Activities of Marek Henryk MIGALSKI
Plenary speeches (190)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (debate)
Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (debate)
Return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (debate)
Return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (debate)
EU priorities for the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Conditions of entry and residence[nbsp ]of third-country nationals (debate)
Conditions of entry and residence[nbsp ]of third-country nationals (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
EU-Russia summit (debate)
EU-Russia summit (debate)
Situation of rights defenders and opposition activists in Cambodia and Laos
Recent elections in Bangladesh
Respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU (debate)
Outcome of the Vilnius Summit and the future of the Eastern Partnership, in particular as regards Ukraine (RCB7-0557/2013, B7-0557/2013, B7-0558/2013, B7-0559/2013, B7-0564/2013, B7-0567/2013, B7-0568/2013, B7-0569/2013)
Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (A7-0046/2013 - Matthias Groote)
Volunteering and voluntary activity in Europe (A7-0348/2013 - Marco Scurria)
Erasmus for all programme (debate)
Creative Europe programme (debate)
Europe for Citizens programme (debate)
Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) - Annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the common foreign and security policy in 2012 (debate)
Detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia (debate)
Detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia (debate)
EU trade policy towards countries of the Eastern Partnership (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (short presentation)
Recent cases of violence and persecution against Christians, notably in Maaloula (Syria), Peshawar (Pakistan) and the case of Pastor Saeed Abedini (Iran) (debate)
Recent cases of violence and persecution against Christians, notably in Maaloula (Syria), Peshawar (Pakistan) and the case of Pastor Saeed Abedini (Iran) (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
Manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (debate)
Situation in the Central African Republic (debate)
EU policy towards Belarus (debate)
Pressure exercised by Russia on countries of the Eastern Partnership (in the context of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius) (debate)
Pressure exercised by Russia on countries of the Eastern Partnership (in the context of the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius) (debate)
Situation in Nigeria (debate)
Award of the Sakharov Prize to Guillermo Fariñas, winner in 2010
Rule of law in Russia
Azerbaijan: Case of Ilgar Mammadov
India: execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru and its implications
India: execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru and its implications
India: execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru and its implications
Rwanda: case of Victoire Ingabire
EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (A7-0117/2013 - Renate Weber)
EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (short presentation)
Implementation of the audiovisual media services directive (short presentation)
Amendment of the EC-Ukraine Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (A7-0059/2013 - Claude Moraes)
Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (debate)
Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (debate)
Human rights situation in Kazakhstan
Amendment of the EC-Ukraine Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Nuclear threats and human rights in North Korea (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone
Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone
Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone
Detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe
22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (debate)
22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (debate)
22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (debate)
Violence against women in India
Violence against women in India
Violence against women in India
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
New EU-Russia agreement (debate)
Israeli government's decision to expand settlements in the West Bank (debate)
Situation in Ukraine (debate)
Human rights situation in Iran, particularly mass executions and the recent death of the blogger Sattar Beheshti
Situation in Burma, particularly the continuing violence in Rakhine State
Explanations of vote
Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities - Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil (debate)
Protecting children in the digital world (short presentation)
Elections in Belarus (debate)
Elections in Belarus (debate)
Elections in Georgia (debate)
Elections in Georgia (debate)
Is ERASMUS in danger? (debate)
EU-Russia trade relations following Russia's accession to the WTO (debate)
Explanations of vote
Common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Political use of justice in Russia (debate)
Freedom of expression in Belarus, in particular, the case of Andrzej Poczobut (debate)
Freedom of expression in Belarus, in particular, the case of Andrzej Poczobut (debate)
Forced abortion scandal in China (debate)
Explanations of vote
Trade aspects of the Eastern partnership (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Explanations of vote
EU Special Representative for Human Rights (debate)
Cross-border voluntary activities in the EU (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (debate)
Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (debate)
Explanations of vote
Modernising Europe's higher education systems (short presentation)
Negotiations of the EU-Azerbaijan association agreement - Negotiations of the EU-Armenia association agreement (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
EU citizenship report 2010 (debate)
Situation in Belarus (B7-0178/2012) (vote)
Explanations of vote
Situation in Belarus (B7-0178/2012) (vote)
Explanations of vote
Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)
Situation in Belarus (debate)
Explanations of vote
Bologna process (short presentation)
Explanations of vote
Death penalty in Belarus, in particular, the case of Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalev (debate)
19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (debate)
19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Situation in Russia (debate)
Situation in Russia (debate)
Review of the Polish Presidency (debate)
Review of the Polish Presidency (debate)
EU-Russia Summit (debate)
European Heritage Label (debate)
Ombudsman's annual report 2010 (debate)
Tibet, in particular self-immolation by nuns and monks
The case of Rafah Nached in Syria
Qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection (debate)
