6 Amendments of Ilana CICUREL related to 2023/0264(BUD)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Insists that the Commission must guarantee that EU funds are not allocated or linked to any form of terrorism and/or religious and political radicalization while ensuring notably that individuals or groups affiliated, linked to, or supporting terrorist organisations are excluded from Union funding; reiterates its position that salaries of education civil servants responsible for drafting and teaching school textbooks paid by Union funds, must be made conditional on full compliance with UNESCO standards of peace and tolerance; is concerned about antisemitism, hate speech and incitement to violence taught in Palestinian school textbooks, funded by the EU; stresses that conditionality of EU financial assistance in the educational sector needs to be duly considered; underlines the importance of proper training of Palestinian teachers, in line with UNESCO education standards.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of Erasmus+ Programme in promoting European values and forming European identities through education and learning in different Member States; nevertheless, highlights that Erasmus+ still remains inaccessible to a high number of people, particularly youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, notably because of financial obstacles and other difficulties they face and that impede them from spending longer periods of time abroad; therefore, calls for a significant increase of EUR 60 million for the Erasmus+ Programme;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights the role of the DiscoverEU initiative as a tool to bring young people closer to the EU, particularly youth from disadvantaged backgrounds or from rural and remote areas, by offering the opportunity to travel for free by rail throughout Europe, and therefore increasing awareness and knowledge of the EU amongst the youth, and encouraging future involvement in other EU programmes and projects; reiterates its support to the DiscoverEU initiative, and calls for its continuous funding, in order to triple the number of tickets awarded;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for a slightn increase for the European Solidarity Corps to support young people engaged in civic engagement, mobility and solidarity actions; emphasizes the need to strengthen the humanitarian strand to improve the programme’s efforts related to the consequences of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine.; calls for a considerable increase of the European Solidarity Corps in the next Multiannual Financial Framework, especially to boost European civic mobility;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that it is essential to take the necessary budgetary measures to support the achievement of the European Education Area; in view of the next Multiannual Financial Framework to be set up as of 2028, asks the Commission to propose a modification of its structure allowing dedicated budgetary lines for the European Education Area;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks for the financial contributions from the EU to the European School System (ESS) to feature as a separate budget line in future EU budgets, in order to increase transparency, ensure strategic planning and facilitate parliamentary scrutiny under the discharge procedure, and requests that the ESS be included in the further development of the EEA to become a 'laboratory' and source of experience for pedagogical innovation and the exchange of best practices for the benefit of all European students;