4 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2016/2008(INI)
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. RecallsHighlights the positive example of the first successful European example of online voting which took place in Estonia in its legally binding elections in 2005 as a positive example, but maintains that, calls on other Member States to be ambitious ifn the take-up of e-voting across Europe is to be successful, it will be necessary to assess the costs, benefits and implications of different or divergent technological approachescreation of secure online voting systems; believes that significant advances could be made through the sharing of best-practice and research;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that in order for the take-up of e-voting across Europe to be wide-spread, it will be necessary to assess the costs, benefits and implications of different or divergent technological approaches, to build on existing interoperable solutions, and to provide citizens with guarantees about the security of the e-voting system; underlines that e- voting is complementary to and does not replace the system of ballot boxes and ballot papers;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States and the EU to provide educational and technical means for improving ICT competences and digital access for all EU citizens, irrespective of their age, in order to bridge the digital divide (e-inclusion), for the ultimate benefit of democracy; encourages the Member States to integrate the acquisition of digital skills into school curricula and life-long learning programmes, supports the development of networks with universities and educational institutions to promote research on and implementation of new participation tools;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for more cooperation at EU level and recommends the sharing of best practices for e-democracy projects as a way to move towards a form of democracy that is more participatory and deliberative and that responds to the requests and interests of the public; callsstresses that trust is key to ensure the take up of e-democracy solutions; calls therefore on the Commission to provide an assessment of possible interoperable models of online voting for consideration by the Member States by the end of 2017, in time for the next European elections in 2019based on secure and encrypted digital identity and digital signature, in accordance with the EIDAS regulation that provides an EU framework on electronic identification and trust services, in time for the next European elections in 2019, including responses to citizens' legitimate concerns about cyber security, data protection and voter anonymity;