Current developments in Ukraine (debate)
Eastern partnership summit (Warsaw, 29 September) (debate)
Eastern partnership summit (Warsaw, 29 September) (debate)
European Schools system (short presentation)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Programme of activities of the Polish Presidency of the Council (debate)
Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)
Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)
Preparations for the Russian State Duma elections in December (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (debate)
Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (debate)
Report: Zver - Youth on the Move: – a framework for improving Europe's education and training systems - Report: Honeyball - Early years learning - Report: Schaake - Cultural dimensions of EU external actions - Report: Sanchez-Schmid - Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries - Sarajevo as a European Capital of Culture in 2014 (debate)
Belarus (debate)
Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world (debate)
Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries
Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Eastern Dimension - Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy - Southern Dimension
Belarus, in particular the cases of Ales Michalevic and Natalia Radin
16th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, 28 February - 25 March 2011) (debate)
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1889/2006) - A financing instrument for development cooperation (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006) - Establishment of a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006) (debate)
EU recognition of the Roma genocide during World War II
Situation in Belarus
Situation in Belarus
One-minute speeches (Rule 150)
European Heritage Label (debate)
Participation of Switzerland in the ‘Youth in Action’ programme and in the action programme in the field of lifelong learning (debate)
Citizens’ initiative (debate)
Human rights in the world 2009 and EU policy on the matter (debate)
European Ombudsman's activity report for 2009 - Special Report from the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 676/2008/RT (According to Rule 205(2), 1st part) - 26th Annual Report on Monitoring the Application of European Union Law (2008) (debate)
Ukraine (debate)
Measures to be taken to free Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo (debate)
Strengthening the OSCE: a role for the EU (debate)
Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
Ukraine (debate)
Ukraine (debate)
Future allocation of the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) for the cross-border cooperation programmes (CBC) budget (debate)
Import of Laogai-made goods into the EU (debate)
Transatlantic relations: USA travel fee (debate)
Explanations of vote
Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
North Korea
European External Action Service (debate)
Annual report on human rights (2008) - EU policies in favour of human rights defenders - Trade in goods used for torture - (debate)
University Business Dialogue (debate)
Accession agreement of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (debate)
SWIFT (debate)
The EU strategy for relations with Latin America (debate)
Europeana - the next steps (short presentation)
Situation in Tibet (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
South Korea – death penalty declared legal
Cuba (debate)
Situation of civil society and national minorities in Belarus (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Situation in Georgia (debate)
EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Shadow reports (12)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading in view of the adoption of a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 and repealing Decision No 1622/2006/EC PDF (157 KB) DOC (70 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (recast) PDF (284 KB) DOC (334 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2014 to 2020 the Rights and Citizenship Programme PDF (651 KB) DOC (638 KB)
REPORT on Rethinking Education PDF (264 KB) DOC (140 KB)
REPORT on Education, Training and Europe 2020 PDF (201 KB) DOC (133 KB)
REPORT on recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU PDF (199 KB) DOC (130 KB)
REPORT on modernising Europe’s higher education systems PDF (235 KB) DOC (146 KB)
REPORT on the contribution of the European institutions to the consolidation and progress of the Bologna Process PDF (236 KB) DOC (143 KB)
REPORT on the cultural dimensions of the EU’s external actions PDF (186 KB) DOC (108 KB)
REPORT Report on journalism and new media - creating a public sphere in Europe PDF (215 KB) DOC (132 KB)
REPORT on key competences for a changing world: implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme PDF (204 KB) DOC (97 KB)
REPORT Report on university-business dialogue: a new partnership for the modernisation of Europe's universities PDF (237 KB) DOC (142 KB)
Opinions (2)
OPINION on the EU Charter: standard settings for Media Freedom across the EU
OPINION on the review of the European Neighbourhood Policy
Shadow opinions (6)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Neighbourhood Instrument
OPINION on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
OPINION Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: The European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 - harnessing ICT to promote smart, sustainable and innovative Government
OPINION on European broadband: investing in digitally driven growth
OPINION Innovation Union: Transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
OPINION on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status
Written declarations (1)
Amendments (326)
Amendment 29 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that OER create opportunities for education and training institutions, teachers, students and pupils to teach and learn in innovative ways; calls onproposes that educational institutions to create an organisational environment in which such innovation is welcomed;
Amendment 72 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that OER can contribute to improving the quality of European education; encourages, in that context, cooperation with educational institutions around the world, particularly in the United States;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates that continuous updating of knowledge and skills is essential for successful labour market integration, and notes that OER can contribute to facilitate learning alongside a job; encourages a more gender-balanced use of ICT with a view to future employment possibilities for women;
