2 Amendments of Jana TOOM related to 2016/2008(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that an increasing number of citizens use ICT tools and new media and technologies to engage and participate in political life at both national and EU level and that it is therefore crucial to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital divide; recalls in this regard that Member States are responsible for safeguards against manipulation with electronic voting and that a voter application and the general organisation of i-elections shall offer effective protection against third party surveillance software and other interference; (Explanatory note: Estonia is the only EU country where remote Internet voting (i- voting) is an additional voting channel for all elections, but several European countries have similar plans. International experts voiced concerns regarding Estonian i-voting system as well as preparations made in other countries. Considering the growing importance of e- democracy, we need to ensure that practices of e-voting and i-voting would not compromise both e-democracy and democracy as a whole.)
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategically launch e-democracy tools able to provide decentralised sources of independent information and innovative models of learning, taking into consideration cultural and linguistic diversity of the Union and the specific interests of minority groups, and to stimulate citizens’ active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy; in this regard calls on Member States for a peer learning on e-governance which has proven to be efficient in simplifying the life of citizens in daily bureaucracy, cutting red-tape and increasing transparency in governance;