20 Amendments of Gilbert COLLARD related to 2021/2008(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas education is a fundamental right that should be equally accessible to all; whereas the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society; , while fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems and their cultural and linguistic diversity1 a, the Pillar of Social Rights states that everyone has the right to quality and inclusive education in order to participate fully in society; _________________ 1 a Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Union policies and internal actions - Title XII: education, vocational training, youth and sport - Article 165
Amendment 23 #
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, but these citizenship education lessons must remain free from political or ideological influence and focus instead on factual information and the functioning of institutions and democracy;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas citizenship education must be understood as multilevel, encompassing local, regional, national, European and glob and national citizenship;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the main focus must be on national citizenship education, given that citizenship and democracy are first and foremost exercised at national level;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas sociopolitical changes observed in Member States, ranging from social polarisation and low institutional trust to democratic backsliding, the erosion of the rule of law, exclusionary nationalism and the instrumentalisation of Euroscepticism for political purposes, along with the rise of extremist movements and authoritarianpoverty, the rise in fake news, the migration crisis and Islamic terrorism, may pose a serious threat to European democracies and destabilise the EU as a whole; whereas strengthening citizenship education in formal, non- formal, informal and lifelong-learning education could play an important role in countering this trend;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that there is no common, non-binding definition of apolitical citizenship education; believes that teaching citizenship education involves a combination of knowledge, skills, competences and care;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the crucial pedagogical role of non-formal and informal learning, including youth work, volunteering and sport, in developing social and civic skills, competences and behaviours, and in shaping responsible and active European citizens;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. RegretNotes that the political consensus at European level on the need to advance citizenship education and the teaching of common European values hwas not been translated into concrete objectives, targets and benchmarks; concludes that citizenship education policies suffer from an implementation gap;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. RegretNotes that EU programmes havwere not been able to provide substantial and effective support for EU and global citizenship education;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Finds that EU programmes make a limited contribution to advancing certain dimensions of citizenship education, mainly because of Member State competence in this area, a lack of explicit direct support, limited resources and uneven geographical coverage; regretnotes that so far, EU-funded projects in this area have not had a widespread long-term impact;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Affirms that on the basis of Articles 9, 10, 165 and 166 TEU, the EU has a primary responsibility to foster EU citizenship education as a way to ensure deeper knowledge among its citizens of the European projectU as a union of democratic states, thus guaranteeing its citizens the right to fully participate in political life and decision- making at EU level;
Amendment 142 #
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 assessmentsnon-binding curricula in citizenship education that integrate all relevant aspects of the subject area;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 169 #
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 as an integral part of any Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps mobility opportunity;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for a comprehensive, non- binding 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;
Amendment 205 #
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; 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 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to propose a recommendation containing indicative primary and secondary school curricula on EU cultural education for its voluntary adoption by the Member States, in full respect of Treaty provisions; takes the view that the abovementioned indicative, common cultural education curricula should focus on providing a better understanding of what Europe is about;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21