Amendment 33 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union was constructed against the backdrop of the trauma brought about by two all-powerful totalitarianism systems: National Socialism and Commu, Fascism, Communism and Stalinism, which, although they differed in ideology and form, were both characterised by brutality and claimed the lives of millions; whereas it is inappropriate to argue that one was better or worse than the other; and whereas united Europe is founded on the basis of Judaeo- Christian ethics, Greek aesthetics and Roman law;
Amendment 80 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas historical memory cannot be selective and whereas the impact that European countries have had on other countries and continents through colonialism cannot be overlooked;
Amendment 90 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas mistaken ideas about historical events, combined with each country having its own history policy and ignorance on the part of the media, which form public opinion, are a universal phenomenon leading to falsifications of history that can be hurtful to victims of totalitarian regimes and their families, as is the case with the all-too-frequent references to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi German concentration camp in occupied Poland, as a ‘Polish death camp’;
Amendment 104 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas education in Europe should be based on an objective approach to history, so as to enable Europe’s youth to understand other peoples and to learn about both the good and the bad sides of Europe’s history;
Amendment 201 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that, while Europe’s past is full of dark and brutal events, our continent’s development is based largely on profoundly humanistic processes and events that have given rise to a unique form of peaceful cooperation between peoples;
Amendment 235 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 292 #
2013/2129(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Believes there to be scope for cooperation between Member States in exchanging information on teaching programmes and that grass-roots cooperation between Member States, for example on writing new history textbooks, would avoid the trap of the past being used as an instrument for propaganda purposes in schools and would promote common values such as tolerance, mutual understanding and respect for diversity;
Amendment 27 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the economic crisis in the EU may lead to increased poverty and social exclusion; whereas the impact of the crisis on young people is leading in extreme cases to malnutrition or mental health problems;
Amendment 64 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 85 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses the positive role that open education and open universities play in the learning process and in equipping students, including young adults, with the new skills that will be vital in the fight against unemployment; stresses that lifelong learning is a dynamic means of learning that addresses the current needs and interests of course participants;
Amendment 107 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to reinforce the existing flagship initiative ‘Youth on the Move’ with new slogans such as ‘No young people out of education’, ‘No young people out of the labour market’;
Amendment 130 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that fiscal consolidation should not be implemented in a way that affects jobs for young people; calls on the Member States to provide more incentives for supporting youth employability, such as reliefs on taxes and social contributionsliberalisation of the economy;
Amendment 142 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 154 #
2013/2073(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
Amendment 18 #
2013/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas in order to safeguard the achievements of EYV 2011, volunteering policy, to which a piecemeal approach is currently being taken at EU level, with responsibility being scattered among a range of departments, needs to be properly structured and coordinated; Member States will participate in these actions on a voluntary basis;
Amendment 41 #
2013/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that skills acquired by young people during volunteer work should be included in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS)university diplomas;
Amendment 68 #
2013/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Member States and the Commission to set up a single point of contact in the form of a service with responsibility for volunteering policy and coordination in this area between Commission departments and the various institutionsFeels that the information offices of the Commission and of the Parliament in the Member States should serve as contact points to support actions coming under volunteering policy;
Amendment 86 #
2013/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to see to it that Member States make it compulsory for volunteers to have proper insurance cover, in orderMember States to examine options for providing volunteers with insurance and healthcare coverage, and stresses the need to protect their health and safety during volunteer work;
Amendment 100 #
2013/2064(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 2 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. whereas education and training policies play a crucialmajor role in combating the high level of youth unemployment; whereas keeping up with a rapidly evolving labour market requires more investment in vocational education and training (VET), higher education and research;
Amendment 24 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. whereas youth mobility programmes for 2014-2020 should provide genuine opportunities for learning and the acquisition of skills, thereby helping to increase youth employment rates;
Amendment 85 #
2013/2045(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 29 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D-A. whereas youth mobility programmes for the 2014-2020 period should provide genuine opportunities to gain knowledge and new skills, thereby helping to increase youth employment rates;
Amendment 37 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas it is necessary to examine closely future trends in labour market needs in order to adapt and modernise parts of curricula and offer the right skills for the right jobs;
Amendment 50 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that increased language competences contribute to fostering mobility and improving employability, and fully supports the Commission’s proposal for a new EU benchmark on language competences according to which at least 50 % of 15-year olds should have knowledge of a first foreign language and at least 75 % should study a second foreign language by 2020;
