Activities of Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN related to 2009/2229(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on internet governance: the next steps PDF (268 KB) DOC (179 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas internet governance involves issues relating to protection and guarantee of fundamental rights and freedoms, access to and use of the internet and its vulnerability to cyber attack, etc.,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas aspects of internet governance concern internet addressing and other predominantly technical issues, in which areas entities such as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)Engineering Task Force (IETF), the Regional Internet Registries and other entities are active,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas governments have an important role regarding broader governance aspects in defence of the public interest, in particular to ensure protection and guarantee of fundamental rights and freedoms ands well as regarding the security, integrity and resilience of the internet, while the private sector assumes a crucial role in providing the necessary investment, expertise and entrepreneurial initiative;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the European Parliament and the other European institutions have a long-standing commitment to the internet as an open global public good,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the internet is a global public good which should be run in the common interestand as such some form of global governance is both desirable and inevitable;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that, to safeguard the EU interest in maintaining the internet as a global public good, internet governance should be based on a broad, balanced public-private sector model, avoiding dominance by any individual entity or group of entities while interacting with multi-stakeholder processes on Internet governance which continue to provide an effective mechanism for promoting global cooperation;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that governments should focus on issues vital to global internet public policy as private sector leadership needs to be based on respect for public policy principles and existing legislation and otherwise adhere to a principle of non- intervention, except as may be necessary in exceptional circumstances;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that governments should avoid involvement in day-to-day internet management, abstain from harming innovation and competition by unnecessary, burdensome and restrictive regulation and not compete to control what is and should remain a global public property;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any restrictions deemed indispensable, for example to protect minors, should be limited to the minimum necessary in a democratic society, should be based on law, and should be effective and proportionate; furthermore invites Member States to take measures to enable minors to make responsible use of internet and on-line information services, and to improve the level of awareness of the potential threats of the new services;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that, in addition to the governance principles set out by the Commission, governments should implement the following additional principles: (i) transparency, multilateralism, democracy and protection of fundamental rights and freedoms by meeting EU standards; (ii) respect for thean open, interoperable, technologically neutral and ‘end-to-end’ nature of internet infrastructure, (iii) meaningfuinternal and external accountability of private- sector entities managing global internet resources on a day-to-day basis to the global Internet community, (iv) promotion of inclusive, global internet governance cooperation through the continuancethrough interaction with and further encouragement of multi-stakeholder processes, also addressing the need to improve the participation of developing countries;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point i
Paragraph 12 – point i
(i) protection of internet infrastructure to safeguard availability, robustnesssecurity and resilience against cyber attack, and
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on Member States, in coordination with the Commission, to ensure protection of internet infrastructure through a harmonised EU approach against threats and incidents, and by establishing national emergency response teams anddeveloping effective cooperation mechanisms between them;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that EU institutions, bodies and Member States should coordinate their approach to ICANN and its advisory bodies includingnternet Governance in the various International bodies that deal with it. In the case of ICANN this can be done through an active participation to the Government Advisory Committee (GAC);
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the European Network and Information Society Agency (ENISA) can play an important part with respect torole, in particular with respect to preventing, addressing and responding to network and information security aspectproblems and welcomes the Commission’s forthcoming proposal for modernising ENISA;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Supports the continuation and development of the IGF model on a global, regional - including EuroDIG - and national level, creating open placesfora for dialogue and exchange of best practices between governments, civil society and the private sector;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point v
Paragraph 20 – point v
(v) deepened cooperation between the European Parliament and national parliaments by using all technological means available such as video- conferences as well as Inter- parliamentary EU-Information Exchange (IPEX);
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 – point i
Paragraph 24 – point i
(i) the introduction of an alternativereviewing the performance of its existing dispute resolution mechanisms in allowing interested parties effective, neutral, timely and affordable review of ICANN decisions,