1142 Amendments of Predrag Fred MATIĆ
Amendment 12 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU i, as a major global player in fisheries because of both its, with a fishing fleet (numberingof around 73 000 vessels), and its position as the world’s largest importer of fishery products (almost 70 % of the seafood products consumed in the EU are imported, representing 34 % of total world trade in value), and therefore haswith almost 70 % of its fishing products consumption being imported, has therefore a central role to play in the fight against IUU fishing worldwide;
Amendment 13 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas it is difficult to estimate the extent of the IUU fishing and its economic value, studies found that the global amount of unreported catch to be around 28 million tonnes in 2016, with an estimated value of US$41 billion. Illegal catch, were estimated in the early 2000s, to be between 10 and 26 million tonnes of fish, with an estimated value of US$10-23 billion. In the EU, IUU-caught products imported annually are estimated to reach around 500 000 tonnes, at a value of €1.1 billion;
Amendment 16 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing constitute a major threat to marine ecosystems and to fish stocks, creating disruptions and distortions of the fishing products market, menacing livelihood of fishing and coastal communities, both within the European Union and on a global scale;
Amendment 20 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU was, committed to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 14.4, which was to end IUU fishing by 2020;and prohibiting the import of fishery products obtained from IUU fishing, as specified in its IUU Fishing Regulation1a, it did not fulfil its commitment to end IUU fishing by 2020 and the importation of products stemming from IUU fishing persists within the EU _________________ 1a Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 of 29 September 2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, amending Regulations (EEC) No 2847/93, (EC) No 1936/2001 and (EC) No 601/2004 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1093/94 and (EC) No 1447/1999 (OJ L 286, 29.10.2008, p. 1).
Amendment 26 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 31 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF2a) provide important support for monitoring, control and enforcement activities, with a specific objective “fostering efficient fisheries control and enforcement, including fighting against IUU fishing” under Priority 1 - Fostering sustainable fisheries and the restoration and conservation of aquatic biological resources; _________________ 2a Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 (OJ L 247, 13.7.2021, p. 1–49)
Amendment 33 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas products resulting fromthe unsustainable management of fish stocks and the lack of transparency associated with illegal fishing pose a risk tothreaten the food security of European Union citizens, by menacing the access for all to safe, affordable, good quality and traceable food;
Amendment 36 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. recognizes that IUU fishing disproportionately affects vulnerable and marginalized communities, both in the EU and in third countries, and therefore calls for measures to mitigate the social and economic impacts of IUU fishing on these communities. These measures should include financial support, vocational training, and social safety nets to help affected individuals and communities transition to sustainable livelihoods;
Amendment 42 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms the need for the EU and its Member States to continue taking a zero-tolerance approach to IUU fishing, applying this approach equally to all countries, irrespective of size, and to promote economically, environmentally and socially sustainable fisheries with a view tof combating overfishing, the destruction of maritime ecosystems, unfair competition to the fishing sector and ensuring food security;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasizes the need to conduct rigorous scientific research and data collection to better understand the specific impacts of IUU fishing on food security, local economies, and the environment. Calls on the Commission to allocate funding and resources for such research and to regularly update its assessments to inform evidence-based policymaking;
Amendment 65 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Commission must provide adequate support to the national authorities responsible for the control of seafoodfishing products imports, noting that this support may include, where available, the production of a list of the management and conservation measures applying in non-EU countries and the sharing of detailed information on shortcomings identified in the context of the implementation of the EU IUU Regulation in relation to non-EU countries;
Amendment 67 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission to explore options for expanding social safety nets to support affected communities in Member States and third countries. Recognizes that the transition to sustainable fishing practices may lead to economic disruptions and job losses, and therefore calls for measures to protect the livelihoods of those dependent on the fishing industry, such as targeted job retraining programs and income support;
Amendment 94 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges the Member States to apply dissuasive sanctions against illegal fishingWelcomes the new Fisheries Control Regulation, and urges the Member States to swiftly implement it, and contribute to apply effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; Effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions should contribute to reducing incentive to practice IUU fishing and deterring any future infringements;
Amendment 96 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Welcomes the full traceability of fresh, frozen and processed fishing products as agreed in new Fisheries Control Regulation, which will contribute to increase of food security in the EU and push for third countries to increase traceability to allow their fishing products to enter the Union market;
Amendment 97 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Recognizes that effective enforcement of IUU fishing regulations requires collaboration between Member States and a coordinated approach at the EU level. Encourages the Commission together with European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) to increase coordinating efforts to combat illegal fishing, share best practices, and harmonize enforcement activities across Member States;
Amendment 98 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15 c. Recognizes the importance of fostering cooperation with civil society organizations and community stakeholders in the fight against IUU fishing. Calls on the Commission to engage in partnerships with these organizations to promote sustainable fishing practices and to ensure that the voices of affected communities are heard in the decision-making process;
Amendment 99 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15 d. Urges the Commission to take a more proactive approach in engaging with third countries that are significant fishing products exporters to EU to ensure that they implement measures to prevent IUU fishing, including labour and environmental regulations. Encourages the Commission to consider sanctions or other trade measures if third countries fail to comply with international norms;
Amendment 100 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15 e. Emphasizes the need for the EU to prioritize international cooperation in combating IUU fishing. Calls on the Commission to engage in diplomatic efforts to encourage third countries, particularly major fishing products producers, to adhere to international agreements and regulations aimed at preventing IUU fishing. This should be done through dialogue, trade negotiations, and international forums;
Amendment 101 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15 f. Calls on the Member States to use EMFAF to ensure that it provides the necessary targeted support to small-scale and artisanal fishers, who often face unique challenges in complying with IUU regulations. These fishers play a critical role in local food security and should receive the needed assistance to do the transition to more sustainable fishing practices;
Amendment 102 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)
Paragraph 15 g (new)
15 g. Urges Member States to allocate resources for the development and implementation of comprehensive awareness campaigns to educate consumers on the importance of choosing legal and sustainably sourced fishing products. Such campaigns should not only inform consumers but also encourage responsible consumption and promote the benefits of supporting sustainable fishing practices;
Amendment 103 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)
Paragraph 15 h (new)
15 h. Urges Member States to adopt a fair and socially responsible approach to combat IUU fishing. This includes ensuring that labour standards are upheld in the fishing sector, promoting decent working conditions, and providing support to fishers and other workers in the sector in cases of labour rights violations. Dissuasive sanctions should be applied with consideration for labour conditions as well as environmental factors;
Amendment 104 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 i (new)
Paragraph 15 i (new)
15 i. Calls on the Member States to promote fair trade practices in the fisheries sector. To achieve a genuine level playing field between EU-produced and third-country fishing products, the Member States should consider implementing trade measures that account for the environmental and labour standards of the products being imported;
Amendment 105 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 j (new)
Paragraph 15 j (new)
15 j. Recognizes that the fight against IUU fishing requires a holistic approach that addresses the root causes of illegal fishing, such as poverty, lack of economic alternatives, and weak governance in some regions. Encourages the Commission to engage in capacity- building programs and international cooperation to help address these underlying issues and promote sustainable fishing practices;
Amendment 106 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 k (new)
Paragraph 15 k (new)
15 k. Calls for the establishment of a comprehensive whistle-blowers protection program within the EU to encourage individuals with knowledge of illegal fishing activities to come forward and provide critical information. Such a program should include legal safeguards, anonymity, and incentives for whistle- blowers to report violations without fear of retaliation;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 l (new)
Paragraph 15 l (new)
15 l. Underlines the importance of consumer awareness and education in promoting sustainable fishing products choices. Encourages the Commission to invest in public awareness campaigns to inform EU citizens about the environmental and social impacts of IUU fishing and the benefits of choosing legally and sustainably sourced fishing products;
Amendment 111 #
2023/2027(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Urges for consistent and stringent implementation of red and yellow cards, without regard to a country's size or economic and commercial influence. In this regard, as requested in European Parliament Resolution “Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward” (A9- 0282/2023), calls on the Commission to assess all Chinese initiatives aimed at combating IUU fishing, and in the light of such assessments, to take appropriate actions under the IUU Regulation;
Amendment 4 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The safety of Union shipping, seafarers and of citizens using it and, along with the well-being of passengers and crew as well as the protection of the environment should be ensured at all times.
Amendment 7 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The welfare of workers in the maritime industry, ensuring fair labour conditions and adequate protection for seafarers should be guaranteed.
Amendment 9 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) At international level, the function of investigating maritime accidents is part of flag State responsibilities,; wherein it is of utmost importance to ensure that accident investigations prioritize accountability and learning to prevent future accidents; while at the Union level it is made independent and regulated by Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council29 . This Directive should not affect Directive 2009/18/EC. _________________ 29 Directive 2009/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Council Directive 1999/35/EC and Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 114)
Amendment 11 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Minimum criteria and inspection targets related to those resources should be established on the basis of the practical and observational experience of the Member States, including the use of non-exclusive inspectors, via implementing measures.
Amendment 12 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The fulfilment of a harmonised capacity building scheme, post- qualification, by flag State surveyors and inspectors, should ensure a level playing field between maritime administrations and contribute to the qualitative performance of ships flying the flag of a Member State. Continuous training and professional development for seafarers should be ensured as to stay up-to-date with evolving safety and environmental standards.
Amendment 13 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The establishment and development of a database providing essential information, in an electronic format on ships flying the flag of a Member State should contribute to enhanced exchange of information, further improve the transparency of the performance of a high quality fleetworking conditions and wages of fleet to promote fair labour practices and allowing enhanced monitoring of flag State obligations to ensure a level playing field between maritime administrations.
Amendment 15 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Transparency in maritime operations should be ensured along with accountability of ship-owners for any violation of safety or environmental regulations.
Amendment 16 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) Relevant authorities should establish mechanisms for whistle-blowers to report safety and environmental violations without fear of retaliation.
Amendment 17 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) In order to discuss flag State matters, including technical, issues and facilitate exchange of expertise and information, a high level group on flag State matters consisting of Member States’ national authorities, flag State experts and inspectors, as well as, aswhere appropriate, experts from the private sector and representatives of maritime workers, should be established.
Amendment 20 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
(la) ‘outstanding deficiencies’ include, without limitation, any unresolved or pending issues, violations, or concerns related to ship's safety, environmental compliance, crew qualifications and welfare, documentation, certification, prior flag State findings, the assurance of fair labour conditions, adequate safeguards for seafarers and adherence to the legal framework of the flag State. These deficiencies constitute a comprehensive range of potential issues that possess the capacity to impede the secure operation of the vessel, influence its environmental footprint, affect the well-being of the crew, or contravene established international regulations.
Amendment 21 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Prior to allowing a ship to operate, which has been granted the right to fly its flag, the Member State concerned shall ensure that the ship in question complies with the applicable international rules and regulations, notably with regard to seafarers' working conditions and environmental protection. In particular, it shall verify the safety records of the ship using the inspection reports and certificates contained in database referred to in article 6a. It shall, if necessary, consult with the losing flag State in order to establish whetherto address any outstanding deficiencies or safety issues identified by the latter remain unresolved. This collaboration shall aim to ensure that any outstanding deficiencies or safety concerns are fully resolved before the ship operates.
Amendment 22 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(a) prohibiting ships from sailing until such ships can proceed to sea in compliance with international rules and standards; including the conduct of regular safety drills and exercises to ensure the readiness of the crew for emergency situations, and enforcing crew rest hour regulations to prevent fatigue- related accidents;
Amendment 23 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(b) ensuring that ships entitled to fly their flag have been surveyed in accordance with the survey guidelines under the Harmonized System of Survey and Certification (HSSC); and,. This includes conducting environmental audits to assess compliance with regulations related to emissions, ballast water management, and other environmental concerns, going beyond standard safety inspections;
Amendment 24 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(ba) Promoting a safety culture on board by encouraging the reporting of near-misses and unsafe conditions, as well as the continuous improvement of safety practices;
Amendment 25 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(bb) Collaborating with other flag States and international bodies to conduct joint inspections, share information, and harmonize enforcement efforts to ensure the effective enforcement of international rules and standards;
Amendment 26 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(c) carrying out supplementary flag State inspections of ships to verify that the actual condition and working conditions of the ship is in conformity with the certificates it carries. These inspections should also encompass crew training and welfare, ensuring that crew members receive proper training in safety and environmental procedures, and that their rights and well-being are protected in accordance with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006);
Amendment 27 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(ca) Utilizing advanced monitoring technology, such as satellite tracking and remote sensors, to track a ship's activities and compliance with regulations in real- time;
Amendment 28 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 4a
Article 4a
(cb) Requiring ships to submit regular reports on safety and environmental compliance and making these reports accessible to relevant authorities for review, thereby enhancing reporting and transparency.
Amendment 31 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(ga) Information related to the ship's environmental performance, such as emissions data (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, sulphur oxide emissions) and data on the management of ballast water and other potentially polluting substances;
Amendment 32 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gb) Details about the ship's crew, including their qualifications, certifications, and rest hours, to ensure compliance with labour and safety regulations;
Amendment 33 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gc) Reporting of any accidents, incidents, or near-misses, along with the actions taken to address them, contributing to a proactive safety culture;
Amendment 34 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gd) Information on the type, quantity, and handling of cargo, especially for ships carrying hazardous materials or dangerous goods, to assess compliance with transport and safety regulations;
Amendment 35 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(ge) Data related to the ship's Safety Management System, including records of safety meetings, hazard assessments, and corrective actions taken;
Amendment 36 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gf) Data on security measures and compliance with international maritime security codes and conventions, particularly relevant in today's security- conscious environment;
Amendment 37 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gg) Information on technological upgrades, equipment maintenance, and safety-related modifications made to the ship;
Amendment 38 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gh) Records related to the welfare and living conditions of seafarers, including records of crew complaints or concerns;
Amendment 39 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gi) The ability for Member States to verify the authenticity and validity of certificates and documentation presented by the ship, helping to combat fraud and ensure compliance;
Amendment 40 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 6
Article 6
(gj) Reporting on sustainability practices, such as fuel consumption, energy efficiency measures, and environmental impact reduction efforts, aligning with global sustainability goals.
Amendment 45 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(ja) Develop recommendations and guidelines for flag State inspections and procedures that prioritize the protection of workers' rights and safety on ships, including the involvement of workers' representatives in safety inspections;
Amendment 46 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(jb) Provide recommendations for flag State inspections and procedures that emphasize environmental compliance, ensuring that ships are adhering to international environmental regulations and guidelines;
Amendment 47 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(jc) Assist in the development of measures to promote social responsibility and compliance with labour standards on ships, including monitoring and reporting on crew welfare, working conditions, and adherence to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006);
Amendment 48 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(jd) Encourage flag States to engage with local communities in ports of call to address any social or environmental concerns related to ship operations, promoting positive relationships and responsible maritime practices;
Amendment 49 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(je) Advise on the integration of new technologies, such as digital reporting tools and IoT devices, to enhance the effectiveness of flag State inspections and oversight, while also considering data privacy and cybersecurity aspects;
Amendment 50 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9a
Article 9a
(jf) Establish mechanisms for conflict resolution and dispute resolution related to flag State inspections and procedures, ensuring fair and transparent processes.
Amendment 52 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
Article 9b
(iva) Investments in green and environmentally sustainable technologies, such as the use of cleaner fuels or emission reduction equipment, to demonstrate efforts towards reducing the environmental footprint of the flagged fleet;
Amendment 53 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
Article 9b
(ivb) Initiatives and measures taken to promote a safety culture on board ships, including training programs, safety drills, and campaigns to raise awareness among crew members about safety practices;
Amendment 54 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
Article 9b
(ivc) Any incidents, accidents, or violations related to safety and pollution prevention requirements, along with actions taken to address them, promoting transparency and accountability;
Amendment 55 #
2023/0172(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/21/EC
Article 9b
Article 9b
(ivd) Collaboration with other Member States and international bodies to enhance safety and pollution prevention, including joint inspections, information sharing, and participation in international initiatives to improve maritime safety and environmental protection;
Amendment 16 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Administrative penalties introduced in transposition of Directive 2005/35/EC should be without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2023/xxxx, with the aim of harmonizing and proportionally penalizing ship-source pollution offences. Member States should define the scope of administrative and criminal law enforcement with regards to ship-source pollutionthese offences according to their national law. In the application of national law transposing Directive 2005/35/EC, Member States should ensure that the imposition of criminal penalties and of administrative penalties respects the principles of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, including the prohibition of ne bis in idem.
Amendment 17 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The penalties provisioned by Directive 2005/35/EC should be strengthened by ensuring consistent application of administrative penalties throughout the Union. To strengthen the deterrent effect of penalties imposed for ship-source pollution offences, such penalties should take at least the form of fines imposed both to the company of the ship, unless the company can prove that the master of the ship orand a member or members of the crew, the latter not acting under the responsibility of the master, was responsible for the discharge. In this context, the company of ship means the shipowner or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, which has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the shipowner, in alignment with the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (‘ISM Code’)24 , implemented in Union law by virtue of Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council25 . Directive 2005/35/EC should recognise that the management of the ship could be delegated by the registered owner to a different entity, which should then be held in the first place responsible for not implementing its obligations under the ISM Code to ensure the avoidance of damage to the environment or the assignment of shipboard operations to qualified personnel. _________________ 24 International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention adopted by the International Maritime Organisation by Assembly Resolution A.741(18) of 4 November 1993, as amended. 25 Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on the implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p.1).
Amendment 18 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) National administrative and judicial authorities should take into account all relevant circumstances when determining the level of penalties to be imposed to the polluter. National authorities should establish a comprehensive and proportional system of penalizing ship- source pollution offenses that takes into account the size of the vessel, the nature and quantity of waste, and the frequency of violations, all while promoting environmental responsibility and deterring illegal pollution. Taking into account the diverse nature of polluting substances covered under Directive 2005/35/EC and the importance of consistent application of penalties across the Union in light of the cross-border nature of the regulated behaviour, further approximation and effectiveness of penalty levels should be fostered through the establishment of concrete criteria for the application of penalties for discharges of different polluting substances. In order to ensure the uniform conditions for the application of penalties, implementing powers should be conferred to the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council26 . The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of these implementing acts. _________________ 26 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 21 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The accompanying measures for cooperation and the reporting obligations of Member States have not been sufficient until now to allow a complete analysis whether polluters face effective, dissuasive and proportionate penalties and that adequate data is made available to the Commission to monitor the implementation of Directive 2005/35/EC. In order to ensure the effective and consistent enforcement of Directive 2005/35/EC, exchange of information and experience should be facilitated through enhanced cooperation, while at the same time ensuring that adequate data are made available to the Commission in order to allow the proper monitoring of the implementation of Directive 2005/35/EC. The rights of crew members who report any offenses they encounter should be diligently safeguarded.
Amendment 24 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The existing satellite-based service ‘CleanSeaNet’ which notifies Member States authorities on potential illegal discharges, should be further enhanced to include information on the additional polluting substances under the scope of Directive 2005/35/EC. Information relating to potential or actual discharges reported by Member States in accordance with Directive 2005/35/EC and to other Union maritime safety databases, such as the Union Maritime Information and Exchange System established by Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council27 (‘SafeSeaNet’) and the Inspection Database set up by Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council28 (‘THETIS’) should be integrated and disseminated in a user- friendly electronic format to the national authorities involved in the enforcement chain in order to facilitate their timely response. Such information, when relating to an actual or potential discharge of Exhaust Gas Cleaning System residue from a ship, should further be automatically disseminated to the dedicated module of THETIS set up by under Commission Implementing Decision 2015/253 (‘THETIS-EU’), in order to assist Member States with enforcement actions undertaken in accordance with the provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/802. In order to ensure the effective monitoring of the Directive’s implementation by all Member States, a verification rate of 10% per year of the alerts sent by CleanSeaNet should be ensured by each Member State within the first three years form the transposition of this Directive. Access to this information should be granted to the authorities of other Member States having an interest in it under their roles as port States of the next port of call, coastal States affected by the potential discharge or flag States of the ship in order to facilitate effective and timely cross-border cooperation, minimise the administrative burden of enforcement activities and ultimately effectively and proportionately penalise offenders for infringements of Directive 2005/35/EC. _________________ 27 Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC (OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 10). 28 Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on port State control (recast) (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 57).
Amendment 30 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to increase public awareness in ship-source pollution discharges and, improve environmental protection, contribute to the goal of restoring nature and respect the commitments of European Green Deal, information provided by the Member States on the application of Directive 2005/35/EC should be made publicly available through a Union-wide overview and include the information listed in Annex II of Directive 2005/35/EC. Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council30 aims to guarantee the right of access to environmental information in the Member States in line with the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters (Aarhus Convention), to which the Union is a party. The Commission should protect the confidentiality of information received by Member States, without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC. _________________ 30 Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26).
Amendment 32 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 1
Article 1
1. The purpose of this Directive is to incorporate into Union law international standards on pollution from ships and to ensure that persons responsible for illegal discharges of polluting substances are subject to dissuasive, effective and proportionate administrative penalties in order to improve maritime safety, to contribute to the goal of restoring nature, respect the commitments of European Green Deal and to enhance protection of the marine environment from pollution by ships.
Amendment 34 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 4
Article 4
2. Each Member State shall take theall necessary measures to ensure that any natural or legal person having committed an infringement within the meaning of paragraph 1 is held liable therefor.;
Amendment 35 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 5
Article 5
1. A discharge of polluting substances subject to regulation by Annexes I, II and VI to Marpol 73/78 into the areas set out in Article 3(1) points (c), (d) and (e) shall not be regarded as an infringement for the company, the master or the crew, if both if it is a direct result of force majeure; justified only if compelling evidence is provided; or if all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 36 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 5
Article 5
(ba) the discharge was immediately reported to the authorities after its occurrence.
Amendment 37 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 5
Article 5
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where the company, the master or the crew responsible for the damage acted either with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result. Acting against safety rules, good practices, and ignoring warnings in particular, when demonstrated that risks have been taken with full awareness of the danger;
Amendment 38 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 8d
Article 8d
(aa) content and quantity of discharged waste as aggravating factors;
Amendment 39 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 8d
Article 8d
(ab) ship size categories;
Amendment 40 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 8d
Article 8d
(c) the damage caused from the discharge to the environment or human health, environmental impact assessment and the cost of environmental restoration;
Amendment 41 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 8d
Article 8d
(fa) measures taken by the responsible person or company to inform the competent authorities, or hierarchy in the case of a company employee;
Amendment 42 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 8d
Article 8d
(h) anymount and volume of previous infringements by the responsible person.
Amendment 48 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 10d
Article 10d
1. The Commission shall develop and maintain, maintain and make easily accessible to the public, a confidential online external reporting channel for receiving reports, within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2019/193740 on potential infringements of this Directive and shall relay such reports to the Member State or Member States concerned. _________________ 40 Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17).
Amendment 49 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 10d
Article 10d
2. Member States shall ensure that national competent authorities receiving reports of violations of this Directive, submitted through the channel referred to in paragraph 1, provideinvestigate, where appropriate, act upon, and provide prompt feedback and follow-up on those reports in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/1937.
Amendment 50 #
2023/0171(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Directive 2005/35/EC
Article 10d
Article 10d
2a. Member States shall ensure that individuals who report potential infringements within this Directive shall not suffer any adverse employment consequences, harassment, threats, or discrimination as a result of their disclosure. The identity of whistle-blowers shall be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law. Whistle-blowers shall not be considered liable for their disclosure, provided that it is made in good faith and without malice.
Amendment 34 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas prostitution, its exploitation, and trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation are increasingcontinue to increase in Europe; whereas figures globally decreased due to the impact of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns; whereas human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation was the most common form of human trafficking in the EU in 2020 (55%, Eurostat) and the victims are predominantly women and girls; whereas they are gender- specific phenomena with a global dimension and affect the most marginalised members of our societies, with the vast majority of people in prostitution being women and girls and almost all sexnd buyers being men; overwhelmingly men according to the OSCE;
Amendment 63 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender equality and women’s rights, their self-determination and safety, need to be in the heart of any regulation aimed at discouraging the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons; whereas policies tackling demand have to be especially focused on educational, social or cultural measures, including through bilateral and multilateral cooperation;
Amendment 106 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas numerous factors can cause people to enter prostitution, including poverty, social exclusion and a migration background; , lack of comprehensive integration and migration policies and measures, as well as deficient social and labour policies; whereas these causes need to be urgently and thoroughly addressed in order to tackle the circumstances and restraints leading to a lack of alternatives;
Amendment 131 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas Russia’s war against Ukraine increases the risk of trafficking with Ukrainian women and girls who are in a particularly vulnerable situation while fleeing and relocating;
Amendment 133 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas demand reduction measures need a special focus on online advertisement and contact facilitation thus ensuring efficiency in the prevention of the exploitation of the prostitution of others;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas leaving prostitution is often a difficult and lengthy process and requires comprehensive socio-economic support and individual counselling taking into account the different pull and push factors in order to provide need-oriented support programs for people wanting to leave prostitution and making these programs a success for all of them;
Amendment 141 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas preventive measures need to follow a holistic approach, reforming society as a whole with a focus on social, labour and migration policies, reducing vulnerabilities and thus the susceptibility to exploitation or choices that have to be taken based on the lack of alternatives;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas accurate and comparable data across EU countries are still lacking;
Amendment 198 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. highlights the acute risk of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation Ukrainian women and girls face due to their vulnerable situation fleeing from Russia’s war against Ukraine and relocating in other countries;
Amendment 229 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the Member States to train and educate the police in order to ensure that people in prostitution and the police communicate on a basis of trust and therefore are able to detect exploitation as fast and effective as possible; recalls that migrants, racialized and trans people are overrepresented in prostitution and condemns that they are especially targeted and criminalised by the police; calls for the same comprehensive training for the judiciary;
Amendment 244 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Highlights that the approach of discouraging the demand that fosters trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is therefore of utmost importance in order to combat the exploitation of women and girls, to protect victims and to achieve gender equality and should therefore be developed further in the revision of the EU Anti-Trafficking directive;
Amendment 256 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the importance of discouraging demand in a way that does not harm or create negative repercussions for those in prostitution and provide sufficient safeguards;
Amendment 259 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Calls for demand reduction measures with a special focus on online advertisement and contact facilitation, ensuring efficient measures to prevent the exploitation of the prostitution of others;
Amendment 359 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls for specific measures to assiston Member States to implement specific measures and to provide sufficient financial support to assist people and especially women in prostitution with their social and professional reintegration; calls for such exit programmes to work gradually, for women to be supported on their personal paths and for people’s potential to be recognised, with and professional training and further education programmes being adapted to take account of this, with a special focus on people with migration background;
Amendment 376 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Calls on the Commission to put forward awareness-raising campaigns with the aim of discouraging the demand, highlighting the link between the demand for sexual services and the phenomenon of trafficking for sexual exploitation and the high numbers of women being trafficked inside and to the European Union; furthermore calls for awareness- raising for the particular risks people and especially women in prostitution face, including the high prevalence of gender- based violence; calls for these campaigns to further target young people and men while also dismantling stereotypes;
Amendment 383 #
2022/2139(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24 b. Calls for full access to non- discriminatory and universal health and social services as well as to the justice system for everyone, especially for people and women in prostitution;
Amendment 2 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women and girls are disproportionately affected by conflict, with particular regard to sexual violence, displacement and trafficking in human beings1 , access to SRHR and impoverishment; _________________ 1 https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemake r.un.org/files/SC_ResolutionWomenPeace Security_SRES1325%282000%29%28engl ish_0.pdf
Amendment 5 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas conflicts and following humanitarian emergencies and forced displacement, have detrimental consequences on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), resulting in lack of reproductive health information and services—including obstetric, prenatal, and postnatal care; modern contraceptives including emergency contraception; and safe abortion and post-abortion care;
Amendment 9 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas Russian Federation’s military aggression and invasion against Ukraine has had detrimental consequences on women, forcing them to flee, putting them at risk of falling victim to human trafficking and subjecting them to gender based violence and sexual violence as a weapon of war;
Amendment 22 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the Russian invasion of Ukraine underlines the unequivocal need for security and defence measures to be gender-responsive; Restate sits condemnation in the strongest possible terms of the Russian aggression against and invasion of Ukraine and condemns any war crimes being committed against civilian population, including sexual violence as a weapon of war;
Amendment 35 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that gender equality is a precondition for democracy, human rights, sustainable development and a successful management of the effects of climate change and thus for peace and security;
Amendment 37 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights that climate change can contribute to destabilisation and can lead to forced displacement and migration; stresses that women are vulnerable to the effects of climate change and armed conflicts, notably due to persistent cultural and structural gender inequalities, being at risk of poverty, gender based and sexual violence and trafficking; stresses the importance of gender perspective in climate change policies and meaningful representation of women in peacebuilding and conflict resolution;
Amendment 40 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missionsfor gender mainstreaming to be implemented and integrated into all EU activities and policies; whereas gender analysis and a gender perspective constitute a foundation of effective and sustainable conflict prevention, stabilisation, peacebuilding, post-conflict reconstruction, governance and institution building; active participation of women in all the parts of the post- conflict resolution process should be ensured; Calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Member States to ensure effective gender mainstreaming across all Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and enlargement missions; Underlines that women’s participation in CSDP-missions contributes to the effectiveness of the work and it increase the EU credibility as a proponent of equal rights formen and women worldwide; recalls that gender diversity in CSDP is important for implementing many operational tasks and effective executing of the duties such as increasing situational awareness, reaching out to different groups in society, or further strengthening training and monitoring; calls specifically for the next CSDP Compact to set targets for gender balance in the personnel, especially in leadership positions as there are only three female heads of civilian missions and no female commanders of military missions;
Amendment 45 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the EU Delegations to recognize women and girls as drivers of change capable of offering an important and unique contribution, and to support their safe, meaningful and equal participation in civic and public life and in decision making structures; Calls to eradicate the dominantnarrative around women and girls based on victimization that deprives them of their agency and erases their capacity as agents of change;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the inclusion of women’s rights organisations, as well as women led organisations and defenders of women’s human rights, in humanitarian coordination and decision-making EN structures;
Amendment 47 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Calls on the EEAS and the EU Delegations for human trafficking awareness internal programmes to be implemented to trainings and capacity- building, in order to better recognise and protect victims;
Amendment 50 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the important work of gender advisers in CSDP missions; regrets that the post of gender adviser remains vacant in several military missions and calls for these posts to be filled; recognises the relevant role of the gender focal points network in missions and expects its continued development and training; encourages structured exchange of best practices between civilian and military missions; Call for a strengthened position of the gender advisor in order to mainstream gender approach into all programmes and policies;
Amendment 51 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Calls on the European Commission and EU Member States to advocate for the eradication of gender stereotypes that contribute to the unequal representation of women in the security and defence sector; Underline the need to have more women working in the European Security and Defence and consequently the need for young girls to be encouraged to approach and study these subjects;
Amendment 59 #
2022/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for a zero-tolerance approach to sexual and gender-based harassment and sexual exploitation within all CSDP missions and insists that independent oversight be employed to ensure that perpetrators are held accountable; urges the EEAS and the Member States to guarantee safety from sexual exploitation; calls for specialised support, including counselling and psychological services, to be made available to all victims, as well as training on preventing and combat gender based violence;
Amendment 91 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) All Member States have established equality bodies pursuant to Directive 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. A diverse system of equality bodies has been put in place, and good practices have emerged. However, many equality bodies face challenges, in particular concerning the resources, independence and powers necessary to perform their tasks62 . It is important to point out that in a number of Member States, equality bodies also have competences in promoting equality and tackling discrimination on the grounds of gender identity and expression and sex characteristics. Since this is not the case in all Member States, this leads to differing levels of protection against discrimination as regards the matters covered by those Directives across the Union. _________________ 62 See the detailed analysis in SWD(2021) 63 final “Equality bodies and the implementation of the Commission Recommendation on standards for equality bodies”.
Amendment 191 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Equality data, in particular sex- disaggregated data and gender statistics, are crucial for raising awareness, sensitising people, quantifying discrimination, showing trends and shifts in social attitudes over time, proving the existence of discrimination, including multiple and intersectional discrimination, evaluating the implementation of equality legislation, demonstrating the need for positive action, and contributing to evidence-based policymaking75 . Equality bodies have a role to play in contributing to the development of relevant equality data for those purposes, for example by organising regular roundtables gathering all relevant entities. They should also collect and analyse data on their own activities or conduct surveys and should be able to access and make use of statistical information collected by other public or private entities – such as the national statistical offices, national courts, labour and education inspectorates, trade unions, media or civil society organisations - concerning the matters they are entrusted with under Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU. That statistical information should not contain any personal data and should be available in an accessible format so that it can be readily used by equality bodies. Member States should ensure that equality bodies receive sufficient funding for their data collection and analysis tasks. The work of equality bodies on equality data should take into account existing guidance and resources on equality data, including those developed in the framework of the Subgroup on Equality Data of the Union’s High Level Group on Non- Discrimination, Equality and Diversity. _________________ 75 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (‘the Racial Equality Directive’) and of Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (‘the Employment Equality Directive’) SWD(2021) 63 final.
Amendment 381 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article12a Gender mainstreaming Member States shall actively take into account the objective of equality between men and women when formulating and implementing laws, regulations, administrative provisions, policies and activities in the areas referred to in this Directive.
Amendment 384 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Data collection and access to equality data statistics
Amendment 390 #
2022/0400(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies can access publicly accessible statistics related to the rights and obligations derived from Directives 2006/54/EC and 2010/41/EU collected by public and private entities including public authorities, trade unions, companies, and civil society organisations where they deem such statistics necessary to make an overall assessment of the situation regarding discrimination in the Member State, and for drawing up the report referred to in Article 15, point (c).
Amendment 184 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 230 % of the Union’s land and sea ar30% of the Union's seas and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration.
Amendment 191 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall ensure that the Union achieves its targets set out in Article 1(2), by contributing to them in a manner proportional to their total land and sea area, in line with their obligations set forth by this Regulation.
Amendment 203 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point i (new)
i) ‘passive restoration’ means a holistic process which allows the long- term natural recovery or reestablishment of whole ecosystems with their underlying ecological processes, and where natural processes are left undisturbed from human pressures and threats to the area’s overall ecological structure and functioning, in particular from extractive and destructive activities;
Amendment 253 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to significantly and permanently improve to good condition areas of habitat types listed in Annex II which are not in good condition. Such measures shall be in place on at least 30 % of the area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex II that is not in good condition, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, on at least 60 % by 2040, and on at least 90 % by 2050, in order to ensure that benefits from the restoration measures materialise on time.
Amendment 270 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to significantly and permanently re- establish the habitat types listed in Annex II in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.
Amendment 272 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 289 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure that the areas that are subject to restoration measures in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 show a continuous improvement in the condition of the habitat types listed in Annex II until good condition is reached, and a continuous improvement of the quality of the habitats of the species referred to in paragraph 3 until the sufficient quality of those habitats is reached. Member States shall ensure that areas in which good condition has been reached and in which the sufficient quality of the habitats of the species has been reached do not deteriorate through the adoption of appropriate long-term conservation measures, such as spatial protection, which correspond to the ecological requirements of those areas and habitats.
Amendment 295 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Member States shall ensure that marine restoration measures adopted in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article are achieved through passive restoration.
Amendment 296 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Appropriate buffer zones shall be created around each marine restoration area, with adequate restrictions ensuring harmful impacts from human activities occurring in surrounding areas are minimised inside restoration areas, particularly wide-ranging impacts like sediment suspension and underwater noise that can travel over large distances underwater.
Amendment 302 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Any plan or project not directly connected to the areas subject to restoration as defined in Articles 4 and 5, but likely to have a significant effect thereon, shall be subject to an impact assessment of its implications for areas subject to restoration measures in view of the areas' restoration objectives. Such assessment shall ensure compliance with the non-deterioration provisions pursuant to Articles 5(6), 5(7), 5(10), and the precautionary principle.
Amendment 304 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Member States shall ensure the continuous, long-term and sustained effects of restoration measures adopted under this Article, in line with Article 12(2)(i), through effective means, including spatial protection measures contributing to coherent and representative networks of protected areas and targets of the EU 2030 Biodiversity Strategy.
Amendment 306 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 c (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Member States shall embrace the whole-site approach in areas subject to restoration, by applying restoration measures to the entire area concerned, and not just part of it, thus recognising the complexity of ecosystems interactions and enabling ecosystems recovery and reestablishment to their maximum potential.
Amendment 326 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. When applying paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Article, Member States shall ensure that the application does not exclude or compromise the achievement of the objectives of this Directive and is consistent with the implementation of other Union environmental legislation, particularly with Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 335 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 10 – point b a (new)
(ba) an increase of the habitats area covered by effective spatial conservation measures, including strictly protected areas, established for the purpose of restoration objectives.
Amendment 374 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. When preparing their national restoration plans, Member States shall take the following into accountensure the coherence with the following:
Amendment 379 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g a (new)
(ga) Marine Spatial Plans adopted under Directive 2014/89/EU;
Amendment 380 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g b (new)
(gb) pledges to meet the targets of additional protected areas under the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030;
Amendment 381 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g c (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 7 – point g c (new)
(gc) Flood Risk Management Plans in line with Directive 2007/60/EC.
Amendment 387 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 10
Article 11 – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall, where possible, foster synergies with the national restoration plans of other Member States, in particular for ecosystems that span across borders. At sea, synergies should also be fostered through the processes foreseen in Directive 2014/89/EU.
Amendment 395 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 11 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Member States shall ensure that the public referred to in the previous paragraph is informed, whether by public notices or other appropriate means, including electronic media, of: a) the draft proposal, where available; b) any relevant environmental information held by the competent authority; c) practical arrangements for participation, including: (i) the administrative entity from which the relevant information may be obtained, (ii) the administrative entity to which comments, opinions or questions may be submitted, and (iii) reasonable time-frames allowing sufficient time for the public to be informed and to prepare and participate effectively in the environmental decision- making process.
Amendment 397 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 11 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. In taking a decision on the Restoration Plans, Member States shall take due account of the outcome of the public participation. Member States shall inform the public of the Restoration Plan, including its text, and of the reasons and considerations upon which the decision is based, in line with Article 12(2)(n).
Amendment 430 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
3. The national restoration plans shall, where applicable, include the conservation measures that a Member State intends to adopt under the common fisheries policy, including conservation measures in joint recommendations that a Member State intends to initiasubmitted in accordance with the procedure set out in Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013, and any relevant information on those measures.
Amendment 438 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 5
Article 14 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take due account of any observations from the Commission in its final national restoration plan and improve their restoration plans accordingly, while providing justifications about how the observations were addressed.
