13 Amendments of Raimon OBIOLS related to 2013/2167(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas the EU is characterised by its cultural and religious diversity and is at the heart of a rich cultural and religious interchange; whereas under the EU Agenda for Culture, all relevant actors have jointly set the goal of promoting culture as a key part of the EU’s external relations and the European Neighbourhood Policy;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is founded on the principlesdefence and protection of human rights and democracy and has a legal and a moral duty toshould promote these values in its relations with all other countries;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Whereas the EU is party to the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, which aims to ensure that cultural expertise can be disseminated worldwide; whereas cultural exchange promotes learning, mutual understanding, peace and stability;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas under the conditions of globalisation allhas caused nations, states and civilizations to actively interact with each other, and the rules and norms which guide the functioning of economic and political systems are becoming more closely linked;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Whereas the promotion and protection of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democracy, and the necessity to combat extremism remains a conditions for the successful construction of a new international order based on widely shared universal values;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its conviction that the EU must defend its own global interestsact in a determined, unified manner, while always basing its policies on the promotion of the fundamental values upon which ithe Union is founded (namely, respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights) and on respect for other countries;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the EU, which has achieved concrete results in the past in its fight against the death penalty, should take a more decisive stand and call on the institutions and the Member States to maintain and step up their political commitment to this cause with a view to seeing the death penalty abolished worldwide once and for all;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes in particular that the democratisac transition ofin numerous states throughout the world in the past two decades, and more recently the events of the uprisingprotests in the Arab world, have shown that the questdesire for democracy, human dignity and equal participation is not only a Western ideology but an important action driver within and across diverse cultural systems and religious backgrounds;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for the EU to cooperate with those Islamic states which uphold an inclusive and tolerant vision of Islam to counter the attempts to promote exclusive, fundamentalist and exclusivist interpretations of religion; notes that radical religious resurgence is not limited to the Muslim world but it is taking place on a global scale;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects that in their political statements EU representatives should make clear the fact that fundamentalist, exclusiviste interpretations of religion are incompatible with the EU’s values and must be opposed with the same assertiveness as would be any repressive political regime;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the EU should be more assertive in its support of the promotion ofpromoting and protecting human rights, social and political rights by civil society, as well as of more liberalopen and inclusive interpretations of religious dogma in those countries the governments of which promote fundamentalist and exclusiviste views of religion;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls that freedom of religion and conscience implies equally both the right to promote religious beliefs and the right to change one’s belief or not to believe; expects bothall of these aspects to be present in the EU’s initiatives for intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21