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177 Amendments of Christa PRETS

Amendment 7 #

2008/2330(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2009/02/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 31 #

2008/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/02/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2008/2329(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers it important for young people to be prepared during their time at school, college and university for flexibility in the labour market in view of its mutability, which means that employers’ requirements can change rapidly;
2009/02/19
Committee: CULT
Amendment 2 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that teacher education should equip teachers for diversity, and multicultural education and bilingual education approaches;
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2008/2328(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/02/18
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/12/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/12/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/12/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/12/10
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2008/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. Whereas the success of professionals in the artistic and creative sector is determined, to a large extent, by the training they receive in that sphere,deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2008/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2008/2226(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the vital importance of preserving the possibility for parents and guardians of choosing the official language in which their children are to be educated in countries with more than one official or regional language;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need, in Member States with more than one language, to ensure full mutual intelligibility between those languages, especially in relation to senior citizens and to the legal system, health, administration and employment;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 57 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 62 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that for these reasons it is vital to ensure quality in this context, including the relevant teacher training;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 64 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 74 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 82 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Proposes the creation of a profile for language teachers;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 93 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 111 #

2008/2225(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Recommends that the language competence indicators should also be extended to classical Greek and Latin, not only because these languages are part of a shared European heritage that is of major civilisational and cultural importance, but also because learning them facilitates further learning experiences and stimulates reflection on language;deleted
2009/01/28
Committee: CULT
Amendment 4 #

2008/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/12/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #

2008/2213(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
1 Commission communication of 6 December 2007: 'Mobility, an instrument for more and better jobs:6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the existing social security legislation, dismantle bureaucratic hurdles, reinforce the European Job Mobility Portal (Eures) and foster awareness of the possibilities and advantages of working abroad among the wider public, as stated in the European Job Mobility Action Plan (2007-2010)' (COM(2007)0773).1; Or. de
2008/12/11
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2008/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/10/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2008/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Member States to ensure that excessive administrative obstacles do not deter non-governmental organisations from applying for project-financing, in particular those dedicated to supporting women in economically disadvantaged circumstances, and those who are victims of violence or torture;deleted
2008/10/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 17 #

2008/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
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.
2008/10/10
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the mechanisms which produce these inequalitiesis gender imbalance should be seriously analysed,
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 6 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 9 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 11 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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);
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 13 #

2008/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2008/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/09/15
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 2 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas computer skills alone do not automatically lead to greater media literacy,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas media education is essential to achieving a high level of media literacy in the European Union,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 19 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 21 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas new digital media provide positive opportunities for participation and creativity, thereby enhancing citizens’ involvement in political processes,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G g (new)
Gg. whereas the infrastructure for broadband Internet is also a public service,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G h (new)
Gh. whereas many institutions can promote media literacy,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 27 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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),
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 43 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 47 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 48 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 51 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 52 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 53 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 54 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 55 #

2008/2129(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/09/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 5 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 14 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on all Member States to makeintroduce a compulsory free year of pre- primary education compulsoryfor all children;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 20 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 22 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 25 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Recommends that Member States substantially improve the quality of teachers' academic and professional qualifications, and their training and lifelong learning;deleted
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Emphasises that students' interest in content and study programmes dealing with natural sciences and the environment should be widened;deleted
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Points out that teachers' and lecturers' qualifications need to be significantly improvdeleted;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 35 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 38 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 41 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #

2008/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/10/01
Committee: CULT
Amendment 3 #

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/07/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 10 #

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/07/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 11 #

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/07/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for firms to support worker mobility, e.g. through flexible working hours or teleworking;
2008/07/16
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #

2008/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/05/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2008/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 44 #

2008/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 45 #

2008/2068(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 56 #

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas children are a particularly vulnerable group that places its trust not just in authority but also in characters from myths, TV programmes, picture- books, TV games, toy advertising, etc.; whereas children learn by imitation and mimicking what they have just experienced; whereas gender stereotyping in advertising is for that reason not just a restraint on individual development but also one of the direct causes of an individual being implicated from an early age in lifelong discrimination in which a person's gender dictates what is possible and what is not,deleted
2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 70 #