Amendment 439 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 6
Article 14 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall finalise, publish and submit to the Commission the national restoration plan within six months from the date of receipt of observations from the Commission. The Commission shall reject national restoration plans that are inadequate to meet the targets set out in Articles 4 - 10 as well as the Member State’s contribution to Article 1(2) in line with their obligation under Article 1(3). Member States shall then re-submit their national restoration plan to the Commission in reasonable time after the rejection, improving their plan to address the grounds of rejection.
Amendment 443 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall review and update their national restoration plan at least once every 10 years, in accordance with Articles 11 and 12, taking into account progress made in the implementation of the plans, the best available scientific evidence as well as available knowledge of changes or expected changes in environmental conditions due to climate change.
Amendment 460 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The Commission shall, in cooperation with the EEA, draw up reports on the progress towards the attainment of the targets laid down in Articles 4 to 10, at the latest one year before each deadline.
Amendment 461 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Abovementioned reports on progress shall include: (a) an estimation of the attainment of the targets by each Member State; (b) a list of Member States at risk of not attaining the targets within the respective deadlines, accompanied by appropriate recommendations for the Member States concerned; (c) examples of best practices that are used throughout the Union which could provide guidance for progressing towards attaining the targets.
Amendment 462 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The EEA shall provide to the Commission a Union-wide technical report on the progress towards the achievement of the targets and obligations set out in this Regulation on the basis of the data made available by Member States in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article. It may also use information reported under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC, Article 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Article 12 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and Article 18 of Directive 2008/56/EC. The report shall be provided by June 2032 and subsequent reports shall be provided every three years thereafter. The report shall be made publicly available.
Amendment 477 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 a (new)
Annex III – point 25 a (new)
(25a) Oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Amendment 482 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 b (new)
Annex III – point 25 b (new)
(25b) Blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Amendment 485 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 c (new)
Annex III – point 25 c (new)
(25c) Common thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Amendment 486 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 d (new)
Annex III – point 25 d (new)
(25d) Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias supercillosus)
Amendment 491 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 e (new)
Annex III – point 25 e (new)
(25e) Shortfin mako (Isurusoxyrinchus)
Amendment 494 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 f (new)
Annex III – point 25 f (new)
(25f) Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Amendment 497 #
Amendment 499 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 h (new)
Annex III – point 25 h (new)
(25h) Common eagle ray (Myliobatisaquila)
Amendment 502 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 25 i (new)
Annex III – point 25 i (new)
(25i) Roundnose grenadier (Coryphaenoides rupestris)
Amendment 524 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 24 a (new)
Annex VII – point 24 a (new)
(24a) Adopt spatial closures to protect national waters against the negative impacts of fishing activities on the marine ecosystem, for example by closing parts or the entirety of waters under sovereignty to destructive fishing gear.
Amendment 210 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Equality between women and men and non-discrimination are core values of the Union and fundamental rights enshrined, respectively, in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and in Articles 21 and 23 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’). Violence against women and domestic violence endanger these very principles, undermining women and girls’ rights to equality in all areas of life and preventing the full advancement of women, girls and our societies as a whole.
Amendment 226 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) This Directive should apply to criminal conduct which amounts to violence against women or domestic violence, as criminalised under Union or national law. This includes the criminal offences defined in this Directive, namely rape, female genital mutilation, the non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material, cyber stalking, cyber harassment, cyber incitement to violence or hatred and criminal conduct covered by other Union instruments, in particular Directives 2011/36/EU36 and 2011/93/EU37 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which define criminal offences concerning the sexual exploitation of children and trafficking of human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Lastly, certain criminal offences under national law fall under the definition of violence against women. This includes crimes such as femicide, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, stalking, early and forced marriage, forced abortion, forced sterilisation and different forms of cyber violence, such as online sexual harassment, cyber bullying or the unsolicited receipt of sexually explicit material. Domestic violence is a form of violence which may be specifically criminalised under national law or covered by criminal offences which are committed within the family or domestic unit or between former or current spouses or partners irrespective of whether they shared housing or not. _________________ 36 Directive 2011/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, OJ L 101, 15.4.2011, p. 1–11. 37 Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA, OJ L 335, 17.12.2011, p. 1– 14.
Amendment 249 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Due to their vulnerability, children who witness violence against women or domestic violence suffer a direct emotional harm, which impacts their development. Therefore, such children should be considered victims and benefit from targeted and specialised protection measures.
Amendment 261 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Violence against women is a violation of human rights, a major public health problem and is a persisting manifestation of structural discrimination against women, resulting from historically unequal power relations between women and men. It is a form of gender-based violence, which is inflicted primarily on women and girls, by men. It is rooted in the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for women and men, generally referred to under the term ‘gender’.
Amendment 274 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In light of the specificities related to these types of crime it is necessary to lay down a comprehensive set of rules, which addresses the persisting problem of violence against women and domestic violence in a targeted manner and caters to the specific needs of victims of such violence. The existing provisions at Union and national levels have proven to be insufficient to effectively combat and prevent violence against women and domestic violence. In particular, Directives 2011/36/EU and 2011/93/EU concentrate on specific forms of such violence, while Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council38 lays down the general framework for victims of crime. While providing some safeguards for victims of violence against women and domestic violence, it is not set out to address their specific needs. The persisting gravity of the problem of violence against women and domestic violence in the Union, clearly shown by the fact that the existing provisions have proven to be insufficient and exacerbated by the lack of mechanisms with which the full implementation of current provisions would be advanced in combination with the specificities of those crimes, justifies treating victims of violence against women and domestic violence differently in comparison to victims of other crimes in the Union and justifies the specific measures introduced by this Directive. _________________ 38 Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 57).
Amendment 301 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Victims of violence against women and domestic violence are at an increased risk of intimidation, retaliation, secondary and repeat victimisation. Particular attention should thus be paid to these risks and to the need to protect the dignity and physical integrity of such victims. Member States should closely monitor and individually address cases whereby, as a result of systemic exploitation and misuse of the term parental alienation syndrome, children are forced to maintain contacts with a violent or sexually abusive parent even after divorce or separation of their parents and women attempting to prevent such contacts are ordered to pay substantial financial fines.
Amendment 302 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Victims of violence against women and domestic violence are at an increased risk of intimidation, retaliation, secondary and repeat victimisation. Particular attention should thus be paid to these risks and to the need to protect the dignity and physical integrity of such victims. Highlights that most of the time (67 %) the victim of sexual violence has had some previous acquaintance relation with the perpetrator and therefore, robust victim protection is needed in order to prevent further attacks6a. _________________ 6a https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra _uploads/fra-2014-vaw-survey-main- results-apr14_en.pdf page 49
Amendment 325 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Rape should explicitly include all types of sexual penetration, with any bodily part or object. The lack of consent should be a central and constitutive element of the definition of rape, given that frequently no physical violence or use of force is involved in its perpetration. Initial consent should be withdrawable at any given time during the act, in line with the sexual autonomy of the victim, and should not automatically imply consent for future acts. Non-consensual sexual penetration should constitute rape evenincluding where committed against a spouse or intimate partner.
Amendment 377 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Especially due to its tendency for easy, swift and broad distribution and perpetration, as well as its intimate nature, the non-consensual producing and/or making accessible of intimate images or videos and material that depict sexual activities, to a multitude ofother end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, can be very harmful for the victims. The offence provided for in this Directive should cover all types of such material, such as images, photographs and videos, including sexualized images, audio clips and video clips. It should relate to situations where the producing and/or making accessible of the material to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, occurs without the victim’s consent, irrespective of whether the victim consented to the generation of such material or may have transmitted it to a particular person. The offence should also include the non- consensual production or manipulation, for instance by image editing, of material that imitates intimate images or that makes it appear as though another person is engaged in sexual activities, insofar as the material is subsequently made accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, through information and communication technologies, without the consent of that person. Such production or manipulation should include the fabrication of ‘deepfakes’, where the material appreciably resembles an existing person, objects, places or other entities or events, depicting sexual activities of another person, and would falsely appear to others to be authentic or truthful. In the interest of effectively protecting victims of such conduct, threatening to engage in such conduct should be covered as well.
Amendment 401 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Victims should be able to report crimes of violence against women or domestic violence easily without being subject to secondary or repeat victimisation. To this end, Member States should also provide the possibility to submit complaints online or through other information and communication technologies for the reporting of such crimes. Victims of cyber violence, next to in-person reporting. Reporting should facilitate victims in all their diversity, including, inter alia, ensuring disability access, easy and accessible routes for those who live in remote areas, access to those experiencing restrictions to electronic communication services, and providing support services to assist those who cannot read and persons in institutions. Victims should be able to upload materials relating to their report, such as screenshots of the alleged violent behaviour.
Amendment 408 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In the case of domestic violence and violence against women, especially when committed by close family members or intimate partners, victims may be under such duress by the offender that they fear to reach out to the competent authorities, even if their lives are in danger. Therefore, Member States should ensure their confidentiality rules do not constitute an obstacle for relevant professionals, such as healthcare professionals, to report to the competent authorities, where they have reasonable grounds to believe that the life of the victim is at an imminent risk of serious physical harm. Such third party reporting is justified as a targeted measure for violence against women and domestic violence because such cases often occur in close relationships or family circumstances and may not be regarded as criminal acts and therefore not reported by those who experience or directly witness them. Similarly, instances of domestic violence or violence against women affecting children are often only intercepted by third parties noticing irregular behaviour or physical harm to the child. Children need to be effectively protected from such forms of violence and adequate measures promptly taken. Therefore, relevant professionals coming in contact with child victims or potential child victims, including healthcare or education professionals, should equally not be constrained by confidentiality where they have reasonable grounds to believe that serious acts of violence under this Directive have been committed against the child or further serious acts are to be expected. Where professionals report such instances of violence, Member States should ensure that they are not held liable for breach of confidentiality.
Amendment 439 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Due to their vulnerability to secondary and repeat victimisation, to intimidation and to retaliation, and the fact that they suffer emotional harm that prejudices their development, the victim’s children should receive the same protection measures as those accorded to the victim. Other persons dependant on the victim, such as adults with disabilities or older dependant adults for whom the victim provides care, may experience similar emotional harm and should thus be accorded the same protection measures. Cases of so-called parental alienation syndrome and similar concepts and terms, which are generally based on gender stereotypes, are a form of secondary victimisation by blaming mothers for their children’s ‘alienation’ from their father, calling into question victims’ parental skills, disregarding the children’s testimony and the risks of violence to which their children are exposed, and jeopardising the rights and safety of the mother and children;
Amendment 445 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Victims of violence against women and domestic violence are often in need of specific support. To ensure they effectively receive offers of support, the competent authorities should refer victims to appropriate support services. This should in particular be the case where an individual assessment has found particular support needs of the victim. In that case, support services should be able to reach out to the victim even without the victim’s consent, taking into consideration victim’s needs and preventing any further or secondary victimisation. The first agency the victim contact shall inform them about further support agencies, which could provide support tailored to their need. For the processing of related personal data by competent authorities, Member States should ensure that it is based on law, in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) read in conjunction with Article (6)(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council41 . Such laws should include appropriate personal data safeguards that respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and the interests of the individuals. Where competent authorities transfer victims’ personal data to support services for victims’ referral, they should ensure that the data transferred is limited to what is necessary to inform the services of the circumstances of the case, so that victims receive appropriate support and protection. _________________ 41 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance), (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88).
Amendment 466 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
Amendment 476 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Given the complexities and gravity of offences of violence against women and domestic violence and specific support needs of victims, Member States should ensure additional support and prevention of such offences is provided by designated bodies. Given their expertise in matters of discrimination on grounds of sex, national equality bodies, set up in accordance with Directives 2004/113/EC42 , 2006/54/EC43 and 2010/41/EU44 of the European Parliament and of the Council, are well placed to fulfil these tasks. Such bodies should in addition have legal standing to act on behalf or in support of victims of all forms of violence against women or domestic violence in judicial proceedings, including for the application for compensation and removal of online illegal content and securing of evidence, with the victims’ approval. This should include the possibility of acting on behalf or in support of several victims together. To enable these bodies to effectively carry out their tasks, Member States should ensure that they are provided with sufficient human and financial resources. _________________ 42 Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services, (OJ L 373, 21.12.2004, p. 37). 43 Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), (OJ L204, 26.7.2006, p. 23). 44 Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC, (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).
Amendment 494 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Assistance and support to victims of violence against women and domestic violence should be made available and provided before, during and for an appropriate period after the criminal proceedings have ended, for example where medical treatment is still needed to address the severe physical or psychological consequences of the violence, or if the victim’s safety is at risk in particular due to the statements made by the victim in those proceedings. Assistance and support shall be available to victims regardless of whether criminal proceedings have been initiated.
Amendment 511 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Specialist support should offer victims support tailored to their specific needs, and irrespective of any official complaint. Such services couldshall be provided in addition to, or as an integrated part of, general victim support services, which may call on existing entities providing specialist support. A commonly agreed referral system for cooperation between general victim support services and women’s specialised support should be put in place. Specialist support may be provided by national authorities, victims’ support organisations, or other non-governmental organisations. They should be granted sufficient human and financial resources and, where the services are provided by non-governmental organisations, Member States should ensure that they receive appropriate funds.
Amendment 534 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) The traumatic nature of sexual violence, including rape, requires a particularly sensitive response by trained and specialised staff. Victims of this type of violence need immediate medical care, comprehensive and long-lasting medical care, including sexual and reproductive healthcare as part of the clinical management of rape, emergency contraception, post-exposure prophylaxis and safe and legal abortion care and services, STI treatments and trauma support combined with immediate forensic examinations to collect the evidence needed for prosecution. Forensic examination shall be conducted as soon as the victim’s situation allows it, taking into account their trauma and mental health. Rape crisis centres or sexual violence referral centres should be available in sufficient numbers and adequately spread over the territory of each Member State. Similarly, victims of female genital mutilation, who are often girls, typically are in need of targeted support. Therefore, Member States should ensure they provide dedicated support tailored to these victims.
Amendment 552 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) Member States should ensure that national helplines are operated under the EU-harmonised number [116016] and this number is widely advertised as a public number, free of charge and available round-the-clock. The helplines should be accessible to victims with disabilities and provide easy to understand information, including in different languages. The support provided should include crisis counselling and should be able to refer to face-to-face services, such as shelters, counselling centres or the police.
Amendment 562 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Shelters play a vital role in protecting victims from acts of violence. Beyond providing a safe place to stay, shelters should provide the necessary support concerning interlocking problems related to victims’ health, financial situationincluding mental health, financial situation, basic legal advice and the well-being of their children, ultimately preparing victims for an autonomous life.
Amendment 588 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 56
Recital 56
(56) Victims with specific needs and groups at risk of violence against women or domestic violence, such as women in precarious socio-economic situations including from low and middle income countries and regions, women with disabilities, women with dependant residence status or permit, undocumented migrant women, women applicants for international protection, women fleeing armed conflict, women affected by homelessness, with a minority racial or ethnic background, living in rural areas, women sex workers, detainees, or older women, should receive specific protection and support.
Amendment 608 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 58
Recital 58
(58) Member States should ensure that preventive measures, such as awareness- raising campaigns, are taken to counter violence against women and domestic violence. Prevention should also take place in formal education, in particular, through strengthening sexuality and relationships education and socio-emotional competencies, empathy and developing healthy and respectful relationships.
Amendment 617 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 59 a (new)
Recital 59 a (new)
Amendment 623 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) In order to ensure victims of violence against women and domestic violence are identified and receive appropriate support, Member States should ensure that professionals likely to come into contact with victims receiv, including those who work or volunteer at shelters and other residences housing and working with victims, receive adequate training and targeted information. Trainings should cover the risk and prevention of intimidation, repeat and secondary victimisation and the availability of protection and support measures for victims. To prevent and appropriately address instances of sexual harassment at work, persons with supervisory functions should also receive training. These trainings should also cover assessments regarding sexual harassment at work and associated psychosocial safety and health risks as referred to under Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 . Training activities should also cover the risk of third party violence. Third party violence refers to violence which staff may suffer at the workplace, not at the hands of a co-worker, and includes cases, such as nurses sexually harassed by a patient. _________________ 45 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1).
Amendment 627 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to counteract underreporting and prevent secondary victimisation, Member States should also liaise with law enforcement authorities in the development of trainings in particular regarding harmful gender stereotypes, but also in the prevention of offences, given their typical close contact with groups at risk of violence and victims and should involve specialist services and civil society organisations in law enforcement training, especially to target harmful stereotypes and misconceptions about sexual and domestic violence.
Amendment 650 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 64
Recital 64
(64) Policies to adequately tackle violence against women and domestic violence can only be formulated on the basis of comprehensive and comparable disaggregated data. In order to effectively monitor developments in the Member States and fill the gaps of comparable data, Member States should regularlyno less than every two years conduct surveys using the harmonised methodology of the Commission (Eurostat) to gather data and transmit these data to the Commission (Eurostat).
Amendment 675 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) prevention of violence against women and domestic or intimate violence
Amendment 715 #
2022/0066(COD)
(b) “domestic violence” means all acts of violence or coercive control that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological, social or economic harm or suffering, that occur within the family or domestic unit, irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the offender shares or has shared a residence with the victim;
Amendment 744 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point h
Amendment 750 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) "secondary victimisation" occurs when the victim suffers further harm not as a direct result of the criminal act but due to the manner in which institutions and other individuals deal with the victim.
Amendment 816 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
7 Non-consensual sharing and producing of intimate or manipulated material
Amendment 829 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) production of intimate images without the consent of the depicted person;
Amendment 840 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) threatening to engage in the conduct referred to in points (a) and (b) in order to coerce another person to do, acquiesce or refrain from a certain act.
Amendment 861 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) committing any other act by means of communication and information technologies that may cause psychological harm or financial damages to the victim.
Amendment 873 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) initiating an attack with third partiesor participating in an attack directed at another person, by making threatening or insulting material accessible to a multitude ofother end-users, by means of information and communication technologies, with the effect of causing significant psychological harm to the attacked person;
Amendment 878 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the sending of unsolicited pornographic and/or intimate material by means of information and communication technologies;
Amendment 942 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) the offence has led the victim to experience secondary victimisation;
Amendment 967 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to provide for a limitation period for criminal offences referred to in Articles 5 and 6 of at least 20 years from the time when the offence was committed.
Amendment 969 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1008 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 1114 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authorities shall respond to requests for protection and support, in a timcluding medical care, without delay and in a coordinated manner.
Amendment 1142 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities inform victims of the possibility to apply for emergency barring and restraining or protection orders, as well as the possibility to seek cross-border recognition of protection orders pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU or Regulation (EU) No 606/2013. Member States shall ensure the use of electronic monitoring to secure the enforcement of emergency barring, restraining and protection orders, especially in cases where the offender faces suspended sentence, interim measures or any other similar measure ordered by the competent authorities while the offender awaits the final decision of the court on the charges brought against them.
Amendment 1150 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to the rights of defence, Member States shall ensure that, in criminal investigations and court proceedings, questions, enquiries and evidence concerning past sexual and relationships history and conduct of the victim or other aspects of the victim’s private life related thereto including, where relevant, medical records and notes from counselling or therapy sessions, are not permitted.
Amendment 1187 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) how to ensure that children witnessing domestic or intimate violence are not obliged to unwanted treatment;
Amendment 1188 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) how to ensure in cases of domestic and intimate partner violence that the criminal and civil proceedings are aligned, in particular when there are custody and visitation rights of the children involved.
Amendment 1229 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that victims and, if applicable, their dependents have the right to claim full compensation from offenders for damages resulting from all forms of violence against women or domestic violence.
Amendment 1238 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
The limitation period for bringing a claim for compensation shall be no less than 5 years from the time the offence has taken placebeen reported to the authorities.
Amendment 1240 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
In cases of sexual violence and female genital mutilation, the limitation period shall be no less than 120 years.
Amendment 1254 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) immediate gender-sensitive support, advice and information on any relevant legal or practical matters arising as a result of the crime, including on access to housing, education, training and assistance to remain in or find employment;
Amendment 1262 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) referrals to medical care, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, rape crisis centres, sexual violence referral centres and forensic examinations; ;
Amendment 1268 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) support to victims of cyber violence, including psychological support, advice on judicial remedies and, remedies to remove online content related to the crime and securing of evidence.
Amendment 1282 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. If the offence involves, directly or indirectly, the holder of parental responsibility, Member States should ensure that access to specialist support is not conditional upon this person's consent.
Amendment 1313 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall provide for appropriately equipped, easily accessible rape crisis or sexual violence referral centres to ensure effective support to victims of sexual violence, including assisting in the preservation and documentation of evidence. These centres shall provide for medical care and forensic examinations, timely referral to other medical care, including sexual and reproductive healthcare as part of the clinical management of rape, trauma support and psychological counselling, after the offence has been perpetrated and for as long as necessary thereafter. Where the victim is a child, such services shall be provided in a child-friendly manner.
Amendment 1316 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall guarantee that victims of sexual violence have timely access to comprehensive healthcare services, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, safe and legal abortion care, emergency contraception, and screening and post-exposure prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections as well as other related and relevant medical procedures.
Amendment 1342 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – title
Article 30 – title
30 Specialist support for victims of sexual harassment at, cyber violence and third-party violence in the world of work
Amendment 1346 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure, in consultation with the social partners, take measures to ensure that external counselling services and legal service are available for victims and employers in cases of sexual harassment at work or cyber violence and harassment at work. These services shall include advice on adequately addressing such instances at the workplace, on legal remedies available to the employer to remove the offender from the workplace and providing the possibility of early conciliation, if the victim so wishes. pending the outcome of dismissal procedure. The possibility of early conciliation should be available only if the victim so wishes. The costs of such counselling services and legal services shall be covered by the Member State or by the employer. 2. Member States shall ensure that victims of sexual harassment at work or cyber violence and harassment at work including victims of domestic violence shall be entitled to paid leave in order to attend counselling services and to paid leave of appropriate duration. Workers shall have the right to receive support and representation from their trade union, and to have access to information on available remedies and access to legal remedies. Trade union representatives shall be able to support workers in any relevant proceedings. 3. Member States shall ensure that employers take appropriate measures to prevent and address instances of sexual harassment, cyber violence and third- party violence at work. Employers must be prevented from direct and indirect discrimination of workers on the basis they have sought to vindicate their rights under this Directive, taken a claim, or being proved to be a victim of sexual harassment, domestic violence, cyber violence, and / or exposed to non- consensual sharing of intimate or manipulated material. 4. Member States shall ensure that undertakings (or group of undertakings) take, in consultation with trade unions and workers’ representatives, appropriate measures to prevent and address instances of sexual harassment, cyber violence and third-party violence at work, to provide a safe working environment and to support victims, within their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries and third party operations with whom the undertaking or group of undertakings or its subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement or franchise agreement. 5. Undertakings or group of undertakings establish, where applicable through collective bargaining with trade unions, training programmes and policies to prevent and tackle sexual harassment, cyber violence and third-party violence at work and shall provide accessible and effective complaint mechanisms for victims. 6. Undertakings or group of undertakings shall apply the policy, training programme and complain mechanisms referred to in paragraph 5 to all workers employed throughout their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and third party operations with whom the undertaking or group of undertakings or its subsidiaries have entered into a license agreement or franchise agreement. 7. Member States shall ensure that undertakings (or group of undertakings) provide public, adequate and transparent reporting concerning prevention and corrective measures, the number of complaints received and their treatment.
Amendment 1353 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30a Domestic violence safe-leave 1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that each worker affected by domestic violence has an individual right to safe-leave of up to 10 days that is to be taken in any period of 12 consecutive months, in order to attend to ongoing matters arising due to domestic violence, to be specified by each Member State or by collective agreement. The domestic violence safe leave shall be a paid leave. 2. The right to domestic violence safety leave shall be granted irrespective of the worker's marital or family status, as defined by national law. Member States shall ensure that the domestic violence safety leave will be distinct from other leave entitlements. 3. One person with close ties to the victim, such as a relative or household member, and who is closely supporting the victim, shall be entitled to minimum 3 days of paid domestic violence leave each year.
Amendment 1387 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The shelters and other appropriate interim accommodations shall be equipped to accommodate companion animals, or provide adequate and appropriate alternative accommodations.
Amendment 1396 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that children are provided specific adequate support as soon as the competent authorities have reasonable grounds to believe that the children might have been subject to, including having witnessed, violence against women or domestic violence. Support to children shall be specialised and age-appropriate, respecting the best interests of the child, and shall not require the prior consent of the holder of parental responsibility accused of the violence.
Amendment 1404 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 33 – paragraph 3
Article 33 – paragraph 3
3. Where it is necessary to provide for interim accommodation, children shall as a priority be placed together with other family members, in particular with awith the non- violent parent in permanent or temporary housing, equipped with support services. Placement in shelters shall be a last resort.
Amendment 1416 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1 Member States shall establish and maintain safe places which allow a safe contact between a child and a holder of parental responsibilities who is an offender or suspect of violence against women or domestic violence, to the extent that the latter has rights of access. Member States shall ensure supervision by trained professionals, as appropriate, and in the best interests of thetake the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that, in the determination of custody and visitation rights of children, incidents of violence covered by the scope of this Directive are taken into account. 2 Member States shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the exercise of any visitation or custody rights does not jeopardise the rights and safety of the victim or child. ren.
Amendment 1487 #
2022/0066(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 36 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Member States shall promote and support research aimed at better understanding the root causes of gender based violence, including all forms of violence against women. This shall include qualitative and quantitative research with both experiences of victims and offenders as research subjects.
Amendment 3 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas women are more likely than men to work have a multilevel role in rural development, namely as workers, farmers and business owners, but also carrying the informal economy anddisproportionate burden of the responsibility of welfare for family members, whereas their importance for the rural economy and growth is not acknowledged, whereas reliable data on rural women's situation and challenges is still lacking;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas women are more likely than men to work in the informal economy and face many challenges in full access to the labour market, whereas the gap in employment in rural areas stands at 13 percentage points, rising also to 20 points in certain Member States1a _________________ 1a https://europeanevaluation.org/2021/11/2 9/women-in-rural-development- integrating-a-gender-dimension-into- policies-for-rural-areas-in-europe/
Amendment 13 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas rural women face many challenges in accessing affordable and adequate healthcare (e.g. clinics, hospitals, reproductive health/family planning and counselling); whereas these challenges include affordability, restrictions on mobility and a lack of access to transport or means for contacting transport2a _________________ 2a https://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/r uralwomen/overview-health.html
Amendment 21 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas women perform more than one function; whereas women are enablers of the transition to a greener society and economy; whereas the green transition must be gender sensitive and acknowledge that women are powerful agents of change in this shift to a greener society, whereas the position of rural women does not reflect that as they have lower levels of ownership and control of assets, less access to paid employment and lower access to public services;
Amendment 26 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas rural women face more obstacles in accessing education than men3a, whereas it is crucial to promote and advocate for more rural women to have full access to all levels of education, including but not limited to STEM; _________________ 3a https://www.un.org/development/desa/dsp d/2021/06/poverty-and-inequality-rural- areas/
Amendment 29 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas only 30 % of farms across the EU are managed by women; whereas SMEs are predominant in rural regions; , whereas women receive proportionately less support from both pillars (pillar 1 being direct income support and pillar 2 focusing in rural development support) of the Common Agricultural Policy than men4a; _________________ 4a https://europeanevaluation.org/2021/11/2 9/women-in-rural-development- integrating-a-gender-dimension-into- policies-for-rural-areas-in-europe/
Amendment 38 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown measures have had a significant impact on rural areas and there is evidence of rising inequalities5a; _________________ 5a https://www.un.org/development/desa/dsp d/2021/06/poverty-and-inequality-rural- areas/
Amendment 61 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in rural development policy; calls for the exchange of best practices between Member States, in particular as regards the professional status of assisting spouses and partners in agriculture, and research and gender- disaggregated data collection in order to ensure a full overview of the socio- economic position of rural women;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for effective and long-term policies in the area of employment and access to the labour market for rural women; stresses the need to develop targeted measures which will contribute to overcoming specific challenges rural women face in the labour market, such as the employment and pension gap, informal economy participation and lower levels of ownership;
Amendment 84 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the needs of women in rural areas to be addressed through appropriate – and where necessary peripatetic – healthcare, childcare and care for the elderly, thereby with a focus on ensuring full access to all services including SRHR, as well as childcare and care for the elderly by ensuring accessible and affordable care outside the home, emphasizes the need to guarantee and promotinge women’s social security and rights, including maternityparental leave or pension rights, and women’s access to available EU funds, Stresses the need for specific interventions for women through CAP, as well as giving priority to women in the selection criteria for support;
Amendment 105 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote digital and hybrid education, reskilling and upskilling of women in rural areas and to further develop access to specific education programmes and quality jobs in order to enhance their potential, Stresses the need to overcome the infrastructural and practical challenges rural women face in accessing education such as restrictions of mobility or inadequate digital infrastructure;
Amendment 113 #
2021/2254(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to create a ubiquitous and seamless broadband infrastructure, as well as creative housing and work opportunities, and quality jobs that facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life and thus ensure equal opportunities for participation on rural economy and work.