Amendment 61 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States to prioritrecognise public expenditures in education, training, research and innovation as one of their priorities, and recalls that any budget cut in these fields will have a strong negative impact on the economic recovery of the Union;
Amendment 75 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that young people have great potential and a crucial role to play in achieving the Europe 2020 targets for education and employment; reminds the Member States of the close link between early school leaving, lack of employment- related skills and youth unemployment; also recalls that early childhood education and care, care and the significant role played by parents lay the foundation for future learning and development of young people;
Amendment 83 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls for the recognition of qualifications gained by young people during their studies at non-home universities, particularly those qualifications gained in the context of the Erasmus programme;
Amendment 111 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 168 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. StresProposes the need to mainstream gender equality, and calls for policiesat policies be developed to attract vulnerable and disadvantaged groups into learning; in this context, encourages the Member States to introduce specific measures in the form of financial support to people from lower socio- economic backgrounds;
Amendment 183 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for breakRecognises that overcoming the prejudices that prevent students from taking such educational paths that are not necessarily perceived as leading to highly recognised careers and positions in society is crucial to combating unemployment;
Amendment 188 #
2013/2041(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the creation of a European area of skills and qualifications in order to achieve transparency and recognition of qualifications acquired in VET or higher education; where appropriate, proposes to extend the recognition also to qualifications gained outside of the formal education and training system;
Amendment 20 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas all languages, including those which are endangered, reflect historical, social, cultural and ecologic and cultural knowledge and skills that form part of the richness of the European Union;
Amendment 134 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges – given the fact that the death of the last speaker of a language usually marks that language’s extinction – local authorities in particular to adopt revitalisation measures with a view to changing this state of affairs;
Amendment 135 #
2013/2007(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that digitalisation may be one way to prevent languages from dying out; urges, therefore, local authorities to gather together and place online books and recordings in those languages, as well as all other manifestations of linguistic heritage;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that almost 2 % of the European population suffers from gambling addiction; is concerned that easy access to online gambling websites is likely to increase this percentage, especially among young people; considers, therefore, that efficient preventive measures should be enforced, such as the implementation of strict deposit limits;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that sport only receives a low financial return on commercial betting activities although it constitutes the main activity area for online gambling; recommends, therefore, the setting of a common minimum percentage of gambling revenues to be redistributed to sports federations, that have to ensure sustainable financing for grassroots sport;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2322(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 79 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that the majority of companies in the CCS are small and medium-sized enterprises, and stresses, therefore, the need for them to be given particular support in this context;
Amendment 104 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 134 #
2012/2302(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 21 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the attention of each user is finite and, as the number of services on offer rises, it becomes more difficult to reach users, which means that access to and findability of services will be decisive for their successever increasing number of linear and non-linear services means that there is a wide range of services on offer for viewers, opening up the possibility of more choice as regards the content that is available;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 107 #
2012/2300(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure that these platforms are operatedTakes the view that the Commission should not intervene in the principles behind the functioning of the free market, but that it should nevertheless endeavour to ensure fair competition on the basis of an open, non-proprietary standard, in a way which accords with market conditions entailing fair competition and accords with consumer demand;
Amendment 22 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the expansion of the audiovisual media services markets with the development of hybrid services has amplified concerns over a wide range of issues, such as competition, intellectual property rights, the evolution of existing and the emergence of new forms of audiovisual commercial communications, and overlay advertising which challenges programme integrity and puts into question the adequacy and effectiveness of the AVMSD, as well as its relationship with other instruments of EU law;
Amendment 51 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CallsPoints to the need for wider accessibility of programmes, in particular those rendered via on-demand services, through further developments in, inter alia, audio description, audio/spoken subtitles, sign language and menu navigation, notably of electronic programme guides (EPGs);
Amendment 58 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 108 #
2012/2132(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 4 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that a growing number of firms in EU Member States are implementing CSR measures, but points out that decisions on implementing such measures are the exclusive preserve of the individual Member States;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2098(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onEncourages the Member States to support employee volunteering and employer- supported volunteering also in the context of CSR, as stated in the resolution of 12 June 2012 on recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU.
