177 Amendments of Christa PRETS
Amendment 7 #
2008/2330(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates the importance of providing greater support for language learning following three lines: development of the ‘1+2’ language principle, special language programmes for immigrants in order to increase their employability and social integration and finally the policy of learning the language of, and promoting joint training programmes with, neighbouring countries in border areas as it opens up job opportunities;
Amendment 31 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Notes that in the European Union young people show a great lack of ability to concentrate; therefore calls on the Commission to conduct a study to investigate the main reasons for this lack of concentration among pupils;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2329(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Amendment 2 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas school education up to a certain age is a basic right as well as an obligation for children, regardless of the their background, as enshrined in Article 14 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, requiring also compliance with national education laws,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists that migrant children and adults must have and be willing to take the opportunity to learn the language of the host country if they are to integrate fully in it;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Believes that preserving and promoting multilingualism must be a part of every school curriculum; insists that language- learning should be encouraged at an early stfrom pre- school age in order to promote the inclusion of migrants;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the importance of migrant children learning their mother tongue and the language of their country of residence as well as acquiring reading and writing skills as early as possiblfrom pre-school age;
Amendment 35 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that teacher education should equip teachers for diversity, and multicultural education and bilingual education approaches;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2328(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists that all migrants and non- migrants should have the same equal treatment; believes that school institutions and individual teachers should regard diversity as a normal situation, treat each individual with respect, and give migrants the support they need;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. recalls that the ‘sense of initiative and entrepreneurship’ is a key competence*1, calls on Member States to include this both in their Lifelong Learning strategies and in their national curricula and to create better synergies between enterprises in the creative sector and schools; supports the Commission's intention to extend the scope of the Leonardo da Vinci programme;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. emphasises that the creative sector is dominated by small and medium-sized structures and is especially important in terms of safeguarding sustainable regional employment;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. urges the Commission and the Member States to provide targeted promotion measures and individual support such as information, advice and opportunities to access venture capital for business start-ups in the SME sector;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2237(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. emphasises the need to develop a social and economic model that creates an appropriate security network for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in the creative sector, where unstable working conditions are often encountered;
Amendment 8 #
2008/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. Whereas schools and centres for art and design education help to develop philosophies and, to create new artistic styles and movements and to open up different cultural worlds, which strengthens the European Union's image in the world,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 10 #
2008/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. Whereas artistic studies that focus on developing a career and profession require of the students, in addition to talent, a solid cultural basis that can only be acquired through multidisciplinary and systematic training; whereas this increases the opportunities for access to employment in the sector, in so far as it provides a general education, a research methodology, andentrepreneurial abilities and business knowledge, as well as skills in various areas of activity which are relevant to contemporary art,
Amendment 39 #
2008/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recommends that a permanent database be set up for exchanging good practices between the Member States in relation to the teaching of art, and the inclusion ofEuropean portal for artistic and cultural education be developed jointly and that artistic education be included in the Member States' educational curriculums, in order to safeguard the development and promotion of the European cultural model, which is especially prized internationally;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2225(INI)
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 and employment conditions and prospects of Europe's citizens in a context of increasing mobility and migration and advancing globalisation,
Amendment 9 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas certain European languages form a vital bridge in relations with third countries and between peoples and nations from the most diverse regions of the world,
Amendment 22 #
2008/2225(INI)
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 regional, national administrations and international institutions and bodies;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 45 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 57 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses, further, the importance of a full knowledge of the host country's language for the full integration of immigrants and their families and emphasises that national governments must effectively promote special language courses, particularly for women and older people;
Amendment 62 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that for these reasons it is vital to ensure quality in this context, including the relevant teacher training;
Amendment 64 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to give sufficient importance to language learning at pre- school level; strongly stresses the need for children, at the earliest possible stage, to develop basic abilities, learn their mother tongue or the language of their country of residence and acquire reading and writing skills, and takes the view that, while it is at this early stage that children should begin learning a second language, pre-school children should experience language- learning as fun and must not be subject to academic pressure;
Amendment 74 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages and supports the introduction of mother-tongue minority local and foreign languages on a non- compulsory basis within school programmes and/or in the context of extracurricular activities open to the Community;
Amendment 82 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 93 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that an adequate degree of multilingualism should also be ensuredstepped up to an adequate extent in the media and in Internet content;
Amendment 111 #
2008/2225(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 4 #
2008/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that female researchers are in a minority within the European Union, accounting, on average, for just 35% of researchers working in the government and higher education sectors and only 18 %, on average, of researchers working in the private sector, and that there is still a major shortage of women in senior positions in science and research;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2213(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 8 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that, in order to guarantee the necessary conditions for the balanced participation of women and men in the private and public spheres and at the same time confront the demographic challenge, these programmes should also focus on reconciling family and professional life, including action to promote childcare facilities and improve infrastructure;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 17 #
2008/2183(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to take account of the impact on women and the gender dimension in relation to all Structural Fund projects.
