7 Amendments of Inés AYALA SENDER related to 2008/2072(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
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3. Notes with regret that the Council, unlike other institutions such as the Commission and Parliament, which have significantly improved the number of languages available in their communication with citizens, has so far completely avoided addressing in a substantive way the question of the language options of the websites of its presidencies;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Invites the Council to avail itself of the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive review ofreview of the question of expanding the language options of the websites of its presidencies, in order to ensure that as large a section of the population as possible has easy and direct access to information on its activities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that any reduction of the language options which may prove necessary must be undertaken on the basis of objective and sufficiently justified criteria, and that only the language of the incumbent presidency may have priority until the end of such presidency;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Calls on the Council to examine the question of expanding the language options of the website of its presidencies, irrespective of the question of responsibility or authority for the websites of its presidencies, and to inform the European Parliament of the results of its deliberations;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the recommendation of the Ombudsman to the Council to examine the complainant’s request that the websites of the Council presidencies also be available in Germanboth in the language of the complainant and in the other official languages of the Union, taking account of the petitions and complaints on the subject;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the fact that, in contrast to the practice of past presidencies, whereby websites were only available in English, French and the language of the incumbent presidency, the French Council Presidency publishes its official website at least in the most widely spoken languages of the European Union (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Polish);
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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9. Addresses itself to the Council and all future Council presidencies, in the hope that they will as soon as possible make their websites available in as many languages as possible and, in the event of a duly justified restriction on the number of languages, will use the most widely spoken official languages according to an order of priorityofficial languages that are most widely spoken in the European Union;