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Activities of Tomasz FRANKOWSKI related to 2022/2047(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations (debate)
2022/12/13
Dossiers: 2022/2047(INI)

Amendments (21)

Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 on the Marrakesh Treaty,
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the Recovery and Resilience Facility investments fail to reflect the enormous economic and social significance of the cultural and creative sectors which account for 4.4% of the EU’s GDP and about 8.7 million jobs in the EU, leaving these sectors considerably underrepresented in the EU’s overall effort to overcome the pandemic and to support the recovery and resilience of the European economy; regrets that the Commission and the Member States ignored corresponding repeated calls by the European Parliament adopted by overwhelming majority1a; _________________ 1a e.g. in its resolution of 17 September 2020 on the cultural recovery of Europe and in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on the situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Underlines the fundamental importance of culture in fostering mutual understanding, especially in international relations, and notably with regards to the power of cultural exchange in maintaining and regaining peace and overcoming wars; calls upon the Member States to acknowledge the increasingly transnational dimension and impact of culture and consequently to ensure adequate funding;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the strengthenUnderlines that the next Council Work Plan for Culture represents an opportunity to advance towards a more comprehensive cultural policy at EU level and calls for an increase in funding ofor the Creative Europe 2021-2027 programme, which is still highly underfunded, in order to fulfil the objectives of the Programme;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Is deeply concerned that the Creative Europe programme is underfinanced, despite its budget increase in the current MFF, with the necessary frontloading of the budget to the years 2021 and 2022 causing dramatic funding shortages in the following years, potentially bringing further harm to the cultural and creative sectors that have only slowly started recovering, and thus having a long-lasting negative impact on our European cultural ecosystem and its role in international cultural relations;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need for mutual cultural respect to be the basis for international cultural relations;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the Pilot Project - Establishing a European Heritage Hub to support a holistic and cost-effective follow-up of the European Year of Cultural Heritage;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Encourages the Commission to bring forward the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 to support the creation of more partnerships with the private, public and non-profit sectors for the preservation of cultural heritage;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the social and societal importance of the international mobility of cultural creators such as authors, performers and artists; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to strengthen their role in the EU’s international relations; reiterates in this context its repeated calls urging the Commission to establish a European Status of the Artist, ensuring fair contractual situations and working conditions for everyone working in the cultural and creative sectors, and increasing opportunities for international mobility;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Encourages the Member States to recognise the importance of cultural and artistic activities for the mental health and well-being of young people, at both national and international levels, particularly for disadvantaged young people;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses the importance of cultural initiatives focused on entertainment and care for persons with disabilities; deplores the fact that the suspension of such activities during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant adverse impact on the individuals who had been benefiting from them; asks the Commission to pay more attention to this issue in the coming years;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Invites the Commission to incorporate cultural heritage as a strategic and crosscutting priority in the Work Plan for Culture 2023-2026;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the success of the European Capitals of Culture initiative with respect to the development of cities and regions across the EU and associated countries; reiterates the importance of the European Heritage Label as a project enhancing awareness of the cultural and historical roots of the EU in an innovative way;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that cultural heritage can help the EU to attain its ambitious objectives of becoming climate-neutral by 2050; recalls that the renovation of heritage and other ancient buildings should always be carried out in compliance with the national rules on conservation, the 1964 Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, and the original architecture; stresses that preserving the environment implies, more broadly, to respect the built heritage, be it or not strictly protected according to the national legislations;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Recalls the article 3 of the Treaty on European Union which stipulates that the EU must ensure that Europe’s cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced; calls therefore on the European Commission to take into account this paramount consideration in its decision as regards the inclusion of lead metal to the list of substances subject to authorisation in Annex XIV to the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation; reiterates that such a measure could result in the closure or delocalisation of many craft enterprises in such areas as the stained glass industry and ultimately impact the restoration of the vast heritage of the Union, as well as the disappearance of many traditional agricultural productions; insists on the need to reconcile the required level of protection for human health and the environment with the preservation of European heritage and asks for a permanent exemption of the cultural sector from the above-mentioned regulation;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Acknowledges digitalisation as a means of maximising the benefits of cultural heritage, noting the need for reskilling of CCSI employees;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Insists that copyright in works of art and material in the CCSI must remain European, including in relation to the digitalisation of works of art and material in the CCSI, including, but not restricted to, digitalisation carried out by industries outside the EU; discourages economic speculation in this field;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Asks the Commission to protect the intellectual property of the digitised European landscape, which must remain European;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. emphasises the role of cultural works for cross-linguistic and cross- border understanding; stresses that cultural works such as films or literature create links between different cultures; considers therefore, that international co- productions should be promoted;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to assist Ukraine in its reconstruction and restoration efforts of damages in the culture and heritage sector caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Recalls that culture is a fundamental driver when it comes to facilitating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2030 and calls on the Commission to advocate for the inclusion of culture as a separate goal in the development agenda after2030;
2022/10/12
Committee: CULT