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 107 #

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 1 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
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,
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses the importance, considering in each case the best interests of the child, of supporting the reuniting of street children, trafficked children and unaccompanied minors with their families; highlights that reunion should be accompanied by special measures of social reintegration where the socio- economic situation has led the child to engage in illicit income-generating activities which are harmful to the child’s physical and moral development, such as prostitution and drug dealing;
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 52 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
16b. Encourages Eurostat to establish a link with the set of indicators that is being developed to monitor the impact of EU activity on children’s rights and welfare, commissioned by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency; points to the need for a joint effort of the Commission, the Fundamental Rights Agency and the Member States to work in cooperation with relevant UN agencies, international organisations and research centres towards improving the gathering of comparable statistical data on the situation of children in the EU1; calls on Member States to take all possible measures to respect the Recommendation expressed in the Social Protection Committee's Report on Child Poverty and Well-being in Europe, adopted on 17 January 2008, which stresses that Member States should review the different data sources available at national and sub-national levels on children in vulnerable situations; Or. en 2007/2093(INI)).
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 53 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 54 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 56 #

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
1 Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2008)0012.6f. Recalls that extreme poverty and marginalisation seriously affect the development of street children, make them particularly vulnerable to physical, mental and sexual abuse, hinder access to quality services and lead them into illicit activities which place them on the fringes of society and hamper their opportunities to have access to the labour market; urges Member States to undertake concrete and targeted measures to address the specific needs of street children and to better coordinate the action of central, regional and local authorities to overcome the insufficiency of normal intervention methods addressing them; stresses the growing European dimension of the phenomenon of street children and calls for a joint coordinated action addressing the root causes of extreme marginalisation and poverty of street children and their families, improving their access to quality services and combating organised crime; calls on the Council to agree on an EU-wide commitment based on the European Parliament resolution of 16 January 2008 “Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child”1 to end the phenomenon of street children by 2015; Or. en
2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2008/2025(BUD)

Draft opinion
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;
2008/05/08
Committee: CULT
Amendment 61 #

2008/2011(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 33 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
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.
2009/03/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 72 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/EEC
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.
2009/03/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 92/85/CEE
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.
2009/03/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 92/85/EEC
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.
2009/03/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2008/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
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.
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 6 #

2008/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
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.
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2008/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 6
Regulation 717/2007/EC
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.
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 8 #

2008/0187(COD)

Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 - point 11
Regulation 717/2007/EC
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.
2009/01/26
Committee: CULT
Amendment 7 #

2008/0069(COD)