Amendment 1 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas inequalities and unequal life chances and career prospects between women and men in the performing arts are very much present and persistent,
Amendment 2 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the mechanisms which produce these inequalitiesis gender imbalance should be seriously analysed,
Amendment 4 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas persistent prejudices too often lead to discriminatory behaviour towards women in selection and appointment procedures and in work relations; whereas women often receive lower remuneration than men even if they have higher educational qualifications, a stronger interest in training and superior networking skills,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas there are wide gaps in the social protection of men and women active in the arts and whereas their income, particularly that of women, is adversely affected by this;
Amendment 7 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that inequalities in the arts sector result fromthe proportion of women employed in artistic professions and imbalance of structures wherein the proportion of women in positions of responsibility and in certain jobs is very small compared to menn the official culture industry is only very small and that women are underrepresented in positions of responsibility in cultural institutions and in academies and universities;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises the need to promote access for women to all the artistic professions and all jobs in the performing arts where they are in the minority and encourages the Member States to remove all obstacles to women accessing top positions in cultural institutions and in academies and universities;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 − point d
Paragraph 13 − point d
(d) to recognise that in this sector, where untypical hours, high mobility and a need for above-average stamina are the norm, collective solutions should be found for providing childcare (e.g. opening of crèches in cultural undertakings with hours adapted to rehearsal and performance times);
Amendment 12 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages the Member States to strengthen or introduce in the performing arts general statistical monitoring so as to produce comparative analyses of the current situation in the performing arts in the various countries of the Union, to draw up statistics in order to facilitate the design and implementation of common policies and make available common tools for measuring the progress achievto ensure that the progress achieved can be compared and measured;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to improve the social situation of persons active in the arts and culture sector and in so doing to take account of the various employment relations involved and to guarantee better social protection;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2144(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States to give appropriate support to the victims and their family, and to precisely inform the Commission of what measures have been taken in that perspective, in particular as regards language support, legal information provided andand psycho-social counselling, special residence permits granted and assistance in criminal proceedings;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the media make themselves felt in politics and the day-to-day life of society; whereas the present-day media landscape is shaped by a high degree of media concentration in the commercial sector, entailing a danger of manipulation; and whereas media literacy is therefore central to political culture, _____________________ 1 OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10.Or. de
Amendment 5 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas new mass media are penetrating into all areas of life thanks to innovative technologies, whereas these new media call for users to take a more active role and whereas social communities, weblogs and video games are also forms of media,
Amendment 6 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the traditional media such as television, radio or newspapers are generally considered to be more credible than sources of information from the Internet,
Amendment 11 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas computer skills alone do not automatically lead to greater media literacy,
Amendment 13 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, by producing their own content and media products, users acquire abilities affording them a deeper insight into the principles and values of professionally produced media content,
Amendment 16 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas media education is essential to achieving a high level of media literacy in the European Union,
Amendment 19 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas media education can be provided primarily by teachers who themselves are media literate and have been given the necessary training,
Amendment 20 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas media literacy and media pluralism are linked, whereas well- informed, politically mature citizens form the basis of a pluralist society and whereas media literacy is an important part of political education,
Amendment 21 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas the media provide opportunities for global communication and openness to the world, whereas they are cornerstones of democratic societies and whereas they impart knowledge as well as providing information,
Amendment 22 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas new digital media provide positive opportunities for participation and creativity, thereby enhancing citizens’ involvement in political processes,
Amendment 23 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas there is currently insufficient data available to make precise statements about the level of media literacy in the European Union,
Amendment 24 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Recital G g (new)
Gg. whereas the infrastructure for broadband Internet is also a public service,
Amendment 25 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)
Recital G h (new)
Gh. whereas many institutions can promote media literacy,
Amendment 26 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G i (new)
Recital G i (new)
Gi. whereas individual EU programmes in the audiovisual sector make a vital contribution to promoting media literacy at national and international level,
Amendment 27 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G j (new)
Recital G j (new)
Gj. whereas the decisive importance of media literacy has also been highlighted by UNESCO in, for example, the Grünwald Declaration on Media Education (1982) and the Paris Agenda: 12 recommendations for media education (2007),
