19 Amendments of Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI related to 2015/2329(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme aims to strengthen a sense of European citizenship, enhance mutual tolerance and promote a better understanding of the EUcontribute to citizens' understanding of the EU, its history and diversity, foster European citizenship and improve conditions for civic and democratic participation at EU level;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the needcurrently 62% of the European citizens believe their voices do not count in the EU and only about half of EU citizens are optimistic about the future of the EU; whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the need to strengthen code of conduct for the EU executives and fix its revolving door policy, to increase transparency in EU decision process, to encourage civic participation in it and to launch an in-depth debate on European values, while highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EU;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the Europe for Citizens programme should encourage a dialogue on the current problems of the European Union and recognize a diversity of views on the topic, whilst giving an equal weight to Eurosceptic views;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) establishes the fundamental status of Union citizenship and details the rights attached to it, and whereas in order to empower citizens to fully enjoy these rights, a better understanding of the EU, transparency of its andecision processes and a genuine desire to implement citizens' will on the side of the EU executives are important precondition;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas following the budgetary cuts resulting from the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020, the financial envelope for the Europe for Citizens programme was reduced by around EUR 29.5 million, and whereas the limited financial envelope of EUR 185.47 million for the programme only represents 0.0171 % of the MFF;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. UnderlinNotes that the overall funding available (EUR 185.47 million) to the only programme entirely dedicated to European citizenship, i.e. the Europe for Citizens programme, is negligible in comparison withlower than other education and culture programmes, such as Creative Europe (EUR 1.46 billion) and Erasmus + (EUR 14.7 billion);
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, owing to budgetary constraints, the total number of funded projects is too small to achieve the programme’s ambitious goals and that only around 6 % of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects were able to be financed in 2015, which is very low in comparison to the Creative Europe programme results for the same year (19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA); indicates that the funding for these two strands of the Europe for Citizens programme should be substantially increased;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends that another source of funding be found forthe principal purpose and implementation of the Europe for Citizens Initiative (ECI), which is currently financed under the Europe for Citizens budget is re-evaluated prior to considering further funding recommendations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the strong focus on citizens and societal aspects of the EU, allowing EU institutions to directly engage with civil society on the ground; highlights within the priorities of the programme"Democratic engagement & civic participation" strand the importance of projects focused on current challenges for Europe, on issues such as migration,promoting different forms of solidarity, countering stigmatisation of "immigrants" and citizens with different political opinions, fostering social inclusion and intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need to develop – within the ‘Welcomes "European Rremembrance’" strand – a European identity that should be oriented towards the future and not only thwhich focuses on the history of the totalitarian regimes in Europe; stresses the need to develop within this strand European and national identities which are pbast, with a view to achieving common secular integrationed on deep-rooted knowledge of one's own history and culture, and common and shared European values;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Stresses the need to develop – within the ‘European Remembrance’ strand – a Europeaconstructive debate on identity that should be oriented towards the future of EU Member States and not only the past, with a view to achieving common secular integration;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that the programme should not turn into mean of support for only 'Euro-enthusiastic' projects which determine ever closer Union as the only proper direction of the development of the EU, justified by historical determinism and shaped by teleological thinking; emphasize the necessity that the priority concerning understanding euroscepticism and critical debating of the EU should be implemented as a matter on which different views are or could be held and to expound those different views as impartially as possible;