Amendment 1 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the strong need for culture and education, as the backbone of our democracy, society and economy, to receive adequate support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), also with regard to the green and digital transitions, social cohesion and resilience; in this regard, welcomes that policies for the next generation, such as education and youth, constitute one of the six support pillars of the RRF; stresses that support from the RRF should be implemented through structured and inclusive measures, accessible to all, especially the most vulnerable actors;
Amendment 21 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the cultural and creative sectors were among those hit first and the hardest by the pandemic and will be the last to recover to their full potential; in this regard, recalls that the pandemic has also triggered the deployment of innovative digital production, distribution and consumption patterns in these sectors; underlines that, in the medium to long term, this new trend could lead to the development of new business models which would need adequate support to unfold;
Amendment 37 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that only 14 Member States have included culture in their RRF plans and questions the Commission's approval of such plans, which in no way adequately respond to the recovery needs of the sectors ; fears that this heterogeneity of public investments leads to recovery at different speeds, causing increased disparities within the EU’s cultural ecosystem and threatening Europe’s cultural diversity; in this regard, underlines that the majority of Member States that have foreseen investments for culture in their RRF plans opted for short-term measures whereas the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic require long-term responses;
Amendment 46 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that RRF plans have failed to consider the needs of the entire cultural and creative ecosystem, in particular the audiovisual segment, and that a holistic approach to supporting the film sector must be taken, more specifically the segments that have been most impacted, including the theatrical distribution and exhibition of films;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Regrets that only a few Member States have requested loans for the implementation of their RRF plans and only 3 Member States have requested the full amount of the loans available; recalls that loan support may be requested until 31 August 2023; therefore, calls on Member States to make full use of the loans available to support cultural and creative sectors, media, education, youth and sports;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2251(INI)
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, resulting in misleading statistics; calls for a prompt recalculation and reassessment of the data available;
Amendment 68 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls previous requests, from the European Parliament as well as the sectors concerned, urging the Member States to dedicate at least 2 % of the budget of each national RRF plan to culture, 10 % to education and 120 % to educathe digital transition; criticises the fact that these already misleading numbers have been achieved at an aggregated EU level only and deplores that the majority of Member States are performing well below the levels requested;
Amendment 86 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Strongly believes that for the correct and successful implementation of the RRF to the benefit of the sectors in question as well as the authors, performers, freelancers and all creative professionals a special focus should be given to independent players as well as micro and small organisations, including those in rural areas;
Amendment 110 #
2021/2251(INI)
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 regarding social security in the latter; regrets that such reforms are planned in only a minority of Member States; in this regard, welcomes reforms planned by some Members States and encourages all Member States to implement similar reforms to protect workers' rights and broaden the social security for authors, performers, freelancers and all professionals in cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Reminds Member States of the possibility to request transfer to the RRF of resources allocated under share management programmes thereby fostering synergies for the benefit of the cultural and creative sectors, media, education, youth, and sport;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. CRecalls on the Commission to commit to transparency and to examine the possibility of redirecting unused or saved RRF resources to culture, education, youthat the monitoring of the implementation of the RRF falls under the Commission's remit; calls on the Commission to reconsider the frequency and timing of reporting and evaluation as well as to define suitable indicators with a view to enabling maximum transparency and effectiveness; stresses the importance of gathering clear and reliable data on RRF resources allocation at regional level across Member States with the aim of ensuring that all actors, including th,e sports and mediamallest ones, are reached by the measures;
Amendment 148 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Urges the European Parliament Working Group on the scrutiny of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF WG) to carry out a thorough scrutiny on investments and reforms put in place by Member States in the field of culture, media, education, youth and sport and to remind Member States the Parliament’s calls to direct an adequate proportion of the recovery measures in support of these sectors;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2251(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. calls on the Commission to state clearly whether, for what purpose and to what extent the Member States are using funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for young people, especially as the European Year of Youth was also launched in 2022 in response to the pandemic;
Amendment 1 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),
Amendment 3 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas exploitative fishing activities threaten the Union's geopolitical and geo-economic interests, as well as its efforts to protect marine biodiversity;
Amendment 4 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas fisheries activities in the Indo-Pacific are increasing and the Chinese fleet has been expanding considerably, having a dramatic impact on the sustainable management of fisheries resources around the world;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas in the three main categories -vulnerability, prevalence, and response - of ‘The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Index’ published in January 2019, China ranked in first place globally;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas out of the 84.4 million tonnes of fish caught in seas across the world in 2018, around 61.4 million tonnes came from the Indian and Pacific oceans;
Amendment 7 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas most of the harm to ocean governance is done through illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas the EU supports the Asia- Pacific Fishery Commission’s (APFIC) significant role in increasing efficiency and sustainable productivity of fisheries and aquaculture in the region;
Amendment 16 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of urgent joint implementation of proactive policies for the protection of biodiversity and restoration of coastal resources;
Amendment 18 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 22 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers prioritising the reinforcement of fisheries management capacities in the region, as to assist regional countries to regain control of their exclusive economic zones (EEZs);
Amendment 23 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on the Commission to continue developing Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements with Indo-Pacific countries to intensify its strategic partnerships, and to improve fisheries governance and coastal development;
Amendment 24 #
2021/2200(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to amplify scientific cooperation with countries in the region for easier and transparent assessment of fish stocks, and to increase transparency of fisheries management by supporting organizations that monitor compliance with the international norms;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas one in four of every seafood product consumed in Europe comes from aquaculture, and considering that 70 % of seafood consumption comes from imports, only 10 % of EU seafood consumption comes from EU aquaculture and accounts for less than 2% of world production;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas almost 70% of aquaculture production in the EU is concentrated in four Member States (Spain, France, Italy and Greece), with a vast majority of production for mussels, trout, seabream, oysters, seabass, carp and clams, it is still a lot of potential for further growth and diversification in terms of producing countries and species farmed;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas aquaculture is especially sensitive to extreme weather events in riverbeds and coastal areas, including droughts, floods, storms and waves, which cause severe damage to aquaculture infrastructures and the species cultivated;
Amendment 92 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that EU aquaculture meets high standards in terms of product quality and animal health, but there is still margin for improvement in terms of diversification, competitiveness and environmental performance. Low-impact aquaculture (such as low-trophic, multitrophic and organic aquaculture), and environmental services from aquaculture can, if further developed, greatly contribute to the European Green Deal, to the farm-to-fork strategy and to a sustainable blue economy1a _________________ 1a Transforming the EU's Blue Economy for a Sustainable Future (2021) - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52 021DC0240&from=EN
Amendment 98 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 119 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that the aquaculture sector capable of providing a consistent contribution to ecosystem services for society, and pond aquaculture1a, algae and shellfish farming especially can contribute to decarbonising the EU economy and mitigating climate change; supports the proposed actions on climate change but highlights the need for a common methodology to measure the carbon footprint of individual aquaculture farms and requests an impact assessment for all the proposed measures; _________________ 1a https://aac- europe.org/en/recommendations/position- papers/322-aac-recommendation-on- ecosystem-services
Amendment 141 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order to make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming and pond polyculture2a, can be successful models for the future, in the context of the Emissions Trading System; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support this type of green business in the light of the strategy’s objectives; _________________ 2a https://www.globalseafood.org/advocate/a quaculture-ponds-hold-carbon/
Amendment 190 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Urges the European Commission to promote programmes of the EU Agricultural Promotion policy in which aquaculture products can be promoted specifically and alone; stresses the importance of making use of the current review of the EU Agricultural Promotion policy to better position the promotion of sustainable aquaculture products and encourages the European Commission to use the EU Agricultural Promotion policy to support sectors and operators that inherently contribute to, or lead the transition to, achieving the objectives of the Green Deal;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Underlines that knowledge and innovation (including the use of digital technology) are key to achieve the other objectives set for the EU aquaculture sector and Horizon Europe, the EU framework programme for research and innovation, offers an important opportunity to make a step forward in this area;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Takes note that an innovative aquaculture sector also demands the development of appropriate skills achieved through the promotion of specialised curricula and knowledge on aquaculture (e.g. specialised veterinary studies for fish and training on fish health for aquaculture operators), as well as life- long training for farmers on innovative approaches for the aquaculture sector;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish permanent measures to effectively regulate the number of cormorants and reduce their economic and social impact on aquaculture; considers that only some of Parliament’s demands have been fulfilled through the actions of the Commission, such as the guidance document for applying derogations under Article 9(1) of the Birds Directive, the CorMan Project and the EU Cormorant Platform; calls on the Commission to include the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in Annex II, Part A of the Birds Directive, which consists of a list of species that may be hunted under national legislation;
Amendment 237 #
2021/2189(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Urges the Commission to consider re-authorising the use of 30 % of the daily ration of fishmeal and fish oil from non- organic aquaculture trimmings, or trimmings of fish caught for human consumption that come from sustainable EU fishery products, for a transitional period of five years for all newcomers in the organic aquaculture sector, given its positive impact on the circular economy and as a necessary support measure in view of the lack of organic feed; calls on the Commission to consider also the species (which could not naturally spawn in Europe) for which induced reproduction is performed using pituitary extracts, species which are used in polyculture practices in order to use other trophic niches of the culture environment thus contributing to carbon sequestration, mitigating eutrophication, increasing overall ponds productivity and reducing the nutrient load of fish farming;
Amendment 45 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need for increased solidarity and financial redistribution, especially between professional and grassroots sport; calls on Member States and sports federations to implement a mandatory solidarity mechanism based on a fair and binding distribution key that ensures a redistribution of revenues in favour of the amateur and grassroots level;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that the ownership model, whereby the clubs' spin-off corporations must hold the majority of voting rights and the club members thus retain control over the club (50+1 rule of the German Football League), is a best practice in the EU and calls on Member States, sports federations, national associations and leagues to engage in constructive dialogue and exchange on this model;
Amendment 51 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges public authorities, sports federations and organisations to uphold values such as human rights, democracy and the rule of law when awarding host status for major sporting events; insists that, as a matter of principle, major sporting events should no longer be awarded to countries where these fundamental rights and values are not even remotely respected;
Amendment 54 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls its call in the own-initiative report of 2 February 2017 on an integrated approach to Sport Policy for the creation of transparency registers and transparency rules for player managers' remuneration, as well as minimum qualifications and licensing requirements for player managers, and calls on the Commission to consider a legal act in EU law;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Emphasises the need for sustainable management of professional sports clubs and companies; urges the Commission, the Member States and the sports federations to implement rules that ensure the sustainable economic stability of sports clubs and to review existing regulations for their efficiency;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that sports policy and legislation support gender equality, with particular attention to media coverage, remuneration gaps, award disparities and harassmentgender based violence such as harassment and sexual assault, media coverage, wage disparities and premium pay disparities;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to examine, in particular, the possibility of proposing legislative acts in this area with a view to significantly improving the remuneration of women in sport, reducing the financial differentials between the gender and increasing the visibility of women's sport, particularly in media;
Amendment 91 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on national sports federations to equalise premium payments for female and male athletes, following the example of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI);
Amendment 93 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Calls on international, European and national sports organisations and stakeholder representative organisations to take action to overcome the under- representation of women in leadership positions and on boards;
Amendment 95 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Calls on the Member States to adopt special support measures to enable children from socially disadvantaged families to have access to sports that involve particularly high costs; notes with concern that many children in particular are excluded from participating in winter sports due to the high cost of purchasing equipment and the expensive fees for using the largely privately owned infrastructure;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance and support the social inclusion of refugees, ethnic minorities and the LGBTQI+ community in sport; underlines that the visibility of the LGTBQI+ collective in sport remains a task to be developed, given the significant social weight that elite sport has in society and the positive social impact that can be achieved through increased publicity;
Amendment 106 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Condemns the racist and discriminatory incidents at major international sporting events, but also in grassroots sport, and urges the Commission, the Member States and the federations to develop measures to prevent such incidents and to adopt effective penalties and measures to support the victims of racist violence;
Amendment 113 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Stresses that sport for people with disabilities not only faces a lack of media attention, but also a lack of funding and inadequate infrastructure for athletes; calls on Member States to pay particular attention to these shortcomings and to take measures to remove all barriers to access to sports opportunities for people with disabilities;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on theUrges Member States and public authorities to develop sports infrastructure and to comprehensively increase the amount of physical education and extracurricular physical activities in schools; Underlines the need to include a daily sports lesson in the curricula of compulsory schools in all Member States;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Reiterates that young European athletes often face the challenge of reconciling their sporting careers with their training or professional activities; underlines the importance of dual training or higher education for young European athletes, particularly in terms of long-term social and professional security; Reiterates its call on the Commission, Member States, sports federations and clubs to promote dual training through vocational education and training and higher education for young European athletes, in particular for aspiring professional athletes, in all Member States and in all sports at an early stage and in the long term, to intensify European exchanges on best practices, and calls on the Commission to consider activating the new Erasmus+ programme for the cross-border mobility of athletes in dual training;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Notes that traditional sports must be protected and particularly promoted as part of the European cultural heritage and regional identity;
Amendment 154 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Stresses the need to further increase funding for sport, especially in grassroots sport, women’s sport, para-sport and the field of education;
Amendment 171 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Urges the EU institutions to considerably increase the percentage of budget dedicated to grassroots sport under the Erasmus+ Programme in the new financial perspective;
Amendment 172 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)
Paragraph 36 b (new)
36b. Urges the EU institutions to considerably increase the percentage of budget dedicated to grassroots sport under the Erasmus+ Programme in the new financial perspective;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2058(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)
Paragraph 43 a (new)
43a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take into account safety measures to prevent sexual assault when planning, building and maintaining sports infrastructures;
Amendment 3 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Union is founded on the common values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights; Stresses that these values include pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality; Reiterates the fundamental rights of media freedom and pluralism as stated in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which specifically stresses the need for these to be respected; Underlines that an independent, impartial, professional and responsible media is a key pillar of democracy; expresses serious concerns about the situation in some Member States whereby media laws allow for greater political interference;
Amendment 10 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that Article 7 of the TEU foresees that the European Council may act to determine the existence of a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in Article 2 and subsequently suspend certain rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to the Member State in question, including the voting rights of the representative of the government of that Member State in the Council;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernalarmed that the current COVID- 19 pandemic not only continues to have a significant negative impact on public health, social welfare and the economy, but also entails a serious threat to media freedom; warns thatimpacts the whole media sector, notably through the revenue drop which causes some of the media organisations to close down and deeply affect the working conditions of journalists and other workers in media organisations; furthermore, is concerned at the fact that the pandemic circumstances and consequences entail serious threat to media freedom for citizens and civil society organisations, including but not limited to restrictions on access to justice and information; stresses that it was shown during the crisis that media and journalist reporting was crucial in transferring accurate information to the citizens; warns that many governments across the world couldare trying to use the coronavirus emergency as an excuse to implement draconian new restrictions on freedom of expression and tighten media censorship; calls on the Commission to mobilise funds to encourage anti- corruption investigative journalism;
Amendment 17 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Acknowledges that the digital shift has profoundly changed the media landscape, with new patterns to search, access, curate, share or retrieve online news items, stresses that this has increased the market pressure on smaller media organisations, in particular local news media, exacerbated market concentration and often set unfair competition conditions, which put at risk the long-term existence and economic sustainability of already vulnerable media outlets and thereby the diversity of media players;
Amendment 19 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses that independent, socially responsible and economically and financially sustainable media are essential for quality journalism and instrumental to resist intimidation meant to result in censorhip or self-censorship;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Considers that not only journalists and editorial teams, but also all permanent and temporary staff of media organisations are too often subject to precarious working conditions, and should be subject to the highest protection standards; Recalls that the intellectual property rights of journalists need to be properly implemented and the value of their work appropriately recognised and valued;
Amendment 29 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission toStresses the need to closely follow and appropriately act when governments or powerful individuals use legal measures to silence critics and opponents, such as for example strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) or laws curtailing the right to freedom of expression in a manner which is incompatible with individuals' fundamental rights; Calls on the Commission to follow-up on its European Democracy Action Plan and propose a directive against strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) in order to protect independent media and journalists from vexatious lawsuits or malicious threats to initiate lawsuits intended to silence or intimidate them;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Welcomes the inclusion in the Commission annual report on the Rule of Law a specific chapter on monitoring media freedom and pluralism; Urges the Commission to closely monitor the situation in the Member States and provide an assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the national frameworks for the protection of media freedom and media pluralism, including any undue use of actions under civil and criminal law to silence journalists, NGOs and civil society;
Amendment 36 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Expresses concern by recent developments in some Member States where media freedom and pluralism are deteriorating and journalists and media workers are subjected to threats, abuses and crimes; Calls on the Commission to include in the country chapters of future Rule of Law report an overview of the attacks against journalists across the Union and the responses provided by Member States in this regard;
Amendment 38 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines that, by reporting breaches of Union law that are harmful to the public interest, whistle-blowers play a key role in exposing and preventing such breaches and in safeguarding the welfare of society; Insists that the confidentiality of journalistic sources shall be preserved, and effective and secure reporting channels in place in every organisation to protect whistle-blowers against retaliation;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Amendment 40 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Welcomes the Commission's Assessment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation in 20203a , the publication of guidelines to correct shortcomings and the establishment of tools and measures to stop online platforms from making money on disinformation and empower users to understand and flag up disinformation, enhance transparency on ad placement and halt manipulative behaviour; Supports the strengthening of collaboration across media and borders and the set-up of a European Digital Media Observatory, Urges the Commission to draw-up on its findings and propose a legislation to improve notably the transparency of political advertising; _________________ 3aEuropean Commission, Assessment of the Code of Practice on Disinformation
Amendment 41 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4 f. Welcomes the launch of the "NEWS" initiative under the Media and Audiovisual Actio Plan 4a set out by the Commission in December 2020; Underlines, however, the need for clarification on its scope, financing and functioning; _________________ 4aEurope’s Media in the Digital Decade: An Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation
Amendment 42 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase support available for the news media organisations, with special attention to SMEs, local and regional media outlets and radio stations, Stresses that allocations for the media sector should increased across various multiannual framework (MFF) programmes;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the introduction of new actions under the cross-sectoral stand of the Creative Europe Programme 5a, to enhance media freedom, quality journalism and media literacy; Reiterates the need for professional workers in the media sector to benefit from training to adapt their work according to technological, societal or other developments; Encourages the continuation and expansion of media literacy in education curricula to empower everyone with the means to access information, detect disinformation and develop critical thinking; _________________ 5a Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027
Amendment 49 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Recalls that journalist are subject to varied employment conditions and often work under freelance contracts; Stresses therefore the need for adequate professional and trade union representation and effective social dialogue to ensure stable and fair working conditions for journalists and media workers;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to guarantee that the public service media is free from censorship and political influence; invites the Member States, in this regard, to establish the necessary regulatory frameworks to monitor media ownership and ensure full transparency; in addition stresses the importance of independent in-house media regulatory mechanisms for all situations and processes within the media house as to ensure that all workers and employees are protected at all stages; Stresses the problem of media organisations filling lawsuits against their own journalists and media workers and emphasises the importance of independence monitory and regulatory mechanisms in those situations;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on all Member States to swiftly implement the Audiovisual Media Services Directive6a as revised in 2018 in all its provisions; Calls on the Commission to closely monitor development in this regard with special attention to Article 30 provisions on the role, powers and independence of audiovisual media services regulators; Insists that national regulatory authorities or bodies shall exercise their powers impartially and transparently and in accordance with the objectives of this Directive, in particular media pluralism, cultural and linguistic diversity, consumer protection, accessibility, non- discrimination, the proper functioning of the internal market and the promotion of fair competition; and that national regulatory authorities or bodies should have adequate financial and human resources and enforcement powers to carry out their functions effectively and to contribute to the work of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual media services (ERGA); _________________ 6aAudiovisual Media Services Directive of 14 November 2018
Amendment 59 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Welcomes the setting-up of ERGA and encourages cooperation within the internal market among audiovisual regulatory bodies, as well as with other regulatory bodies of relevance for online news activities;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 61 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Observes that overprotective defamation laws may have a chilling effect on freedom of expression and public debate, in line with recommendations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) 7a calls on Member States to precisely define the concept of defamation in their legislation so as to avoid an arbitrary application of the law, to guarantee that there is no misuse of criminal prosecution for defamation, to safeguard the independence of prosecutors in these cases, and to ensure that civil law provides effective protection of the dignity of persons affected by defamation; further calls on Member States to set resonable and proportionate maximum amounts for awards for damages and interest in defamation cases so that the viability of a defendant media organ is not placed at risk and to provide appropriate legal guarantees against awards for damages and interest that are disproportionate to the actual injury; _________________ 7aFreedom of expression in the media in Europe, Recommendation 1589
Amendment 62 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6 e. Welcomes the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe and calls on the Commission and Member States to make the best use of its forthcoming conclusions to strengthen the participative democratic functioning of societies;
Amendment 63 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6 f. Recalls that according to the definition proposed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe 8a hate speech covers all forms of expressions that spread, incite, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism or other other forms of hatred based on intolerance; Expresses concerns at the development and spreading online hate speech with wide-ranging consequences on people's wellbeing and safety; Calls on the Commission and Member States to draft guidelines to further delineate and combat hate speech online; _________________ 8aCommittee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, Recommendation No.R. (97) 20
Amendment 64 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6 g. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming at all levels in the media sector as it is an outlet reflecting the diversity of society and as such must uphold to the fundamental right of equality and non-discrimination; Recalls the need for gender balance on screen and behind the camera as well as on all other levels and positions; Emphasises that female journalists face the same pressures as their colleagues in content- related issues but more often are faced with sexual violence and harassment and there has been a journalist "MeToo movement as a result of this situation; Calls on the Commission and Member States to address these gender gaps and discrimination and take action towards achieving gender equality within the sector;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6 h. Stresses that one of the negative consequences of the media freedom deteriorating is the increase in the scapegoating and targeting of minorities and vulnerable groups, for example against LGBTIQ+ persons, migrants and refugees, resulting in an increase in hate speech against these groups and censorship of media; Calls on the Commission to monitor and examine these interlinks in its future reports, especially the effect that hate crimes and hate speech have on discrimination in the Union;
Amendment 66 #
2021/2036(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. EncouraUrges the Member States and the Commission to introduce effective measures to ensure better protection for the personal safety of journalists, in particular investigative journalists. and looks forward to the announced Commission recommendation on ensuring safety of journalists in the European Union; Calls for such recommendation to include measures on the safety of all journalists employed by European media organisations in the EU and third countries, with particular attention to those reporting from conflict or high-risk countries;
Amendment 11 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Stresses the importance of clean energy transition that will minimize fossil fuels import, generate job growth, develop communities, and raise living standards of all EU citizens, contributing to post- COVID 19 recovery;
Amendment 22 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Emphasises that offshore renewable energy will only be sustainable if it does not have a negative impact on the marine environment;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Encourages facilitation of dialogue where all industry, NGOs, fishers and scientists can exchange views and work on joint projects at an early stage;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2012(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Encourages further monitoring of impact on the environment, scientific analyses and data exchange as new policies, findings and technologies are constantly developing;
Amendment 20 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas new systemic changes such as the climate crisis, supranational political integration and the digital shift require the corresponding adaptation of educational systems, including citizenship education; whereas the green transition calls for expanding citizenship education to include the need to act responsibly not only within a given community or society but towards the planetas a whole; whereas the digital shift opens new opportunities for active citizenship and democratic participation online but also encompasses risks and threats posed by misinformation and disinformation; whereas active digital citizenship should take into account and address the digital gap among generations;
Amendment 28 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and global citizenship; whereas the ongoing process of globalisation and European integration will require the new generation of Europeans to increasingly engage politically at multiple levels, to be able to live and work internationally and navigate difference in their daily lives; whereas societies are becoming more diverse, making respect for the diversity of cultures and origins and the rejection of any kind of discrimination towards women, LGTBIQ people or minorities ever more important within Europe;
Amendment 50 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the emergence of a dynamic European citizenship has been hindered by a knowledge and emotional gap; as well as a lack of mechanisms enabling citizen’s participation and dialogue; whereas European identity complements the multiple local, national, geographical, cultural or other identities a person might have; whereas insufficient knowledge about the EU and poor understanding of its added value may contribute to the perception of a democratic deficit and may lead to Euroscepticism in Member States;
Amendment 56 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas, the European Parliament resolution of 12 April 2016 on Learning EU at school called on the Commission to provide a common framework and to prepare guidelines with concrete examples on learning about the EU in order to foster objective and critical thinking about the benefits of the European Union for its citizens;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that there is no common definition of citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care; considers that, as a minimum, citizenship education should provide a theoretical understanding of the political, legal, social and economic concepts and structures including those pertaining to the European level, as well as global developments and sustainability commensurate with the level of education and training, coupled with practical experiences;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned about the limited focus on European and global citizenship in national curricula; notes with concern that only half of students studying in the EU report having opportunities to learn about Europe in school; highlights that students' support for cooperation among European countries was positively associated with higher levels of civic knowledge; deplores the increasing tension between the national and European level in some Member States’ curricula; warns against the politicisation of citizenship education and the ensuing shifts in the delivery of citizenship education following government changes;
Amendment 75 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that sociopolitical and global changes will require an increase in the current level of citizenship education; is concerned about the imbalances in terms of average civic knowledge across and within Member States; notes that students living in rural areas face additional barriers when engaging with citizenship education programmes; affirms that that every single student must have access to high quality citizenship education; is concerned that male students score significantly below their female counterparts;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that while some aspects of citizenship education are present in most national curricula, there are strong differences across Member States in terms of the education levels at which it is taught, total hours devoted to the subject, contents and methodologies; notes that only some Member States have structured assessments, objectives, pedagogical orientations or specific training for teachers; notes that even when these elements are present, there is a gap between the national programmes and its effective implementation in schools; recalls that initial and continuous teacher training must be a priority in the field of citizenship education; and in particular as regards to European and global citizenship education;
Amendment 87 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Highlights that the lack of solid research on how to teach and assess citizenship education in an effective manner and the lack of appropriate pedagogical instruments to this end, hinder the effective teaching of citizenship education; notes that some empirical evidence points towards a ‘whole school’ or ‘whole community’ approaches as having a positive impact on civic skills and attitudes;
Amendment 94 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that it is never too early to learn about citizenship; notes that early childhood education plays an important role for the development of critical social and emotional skills and plants the seed for wellbeing, dialogue, mutual respect, understanding, and common values;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Considers that the contribution to the history and development to the European Project of the island of Ventotene and its Manifesto should be formally recognised; stresses the role of the Island of Ventotene as an emblematic place of memory for European integration and of reference for the protection of our common European values; believes that Ventotene embodies the ideal capital of Europe by continuously energising European integration, including through the active involvement of young people; stresses also the symbolic importance of the Carcere di Santo Stefanoand its potential to become a centre of reference for cultural exchange, public events, exhibitions and debate;
Amendment 111 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that EU programmes such as Erasmus +, Horizon Europe, the European Solidarity Corps, the Rights & Values, or Creative Europe, among others, have not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;
Amendment 123 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Highlights the will to encourage a European common identity through a common academic programme and to strongly integrate a European dimension in education as expressed by citizens in the context of the Conference of the Future of Europe, as well as the demand of European youth to include knowledge about the opportunities and benefits of Europe in curricula;
Amendment 129 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Draws attention to the awarding of the 2021 European Citizen’s prize to student´s debate initiatives; considers that in a climate of increasing polarisation, democratic debate is more important than ever; believes that fostering skills and competences for debate is an integral part of citizenship education;
Amendment 131 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Encourages Member States to support, review and update their education systems – and all forms of EU- related curricula content at all levels of education and learning, including vocational education and training – with a view to strengthening the EU dimension in close collaboration with all relevant actors at EU and national level, while strongly encouraging regions and local authorities to do the same, in particular when they have direct competences in educational systems; underlines the importance to take into account linguistic diversity within European citizenship Education, with due consideration to minority languages and languages in danger;
Amendment 133 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12 c. Reiterates its call on the Member States and the educational community to involve citizens descendants of immigrants, migrants, refugees and faith communities in bidirectional, respectful and empowering citizenship-building processes, ensuring their participation in civic and cultural life; believes that fostering a better understanding among citizens of the historic and personal causes of migrants’ journeys, including Europe’s colonial past, as well as the shared cultural backgrounds, is an important component of global citizenship;
Amendment 135 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Asks the Member States to enhance and broaden initial and ongoing, professional, and lifelong development opportunities for teachers, educators, families and the wider educational community to provide them with appropriate support and resources to teach citizenship education; stresses the need to promote and encourage multilingual and intercultural competences of educators, as well as mobility opportunities, peer-to-peer learning and exchanges of best practices among teaching staff;
Amendment 137 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Amendment 138 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12 f. Urges the Commission to develop a common citizenship education competence framework for teachers and students for the Key competence active citizenship;
Amendment 139 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
12 g. Calls for the recognition and validation of citizenship competences acquired through non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and for the strengthening of links between formal, non-formal and informal learning in citizenship education;
Amendment 140 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that in the post-ET 2020 cooperation framework, attention should be focused on developing curricula and national assessments in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area in line with European Reference Framework for Democratic Culture of the Council of Europe and the European Reference Framework of Key Competences for Lifelong Learning, in particular with regards to Social and civic competences;
Amendment 145 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls for a new Working Group focusing on citizenship education to be established to follow-up on the works of the ET 2020 Working Group on Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education set up after the 2015 Paris declaration;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need for a more structured approach towards the identification and dissemination of the results of citizenship education projects from EU programmes, notably Erasmus plus, Horizon Europe, Europe for Citizens and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, Creative Europe and the European Solidarity corps in order to scale up results across the Union; considers to this end the need to establish a permanent review and analysis mechanism at EU level to identify good practices which can be disseminated and scaled-up widely to contribute to systemic and long-lasting policy changes;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to decisively advance the research on how to best teach and assess citizenship education, taking into account new systemic and contextual changes; underlines the importance to this end of KA2, KA3, Jean Monnet actions and Horizon Europe; welcomes the greater focus of KA2 to ‘common values, civic engagement and participation’ in the Erasmus + 2021-2027; asks for dedicated calls on citizenship education in all above mentioned actions and programmes;
Amendment 164 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Believes it is important to disseminate further existing opportunities at EU level among the VET educational community, considers important to provide tailored support to facilitate access to the programmes; calls for the inclusion of a dedicated focus on citizenship education on all EU vocational education and training actions, in particular within the activities of the Centres of Vocational Excellence;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to include European citizenship learning modules and a visit programme to heritage and memory sites of historical significance for the Union and the host countries to promote an intercultural and dialogical approach to history and strengthen European values and principles as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Asks the Commission to assess the introduction of a new specific strand in Erasmus + and the Citizens, Equality, Rights& Values to foster citizenship education, with dedicated budgetary allocations;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls on the Commission to boost research to develop innovative pedagogical approaches for citizenship education in early years;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17 c. Calls on the Commission to make the most of the 2022 European Year of Youth to develop specific programmes and actions strengthening European citizenship and identity;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17 d. Highlights the role of the House of European History to advance the development, specific programmes, instruments and activities that build up a cogent narrative of European integration and its basic values, in particular for students and teachers at all levels of education; asks the Commission and the Parliament to assess modes to decentralise the House of European history in order to broaden accessibility, including from the Member States and in particular, the educational community, through among others, enhanced collaboration with Member States cultural institutions, itinerant exhibitions, and a network of permanent delegations;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a comprehensive European strategy on European civic and citizenship education, as well as the creation of supporting platforms to promote its implementation, focusing notably on shared EU democratic values and principles – such as human dignity, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, equality, tolerance and the respect of diversities - with the aim of enhancing citizens’ understanding of the EU institutions and decision-making process and of EU policies, raising awareness of the benefits, rights and obligations of EU citizenship, advancing knowledge of the European integration process, how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes and of reinforcing a common sense of belonging;
Amendment 186 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that the strategy should include a lifelong learning and community perspective, involving the informal, non formal sectors, as well as business and NGOs, in particular those that receive EU funding, which should directly contribute to enhance the knowledge about the EU among participants and the communities in which they are inscribed;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Believes that said strategy should include synergies with relevant EU actions in the field of youth and EU policies fighting racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, xenophobia, hate against LGTBIQ people and discrimination against women and minorities, by stablishing links with the EU antiracism action plan, and funding instruments such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for reinforced coordination and synergies across EU programmes to be reinforced in order to increase the systemic impact of citizenship education, inter alia, by introducing and providing a compulsory module on the EU citizenship in all training courses financed by the EU through structural funds and mobility programmes; believes that undertaking a modules in EU citizenship education should entail a certification through microcredentials;
Amendment 194 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Recommends undertaking a Special Eurobarometer Survey on citizens´ general knowledge of the EU broadening the scope of the current European Union citizenship and democracy series; calls for the development of EU wide comparable testing on the area of citizenship education, including EU citizenship;
Amendment 195 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Encourages the Commission to promote learning about the EU at school in negotiation processes with candidate countries for EU membership;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Asks the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on the EU and global civic education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; in particular Article 165 TFEU, developed jointly with Member States’ experts, teachers, students, and the wider educational community, and accompanied by incentive measures for its uptake; believes that said common demonstrative curricula should foster a better understanding of the existing EU institutions, the European electoral and decision-making processes, and the history and cultures of Member States and the common links between them, combining different pedagogical approaches and methods, including theoretical and project- based learning;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the establishment of a new EU agency on citizenship education to improve accessibility to and the quality of citizenship education in all Member States and to support the development of a European dimension in citizenship education; considers that said Agency should be in charge of data collection, and of evaluating the impact of citizenship education actions financed by the Union, in view of upscaling those most successful and allowing the Commission to identify tested initiatives in order to propose legislative acts in this field;
Amendment 219 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Believes that it is urgent to kick- start work in this direction by introducing a feasibility action focused on data collection and evaluation of the impact of citizenship education actions; considers that in the mid-term, such an Agency should operate on a model of shared governance, allowing for the direct contribution of Member States, the European Parliament, students and the wider educational community in order to ensure a wider expertise and ownership of its activities;
Amendment 220 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Praises the Ambassadors schools programme and the Euroscola initiative; calls for the introduction of certification and recognition of the skills and competences obtained by participants, for students and teachers alike; considers it a best practice that deserves to be scaled up to achieve a systemic effect across the Union; believes that in the long run it could be jointly managed by the EU Agency on citizenship education and the European Parliament; asks in this regard for a dedicated and enhanced budget line;
Amendment 221 #
2021/2008(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers the Conference on the Future of Europe a timely opportunity to hold a multilevel discussion on policy development in the area of education and culture; believes that shared competences in the field of education should be introduced, while the exercise of that competence by the EU shall not result in Member States being prevented from exercising theirs; calls on the Member States and the Commission to embrace and take forward the concluding reports of the Conference’s Working Group on Education, Culture, Youth and Sport;
Amendment 1706 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Add the following to the extended core network: - Zagreb (HR) - Maribor (SI) - Graz (AT) railfreight / passenger (conventional/new construction
Amendment 1708 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: - Pula - Buzet (HR) - Divača (SI) - Trieste (IT) rail freight/passenger line Lupoglav – Buzet - state border (SI) - Prešnica (SI)
Amendment 1709 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Annex 1 – part 18/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: - Čakovec - Varaždin - Lepoglava - Zabok Zagreb rail freight/passenger line
Amendment 1722 #
2021/0420(COD)
Add the following to the extended core network: Postojna (SI) - Rijeka - Žuta Lokva road (HR) Add the following to the core network: Zagreb (HR) - Maribor (SI) - Graz (AT) road
Amendment 1723 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – part 19/23
Annex 1 – part 19/23
Add the following to the comprehensive network: Rijeka - Divača (SI) - Trieste (IT) road connection Kanfanar – Umag – State border - (SI) road connection
Amendment 1759 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 - table - section HR
Annex 2 - table - section HR
Node name: Ploče Maritime port: Comprehensivre
Amendment 1801 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 7/14 and part 8/14
Annex 3 - part 7/14 and part 8/14
Add the following to the corridor Baltic Sea - Adriatic Sea: - Rijeka - Zagreb motorway - port of Rijeka (“core”) -Rijeka - Zagreb rail freight/passenger line
Amendment 1811 #
2021/0420(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 3 - part 10/14
Annex 3 - part 10/14
Amendment 49 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The publication or dissemination by other actors of a message that is liable, planned and intended to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour should also constitute political advertising. In order to determine whether the publication or dissemination of a message is liable, planned and intended to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour, account should be taken of all relevant factors such as the content of the message, the language used to convey the message, the context in which the message is conveyed, the objective of the message and the means by which the message is published or disseminated. Messages on societal or controversial issues may, as the case may be, be liable to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour.
Amendment 54 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Political views expressed in the programmes of audiovisual linear broadcastand disseminated in content under the editorial responsibility of a media service provider pursuant to Article 1 paragraph 1, letter d of Directive 2010/13/EU, in licensed radio or audio offerings or published in printed or online-media without direct payment or any other equivalent remuneration should not be covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 77 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
(62) Member States should designate a contact point at Union level for the purpose of this Regulation. The contact point should, if possible, be a member use already existing structures of the European Cooperation Network on Elections or the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA). The contact point should facilitate cooperation among competent authorities between Member States in their supervision and enforcement tasks, in particular by intermediating with the contact points in other Member States and with the competent authorities in their own.
Amendment 81 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) harmonised rules on the use of targeting and amplification techniques in the context of the publication, dissemination or promotion of political advertising that involve the use of any personal data.
Amendment 83 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) to contribute to the proper, safe and transparent functioning of the internal market for political advertising and related services;
Amendment 86 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part
2. ‘political advertising’ means the preparation, purchase, placement, promotion, publication or dissemination, by any means, in return for a direct payment or any other equivalent remuneration, of a message:
Amendment 93 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b
(b) which is liable, planned and intended to influence the outcome of an election or referendum, a legislative or regulatory process or voting behaviour.
Amendment 97 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
2 a. Content provided under editorial responsibility of a media service provider pursuant to Article 1 paragraph 1, letters c and d of Directive 2010/13/EU and by licensed radio or audio providers shall not be covered by the term political advertising. The term political advertising shall also not apply to political views or other editorial content expressed under the editorial responsibility of a provider of printed or online media, unless the provider has been paid or remunerated by a third party for such content.
Amendment 101 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point h
(h) any natural or legal person representing or acting on behalf of any of the persons or organisations in points (a) to (g), or others, promoting the political objectives of any of those.
Amendment 112 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. In the context of the provision of political advertising services, each political advertisement shall be made available with the following information in a clear, non- discriminatory, salient and unambiguous way:
Amendment 119 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the identity of the sponsor of the political advertisement and the entity ultimately controlling or financing the sponsor;
Amendment 121 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a transparency notice to enableexplaining the wider context of the political advertisement and its aims to be understood, or a clear indication of where it can be easily retrieved.
Amendment 124 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The transparency notice shall be included in each political advertisement or be easily retrievable from it, and shall include the following information in a clear and non-discriminatory format:
Amendment 127 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the identity of the sponsor and the entity ultimately controlling or financing the sponsor, and their relevant contact details;
Amendment 131 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) based among others on information received in line with Article 6(3), information on the aggregated amounts spent or other benefits received in part or full exchange for the preparation, placement, promotion, publication and dissemination of the relevant advertisement, and of the political advertising campaign where relevant, and their sources;
Amendment 141 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Political advertising publishers shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 is complete and accurate, and where they find this is not the case, they shall not make available the political advertisement.
Amendment 146 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Transparency notices shall be kept up to date and presented in a format which is easily accessible, non-discriminatory and clearly visible and, where technically possible, machine readable, clearly visible and user friendly, including through the use of plain language. The information shall be published by the political advertising publisher with the political advertisement from its first publication until one year after its last publication.
Amendment 158 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Such interested entities shall also include journalists accredited in a Member State by national, European or international bodies.
Amendment 160 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities toThe national regulatory authorities or bodies referred to in Article 30 of Directive 2010/13/EU shall be responsible for the application and enforcement of the aspects of this Regulation not referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Each competent authority designated under this paragraph shall structurally enjoy full independence both from the sector and from any external intervention or political pressure. It shall in full independence effectively monitor and take the measures necessary and proportionate to ensure compliance with this Regulation. Articles 30 a and 30 b of Directive 2010/13/EU shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Amendment 161 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall ensure cooperation among competent authorities in particular in the framework of national elections networks and in the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services, to facilitate the swift and secured exchange of information on issues connected to the exercise of their supervisory and enforcements tasks pursuant to this Regulation, including by jointly identifying infringements, sharing findings and expertise, and liaising on the application and enforcement of relevant rules.
Amendment 162 #
2021/0381(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Contact points shall meet periodically at Union level in the framework of the European Cooperation Network on Elections or of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) to facilitate the swift and secured exchange of information on issues connected to the exercise of their supervisory and enforcements tasks pursuant to this Regulation.
Amendment 22 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22 a) In order to achieve the emission reduction targets set by the Union for 2030 and the climate neutrality objective for 2050 at the latest, it is necessary to reduce GHG emissions in all sectors, moving towards a fiscal framework that penalises fossil fuels and encourages the switch to clean fuels. This urgent change must be made, however, taking into account the availability of alternatives in each of the affected sectors.
Amendment 24 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
Amendment 27 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Fuel used for waterborne navigation, including fishing, should also be taxed, and the Member States party to international agreements providing for the exemption of that fuel, have to, by the date of the application of this Directive, ensure they eliminate the incompatibilities. It is necessary to allow for a different level of taxation to be applied to the use of energy products and electricity for intra-EU waterborne regular service navigation, fishing and freight transport and their respective at berth activities. Considering the specificity of those uses, the minimum levels of taxation should be lower than the ones applicable to general motor fuel use. In order to provide an incentive to the use of sustainable alternative fuels and electricity, such fuels and electricity should be exempted from taxation for ten years. Energy products and electricity used for the remaining intra-EU waterborne navigation should be subject to the standard levels of taxation applicable to motor fuels and electricity in the Member States.
Amendment 35 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) For extra-EU air navigation, without prejudice to international obligations, and for extra-EU waterborne navigation, including fishing, Member States may exempt or apply the same levels of intra-EU taxation, according to the type of activity.
Amendment 44 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a In addition to the general provisions set out in Directive 92/12/EEC on exempt uses of taxable products, and without prejudice to other Union provisions, Member States shall exempt energy products supplied for use as fuel for a fishing vessel within Union waters and electricity produced on board a fishing vessel, from taxation under conditions which they shall lay down for the purpose of ensuring the correct and straightforward application of such exemptions and of preventing any evasion, avoidance or abuse. For the purposes of this Article, ‘fishing vessel’ shall mean any vessel as defined in point (4) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 49 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Article 5, Member states shall apply, as a single use, under fiscal control not less than minimum levels of taxation as set out in Tables B and D of Annex I to energy products supplied for use as fuel to vessels, and to electricity used directly for charging electric vessels, for the purposes of intra-EU waterborne regular service navigation, fishing and freight transport.
Amendment 57 #
2021/0213(CNS)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) energy products supplied for use as fuel for fishing vessels on inland waterways, and electricity produced on board a fishing vessel; For the purposes of this Article, ‘fishing vessel’ shall mean any vessel as defined in point (4) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 6 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the only reference to fishing is to ‘fishing-for-litter actions’ and that, however important it is for fishers to take part in the clean-up of the oceans, it is imperative that the socioeconomic impact of this sector be taken into account, since fisheries is the oldest activity of the blue economy;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that, if the strategy is to be truly effective, the role of the regions must be strengthened, and above all that of the outermost regions, in particular because they are home to a significant proportion of European biodiversity, but also because these regions are greatly dependent of blue economy for their social and economic sustainability;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2276(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that the Atlantic Strategy should incorporate links with the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Biodiversity Strategy, in order to guarantee synergy between these initiatives; The fisheries and aquaculture sectors play a key role providing healthy food with reduced carbon foot print, and the interconnection of the Atlantic Strategy with both strategies is essential;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU fishing, aquaculture and processing sectors subscribe to the highest standards ofwhich, however, are in need of revision and improvement in order to ensure environmental and social sustainability throughout the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and provide high- quality seafood products, thus playing a fundamental role in food security and nutritional wellbeing to an ever increasingthe population; whereas by restricting fishing, a number of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are jeopardisedit is therefore of utmost importance to achieve a fishing model that reflects a balance between the three fundamental dimensions (environmental, social and economic) put forward by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 objectives;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. wWhereas EU fishers and fish farmers play an essential role across the Union and must continue to contribute to and participate in the development of policies that ensure the environmental, economic and social sustainability they need to continue providing social and economic support to many coastal and inland communities;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU Biodiversity Strategy does notshould take into account at all that there have beenthe considerable improvements in EU fish populations; where in some of the EU's seas; whereas they should serve as an example, such as in the north-east Atlantic where there has been a 50 % increase in the number of fish at sea in only 10 years and overfishing in the EU is at an all-time low, whereas almoswe are mindful of the need for the latter to be eliminated altogether and whereas we must ensure that 100 % of the landings from EU- regulated stocks come from stocks fished at the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas marine biodiversity is seriously endangered, as highlighted in the 2019 IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-5) and the IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate;
Amendment 42 #
Amendment 43 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the fact that fisheries are included in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. Bringing nature back into our lives; stresses the need for fisheries, aquaculture and marine issues to be an integral part of the global framework for biodiversity in the Union.
Amendment 44 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Amendment 46 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that effectivesustainably managed fished populations are more productive than non-fished onesin the long run; stresses, therefore, the fact that, in certain cases, closing fishing areas might not be compatible withat in order to avoid the closure of fishing areas that may jeopardise social welfare and economic prosperity – essential components of the sustainability – and with the SDGs on food security and poverty alleviationof coastal populations – the ecosystem conditions required by each fishing basin must be guaranteed so as to enable fisheries resources to be maintained or even progressively increased over time;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that marine protected areas (MPAs) are a tool, not an objective per se; underlines the fact that setting a protection objective through the means of a conservation figure (i.e. a percentage)n essential tool for curbing the current loss of biodiversity in the marine environment and for its irrelevantrestoration, since the most important thing is to ensure that the established protection zones truly cover an area with an ecological value that needs to be protectedcover the areas of high ecological value which must be protected; stresses that in order to establish such areas, socio-economic impact studies and compensatory solutions for the coastal population concerned are a prerequisite, but recalls that less than 1% of marine areas currently enjoy strict protection in the EU;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 72 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that strengthening and efficiently implementing existing closed areas would be much more efficient and meaningfulto be an urgent necessity; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish, as a matter of urgency, specific management plans for these areas, defining clear conservation objectives and measures for their control, based on an integrated approach, developed on the basis of methods and techniques that enable the active participation of affected parties in these coastal communities, such as the fisheries sector, the scientific community and social and environmental organisations, so that they can actively engage in the co-management of these areas;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that establishing protection zones doesno-take zones is essential to ensure the protection of the restocking and breeding areas of many species essential for biodiversity, such as marine cetaceans, which in certain cases do not have to be incompatible with the practice of activities, including extrsustainable tourism active onities, as long as they do not compromise the values of those protected areas and provided that they are established under scientific advice and that there is adequate management and control, but that they can bring great alternative benefits to coastal areas, as well as serving as important sites for education and research on marine biodiversity; points out the need for new areas created under this strategy to be included in the Natura 2000 framework and, where appropriate, supplemented by additional designations by the Member States;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that, according to the new Technical Measures Regulation2 , the Commission must submit a report to Parliament and the Council by 31 December 2020, and that only in cases where there is evidence that the objectives and targets have not been met, the Commission may propose measures; _________________ 2 OJ L 198/105, 25.7.2019.
