12 Amendments of Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO related to 2022/2051(INL)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the original idea behindExpresses its satisfaction that the Conference on the Future of Europe was regardsa very successful participatory exercise and therefore, it further enlarged the citizens’ information and participation in democracy at Union level, aiming at making the Union more understandable and accessible; Considers that the Conference has led to innovative and successful participation by European citizens and has provided an additional opportunity for the European institutions, leading to a comprehensive dialogue between citizens, national parliaments, regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society organisations on the future of the Union;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the proposals made by the plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe on 9 May 2022, particularly the following: 6, 9, 13, 15, 17, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 37, 46, 47, 48 and 49, as they call to foster culture, education, youth and solidarity, audiovisual, media and sport policies, highlighting their fundamental role in strengthening the European sense of belonging, especially for the youth;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. NWelcomes the conclusions of the Conference and notes that many of the proposals endorsed by the Conference on the Future of Europe do not require Treaty change but instead camendments to the Treaties and that, especially forllowing the most rengthening of existing policies and instruments; takes the view tcent crises, the Treaties need to be amended urgently to make sure the Union hats the division of competences provided for in the Treaties, and in particular Articles 4 and 5 TEU, should remain unchangedcompetence to take more effective action during future crises;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests amending Articles 4 and 6 TFEU to introduce shared competences in the field of education, with its corresponding change in Article 165 TFEU, at a minimum in the field of citizenship education, highlighting that the exercise of that competence by the Union shall not result in Member States being prevented from exercising their competence, in order to fulfil recommendation 46 expressed by citizens in the Conference on the Future of Europe, in particular youth, and the European Parliament resolution of 6 April 2022 on the implementation of citizenship education actions;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out, in this regard, that common minimum standards in education should be adopted, without prejudice to national and regional competences, focusing on the following topics: civictizenship education including Union values and history of Europe, digital skills, media and information literacy, language learning, environmental education, soft- skills, economic literacy and STEAM education; highlights that working towards achieving these common goals should reduce educational inequities across Europe;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the right to petition is a citizen’s right which plays a fundamental role as a direct participatory democracy tool; recalls that petitions can be used as means of creating opportunities for public debate and of initiating policy and legislative changes; calls on the Member States and the Commission to do their utmost to ensure that petitions are adequately followed up;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. NotStresses that many of the proposals endorsed by the Conference aim at strengthening European identity and citizenship and, do not necessarily require Treaty changes but a deepening of the existing instruments and objectives in the fields of culture, education, youth, audiovisual media and sport; highlights in this regard recommendation 48.5, requesting the need to advance towards the protection of cultural workers by adopting a legal statute of the Artist at European level;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the right to petition remains underused at Union level when compared with the situation at national level; recalls, also, that about a quarter of the petitions submitted to the European Parliament are declared inadmissible, mainly because the matter falls outside the Union’s fields of activity, which points out the lack of understneed to work on enhandcing, among Union citizens, the citizens’ awareness of the Union’s remit of competence;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the need to ensure academic freedom, freedom of the arts and sciences, independence of the media and freedom of speech, and considers that these principles should be enshrined in any future Treaty revisions; asks to ensure the protection of journalists, as per recommendation 37.4;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, therefore, the need to increase citizens’ knowledge of their right to petition as well as their understanding of the scope of the Union’s responsibilities; calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures to make public information and awareness more efficient at Union and national levels in order to improve access to the right to petition and with the aim to reduce the number of inadmissible petitions.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Supports, as stated in proposal n.36 of the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the goal of increasing citizens’ participation and youth involvement in the democracy at the Union level to develop a ‘full civic experience’ for Europeans, to ensure that their voice is heard also in between elections, and that the participation is effective;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Supports summarizing elements of citizens’ participation in a Union Charter for the involvement of citizens in EU- affairs;