Amendment 35 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that, in addition to policy, journalists, radio and television broadcasters and media companies, it is mainly small local entities such as libraries, adult education centres, citizens’, cultural and media centres, further education and training establishments and citizens’ media (e.g. public channels) that can make an active contribution to promoting media literacy;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that only media-literate citizens are in a position to judge whether and to what extent media producers’ interests influence the form and content of what is produced, and to form their own opinions;
Amendment 43 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that providing access to broadband Internet is also important for services of general interest and should be characterised by variety, a high level of quality, and affordability;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for media literacy to be made the ninth key competence in the European reference framework for lifelong learning set out in Recommendation 2006/962/EC;
Amendment 47 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Notes that, in addition to educational and education-policy considerations, technical equipment and access to new technologies are also of vital importance;
Amendment 48 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the relevant national authorities to familiarise teachers of all subjects and at every type of school with the use of audiovisual teaching aids and with the problems associated with media education;
Amendment 50 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to promote media literacy as part of their lifelong learning strategies and to encourage peer learning and the exchange of good practice between teaching professionals on this aspect of education;
Amendment 51 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Emphasises the need for regular exchange of information, good practices and, in the field of education, pedagogical methods between Member States;
Amendment 52 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Calls on the Commission to devote a specific section of the successor to the MEDIA Programme to promoting media literacy, as the current programme contributes little to the promotion of media literacy;
Amendment 53 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Calls on the Commission to develop further, and to increase funding for, the MEDIA International programme in order to promote European competition in the audiovisual sector and the building-up of networks between EU Member States and third countries;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Supports the Commission’s proposal to develop a new programme called ‘Media Mundus’ to support international cooperation in the audiovisual sector;
Amendment 55 #
2008/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that the different kinds of environment in which older people live and their varied spheres of experience, as well as the way they use the media themselves, must be taken into account in media education aimed at them;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the importance of sport in education and training and the need to give sport particular consideration, for example by enhancing the provision of physical education and sport throughout pre- primary, primary and secondary education, and calls for at least three teaching periods per week to be set aside for sport in the curriculum and for support to be given for schools to go beyond this prescribed minimum where possible;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that media literacy and ICT knowledge should be strongly promoted, especially among teachers and elderly people and recommends both that media education should form an integral part of the curriculum at all levels of schooling and that compulsory media teaching modules should be offered for teachers;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for increased resources and investment in pre-primary educationto attach greater value to pre-primary education and provide increased resources for investment;
Amendment 14 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that the learning of a second language should begin at this early stage, but young children's contact with languages must be organised through play and without pressure;
Amendment 15 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on all Member States to makeintroduce a compulsory free year of pre- primary education compulsoryfor all children;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Stresses that primary and secondary education should equip children for autonomous, creative and innovative thinking and make them into media- critical and self-reflecting citizens;
Amendment 20 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that curricula, and their content, must be continually updated in order to remain relevant and stresses that all Member States must attach greater importance to teacher training and provide more resources for it if they are to make significant progress in achieving the Lisbon Strategy targets in the work programme 'Education and training 2010' and promote lifelong learning within the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Strongly urges that foreign languages should be learnt from an early age and foreign-language teaching should be included in all primary school curricula; stresses that, if this goal is to be achieved, sufficient resources must be made available to recruit and train foreign-language teachers;
Amendment 25 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 26 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Strongly supports the promotion of continuous and coherent professional development for teachers throughout their careers; takes the view that all teachers should have regular opportunities to improve and update their skills and qualifications, as well as their pedagogical knowledge;
Amendment 30 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 32 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 35 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Strongly recommends that Member States improve students' and teachers' mobility, including mobility between countries, programmes and disciplines; stresses, in this context, the importance of implementing the European Quality Charter for Mobility in order to create a genuine European area for lifelong education and training and promote economic, social and regional cooperation;
Amendment 38 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Notes that the long-term unemployed and women, prisoners, workers in re- education institutions and workers with special needs should especially be taken into consideration;
Amendment 39 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Stresses that women in particular should be encouraged to take part in training and further training, and special programmes to promote lifelong learning for women must also be provided and promoted in this context;
Amendment 40 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Stresses that low-skilled and older workers ought to be particularly encouraged, as they are more likely to interrupt theirnd incentives should be provided for them to take part in lifelong learning programmes;
Amendment 41 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