Amendment 118 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on therefore on the Commission to wait for the abovementioned reports before proposing an action plandraw up an action plan in order to be able to act to prevent further degradation of biodiversity;
Amendment 119 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Recalls the importance of proper and diligent implementation of the Control Regulation, the reform of which is to be adopted soon and which will promote the protection of marine biodiversity in European seas;
Amendment 120 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses the importance of continuing to implement a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal, unregulated and undocumented fishing, and of promoting sustainable fishing by combating overfishing and by-catches of endangered species as well as other species;
Amendment 121 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for third countries, in particular neighbouring countries, to be required to monitor the fishery resources in their waters in an equivalent manner in order to ensure a healthy ecosystem in marine habitats that do not depend on artificial man-made borders;
Amendment 124 #
Amendment 129 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep regret over the obvious discriminatorythe need for fair treatment of fisheries compared to othat ofer sectors such as agriculture; welcomes the fact the proposed strategy outlines that ‘the progress towards the targets will be under constant review, and adjustment if needed, to mitigate against undue impact on biodiversity, food security and farmers’ competitiveness’; notes, however, that this sentence, which is a necessary safety net, is clearly discriminatory since it fails toshould equally mention fishers and aquaculture producers;
Amendment 130 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Expresses the need to accord the fisheries sector the importance it justly deserves in order to guarantee in all cases the socio-economic sustainability of all people affected by the transformation processes of the marine environment required to guarantee the biodiversity indices needed by the various ecosystems to remain healthy and to continue to provide the environmental services resulting from natural processes, including, where necessary, the promotion of new alternatives that the blue economy will offer to fishing communities and the associated training processes that they may require;
Amendment 143 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Strongly denounces the fact thatCalls for the sStrategy accunot to criminalises bottom trawling, as ‘the 'most damaging activity to the seabed’', withouand demands that any in-depth analysis to back it upbe carried out and made available, including relevant environmental impact assessments in each area where this gear is used, thus clarifying the negative or positive consequences it may have on each of them, and facilitating decision- making;
Amendment 151 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that gears and techniques should not be demonised; recalls that bottom trawling can also enhance biodiversity in certain sandy seabeds and that it is one of the most common and most regulated fishing gears in Europe; stresses that it is the oncurrently the most economically viable way to catch many key species that we eat and that almost allmany of them are fished at MSY levels and that many of them are Marine Stewardship Council certified; calls for corrective measures to be proposed with realistic deadlines for bottom trawling fisheries not yet managed at MSY levels, such as those included in the Multi- Annual Management Plan for Demersal Species in the Western Mediterranean Sea;
Amendment 159 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the need to simplify administrative procedures on aquaculture activities, especially when in Natura 2000 areas, and asks the Commission to update its guidance on ‘Aquaculture and Natura 2000 areas’, where harmful interactions with the marine environment must be avoided;
Amendment 179 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the high level of ambition when setting targets; strongly recommends, however, that such targets should not be legally binding without an exhaustive prior impact assessment, and that they should be set on a case-by-case basis, and be adapted to local specificities and to the level required to protect nature on the basis of fishery co-management groups; recommends that such targets should also take into account socio- economic considerations and the need to ensure a long-term resilience of the fisheries and aquaculture value chain, be proportionate with the objective pursued and have a solid scientific basis;
Amendment 202 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 206 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to develop revised, appropriate and ambitious plans and regulations to prevent the incursion of invasive species in the various European seas and oceans with comprehensive protocols to prevent, above all, the entry of species that can have a major negative impact on biodiversity, but also on fisheries, resulting in large economic losses, and including the design of lines of action for the management of invasive species and in order to minimise the negative effects that invasive species can cause on the different sectors and ecosystems in the event that such incursions cannot be avoided;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— whereas in its Resolution of June 7th 2007 on the social status of artists, Parliament already explicitly called on Member States to develop or implement a legal and institutional framework for creative artistic activity through the adoption or application of a number of coherent and comprehensive measures in respect of contracts, social security, sickness insurance, direct and indirect taxation and compliance with European rules;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
— having regard the study of March 2021 carried out by the European Parliament Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies entitled “The Situation of Artist and Cultural Workers and the post-COVID-19 Cultural Recovery in the European Union”, PE 652.250;
Amendment 5 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)
Citation 17 b (new)
— having regard the briefing of May 2021 carried out by the European Parliament Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies entitled “The Situation of Artists and Cultural Workers and the post-COVID-19 Cultural Recovery in the European Union : Policy Recommendations”, PE 652.252;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in its resolution of September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe, Parliament underlined again the need to improve the working conditions of cultural and creative workers and urged the Commission to establish a European framework for working conditions in the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI);
Amendment 16 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the CCSI mainly comprise of micro, small and medium-sized organisations and enterprises (SMEs), and self-employed and freelance professionals and entrepreneurs, who often draw on irregular and mixed incomes from different sources;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas self-employment is higher (33%) in the cultural and creative sector sector than in employment for the total economy (14%) and cultural and artistic workers are more likely to work part-time which leads to challenges in accessing support measures, safety nets and reduces their overall resilience;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas in some Member States certain cultural and creative professionals do not enjoy any legal status at all;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. whereas the overall situation in the artistic and cultural work is characterized by intermittence, heterogeneity and instability and it is often not fairly paid or sufficiently protected;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the containment measures taken by the Member States affected the CCSI more than any other sector; whereas the CCSI experienced losses in turnover of over 30 % for 2020 – a cumulative loss of EUR 199 billion – with the music and performing arts sectors experiin response to the COVID-19 pandemic across the Union have severely undermined the fragile cultural and creative ecosystem, thus endangering the cultural and artistic creation and expression and weakencing losses of 75 % and 90 % respectively8 ; _________________ 8Ernst & Young, Rebuilding Europe: The cultural and creative economy before and after the COVID-19 crisis, January 2021.the invaluable contribution of arts and culture on our wellbeing, cultural diversity, social cohesion, democracy and more;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas culture is an ecosystem that not only generates high economic value (representing 4.4 % of EU GDP in terms of total turnover and employing around 7.6 million people), but also has a substantial social impact, contributing to democratic, sustainable, free and inclusive societies and reflecting and strengthening our European diversity, values, history, freedoms and way of lifeonly through a strong European framework for working conditions in the CCSI can we uphold the rights and values enshrined in Article 17 TFEU and Articles 11, 13, 15, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31 and 34 od the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union;
Amendment 31 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the development of the European framework for working conditions in the CCSI will require coordination with EU policies on employment, competition, the internal market, social policy, fundamental rights and equality, and copyright, and funding for culture, as well as permanent monitoring of the progress of Member States on improving working conditions in the CCSI and sharing best practices among them;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas since Parliament’s call for improvements to the situation of artists in its resolution of June 2007, no progress has been made and, moreover, the situation has deteriorated and thus most of its demands remain validhave become urgent;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the ongoing impact of the pandemic has made it impossible for cultural and creative workers to carry out their jobs and generated uncertainty over future prospects that couldare already causeing professionals to leave the sector, which will have a long-lasting effect on the composition and diversity of the European CCSI as a whole and discourage young people and professionals from vulnerable backgrounds from working in these industriesectors;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas the gendered impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the workforce has exacerbated the already existing obstacles in terms of access, equal payment, representation and visibility in the CCSI of women, LGBTIQ+, young people, ethnic and geographic minorities, people with vulnerable socio-economic background, and people with disabilities;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas themany Member States enacted substantial emergency measures to help the CCSI to survive the crisis; whereas, however, this support was not available to somevaried greatly among Member States and was not always suitable for all CCSIs, whereas the support was not available to several categories of cultural workers and artists on account of their particular working status and as such was not sufficient to ensure sustainable working conditions and it increased the gaps between the situation of artists and cultural professionals; whereas collective management organisations have proven a crucial role providing first emergency funds and solidarity schemes from the very start of the pandemic;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas cross-border mobility remains an essential component of artists and cultural workers' careers, however, most of the current funding instruments supporting mobility do not sufficiently stimulate environmentally and socially sustainable mobility and hinder work-life balance of artists and cultural professionals;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas several Member States have specific legislation in place providing a special status for artists to guarantee them access to social benefits; whereas, however, this legislation varies considerably between the Member States, which can hinder the mutual recognition of the status of artists and cross-border collaboration and mobility thereby creating barriers to cultural and artistic creation, expression and free movement;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
K a. whereas funding support for CCSI varies greatly between Member States, in terms of budgets' size, guiding priorities and values, which contributes to further divergence on the sustainability of careers of cultural workers accros countries and hinders inclusivity, sustainability and balance of cross-border collaboration and mobility;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas artists tend to have atypical work patterns and often lack proper social security protection, notably in cross-border contexts, which often leads to their exclusionand cultural workers tend to engage in atypical work patterns due to the nature of the sector itself and are often subjected to insecure working arrangements impeding their access to full social security protection and excluding them from pension and unemployment payments;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas artists and cultural and creative workers tend to have atypical work patterns and often lack proper social security protection, notably in cross-border contexts, which often leads to their exclusion from pension, social health protection and unemployment payments;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas artists’ remuneration is often unstable and uncertain, it comes from different sources such as contracts, royalties, grants and subsidies, which renders their income highly unpredictable, leaves them in precarious situations and weakens their resilience;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas artists and cultural professionals from minority groups (women, young people, representatives of ethnic and geographic minorities, people with vulnerable socio-economic background, people with disabilities, representatives of LGBTIQ+) have lesser access to artistic and cultural careers, fewer possibilities to develop long-term careers in the sector and are hit the hardest by the consequences of the pandemic;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. Whereas the practice of imposing buy-out clauses by dominant or large streaming platforms depriving authors of their royalties, exacerbates the risk in ensuring adequate and proportionate remuneration for creators.
Amendment 82 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the lack ofobstacles to collective bargaining for self-employed artists further serves to undermine their position on the labour market and leads to a lack of adequate social protections and a long- term negative effect on their position and security; whereas collective management of authors rights is an important element for the remuneration of creators ensuring their continuous remuneration and they should protect creators from unfair practices of large and dominant media and streaming platform companies;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas cross-border mobility is an essential part of an artist’s work but is often hampered by bureaucratic procedures, a lack of clear information and myriad administrative rules and requirements across the Member States, notably as regards to social protection and taxation, whereas these barriers to cross- border cultural mobility undermine the principle of free movement and jeopardise the proper functioning of Schengen;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas public grants are considered the most vital and effective form of financial support for the CCSI, but are often insufficient, difficult to access for those who need them most or inaccessible to some categories of artists and cultural workers due to the nature of the criteria in accessing it;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted artists’ dependence on public and private short-term financial support and mid-term project based support and this has displayed the overall structural difficulties in the sector;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Q a. Whereas, in light of the consequences of the pandemic, a whole generation of young artists and cultural workers will struggle to find cultural employment or enrol in higher art education as a result of the narrowing of opportunities;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas access to finance remains the maina challenge for individual artists and micro- organisations, who are often ineligible for loans and bank guarantees and are highly dependentthus increasing the importance of access and availability onf public and private grants and subsidies available to all;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S
Recital S
S. whereas many of the private investors and public funders have scaled back their financial support for cultural projects during the crisis, especially those with cross- border dimension during the crisis which has once again demonstrated the importance of wide public sector support and the need for public investment in the sector in order to diminish gaps and disparities, as well as the importance of increasing direct European support to counterbalance this fall in funding;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
S a. whereas the sector is still facing gender gaps and disparities as women are under-represented in key creative roles and face additional challenges such as lack of access, gender pay gap, obstacles to representation and visibility; whereas these challenges also affect certain ethnic groups ad people with vulnerable socio- economic background and people with disabilities, whereas these groups are hit the hardest by the consequences of the pandemic; whereas women, ethnic minorities and LGBTIQ+ artists are more often targets of attacks and are more vulnerable to restrictions;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to recognise the fundamental role of culture for society, the well-being of EU citizensintrinsic value of culture, as well as the fundamental role of culture for society, its progress and development, our well-being and the economy, and to translate this recognition into continuous financial and structural support;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently publish guidelines to facilitate the safe re-opening of cultural venues and organisation of cultural activities;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to recognise the European added value of cross-border cooperation and to eliminate barriers to sustainable, balanced and inclusive cross-border mobility in the EU;
Amendment 139 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enhance and strengthen its commitment and activities to build opportunities for artists and cultural workers, provide workers in the CCSI with clear information and guidelines on mobility opportunities and revise administrative requirements in all Member States, including on visas, taxation, social security and access to training, with a view on simplifying and unifying access to all aforementioned;
Amendment 144 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the establishment of mobility information points to provide assistance to artists and support sustainable mobility; recommends that all Member States establish oneat least one, to offer free and tailored support to artists and cultural and creative workers;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the establishment of mobility information points to provide assistance to artists and recommends thatcalls on all Member States to establish one;
Amendment 153 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to transpose Directive (EU) 2019/790 on copyright in the digital single market with a strong focus on protection of cultural and creative works and those creating them, and, in particular, to guarantee fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers; calls on the Commission to closely monitor effective implementation of these key principles; Notes that the Directive (EU) 2019/790 has the potential to bring a fair balance between creators and content sharing platforms in the digital market by providing new liability rules on platforms, and the obligation for all intermediaries and contractual partners to ensure fair and proportionate remuneration;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to promote collective rights management in the implementation of the recently adopted directives on copyright, as well as in its forthcoming initiatives to ensure fair remuneration of creators and wide access to cultural and creative works for the public;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Invites the Commission to evaluate the impact of music streaming platforms in Europe, in order to ensure transparency on their recommendation algorithms, as they determine to a great extent what content their consumers listen to and see on the services’ playlists and user interfaces, and to consider the introduction of positive obligations to promote cultural diversity and discoverability of European works in their services;
Amendment 167 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Amendment 172 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s inception impact assessment and ongoingrecent public consultation on collective bargaining agreements, which is designed to deffor self-employed, which is examining the possibility of removineg the scompe of application of EU competition rules in order to remove obstactition law obstacle to collective bargaining for self-employed, urges in this regard that the Commission take the broadest possibles and improve working conditions throughpproach, in order to ensure access to collective bargaining on behalf offor all solo -self-employed workers in the CCSI;, including artists and cultural workers; encourages national governments and social partners to ensure their full representation in collective bargaining to improve their working conditions and ensure their fair and proportionate remuneration,
Amendment 181 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. UnderlinReiterates the urgent need to improve the working conditions in the CCSI; encourages the Member States to utilise upward convergence to and calls on the Commission to propose a European Status of the Artists establishing minimum standards for artists and cultural workers in relation to working conditions and social security, unemployment, social protection and pension schemes; Welcomes, in this regard, the forthcoming OMC discussions between the Member States on the status of artists as a first step in this direction;
Amendment 185 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Member States to fully include access to art education as part of a holistic approach for the CCSI recovery; notes the importance of providing access to lifelong learning and training through, among others, mentoring programmes, as well as the development of EU-wide training material for the transition from education to cultural and creative employment;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 192 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recommends that social protection systems allow artists and cultural and creative workers to access benefit schemes such as unemployment allowance and pensions;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Calls on the Commission to map existing definitions of artists and cultural workers across Member States in view to develop a common understanding to be reflected in EU policy-making and cultural statistics; notes that such definition should take into account the process-oriented nature of cultural work and recognise the labour intensity of the different stages of the creative process; considers that such definition should also aligned with the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artists;
Amendment 194 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Amendment 202 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Member States to fulfil their obligation to defend and respect artistic freedom in order to uphold the fundamental right to freedom of expression and sanction those continuously oppressing it, and ensure that EU citizens can freely enjoy and consume artistic creations;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Member States to reconsiderensure access to basiccomprehensive social protection for artists, regardless of their employment status, gender, ethnic background or social status;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Amendment 224 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Member States to increase their support to the CCSI through strengthening the public investment and encourageing and promoteing private investment in the CCSI;
Amendment 227 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide sufficient financial support and to eliminate administrative barriers to innovation in the cultural and creative sectors with a view to contributing to the sectors’ sustainability and resilience.
Amendment 228 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls on the Member States to diversify the sources of support to CCSI and ensure no financial cuts and diminishing of existing funds will be implemented as the sector is still struggling with the aftermath of the last cuts;
Amendment 236 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call 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 budget envelope of the Recovery and Resilience Facility to culture; Is concerned by indications that submitted Plans appear to earmark a lower %; Calls on the Commission to publish data on amounts and purpose of funds earmarked in the Plans to ensure transparency and facilitate democratic oversight;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the short-term recovery of the CCSI and to reinforce these sectors by providing fair and structured support to all CCSIs, as well as bolster the resilience and competitiveness of these industriesectors in the long term in order to tackle any major crises as effectively as possible in the future;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2261(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy of 11 December 2013,
Amendment 6 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the common fisheries policy,
Amendment 9 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 c (new)
Citation 2 c (new)
- having regard to the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1224/2009, (EC) No 768/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008 and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control (COM(2018)368),
Amendment 12 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 d (new)
Citation 2 d (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products,
Amendment 15 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 e (new)
Citation 2 e (new)
- having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning,
Amendment 17 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 g (new)
Citation 2 g (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 30 May 2018 on the implementation of control measures for establishing the conformity of fisheries products with access criteria to the EU market (2017/2129(INI)),
Amendment 18 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 h (new)
Citation 2 h (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives’,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 2 i (new)
Citation 2 i (new)
- having regard to Scientific Opinion No 3/2017, ‘Food from the Oceans - How can more food and biomass be obtained from the oceans in a way that does not deprive future generations of their benefits?’,
Amendment 22 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the fishery and aquaculture sectors are an integral part of the EU food system, and whereas the resilience and sustainable development of the EU food systemse sectors depends on the work of European fishers and fish farmers, as they play a key role in supporting the economic and social dimension of coastal and many inland communities;
Amendment 24 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the resilience and sustainable development of the EU food system depends, insofar as it corresponds to them, on the work of European fishers and fish farmers, as they play a key role in supporting the environmental, economic and social dimension of coastal and many inland communities;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the EU fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors subscribe to the highest standards, but there is a need for review and approval to ensure environmental and social sustainability throughout the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and whereas those sectors provide high-quality seafood products, thereby playing a fundamental role in the food security and nutritional well-being of the population; whereas it is therefore of the utmost importance to achieve a fisheries model that reflects the balance between the three key dimensions (environmental, social and economic) proposed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 goals;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the unprecedented public health crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will have repercussions for trade and the market, and has come as a serious blow to fishers throughout Europe; whereas, despite the health risks and the low price of fish, European fishers have continued to work, identifying themselves as key workers;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas fishing is a victim rather than a cause of climate change, as demonstrated by the many natural phenomena, such as the increase in water temperature, which have had, and will continue to have, an extremely negative impact on the profitability of the sector;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas fish caught in the wild is the source of animal protein that has by far the smallest carbon footprint; whereas, compared with other animal proteins, fish caught in the wild has the lowest environmental impact as it lives in the wild and does not require any land, artificial feeding, water supply, antibiotics or pesticides, and it is therefore the best combination for European citizens in terms of food security and climate protection;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas efficient science-based fisheries management founded on ambitious, internationally agreed management targets have meant that the European fisheries sector is a global leader in terms of sustainability; whereas the sector has for a long time helped to provide European consumers with high quality products that meet high nutrition and food safety standards;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas EU consumers are showing an increasing interest in the country of origin of fishery products and their traceability throughout the food chain; whereas the existing EU legislation does not require origin to be stated on the final prepared or preserved product; whereas the information on traceability is thus lost in the food value chain;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas the current marketing standards apply to 75% of landings in the EU, but to less than 10% of fishery products imported from third countries; whereas this creates unfair competition for the EU fishing fleet;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas one of the objectives of the common fisheries policy is to help to supply the EU market with highly nutritional food and to reduce the EU market’s dependence on food imports from third countries; whereas the current pandemic has made it even more apparent that the EU needs to be able to fully guarantee food security for its citizens and reduce its reliance on food imports from third countries;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ExpressesStresses that the common fisheries policy and European ocean governance are an integral part of the EU system and food supply chain, which interact closely with the European health and environment pillars at the core of the Farm to Fork Strategy; expresses, therefore, disappointment at the lack of prominence and ambition of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Farm to Fork Strategy; stresses that the current strategy should instead be integrated with a cross- cutting approach to fishing that considers the main EU legislation on the subject, in the light of the objectives it contains, taking due account of the three pillars of sustainable development: social, economic and environmental;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. EWelcomes the fact that the fisheries and aquaculture sector has been included in the Farm to Fork Strategy; expresses disappointment, nevertheless, at the lack of prominence and ambition in the contribution and potential of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Farm to Fork Strategyas regards ensuring that the future food system is fairer, healthier and more respectful of the environment;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets that whilst the Strategy rightly highlights the role of farmers as ‘custodians of the land’, it does not give the same recognition to small-scale traditional fishing, whose fishers are the backbone of the European fishing industry and who have, for some time, been at the forefront of achieving the Strategy’s objectives; whereas European fishers should be regarded and recognised as the true ‘custodians of the sea’ and have a key role to play in achieving the Strategy’s objectives;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of ensuring coordination and mutual support between all Green Deal initiatives, and between the objectives of the Union and the Member States in relation to food security, climate change, marine natural resources, sustainable fisheries management, and so on;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Welcomes the Commission’s recognition of key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; stresses that fishery workers, not just agri-food sector workers, fall under this category; calls on the Commission, therefore, to step up efforts to improve the position of European fishers in the value chain by enhancing workplace health and safety, guaranteeing them a decent wage and protecting their freedom of movement, especially in times of crisis;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2260(INI)
1c. Stresses that, in order to fully and effective achieve the Strategy’s objectives, an extensive preliminary socio-economic impact assessment is needed to consider all possible repercussions of the proposed measures on EU coastal communities and on the productivity and competitiveness of EU fisheries; stresses, further, that the transition to a sustainable model of production and consumption should happen gradually and in a manner that is commensurate with the EU fishing industry’s capabilities;
Amendment 84 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that the agreement of the fisheries sector should, in particular, be a necessary part of fully achieving the objectives of the Strategy and correctly applying its rules; expresses its disappointment, in this regard, at the Strategy’s total failure to mention any involvement of representatives from the sector in institutional forums or a bottom- up approach that fully involves European fishers in drawing up the rules that they have to apply;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that very often the transposition of fair and acceptable principles risks turning into onerous and excessive practices that are difficult for fishers to apply without ever really achieving the objectives that these principles set out to achieve; stresses, therefore, that the proposals in the Strategy should not pose an excessive financial and bureaucratic burden for operators in the fisheries sector;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Agrees with the Commission on the need to ensure that the key principles enshrined in the European Pillar of Social Rights are respected, especially with regard to precarious, seasonal and undeclared workers; stresses, to this end, that practical steps should be taken in order to meet this need, through greater cooperation with Community bodies for social dialogue, such as the EU Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for Sea Fisheries (EUSSDC), when drawing up legislative initiatives to achieve the Strategy’s objectives;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that promoting healthy and sustainable diets should privilege EU fisheries and aquaculture products, as they are an importantthe source of protein with the smallest carbon footprint and a crucial component of a healthy diet and also highlight the value of the work of fishers and women in the sector, and of aquaculture; notes that the ecological transition of food systems generally and fisheries in particular should take place in a way that ensures a fair income for the fisheries sector, strengthening its position in the value chain by grouping it into guilds, cooperatives, associations or other organisations, and conducting appropriate monitoring within the framework of the Directive on unfair trading practices;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises the need to move towards intelligent integration of global, regional and local food systems, promoting short channels in the fisheries value chain in order to improve food security, in accordance with the principles of the European single market;
Amendment 110 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s planned assessment of the CFP, due by 2022, with ahich will need to focus on the risks triggered by climate change for the sustainability of species; calls for this evaluation to be followed up with legislative proposals to adapt the CFP to the new challenges facing the fisheries sector and to address any shortcomings that prove to be significant;
Amendment 112 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s assessment of the CFP, due by 2022, with a focus on the risks triggered by climate change for the sustainability of species; agrees with the proposal to draw up an emergency plan to ensure the EU’s food supply and food safety in the event of future crises;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the announced new EU Strategic Guidelines on Aquaculture and emphasises the fundamental role of this sector and the need for its development; urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that the plans for the sustainable development of aquaculture take into account the main barriers to development of the sector’s potential and recognise the need to allocate space to this sector through appropriate spatial planning; stresses that the development of aquaculture requires a solid, reliable and clear legal framework in relation to the use of space and licenses, and one that provides confidence and security for investments in the sector;
Amendment 123 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the announced new EU Strategic Guidelines on Aquaculturefor the sustainable development of EU aquaculture 2021 – 2030 and requests member states and the European Commission to work on to effectively address the challenges as sustainable aquaculture development is a cornerstone in ensuring self-sufficiency of healthy food;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the urgent need for a food traceability system in the EU that enhances the sustainability of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and that responds to consumer demands by providing information on where, how and what fish has been caught, primarily to improve food safety but also to enable checks throughout the chain and to combat illegal, unregulated and undocumented fishing; believes that this system should involve all actors in the value chain so that they can collaborate with each other, using simple digital systems that are easy to use and transfer and that do not entail excessive costs for operators, especially small businesses;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support green business models, such as those based on carbon sequestration, in order to make supply chains more sustainable; stresses, in this regard, that certain aquaculture practices, such as mussel or oyster farming, can be a successful model for the future in the context of the CO2 trading system, and calls on the Commission to invest in this type of green business in the context of the Strategy’s objectives;
Amendment 131 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasizes the importance to recognize and adequately support forms of environmentally friendly aquaculture such as algae, shellfish or integrated multitrophic pond fish farming as important parts of circular economy and net contributors to excess nutrient transformation in high quality protein;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to take action to accelerate the market deployment of energy efficiency solutions in the agriculture and food sectors; stresses, in this regard, that such actions should also take the aquaculture sector into account in order to deploy all potential forms of energy production involved in these types of farming and to promote a zero-consumption production system;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to promote organic production systems; stresses, in this regard, that in contrast to organic agriculture, organic aquaculture still has ample untapped potential for development, and it is therefore necessary to invest even greater resources in its growth;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the fact that all too often organic products are put in a price bracket that is beyond the reach of most European consumers; stresses, therefore, the need to establish a fair price system at EU level for organic products so that they are no longer the privilege of a few, but can form the basis of healthy eating for all;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Welcomes the Commission’s willingness to place a greater focus on investing in technology and green and digital practices, but expresses disappointment at the lack of any mention of fisheries and the aquaculture sector; stresses the urgent need to support fishers and actors in the fish product supply chain in the transition to more digital practices by investing heavily in training, and financing for digitisation and conversion to ‘green’ practices and tools;
Amendment 140 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Commission and the Member States improveHighlights the importance of improving and streamlining the labelling of all fisheries products at EU level, whether fresh, frozen, processed or from aquaculture, marketed in restaurants and through retailers to allow traceability from the place of origin; stresses that this step will enhance the value of sustainable products and protect consumer rights; stresses that, to this end, the labelling must be objective, based on scientific data, non-discriminatory with regard to the actual nutritional value of the foods and able to provide exhaustive and specific information on the nutrients in the product based on the reference intakes of the average consumer, without misleading and influencing purchasing choices, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Commission and the Member States improve the labelling of all fisheries products, whether fresh, frozen, processed or from aquaculture, marketed in restaurants and through retailers, to meet the consumers’ demands by offering information on origin, gear used and species caught, and to allow traceability from the place of origin; stresses that this step will enhance the value of sustainable products and protect consumer rights;
Amendment 147 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that a double standard between products from the EU and third countries could put EU fisheries at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of a global convergence of sustainability standards; stresses, to this end, that the labelling and traceability rules for EU products should also be applied to imported products; stresses, moreover, the need to change the current legislation which allows EU and third country products to be combined in production lines without having to declare the origin of the final product;
Amendment 148 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the need for a coordinated approach to ensure consistency between the various initiatives aimed at improving consumer information and the implementation of appropriate impact assessments, comparing the costs and benefits of different policy options pursuing similar objectives, in order to prioritise those that are most efficient;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the European Commission to put forward a proposal for a revision of Article 35 of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) Regulation, so that the mandatory provisions for consumer information can be extended to prepared or preserved fish, crustaceans, molluscs and caviar (in accordance with codes 1604 and 1605 of the Integrated Tariff of the European Union (TARIC)) and can guarantee fair competition;
Amendment 154 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to support the implementation of the rules on misleading information as regards the sustainability of food products and to develop an EU sustainable food labelling framework;
Amendment 157 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses that information on the sustainability of food products must be science-based, transparent and supported by rigorous independent verification; requests that the Commission consider environmental statements that meet robust, internationally recognised criteria, such as ISO 14024, and that are based on a full life cycle assessment rather than focusing on a single part of sustainability;
Amendment 160 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to continue to promote the responsible exploitation of fisheries resources an; stresses, in this regard, that EU fisheries have already made significant efforts to meet the objectives for sustainable exploitation of stocks by significantly reducing the fleet and fishing days, despite the significant sacrifices involved, in order to ensure that their fishing activity is sustainable both in terms of catches and in terms of the environmental impact on the marine ecosystem; stresses that any further restrictive measures could seriously jeopardise the survival of the sector and, in particular, the survival of small-scale traditional fishing; calls, therefore, for any further action to be accompanied by a thorough and comprehensive analysis of the socio-economic impact on the sector and on coastal communities; stresses the need to combat IUU fishing by strengthening the policy of sustainable fisheries agreements with non- EU countries for European vessels providing quality products;
Amendment 164 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, in order to ensure the safety of imports of fishery products and protect consumers, trade agreements concluded with third countries should include chapters on sustainable fishing that are in line with the EU’s sustainable development policies, the common fisheries policy and the provisions of the IUU Regulation; stresses that the EU should continuously monitor the efforts to combat IUU fishing put in place by third countries that have been granted preferential tariffs for fishery and aquaculture products; stresses that it is essential for the EU to make full use of the instruments at its disposal in accordance with the IUU Regulation, including the ‘red card’, if a country that has been granted preferential tariffs fails to comply with the EU requirements in terms of labour rights and sustainable fisheries;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Whereas European Union fisheries, aquaculture and processing sectors already apply high environmental and social standards and since these standards will be revised in order to provide higher quality fishery products, it is of the utmost importance to apply the reciprocity principle for fishery products entering the European Union market from the third countries and to ban the products resulting from IUU fishing;
Amendment 175 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of EMFAF in sustaining and modernising the sector, favouring generational renewal, and promoting the active participation of women, associations, including guilds (‘cofradías’), producer organisations and the retail sector; welcomes the Commission’s intention to invest in research, innovation and technology, and stresses that the new EMFAF should also be used to support research and innovation programmes and projects aimed at reducing food waste and to promote a sustainable food system; stresses, moreover, the need to integrate the current European research and innovation programmes with the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity 2030 Strategies and with the new EMFAF, in order to maximise potential synergies between different sectors;
Amendment 177 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of EMFAF in sustaining and modernising the sector, favouring generational renewal, and promoting the active participation of women, associations, including guilds (‘cofradías’), producer organisations and the retail sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote and create incentives for the digital transformation of the sector in all links of the value chain for fisheries and aquaculture products;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates the need for all food products marketed in the EU to comply with the same level of stringency in relation to environmental and social sustainability requirements; urges the Commission and the Member States to require that all EU trade agreements include conditionality for sustainable production standards, particularly from the point of view of traceability of fishery products and standards relating to animal welfare, social requirements and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RWelcomes the Commission’s intention to give consumers the necessary tools to make informed, healthy and sustainable food choices; recommends that appropriately funded, far-reaching and effective dedicated awareness campaigns aimed at consumers be launched in order to bolster fish consumption, highlight the properties and benefits of fish products, and help consumers to choose wisely when buying fresh fish products; stresses, moreover, that these campaigns should be promoted by working closely with trade associations and specific professional bodies, such as nutritionists, doctors and paediatricians, in order to take targeted and effective action to help European consumers.
Amendment 194 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that appropriately funded dedicated campaigns aimed at consumers be launched to bolster fish consumption; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement initiatives to reduce food waste and rubbish coming from EU fish and seafood markets.
Amendment 203 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Requests that the Commission develop guidelines on digital tools for consumer information, on information transmitted through all links in the value chain, including existing platforms, with the aim of promoting interoperability and improving the efficiency of existing systems.
Amendment 204 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises the need to include small scale fisheries in local food chains in order to strengthen their position in the food chain in such a way to ensure them a fair income; stress the need to bring them together in associations, cooperatives, producers organisation to have a better negotiating position in relation with the markets suppliers.
Amendment 207 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises the need for a harmonised EU legal framework to develop a mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling system at EU level, based on independent scientific evidence; urges the Member States to support the implementation of the future EU nutritional profiling system and to refrain from unilateral actions that could hinder harmonisation of the European Commission’s efforts; calls on the Commission to consider the need to include changes in the algorithm for creating these nutritional profiles so that the presence of omega-3 is positively taken into account and the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fats is considered when attributing penalty points.
Amendment 210 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to combating food waste as a pillar of a genuinely sustainable food system; highlights that the fisheries and aquaculture sector should be fully involved in the implementation of this objective.
Amendment 213 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that, in order to fully adhere to the European circular economy and food waste reduction objectives, virtuous behaviour such as reusing fishery products that have been caught and that fall below the minimum conservation reference size for which there is a ban on discards, should also be promoted and encouraged in fisheries.
