28 Amendments of Morten PETERSEN related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that whilst it is impossible to hold back the digital revolution, it is possible to shape its course; digital technologies bring tremendous opportunities for productivity gains, growth and job-creating leading to quality employment; acknowledges the importance of the digital revolution as fuel for enterpreneurship, digital transformation of industry, the development of new business models, ideas and innovative start-ups; stresses that according to the European Commission, The Digital Single Market has the potential to generate Euro 250 billion in additional growth in Europe thereby creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs; stresses that productivity gains historically have resulted in overall employment growth and increased wealth and that the ultimate beneficiary of digital transformation of industry will be the consumer;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the establishment of an appropriate legal framework of measures to tackle illegal content on the internet that will be in compliance with the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information; considers that, in order to achieve that goal, it is necessary to provide appropriate law enforcement tools, to support public- private partnerships and cooperationand strengthen cooperation and dialogue between public and private entities, to consider the role of intermediaries and to promote education and awareness-raising campaigns;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that measures limiting fundamental rights on the internet need to be necessary and proportionate, in line with Union and Member State legislation; recalls that illegal online content should be removed on the basis of due legal process;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Recalls that, in accordance with Article 12 of the Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC), "where an information society service is provided that consists of the transmission in a communication network of information provided by a recipient of the service, or the provision of access to a communication network, Member States shall ensure that the service provider is not liable for the information transmitted, on condition that the provider does not initiate the transmission, does not select the receiver of the transmission, and does not select or modify the information contained in the transmission";
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the fast-growing number of attacks on networks and acts of cybercrime calls for a harmonised EU response with a view to ensuring a high level of cybersecurity; believes that providing security on the internet means protecting networks and critical infrastructure, the ability of law enforcement agencies to fight criminality, including terrorism, radicalisation and child pornography, and the use of the necessary data to fight crime online and offline; stresses that security, thus defined, is necessary to reinforce trust in digital services and the processing of personal data; recalls in this regard the need for requirements for companies to ensure basic levels of security such as the routine encryption of data and regular updating of software;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Reiterates that, in accordance with Article 15(1) of Directive on electronic commerce (2000/31/EC), Member States shall not impose a general obligation on providers of transmission, storage and hosting services to monitor the information which they transmit or store, nor a general obligation actively to seek facts or circumstances indicating illegal activity; reiterates in particular that the Court of Justice of the European Union, in its Judgments C-360/10 and C-70/10, rejected measures for the 'active monitoring' of almost all users of the services concerned (internet access providers in one case, a social network in the other) and specified that any injunction requiring a hosting services provider to undertake general monitoring shall be precluded;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to undertake a thorough assessment of the impact which digitalisation will have on the number and types of jobs available and to gather informin cooperation with Member States and consultation with regional and local authorities and the social partners to identify new forms of employment and required skills in the digitally-driven economy and to develop recommendations on new forms of employment, such as crowdsourcing and crowdworkinghow to better match skills and jobs in the digital economy; stresses in this regard the importance of vocational training as a tool proven to increase the match between skills with jobs;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that big data, cloud services, the Internet of Things, research and innovation are key to economic development; believes that effective data protection safeguards and security are crucial for building trust for citizens and consumers in the data-driven economy sector; stresses the need to raise awareness of the role of data and data-sharing in the economy and to clarify data ownership rules; underlines the role of personalisation of services and products that should be developed as a balanced solution in compliance with data protection requirements; calls for the promotion of privacy by default and by design; underlines the importance of a risk-based approach in data protection legislation, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that as job and skills profiles become more complex, new demands are being placed on training, vocational training and further education; emphasises the importance of social dialogue in efforts to bring course content up to date andensure a better match between skills and jobs; is concerned that according to the Commission 47 % of the EU- workforce lack sufficient digital skills and that this skills-shortage might cause up to 900.000 unfilled vacancies until 2020; calls on the Commission, as a matter of urgency, to develop a skills strategies-strategy which can meet this skills-shortage through education for the younger part of the population, vocational training, exchange of best practices and through training in partnership with the social partners for the older part of the population;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the digitalisation of public services in Europe and the development of e-government, e-democracy and open data policies based on high data protection standards while ensuring public participation and consultation in these