25 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2015/2147(INI)
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that European citizens should be offered an education in line with the needs of a modern, globalised society, therefore enjoying the opportunity to learn and to develop new skills, including digital ones, which will allow them to compete in today's labour market; stresses the need to ensure that teachers are enabled to improve their skills, especially digital ones, and are supported in facing the challenges this entails; therefore believes that an overall re-design of educational systems, training curricula and work methods in a holistic and ambitious way is necessary, with the aim of properly addressing the challenges of the digital revolution;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’; considers that a fair and effective Digital Single Market, based on a harmonised set of rules, could foster EU competitiveness, have positive effects on growth and jobs, relaunch the Single Market and make the society more inclusive offering new opportunities to citizens and businesses; believes that the horizontal approach taken in the Communication needs now to be strengthened in its implementation as the digital sector affects every dimension of society and the economy;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that better regulation should help to examine policy through a digital lens and facilitate the adaptation of legislation and enforcement frameworks in the light of new technologies and new business models to prevent fragmentation of the single market; stresses however that it is essential to establish whether the new challenges cannot be effectively tackled with the use of existing legislation;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that, in order to ensure the quality of European Legislation, the European Institutions should adopt and disseminate a "digital first" principle, re- designing all activities around the opportunities and challenges posed by digital technologies;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that Smart Specialisation Strategies should put more focus on R&D and clusters. An integrated approach to clusters across Member States would increase innovation on Digital Single Market. Calls on the Commission to propose actions to bring IT in non-IT areas (such as agriculture, expert systems, smart cities etc.)
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that improving connectivity has beneficial effects on employment and economic growth; therefore calls on the Commission to support investments in ultra-broadband in order to promote the European social and industrial fabric and new-generation electronic communication services that place citizens and consumers at the centre of the stage;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers that the implementation of the Digital Single Market is a chance for the EU to have a single digital brand for each digital services provided within the EU area, regardless if we talk about e- commerce, e-government services online platform, big data, etc. Labelling digital services with " EU digital brand " can be achieved through a unitary legislative and standardization framework and through the certification of services and suppliers;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to further develop initiatives to boost entrepreneurship that range from changing the mind-set on how success is defined to promoting an entrepreneurial and innovation culture; believes, in addition, that the diversity and specific attributes of the different national innovation hubs, areas where pre-existing concentrations of businesses and skills is present and can be increased, could be turned into a real competitive advantage for the EU if they are effectively interconnected;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken so far by Member States to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to. Therefore, calls on the Commission to propose a coordinated and homogeneous European legislative framework which will be able to create a fair and competitive market for both consumers and businesses while preserveing the integrity of the single market and the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation. This harmonized set of rules shall have the purpose of stimulating a proper environment for innovative European start-ups and SMEs, exploiting all the potentialities offered by new platforms and sharing economy and, at the same time, preventing possible disruptive effects on traditional sectors of the economy;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned about the different national approaches taken to regulating the internet and the sharing economy; urges the Commission to take action to preserve the integrity of the single market and, to effectively protect consumers and workers' rights and to promote the internet as an open and global platform for communication and innovation;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with Member States, to increase the availability and an efficient use of radio spectrum across the Union, with the aim to achieve a EU harmonised radio spectrum policy;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that it is important that the creation of the Digital Single Market should not aggravate the digital divide but rather enhance and create infrastructure and training courses to enable all European citizens to benefit from the new opportunities made available, irrespective of age, gender, income or provenance from remote or peripheral regions;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Asks the Commission to address the different tax challenges raised by the digital economy and to closely monitor its continuous evolution to assess the impact on tax systems; in particular, urges the Commission to guarantee an effective level playing field and a fair fiscal treatment among all actors present in the digital market, aligning taxation with the economic activities and guaranteeing that taxes are paid where profits are generated;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for measures to promote and encourage, by means of the creation of the Digital Single Market, the development of new models of work which will make it possible to reconcile the requirements of private and working life more effectively;
Amendment 503 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Invites the Commission to extend the concept of "Universal Service" to data connectivity by establishing a minimum band power threshold guaranteed to all European citizens, in line with the objectives of the EU 2020 Agenda;
Amendment 536 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to provide a dashboard/price comparator for parcel delivery prices across EU and to identify, if necessary, the legislative measures to harmonize the national legislations related to consumer rights on parcel delivery;
Amendment 656 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks, especially in rural and remote areas, is a requirement for any digital progress, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;
Amendment 658 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that incentivising private investments in fast and ultra-fast communication networks is a requirement forto any digital progress and must be part of the European integration effort, with competition remaining the main driver of infrastructure investments, innovation, affordable prices and choices for consumers; considers that little evidence exists, in the still fragmented European telecommunications market, of a link between consolidation of operators and increased investment in networks;
Amendment 667 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Underlines that while the current telecom framework has made substantial progress towards achieving its aims, the EU telecom regulatory framework remains fragmented; thus urges the next review to aim at a further evolution of the framework taking account of market, social and technological developments and future trends;
Amendment 718 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Stresses that since the development of over-the-top services has increased demand and competition to the benefit of consumers, modernisation of the telecommunication framework should not lead to more regulatory burdens, but should drive innovation and fair competition, support pluralism and access to the market and strengthen the Fundamental rights in the digital environment;
Amendment 731 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Asks the Commission to guarantee equal treatment, also in fiscal terms, and the same level playing field between telecom operators and over-the-top services in order to assure non- discriminatory access to networks and contents;
Amendment 758 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Believes that, in order to achieve a real Digital Single Market, it is necessary to ensure access for all citizens in Europe, calls therefore to improve the efforts towards the networks development for those areas where sufficient connectivity it is not yet available;
Amendment 787 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that uniform enforcement of the Connected Continent package, including the end of roaming surcharges and the net neutrality principle, requires the establishment of a single European telecommunications regulator; Calls on the Commission and Council to take into account the European Parliament's first reading position on spectrum, which was adopted as part of the 'Connected Continent package' in April 2014;
Amendment 844 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to safeguard the openness of the internet, ensuring the application of the principle of Net Neutrality at all levels of the web, ensuring equal access to fixed networks for all service providers and ensuring service neutrality for all services within internet platforms;
Amendment 928 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Considers, in order to ensure trust in digital services, that increased resources from the public and private sector are required to strengthen the security of IT systems and online networks and the encryption of communication, to improve cyber-attack prevention and to increase knowledge of basic security processes among users of digital services; believes in this regard that particular efforts should be put in place in order to ensure full security for consumers in the use of electronic means of payment, through the achievement of a fully integrated and user-friendly EU market for payment services;