Amendment 216 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Stresses that in the aquaculture sector it has long been common practice to reuse unused (or usable) animal products for human consumption; points out that, in the interests of a circular economy, considerable investment is needed to create synergies between aquaculture and food waste, and to support virtuous processes in the interests of a circular economy in order to reuse aquaculture waste (such as algae) for feeding fish.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4
Citation 4
— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and specifically to its target 4,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the Commission communication of 17 January 2018 entitled ‘Building a stronger Europe: the role of youth, education and culture policies’,
Amendment 6 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
Amendment 7 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 c (new)
Citation 8 c (new)
— having regard to the Commission proposal of 17 January 2018 for a Council Recommendation on Promoting common values, inclusive education, and the European dimension of teaching (COM(2018)0023),
Amendment 8 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 d (new)
Citation 8 d (new)
— having regard to the Commission proposal of 17 January 2018 for a Council Recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (COM(2018)0024),
Amendment 10 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 f (new)
Citation 8 f (new)
— having regard to Council Recommendation of 22 May 2018 on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning (2018/C 189/01),
Amendment 11 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 g (new)
Citation 8 g (new)
Amendment 12 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 h (new)
Citation 8 h (new)
— having regard to the Commission proposal of 22 May 2018 for a Council Recommendation on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems (COM(2018)0271),
Amendment 13 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 i (new)
Citation 8 i (new)
— having regard to the Commission proposal of 22 May 2018 for a Council Recommendation on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages (COM(2018)0272),
Amendment 14 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 j (new)
Citation 8 j (new)
— having regard to Council Recommendation of 26 November 2018 on promoting automatic mutual recognition of higher education and upper secondary education diplomas and the outcomes of learning periods abroad (2018/C 444/01),
Amendment 15 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 k (new)
Citation 8 k (new)
— having regard to Council Recommendation of 22 May 2019 on High Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Systems (2019/C 189/02),
Amendment 16 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 l (new)
Citation 8 l (new)
— having regard to Council Recommendation of 22 May 2019 on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages (2019/C 189/03),
Amendment 17 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 m (new)
Citation 8 m (new)
— having regard to the Council Conclusion of 17 May 2021 on equity and inclusion in education and training in order to promote educational success for all (8693/21),
Amendment 18 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 n (new)
Citation 8 n (new)
— having regard to the Council Conclusions of 17 May 2021 on the European Universities initiative – Bridging higher education, research, innovation and society: Paving the way for a new dimension in European higher education (8658/21),
Amendment 19 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the first Principal of the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 24 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
— having regard to the 2020 study ‘Towards a European Education – Critical perspectives on challenges ahead’,
Amendment 29 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU single market and other EU policies have contributed to the natural development of a European educational space, historically underpinned by the traditions of European humanismeducation is a fundamental right and everyone has to have access to vocational and continuous training; and everyone has the right to quality, accessible, affordable and inclusive education, training and lifelong learning in view of their integral personal development;
Amendment 32 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas a European educational space, historically underpinned by the traditions of European humanism has developed in a fragmented manner over time;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the ultimate goal is buildingof this initiative is to establish a bottom-up European Education Area with common European policy objectives, requiring existing obstacles to be removed, European tools to be utilised and supporting policies at national and European levels to be developed;
Amendment 37 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas education needs to be conceptualised broadly as ‘lifelong learning’, ranging from pre-primary to tertiary education, including non-formal and informal modes, and being aimed at acquiring transversal skills in order to maintain and acquire skills that enable them to develop to their fullest potential personally and professionally, to participate fully in society and successfully manage the transition into the labour market;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the realities of educational infrastructure, expertise and resources vary within and across Member States and between different levels and types of education, and whereas those differences have become further pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Parliament has called on Member States to prioritise investments in education and training, valuing education spending as an investment in our common future, in order to have a more sustainable, digital and socially cohesive society;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas progress has been made in building a European Higher Education Area, arising from the long-term efforts of the Bologna Process, and using it as a reference to learn from the mistakes made in its implementation;
Amendment 58 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas Member States have not fullyfailed to achieved the objectives and benchmarks of the Education and Training 2020 (ET 2020) framework, in particular the aims of enhancing equitable and quality education, reducing the rate of early leavers from education and training, and bringing the share of 15-year-olds who are under-skilled in reading, mathematics and science below 15 %;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas Member States have not fully achieved the requirement of the 2021 Council Recommendation on the Validation of Non-formal and Informal Learning;
Amendment 64 #
Amendment 65 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises the importance of quality, accessible, affordable and inclusive education and that the European Education Area (EEA) initiative should provide more and better opportunities for every single European citizen to study, train and work abroad, and cultivate an environment where skills and diplomas are recognised and valued throughout Europe; welcomes the Council Conclusions on equity and inclusion in education and training in order to promote educational success for all and urges Member States to implement the recommendations included therein;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers education a driver for European economic and social prosperity, and for ensuring that the EU is a globally competitive player ands key to achieve personal and social advancement, well-being, to foster European citizenship and a sense of common belonging. Education is also a driver for sustainable and technological progress and for ensuring that the EU is leading the green and digital transitions;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the need to further strengthen European cooperation on education to develop common approaches and answers to common challenges;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the numerous opportunities for ‘European added value’ afforded through education to be seized, especially through mobility and the sharing of best practices, with the Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps programmes playing a particularly important role, continuing the increase in its budget and number of participants; emphasizes, in this respect, the importance of increasing opportunities for young people in informal and non-formal learning as well as in vocational education and training;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Bridging institutional and stakeholder approaches
Amendment 87 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes note of the variety of visions of, and approaches to, an EEA, which express a common wish to provide a new impetus for the ‘European project’, taking education as the cornerstone for its achievement;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Cautions thatWelcomes the Commission’s proposals are still mainlys a strategic outline rather than a concrete policy roadmap, and thus suggests setting clear priorities and realistic deadlines for the actions that should be adopted, including clearly defined interim deliverablesfor a comprehensive policy roadmap, calls on the Member States to set clear priorities and realistic deadlines for implementing the different building blocks to achieve a true European Education Area by 2025 without any further delay;
Amendment 97 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Council’s response to the Commission’s proposals, in particular its focus on the importance of vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning opportunities; underlines, in this respect, the importance of creating different flexible and modular pathways to learning to enable learners to combine and build on different learning experiences and opportunities;
Amendment 103 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Considers the importance of fostering a whole-school approach to the European Education Area; calls therefore on the Commission to cooperate closely with all relevant actors to find innovative ways to place the learner at the centre of the learning process with a view to developing education systems and programmes which foster the transversal, social and sustainable skills needed to face future challenges; invites the Commission to consult student associations, pedagogical support experts, care givers to learners with special needs and other relevant stakeholders in developing the European Universities and the Centres of Vocational Excellence;
Amendment 114 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights inclusivenesson as a central dimension of an EEA and a prerequisite for achieving quality education for all, ensuring that no talent is left behindlearner is left behind, irrespectively of geographical, financial, structural, socio-economic, or physical barriers, of neuro-typical or cognitive differences, ethnic background, or legal status;
Amendment 122 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Supports the use of quantitative indicators and benchmarks, especially by means of the European Semester process, to allow the continuous comparison and monitoring of Member States’ progress towards common objectives and to incentivise further policy actions, while at the same time reiterating the need for supplementary qualitative indicators and benchmarks;
Amendment 125 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to set and achieve ambitious and realistic targets, without reducing those previously envisaged;
Amendment 126 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls for achieving the objective that all young Europeans completing upper secondary education have a sufficient knowledge of two languages in addition to their mother tongue;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13 c. Calls for the Council's benchmarks for the proportion of low achievers and early school leavers to be made more ambitious by 2025, reducing the first benchmark from the current 15% to 10% and the second from the current 10% to 5%;
Amendment 128 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13 d. Calls on Member States to invest at least 10% of their gross domestic product in education in order to enable the implementation and achievement of a new European Education Area and to invest in the future of their people;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to monitor the achievement of the target set by the European Skills Agenda to achieve 50% of the adult population participating in learning activities by 2025;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for synergies between the EEA, the European Research Area and the European Higher Education Area to be created and exploited and for a further strengthening of the Erasmus+, Horizon Europe, European Solidarity Corps, Digital Europe, and Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programmes for the benefit of all teachers and learners;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Calls on the Commission to develop tools to allow Member States to implement the Council's recommendation on a comprehensive approach to the teaching and learning of languages, and to monitor progress made in this area since the adoption of this recommendation; in this respect, calls on the Member States to collect comparable data on language learning;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission to establish a European Online University platform consisting of an online hub with content about the available online programmes in the European Universities, digital resources for higher education, available scholarships and EU funds for education and an online community of educators and learners sharing experiences and best practices on digital and online education at university level;
Amendment 168 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Amendment 169 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19 c. Underlines the importance of Member States and European Union being able to guarantee, especially in early childhood, even in a COVID-19 context, that students have access to in- person learning, since it is this type of teaching that ensures the acquisition of the skills that will allow them to progress throughout their lives: personal relationships, study skills, empathy, cooperation, etc;
Amendment 170 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19 d. Calls Member States to professionalise early childhood education and care staff in order to properly recognise and value their work, which is indispensable for the education of children;
Amendment 174 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate the expansion ofintegrate automatic mutual recognition of learning outcomes and study periods abroad, including in VET and HVET in their educational systems;
Amendment 178 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Reiterates the importance of the recognition of vocational education and training and calls on the Member States which have not yet done so to implement correctly and fully the Council Recommendation and the European Skills Agenda on the Member States;
Amendment 179 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20 b. Underlines that early school leavers still represent around 10% of young people in the EU and only 83% have completed upper secondary education; calls on the Commission to set more ambitious targets for early school leavers, and to consider measures to improve support in this field;
Amendment 181 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20 c. Asks for recognition of non-formal and informal learning and for equipping young people with soft and life skills, such as 'learning to learn' competences, because of the importance of these skills for personal development: personal relationships, study skills, empathy, cooperation, etc;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)
Paragraph 20 e (new)
20 e. Calls on the Member States to include culture and arts in education curricula, establishing synergies with Creative Europe;
Amendment 184 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)
Paragraph 20 f (new)
Amendment 185 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 g (new)
Paragraph 20 g (new)
20 g. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in fighting gender stereotypes and discrimination, in improving gender diversity, cultural diversity and ethnic diversity, and in eliminating all forms of harassment, discrimination and violent misconducts; highlights, in this respect, the need to change mind sets and to reduce cultural tolerance of sexism and sexual harassment through introducing educational programmes and materials, including textbooks and debates on this topic in schools;
Amendment 186 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 h (new)
Paragraph 20 h (new)
20 h. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in fighting bullying and cyber-bullying, through the creation of good practices at EU level and the development of guidelines to effectively tackle bullying; stresses the need to raise public awareness of the potential risks online and calls for an appropriate role for basic cyber safety in school curricula;
Amendment 187 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a concrete European Education Area Strategic Framework 2030 (EEASF 2030) by the end ofmid 2022 with a comprehensive steering, monitoring and evaluation mechanism, in line with the first Principle of the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’;
Amendment 201 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24 a. Believes that this initiative on a new European Education Area is a good opportunity to review the competences of the European Union in training and education; calls for the possibility of a revision of the European Union treaties to review these competences, in order to have a global vision and to grant greater support to achieve quality education throughout the European territory;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26 a. Welcomes the Council’s recognition of citizenship education’s key role in fostering democratic attitudes; stresses the need to familiarise learners with the European integration process, the institutions and policies of the EU, the rights emerging from EU citizenship and how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processes; calls on the Commission to develop an indicative common curriculum on EU citizenship in order to foster a better understanding, among others, of the functioning of the EU, of the existing EU participatory mechanisms, of the histories and cultures of Member States, their European rights and obligations, as well as objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Union; considers that more investment is needed in training and capacity building programmes for educators on citizenship education;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26 b. Asks the Commission to explore the establishment of a European Agency for Citizenship education in charge of improving access to and the quality of citizenship education in all EU member states and support the development of a European dimension of citizenship education, for all age groups, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds;
Amendment 215 #
2020/2243(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Stresses the need to familiarise learners with the European integration process, the institutions and policies of the EU, the rights emerging from EU citizenship and how to actively participate in the EU’s democratic processesCalls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive European strategy on citizenship education in view of the risk posed to our democracies by national populism, online disinformation and the polarising social tensions in Europe and abroad; believes that such a strategy should notably focus on shared EU democratic values and principles; believes that this strategy should enhance citizens’ understanding of the EU decision-making process and of EU policies and should raise awareness of the benefits, rights and obligations of EU citizenship;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that AI should be developed, deployed and used in a fair and ethical manner with a human centric approach and with due respect for Union values and principles, human rights, freedom of expression and information, the right to privacy, data protection, non- discrimination, media freedom and pluralism and cultural diversity; underlines that the legal framework on AI requires the strict consideration of fundamental rights, ethical aspects and legal safeguards in order to protect our democratic societies and citizens as users and consumers of AI systems; emphasises that transparency and independent oversight are crucial in order to avoid all forms of abuse and to ensure the rule of law;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that gender stereotypes greatly influence study choices and hence, career choices: less than 3% of teenage girls in EU Member States express an interest in working as an ICT professional at the age of 301a; _________________ 1a2018 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS)
Amendment 9 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls that the digital future of Europe must be socially inclusive and must leave no one behind; expresses, in this respect, concerns about the discrepancies in access to information, education and jobs created by the digital gap; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to diligently address this gap including through adequate investments in infrastructure, equipment and resources, as well as the implementation and assessment of the Digital Education Action Plan;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that globally only 22 % of AI professionals are female; whereas the lack of women in AI development not only increases the risk of bias, but also the risk that the products developed are not specially catered to the needs of female consumers;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Highlights that one of AI’s biggest weaknesses relates to conveying certain types of biases, such as the ones related to gender, as a result of humans’ inherent biases being reproduced and magnified through the design, input and use of AI systems; considers that AI has great potential to promote gender equality provided that the transformation of human biases and prejudices into digital ones through algorithms is fought and this requires high data quality standards for the training and validation of AI systems;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Takes note that 30% of entrepreneurs, in the EU, are women, but they only receive 2% of the non-bank financing available1a, making it harder for them to participate in the digital economy; _________________ 1aFunding women entrepreneurs. How to empower growth. European Commission, 2018
Amendment 12 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1 e. Recalls that the ICT sector is the sector with the highest percentage of all- male company boards; and welcomes the Commission’s intention to encourage the adoption of the 2012 proposal for a Directive on gender balance among non- executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (the Women on Boards Directive);
Amendment 13 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1 f. Stresses that the Fundamental Rights Agency’s survey on violence against women shows that high incidences of sexual harassment have been reported in STEM education sites, including in schools, universities and workplaces, which further excludes women from the sector;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the crucial importance of a coherent visregulation at Union level in order to achieve a genuine digital single market within an AI-powerassisted society that would fully benefit uscitizens as users and consumers;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that gender equality is a core principle of the European Union and should be reflected in all EU policies; underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in digital education at all levels; recalls that women’s participation in the digital economy is crucial to shaping a flourishing digital society and to boosting the EU’s digital internal market;
Amendment 19 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Emphasises the potential of AI- technologies for cultural and creative sectors and industries, from better audience management, outreach and engagement to assisted content curation revalorising cultural archives, as well as assisted fact-checking and data journalism; stresses further the potential of AI-based tools such as text-to-speech and speech-to-text, automated subtitling and translation to enhance access to culture, information and education for vulnerable groups such as visually and hearing impaired people;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Asks for, in what concerns measures in education, the Commission and the Member States to set up mentoring schemes with female role models in ICT within all levels of education starting from an early age; also calls on the Commission and the Member States to support lifelong learning, as well as training and schemes to boost the e- skills, upskilling and reskilling of girls and women;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the omission of culture from AI strategies and policy recommendations at both national and Union level; stresses the need to set up a clear legal framework that prioritisesfor an ethical, sustainable and socially responsible AI that prioritises creativity and access to culture in order to bring the Union to the forefront of AI-driven innovation and, value creation worldwide and to maximise its benefits, while assessing its potential risks for society;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Asks for, in what concerns measures in employment, the Council to unblock and adopt the Woman on Boards directive; urges Member States to fully transpose and implement the work life balance directive; calls on the Commission and Member States to reduce the gender gap in the digital economy through targeted measures, including European funds to finance female-led projects in the digital sector, the promotion of a minimum number of women researchers participating in ICT projects, training courses for HR departments on ‘unconscious gender- discriminatory bias’ to promote gender- balanced recruitment, adoption of public procurement policies and/or guidelines on the purchase of ICT services from providers that apply a gender balance in the composition of their companies and boards, and facilitating the distribution of European funds to companies that take into account gender balance criteria;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that AI can significantly contribute to promoting gender equality, provided that an appropriate legal and ethical framework is developed, conscious and unconscious biases are eliminated and the principles of gender equality are respected; stresses the lack of diversity in the AI sector within teams of developers and engineers, and the importance of using sex- disaggregated data when developing products, AI standards, algorithms and applications; encourages the relevant actors to take action and promote a greater participation of women in the design, development and implementation of machine learning, natural language processing and AI;
Amendment 34 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) into national law is crucial to achieving a genuine digital single market; urges the Member States that have not yet done so to complete the transposition as soon as possible; stresses that the future Digital Services Act (DSA) and, the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as well as any future regulation on AI, with particular regard to the cultural and creative sectors, should be in line with the principles and obligations of the AVMSD;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that AI can be an effective tool for enforcing the rules on online content, such as identifying illegal content or fake news, through automated content filtering,, disinformation or fake news and can also be used to implement the ‘notice, take down and stay down’ mechanisms; stresses, however, that AI may pose challenges to fundamental rights, in particular freedom of expression, as well as access to information, cultural diversity and media pluralism and recalls in this regard, the need for AI to respect fundamental rights and Union law when developed, deployed and used in the Union; emphasises that human intervention is necessary to filter out disinformation in order to avoid inappropriate removals e.g. when humour or irony are expressed, since AI-systems cannot evaluate the context;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for special attention to be paid to women as vulnerablethe needs of women consumers and to the rise in cyber violence against women in the digital world, and welcomesasks for the Commission’s proposal on the digital services act (COM(2020)0825), which is addressing these issu to address these issues; calls for campaigns to raise awareness and educate women in how to protect themselves online, and to combat gender-based violence and gender stereotypes; urges the Commission and the Member States to work closely with and involve women’s civil society organisations in order to better respond to and alleviate the concerns that exist in the everyday life of women and girls when designing and implementing consumer and public tech policies.
Amendment 55 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, therefore, for a balanced approach between the deployment of automated enforcement and fundamental rights,human- centric and careful approach towards automated decision-making, by all means respectful and protective of fundamental rights and ethical aspects, and which is in line with the applicable regulatory framework, such as the AVMSD, the Copyright Directive and the future DSA.DSA package;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2216(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls the urgent need for fairer competition for CCSIs online services in Europe in order to counter the networking and concentration effects of the data market that tend to unfairly benefit large digital companies; welcomes, in that respect, the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) Commission proposals of 15 December 2020 that should help to further shape the digital future of Europe.
Amendment 15 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted on 25 September 2015 and entered into force on 1 January 2016, and in particular to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, 5 and 16, and the related indicators,
Amendment 21 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to CEDAWto the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms od Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and its General Recommendations No. 21 (1994), No. 24 (1999), No. 28 (2010), No. 33 (2015) and No. 35 (2017),
Amendment 77 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 a (new)
Citation 38 a (new)
Amendment 78 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 b (new)
Citation 38 b (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 26 November 2020 on abortion rights in Poland,
Amendment 79 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 c (new)
Citation 38 c (new)
- having regard to IPPF EN/BZgA Report on Sexuality Education in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 80 #
2020/2215(INI)
- having regard to the IPPF EN partner survey Abortion legislation and its implementation in Europe and Central Asia,
Amendment 81 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 e (new)
Citation 38 e (new)
- having regard to European Parliament Study The gendered impact of the COVID-19 crisis and post-crisis,
Amendment 82 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 f (new)
Citation 38 f (new)
- having regard to the report of the European Institute for Gender Equality of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States,
Amendment 83 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 g (new)
Citation 38 g (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152),
Amendment 84 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 h (new)
Citation 38 h (new)
- having regard to the report by UN Women entitled ‘The Impact of COVID- 19 on Women’, published on 9 April 2020,
Amendment 85 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 i (new)
Citation 38 i (new)
- having regard to the report by UN entitled “COVID-19 and Human Rights: We are all in this together”, published in April 2020,
Amendment 86 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 j (new)
Citation 38 j (new)
- having regard to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) report entitled ‘Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Planning and Ending Gender- based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage’, published on 27 April 2020,
Amendment 87 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 k (new)
Citation 38 k (new)
- having regard to the statement by UNFPA entitled ‘Millions more cases of violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation, unintended pregnancy expected due to the COVID 19 pandemic’, published on 28 April 2020,
Amendment 88 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 l (new)
Citation 38 l (new)
- having regard to the European Women’s Lobby policy brief entitled ‘Women must not pay the price for COVID-19!’,
Amendment 89 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 m (new)
Citation 38 m (new)
- having regard to the study by Professor Sabine Oertelt-Prigione entitled ‘The impact of sex and gender in the COVID-19 pandemic’, published on 27 May 2020,
Amendment 90 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 n (new)
Citation 38 n (new)
- having regard WHO`s Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems,
Amendment 91 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 o (new)
Citation 38 o (new)
- having regard to WHO`s Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer,
Amendment 92 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 p (new)
Citation 38 p (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 13 November 2020 on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights,
Amendment 93 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38 q (new)
Citation 38 q (new)
- having regard to the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network research andreport entitled “Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights during the COVID-19 pandemic”, published on 22nd April 2020,
Amendment 96 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to all aspects of sexuality and reproduction, not merely the absence of dysfunction, infirmity or mortality, and whereas all individuals have a right to make decisions governing their bodies8 , free from discrimination, coercion and violence, and to access SRH services that support that right and give a positive approach to sexuality and reproduction, as sexuality is an integral part of human existence; _________________ 8 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
Amendment 113 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity, privacy and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; have safe sexual experiences, decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary and how many children; have access over their lifetime to the information, resources, services and support necessary to achieve all of the above free from discrimination, coercion, exploitation and violence;
Amendment 116 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; definhave their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary
Amendment 124 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are recognisprotected as human rights in international and European human rights law10 ; _________________ 10Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe. such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the European Convention on Human Rights,and constitute an essential element of comprehensive healthcare provision; whereas the realisation of SRHR is an essential element of human dignity and intrinsically linked to the achievement of gender equality and combatting gender-based violence;
Amendment 127 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;
Amendment 136 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violations of SRHR constitute breaches of human rights, specifically the right to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non- discrimination, health and education, education, dignity, privacy and freedom from inhumane and degrading treatment; whereas violations of women’s SRHR are a form of violence against women and girls; and hinder progress towards gender equality;
Amendment 146 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRHR standards in the world, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gaps and inequalities and some Member States have implemented policies and programmes that uphold SRR, there are still challenges, a lack of access and affordability, gaps, disparities and inequalities in the realisation of SRHR, both across the EU and within Member States, based on age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, religious affiliation or belief, marital status, socio-economic status, disability, HIV (or sexually transmitted infections, STIs) status, national or social origin, legal or migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefsuniversal access to high-quality and affordable SRHR services, a lack of comprehensive and evidence-based sexuality education, denial of access to information and education, a lack of available modern contraception methods, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, legal restrictions and practical barriers in accessing abortion services, denial of abortion care, forced abortion, gender- based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortalityforced sterilisation, intimidation, cruel and degrading treatment, disparities in maternal mortality rates, gaps in maternal mental health support, increasing caesarean section rates, a lack of access to treatment for cervical cancer, which causes the largely preventable deaths of over 25.000 European women per year, limited access to medically assisted reproduction and fertility treatments, high rates of STIs and HIV, especially in certain marginalised groups and/or regions, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages and honour killings, outdated or ideologically driven legal provisions limiting SRHR;
Amendment 166 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the unavailability of scientifically accurate informand evidence-based information and education violates the rights of individuals to make informed choices about their own SRHR; and undermines healthy approaches to sexuality, family planning and gender equality;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2215(INI)
H. whereas the essential package of SRH measuresSRH services are essential healthcare services that should be available to all and they includes: comprehensive sexuality education; information, confidential and unbiased counselling and services for sexual and reproductive health and well-being; counselling and access to a wide range of modern contraceptives; antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care; midwifery; obstetric and newborn care; safe and legal abortion services and care and post- abortion care including treatment of complications of unsafe abortion; the prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs; services aimed at detecting, preventing and treating sexual and gender- based violence; prevention, detection and treatment for reproductive cancers; and fertility services, especially cervical cancer; fertility care and fertility treatment;
Amendment 182 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas comprehensive sexuality education facilitates informed reproresponsible sexual behaviour, including reduced risk-taking, and increased use of condoms and other forms of contraception ; whereas according to the UNESCO International technical guidance on sexuality education, curriculum-based programmes on comprehensive sexuality educative choices; on (CSE) enables children and young people to develop accurate knowledge, attitudes and skills, including respect for human rights, gender equality, consent and diversity that contribute to safe, healthy, and respectful relations; whereas such education empowers children and young people as it provides with evidence and age-appropriate information on sexuality, addressing sexual and reproductive health issues, including, but not limited to: sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology; consent, puberty and menstruation; reproduction, modern contraception, pregnancy and childbirth; STIs, including HIV and AIDS; andharmful practices such as child early and forced marriage (CEFM) and femalegenital mutilation (FGM); whereas still most adolescents do not have access to CSE ; whereas age-appropriate CSE, in this regard, is key to building children’s and young peoples’ skills to form healthy, equal, nurturing and safe relationships, notably by addressing gender norms, gender equality, power dynamics in relationships, consent, respect for one own’s and others’ boundaries;
Amendment 187 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas SRH includes menstrual hygiene and sanitation as well as systemic and socio-economic factors of stigmatisation,discrimination linked to menstruation; whereas period poverty, which refers to the limited access to sanitary products, affects about 1 in 10 women in Europe, and is exacerbated by a gender-biased taxation on menstrual hygiene products in the EU; whereas shame, untreated menstrual pain and discriminatory traditions lead to school drop outs and lower attendance rates of girls at school and women at work; whereas existing negative attitudes and myths surrounding menstruation influence reproductive health decisions; whereas understanding the links between menstrual hygiene and maternal morbidity, mortality and infertility, STI/HIV and cervical cancer can support early detection and safe lives;
Amendment 189 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. whereas modern contraception plays a key role in achieving gender equality and preventing unintended pregnancies as well as realising the right of individuals to make decisions about their family choices by proactively and responsibly planning the number, timing and spacing of their children; whereas certain methods of modern contraception also reduce incidence of HIV/STIs, whereas access to it is still hindered by practical, financial, social and cultural barriers, including myths surrounding contraception, outdated attitudes towards female sexuality and contraception, as well as a stereotypical perception of women being the only ones responsible for contraception;
Amendment 193 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas some Member States still have highly restrictive laws prohibiting abortion except in strictly defined circumstances, forcing women to seek clandestine abortions, to travel to other countries or to carry their pregnancy to term against their will, which is a violation of human rights and a form of gender- based violence; affecting women’s and girls’ rights to life, physical and mental integrity, equality, non-discrimination, health, and freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment;
Amendment 201 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas even when abortion is legally available, there are often barriers to accessing it; range of legal, quasi-legal and informal barriers to accessing it, including: limited time periods and grounds on which to access abortion, medically unwarranted waiting periods, lack of trained and willing healthcare professionals and denial of medical care based on personalbeliefs, biased and mandatory counselling, deliberate misinformation or third party authorization, medically unnecessary tests, distress requirements, costs and lack of reimbursement;
Amendment 208 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth; and access to evidence-based, quality and affordable maternity care is a human right and must be ensured without any discrimination in all healthcare settings;
Amendment 210 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas no woman should die in childbirth and evidence-based maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care is a human right;
Amendment 212 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas infertility and subfertility are affecting one in six people in Europe, are a global public health issue and there is a need to reduce inequalities in access to fertility information and treatments, and prohibiting discrimination on the grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation, health or marital status;
Amendment 214 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L b (new)
Recital L b (new)
L b. whereas SRHR are human rights and must be upheld by EU Member States, in line with international human rights standards; whereas respect for human rights is necessary for a democracy to function; whereas human rights, democracy and the rule of law are all interdependent; whereas all these EU values must be fully respected by all EU Member States;
Amendment 218 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas SRHR issues are often instrumentalised by opponents of reproductive rights who appeal to national interests in order to achieve demographic objectives, thus contributing to the erosion of democracy and personal freedomopponents of sexual and reproductive rights often instrumentalise issues such as the national interest or demographic change in order to undermine SRHR, thus contributing to the erosion of personal freedoms and democracy; whereas all policies addressing the demographic change must be rights-based, people-centered, tailor- made and evidence-based, and must uphold sexual and reproductive rights;
Amendment 221 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that there is a need to strengthen the resilience of health systems to such crises, with a specific focus on ensuring that SRH services continue to be fully available, that Member States do not instrumentalize the crisis to deprioritize or purposefully undermine access to these services;
Amendment 228 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas progress has been made in the areas of women’s rights and SRHR, but opponents of reproductive rights have nonetheless had an influence on national law and policyopponents of sexual and reproductive rights and women’s autonomy have had a significant influence on national law and policy with retrogressive initiatives taken in several Member States, seeking to undermine SRHR, as noted by the Parliament in its resolutions on experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU and Abortion Rights in Poland, and by the European Institute for Gender Equality in its report of 22 November 2019 on Beijing +25 – The 5th Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States; whereas these initiatives and backsliding obstruct the realisation of people’s rights, countries’ development and undermines European values, fundamental rights;
Amendment 230 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
N a. whereas the current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the population’s health as a whole, women are not only affected by the direct health threat but also adversely through the reallocation of resources and priorities, including SRH services and this reversion of resources may result in increased rates of unintended pregnancies, higher maternal mortality and morbidity rates, as well as a spike in sexually transmitted disease and HIV;
Amendment 239 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
N b. whereas numerous reports show that, during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, SRHR services were limited and/or revoked, and there is a disruption in access to essential medical services such as contraception and abortion care, HIV and STI testingand reproductive cancer screenings, and respectful maternal healthcare;
Amendment 242 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
N c. whereas there is a persisting effort to instrumentalize the COVID-19 health crisis as a pretext to adopt further restrictive measures in SRHR and that has a broad and long-term negative effect on the exercise of the fundamental right to health, gender equality andfight against discrimination and gender-based violence and is putting the well-being, health and lives of women and girls at risk;
Amendment 254 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote access to SRHR services and calls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all barriers impeding full accessIn accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHR;
Amendment 267 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and in line with national competences, calls upon the Member States to safeguard the right of all persons to make their own informed choices with regard to SRHRCalls upon the EU, its bodies and agencies to support and promote full access to SRHR services by creating a culture of equality, respect for personal autonomy, accessibility, respect, informed choice and consent, non-discrimination and non-violence andcalls upon the Member States to ensure access to a full range of SRHR, and to remove all legal, policy, financial and other barriers impeding full access to SRHR for all persons, without discrimination on any ground;
Amendment 272 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Reaffirms that SRHR are key for gender equality, the elimination of gender-based violence, economic growth and development, child protection, elimination of human trafficking and poverty;
Amendment 274 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls upon the Member States to address the persisting challenges in accessing or exercising SRHR and ensure that no persin Europe and globally and to ensure that all persons have access to high-quality and affordable SRH services and that no one is left behind by being unable to exercise their right to health; Stresses that equal access to SRHR must be ensured for all persons, regardless of age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, caste, religious affiliation and beliefs, marital status, socio- economic status, disability, HIV (or STI) status, national and social origin, legal and migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;
Amendment 280 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Acknowledges the importance of public information on SRHR; Recalls that all policies relating to SRHR should be founded on reliable and objective evidence from organisations such as WHO, other UN agencies and the Council of Europe;
Amendment 287 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights call on its member states11 to guarantee sufficient budgetary provision for SRHR and ensure the availability of adequate human resources across all levels of the health system, in both urban and rural areas; identify and address legal, policy and financial barriers that impede access to good quality SRH care and integrate SRHR services into existing public health insurance, subsidisation or reimbursement schemes in order to achieve Universal Health Coverage; _________________ 11Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe, 2017, https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/ women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights- in-europe
Amendment 288 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses the negative effects of the so-called “tampon tax” on gender equality; Calls upon the Member States to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax” by applying a 0% VAT rate on menstrual hygiene products and ensuring that this tax cut is effectively benefitting the consumers;
Amendment 292 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that in the time of the COVID-19 induced health crisis, it is essential that universalaccess to SRHR is guaranteed, in line with international human rights standards;
Amendment 298 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee enjoyment and universal access to a full range of SRHR serviceshigh-quality and affordable SRHR services; regardless of financial, practical and social barriers, and free of discrimination, with special consideration of marginalised groups of women (including but not limited to women from ethnic, racial and religious minorities, migrant women, Roma women, women from ruralareas, women with disabilities, women without health insurance, LGBTI persons, victims of sexual and gender- based violence etc.);
Amendment 306 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Member States to consider the health impact of COVID-19 through a gender-lens and ensure the continuing of provision of a full range of SRH services in all circumstances (e.g. lockdown), as well as direct additional efforts and resources to rebuild a health system which recognizes that SRHR are essential for the health and wellbeing of women and girls;
Amendment 311 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Member States to collect reliable, disaggregated and robust statistics on all SRHR services so as to ensure that all women are getting the same access to high-quality services and to detect and address possible differences in outcomes;
Amendment 312 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 314 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with fully informed consent; Calls on the Member States to combat gynaecological and obstetrical violence by reinforcing procedures that guarantee respect for free and prior informed consent and protection from inhumane and degrading treatment in healthcare settings, including through training of medical professionals; calls on the European Commission to tackle this specific form of gender-based violence in its activities;
Amendment 315 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with prior, personal and fully informed consent;
Amendment 334 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Member States to ensure universal access to scientifically accurate, evidence-based, age-appropriate, non- judgemental and comprehensive sexuality education and information for all primary and secondary school children in line with WHO standard, as well as children out of school, in line with WHO standards for Sexuality Education and its Action Plan on Sexual and Reproductive Health; without discrimination on any ground; Urges the Member States to ensure comprehensive education about menstruation and its links to sexuality and fertility; Calls upon the Member States to establish well-developed, well- funded and free of charge youth-friendly services;
Amendment 341 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
Amendment 346 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Member States to reject and combat the spread of discriminatory and unsafe misinformation on SRHR, as it endangers all persons, especially women, LGBTI persons and young people; Recalls that the imparting of information should reflect the diversity of sexual orientations, gender identities, expressions and sex characteristics, so as to counter misinformation based on stereotypes or biases; Calls on Member States to develop age-appropriate sexual education curricula inclusive of the former;
Amendment 358 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls upon the Member States to ensure access to contraceptive methods, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to healthuniversal access to high-quality and affordable modern contraceptive methods, contraceptive supplies, family planning counselling and the provision of online information on contraception for all, thereby safeguarding the fundamental right to health; and to address all barriers impeding access to contraception such as financial and social barriers;
Amendment 367 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls upon the Member States to ensure that contraception is covered under national reimbursement schemes and healthcare policies andinsurance, and at least covered by reimbursement and subsidisation schemes and healthcare policies and ensure that these schemes are evidence- and research- based, taking into account efficiency and success rates in the long term; to recognise that this coverage should be extended to all people of reproductive age;
Amendment 370 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recalls that Member States and public authorities have a responsibility to provide evidence-based, accurate information about contraception and establish awareness-raising programmes and strategies to tackle and dispel barriers, myths, stigma and misconceptions;
Amendment 378 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reaffirms that abortion must always be a voluntary decision based on a womaperson’s request, given of their own free will, in accordance with medical standards and availability, accessibility, affordability and safety based on WHO guidelines and calls upon the Member States to ensure universal access to safe and legal abortion and the respect of the right to freedom, privacy and highest attainable healthcare;
Amendment 399 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to regulmove and combate obstacles to legal abortion and recalls that they have a responsibility to ensure that women have access to the rights affordconferred to them by law;
Amendment 401 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to support Member States in guaranteeing universal access to sexual and reproductive health services, including abortion; urges the Commission to guarantee SRHR by including abortion rights in the next EU Health Strategy;
Amendment 403 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Member States to review their national legal provisions on abortion and bring them in line with international human rights standards and regional best practices by ensuring at the minimum that abortion at a woman’s request is legal in early pregnancy and even beyond if the woman’s health or life is in danger recalls that a total ban on abortion care or denial of abortion care can amount to torture and urges Member States to ensure women’s freedom from ill-treatment;
Amendment 410 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading d
Subheading d
Maternity, pregnancy and birth-related care for all
Amendment 412 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls upon the Member States to adopt measures to ensure that all women have access to affordable, evidence-based maternity careaccess without discrimination to high-quality, affordable, evidence-based and respectful maternity care for all; including midwifery, antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, and maternal mental health support in accordance with current WHO standards and evidence; and consequently, reform laws, policies and practices that exclude certain groups of women from access to maternity care, including by removing legal and policy restrictions that apply on grounds of nationality, ethnicity or migration status;
Amendment 426 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls upon the Member States to strongly condemn and combat physical and verbal abuse, including gynaecological and obstetric violence, whichinformal payments and bribes in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care, which violate women’s human rights and may constitute forms of gender- based violence;
Amendment 428 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Access to fertility treatments
Amendment 429 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 1 (new)
- Provision of SRHR services during the COVID-19 pandemic and in all other crisis related circumstances
Amendment 432 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls upon Member States to encourage and ensure that healthcare providers have training in women’s human rights and principles of free and informed consent and informed choice in antenatal, childbirth and postnatal care;
Amendment 437 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Calls upon Member States to ensure that all persons of reproductive age have access to fertility treatments regardless of their marital status or sexual orientation;
Amendment 439 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls upon Member States to ensure fertility investigations and treatments to be state funded and reimbursed across Europe, irrespective of the person's income and place of residence;
Amendment 440 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Insists that SRH services are essential services; Calls upon Member States to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the right of all individuals to SRHR services and to ensure they are secured through the public health systems, and combat all efforts directed on using the pandemic as an pretext to further restrict SRHR;
Amendment 442 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Recognizes the effects that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the supply and access to contraceptives and reiterates projections of UNFPA from April 2020 which states that some 47 million women in 114 low and middle-income countries are projected to be unable to use modern contraceptives if the lockdown or supply chain disruption continues for 6 months;
Amendment 443 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Amendment 444 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)
Paragraph 16 g (new)
16g. Stresses that access to safe and legal abortion continues to be limited during the COVID-19 pandemic, with examples of efforts to fully ban it under the pretence of less priority service; Urges the Member States to additionally implement safe, free and adjusted access to abortion during the circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, such as the abortion pill, and to recognize abortion care as urgent and medically necessary, thus also rejecting all limitation in accessing it;
Amendment 445 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)
Paragraph 16 h (new)
16h. Stresses the negative consequences for maternity healthcare, labour and birth care as health systems focus on tackling COVID-19 and emphasises that unacceptable changes are being made to the provision of pregnancy and birth care which are not based on scientific evidence, WHO guidelines or guidelines of relevant European professional organisations and are not proportional to the response required to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 446 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Paragraph 16 i (new)
16i. Urges the Member States to ensure adequate resources for quality maternity care and guarantee that policies relating to maternity healthcare during the COVID pandemic are based on evidence and facts, not fears, and respect women’s human rights;
Amendment 447 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 j (new)
Paragraph 16 j (new)
16j. Urges the Member States to ensure full access to fertility treatments and fertility care during the COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent the disruptions in offering fertility treatments which will lead to less children born from medically assisted reproduction treatments and as a consequence will deprive many people completely from their right to try to have a child;
Amendment 448 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 k (new)
Paragraph 16 k (new)
16k. Calls on the European Commission to address the impact of COVID-19 on access to SRHR in the EU in its COVID-19 response, including by supporting actions by Member States and SRHR civil society organisations to guarantee full access to SRHR services, including through the EU4Health Programme and the European Social Fund Plus;
Amendment 449 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 l (new)
Paragraph 16 l (new)
16l. Stresses that all above mentioned COVID-19 related notes and calls should apply for any other crisis related circumstances and calls upon Member States to ensure prioritization of SRHR services in all instances, without any discrimination;
Amendment 454 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls upon the Member States to exercise their competence in SRHR by striving to fully protect, respect and fulfil human rights, specifically the right to health, and implement a wide range of SRH services,in regards to SRHR, to guarantee a wide range of available, accessible, affordable, high-quality and non- discriminatory SRH services available for all without discrimination, to ensuringe that the principle of non- retrogression is respectedunder international human rights law is respected; condemns any attempt to limit access to SRHR through restrictive laws; strongly affirms that the denial of access to SRHR is a form of gender based violence;
Amendment 471 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls upon the Commissioner for Democracy and Demography to take an evidence and human-rights-based approach to tackling demographic challenges in the EU, ensuring that every EU resident can fully realise their SRHR, and to take special note and confront those who instrumentalise SRHR in order to undermine EU values and democracy;
Amendment 473 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls upon the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU public health strategy; s a vital part of achieving the right to health, safety and gender equality, to monitor and promote the full implementation of SDG 3 including target 3.7 in the EU, using the UN global indicator framework; in partnership with Member States, to collect systematic, comparable, disaggregated data and conduct studies to better measure gender inequalities in health and unmet needs in access to SRH services in the EU with an intersectional perspective; to promote health information and education including on SRH; to support and harmonise national health systems and policies in order to reduce health inequalities within and between Member States; to include SRHR interventions in the EU4Health Programme, to support actions of Member States and SRHR civil society organisations in achieving full access to SRHR services through this Programme;
Amendment 479 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality strategyimplementation of the EU Gender Equality strategy and the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy, to strongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and to develop concrete measures to counter it; to recognize the intrinsic links between realising SRHR and achieving gender equality and combating gender-based violence and to monitor and promote the full implementation of SDG 5 including target 5.6 in the EU; to successfully mainstream gender throughout all EU policies; to support the activities of SRHR civil society organisations;
Amendment 484 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls upon the Commissioner for Equality to promote and protect SRHR and to include them in the next EU gender equality simplementation of the EU gender equality strategy and the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy;
Amendment 490 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to uphold the European Consensus on Development and the SDGs, in particular targets 3.7,5.6 and 5.16, to ensure that SRHR remain a development priority in all EU external activities and relations, welcomes the strong language on SRHR in the new Gender Action Plan III, emphasises the need to prioritize the removal of all barriers in the access to SRHR services; calls upon the Commissioner for International Partnerships to strongly condemn the ‘global gag’ rule;
Amendment 493 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls upon the Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life to ensure that the new Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief be dedicated to a human-rights based approach, thus respecting sexual and reproductive health and rights and dedicated to jointly working on guaranteeing the right to health for all, in the EU and globally, without any discrimination;
Amendment 494 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Calls upon the Commissioner for Crisis Management to include a gender equality perspective in the EU and Member States ’humanitarian aid response, and a perspective on sexual and reproductive health and rights, as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare is a basic need for people in humanitarian settings;
Amendment 496 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights; ongly condemn the backsliding in women’s rights and strengthen its actions to counter it; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up their support for women’s rights and SRHR organisations in the EU, which are key actors for gender-equal societies, and crucial providers of SRH services and information; and notably their financial support through the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme, the funding of which should be significantly increased as asked by the European Parliament;
Amendment 500 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls upon the Commission to strengthen its actions to counter the backlash against women’s rights and SRHR;
Amendment 501 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls upon the Commission to ensure that the provision of SRHR is not limited or revoked under the pretence of the COVID-19 pandemic and to recognize that SRHR are a part of the fundamental human rights and as such a priority during this health crisis and beyond; calls on the Commission to organise regular exchanges of best practices and mutual learning between Member States on guaranteeing access to SRHR, involving experts and civil society organisations;
Amendment 502 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls upon the Commission to implement gender budgeting throughout all the instruments of the MFF 2021- 2027, including the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values, the European Social Fund + and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument;
Amendment 503 #
2020/2215(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls upon the Commission to take concrete steps in protecting SRHR, starting with the establishment of an EU Special Envoy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right and the addition of a designated chapter on the State of play of SRHR in the EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that alle importance of reviewing democratic means of participation for citizens mustso that these entail an open and transparent process that takes an inclusive, participatory and well- balanced approach to citizens and stakeholderrepresentative associations; as well as identifying current gaps; believes that dialogue between decision- makers and organised civil society should be organised in such a way that the diversity of our societies is fully reflected;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement on civil dialogue based on article 11.2 TEU stating that institutions shall maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with representative associations and civil society;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that established channels for citizens to give their input on the EU decision-making process, such as the European citizens’ initiative, the right of petition to the European Parliament, recourse to the European Ombudsman, public consultations and dialogues, lack visibility, accessibility and follow-up; supports awareness raising activities on these mechanisms to maximise their impact and effectiveness;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that citizen’s participation implies the development of an array of tools ranging from consultation to deliberation, as well as the development of structured permanent dialogue at EU level and at national level on EU issues with citizens and civil society organisations representing citizens;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. SAffirms that quality education, and particularly citizenship education, is one of the pillars of democracy; stresses that civic education and learning about the EU is key to improve European democracy and the future of the Union, enabling EU citizens to make informed choices; calls on the Commission to develop an indicative common curriculum on EU learning in order to foster objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Uncitizenship in order to foster a better understanding, among others, of the functioning of the EU, of the existing EU participatory mechanisms, of the histories and cultures of Member States, their European rights and obligations, as well as objective and critical thinking on the benefits of the European Union; considers that more investment is needed in training and capacity building programmes for educators on citizenship education;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Invites the Commission to develop a comprehensive European strategy on citizenship education in view of the risk posed to our democracies by national populism, online disinformation and the polarising social tensions in Europe and abroad; considers that such strategy should seek to inform citizens’ about European democratic systems; enhance citizens’ understanding of the interplay between the EU and the Member States’ roles in the EU decision-making process and how EU policies are made, nurture public awareness about the benefits, rights and obligations of being a EU citizen, raise awareness about innovative ways of citizens’ participation in EU decision-making and co-creation of policy solutions; such strategy should support safeguarding the rule of law, minority rights in Europe and the values of an open and inclusive society, reinforce youth engagement in public life by promoting innovative and novel ways of political representation and participation, improve digital competences, social media literacy and critical thinking in media consumption;
Amendment 70 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Ask the Commission to explore the establishment of an European Agency for Citizenship education in charge of improving access to and the quality of citizenship education in all EU member states and support the development of a European dimension of citizenship education, for all age groups, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Recalls that the right of education is the first principle of the European Pillar of Social rights, including the right to education to fully participate in social life, believes that to this end citizenship education covering the national and European level must be ensured;
Amendment 72 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Calls on the EU and national governments to increase its investment in formal and informal civic education, on active citizenship and democratic competences;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the right of citizens to have access to reliable and factual information on the European Union, its policies and decision-making processes; recognises the need to establish adiversify access to neutral, independent and informative common European news centreand the value of existing European media outlets, available in all of the EU’s official languages; calls for downstream feedback, fact-checking and moderation in relation to disinformation to be introduced into the functioning of online platforms.;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Welcomes the European Democracy Action Plan (EDAP) objective to improve citizens’ participation in democratic systems through informed decision-making; emphasises the need to ensure youth participation and civic engagement of people from disadvantaged backgrounds under Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity; welcomes the announced measures in the EDAP to strengthen media freedom, freedom of expression and quality journalism, looks forward to the Commission’s proposals for practical and efficient tools to better secure the safety of journalists, which are all too often subject to threats and undue intimidation, thereby limiting citizen’s right to information, notes with concern the lack of specific proposals to ensure artistic freedom and grant protection to censored and prosecuted artists and invites the Commission to further develop this area under the DEAP;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 87 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Calls on the Commission to include meaningful participation of citizens and civil society organisations in the Conference on the future of Europe, considers that to this end, proper methodologies and tailored tools enabling deep engagement and understanding of the topics debated are crucial, in particular in its European dimension;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2201(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Considers that representatives of the youth, citizen's and civil society agoras should participate as permanent members in the plenary of the conference; believes that the Conference on the Future of Europe should discuss how to reinforce European action in the fields of education, culture and youth.
