15 Amendments of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2008/2225(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas linguistic and cultural diversity entail characteristics which have a significant impact on the daily life of Europe's citizens in a context ofdue to media penetration, increasing mobility and migration and advancing globalisation,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the acquisition of diversified language skills is considered to be of major importance for all Union citizens, since it enables them to derive full economic, social and cultural benefit from freedom of movement within the Union and from the Union's relations with citizens from other cultures and with third countries,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. having regard to the increasing importance of multilingualism in the context of relations between Member States, cohabitation in our multicultural societies, and in the Union's common policies,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the positions it has upheld over time by the European Parliament on multilingualism and cultural diversity;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the crucial role of the EU institutions in ensuring respect for the principle of parity, in relations between Member States as also in EU citizens' relations with national administrations and with Community and international institutions and bodies;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that the importance of multilingualism is not confined to the economic and social aspects and that attention must also be paid to those related to cultural andtransmission, to scientific creation and transmission andsearch, or to the importance of translation, both literary and technical, in the lives of the citizens and for the EU's long-term development;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Believes it is vital to promote mobility and exchanges of teachers, and students and pupils in the language field; recalls that the fluid movement of language teachers in Europe will help ensure effective contact for as many of those professionals as possible with the native environment of the languages they teach;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages and supports the introduction of mother-tongue minority local and foreign languages within school programmes and/or in the context of extracurricular activities open to the Community in those regions where education in those languages is not obligatory;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Proposes the creation of a profileat training requirements be defined for language teachers;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that an adequate degree of multilingualism should also be ensured in the media and in Internet content, in those regions where this is not obligatory;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages the EU to reap the potential dividends offered by European languages in its external relations, and calls for further development of this asset in cultural and, economic and social dialogue with the rest of the world with a view to strengthening and adding value to the EU'’s role on the international scene;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the coverage of the language competence indicators should be extended as soon as possible to all the official EU languages, without prejudice to their also being extended to other languages spoken and studied in Europe;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25