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Activities of Andrew LEWER related to 2015/2329(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the implementation of Council Regulation (EU) No 390/2014 of 14 April 2014 establishing the ʻEurope for Citizensʼ programme for the period 2014–2020 PDF (659 KB) DOC (84 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2015/2329(INI)
Documents: PDF(659 KB) DOC(84 KB)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the current rise of ‘Euroscepticism’ – which culminated recently in the vote in favour of Brexit – reinforces the need to encourage civic participation and to launch an in-depth debate on European values, while highlighting the opportunities brought about by belonging to the EU;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
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);
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the main obstacle to the successful implementation of the programme is the insufficient financial allocation and deeply regrets that it was cut by 13.7 % under the MFF 2014-2020, which has dramatically reduced the number of financeable projects and means that the high demand cannot be met, causing frustration among candidates with valuable projects;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, given the low rate of success of the European Remembrance and Civil Society projects in the Europe for Citizens programme (6 %, as against 19.64 % for Culture and 45.6 % for MEDIA in the Creative Europe programme), a 60 % increase in the current budget would be necessary in order to achieve a target rate of 20 % of funded projects; calls, therefore, on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to consider a total financial envelope of approximately EUR 300 million for the Europe for Citizens programme under the next MFF;deleted
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
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;
2016/11/21
Committee: CULT