Amendment 1 #
2020/2169(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the Agency received a EUR 16.7 million contribution under the general budget of the Union in 2019, a decrease of 0.4% in comparison with 2018; points out that the Agency receives one of the lowest budget appropriations of all the EU agencies; welcomes the fact that in 2019, the Agency managed to implement its budget at a rate of 99.9% for commitments and 86% for payments;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2169(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls the importance of fisheries control in achieving the objectives of the common fisheries policy (CFP); acknowledges the Agency’s vital contribution to implementing these goals; stresses that the ongoing revision of the regulation governing fisheries control will increase the Agency’s workload; emphasises the incoherence of seeking to tackle growing obligations without sufficient resources to do so; stresses, therefore, that the financial and human resources available to the Agency need to be increased in the coming years;
Amendment 7 #
2020/2169(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the assistance provided by the Agency to the Commission with regard to cooperation with third countries and the Agency's crucial role in securing a level playing field with all coastal states; stresses, in this regard, the need to increase the resources allocated to the Agency with a view to making it possible to handle the increased workload caused by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and any potential consequences of the new relationship for the fisheries control framework;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2169(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Deplores the fact that, despite the Agency’s commitment in June 2018 to publishing information on the relevant executive director and staff meetings with lobbyists on its website, no such information has been published yet; calls on the Agency to deliver onuphold its commitment and regularly update the page on its website dedicated to providing this information;
Amendment 75 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H j (new)
Recital H j (new)
H j. whereas 43 % of Europeans lack basic digital skills, with significant disparities within and between Member States and based on socioeconomic status, age, gender, income, level of education and employment; whereas the Skills Agenda aims to ensure that 70 per cent of 16- to 74-year-olds have basic digital skills by 2025; whereas the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens acknowledges the importance of soft skills, including communication, collaboration, digital content and creation; whereas these skills are key components of humanities, arts and social sciences studies; whereas an interdisciplinary approach to the study of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) can lead to a better design of human-centric digital solutions;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H k (new)
Recital H k (new)
H k. whereas data shows persisting gender inequalities in the whole digital sector whereas gender stereotypes influence subject choices (less than 3 % of teenage girls express an interest in working as an ICT professional) which in turn influence the lack of women in the ICT and STEM professions, whereas women are underrepresented in high-tech jobs and a there is persistent digital gender pay gap, whereas high-tech jobs are the jobs of the future, the driving force of innovation, social welfare and sustainable development;
Amendment 138 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to address the gender gap in the digital ecosystem and focus on better inclusion of girls in digital education from a very young age;
Amendment 229 #
2020/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15 f. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly address the issue of a lack of women participating in ICT studies and careers within the digital sector, with a special focus on the Digital Education Action Plan; calls on educational entities to encourage girls to take up mathematics, coding, ICT classes and science subjects in schools;
Amendment 367 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Highlights the additional needs of minority groups, such as Roma women, who face challenges in maintaining hygiene and adhering to confinement measures due to a lack of access to basic infrastructure, services and information; especially during confinement;
Amendment 384 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Emphasises that the global nature of the COVID-19 pandemic requires a global response; highlights the vulnerable position of women and girls in many parts of the world - especially in fragile and conflict affected states - in relation to COVID-19, such as access to healthcare, including SRHR, vulnerability to violence, including FGM and child marriage, employment status, access to education and extreme poverty and hunger; underlines the importance of supporting women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations and their participation at all levels of decision-making;
Amendment 389 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that all financial support given to partner countries to cope with the crisis are properly allocated to support women and girls, such as to secure access to Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), avoid child labour, and avoid the lockdowns to lead to a loose of autonomy for women and girls worldwide;
Amendment 406 #
2020/2121(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the needs arising from the crisis and its socio- economic consequences, and to allocate adequate budgetary resources to tackling these needs; calls on the Commission and Member States to apply gender mainstreaming in all areas of the recovery strategy and to allocate extra budgetary resources through a Women Corona Fund to tackling the needs of women and girls, especially in the field of employment, violence and SRHR, as well as to the monitoring of this spending, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; emphasises that preparatory action is the best way to build resilience in all areas for future crises;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notices the rapid and continuous growth of the silver economy in the European Union, which by 2025 is likely to contribute 32% of EU GDP and 38% of the Union’s employment; underlines the need of vocational education, digital education and re-training schemes to adequately reflect that fact to ensure the social inclusion of seniors;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points to the need of providing sufficient funding to the re-skilling and up-skilling of workers in carbon- dominated industries form the EU Emissions Trading System Modernisation Fund so that to intensify action towards a just transition;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2084(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notices that financial obstacles account for a large portion of reasons why many young people cannot take part in the Erasmus - based exchanges; stresses that there is a necessity to make Erasmus+ more easily accessible for students with fewer opportunities;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“the Istanbul Convention”),
Amendment 41 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
— having regard to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women of 18 December 1979,
Amendment 42 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
— having regard to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984,
Amendment 44 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
— having regards to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy,
Amendment 47 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 d (new)
Citation 12 d (new)
— having regard to the report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) of March 2014 entitled ‘Violence against women: an EU-wide survey’,
Amendment 48 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 e (new)
Citation 12 e (new)
Amendment 50 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regards to resolution of 11 February 2021 on challenges ahead for women’s rights in Europe: more than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
Amendment 52 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences,
Amendment 55 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
Citation 13 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence,
Amendment 56 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 d (new)
Citation 13 d (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2019 on experiencing a backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU,
Amendment 57 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 e (new)
Citation 13 e (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 11 September 2018 on measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at the workplace, in public spaces, and in political life in the EU,
Amendment 58 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU,
Amendment 90 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas innovation happens at a pace that often does not allow for reflection its long-term consequences, whereas rapid technological developments, such as the increasing reach of the internet, the spread of mobile information, and the widespread use of social media frequently give ground and generate new forms of gender-based violence online;
Amendment 99 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas currently there is no common definition or effective policy approach to combating gender-based cyber violence at EU or national level, whereas cyber harassment, cyber stalking, cyber bullying, trolling, online hate and sexist speech, flaming, doxxing and, impersonation, image- based sexual abuse and deep fakes are among the most common types of gender-based cyberviolence;, whereas some Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only; digital space is being used to lure women into pornography, prostitution and human trafficking, whereas several Member States have adopted specific legislation on some of those particular forms only, but the cross-border nature of gender-based cyber violence has yet to be properly addressed;
Amendment 120 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas, despite a growing awareness of the phenomenon of gender- based cyberviolence, the lack of collection of exhaustive and recent data and the underreporting of cases of gender-based cyberviolence prevents an accurate assessment of its prevalence; whereas the European added value assessment on gender-based cyberviolence estimates that between 4 and 7% of women in the Union have experienced cyber harassment during the past 12 months, while between 1 and 3% have experienced cyber stalking, whereas the prevalence of gender-based cyberviolence is likely to continue to rise in the coming years;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas women can be targeted by cyberviolence either individually or as members of a specific community;, including women from vulnerable groups, whereas intersectional forms of discrimination, including discrimination based on race, language, religion, belief, national or social origin, belonging to a national or ethnic minority, birth, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics, age, state of health, disability, marital status or migrant or refugee status, can exacerbate the consequences of gender- based cyberviolence;
Amendment 142 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some women, such as feminist and LGBTIQ+ activists, politicians, women in public positions, journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders, are particularly impacted by gender-based cyberviolence, and whereas this is causing not only psychological harm and suffering to them but also deterring them from participating digitally in political, social and cultural life;
Amendment 150 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. Whereas the Commission has committed in its Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and in the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 to present an initiative with a view to extending the areas of crime where harmonisation is possible to specific forms of gender-based violence in accordance with Article 83(1) TFEU, including hate crime and hate speech targeting LGBTIQ people;
Amendment 152 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas gender-based cyberviolence has a direct impacts on women's mental health, on the full exercise of fundamental rights and even on democracy, and has and well-being, reflected in an increased incidence of depression and anxiety disorders, as well as social and economic impacts, which may include labour market impacts, through lower presence at work, risk of job loss or lover productivity, whereas cyberviolence can have a negative impact on victim's ability to fully exercise their fundamental rights, therefore, having consequences on society, including an economic impact and on democracy as a whole;
Amendment 159 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas jobs increasingly involve and become dependent on the digital solutions leading to an increasing risks of women encountering gender-based cyber violence while engaging in the labour market and economic activity;
Amendment 163 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. Whereas the EPRS study Combating gender-based violence: Cyber violence’ estimates the overall costs of cyber harassment and cyber stalking at between €49.0 and €89.3 billion with the largest cost category being the value of the loss in terms of quality of life, which accounted for more than half of the overall costs (about 60 % for cyber harassment and about 50 % for cyberstalking);
Amendment 168 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that gender-based cyberviolence is a continuum of gender- based violence offline and that no policy alternative will be effective unlesshould be addressed by a set of legislative and non- legislative measures iat takes this reality into considerationhe EU level, as well as within Member States;
Amendment 196 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of domestic violence and abuseintimate partner violence and abuse has escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic because victims are forced to spend more time with perpetrators and they tend to be more isolated from support networks; calls on Member States to increase the assistance they offer through shelters, helplines and support services to protect victims and facilitate the reporting of gender-based violence;
Amendment 201 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the transnational nature of gender-based cyberviolence, considering the cross-border dimension of the use of ICT, as well the rapid technological developments and digitalisation, generate new forms of gender-based cyberviolence, which undermines traceability and sanctioning of perpetrators;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to promote awareness raising, to implement national criminal justice laws and specific policies, and programmes well as trainings, educational programmes and campaigns to prevent gender-based cyber violence and to fight against impunity for those who commit such acts; highlights the importance of gender equality in education curriculums to address gender stereotypes that lead to harmful gender norms, while dealing with the root causes of gender-based violence, including cyberviolence, notes that particular attention should be given in this respect to education of boys and men;
Amendment 237 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish a reliable system for regularly collecting statistical disaggregated and comparable data on gender-based violence, including cyberviolence, including with the aim to conduct an EU wide study;
Amendment 246 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that inter alia stress, concentration problems, anxiety, panic attacks, low self-esteem, depression, post- traumatic stress disorder, lack of trust and lack of sense of control, caused by cyberviolence, can have an impact on mental health and may have life-long consequences on health and well-being of women experiencing it;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that apart from psychological impacts gender-based cyberviolence generates psychological, social and economic consequencesimplications on women’s life both online and offline;
Amendment 264 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give particular attention to women belonging to groups put in a vulnerable situation as regards gender- based cyberviolence and to develop specific support services and educational programmes dedicated to those specific groups;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that gender-based cyberviolence reduces the participation of women in public debate which, as a consequence, erodes the democratic principles of the Union; regrets that that ‘silencing effect’ has been particularly aimed at targeting women activists, including feminist women and girls, LGBTIQ+ activists, artists, women in male-dominated industries, journalists and politicians with the intention of discouraging the presence of women in political lifeublic life, including politics and decision- making spheres;
Amendment 283 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that gender stereotypes are at the core of gender discrimination and are one of the main barriers to the entry of women and girls in the ICT and digital fields; stresses the need to tackle the gender gap in the ICT sector through education, awareness-raising campaigns, professional trainings, appropriate funding and the promotion of the representation of women in the sector;
Amendment 317 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. RecCalls thaton the Council is to urgently conclude the Union’s ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (the ‘Istanbul Convention’) on the basis of a broad accession without any limitations, and to advocate for its ratification, swift and proper implementation, and enforcement by all Member States; underlines that the Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international treaty addressing the root causes of gender- based violence in all its forms and should be understood as a minimum standard; highlights that this call does not detract from the call to adopt a Union legal act on combating gender-based violence but, rather, complements it;, recalls that new legislative measures should in any case be coherent with the rights and obligations set by the Istanbul Convention and should be complementary to its ratification.
Amendment 326 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Strongly reaffirms its commitment, as it has previously expressed, to tackle gender-based violence and to the need to have, reiterates its call for a comprehensive directive covering all its forms as the best way to put an end to gender-based violence;
Amendment 354 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 3
The scope should cover anyll forms of gender-based violence committed, assisted or aggravated in part or fully by the use of ICT, such as mobile phones and smartphones, the internet, social media platforms or email, against a womaen because she is a woman, or affects women disproportionatelyof their gender.
Amendment 356 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 1
- cyber harassment (including: cyberbullying, online sexual harassment, unsolicited receiving of sexually explicit material, mobbing);
Amendment 361 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 5
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 5
- threats (including direct threats and threats of violence, extortion, sextortion, blackmail) directed at the victim, their children or relatives as well as other persons affected by second order violence;
Amendment 367 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 9
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 9
- "Real-World Attacks" (cyber violence having repercussions in “real life”), hacking and unlawful access to mobile, email, instant messaging messages or social media accounts;
Amendment 369 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11
Annex I – Recommendation 2 – paragraph 4 – indent 11
- direct violence., including trafficking of women using technological means such as recruitment, luring women into prostitution and sharing stolen graphical content to advertise for prostitution, sexualised extortion (sextortion) and identity theft, as well as online grooming in order to bring the child into sexual abuse or child- trafficking situations;
Amendment 374 #
2020/2035(INL)
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – Recommendation 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- awareness-raising and educational programmes, including programmes addressed to boys and men, as well as campaigns involving all relevant actors and stakeholders to address the root causes of gender-based cyberviolence, within the general context of gender-based violence in order to bring about changes in social and cultural attitudes and remove gender stereotypes, while promoting responsible behaviour on social media and increasing literacy about the safe use of the internet;
Amendment 1 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the current negotiation will be of decisive importance for the future of the Member States and the United Kingdom (UK) and, in that context, fishing and the management of living marine resources are essential issues; whereas the fisheries sector directly and indirectly represents hundreds of thousands of jobs, provides a livelihood for many coastal areas and coastal communities, contributes to fix population thus fighting demographic decline, contributes to safe and healthy food for millions of consumers, and promotes a strong environmental model;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Reaffirms that no comprehensive agreement can be concluded between the EU and the UK if it does not include a complete, balanced and long-term fisheries agreementagreement on fisheries and fisheries- related matters, allowing the continuation under optimal conditions of access to waters, resources and markets of the parties concerned; Recalls the need for the agreement on fisheries to be concluded by 1 July 2020;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the greatest mutual benefit will be obtained by maintaining reciprocal accesnd equal access for fishers to waters and resources, by defining common, coherent and stable principles and rules, enabling open access of fishing and aquaculture products to markets without causing economic or social tensions through unbalanced competition;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the need to include in the draft agreement proposal, the distribution percentages that are currently applied for the stocks to be shared between both parties in Annex FISH-2 (Allocation of fishing opportunities) in accordance with the principle of relative stability in force. The fact that the percentages of the stocks to be shared between both parties have been left empty might be seen as an initial concession to the United Kingdom, lowering the objectives of the current mandate;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Urges the Commission to include provisions on the prevention and combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities within Union and United Kingdom waters;
Amendment 45 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for adequate cooperation and consultation mechanisms, a common scientific approach and guarantees that the UK will continue to contribute to data collection and the scientific assessment of stocks; and urges the parties to continue their active and loyal cooperation in matters of fishing control and the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Takes note of the UK’s intention to be negotiating a separate fisheries framework agreement with Norway; reminds that Norway is a member of the European Economic Area(EEA) and the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA), which entails rights and obligations concerning the fisheries sector and products when it comes to access among others to the EU market;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Underlines the importance of including a reference in the agreement on the obligation of cooperation within the framework of coastal States, as provided by International Law, which is essential for fisheries management measures and the sustainability of shared stocks;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 52 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that the current context of crisis resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak does not facilitate the negotiations for an agreement within the demanding timetable established; calls, therefore, on the parties to be flexible so that the transitional period can be extended if necessary and to provide certainty for the sector;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Believes that in case the extension of the transitional period is agreed, the current distribution of TACs and quotas should be extended accordingly in order to provide legal certainty to the fisheries sector;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2023(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. However, urges the Commission and the Member States to prepare for all scenarios, both the extension of the transitional period and the no-deal, and to devise the necessary measures to support the sector as well as the regulatory frameworks appropriate to either scenario;
Amendment 9 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that Roma pupils are EU citizens, and that as such they have the same rights afforded and should be provided with equal opportunities and educated in mainstream, high quality and inclusive education settings at all levels; insists that effective desegregation strategies should be put in place, especially by EU Member States with a sizeable Roma population;
Amendment 15 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends that, given the importance of high quality early childhood education, which is known to correlate with better learning outcomes and to lay the foundations for later social integration, the education of vulnerable Roma pupils should start as early as possible, preferably at the age of three and earlier, by including them in affordable, accessible and inclusive early childhood and childcare services; urges Member States to develop and implement strategies and programs aimed at facilitating the access of Roma to childcare facilities, schools and universities;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges Member States to facilitate the transition between various educational pathways, including up to tertiary education, by providing adequate educational and career guidance and support programs, and offering financial assistance such as scholarship, grants and loans, in order to allow Roma youth to obtain the qualifications – including digital and entrepreneurial skills – they need for effective social and labour market integration;
Amendment 33 #
2020/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the pressing need to involve Roma parents in each stage of their children’s schooling.; urges Member States to develop programs aimed at the inclusion of Roma parents in the process of their children's schooling and educational and personal development;
Amendment 4 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in order to fight against disinformation and fake news, reinstate a climate of trust in the media and counter threats to democratic political processes, a comprehensive EU strategy is needed, based inter alia on media and information literacy, and aimed at empowering citizens to critically assess media content and recognise the difference between opinion and fact; calls therefore on the European Commission to develop such a strategy in close cooperation with the Member States and civil society organisations;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the crucial importance of independent journalism in sustaining media pluralism and transparency of the democratic process; calls on the Commission to include studies and courses on independent journalism in appropriate EU funded projects and programmes;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2009(INI)
5. Considers that in the fight against disinformation, the core principles of access to information and above all freedom of expression, including artistic freedom, should always prevail; highlights that decisions taken by media platforms – e.g. regarding their community standards or recommendation algorithms – have considerable consequences for the exercise of freedom of expression, right to receive impartial information, media freedom, pluralism and democracy;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights that national media, in particular public service media, have an important responsibility to adequately reflect the cultural, linguistic, social and political diversity and to inform citizens extensively about all topics that are relevant to their everyday lives, including EU policies and news.; notices that in some Member States this diversity has not been adequately reflected and that the media have not been providing adequate and objective information on the EU policies; insists on the need to remedy the situation;
Amendment 69 #
2020/2009(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expresses serious concern about the situation in some Member States where media laws allowing for greater political interference have been introduced, resulting in media, public or private, being forced to abandon the principle of impartiality, which is supported by, inter alia, evidence from the Reporters Without Borders 2020 World Press Freedom Index; underlines that free and independent journalism must be guaranteed and safeguarded by proper regulatory frameworks;
Amendment 13 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that at the peak of the confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the fishing sector, in particular small-scale coastal fishing vessels, continued to operate maintaining the regular supply of local markets, guaranteeing Union citizens access to healthy marine food, particularly in isolated coastal areas and regions where supply chains were hampered by logistical constraints
Amendment 18 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that the negotiations on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union seem to be moving towards a no-deal scenario, and the social and economic consequences for the fishing fleets operating in UK waters will be huge; emphasises that financial support for the Union fishing fleet operating in those waters, now third country waters, needs to be ensured from the beginning of 2021 and that fishermen who are already in a difficult situation due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be subject to a double penalty .
Amendment 34 #
2020/1998(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates that the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) must be given the additional funding and equipment it needs to carry out its activities properly and to ensure that the EU meets its sustainable fishing goals, in particular with the changes to Fisheries Control Regulation that are now being negotiated and, seems to increase the competences and tasks to be assumed by EFCA;
Amendment 135 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 changed the economic outlook for the years to come in the Union and in the world, calling for an urgent and coordinated response from the Union in order to cope with the enormous economic and social consequences for all Member. The challenges linked to the demographic context, social inclusion and social cohesion have been amplified by COVID-19. The current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the previous economic and financial crisis have shown that developing sound and resilient economies and financial systems built on strong economic and social structures helps Member States to respond more efficiently to shocks and recover more swiftly from them. Moreover, they have shown that cuts in public spending on education, culture and healthcare are counterproductive to a swift recovery and to build resilient economies and societies. The medium and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis will critically depend on how quickly Member States’ economies will recover from the crisis, which in turn depends on the fiscal space Member States have available to take measures to mitigate the social and economic impact of the crisis, and on the resilience of their economies and public services of general interest. Reforms and investments to address structural weaknesses of the economies and public services of general interest and strengthen their resilience will therefore be essential to set the economies and social life back on a sustainable recovery path and avoid further widening of the divergences in the Union.
Amendment 152 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) The COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken to mitigate its effects on the economies have had disastrous consequences for the social life in all Member States. Education, cultural activities, tourism and recreation came almost to a standstill. The Union and its Member States should therefore also invest in the recovery and resilience of these sectors and policy areas.
Amendment 153 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Considering that the cultural and creative sectors have been hit particularly hard by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic due to, amongst other things, the closure of cinemas, theatres and other cultural venues, the sudden stop of ticket sales and low advertisement sales, the Union and its Member States should earmark at least 2% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for the support of these sectors, which are of utmost importance for the economies, social cohesion, tourism and recreation.
Amendment 154 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 c (new)
Recital 4 c (new)
(4c) The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore that our educational systems are not as resilient as they should be. The pandemic has probably caused the most severe disruption to the world’s education and training systems in history, with many pupils and students in the Union having no or little access to remote learning due to a lack of digital equipment, infrastructure and competences, but also due to their vulnerable social status. This situation is threatening a loss of learning for an entire generation of pupils and students, likely to decrease future income levels of the affected generation and to negatively impact labour productivity, growth and competitiveness levels for the Union as a whole. The Union and its Member States should therefore allocate 10% of the Recovery and Resilience Facility for investments in quality and inclusive education and training, educational infrastructure, online and offline, skills and competences.
Amendment 161 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The implementation of reforms contributing to promote social cohesion and to achieve a high degree of resilience of domestic economies, strengthening adjustment capacity and unlocking growth potential are among the Union’s policy priorities. They are therefore crucial to set the recovery on a sustainable path and support the process of upward economic and social convergence. This is even more necessary in the aftermath of the pandemic crisis to pave the way for a swift recovery.
Amendment 171 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Past experiences have shown that investment is often drastically cut during crises. However, it is essential to support investment, public and private, in this particular situation to speed up the recovery, mitigate the effects of the pandemic on social inclusion and cohesion and strengthen long- term growth potential. Investing in green and digital technologies, capacities and processes aimed at assisting clean energy transition, boosting energy efficiency in housing and other key sectors of the economic are important to achieve sustainable growth and help create jobs. It will also help make the Union more resilient and less dependent by diversifying key supply chains. However, it is equally important to invest in education, culture and other public services of general interest in order to promote social inclusion and social cohesion, to prepare the citizens for the future needs of our labour markets, to equip them with the necessary skills and competences and to give them new opportunities.
Amendment 200 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Currently, no instrument foresees direct financial support linked to the achievement of results and to implementation of reforms and public investments of the Member States in response to challenges identified in the European Semester, and with a view to having a lasting impact on the productivity and resilience of the economy and public services of the Member States.
Amendment 270 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to implement these overall objectives, relevant actions will be identified during the Facility’s preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes. Also, due attention should be paid to the impact of the national plans submitted under this Regulation on fostering not only the green transition, but also the digital transformation, including the promotion of digital education, skills and competences. They will both play a priority role in relaunching and modernising our economy.
Amendment 321 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) The Facility’s general objective should be the promotion of economic, social and territorial cohesion. For that purpose, it should contribute to improving the resilience and adjustment capacity of the Member States, mitigating the social and economic impact of the crisis, and supporting the green and digital transitions aimed at achieving a climate neutral Europe by 2050, thereby restoring the growth potential of the economies of the Union in the aftermath of the crisis, fostering public services, employment creation and to promoting sustainable growth.
Amendment 344 #
2020/0104(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) To ensure its contribution to the objectives of the Facility, the recovery and resilience plan should comprise measures for the implementation of reforms and public investment projects through a coherent recovery and resilience plan. The recovery and resilience plan should be consistent with the relevant country- specific challenges and priorities identified in the context of the European Semester, with the national reform programmes, the national energy and climate plans, the just transition plans, and the partnership agreements and operational programmes adopted under the Union funds. To boost actions that fall within the priorities of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda, the plan should also set out measures that are relevant for the green and digital transitions. Furthermore, the plan should set out measures in the areas of education and culture, which contribute considerably to economic and social resilience. The measures should enable a swift deliver of targets, objectives and contributions set out in national energy and climate plans and updates thereof. All supported activities should be pursued in full respect of the climate and environmental priorities of the Union.
Amendment 12 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women remain under- represented in leadership positions and devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care, while being overrepresented in low-paid industries such as social work, caring work, educational and service work, whereas they devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care; whereas special measures are required to support women, namely women returning to the job market after a long break in order to increase their potential on the labour market;
Amendment 27 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that Heading II “Cohesion and Values” the proposed MFF focuses on gender equality, with special funds being allocated to promote women’s equality and combat violence against women; regrets lack of such an approach across all seven headings;
Amendment 31 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for appropriate funding to advance LGBTI equality and to facilitate the implementation of the upcoming EU LGBTI strategy;
Amendment 52 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for spending on gender equality to be traced and for proper indicators, impact assessments and a dedicated methodology to be established, particularly as regards the fight against gender-based discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights; calls for relevant accountability and transparency mechanisms, as well as reporting of the outcomes, to be developed and applied to improve the process of gender mainstreaming and the efficiency of the programmes implemented;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses a need of allocating appropriate resources to implement a pilot project on gender budgeting within the EU institutions to build capacity amongst decision- and policy-makers;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Recalls the European Parliament’s request to triple the funds allocated in the long-term EU budget (2021-2027) for the Rights and Values Programme, up to 1.834 billion euros;
Amendment 78 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. 1. Recalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)IGE, and the need for a consolidated budget for collecting gender- segregated data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality;, calls for the EIGE’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be kept stable.
Amendment 80 #
2019/2213(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges for a mid-term review in the proposed MFF (2021-2027) to ensure that spending priorities remain relevant; regrets that mid-term revision of MFF for 2014-2020 failed to include a review of gender mainstreaming;
Amendment 5 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
— - having regard to The European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP);
Amendment 15 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
— - having regard to EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030;
Amendment 29 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Mediterranean Sea is a common good to be protected, andone of the areas with the greatest biodiversity in the world in addition to being a basin that is home to coastal communities that depend largely on fishing, and particularly small-scale fishing; whereas its current worrying environmental status is worrying, partly as a result of overfishing, and is havingis seriously endangering not only biodiversity but also the survival of a sector whose loss of profitability may have extremely negative repercussions for the industry as a whole;
Amendment 36 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas fish stocks do not have unlimited reproductive capacity, and whereas demand for and consumption of fish is constantly increasing;there is an everlasting difficulty to balance spawning stock biomass and fishing capacity rather than indicating limited reproductive capacity of fish stocks
Amendment 43 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. having regard to the significant socioeconomic impact of restrictions on fishing activities; , which undermine the profitability of thousands of companies to the point of endangering their very survival, with a potentially devastating impact on employment and social cohesion in coastal areas;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the majority of the Mediterranean fishing fleet consists of small-scale artisanal fishing vessels, accounting for some 80% of the fishing fleet and 60% of jobs in the Mediterranean basin, and whereas some fleets have shrunk significantly decreased in size;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in addition to fishing, the factors exerting pressure on Mediterranean fish stocks include human-made problems such as pollution, habitat loss, maritime traffic, competition for space and climate change;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas healthy level of fish stocks needs to be reached to prevent a loss of jobs and to sustain important economic sectors that depend on fisheries;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas fishing and aquaculture are among the hardest hit sectors, as demand has seen a sudden decline.
