33 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2016/2143(INI)
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas good governance in sport refers to an appropriate regulation of sport through principles of effective, transparent, ethical and democratic management and participatory governance;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the European organised sports model is based on the principles of territoriality and nationality, with one federation per discipline, and solidarity mechanisms such as promotion-relegation and open competitions; whereas, moreover, sometimes this territoriality paves the way for nationalism and extremist violence, exemplified by the actions of football hooligans known as ultras, which are tolerated and even encouraged by several sports clubs;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas sports tribunals have a central role to play in guaranteeing the universality of the rules of the game; whereas, moreover, many sports practices remain hostile to technological advances, which are supposed to ensure more objective rules and prevent match-fixing, thereby speculating on the 'human factor';
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas sport is confronted with match-fixing scandals involving money laundering which have coincided with the rise of online betting;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas the further education and training of athletes is crucial, also to prepare them for a career outside sport, given the age limits associated with competitive performance in a number of sports;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas the media must be able to report freely and independently on sports events, moving beyond the pressure due to the huge financial interests linked to sportspeople and the enormous flows of commercial communication involved;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, in some cases, the real problem is the lack of governance, which weakens sports systems and undermines the reason for sport itself, with the risk of increased corruption;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that the application of good governance principles in sport, together with monitoring, supervision and appropriate legal instruments, is a key factor to help eradicate corruption and other malpractices;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on sports organisations to ensure that bidding to host major events, by implementing decisions adopted democratically, abides by good governance standards and fundamental rights, and guarantees a sustainable legacy; ocially and economically sustainable legacy in the long term, especially with regard to the construction of facilities and infrastructure; calls, at the same time, for financial guarantees from stakeholders which benefit from those events, commensurate with the real risks to which the host clubs, cities, regions and countries are exposed;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that often, major sports events have been real magnets for private interests and speculation, leaving behind a legacy of debt for host towns and cities;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges Member States to make public funding for sport subject to compliance with minimum governance, monitoring and reporting standards;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on sports organisations to put forward by 2018, and subsequently implement, concrete proposals to enhance their governance; calls on sports organisations, in addition, to lay down transparent rules to ensure that the members of their supervisory bodies are independent of the organisations themselves and that they undertake to comply with codes of conduct in line with international principles;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that information-sharing between sports bodies, state authorities and licensed betting operators is essential to detect, investigate and prosecute match- fixing; stresses that all sports betting activities must be tightly regulated by government authorities, especially with regard to taxation, ensuring that there is at least a net economic return for public budgets, to be used for the benefit of citizens;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports education and information programmes on the threat of match-fixing and doping, but also on the risks associated with compulsive gambling and sports-related violence;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to ensure that information-sharing between state authorities and anti-doping agencies is effective and to establish ongoing and extensive monitoring programmes – independent of national Olympic Committees – for doping and performance-enhancing drugs;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to work closely with WADA and the Council of Europe in order to prevent and fight doping effectively, through control, monitoring and penalty programmes;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Condemns strongly all forms of discrimination in sport and underlines the need to prevent such behaviour, including homophobia, sexism and racism; urges all sports organisations, therefore, to develop programmes and measures that guarantee non-discrimination, in keeping with Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recalls the need to boost the fight against human trafficking in sport, in particular the trafficking of children, by establishing daily upper limits for sports activity and restricting professional sports activity for children and all kinds of revenue of a commercial nature associated with such activity also through special taxation regimes;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses how vital it is to promote athletes' mobility and to ensure they are able to cancel, in accordance with labour law, any contracts into which they have entered; points out, at the same time, that any sports rights that are not directly linked to an athlete should be progressively taxed;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Regrets that in several Member States private betting companies sponsor official national teams and that this poses a risk in terms of incitement to gambling and gambling addiction;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the establishment of transparency registers for the payment of sports agents; insists that these transparency registers be mandatory for any activity involving public funds;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the Member States or national sports organisations to support the education of their athletes through ad hoc study programmes and to provide careers guidance services for after they have stopped competing, through agreements with universities or higher education institutes;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls for access to sport for persons with disabilities to be improved, by taking a holistic approach which includes transport, access to suitable grounds and facilities and competent support staff;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls for the opportunities offered by cohesion policy – in particular the European Social Fund – to be seized, in order to ensure there is the utmost social equality within the Union, through sport;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Stresses that disabled people and disadvantaged people in general should have access to all sports facilities; calls, in this regard, for greater integration of all sports-related components, such as transport, mobility and social policies;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Urges Member States in this regard to introduce a requirement for a degree in physical education and a teaching qualification for teachers at all levels of education, including primary school;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Supports the European Week of Sport and calls on all EU institutions and Member States to analyse its results and, if they are positive, to further promote this initiative while ensuring it is accessible to the widest possible audience;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Considers that traditional sports are part of the European cultural heritage; deplores, at the same time, all those traditional sports or events that involve practices that are extremely violent towards animals;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Calls on the Commission to allocate more funds to sport under ERASMUS+, with a focus on grassroots sport and education, to enhance its visibility and to improve the mainstreaming of sport into other funding programmes; calls, at the same time, for greater communication between the Commission and the Member States in order to use those funds more effectively;
Amendment 383 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Supports measures promoting the mobility of volunteers in sport; stresses, however, that the sports sector is a genuine work sector and that therefore the people involved at several levels must be professionally trained and properly paid and that volunteering must remain an ancillary, but not fundamental, practice in sport;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. WelcomNotes the contribution made by national lotteries to grassroots sport and calls on Member States to make licensed betting operators subject to a mandatory fair financial return to the grassroots, in a transparent and traceable way;
Amendment 409 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Considers that sustainability and environmental protection should be an integral part of sports events in general and certain sports events in particular, as in the case of skiing or water sports;