processes, as well as access and reuse of public documents; stresses the importance in this regard of exchange of best practices between all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs, and encourages businesses to jointhe social partners' active participation with the aim of realizing the potential of the digital economy to create growth and new jobs leading to quality employment; encourages the Europe-wide grand coalition for digital jobs to develop recommendations for new forms of learning, i.e. online learning, employer- designed short-courses etc., to keep pace with the evolving digital technology and changes; encourages additionally educational institutions to respond to the opportunities in the digital economy by developing flexible learning profiles including enhanced opportunities for vocational training which match the demands of the labour market;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the digitalisation-driven trend towards more flexible working practices may also give rise to precarious of the economy may give rise to new and flexible forms of employment to which the current standards as regards social security, working time, working location, worker participation andlegislative and non-legislative employment protectionframework no longer applycorrespond; calls for self-employed persons with quasi-employee status to be placed an assessment on how to modernise employment legislation to these new conditions and equal footing with employed persons under employment lawncourages the social partners to modernise collective agreements accordingly;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that freedom of association must apply in the context of new forms of employmentis a fundamental freedom that must apply in all sectors in all parts of the EU;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the need to develop employee data protection measures whichat the Digital Single Market and EU privacy and data regulations should provide a covher new forms of data collection (relations between humans and robots)ent and stable framework to facilitate innovation, trade and entrepreneurship while ensuring adequate protection of data;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the urgent need for the Commission and Member States to promote a more dynamic economy for innovation to flourish and for companies to scale up, through the development of e- government, a modernised regulatory framework fit for the emergence and scale- up of innovative businesses, improved access to finance for start-ups and SMEs, and a long term investment strategy in infrastructure, skills, research and innovation;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture, including business model innovation; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 399 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance for consumers to be better informed of the use of their data, in particular in the case of free services;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for an ambitious enforcement framework for the Services Directive; encourages the Commission to make use of all means at its disposal to ensure the full and correct implementation of existing rules, including developing enforcement guidelines to ensure, in particular ,uniform application of the mutual recognition principle in the field of services and fast-track infringement procedures whenever incorrect or insufficient implementation of the directive is identified;
Amendment 529 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to share best practices regarding logistic chains, especially when development was supported by existing European programs, in order to drive down costs and make them more efficient and lower their environmental impact;
Amendment 530 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Commission to actively share best practices among member states in order to create the right conditions for a sufficiently flexible labour market to support the possibilities offered by e- commerce and related services;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Reminds the commitment of Member states to at least reach by 2020 the broadband targets of full deployment of superfast speeds (30 Mbps); calls on the Commission to evaluate if the current broadband targets meet the conditions to the development of a data-driven economy and if investments in Member States are part of a long term and future-proof investment strategy;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of a successful implementation of EFSI in targeting projects with higher-risk profiles to maximise investments in digital infrastructure and better attract private investments for innovative companies; a particular focus should be given to information and support of innovative entrepreneurs, at the different funding stages of development of the company;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition among services to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition and ensure fair access to the networks;
Amendment 770 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulatornet neutrality principle and the end of roaming surcharges, is essential to the functioning of the single market ;
Amendment 791 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission, in order to deepen the internal market for telecommunications, to establish a single European telecommunications regulator through a strengthening of the role and decisions of BEREC, in particular in enforcement of EU telecommunication rules, oversight of the single market and crossborder disputes ;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Appreciates the Commission’s initiative to analyse the role of platforms in the Digital Economy as part of the upcoming Internal Market StrategyDigital Single Market Strategy that should aim at identifying specific and defined problems within specific business areas; Stresses that taking a "one size fits all" approach in light of the diversity of platforms, and the growth potential in particular of B2B platforms, could seriously impede innovation;
Amendment 926 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; in addition, requirements should be set for companies to have basic levels of security such as encrypting data and updating software;
Amendment 935 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses the importance of cyber security for critical infrastructures in a globally connected environment, both against private and public threats, and calls on ENISA to play an increasingly important role in the prevention of and defence against cyber-attacks;