34. Emphasises that knowledge and qualifications acquired through lifelong learning should be much broader and easily recognised, for example through initiatives such as the award of prizesand to that end the implementation of the European Qualifications Framework and the Europass as instruments for the promotion of lifelong learning must also be stepped up;
Amendment 42 #
2008/2102(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Calls for the advantages of the Charter for Mobility to be recognised and exploited and for them to be put into practice by the Member States, and for the Commission to carry out a review of implementation in the Member States;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a balanced relationship to be ensured between flexibility, mobility and security for workers and employers and for existing legislation and administrative procedures in this respect to be improved;
Amendment 10 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists on the necessity of implementing the initiative on credit transfer in vocational education and training (ECVET) and also on the need for recognition and validation of skills acquired through non-formal and informal learning and for actively promoting implementation of the European Qualification Framework (EQF) in all Member States;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that women with children are less mobile than men and calls for appropriate measures to be taken to offset that imbalance;
Amendment 18 #
2008/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for firms to support worker mobility, e.g. through flexible working hours or teleworking;
Amendment 9 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in the light of the growing supply of information in conjunction with ongoing digitisation, the capacity must be developed to use media and their content effectively in accordance with one's own aims and needs, and whereas media education is a type of pedagogical approach to the media which should lead to critical and reflective use of all media,
Amendment 40 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for media studies to be assigned priority in teacher training and for media studies modules already to be a compulsory element in the basic training of teachers;
Amendment 44 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for media competence to be promoted in the school, post-school and extramural education of teachers in the context of media studies and lifelong learning by means of cooperation between the public authorities and private industry;
Amendment 45 #
2008/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
14a. Calls for political education to become a compulsory subject both in teacher training and at schools, so that teachers and pupils have the requisite knowledge of citizens' rights and obligations and of the European Union and can analyse and critically assess topical political and social situations and processes;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 69 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas the increasing amount of information on offer in conjunction with ongoing digitisation makes it necessary to develop the faculty to use media and their content effectively in relation to people's own goals and needs and also to be able to assess them critically,
Amendment 70 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas children are already confronted with a surfeit of information at an early age and must therefore learn to deal with the new ways in which information can be used, and must receive support in developing their own critical positions,
Amendment 107 #
2008/2038(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls for media competence to be promoted not only in schooling but also in subsequent education and education outside school as part of media education and lifelong learning, by means of cooperation between the public authorities and the private sector;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- Having regard to the Commission Communication “Towards a EU strategy on the Rights of the Child” (COM (20060 367) and to the European Parliament resolution thereon of 16 January 20081, in particular paragraphs 94 - 117,
Amendment 51 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 52 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 53 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Encourages Member States to consider that the vicious circle of extreme poverty, vulnerability, discrimination and social exclusion puts children, and particularly street children, at particular risk and that differentiated and individualised actions are required to address multiple deprivations; urges Member States to endorse a European joint effort to stop child trafficking and prostitution, child drug addiction, violence against children and juvenile delinquency;
Amendment 54 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Recalls the value that good quality education and vocational training leading to “good jobs” for young people have in their emotional, social, physical or cognitive development and in breaking the intergenerational inheritance of poverty; calls on Member States to ensure that these services are accessibly and effectively delivered to the most marginalised groups of children and young people regardless of race, ethnic origin, class, gender, age or disabilities; calls for targeted educational services, including non-formal education, as temporary and non-discriminatory measures to assist those children who do not have access to mainstream education;
Amendment 55 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Calls on the EU, the Member States and organised civil society associations to ensure that child participation is always organised according to the fundamental principles of safe and meaningful participation;
Amendment 56 #
2008/2034(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Amendment 3 #
2008/2025(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports firstly the setting-up of a new preparatory action in the field of sport with an annual budget of EUR 1,5 million under Heading 3b - given that Article 149 of the Lisbon Treaty adds a new EU competence in the area of sport, including incentive measures - followed by an EU funding programme on sport; requests the continuation and full development of the pilot projects proposed by this committee, especially the project on artist mobility proposed last year; supports the continuation, under Heading 4, of the preparatory action of MEDIA INTERNATIONAL that enlarges the scope of the EU's media policy internationally in a positive way;
Amendment 61 #
2008/2011(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Article 20
Article 20
20. Encourages the sector to make more use of EU funding schemes, such as the European Regional Development Fund, and the European Social Fund, as well as the possibility for education and training of journalists through the Lifelong Learning Programmes and others;
Amendment 33 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The vulnerability of pregnant workers and of workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 18 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least six weeks allocatedbefore confinement and at least six weeks after confinement.
