18 Amendments of Marc JOULAUD related to 2016/2008(INI)
Amendment 9 #
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 i; considers therefore as crucial to increase digital inclusion and literacy, thus eradicating the existing digital dividehe eradication of the existing digital divide and asks to develop actions and policies to increase digital inclusion and literacy;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that an increasing number of citizens, especially among the young generation, 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;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that involving the citizens further in the processes around the European policies has the potential to renew their support in the European Union while reducing the so-called "democratic deficit" of the European Union; underlines therefore the potential of e-democracy tools to this end, while acknowledging its inherent limitations due to its requirements, both on a technical level (high level of internet penetration, widespread Wi-Fi connectivity, high speed internet connection, etc.) and practical level (media and digital literacy and skills, languages available, etc.);
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that, in order to stimulate a proper and critical knowledge of the EU and its history, values and fundamental rights, its functioning and structured decision-making processes, ICT tools and new media and technologies are crucial and will increasingly play a fundamental role;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that while the ICT tools offer a wide access to different sources of information, it also facilitate the spread of low-quality content which can be hard to distinguish from serious reliable sources and be misleading for citizens; underlines therefore the crucial need for a proper media literacy training toward the citizens, especially the younger ones;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it crucial that the EU should strategically launch e-democracy tools able to provide decentralproposes actions and policies in support of e-democracy to provide citizens with skills to recognised sources of independent information and, to support innovative models of learning, and to stimulate citizens’ active participation and political engagement through participatory and direct democracy mechanisms able to reinforce and complement, where possible, representative democracy;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the major security challenges posed by the e-democracy tools, especially when they are related to electronic votes, as unsecure tools would undermine the validity of the processes carried out with these tools as well as the trust of the citizens in them, and as offering heavily secured tools would create disproportionate costs while not guaranteeing its absolute safety; calls therefore to secure e-democracy tools as much as it is reasonable and proportionate to do so, and to exclude as much as possible the most critical democratic processes from electronic votes;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Warns that while e-democracy tools could be useful for the involvement of citizens in the European processes, they do not replace traditional democratic tools and their results should not be regarded as the representative expression of the citizens' opinion as a whole;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to develop and implement specific pilot projects, as provided for in the Digital Agenda, to promote and reinforce responsible and active European citizenship schemes and the sense of belonging to the European Union, democracy being a social experience which needs to be experienced and learned about.;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that e-democracy can be a tool to attract more people, especially young, to participate in democratic processes, decrease the democratic deficit and stop the decline of democratic participation in EU;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers that e-democracy can increase transparency of decision making process in representative democracy and can have a positive impact on trust of citizens in their elected representatives;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Acknowledges the importance of decreasing the digital divide in a way that as many people as possible have access to internet and can participate in processes of e-democracy;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Notes that e-democracy has the potential to increase the sense of ownership of EU among the citizens, which is especially important in the current Eurosceptic climate;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Believes that despite mostly positive aspects of e-democracy some caution is needed; notes the possibility of abuse of private data in the online environment, possibility of electoral fraud in online elections and other sorts of democratic online participation;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls for caution as the online political debates often produce excessively polarised opinions and can be prone to hate speech, whereas moderate voices are often overlooked;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Acknowledges that e-democracy can only have a positive impact when citizens are well-informed, have the skills to be critical towards wrong and biased information and are able to identify attempts of propaganda;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Calls on EU and the Member States to increase the digital and media literacy of citizens, especially young ones, so that they will be able to make informed decisions and contribute positively to democratic processes;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Notes the enormous amount of information that can be found on internet today and stresses that citizens' capacity for critical thinking should be strengthened so that they would be able to better discern between reliable and non- reliable sources of information;