Proposal for a recommendation
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;
2008/09/17
Committee: CULT
Amendment 1 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to International Sex Workers' Rights Day on 2 June in recognition of sex work,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 3 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
– having regard to the Swedish legislation that criminalises the purchase of sexual services which came into force in 1999, and its positive effects on the prevention of trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes and prostitution in and to Sweden,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 4 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
– having regard to the Finnish legislation of 2006 criminalising the purchase of sexual services from a victim of trafficking or procuring,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 5 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
– having regard to the proposal by the Norwegian government to criminalise the purchase of sexual services of July 2007,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 7 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 28 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas recognizing and ensuring the protection of sex workers' human rights is essential to promoting health and safety,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 32 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas research from Canada shows that prostituted persons are 60 to 120 times more likely to be beaten or murdered than the general public,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 41 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas there is a link between experience of violence and sexual abuse and entry into prostitution as well as drug use and abuse,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 44 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas studies show that 60-70% of prostituted women report being physically abused as children and that there is a link between parental alcohol and drug abuse and entry into prostitution,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 48 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas common psychological health problems for prostituted women include: depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines. Research also shows that the post-traumatic stress syndrome prostituted women experience is similar to that experienced by political prisoners,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 50 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas prostituted women may develop psychological health problems,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 53 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas an Australian study shows that a high percentage of prostituted women have experienced violence (85%) and rape (40%) as well as several traumatic experiences (93%) and depression (87%). 75% had been sexually abused before the age of 16 and 81% during the course of their work,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas prostituted women risk becoming drug users because of the burden of their work and drug users risk turning to prostitution in order to support their addiction,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 63 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas prostitution is a low skilled occupation and many prostituted women have lower levels of education are members of an ethnic minority and are of a low socio-economic background,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 71 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infection,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 74 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital M
M. whereas many prostituted women suffer harmful consequences from clients under the influence of alcohol such as excessive demands and unpredictable aggression,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital N
N. whereas there is a link between alcohol consumption and unprotected sex,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 85 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas experience from Australia shows that even when prostitution is completely legalised, prostitution comes with many risks in terms of violence, diseases and injuries which renders it unsafe and makes the work and working environment dangerous,deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 95 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas every person has the right to work, free choice of occupation and just and fair working conditions,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 97 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O c (new)
Oc. whereas sex workers are controlled and discriminated against by laws, regulations and social attitudes,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 98 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O d (new)
Od. whereas stigmatising sex workers discriminates against women, men and transgender persons in the sex industry,
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 115 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 118 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Identifies violence towards prostituted women as a major health problem in prostitution;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 123 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 127 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of being murdered than other women;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 131 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of physical and psychological injuries related, not to extraordinary violence, but to the everyday practice of prostitution;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that prostituted women are considerably more at risk of depression, suicide attempts, panic attacks, traumatic stress, sleep disorders, flashbacks and migraines;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 140 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that whether or not the sex industry in a particular Member State is legal, regulated or criminalised, it is a growing business, a business which is detrimental to prostituted women's health;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 151 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that the purchasers of prostitutes' services who refuse to wear a condom - and even pay extra money not to - are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), most importantly HIV/AIDS;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 159 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recognises that, as stated in the above- mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19, traditional attitudes by which women are regarded as subordinate to men contribute to the propagation of pornography and the depiction and other commercial exploitation of women as sexual objects, rather than as individuals;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 163 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges that the health effects of the sex industry are not something that can be isolated within the sex industry, but also affect the wider community. Purchasers of prostituted women's services who refuse to wear a condom are spreading STDs, most importantly HIV/AIDS, in their sexual encounters outside the sex industry;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 169 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Identifies violence in the sex industry as inseparable from the industry as such. A large proportion of what are considered normal services delivered by prostituted women is defined as violence in the criminal system;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 172 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Urges Member States to examine how large the proportion of people being infected by HIV/AIDS through prostitution is;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 180 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges Member States to investigate the specific health risks prostituted women are exposed to - regardless of the legal status of the sex industry;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 188 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States where prostitution is legal or regulated to implement the same legal framework on safety in the workplace as in other areas of the labour market;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 193 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Urges Member States to investigate the levels of alcohol and drug use among prostituted women, since several studies from Canada and Australia show extremely high levels;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 197 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 201 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Urges Member States to examine how and why prostituted women become prostitutes, since several studies indicate that a considerable proportion have been sexually abused and/or raped as children;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 204 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to compare differences in health status in the sex industry between Member States where prostitution is regulated, legal or criminalised;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 208 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Urges the Member States to investigate the levels of drug abuse among prostituted women and how this has caused them to become prostituted women but also how the abuse increases their exposure to health risks;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 212 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 216 #

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Commission to conduct a study on how pornography contributes to an increase in the size of the sex industry, in relation to the above-mentioned CEDAW Committee General Recommendation No. 19;deleted
2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 12 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 15 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 40 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas often public service media of the EU Member States suffers from both inadequate funding and political pressure,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 129 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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,
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 230 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 231 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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;
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT
Amendment 239 #

2007/2253(INI)

Motion for a resolution
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);
2008/04/15
Committee: CULT