Amendment 72 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The maternity leave stipulated in paragraph 1 shall include compulsory leave of at least six weeks before the birth and at least six weeks after childbirth. The Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that workers within the meaning of Article 2 are entitled to choose freely the time at which the non- compulsory portion of the maternity leave is taken, before or after childbirth.
Amendment 85 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/CEE
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
(4) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that additional leave is granted in the case of premature childbirth, children hospitalised at birth, children with disabilities, caesarean section and multiple births. The duration of the additional leave should be proportionateafter the birth should be at least 12 weeks and allow the special needs of the mother and the child/children to be accommodated.
Amendment 103 #
2008/0193(COD)
Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 10 – point 2
Article 10 – point 2
(2) If a worker within the meaning of Article 2 is dismissed during the period referred to in point 1 the employer must cite duly substantiated grounds for her dismissal in writing. If the dismissal occurs within six monthsone year following the end of maternity leave as provided for in Article 8(1), the employer must cite duly substantiated grounds for her dismissal in writing at the request of the worker concerned.
Amendment 5 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Some operators face higher costs than others due to geographical or others due to geographical or other circumstances, such as difficult topography, regions with low population density, large influxes of tourists within short time periods.
Amendment 6 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) This common approach should nevertheless be maintained for a limited time period but may, in the light of a review to be carried out by the Commission, be further extended or amended. The Commission should review the effectiveness of Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 as amended by this Regulation and the contribution which it makes to the implementation of the regulatory framework and the smooth functioning of the internal market, while keeping in mind its impact on the smaller mobile communications providers in the Community and their position in the Communitywide roaming market. In the longer term, market and technological developments such as VoIP may render regulation unnecessary. The Commission should monitor these developments as well as any obstacles new technological developments may face in gaining access to the market.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 6
Article 1 - point 6
Regulation 717/2007/EC
Article 4a - paragraph 4a (new)
Article 4a - paragraph 4a (new)
4a. Some operators face higher costs than others due to geographical or others due to geographical or other circumstances, such as difficult topography, regions with low population density, large influxes of tourists within short time periods.
Amendment 8 #
2008/0187(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 11
Article 1 - point 11
Regulation 717/2007/EC
Article 6a - paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 and 2
Article 6a - paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1 and 2
2. From 1 July 2009 at the latest, an automatic message from the home provider shall inform the roaming customer that he is roaming and provide basic personalised tariff information on the charges applicable to the provision of regulated data roaming services to that roaming customer in the Member State concerned, except when the customer has notified his home provider that he does not require this information. Such basic personalised tariff information shall be delivered to the roaming customer'’s mobile telephone or other device, when the roaming customer enters another Member State or initiates a regulated data roaming service in a particular Member State other than that of his home network for the first time after having entered thata Member State. It shall be provided without undue delay and free of charge, by an appropriate means adapted to facilitate its receipt and easy comprehension.