Amendment 71 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
I b. having regard to a range of temporary and targeted COVID measures proposed by the Commission to address the challenges faced by the seafood community;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 101 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to ensure that every legislative proposal to restrict fishing activities takes account of its socioeconomic impactis preceded by a wide- ranging impact assessment to quantify its possible socioeconomic impact on coastal communities and on the productivity and competitiveness of EU fisheries undertakings and the production chain, and is supported by scientific data that are kept up to date and shared with fishers’ associations;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the lack of precise quantification of the consequences for fish stocks of all possible impacts over and beyond fishing activities, such as pollution, global warming, alien species, exploitation of hydrocarbons, dredging and maritime transport; stresses that this lack of information does not allow for sufficiently adequate and effective decision-making to ensure the conservation of fish stocks and marine ecosystems;
Amendment 110 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that any future legislative measures to promote the recovery of fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea that have an impact on the fishing activity of the European fisheries sector should be implemented gradually and in proportion to the sector's capacity for action; stresses, in addition, the importance of ensuring that any future legislative proposal does not impose an excessive bureaucratic and financial burden on the European fisheries sector, particularly on small-scale fisheries;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 124 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls on the Member States to fight IUU fishing by increasing transparency of fishing operations, and of monitoring and control efforts;
Amendment 125 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the Member States to enhance capacity for fisheries control and to facilitate the exchange of best-practices and targets between Member States on a short-term tactical level, assisted by EFCA;
Amendment 126 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls on the Commission to consider integrating fisheries into the EU Neighbourhood Policy, as a tool for invigorating regional cooperation;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to carry out an economic analysis of the social and employment effects of the decline in fishery resources in the Mediterranean, with a view to identifying appropriate support measures to guarantee the sustainability of the industrya fair and equitable transition to low impact fisheries;
Amendment 158 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. CStresses that acceptance by the fisheries sector above all is also indispensible to achieve fully any Mediterranean restocking goals and ensure the proper implementation of rules laid down by the EU legislature; calls on the Commission accordingly to improve and step up cooperation and dialogue with the advisory councils, taking due account of their views and acknowledging the importance of fishers for coastal communities and the need to involve fishers, relevant professional organisations and civil society organisations in the formulation of rules to be implemented and decision-making processes;
Amendment 159 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to improve and step up cooperation and dialogue with the advisory councils, taking due account of their views and acknowledging the importance of fishers for coastal communities and the need to involve fishers, relevant professional organisations and civil society organisations in decision-making processes; as co-management is key to develop sustainable fisheries in coastal waters;
Amendment 169 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Libyan and TuniCommissiaon authorities to put an end to all restrictions on and acts of harassment against EU fishing vessels, and to ensure that fishers can carry out their legitimate activities without fear of reprisals; calls on the Libyan authorities to comply with UNCLOS and to bring their legislation into line with the principles of sustainable fishing, in keeping with GFCM policies and decisionsto engage in a dialogue with those North African countries that do not comply with UNCLOS and GFCM policies and decisions, ensuring safety and a level- playing field for all EU fishermen;
Amendment 174 #
2019/2178(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, through its agencies, to step up its efforts to monitor EU territorial waters in order to identify third-country vessels illegally fishing in EU territorial waters and protected marine areas and make the conditions in which EU fishers work safer and, where necessary,; stresses that it is essential to provide these agencies with adequate funding and manpower to this end;
Amendment 12 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on gender equality in the media sector in the EU,
Amendment 15 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 26 February 2014 on sexual exploitation and prostitution and its impact on gender equality,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 15 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences,
Amendment 31 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
— having regard to the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in Local Life,
Amendment 32 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the right to equal treatment is a defining fundamental right recognised in the European Union Treaties and in the Charter of Fundamental Rights and essential for its further development;
Amendment 38 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas women face intersecting inequalities and discrimination, including those linked to their race, ethnic or social origin, sexual orientation, gender identities and expression, religion or belief and residence status; whereas advancing gender equality and investing in women and girls not only benefits the whole society but is a goal in itself; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts have slowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gender equality policies and women’s rights have flourished; whereas these movements are attempting to influence national and European policie trying to re-establish traditional gender roles as the norm, questioning the status quo and blocking further progress; whereas these movements opposing gender equality policies, family diversity, same-sex marriage, sexual and reproductive health and rights as well as gender mainstreaming, try to influence national and European policy-making and whereas threats to women’s rights mean always also threats to democracy and social and economic progress;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women in all its forms is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas gender-based violence in health like e.g. obstetric and gynaecological violence are forms of violence that only came to light in recent years and whereas violence against older women still remains largely under- recognized; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus on the issue of violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention leading to public opposition and harmful political decisions in some Member States;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas trafficking in human beings is a growing part of organised crime and a human rights violation and concerns mostly women and children, especially for the purpose of sexual exploitation;
Amendment 73 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model; whereas traditional structures, unpaid care work and disincentives in national taxation systems contribute to push or keep women in second earner status which has negative consequences for women and their economic independence as well as for the society as a whole;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the participation of women in the labour market does not secure their equal participation in decision-making and therefore limits women’s potential to change economic, political, social and cultural structures; whereas gender quotas, zipper list systems and sanctions have proven to be efficient measures to secure parity and to work against unequal power relations;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the respect for fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality, is a pre- requisite for the creation and distribution of diverse cultural and educational expressions as all cultural and creative sectors have a considerable influence on our beliefs, values and perception of gender issues;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas women and girls face a number of obstacles in the field of sports and are not only subject to violence, but also face pay, prize money and work condition discrimination and are widely underrepresented in boards of sport organisations and media;
Amendment 109 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic underlined once more persistent inequalities showing women are the most vulnerable and at the same time the most vital to maintaining public life, essential services and recovery; whereas women are affected the most, immediately and for the long-term; whereas specific measures to counterbalance this are needed; whereas recovery programs or transition funds should not be only directed towards male dominated economic sectors; whereas austerity policies have proven harmful for women, women’s rights and gender equality in the past;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the impact of climate change is experienced differently by women, as they are more vulnerable and face higher risks and burdens for various reasons ranging from unequal access to resources, education, job opportunities and land rights to social and cultural norms and their diverse intersectional experiences; whereas gender equality and the inclusion of women in decision-making is a prerequisite for sustainable development and the efficient management of climate challenges in order to achieve a fair and just transition that leaves no one behind; whereas all climate action must include a gender- and an intersectional perspective; whereas opportunities must be created to facilitate women playing stronger roles in the climate change discussions and decisions as leaders, professionals and technical agents for change;
Amendment 121 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas access to comprehensive and age-appropriate information, and to sexuality and relationship education, as well as access to sexual and reproductive healthcare, are essential to achieving gender equality and rights, including family planning, contraceptive methods and safe and legal abortion, are essential to achieving gender equality and eliminating gender-based violence; whereas girls’ and women’s autonomy and ability to free and independent decisions about their body’s and lives is a precondition for their economic independence and thus for gender equality and elimination of gender-based violence;
Amendment 147 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas gender-disaggregated data is essential to make inequalities visible and create targeted policies, but is still lacking in different areas of EU and Member States policies; whereas gender sensitive data is crucial in artificial intelligence and similar developments in order to create non-biased, non- discriminatory and ethically sound AI, algorithms etc.;
Amendment 158 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; supports the Commission’s goal of an European Union without discrimination and structural inequalities for all people in all their diversity; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases and discrimination and calls for strong monitoring mechanisms in order to regularly measure and evaluate the success of the strategy and its measures;
Amendment 175 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish concrete timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively; calls in particular for clear timeframes with regards to the development of a new framework for the cooperation of internet platforms, the new EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings, the gender equality strategy in the audio-visual industry (as part of the MEDIA sub- programme) and the EU-wide communication campaign combatting gender stereotypes;
Amendment 203 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member Statesin laws, policies and services between Member States and the increase of violence during the Covid-19 pandemic; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed and Hungary’s government recently decided not to ratify the Convention at all; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for starting preparatory actions fonow in order theo launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of alland an EU-directive to prevent and combat gender-based violence, including cyber violence and online hate speech against women as soon as possible; welcomes the initiative extending the areas of crime to specific forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issueaccordance with Article 83(1) TFEU;
Amendment 210 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis; highlights the importance of the engagement of local and regional governments in this process; underlines the role of education, including boys’ and men’s, and calls for countering toxic masculinity in this regard;
Amendment 219 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers in particular lack protection and visibility and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy; and to ensure that complaint mechanisms are independent, confidential and accessible for all women without discrimination and specific measures are provided to protect complainants from employer retaliation and repeated victimisation; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopt, as employer, a new comprehensive legal framework with a set of preventive and reactive measures against harassment in the workplace;
Amendment 228 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. emphasises the need to recognise and combat all types of violence and harassment in the educational system, schools, universities, traineeships, programmes for professional development and all others, across the whole sector;
Amendment 231 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence often directed at women daring to speak out, like activists, women politicians and other public figures being used in order to silence women and shut them out of male dominated public life; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the police force, the justice system and the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 237 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission to present the long-awaited EU strategy on the eradication of trafficking in human beings and underlines the need for a clear gender focus, as women and girls are the most affected and are trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation; thus requests that the strategy looks closely at the situation of women in prostitution and the impact of cross-border prostitution; highlights the important role and work of the EU-Anti- Trafficking Coordinator and underlines the importance to continue this work in the future; insists on the importance of including measures and strategies to reduce demand like for example the so-called Nordic Model;
Amendment 265 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the revision of the Barcelona targets to ensure free, accessible and high- quality childcare; calls for financial support for and the sharing of best practices among Member States which have not yet achieved the targets; welcomes, furthermore, the development of guidance for Member States on tackling financial disincentives in relation to social, economic and taxation policies; underlines the goal of equal carers and equal earners which needs to be at the heart of these efforts and welcomes, in this context, as a first step the work-life-balance directive;
Amendment 271 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of accessible, affordable, quality and inclusive early childhood education and care in particular for young mothers in giving them the opportunity to work and/or to study; recalls in this respect the principle eleven of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 281 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020 which can be a useful tool to detect gaps and discrimination in the same sector; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed to cover differences in pay for work which may not seem comparable at first sight and is performed in sectors that are highly gendered, which often results in lower wages being attributed to sectors which mostly employ women, such as nursing, care, retail, sales and the education sector, compared to, e.g., the manufacturing sector or technical professions highly dominated by men; strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which could be defined as follows: ‘Work shall be deemed of equal value if, based on a comparison of two groups of workers which have not been formed in an arbitrary manner, the work performed is comparable, taking into account factors such as the working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the workers, and the physical or mental requirements of the work’; points out that gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria need to be developed for this purpose in close cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 293 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights that 70 % of the global health and social workforce are women, often only paid the minimum wage and in precarious working conditions, and calls for the levelling up of wages and working conditions in strongly female-dominated sectors like care, health and retail sales, as well as the eradication of the gender pay and pension gap and labour market segregation;
Amendment 300 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that gender pay gap in the media sector is high and female journalists are more likely than men to face harassment, violence, sexism, discrimination; recalls the second chapter of the European Pillar of Social Rights on fair working conditions; therefore calls on Member States to safeguard the right to fair and safe working conditions of all workers in media sector;
Amendment 302 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Amendment 320 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and calls for the introduction of a binding quota and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; welcomes furthermore the European Commission’s announcement to lead by example with regards to management positions and calls for strategies to guarantee a meaningful representation of women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles in the European Commission;
Amendment 323 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that the film industry is one of the highest segments of cultural and creative sectors with considerable cultural, social and economic weight and that film is a powerful medium that both reflects and shapes society and culture; regrets that women are severely under- represented in key creative positions in the film industry across Europe, including directing, even though an almost equal number of women and men graduate from film schools; therefore recommends that Member States keep close attention to the processes producing inequalities within the whole sector and thus further contributing to the unequal position of women, girls and LGBTIQ persons and calls on Member States to develop and implement policies to eradicate persisting inequalities within the whole audio-visual sector in order to prevent a further decline of the opportunities for women and girls;
Amendment 328 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls upon the Member States to promote and develop policies within the performing arts sector which will respect the value of equal opportunities as well as gender equality in all activities with an emphasis of derogating the negative effects of the long lasting disparities and inequalities such as the gender divide across the music sector where it is roughly 70% male to 30% female across all regions and in Europe, women representing 20% or less of registered composers and songwriters, on average earn 30% less than men working within the sector, compose only 2.3% of classical works performed at concerts and own only 15% of record labels;
Amendment 329 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls upon the Member States to promote and develop policies within the sports sector to fight the especially high pay and prizemoney discrimination, violence against women and girls in sports and to also ensure that more women in sports (players, managers, etc.) are included in media representation and in deciding positions of sport organisations; calls on the European Commission to include the aspect of sports into the planned campaign against gender stereotypes;
Amendment 331 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; highlights the possible negative impacts of digitalisation on women and girls and calls for gender mainstreaming in all of Europe’s digital policies; calls for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empower girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on these career paths;
Amendment 337 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the importance of access and development of digital skills for older women, women in rural areas and women and girls in disadvantaged positions with limited access to new technologies in order to remain connected to the active life and to facilitate the keeping of contact with friends and relatives;
Amendment 345 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates the importance of gender mainstreaming as a systematic approach to achieving gender equality underlines therefore its importance to be part of any solution to any challenge the EU and its Member States are confronted with like the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s newly established task force on equality; underlines the importance of transparency and the involvement of women’s rights and civil society organisations from diverse backgrounds; urges the Commission to incorporate provisions making the consideration of inputs from the task force compulsory for Directorates- General;
Amendment 352 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Highlights the important work of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) for the aim of achieving gender equality and underlines the need for its continuous and adequate funding;
Amendment 362 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges that gender mainstreaming be incorporated into EU environmental and climate policies, such as the Green Deal, that financial and institutional support, gender expertise and strong policy measures to encourage the equal participation of women in decision-making bodies and national- and local-level climate policy be guaranteedaction is vital for achieving long- term climate justice, and that recognition and support be given to women and girls as agents for change;
Amendment 372 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households; stresses that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for women; underlines the negative consequences of failing to incentivise women’s employment and their economic independence and draws attention to the high gender pension gap resulting from joint taxation; stresses that tax systems should no longer be based on the assumption that households pool and share their funds equally; underlines the impact of period poverty on many European women due to expensive menstrual hygiene products and high levels of taxation of these in many Member States and thus urges the European Commission and the Member States to take action against this indirective tax discrimination and period poverty;
Amendment 379 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls for the EU’s recovery fund to be dedicated to women and their economic recovery, too; therefore calls the funding to be based on a measurable gender mainstreaming principle through which a fair, adequate and coherent distribution of funding can be guaranteed, in order to meet the actual needs of women and to contribute to gender equality; furthermore asks for a special women corona fund supporting the fight in main areas against persisting inequalities like violence against women, access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and women in the labour market; stresses the need to advance on a gender sensitive budget in order to make sure women do not loose investment opportunities or funds;
Amendment 390 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sex and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); calls on the Commission to include SRHR in its next EU Health Strategy, and to support Member States in providing high- quality and low-threshold access to healthcare services; calls on the Member States to effectively guarantee safe, timely and full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and the necessary healthcare services for all women and girls during the COVID-19 pandemic and possible other crisis situations in the future;
Amendment 396 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that the current Covid- 19 pandemic showed clear differences between women and men with regards to the mortality rate which underlines once more the importance of gender-specific medicine and research; calls on the Commission to support such research and share and promote its results;
Amendment 399 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Calls on the Commission to support research on non-hormonal contraception for women, providing them with more alternatives as well as to support research on contraceptives for men, aiming to provide for equality in access to and use of contraceptives as well as shared responsibility;
Amendment 400 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States in the establishment of university chairs in gender studies and feminist research and to develop education tools for gender sensitive education in order to tackle stereotypes from an early age on; calls on the Commission to help sharing best practices in the field of sexist advertisement;
Amendment 405 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Demands support for women’s rights defenders and women’s rights organisations in the EU and worldwide; underlines as well their financial difficulties resulting from the current crisis and calls for increased funding in order to sufficiently fund their continuous work; calls for continuous monitoring of the state of play in relation to women’s rights and disinformation on gender equality policies in all Member States and for an alarm system to highlight regression informing the Commissioner for Equality, the Commissioner for Demography and Democracy and the President of the Commission; calls on the Commission to support studies analysing the impact of attacks and disinformation campaigns on women’s rights and, gender equality as well as on democracy, and calls on the Commission to analyse their root causes, developing fact checks and counter- narratives;
Amendment 415 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreaming and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, through external relations; highlights in this regard in particular the EU’s trade policies, development cooperation and human rights policies;
Amendment 423 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the renewed commitment to women’s and girls’ rights and the reference to the Sustainable Development Goals and in particular to SDG 5 as a key framework for the Gender Equality Strategy;
Amendment 428 #
2019/2169(INI)
21. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile, and to promoting and supporting the inclusion of such chapters in all further EU trade and investment agreements building on existing international examples;
Amendment 432 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Reiterates its continuous support for the work of the Commission in this field;
Amendment 9 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the 2020 Women in Digital Scoreboard1a , _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/digital-economy- scoreboard-shows-women-europe-are- less-likely-work-or-be-skilled-ict
Amendment 25 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is facing an unparalleled shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers and education, particularly considering that women make up 52 % of the European population, yet only account for 2 out of 5 scientists and engineers6 ; whereas although there has been a positive trend in the involvement and interest of girls in STEM education, the percentages remain insufficient; whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ between boys and girls through primary education, and in many cases girls often outperform boys in STEM and ICT-related tasks7 ; whereas, however, girls fear that they will be less successful than boys in STEM-related careers; whereas women are under- represented at all levels in the digital sector in Europe, from students (32% at Bachelor, Master or equivalent level) up to top academic positions (15%); whereas the gap is largest in ICT specialist skills and employment, where only 18% are women in the EU7a ; _________________ 6 Eurostat, Human resources in science and technology, annual average data 2016- 2020. 7 O’Dea, R.E., Lagisz, M., Jennions, M.D. et al., Gender differences in individual variation in academic grades fail to fit expected patterns for STEM, Nature Communications 9, 3777, 2018. 7a https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/digital-economy- scoreboard-shows-women-europe-are- less-likely-work-or-be-skilled-ict
Amendment 37 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender stereotypes greatly influence subject choices; whereas very few teenage girls in EU Member States (less than 3 %) express an interest in working as an ICT professional at the age of 30 1a; whereas teachers and parents can deepen gender stereotypes by discouraging girls from pursuing a career in ICT; whereas eliminating gender- specific expectations about professions and fostering female role models in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT can encourage girls to study ICT; _________________ 1a2018 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS).
Amendment 44 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the low numbers of women who work in innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can negatively affect the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes, and the development of ‘gender-biased algorithms’; whereas efforts to tackle gender bias and inequality in the digital sector are insufficient; whereas the gender gap persists across all digital technology domains and especially with regard to AI, thereby solidifying a male- biased trajectory for the digital sector in the foreseeable future;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas that 30% of entrepreneurs are women in Europa, but they only receive 2%of the non-bank financing available 1a; whereas this figure seems to has dropped to 1% with the pandemic; _________________ 1aFunding women entrepreneurs. How to empower growth. European Commission, 2018
Amendment 62 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
E b. whereas the COVID19 crisis is likely to result in permanent changes to life in Europe, in which digitalisation will have a major role; whereas COVID 19 is also widening the digital gender gap 1a, as women's digital literacy is lacking and majority of services are digitalized; _________________ 1ahttp://www.oecd.org/digital/bridging- the-digital-gender-divide.pdf
Amendment 65 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
E c. whereas the FRA’s survey on violence against women shows that 14 % of women have experienced cyber harassment since the age of 15; whereas high incidences of sexual harassment have been reported in STEM education sites, which further excludes women from the sector; whereas many women have been the victims of new forms of online sexual and psychological harassment during the COVID-19 period; whereas measures to address these new forms of sexual and psychological harassment are urgently needed; whereas the hyper- sexualisation and exploitation of women online, in particular via internet pornography, have a devastating effect on the construction of sexuality and on gender equality;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation in STEM careers by investing in formal, informal and non- formal education, lifelong learning and vocational training for women to ensure their access to high-quality employment and opportunities to re- and up-skill for future labour market demand and avoiding the present vicious circle of segregation of labour; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of entrepreneurship, STEM subjects and digital education for girls from an early age, in order to combat existing educational stereotypes and ensure more women enter developing and well- paid sectors;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Emphasizes that the COVID 19 is opening a new stage in the world of work, education, governance and everyday life. Therefore, digital literacy and capabilities are becoming very important, as well as new conditions on teleworking that have shown an important gender divide during the pandemic and lockdowns; highlights the urgency to promote gender balance in the digital sector due the way that people and companies use ICT and other digital technologies to work and interact for the new digital society;
Amendment 109 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Digital Education Action Plan 2021-2027 and its action to ‘Encourage women’s participation in STEM’, and hopes that it will help to develop more attractive and creative ways to encourage girls to pursue STEM studies, as well as to boost women’s self- confidence in their digital skills; stresses thar girls only represent 36% of STEM graduates 1a, despite the fact that girls outperform boys in digital literacy 1b; _________________ 1ahttps://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/9540ffa1-4478-11e9- a8ed-01aa75ed71a1/language-en. 1b2018 International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS).
Amendment 113 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Highlights that participation of girls and women in the field of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) must be actively promoted through concrete policy action to foster their full participation and inclusion in the digital economy;
Amendment 136 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Emphasises the need for investment in education and training and gender-sensitive recruitment and selection processes across private and public sectors, and particularly in future- oriented sectors such as STEM and the digital sector where women are underrepresented; highlights in that regard that discrimination on grounds of gender damages not only the individual but also society as a whole;
Amendment 201 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights that one of AI’s most critical weaknesses relates to certain types of biases such as gender, race or sexual orientation as a result of humans’ inherent biases; encourages the relevant actors to take action and promote a greater role for women in the design, development and implementation of machine learning, natural language processing and AI; underlines that AI must not reinforce gender inequalities and stereotypes by transforming analogue biases and prejudices into digital ones through algorithms;
Amendment 203 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses the need for social dialogue as regards the implementation of AI in general and ahead of any AI deployment at company level in particular; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure trade union access to workplaces, albeit in digital form, in order to promote collective bargaining and guarantee a human- centred approach to AI at work;
Amendment 205 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recognises that AI, if it is free of underlying biases, can be a powerful tool to overcome gender inequalities and stereotypes through the development of unbiased algorithms that contribute to overall fairness and well-being; stresses the importance of a common European approach with regard to the ethical aspects of AI; underlines that any regulatory framework for AI in the European Union must ensure that consumer and workers’ rights are fully respected in the digital economy, and contribute to better working and employment conditions, including a better work-life balance ; stresses, in addition, that the European AI framework must respect European values, Union rules and the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights;
Amendment 213 #
2019/2164(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to assist Member States’ competent authorities to pay special attention to new forms of violence against women and girls such as cyber harassment, and cyberstalking 1a and to carry out ongoing evaluations and address them more effectively; _________________ 1aViolence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results - report by FRA, p. 87
Amendment 1 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communication of 26 June 2020 'Towards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021' (COM(2020)0248),
Amendment 2 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the European Court of Auditors' special report of 26 November 2020 on 'Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep',
Amendment 4 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- Having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on climate change – a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy in accordance with the Paris Agreement1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted P8_TA(2019)0217
Amendment 5 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
12 a Having regard to its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal1a, _________________ 1a Text adopted P9_TA(2020)0005
Amendment 6 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the study entitled ‘The State of Mediterranean and Black Sea Fisheries’, published by the FAO in 2018,
Amendment 7 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 b (new)
Citation 15 b (new)
- having regard to the report 'A third assessment of global marine fisheries discards', published by the FAO in 2019,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
16 a having regard to the report 'The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, Transforming food systems for affordable healthy diets', published by the FAO in 2020,
Amendment 9 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to the report entitled 'The European Environment State and Outlook 2020', published by the European Environment Agency in 2019,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to decision P9_TA- PROV(2020)0253 adopted by the European Parliament on 8 October 2020 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law),
Amendment 35 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas climate adaptation strategies must emphasize the need for poverty eradication and food security in accordance with the Paris Agreement and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; whereas poverty and marginalisation are the primary causes of the vulnerability of certain coastal communities and the eradication of poverty and guarantees of food security for the world’s poor are essential for building up are essential to help people out of poverty and to increase their capacity to adapt to and resist the effects of climate change;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas climate change is having a very clear impact on the oceans, too, given that heat is st, according to the IPCC report ‘The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’, the global ocean has warmed unabated since 1970 and has taken up mored to a greater extent in the water, in addition to other factors exacerbating the gravity of the situation, such as pollution, the disappearance of various species, the substitution of some species to the detriment of others, lack of oxygen, etc.han 90% of the excess heat in the climate system and by absorbing more CO2, the ocean has undergone increasing surface acidification and a loss of oxygen has occurred from the surface to 1000 m;
Amendment 53 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the global fishing fleet is estimated at around 4.56 million vessels, of which about 65% are motorized; whereas Asia has the largest fishing fleet (68% of the total), followed by Africa (20%), America (10%), Europe (over 2%) and Oceania (less than 1%);
Amendment 54 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas an estimated 59.51 million people were engaged in the primary sector of capture fisheries (39 million) and aquaculture (20.5 million) in 2018; whereas women accounted for 14% of the total, with shares of 19% in aquaculture and 12% in capture fisheries; whereas the highest numbers of workers are in Asia (85%), followed by Africa (9%), the Americas (4%) and Europe and Oceania (1% each);
Amendment 56 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas, according to FAO, the proportion of fish stocks that are within biologically sustainable levels decreased from 90% in 1974 to 65.8% in 2017 (a 1.1% decrease since 2015), with 59.6% classified as being maximally sustainably fished stocks and 6.2% underfished stocks;
Amendment 57 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas, according to FAO, the percentage of stocks fished at biologically unsustainable levels increased from 10% in 1974 to 34.2% in 2017; whereas it is estimated that 78.7% of current marine fish landings come from biologically sustainable stocks; whereas in the northeast Atlantic1a the proportion of overexploited stocks decreased from around 71% in 2003 to 38% in 2018 and 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and the Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU come from sustainable managed fisheries 2a; _________________ 1aCovers FAO area 27 and includes the waters of the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea and adjacent waters 2aTowards more sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and orientations for 2021, (COM(2020)0248)
Amendment 58 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)
Recital H e (new)
H e. whereas of the stocks of the ten species most landed between 1950 and 2017 – anchoveta, Alaska pollock, Atlantic herring, Atlantic cod, Pacific chub mackerel, Chilean jack mackerel, Japanese pilchard, Skipjack tuna, South American pilchard and capelin – 69% were fished within biologically sustainable levels in 2017; whereas among the seven principal tuna species, 66.6% of their stocks were fished at biologically sustainable levels in 2017, an increase of about 10 percentage points from 2015;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H f (new)
Recital H f (new)
H f. whereas, according to FAO, intensively managed fisheries have seen decreases in average fishing pressure and increases in average stock biomass, with many reaching or maintaining biologically sustainable levels, while fisheries with less-developed management systems are in poor shape;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H g (new)
Recital H g (new)
H g. whereas human communities in close connection with coastal environments, small islands, polar areas and high mountains are particularly exposed to ocean and cryosphere change, such as sea level rise, extreme sea level and shrinking cryosphere but the humanity as a whole is also exposed to changes in the ocean, such as through extreme weather events;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H h (new)
Recital H h (new)
H h. whereas in addition to their role within the climate system, such as the uptake and redistribution of natural and anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) and heat, as well as ecosystem support, services provided to people by the ocean and/or cryosphere include food and water supply, renewable energy, and benefits for health and well-being, cultural values, tourism, trade, and transport;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H i (new)
Recital H i (new)
H i. whereas over the last decades, global warming has led to widespread shrinking of the cryosphere, with mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers, reductions in snow cover and Arctic sea ice extent and thickness, and increased permafrost temperature;
Amendment 63 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H j (new)
Recital H j (new)
H j. whereas since about 1950 many marine species across various groups have undergone shifts in geographical range and seasonal activities in response to ocean warming, sea ice change and biogeochemical changes, such as oxygen loss, to their habitats, which has resulted in shifts in species composition, abundance and biomass production of ecosystems, from the equator to the poles;
Amendment 64 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H k (new)
Recital H k (new)
H k. whereas ocean warming has contributed to an overall decrease in maximum catch potential, compounding the impacts from overfishing for some fish stocks; whereas a decrease in global biomass of marine animal communities, their production, and fisheries catch potential, and a shift in species composition are projected over the 21st century in ocean ecosystems from the surface to the deep seafloor under all emission scenarios;
Amendment 65 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H l (new)
Recital H l (new)
H l. whereas the global-scale biomass of marine animals across the foodweb is projected to decrease between 5.9 and 15% and the maximum catch potential of fisheries by 20.5 and 24.1% by the end of the 21st century relative to 1986–2005 under the high-emissions scenario (RCP 8.5); whereas it is projected that the total maximum catch potential in the world's exclusive economic zones is likely to decrease by 2.8% to 5.3% by 2050 (relative to 2000) under RCP 2.6 or by 7% to 12.1% under RCP 8.5;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H m (new)
Recital H m (new)
H m. whereas future shifts in fish distribution and decreases in their abundance and fisheries catch potential due to climate change are projected to affect income, livelihoods, and food security of marine resource-dependent communities;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H n (new)
Recital H n (new)
H n. whereas strengthening precautionary approaches, such as rebuilding overexploited or depleted fisheries, and responsiveness of existing fisheries management strategies reduces negative climate change impacts on fisheries, with benefits for regional economies and livelihoods;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H o (new)
Recital H o (new)
H o. whereas the ecosystem approach to fisheries aims to achieve sustainable fisheries by combining broad ecological sustainability of stocks with the socio- economic viability of the fishing industry at local and regional scales;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H p (new)
Recital H p (new)
H p. whereas anthropogenic pressures, such as pollution, eutrophication, habitat modification, and fisheries are increasing ecosystem vulnerability by decreasing resilience, adding even more complexity to the process of assessing the impact of climate change at a local scale; whereas reducing uncertainty in predictions of climate-induced changes in ecosystems is needed to understand their societal consequences and contribute towards management mitigation strategies;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H q (new)
Recital H q (new)
H q. whereas the absorption of increasing amounts of anthropogenic CO2 by the oceans results in acidification of waters, with potentially detrimental impacts on shell-forming aquatic life; whereas water acidity has increased by 26 percent since the industrial revolution and this trend will continue, especially in warmer low- and mid-latitudes;
Amendment 71 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H r (new)
Recital H r (new)
H r. whereas in 2017, fish consumption accounted for 17% of the global population's intake of animal protein, and 7% o all proteins consumed; whereas in some countries it reaches 50%;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H s (new)
Recital H s (new)
H s. whereas the United Nations estimates that as much as 80% of all global marine pollution originates from land-based sources, threatening marine life in general, but especially coastal waters and areas of high biological productivity. Pollutants of land-based origin include agricultural run-off, pesticides, chemical waste, cleaning agents, petroleum products, mining waste, garbage and sewage; whereas there are now close to 500 dead zones covering more than 245,000 km² globally;
Amendment 73 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H t (new)
Recital H t (new)
H t. whereas according to data in IMO and FAO, globally, fishing vessels (including inland vessels) consumed 53.9 million tonnes of fuel in 2012, emitting 172.3 million tonnes of CO2, (equivalent to 0.5% of total global CO2 emissions that year), while aquaculture accounted for approximately 0.45% of global GHG emissions in 2013; whereas overall the energy use of protein production per unit mass of fish is comparable to chicken but much less than that from other land- based systems such as pork or beef; whereas the main source of GHG is from the use of fossil fuel;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H u (new)
Recital H u (new)
H u. whereas plastic is the most abundant and damaging component of marine litter due to its longevity; whereas marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980 and each year between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes end up in the ocean; whereas some studies estimate that by 2040, 20 million tonnes of plastics will be entering the ocean per annum 1a; _________________ 1aBreaking the Plastic Wave, A comprehensive assessment of pathways towards stopping ocean plastic pollution
Amendment 75 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H v (new)
Recital H v (new)
H v. whereas according to the European Court of Auditors while a framework was in place to protect the marine environment, the EU's actions had not restored seas to good environmental status, nor fishing to sustainable levels in all seas;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H w (new)
Recital H w (new)
H w. whereas aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors in the world and is now responsible for more than half of the global seafood production; whereas it is expected that this sector will be an even more important food resource in the future; whereas climate model outputs must be evaluated against and calibrated to local conditions to be relevant for many aquaculture planning and management decisions, climate change impact assessment and climate adaptation strategies;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 81 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Highlights the urgent need for ambitious action to tackle climate change and environmental challenges, to limit global warming to 1.5 C, thus limiting the impacts of climate change on the planet, and therefore on fisheries and aquaculture, to the least negative scenario; recalls the EU's sustainable commitment to achieving its net-zero greenhouse gases emission target by 2050 at the latest as confirmed in the European Green Deal; takes note of the Commission proposal to increase the 2030 emissions target to at least 55%, as highlighted in the communication on Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition; considers that urgent action is needed in order to reduce GHG emissions to 60% by 2030 compared to 1990 as expressed by the European Parliament in the vote of the European Climate Law;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Emphasises that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors will benefit most from a strengthening of European and global ambition in the fight against climate change since the oceans has taken up more than 90% of the excess heat in the climate system and the rate of ocean warming has more than doubled since 1993, posing a serious threat to the marine species and ecosystems and, hence, to fisheries and aquaculture activities and food security; Recalls that the IPCC has warned that the maximum catch potential of fisheries is projected to decrease by 2.8-9.1% to 16.2-25.5% by the end of the century depending on the efforts adopted to fight climate change, with the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of tropical countries showing the largest decreases (less than -40%), but also in the temperate Northeast Atlantic (about - 30%);
Amendment 83 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Amendment 84 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. Emphasises the importance of European fisheries and aquaculture and its potential to contribute to climate action, the circular economy and enhanced biodiversity; Recognises the progress made in achieving sustainable fishing by EU fleets with pressure on fish stocks from fishing steadily eased between 2003 and 2018 in the northeast Atlantic; regrets that the stocks are being exploited on average at rates well above the sustainability objective in the Mediterranean and the Black Seas, yet welcomes the conservation efforts already undertaken notably with the implementation of the Western Mediterranean Multiannual Plan and the actions to deliver on the MedFish4Ever and Sofia Declarations;
Amendment 85 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1 d. Stresses that EU fishers must be given the necessary tools to fight and adapt to climate change, such as investing in the transition to more sustainable fishing systems and more energy-efficient vessels, with the aim of phasing out GHG emissions in fisheries in a timeframe consistent with the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 86 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1 e. Welcomes the proposed Mission Starfish 2030: Restore our Ocean and Waters; considers that a mission in the area of healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters will help develop solutions urgently needed and that have a direct impact on the fishing and aquaculture sectors such as systemic solutions for the prevention, reduction, mitigation and removal of marine pollution including plastic, the transition to a circular and blue economy, adaption to and mitigation of pollution and climate change in the ocean, sustainable use and management of ocean resources, development of new materials including biodegradable plastic substitutes, new feed and food, urban, coastal and maritime spatial planning, ocean governance and ocean economics applied to maritime activities;
Amendment 87 #
2019/2163(INI)
-1 f. Considers that in order to achieve a better environmental status of the seas it is necessary to tackle the sources of marine pollution, 80% of which are of land-based origin such as nutrient inputs from urban wastewater and agricultural activities, the discharge, loss and leakage of contaminants -pesticides, biocides, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals…-, micro pollutants and marine litter, particularly plastics; regrets that 60% of EU surface waters are not meeting the Water Framework Directive's standards for sustainable management and that the European Environment Agency considers the achievement of good environmental status of European marine waters by 2020 unlikely, while the status of European freshwaters has little progressed over the last 10-15 years;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1 g. Regrets that the Commission has not given fisheries and aquaculture products the importance they deserve in its Farm to Fork strategy, despite the potential of the fisheries sector in contributing to the objectives of the European Green Deal; stresses the importance of ensuring adequate support for European fishers in their transition to sustainable fishing activities; recalls its call on the Commission to present a proposal to improve the traceability of all seafood products, including the labelling of origin of canned fish products and the rejection of products which damage or deplete the marine environment;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1 h. Considers that significant opportunities exist for reducing fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions in capture fisheries and aquaculture, that emerging and maturing renewable energy systems such as wind and solar can help reduce emissions in shore-side facilities and that fisheries management can also help reduce fuel use and GHG emissions;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1 i. Emphasises the need to improve the energy efficiency of existing vessels and to optimise the design and propulsion systems of new and future vessels in order to move towards zero emission fisheries; highlights that refitting and replacing old and inefficient engines with modern designs can reduce fuel consumption by taking advantage of technology developments and call on the Commission and the Member States to incentivise these actions; stresses that more efficient design can optimise not only overall vessel fuel efficiency but also provide more safety; calls on the Commission to analyse the relationship between vessel design and energy efficiency and to review whether current European fisheries regulations could contain restrictions on vessel design and measures that may be preventing the uptake of more energy-efficient vessels; calls on the Commission to promote research into zero emission fuels and propulsion technologies and to incentivise their adoption by the fishing sector;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 j (new)
Paragraph -1 j (new)
-1 j. Stresses that the fishing sector can improve the energy efficiency of fishing gears, especially mobile gears such as bottom trawl, beam trawl and shellfish dredges, which are more energy-intensive and GHG-emitting than stationary gears; considers it necessary to promote the switch to less energy-intensive fishing gears where, while ensuring that the environmental impact of the fishing activity is not increased or even reduced, the same fish species can be harvested with different types and methods of fishing; calls on the Commission to fund research into the continuous improvement of both the energy efficiency of fishing gears and methods and their selectivity; considers that the use of advanced technology to increase fishing efficiency and reduce the hours spent in the sea can be beneficial to reducing fuel consumption and GHG emissions provided that adequate management is implemented to prevent overcapacity and overfishing;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 k (new)
Paragraph -1 k (new)
-1 k. Takes the view that ports have a wide margin of manoeuvre to reduce their carbon footprint and considers in this respect that energy audits should be promoted both in the construction of new ports and in the improvement of existing ones in order to calculate energy requirements and to improve efficiency; considers that ports, especially those serving the small-scale fleet because of their lower energy demand, should aim to cover their energy needs from systems based on renewable sources such as solar and wind and the integration of flexibility from demand response and storage;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 l (new)
Paragraph -1 l (new)
-1 l. Insists that while aquaculture, like capture fisheries, is not a major global producer of GHG emissions, there is great potential for reducing them, especially in intensive production of finfish and crustaceans; emphasizes that, according to FAO studies, the aquaculture sector could reduce its CO2 emissions by 21% per tonne of fish production by improving efficiency of input use, shifting energy supply from fossil fuels to renewable, adopting best practices and replacing fish- based feed ingredients with crop-based ingredients; calls on the Commission to promote the greening of the EU aquaculture sector in its review of the strategic guidelines on aquaculture;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 m (new)
Paragraph -1 m (new)
-1 m. Stresses that good fisheries management is crucial to mitigating the effects of climate change; recalls that the global fishing effort is almost twice what is needed to maximise the net yield from ocean fisheries; Insists that effective fisheries management that would reduce fishing effort and increase fish stocks would substantially reduce the GHG emissions generated by the world’s fishing fleets;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2163(INI)
-1 n. Recognises that fisheries management measures in EU waters have paid off, with a 50% increase in biomass and the MSY objective broadly being attained in the North-East Atlantic, with more than 99% of landings in the Baltic, North Sea and Atlantic managed exclusively by the EU coming from sustainably managed fisheries but with significant challenges remaining, especially in the Mediterranean and Black Seas;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 o (new)
Paragraph -1 o (new)
-1 o. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts in promoting improved fisheries management at international level and to use sustainable fisheries partnership agreements with third countries to promote the adoption of best practices in fisheries management in order to improve the state and sustainability of global stocks;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 p (new)
Paragraph -1 p (new)
-1 p. Takes note of the Commission's communication on an EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and its proposal to legally protect a minimum of 30% of EU's sea area; considers that although primarily designed to protect and recover marine biodiversity, marine protected areas also have implications for fisheries; highlights that according to recent studies1a MPAs tend to increase catch in overexploited fisheries and tend to decrease catch in well-managed fisheries and those that are underexploited relative to maximum sustainable yield and that strategically expanding the existing global MPA network to protect and additional 5% of the ocean could increase future catch by at least 20% via spillover, generating 9 to 12 million metric tons more food annually than in a business-as- usual world with no additional protection; _________________ 1a'A global network of marine protected areas for food', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, November 10, 2020
Amendment 98 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 q (new)
Paragraph -1 q (new)
-1 q. Considers it necessary to further study the likely impacts of climate change on EU's waters and coastal areas in order to be able to adopt measures adapted to the projected local impacts, which could strengthen the resilience of fishing and aquaculture activities to them; calls on the Commission to allocate the necessary funds to improve our understanding of the effects of climate change and possible mitigation measures in the field of fisheries and aquaculture; calls on the Commission to open a participatory process for the development of a jointly agreed strategy on climate change mitigation measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the strengthening and development of international scientific programmes to monitor the temperature, salinity and heat absorption of the oceans, as well as their acidification, deoxygenation and stratification, and to establish a global ocean observation network in order better to predict the impact of climate change on the functioning of the oceans, carbon absorption and management of living marine resourcesspecies and resources; considers it necessary to establish a similar network at European level, capable of analysing the impact and projecting the consequences of global warming on maritime activities, and specifically on fishing and aquaculture activities, at the level of each European basin;
Amendment 116 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that fisheries is the sector most affected by the many other uses of, and activities taking place on, the seas, such as maritime transport and tourism, urban and coastal development, the exploitation of raw materials and energy sources, and seafloor mining, as well as being affected by environmental issues such as marine pollution and climate change; considers that a decisive action consistent with a pathway to limit the temperature increase to 1,5ºC above pre- industrial levels as set out in the Paris Agreement is a precondition for achieving sustainable and viable fisheries and aquaculture, capable of avoiding the worst-case scenarios envisaged by the IPCC;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that the Commission and the Member States provide for appropriate management measures when fish populations move from one basin to anotherand ecosystem approach to both fisheries management and stock assessments and provide measures taking into account that changes in sea water temperature have an impact on the biology and distribution of marine species, which affects fishing activity and the allocation of fishery resources; therefore considers it necessary to study this impact in order to provide scientific advice;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for proactive management of extreme events, considering it a matter of urgency to invest in adaptation measures for climate resilience (such as safety at sea, climate-resilient infrastructure, etc.), risk reduction and climate disaster prevention, while safeguarding the health of the aquatic ecosystem and providing for specific measures in the future EMFF to support affected sectors;
Amendment 142 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a (new)
-a) Integrating fisheries and aquaculture sectors fully into climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies;
Amendment 144 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a a (new)
-a a) Reducing external stressors on marine systems: reduce land-based sources of pollution and improve more selective and sustainable fishing practices;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a b (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a b (new)
-a b) Identifying and protecting valuable marine areas, promoting the restoration of carbon-rich ecosystems as well as important fish spawning and nursery areas;
Amendment 146 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a c (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a c (new)
-a c) Increasing the research effort on both the spatial changes in routes and timing of migrations of target species and the effects of climate change on these;
Amendment 147 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a d (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a d (new)
-a d) Encouraging the exchange of good practice examples of adaptation actions among Member State authorities and across sectors through, for example, FARNET and the Fisheries Local Action Groups;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point -a e (new)
Paragraph 9 – point -a e (new)
-a e) Intensifying the efforts to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;
Amendment 149 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
Paragraph 9 – point a
a) a broader use of community-based approaches (regionalisation): many regional initiatives are lookingencourage a bottom-up approach involving professionals, local communities, civil society, NGOs and government organizations in promoting and developing initiatives to tackle the current challenges faced by the fisheries sector and ecosystems with measures to fight and adapt to the effects of climate change. CTransboundary coordination in respect of national mitigation and adaptation strategies, cross-border management and research strategies are key, particularlyalso with regard to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing;
Amendment 156 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b) the creation of alternative livelihoods (fishing of other species): new opportunities will open up for: climate change and changes in the distribution of fish species will generate losers and winners, especially in the small-scale fisheries segment and the communities which depend on them, as new, potentially marketable species could increase catches and therefore profitability. The arrival of non-indigenous species will also cause problems for those who fish native species; it, thus preventing overfishing and developing management strategies that are robust to temperature-driven changes in productivity are essential if society is to maintain and rebuild the capacity for wild-capture fisheries to supply food and support livelihoods in a warming ocean; it will be necessary to respond to the arrival of non-indigenous species and the problems they may generate in relation to native species, and to study the feasibility of their commercial exploitation where possible and the adoption of strategies to promote their consumption among the general public, where appropriate;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c
Paragraph 9 – point c
Amendment 169 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point d
Paragraph 9 – point d
d) by improving the resilience and economic stability of the fishing sector, especially in the small-scale fishersegment, by providing better access to credit, micro- financing, insurance services and investment, including through the future EMFAF;
Amendment 174 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e) implementation of measures to improve early warning systems and safety at sea, build protective infrastructure where necessary, and to protect fishing- related infrastructure, making ports, landing sites and markets, for example, more secure and resilient;
Amendment 179 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g
Paragraph 9 – point g
g) promotion of investment and technological support to sustainably increase European seaweed production and reduce dependence on Asia;
Amendment 180 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point g a (new)
Amendment 183 #
2019/2163(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 9 – point g b (new)
g b) implementing effective fisheries information systems and data sharing, supporting capacity building in the data supply chain (data collection, data mangement, data analysis), increasing accountability and transparency of the fisheries sector;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy,
Amendment 3 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)
Citation 1 b (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 1343/2011 on certain provisions of fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area,
Amendment 5 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)
Citation 1 c (new)
— having regard to Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (the 'Habitats Directive'),
Amendment 6 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 d (new)
Citation 1 d (new)
— having regard to Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 July 2014 establishing a framework of maritime spatial planning ('Maritime Spatial Planning Directive'),
Amendment 7 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 e (new)
Citation 1 e (new)
— having regard to Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive),
Amendment 8 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 f (new)
Citation 1 f (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council pf 15 May 2014 on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2328/2003, (EC) No 861/2006, (EC) No 1198/2006 and (EC) No 791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 1255/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council,
Amendment 9 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 g (new)
Citation 1 g (new)
— having regard to Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... 2021 on the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/10041a _________________ 1aOJ L ... (not yet published in the Official Journal)
Amendment 10 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 h (new)
Citation 1 h (new)
— having regard to the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 10 March 2021 on the proposal for regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council regulation (EC) No1224/2009, and amending Council regulations (EC) No 768/2008, (EC) No1967/2006, (EC) No 1005/2008. and Regulation (EU) No 2016/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards fisheries control1b, _________________ 1b TA-PROV...
