2 Amendments of Pál SCHMITT related to 2008/2173(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. emphasises that playing video games can have substantial educational advantages and be beneficial in developing linguistic, creative, strategic skills and intellectual capacities, but at the same time draws attention to the serious health risks arising from misuse of videogames;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States, with a view to protecting children's mental health, to take more resolute action against abuses connected with videogames, and to apply the principle of zero tolerance to businesses which violate child protection provisions;