Amendment 7 #
2008/0069(COD)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recommendation 1
Recommendation 1
1. use and further develop the European Quality Assurance Reference Framework, quality criteria, indicative descriptors and reference indicators as set out in Annexes 1 and 2, to further improve, reform and develop their VET systems, support lifelong learning strategies and the implementation of the EQF and of the European Quality Charter for Mobility and promote a culture of quality improvement at all levels;
Amendment 1 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to International Sex Workers' Rights Day on 2 June in recognition of sex work,
Amendment 3 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 4 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
Amendment 5 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 7 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to its resolution of 16 September 1997 on the need to establish a European Union wide campaign for zero tolerance of violence against women1 and the designation of a European Year against Violence against Women and Children,
Amendment 28 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas recognizing and ensuring the protection of sex workers' human rights is essential to promoting health and safety,
Amendment 32 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas research from the WHO in 2005 shows that prostituted women are at a high risk of violence and sexual violence such as rape, being threatened with a weapon and strangulation,
Amendment 38 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 41 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 44 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sexual abuse in childhood is associated with greater vulnerability to "revictimisation" in adulthood including involvement often starts a circle of violence for the people concerned, and whereas studies show that 60-70 % of prostituted women report being prostitutiohysically abused as children,
Amendment 45 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 48 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 50 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas prostituted women may develop psychological health problems,
Amendment 53 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 57 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 63 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 71 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 74 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 77 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 85 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 95 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas every person has the right to work, free choice of occupation and just and fair working conditions,
Amendment 96 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas, as in all other occupations, sex workers, have the right to equality, the right to the same legal protection, as well as protection against discrimination and against any form of incitement to discrimination,
Amendment 97 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Recital O c (new)
Oc. whereas sex workers are controlled and discriminated against by laws, regulations and social attitudes,
Amendment 98 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)
Recital O d (new)
Od. whereas stigmatising sex workers discriminates against women, men and transgender persons in the sex industry,
Amendment 115 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges that sex workers have full enjoyment of their human rights and as the best way to reduce or eliminate the discrimination and abuse to which sex workers are often subjected and to improve their access to health and social services;
Amendment 118 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 123 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges that sex work be recognised as work in order to ensure safe and appropriate working conditions, because the lack of employment rights leaves sex workers vulnerable to abuse and poor working conditions;
Amendment 127 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that sex work should not be over-regulated or subject to special restrictions because of discriminatory fears about sex work and sex workers; furthermore, sex work should be treated in the same way as other forms of work;
Amendment 129 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 131 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 138 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 140 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 151 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 159 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 163 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 169 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 172 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 180 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 188 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 193 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 197 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the Commission and Member States to introduce improved working conditions for sex workers plus safeguards against repressive measures and against discrimination;
Amendment 201 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 204 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 208 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 212 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that future measures must be centred on empowerment of sex workers and on improving their working conditions and that the persons concerned must be consulted directly when such objectives and laws are being formulated;
Amendment 216 #
2007/2263(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 12 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions attaches considerable importance to, inter alia, the creation of conditions conducive to diversity of the media,
Amendment 15 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the Council Resolution of 25 January 1999 (1999/C 30/01) concerning public service broadcasting, reiterates the vital role of public service broadcasting for pluralism,
Amendment 18 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Recommendation Rec(2007)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member states of the Council of Europe on the remit of public service media in the information society underlines the specific role of public service broadcasting,
Amendment 23 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas experience shows that the unrestricted concentration of ownership might jeopardises pluralism and cultural diversity and whereas in certain markets it is approaching a limit whereby pluralism will no longer be automatically guaranteed by free market competitiona system purely based on free market competition alone is not able to guarantee media pluralism,
Amendment 40 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the primary concern of media businesses mamedia remains a political tool of considerable ideological influence, whereas there is a considerable risk due to the tendency within private media businesses to be oriented predominantly bey financial profit, media remains an ideological and political tool of considerable influence, which should not be treated solely on economic terwhereas this carries the danger of a loss of diversity, quality content and multiplicity of opinion, whereas thus, the creation of media pluralism should not be left purely to market mechanisms,
Amendment 69 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas an increasing proportion of journalists find themselves employed under precarious conditions, lacking social guaranteessecurity common on the normal job market and whereas these conditions are more likely to occur in the new Member States,
Amendment 95 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the public service media has a noticeable market presence only in the audiovisual and non-linear areas and whereas often the public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
Amendment 103 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas often public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
Amendment 129 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
Ua. whereas the EU has no intrinsic competence to regulate media concentration, nevertheless its competence in various policy fields enables it to play an active role in safeguarding and promoting media pluralism. Competition and state aid law, audiovisual and telecommunication regulation as well as external (trade) relations are areas in which the EU can and should actively pursue a policy to strengthen and foster media pluralism,
Amendment 230 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the European Commission to take due account of the UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity and the Council of Europe recommendation on the remit of public service media in the information society;
Amendment 231 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Recommends to the European Commission to use the process of revising the EC Broadcasting Communication - if it considers it necessary - as a way to strengthen public service broadcasting as an important guarantor of media pluralism in the European Union;
Amendment 239 #
2007/2253(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 (new)
Paragraph 15 (new)
15a. Recommends during the revision of the regulatory framework for electronic communication networks and services (Telecom-Package) to maintain the existing link between infrastructure and content regulation (in particular the Audiovisual Media Service Directive);