Amendment 11 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
— having regard to the mid-term strategy (2017-2020) of GFCM towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and the decision on a new strategy for the period 2021-2025,
Amendment 12 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the GFCM decision on building together of a new strategy for Mediterranean and Black Sea fisheries and aquaculture for the period 2021-2025, which was taking during the High-Level Meeting of 3 November 2020,
Amendment 13 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
— having regard to the EC proposals on the European Green Deal and on the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030,
Amendment 14 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Ministerial Declarations adopted at the meetings in Burgas (31 May 2018) and Bucharest (9 May 2019) on a Common Maritime Agenda for the Black Sea, which have been signed by all 6 littoral Black Sea states,
Amendment 15 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
— having regard to the Charter of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation, which aims at improving the policy dialogue, among other numerous policies, in the areas of environmental protection and exchange of statistical data,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
— having regard to the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda for the Black Sea (SRIA), which was launched in 2019 and aims at advancing a shared vision for a productive, healthy, resilient and sustainable Black Sea by 2030,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
— having regard to the 1992 Convention for the Protection of the Black Sea aAgainst Pollution and its Protocols, to which Bulgaria and Romania are parties and in respect of which the European Union has observer status, and also having regard to the work of the Commission on the protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution on the basis of this Convention,
Amendment 19 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Protection of the Black Sea Ministerial Declaration of 7 April 1993,
Amendment 20 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the Black Sea integrated monitoring and assessment programme for years 2017-2022 (BSIMAP 2017-2022),
Amendment 21 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6
Citation 6
— having regard to the BlackSea4Fish project with the financial support of the EU and annual budget of around 1 100 000 EUR for ensuring the sustainable management of fish stocks in the Black Sea,
Amendment 22 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to the Recommendation GFCM/42/2018/9 on establishing a regional research programme towards the sustainable exploitation of rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) in the Black Sea, which aims at providing an estimate of the distribution, abundance, size and age structure of the rapa whelk population in the participating countries - Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia and Ukraine,
Amendment 25 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
— having regard to the 1995 FAO code of conduct for responsible fisheries,
Amendment 26 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 c (new)
Citation 6 c (new)
Amendment 27 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 d (new)
Citation 6 d (new)
— having regard to Recommendation GFCM/33/2009/8 of the GFCM on the establishment of a list of vessels presumed to have carried out IUU fishing in the GFCM area of application,
Amendment 28 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 e (new)
Citation 6 e (new)
— having regard to the online regional platform - GFCM Regional Repository of National Legislation (GFCM-Lex), which encompasses national legislation on the conservation of marine living resources and ecosystems in three GFCM countries at the moment aiming at covering the whole GFCM area (including the Black Sea) in the future,
Amendment 29 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7
Citation 7
— having regard to the Berne Convention, the Bon Convention (CMS), CITES, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Pan-European Action Plan for Sturgeons (PANEUAP) adopted within the framework of the Berne Convention,
Amendment 32 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution on Measures to promote recovery of fish stocks above MSY from 21 January 20211c, _________________ 1c P9_TA(2021)0017
Amendment 34 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
— having regard to the Black Sea Assistance Mechanism, which aims at providing guidance and support to governments, private investors, trade and industrial associations, research institutions, universities and the general public regarding opportunities to engage in Blue economy maritime activities in the Black Sea region,
Amendment 35 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
— having regard to the EU Black Sea Synergy Initiative, and the three reports on the implementation of the Black Sea Synergy from 2008, 2015 and 2019,
Amendment 36 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
Citation 9 c (new)
— having regard to the EU strategy for the Danube region, which among other things aims at facilitating and coordinating key issues such as biodiversity, socio-economic development and others, in the countries from the Danube River basin,
Amendment 37 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Black Sea is a semi- enclosed sea, which is only connected to an ocean by the Mediterranean via the Marmara and the Aegean Seas and is bordered upon by six countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, the Russian federation), of which only two are EU Member States (Bulgaria and Romania);
Amendment 41 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Black Sea has a large anoxic layer (87%) and its oxic layer has thinned by 20 to 25 metres over the last 20 years; whereas with the exception of few anaerobic bacteria, marine life is absent at depths below 50-200 m under the sea surface;
Amendment 42 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas eight species fished in the Black Sea are of major interest to the fishing sector (European anchovy (Ergaulis encrasicolus), European sprat (Sprattus sprattus), horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus), turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), whiting (Merlangius merlangus), red mullet (Mullus barbatus), Rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), Piked dogfish (Squalus acanthias), most of which form part of shared stocks, while two species are subject to quotas – sprat (Sprattus sprattus), which has an autonomous quota) and turbot (quota set by the GFCM); Scophthalmus maximus), which has a TAC quota set by the GFCM; where as the quota for sprat for the period 2020-2022 remained unchanged since 2011 at the rate of 11 445 tonnes per year for the EU (8 032,5 tonnes for Bulgaria and 3 442,5 tonnes for Romania), while that for turbot was increased for the EU from 114 to 150 tonnes per year, divided equally between Bulgaria and Romania;
Amendment 44 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas a system of maximum sustainable yields for the economically important species in place in the Black Sea countries will be beneficial for the biodiversity, but also the sustainability of the fishing sector in mid- and long-term; whereas Romania has put in place a national quota for other species than the 2 quoted on EU level - such as rapa whelk (Rapana venosa), mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis), gobies (Ponticola cephalargoides), clam (Chanelea gallina), whiting (Merlangius merlangus), piked/spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias);
Amendment 45 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, according to 2018 figures, annual fish consumption per capita in Bulgaria (7.00 kg) and Romania (7.99 kg) is well below the EU average (24.36 kg), which can be seen as an opportunity for the local fishing sector to grow;
Amendment 49 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the small-scale fishing is characteristic for the Black Sea and Lower Danube region;
Amendment 50 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing vessels are operating in the Black Sea; whereas per the latest available data of GFCM from 4-8 November 2019 there have been 65 vessels identified as IUU fishing vessels;
Amendment 52 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EMFF allocated more than EUR 88 million to Bulgaria and more than EUR 168 million to Romania for the period 2014-2020; whereas the absorption rates of both countries according to the latest available information until 31.12.2020 remain among the lowest in the EU at rates of funds spent at 36,34% for Bulgaria and 33,72% for Romania; whereas lower absorption rates could mean missed opportunities for the fishing communities in these countries;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas climate change has an impact on the increase of the aerial temperature, which on the other hand has an impact on the marine temperature, which affects the biodiversity and the marine species; whereas this change has an impact on the fishing sector through the resources, which it depends on;
Amendment 56 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the European Commission has proposed the EU Green Deal and the EU Biodiversity strategy for 2030, which foresee legislative packages changing the acquis communataire in relation to the environment; whereas this would create new opportunities and measures to better integrate environmental aspects in sectorial policies, restore species and habitats and promote more environmentally friendly investments and policies;
Amendment 58 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas according to the report drawn as part of the EMBLAS-Plus project on the Black Sea, the Black Sea has almost twice as much waste as the Mediterranean Sea, which undoubtedly has consequences for the biodiversity and respectively for the stocks and the fishing sector;
Amendment 59 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Black Sea has three endemic sub-species of cetaceans, two of which have the status of endangered species; whereas - Black Sea common dolphin (Delphinus delphis ponticus), Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ponticus) and Black Sea harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta), all of which are classified as endangered species and two of them Black Sea common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ponticus) and Black Sea harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena relicta) are included under the Habitats Directive; whereas all of these these are carnivores which feed mainly on fish;
Amendment 60 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) is a source of income, but is an invasive species thatconsidered as an invasive species without natural enemies in the Black Sea, which poses a serious threat to the populations of other organisms, however at the same time it has become an important source of income and is also a species subject of commercial fishing;
Amendment 62 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the Black Sea ecosystem depends on major European rivers such as the Danube; whereas both the Danube and the Black Sea are home to certain species, including the sturgeons (Acipenseriformes) and the Pontic shads (Clupeiformes);
Amendment 65 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas factors such as the degradation of the habitat of these species, disruption of their migration corridors and their overexploitation for caviar and their flesh, as well as pollution, have brought Danube and Black Sea sturgeon to the verge of extinction; whereas, due to the drastic reduction in the number of reproductive sturgeon, this species can no longeronly very rarely breed in the wild nowadays;
Amendment 66 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
M a. whereas the drastic decrease of the number of spawners, associated with the population decline, trigger the failure of the natural reproduction, reducing the chance of the few remaining male and female sturgeons to meet and spawn;
Amendment 67 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M b (new)
Recital M b (new)
M b. whereas the data held by the research institutes indicate that the populations of sturgeon species are fragmented, missing certain generations, and the species of sturgeon natural reproduction is deficient, the number of adults migrating to the Danube for reproduction is extremely low and the 5 sturgeon species (sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus), European sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) and beluga sturgeon (Huso huso)) are on the verge of extinction, while the species ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris) is already considered extinct;
Amendment 68 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M c (new)
Recital M c (new)
M c. whereas the EU fishery sector already applies high standards, which need to be reviewed and adjusted in order to ensure environmental and social sustainability along the entire value chain, including labour rights and animal health and welfare, and provide high- quality fishery products;
Amendment 69 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M d (new)
Recital M d (new)
M d. whereas the recreational fisheries sector can provide opportunities, such as activity or income diversification, while being compatible with environmental objectives, given that recreational angling is a very selective form of fishing;
Amendment 70 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious impact on the Black Sea fishing sector; whereas analyses showed that the fisheries sector in the Black Sea suffered drastically during the pandemic with reduction of up to 80% of the work of the operating ships as well as initial reduction with around 75% of the production;
Amendment 72 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to strengthen cooperation with third countries in the region with a view to efficiently managing fisheries resources and meeting challengUnderlines the high strategic and geopolitical stakes in the Black Sea basin due to the very specific environmental conditions, which demand special attention, tailored approach and collective actions aiming at sustainable Blue Economy and Growth; stresses the need to further strengthen and deepen the cooperation among all littoral Black Sea countries with a view to efficiently managing fisheries resources and meeting challenges; calls in this regard for a regional capacity plan, which ensures appropriate balance among available natural resources, environmental safety and the fleet capacity of all Black Sea littoral countries;
Amendment 76 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Highlights that cooperation on equal footing in the field of fisheries management is needed in the Black Sea region because of the shared stocks and global challenges, which go beyond national borders;
Amendment 79 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Urges the inclusion of all Black Sea countries in the GFCM-Lex project in order to facilitate and coordinate better and faster the common management of fish stocks;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that statistics show that a large proportion of keyIs concerned that after decades of increasing human pressure on the Black Sea marine and the Danube river's ecosystems and fisheries resources, the latest data suggests that more than 75% of the fish stocks are being overfished; stresses that this has been a growing trend in recent years; notes that there have been some positive trends in the past years for some stocks, for example the turbot, whose TAC quota has been increased for the period 2020-2022, however there is no significant improvement on a general scale for the Black Sea yet;
Amendment 83 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recognizes the role of the administrations in the whole Black Sea basin, which bring together different policies and which execute monitoring, control, sustainable management, which contribute to improving the sustainability of the fishing sector;
Amendment 84 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities to help the sector through securing resources specifically targeted at improving the selectivity of the fishing vessels through better mesh nets; believes that such a targeted measure will reduce the quantities and varieties of unwanted by-catch;
Amendment 85 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2 c. Calls for integrating of the institutional and human capital of the Black Sea littoral countries for joint research and applied activities aiming at improvement of the bio resources of the Black Sea and the stocks of the economically important species;
Amendment 89 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for funding for scientific bodies researching stocks both of fish species, including migratory species such as the sturgeon and the Black Sea shads, and non-fish species (veined whelks, mussels, etc.);
Amendment 90 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the regional research programme on the population of the rapa whelk initiated by GFCM as it will help reach consensus on the species; believes that this can help develop science-based exploitation, which could bring socio- economic profits to the communities and environmental benefits for the Black Sea ecosystem by limiting the impact of this invasive species;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Stresses the importance of applying zero-tolerance policy towards IUU fishing in the Black Sea; welcomes the efforts of GFCM in this regard and urges all littoral states to put and combine efforts against IUU fishing also in their waters;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Urges all littoral states to promote sustainable fishing which among other things includes combating overfishing and or limiting to zero by-catches of endangered species, such as the sturgeons, shads and others;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3 d. Urges all intergovernmental institutions and organs, with participation of all Black Sea littoral states among others, to facilitate and monitor and in line with their commitments to share data on fishery resources in a thorough and all-inclusive manner in order to ensure high ecosystem status of the marine habitats;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3 e. Reminds that reliable official statistics, collected regularly through a harmonised methodology among all littoral states, regular monitoring and common regulatory measures are crucial for the success of proper fisheries management in the Black Sea; calls in this regard the respective authorities in both member states and also the cooperating countries to conduct regular and thorough research on the fish resources for which national funding and aid is be key;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3 f. Stresses the need also for local and regional communication cooperation within the different Black Sea littoral states, so that common and coherent approach to the management of the fish stocks can be executed;
Amendment 96 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3 g. Reminds the potential, which the new technologies provide and the high added value to the research and planning of the fisheries management which they can have; reminds that there are projects funded through the EMFF which aim among other things at mapping the sea bottom and its research as well as presence of plastics in it, among other things;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3 h. Urges the Black Sea littoral states to invest in digitalisation of statistics and data about the fisheries stock in the Black Sea basin in order to facilitate the better and sustainable management of the stocks; calls for a common methodology on tabling and using this data;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3 i. Calls on the fishing industry in the region to consider making use of the underrated and not used resources of fishing, which also constitute a source of proteins;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3 j. Invites the scientific communities in the member states to research the potential of the oxygen free environment;
Amendment 100 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3 k. Highlights the role of the non- governmental sector in the decision- making process vis-à-vis the Black Sea; recommends setting up a mechanism of inclusion of the NGO sector in this process;
Amendment 101 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 l (new)
Paragraph 3 l (new)
3 l. Welcomes the support that was provided to the fisheries and aquaculture sector through the EMFF programmes in order to soften the harsh effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the local fishing sector; recalls however that not all affected stakeholders could benefit from that support due to administrative requirements and limitations, which has put some in more unfavourable situation than others;
Amendment 102 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 m (new)
Paragraph 3 m (new)
3 m. Underlines the important work, which the Black Sea Advisory Council does both on regional, but also EU level with providing expertise on the fisheries sector and the trends, which affect it; calls in this regard the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities to contribute for the functioning of the Council, so that it can fulfil its functions and also allow all stakeholders, the small-scale fishers included, to take part in the work and the decision-making process of this advisory council;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that through the fishing sector seafood can be offered for sale on local markets where consumption rates for such products are low; invites the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to help the fishing and aquaculture sectors increase awareness about local consumption and the cumulative positive effects the sustainably grown or caught fisheries have for the local economy;
Amendment 104 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recognizes and underlines that Black Sea fisheries contribute to regional and local economies significantly by generating direct revenues and incomes, driving wider spending and providing crucial jobs either independently or via cooperation with other sectors such as tourism and transport; calls for deepening the cooperation among all sectors, which use the marine environment in order to achieve better results and balance between the interests of the environment, the industry and the artisanal fishers;
Amendment 106 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that the fishing fleet of the Black Sea comprises mostly by small-scale fishing vessels, which underlines the need for a more tailor-made approach and policies towards this segment of the fishing sector; is worried that the small- scale fishers have uncertain livelihoods and lower incomes compared to other sectors, which makes them vulnerable to unforeseen developments or crisis; calls on the competent authorities in the littoral member states to include representatives of the small-scale fishing sector in the policy draft and discussions in a transparent and inclusive manner;
Amendment 107 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that there is rising global demand for the proteins found in fishery and aquaculture products, to which both the fisheries and the aquaculture production can have great contribution; considers that the possibility of supporting marine aquaculture can help the sector develop and grow in the years to come and also reduce the pressure on the wild stocks; is of the opinion, that sustainable aquaculture would require also further scientific research on issues such as density and side effects, which need to be taken into account, when designing policies for the aquaculture sector in the Black Sea;
Amendment 108 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on local fishing communities to consider classifyingintroducing designations origin for the Black Sea products as coming from an area of regional or local importance; calls on the local and regional authorities help these communities in their efforts of doing so;
Amendment 109 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States in the region to consider supporting the sector by, for example, developing specialised trade channels and marketsthrough inclusion in their national programmes for 2021-2027 or other national instruments, allocations for campaigns dedicated to the benefits of fish consumption and the importance of sustainable fisheries production and to support the sector create local food chains, to facilitate easier access to the market, especially for the small-scale fishers and to develop, improve or facilitate the fisheries infrastructure (f.e. fish markets or fish auction places etc.);
Amendment 112 #
2019/2159(INI)
7 a. Urges the competent authorities in Romania and Bulgaria to include in their respective EMFAF Operational programmes for the period 2021-2027an instalment of a targeted scheme for young fishers in order to rejuvenate the fishing sector, including supporting the first acquisition of a fishing vessel, and also measures targeted at reducing pollution by supporting investments in replacing the old fishing vessels engines with new more environment friendly ones;
Amendment 113 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Underlines that the pressure on adapting to new challenges should not fall solely on the fisheries and aquaculture sector, as these sectors already apply high environmental and social standards; calls therefore that the other marine activities should be in focus as well, such as recreational fisheries, coastal tourism, harbour and shipping activities and resources exploitation activities, which need to uplift their standards for successful Blue transition;
Amendment 114 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the role of Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) in exchanging and promoting best practices of interest for the sciences, local stakeholders and the industry both among the members of the respective fishing communities, but also through international cooperation; urges the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to foresee national support for exchange of best practices with the other Black Sea littoral states, which have shown good practices in stock management for the economically important species, such as turbot, among others;
Amendment 115 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Pays attention to the necessity of preserving the good practices in the fisheries sector through reducing the economic burdens for the artisanal fishers and their associations;
Amendment 116 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for training in the sector to be made more attractiveand education in the sector on both secondary and higher education level to be made more attractive through for example targeted information campaigns, open days for perspective students in cooperation with the public and private sector;
Amendment 117 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Reminds that the low education level of the fishers (11% in Bulgaria and 53% in Romania) requires proactive measures on different levels in order to ensure that there is skilled and well trained labour force, which is familiar with the necessary technical, social and environmental standards, and which will help achieve better levels of sustainability of the stocks; calls for a strong societal dimension in the Black Sea region sustainable blue growth with respect to key principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, especially with regard to precarious, seasonal and undeclared workers and to the access of women in the sector;
Amendment 118 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Welcomes the efforts for establishing demonstration centers in Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria, which has been in cooperation with GFCM and which has the potential of increasing the attractivity of the fisheries for the local businesses and stakeholders;
Amendment 119 #
Amendment 124 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for targeted measures and adequate resources to reduce pollution throughout the basin through joint programmes and budgets; calls for extensive research and estimates on the plastic pollution and the effects of plastics and other pollutants on the living organisms in the Black Sea; calls for systemic measurement of the nitrogen pollution in the Black Sea Basin;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Recalls that the fisheries and aquaculture sectors do not case temperature rise and thus climate change, but rather suffer from its sequences such as increased aerial temperature, which increases the marine temperature in the upper layers;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Calls on the Black Sea littoral states to invest in scientific research and data collection with regard to the effect of the climate change on the Black Sea and Lower Danube ecosystems; reminds that this should include providing enough resources to the scientific community to conduct research on the spot with regards to the migratory routes, wintering, feeding and reaching reproductive maturation, which will also have an effect on the characteristics and availability of stocks;
Amendment 134 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Amendment 135 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10 d. Is very concerned by the real threat of extinction for the remaining 5 sturgeon species in the Black Sea and Danube Delta basin; acknowledges the efforts undertaken by the authorities in Bulgaria and Romania, which have introduced a complete ban on sturgeon fishing in the Black Sea since 2008 and in the Danube river since 2011 and which was prolonged for 5 more years (until 2026); welcomes the refishing efforts with sturgeons, which have been undertaken and supported by experts from the non- governmental and state structures;
Amendment 137 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10 f. Is of the opinion that regular measurements of the dynamics of the stocks is necessary so that adequate management measures can be designed; reminds that due to the overfishing and the anthropogenic pressure, the stocks of the economically significant species are more sensitive and vulnerable to climate change;
Amendment 140 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Member States to develop the ex situ farming of sturgeon; invites the Member States to provide retraining programmes and access to other livelihoods for sturgeon fishermens, with an eye to reducing illegal catch levels;
Amendment 142 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses the urgent need to establish areas, in which wild populations of sturgeons, shads and other fish species can recover; calls on the competent authorities in the member states concerned to come up with a proposal in this direction, which will be both beneficial for the biodiversity conservation and for the fishery management;
Amendment 144 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12 b. Reminds that further scientific research is needed for the population of some molluscs such as the striped white venus clam (Chamalea gallina) in order to make better mapping of the distribution of the species and also explore the possibility of using it for marine aquaculture;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2159(INI)
12 c. Invites the Black Sea littoral states to find a common approach on helping the cetaceans reach stable population levels and improve their conservation status;
Amendment 146 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12 e. Calls on the Commission and the competent authorities in Bulgaria and Romania to provide funding for research on the state of the Black Sea shads (Alosa spp.) currently listed in Annex V of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, with scientific and socio-economic analyses included, assessing the need to move Alosa spp. in Annex II or even Annex I of this Directive, if the necessary criteria are met;
Amendment 151 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12 d. Calls on the Commission to urgently consider transferring the sturgeons (Acipenseriformes) currently listed in Annex V of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC to Annex II or even Annex I of it;
Amendment 152 #
2019/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and to the Commiss, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the governments and parliaments of the Ukraine, the Russian Federation, Georgia and Turkey, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic cooperation, the Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution.
Amendment 78 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of taking into consideration morphological and geographical characteristics of areas in where OWFs should be settled in.
Amendment 81 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Stresses that the Mediterranean Sea should be evaluated separately taking into account its own characteristics with regard to the potential and the requirements for the development of offshore renewable energy.
Amendment 88 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that potential artificial reef effects are in particular not confirmed for commercial species and are limited to the operational phase of an offshore wind turbine and that decommissioning may make any benefits temporary;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes to assess the combination and integration of OWFs within maritime protected areas (MPAs) against clearly defined habitat and biodiversity conservation objectives, including those pertaining to fisheries resources;prohibit the settlement of OWFs in MPAs, which role is fundamental to preserve biodiversity
Amendment 128 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that today, fishing activities (active or passive) in OWFs are currently limited or prohibited in mostall Member States;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is concerned about the fact that, separately from prohibitions and restrictions to fishing activities, fishers tend to avoid fishing in OWFs even if access is permitted because of the risk of accidental damage, snagging and loss of fishing gear, and that consequently the fear of potential exposure to prosecution is a source of concern that hinders co- existence;
Amendment 150 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. States that maritime spatial planning must play a key role, by distinguishing each maritime area with regard to its own characteristics (Baltic Sea, North Sea,Channel, Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea) and has to put greater emphasis on the assessment of achieving co-location options, which is of the utmost importance in achieving a win- win situation for both sustainable fisheries and the offshore energy sector and including the effective participation of fisheries in the decision making process (as opposed to the overly vague notions of “consultation” and “observers”), the satisfaction of commitments made and the prior resolution of usage conflicts;
Amendment 160 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Highlights the importance to vehicle investments on research and development of tidal energy conversion systems, which could have a less damaging impact on economical, social and envirnomental aspects
Amendment 175 #
2019/2158(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that further EU legislation might beis required in casegiven that evidence suggests that Member States’ maritime spatial planning does not guarantee the fair inclusion of fisheries;
Amendment 4 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to Senegal's Country Strategic Plan (2019–2023),
Amendment 5 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)
Citation 9 b (new)
- having regard to Senegal’s National Strategy for the Promotion of Green Jobs (2015–2020),
Amendment 19 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas illegal and unreported fishing (IUU) not only depletes the natural resource base and lowers natural productivity, but also negatively affects fishers’ livelihoods and national revenues;
Amendment 21 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas strategic objectives under Senegal’s Country Strategic Plan (2019– 2023) include sustainable management and improved productivity of fisheries and an overall increase in market access and competitiveness for the fishing industry;
Amendment 22 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the fisheries sector provides employment for over 600,000 Senegalese, about 17%of the working population;
Amendment 42 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 10 – indent 2 a (new)
- collecting data to identify gender gaps
Amendment 43 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 2 b (new)
Paragraph 10 – indent 2 b (new)
- fostering empowerment and leadership through the formation of women's associations within the fisheries and aquaculture sector
Amendment 60 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a global study on the impact of EU bilateral fisheries agreements and, in particular, on the benefits arising from sectoral support and the activity of the European fleet in third country waters to local economies (development of sustainable fishing, local employment, infrastructure, social improvements, etc.); having a unified and consistent approach towards all Western African countries respectively;
Amendment 62 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to manage small pelagic at a regional level, as the FAO’s working group on small pelagics in north-western Africa recommends, given that Senegal shares these stocks with Morocco, Mauritania and Gambia. Joint research programmes should be established and the Commission should ensure that all scientific committees meet at the same time, or within a few days of one another.
Amendment 68 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recommends participation of stakeholders in the preparation of operational programs, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; by involving local fishing communities and consulting with them in accordance with the Senegalese law;
Amendment 69 #
2019/0226M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls upon increased clarity and harmonisation of reporting in marine protected areas (MPAs) as well as agreed holistic management plan which allocates roles and determines the body responsible for the overall coordination of management activities;
Amendment 3 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the overall objective of the EU-Guinea Bissau Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) is to increasenhance fisheries cooperation between the EU and Guinea-Bissau, in the interests of both parties, by promoting a sustainable fisheries policy and the sound and sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in Guinea- Bissau’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)fishing zones, in addition to the development of the Guinea-Bissau fisheries sector; (The fisheries partnership agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau for the period 16 June 2007 to 15 June 2011, which is the basis for the new Protocol, contains in Article 2 the reference to "Guinea-Bissau fishing zones". The change from "Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)" to "fishing zones" is introduced for consistency with and its blue economy; Or. en the FPA.)
Amendment 4 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the EU-Guinea Bissau SFPA is of considerable importance in the context of the SFPAs concluded by the EU with third countries, and is currently the third most important in terms of the funds involved, and offers the added advantage of being one of only three agreements allowing access to mixed fisheries;
Amendment 5 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the contribution of Guinea- Bissau’s fisheries to the country’s wealth is very low (3.5% of GDP in 2015), although the funds that it will receive through the SFPA as financial compensation for access to resources make a significant contribution to its national public finances;
Amendment 6 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas compared to the previous Protocol, the EU financial contribution has been increased from 9 000 000 euros to 11 600 000 per year as regards the annual amount for access to fishery resources and from 3 000 0000 euros to 4 000 000 per year as regards the support of Guinea-Bissau’s sectoral fisheries policy;
Amendment 7 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas during the first period covered by the Protocol the fishing opportunities granted to EU fleets are as follows: 3 700 GRT for shrimp freezer trawlers, 3 500 GRT for fin-fish and cephalopods freezer trawlers and 15 000 GRT for small pelagic trawlers, 28 tuna freezer seiners and longliners, and 13 pole-and-line tuna vessels; whereas during the second period the fishing opportunities granted to EU fleets are as follows: 2 500 tonnes for shrimp freezer trawlers, 11 000 for fin-fish freezer trawlers, 1 500 tonnes for cephalopod freezer trawlers and 18 000 tonnes for small pelagic trawlers, 28 tuna freezer seiners and longliners, and 13 pole-and- line tuna vessels;
Amendment 8 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, although the EU has had fisheries agreements with the first fisheries agreement between the EEC and Guinea- Bissau since the early 1980s, the development cooperation component of these agreements (sectoral support) has done nothing to promote either significantdated back to 1980; whereas the previous protocol to the Agreement expired on 23 November 2017; whereas the performance of the development cooperation component of these agreements (sectoral support) has not been globally satisfactory; whereas, notwithstanding, progress has been recorded in fisheries monitoring, control and surveillance, sanitary inspection capacity and the participation of Guinea- Bissau in regional fisheries bodies; whereas the sectoral cooperation needs to be enhanced in order to better promote the development of the local fisheries sector orand the development of related industries and activities so as to ensure that a greater proportion of the added value created by the exploitation of the country’s natural resources remains in Guinea-Bissau;
Amendment 13 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas trade in fishery products from Guinea-Bissau has been banned by the EU for many years owing to the country’s inability to comply with the sanitary measures required by the EU; whereas the delay in the analytical laboratory’s certification process (CIPA) is the main barrier to the export of fishery products from Guinea-Bissau to the EU; whereas the Guinean authorities and the European Commission are working together in the certification process in order to overcome the ban;
Amendment 14 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Guinean authorities have a legitimate ambition to see an increase inre is a need to ensure that a greater proportion of the added value generated from the exploitation of fishery resources in the Guinean EEZ, since currently most of this added value does notfishing zones remains within the country;
Amendment 17 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas compared to the previous Protocol, the number of seamen to be signed on in the Union fleet has been significantly increased; whereas the owners of Union vessels shall endeavour to sign on additional Guinean seamen; whereas the competent authorities of Guinea-Bissau shall draw up and keep up to date an indicative list of qualified seamen who are candidates to be signed on by Union vessels;
Amendment 19 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas Guinea-Bissau is one of the 13 countries under the scope of the project ‘Improved regional fisheries governance in western Africa (PESCAO)’ adopted by Commission Decision C(2017) 2951 of 28 April 2017 which, among other objectives, aims to strengthen the prevention of and responses to IUU fishing by improving monitoring, control and surveillance at national and regional level.
Amendment 24 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes the importance of the EU- Guinea Bissau SFPA, both for Guinea Bissau and for EU fleets operating in Guinea-Bissau waterfishing zones; emphasises that there is scope for more effective progress in terms of fisheries cooperation between the EU and Guinea-Bissau and considers that it should thereforereiterates its call on the Commission to take every step required to go beyond previous protocols on the implementation of this agreement;
Amendment 28 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the objectives of the EU-Guinea Bissau SFPA have had differing degrees of success: while, on the one hand, the agreement has offered and provides considerable fishing opportunities for EU vessels in the Guinea-Bissau EEZfishing zones and European shipowners have made considerable use of these opportunities, on the other hand, the local fisheries sector has not, overall, developed enough or in a satisfactory manner;
Amendment 29 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses that this protocol contains a non-discrimination clause (Article 3) whereby Guinea-Bissau undertakes not to grant more favourable technical conditions to other foreign fleets operating in Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone that have the same characteristics and target the same species; calls on the Commission to follow closely fisheries agreements with third countries in Guinea-Bissau's fishing zone;
Amendment 32 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that a transition in the management of fishing opportunities (from fishing effort management to total allowable catch management) poses a challenge to this Protocol; calls on the Commission and the competent authorities of Guinea-Bissau to promote, without delay, an appropriate and effective transition, which safeguards the necessary reliability and effectiveness of the ERS and the processing of catch data;
Amendment 34 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the need for significant progress in the development of the Guinea- Bissau fisheries sector, including the fishing industry and related activities, and calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures – including a possible revision and the bolstering of the sectoral support component of the agreement, along with the creation of conditionmeasures to increase the absorption rate of this support – in order to ensure an effective reversal of the path taken in recent decadese financial contribution – in order to achieve this objective;
Amendment 35 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Considers that the EU-Guinea Bissau SFPA will not achieve its objectives if it does not increase added value in Guinea-Bissau as a result of the exploitation of its fishery resources; indicatesconsiders it of utmost importance to comply with the provisions set out in the Protocol on sectoral support, so that it contributes to the full implementation of the national strategy for fisheries and the blue economy; identifies in this regard as priority areas for EU support, mobilising the necessary technical and financial assistance to:
Amendment 40 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
b. construction ofdeveloping key infrastructure for fisheries and related activities, such as ports (both industrial and artisanal), sites for landing, storing and processing fish, markets, distribution and marketing structures, quality analysis laboratories;
Amendment 43 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
d a. supporting small-scale fishing;
Amendment 51 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the European Commission to prioritise and urgentlyand the competent authorities of Guinea- Bissau to enhance their cooperation in order to establish the conditions for the export of Guinea-Bissau fishery products to the EU, in particular as regards the verification of the required sanitary conditions and certification of the analytical laboratory (CIPA), sinco as to overcome the current ban constitutes a significant barrier to, boost the development of the local fisheries sector and, consequently, to the achievement ofprogress towards achieving the SFPA objectives;
Amendment 54 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the need to increasenhance the contribution of the SFPA to the local creation of direct and indirect jobs, either on vessels operating under the SFPA or in fishing activities, both upstream and downstream; considers that the Member States can play a key role and be an active part in capacity-building and training efforts in order to achieve this;
Amendment 58 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that there is a need to improve the quantity and quality of data on all catches (target and by-catch), on the conservation status of fishery resources in the EEZfishing zones of Guinea-Bissau and, in general, on the impact of the SFPA on ecosystems, and that an effort should be made to develop the capacity of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau to acquire such data; calls on the Commission to help ensure that the bodies responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Agreement, namely the Joint Committee and Joint Scientific Committee, can operate smoothly, with the involvement of artisanal fishermen’s associations, trade unions, representatives of coastal communities and Guinea-Bissau civil society organisations;
Amendment 62 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that, in view of a possiblthe event of the closure of fisheries or the setting of restrictions on fisherieintroduction of fishing restrictions, in order to ensure that resources are sustainable as foreseen in the Procotol, local fishing needs should be addressed first, on the basis of sound scientific advice;
Amendment 64 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the need, with a view to improving the sustainability of fishing activities, to improve the governance, control and surveillance of the EEZfishing zones of Guinea Bissau and to combat IUU fishing, inter alia, by stepping up the monitoring of vessels (through the VMS system);
Amendment 69 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the European Commission to forward to Parliament the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Committee, the multiannual sectoral programme referred to in Article 5 of the Protocol and the results of its annual evaluations, information on the coordination of this programme with the strategic plan for the development of Guinea-Bissau’s fisheries (2015-2020), the minutes and conclusions of the meetings of the Joint Scientific Committee, as well as information on IUU fishing in the Guinean EEZfishing zones, the integration of EU economic operators in the Guinean fisheries sector (Article 10 of the Protocol) and the verification of compliance with the obligations of shipowners (e.g. in relation to the contribution in kind provided for in Chapter V of the Annex to the Protocol); calls on the Commission to present to Parliament, within the last year of application of the Protocol and before the opening of negotiations for its renewal, a full report on its implementation;
Amendment 71 #
2019/0090M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the European Commission to better integrate the recommendations now madeof the European Parliament in the EU- Guinea -Bissau SFPA, taking them into account, inter alia, in the procedures for the renewal of the Protocol;
Amendment 16 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Appreciates that the EVFTA strengthen cooperation between the partners in the fight against IUU fishing under its “Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter” and underlines the importance of strengthening the constructive dialogue with Vietnam in order to successfully address the global challenges posed by illegal fishing
Amendment 29 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of implementing Vietnam’s new fisheries legislation at provincial level and communicate the importance of compliance to the local stakeholders in the fisheries sector
Amendment 38 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Vietnamese authorities to allocate sufficient financial and human resources to the fight against IUU fishing at both the national and provincial level
Amendment 40 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is of the opinion that preferential tariffs should be based on conditions, i.e. a coupling with controls, and a review on the achievement of those conditions, such as the level of reduction of fishing capacity
Amendment 41 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is of the opinion that preferential tariffs should also be accompanied by monitoring and auditing of the implementation of the Vietnamese Action Plan to tackle IUU fishing and review of the commitments made by Vietnam under Article 13.9 of the EU-Viet Nam FTA;
Amendment 45 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the ‘yellow card’ notification should be seen as a means to encourage the Vietnamese authorities to persevere in their efforts to tackle IUU fishing activities; believes that further extension of the ‘yellow card’ should be accompanied by clear operational targets and timelines with a view to implement the measures needed and to give a constructive sense to the sanction;
Amendment 55 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the European Commission to provide specific financial and technical support to Vietnam in order to facilitate the implementation of environmental sustainability standards for seafood products. Moreover, calls on the European Commission to also incentivize individual Vietnamese fisheries to help meet sustainability standards
Amendment 60 #
2018/0356M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to make full use of all the tools at its disposal, including the ‘red card’, should Viet Nam fail to fulfil the conditions for sustainable fisheries. in order to ensure the safety of imports of fish and seafood products into the EU market and to protect its consumers.
Amendment 51 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Regrets recent legal changes by the Sejm, under which medical facilities would no longer be legally obliged to indicate another facility in case of denial of abortion services due to personal beliefs; Calls on the Polish government to revert these changes and to adopt measures to compensate for deficiencies in service provision caused by doctors who decide to invoke conscientious objection to refuse healthcare services, and to include in the law a rule that in the event of refusal to perform a medical procedure, the medical facility must indicate another specialist or facility which will perform the procedure;
Amendment 53 #
2017/0360R(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reiterates its concerns about already ongoing, extensive, and inappropriate use of the conscience clause including the absence of reliable referral mechanism for access to abortion in practice, and lack of timely appeals processes for women who are denied abortions; Notes that under human rights law, the right of conscientious objection is subject to limitations to protect the rights of others and that concerning healthcare, conscientious objection is also constricted by articles protecting the right to life, health and privacy;
Amendment 277 #
2016/0062R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Reiterates that the denial of sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and legal abortion, is a form of gender-based violence and a violation of women’s and girls' fundamental human rights; reiterates that women and girls must have control over their bodies and sexualities; calls on all the Member States to guarantee comprehensive sexuality education and universal access to the full range of reproductive and sexual health services, including ready access to family planning, modern contraceptive methods and free, safe and legal abortion"; Is therefore deeply concerned that in some Member States sexual and reproductive rights of women are under threat, as in Poland the illegitimate Constitutional Tribunal ruled on 22 October 2020 to reverse long- established rights of Polish women entailing a de facto abortion ban, abortion is banned in Malta, medical abortion in early pregnancy is not legal in Slovakia and is not available in Hungary and access to abortion is also being eroded in Italy.