harsh hit of COVID-19 to the sports-sector, there are extra burdens for sports academies, clubs and local agents which have also to pay for the extra costs of the hygiene protocols imposed on sports-events as well as on everyday training practice;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
34b. Highlights the necessity to support sports-tourism as one of the means to boost recovery and resilience of sports after the harsh hit of COVID-19 consequences;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the need to further increase funding for sport, including grassroots sport, which has restrained resources, while it involves the majority of people participating in sport activities and, therefore, plays fundamental role for society’s physical and mental well-being;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Urges the Commission and member states to support financially and by all means possible, local communities, local clubs and academies having in mind that amateur sport events had to be cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 measures;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)
Paragraph 35 b (new)
35b. Calls on the Commission to collect and provide evidence regarding the social and financial impact of low VAT for physical exercices services;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)
Paragraph 35 c (new)
35c. Calls on MS to ensure that the VAT for physical exercise services is not high and to reduce it as much as possible, in order to facilitate the access of people to these services as well as to support the functioning of clubs and enterprises working in this field;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)
Paragraph 35 d (new)
35d. Highlights that sport-related VAT rates are largely different across the EU, hindering competition and the functioning of the single market; notes that low category VAT rates for sport have been proven as rather important for the survival and competitiveness of the sector, especially after the harsh hit by COVID- 19;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 e (new)
Paragraph 35 e (new)
35e. Calls on the Commission to include the sport-sectors in Annex III of the VAT Directive listing sectors of reduced VAT rates, or to the category of “special rates” of VAT according to the Articles 102-128 VAT Directive; Calls on the Commission to harmonize across the EU low-category VAT rates for all sport- relates sectors;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 f (new)
Paragraph 35 f (new)
35f. Calls on MS to lower sport-related VAT rates to the lowest possible category, at least for a reasonable timeframe so that the sport-sectors may be supported against the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 g (new)
Paragraph 35 g (new)
35g. Calls on the Commission and MS to provide tax deduction and/or other motivation schemes and tools to boost investing interest in the sport-sectors by businesses as well as individuals;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 h (new)
Paragraph 35 h (new)
35h. Calls on the MS to plan campaigns encouraging physical exercise since many citizens and children have lost the habit of sport activities, because of the measures imposed by the pandemic, and urges the Member-States’ media to promote the transmission of such spots;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Welcomes the higher budget for sport under the new Erasmus+ programme and supports further synergies between programmes and funds, and make a better use of this tool to support recovery in sport, keeping in mind the key goal of promoting social inclusion;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls for investing in research and innovation for the development of new ways of making sports, even under hygiene protocol restrictions and other crises situations that would require social and physical distancing;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Calls for measures to strengthen doping prevention during and afterCOVID-19 lockdowns, to support athlete’s health as well promote fair play in European sports;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 c (new)
Paragraph 40 c (new)
40c. Calls on the Commission and the Member-States to support, all sports- related websites that were affected by the lockdowns, the cancellations and the postponements of all sports events, since the COVID-19 pandemic began;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 d (new)
Paragraph 40 d (new)
40d. Calls for particular focus on certain sports - such as water sports, martial arts and all sports where physical contact is inevitable - and therefore are particularly affected by the COVID-19 in an absolute manner;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 e (new)
Paragraph 40 e (new)
40e. Calls for all big sports clubs in the EU to set up a special fund in order to support amateur athletes and local clubs that have been hit by theCOVID-19 crisis;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Underlines the need to ensure environmental sustainability, by providing relevant additional funds, when promoting the development of sport and the organisation of sporting events;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Insists on the alignment of sport with the principles of the European Green Deal and its contribution to environmental education and behaviour change; Calls on the Commission and member states to support the sports sector with special funding and support schemes facilitating the green transition of the sector;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum accessibility criteria, safety standards and sustainability benchmarks, for sports infrastructure, harmonized throughout the EU, supporting inclusion, as well as mobility of athletes and sport-related workers;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Highlights the importance of innovation and cross-sectoral cooperation in sport, especially of developing digital tools to increase participation in physical activity, especially targeting young people, with the aim of establishing sport as a healthy habit;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)
Paragraph 44 a (new)
44a. Highlights the need for sports to not be excluded by the European digital transition; notes that on the other hand digital applications of sports so far bear challenges, especially for the youth, such as losing motivation for real physical activity as well as hindering real socialization; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to design innovation schemes supporting the development of hybrid sports activities, combining the virtual and the digital world, while improving both physical and social engagement;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Calls on the Commission and the European Institute for Technology to create a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the field of sport to boost innovation and resilience, as well as monitoring, transnational collaboration, mobility and solidarity;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Calls on the Commission and members states to support communication and dissemination of important and unknown aspects of sport such as the positive effects on the economy and society of sports and sport-related sectors and activities such as sport-tourism;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Calls for the EU institutions to launch a debate on the future of e-sport and to present a study on its social and economic impactand possibilities of e-sport and to collect data in order to present a study on its social and economic impact; highlights that e-sports should not be considered as replacing actual sports by any means;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Notes that funding of sports should not be depended from the awards achieved; highlights that it is mainly the long-term and hard process towards the awards’ pursuance that mostly needs support and funding; Calls on the Commission and the MS to unlink financing of sports from their relevant awards-wins;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 b (new)
Paragraph 46 b (new)
46b. Regrets that there are not currently institutionally established mechanisms for the voices of athletes to be heard, leading to them raising up for their needs and claims, sometimes threating their health and safety, only after they achieve high awards and/or acquire public recognition and celebrity, if ever; calls on the Commission and the MS for the establishment of mechanisms to ensure athletes’ active involvement to decision-making as well as to monitoring and control mechanisms safeguarding their health and safety;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 c (new)
Paragraph 46 c (new)
46c. Regrets that there are incidents where athletes’ demands are not seriously taken under consideration even on international sport events and/or even when they set arguments about rules hindering gender equality while promoting sexism1a; Calls on the Commission and the MS to take measures to ensure athletes expression, development and contribution to the evolution of the rules governing their sport; __________________ 1a https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/nor wegian-women-s-beach-handball-team- fined-not-playing-bikinis-n1274453
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 d (new)
Paragraph 46 d (new)
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 e (new)
Paragraph 46 e (new)
46e. Calls on the MS and the Commission to dedicate a percentage of the RRF funding to exclusively support the sport-sectors;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 f (new)
Paragraph 46 f (new)
46f. Calls on MS to dedicate to the sport-sectors 1,5 % of their RRF support; Calls on the Commission to encourage MS to dedicate to the sport-sectors 1,5% of their RRF support;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 g (new)
Paragraph 46 g (new)
46g. Notes that professional athletes’ have to spent many hours a day for training, while following an overall disciplined way of life in the long-term leaving no-time for other professions, occupations, education or preparation for another career development; yet, there are MS where professional athletes, although called professionals, do not have access to social protection mechanisms, pension rights and overall labour protection, as they are not considered at all as workers; calls on MS and the Commission to take specific measures in order to ensure equal social and labour protection for athletes as for all European citizens;