13 Amendments of Dace MELBĀRDE related to 2021/2251(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectors and the people directly and indirectly employed in them were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic, were one of the last to be supported by the governments -- and often to an inadequate extent -- and will be the last to recover;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that the European cultural and creative sectors including industries account for between 4 and 7 % of the EU’s GDP and for about 8.7 million jobs in the EU; emphasizes that these figures are not adequately reflected in the national recovery and resilience plans, leaving the cultural and creative sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and support the recovery and resilience of the European economy;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Emphasizes that the European Parliament repeatedly and with an overwhelming majority - e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU - called on the Commission and the Member States to include culture in the national recovery and resilience plans and to earmark at least 2 % of the RRF budget to culture;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Recalls that atypical employment (part-time and fixed-duration contracts, temporary work and economically dependent self-employment) is commonplace for authors, performers, artists and many other cultural creators, often leading to precarious working conditions; highlights that the pandemic has exposed and exacerbated this situation which poses a fundamental threat to the EU’s cultural ecosystem, to Europe’s cultural diversity and to our democracy and society;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that only 14 Member States have explicitly included culture in their RRF plans, while applauds those that have done so; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments may leads to recovery of CCS at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Opposes the Commission’s approach to incorporate not strictly cultural interventions such as tourism and energy efficiency of cultural buildings in the calculations on what constitutes spending on CCS, resulting in misleading statistics; calls for a recalculation and reassessment of the data availablethe breakdown of the data so as to better understand the absolute sums devoted by Member States to CCS directly;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to culture and 10 % to education; criticises the fact that these already misleading numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Member States to put the recovery and resilience of the cultural and creative sectors at the core of their investments into culture, with a particular focus on improving the overall situation of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators who are the ones to create the cultural works that our democracy, society and economy benefit from;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that any action taken to help the cultural and creative sectors in their recovery should not only be aimed at economic recovery, but also be used for the improvement of the working conditions of authors, performers, artists and all other cultural creators as well as for their up- and reskilling with regards to i.a. knowledge of their rights, the opportunities of the digital era and the possibilities of international mobility;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct implementation of the RRF a special focus should also be given to micro and small organisations, including those operating in rural areas;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for sustainable structural reforms targeting education and the cultural and creative sectors, and in particular regardthose targeting social security in the latter; regrets that such reforms are not prioritised and are planned in only a minority of Member States;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or savedexamine the possibility of urging Member States, where possible, to redirect more RRF resources to culture, education, youth, sports and media;
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission and the Member States to extend the continuous involvement of all relevant stakeholders to the implementation and monitoring of the RRF plans.