19 Amendments of Nikolaos CHOUNTIS related to 2018/2091(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the priorities for the New Agenda and the sector-specific approach are welcome; whereas support should be given to all cultural and creative sectors,should foster social cohesion, dialogue and mutual understanding, integration; whereas equal and tailor made support should be given to all cultural and creative sectors; whereas sectorial approaches are adequate for sector specific challenges and cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue should be maintained as cross- cutting priorities; whereas culture is a public good, cultural and creative sectors shall be supported with ambitious policy frameworks, adequate public financing and an enabling environment; whereas the New European Agenda for Culture should aim at preserving, expanding and disseminating a vibrant and diverse cultural scene fostering the participation of all;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is emerging from a severe financial crisis, during which, unfortunately, the budget for culture has often been the first to suffer cutpolitical economic choices and austerity measures which had severe consequences on major cuts in budget for culture; whereas on the contrary culture is underfunded in many Member States;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Europe is facing growing social inequalities, rising populism and radicalisation andmovements advocating for closed and exclusionary cultural identities ; whereas Europe has an increasingly diverse population; whereas and culture is therefore more important than everan important instrument for building bridges among individuals and contributes to the personal development and well-being of all;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas culture can plays an important role in social cohesion and integration and whereas the special call for migrants’ integration in the Creative Europe programme has proved to be efficient but oversubscribs it strengthens socialisation and integration processes through the participation of minorities, disadvantaged groups, marginalised communities, migrants and refugees, in cultural and social life; whereas programmes such as Creative Europe can play a role in ensuring the participation in civic and cultural life although they have proved to be under funded;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas cultural awareness and expression has been recognised at EU level in the revised recommendation on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning; whereas arts and humanities should be fully engaged in education systems so to contribute to shaping a Europe that is collaborative, creative and mobilized to promote sustainability, integration and civic cohesion;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesTakes note of the New Agenda for Culture and stresses that it represents a huge opportunity to adopt a comprehensive and coherent policy for culture at European level, but also stresses that it can only be successful if supported by a significant budgetary increase for Creative Europe;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that cultural initiatives, including the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage, represents an opportunity to increase awareness of the unique strength and diversity of EU culture and the vital role it plays in our societies and economies, in creating a sense of belonging, in promoting active citizenship and in defining ourthe fundamental values and identityof freedom, diversity, equality, solidarity and social justice;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. WelcomStresses the launching of ‘Music Moves Europe’ as a significant first step in stimulating creativity, diversity and innovation in Europe’s music sector and the sectoral action on music in the Creative Europe programmeimportance of cultural and artistic workers and calls on Member States and the Commission to empower them by cross-country collaborations and promoting the circulation of EU creative works in a multidisciplinary approach; cCalls on the Commission to focus on mobility of artists and repertoire within and beyond Europe, distribution, funding for SMEs, transparency of digital platforms to artists, diversity of streaming services and a mapping of the sector when developing further EU action on music;s; calls for further support to initiatives aiming at stimulating creativity, diversity and innovation in Europe’s artistic sectors, such as for example the launching of ‘Music Moves Europe’
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the creation of an online directory of European films and the launch of the first EU Film Week and: emphasises the positive experience of the LuxPrize in promoting European films and facilitating their distribution; encourages the Commission and the Member States, in collaboration with the creative industries, to develop a European platform providing access to licensed EU films, while remunerating artists and right-holders fairly and respecting the principle of territoriality;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. PCalls for the guarantee of the right of creative and artistic workers to fair remuneration, contractual agreements and working conditions; points to the project-based, precarious and atypical employment of cultural workers andin Europe; therefore calls on the Member States to adopt comprehensive measures in order to improve the contractual conditions of artists and creators across the EU, with respect to collective representation, social security and direct and indirect taxation; calls for security systems across the Union to fully take into account the specificities of non-standard forms of employment
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that according to the 2017 Eurobarometer 36 % of Europeans did not participate in any cultural activity within the previous year and calls on the Commission and Member States, therefore, to increase reaching out to new audiences and enhance active participation to cultural sector by strengthening the links between culture, education, innovation and research;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Encourages closer synergies between cultural sector and education, for example by encouraging extracurricular activities or artists’ involvement in schools; recalls in this respect the need to give sufficient public financial support of artists, managers, teachers, facilitators, social workers and other professionals engaged in these contexts;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that cultural and creative skills are increasingly needee added value of arts and humanities disciplines in school curricula; underlines that arts, creativity and creative thinking have a role to play, including in science, technologies and in the digital landscape and; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to overcome a strict division between disciplines and transition from a STEM to STEAM approach to education both in formal and non-formal education and to adoptpromote a life-long learning approachinitiatives accessible to cultural practitioners; acknowledges the important role of music and arts in school curricula as they contribute to increased creativity and inspire an interest in cultureworkers;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that democratic principles and European valueswith concern that violation of artistic freedom by silencing or intimidating artists is on the rise in Europe; recalls in this respect that freedom of expression is a key component of creativity and cultural production as it ensures that artistic works reflect diversity and richness of society; Notes that democratic principles and European values, such as freedom, social justice, inclusion, equality and non-discrimination, democracy, human rights, the rule of law, tolerance and solidarity, are increasingly challenged due to growing polarisation both within Europe and globally; calls on the Commission and the Member States, therefore, to develop a strategic approach for the protection of cultural rights, of freedom of artistic expression and media pluralism, as well as the right to freely and actively participate in cultural life; calls for a close monitoring of cultural rights at European level;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UnderlineStresses that EU and Member States should contribute to the development of cultural organizations by providing stable, reliable and sustained financial support; regrets that, despite the EU added value of cultural investment, Creative Europe represents 0.15 % of the overall EU budget, of which only 31 % is earmarked for culture; welcomestakes note of the new MFF proposal and welcomes the proposed increase in funding as a good first step and; calls for a doubling of the budget allocated to the new Creative Europe programme, and for making the programme more accessible for smaller organisations;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to guarantee that enoughincreased financial and policy resources within EU funding instruments are allocated to artistic and creative projects and research on the basis of their intrinsic value of artistic and creative projects;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that equality, transparency and diversification criteria drive the allocation of financial and non- financial resources to the cultural sector; calls therefore to adopt a tailored approach to each sector, recognising that financial instruments such as guarantees, loans and equity arcan, under certain circumstances, be appropriate for profit-generating projects, but that grants are vital when considering the cultural ecosystem as a whole, valuing intangible assets correctly and supporting innovative artistic and cultural practices;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that the digital revolution has radically transformed the way art and culture are produced, distributed and enjoyed, presenting opportunities but at the same time posing great challenges to the already strainedunfair working conditions of artists and creators and threatening their economic survival and thus calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote fair remuneration, labour conditions and the modernisation of and welfare systems for the CCS;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Supports the Council initiative to draw up a comprehensive approach to international cultural relations and calls for thesupports the idea of creation ofng cultural focal points in all EU delegations, the appropriate training of officials and the involvengagement of international cultural networks, as well as local and grassroots actors, including in the preparatory action on European Houses; reiterates its request for the Commission and the EEAS to report on the state of implementation every two years; recognises that Europe’s development agenda should enable the expressions of cultural diversity worldwide;