Amendment 4 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the fact that a growing number of firms in EU Member States are implementing CSR measures, but points out that decisions on implementing such measures are the exclusive preserve of the individual Member States;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2097(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls onEncourages the Member States to support employee volunteering and employer- supported volunteering also in the context of CSR, as stated in the resolution of 12 June 2012 on recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Recalls that both the Lifelong learning programme (LLP) and the Youth in Action programme bring clear and demonstrated European added value and are vital to the success of the Europe 2020 strategy; reminds of their high performance rates and notes that in the Erasmus sub- programme, there is far more demand than can be satisfied; calls for a substantial increase in appropriations for these programmes;
Amendment 10 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Underlines the important role of grassroots sport in promoting health- enhancing physical activity and social inclusion; notes that the ongoing Preparatory Action "Partnerships on sport" focuses at testing new areas, such as the fight against match-fixing and the promotion of active ageing, with a view to developing the European dimension in sport; asks for sufficient funding for programmes in the area of sport;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 4
Section 1 – paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the EU communication policy plays a crucialof the EU and its Member States plays an important role in promoting democratic life in the Union and creating better links between the Union and its citizens; reminds that the media, especially television, forms the primary source of information for European citizens; therefore urges the EU institutions to form partnerships with both public and private media in order to reach a much broader audience;
Amendment 19 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5
Section 1 – paragraph 5
5. Reminds that an effective communication policy plays a significant role in raising awareness, not least in the run-up to the 2014 parliamentary elections; calls for more investment in appropriations for the EU communication actions. that accurately represent both the successes and failures of EU policies and programmes;
Amendment 23 #
2012/2092(BUD)
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises the need for the appropriate funding of programmes aimed at raising public awareness of the European Union in European Neighbourhood Policy countries;
Amendment 62 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. taking account of the fact that the role of parents in the process of protecting their children from the dangers stemming from the digital world is very significant; taking account of the fact that full involvement of both parents in the process of raising a child is decisive in the child’s development and the ability to defend against dangerous content, including digital content;
Amendment 141 #
2012/2068(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that online crimes are often of a cross-border nature, therefore an important element in combating them should be international cooperation of existing law enforcement agencies;
Amendment 7 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Article 165 of the TFEU states that the Union fully respects the responsibility of the Member States for the content of teaching and the organisation of education systems; whereas education and training policies need to provide LLL opportunities for all, irrespective of their age, disability, gender, race or ethnic origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, linguistic and socio- economic background;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the period of the financial crisis may provide an opportunity to review and revise past expenditure on education systems and rationalise actions in this field;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 92 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the business community, and on individual companies, to sponsorHighlights the benefits of cooperation between businesses and higher- education institutes/universities that, which allows students to gain knowledge and skills for their future work life;
Amendment 98 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages Member States to consider the possibility of introducing smallNotes that some Member States have introduced grants for pre-university students from poorer backgrounds to encourage them to stay in education;
Amendment 106 #
2012/2045(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 45 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the 2011 Council of Europe report states that the data obtained from the Polish agencies in 2009 and 2010 ‘provide definite proof’ that seven CIA-associated aircraft landed in Poland, which still does not constitute proof of secret prisons existing in Poland; whereas a ‘black site’ was identified in Romania by journalists on the basis of information provided by former CIA employees in the Romanian national registry office for classified information23; whereas former Libyan dissidents have started legal proceedings against the UK for the direct involvement of MI6 in their own and their family members’ rendition, secret detention and torture; alleged-CIA-secret-prison.html 1 ‘Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison’, The Independent, 9.12.2011 2 ‘Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison’, The Independent, 9.12.2011. 3 ‘Inside Romania’s secret CIA prison’, The Independent, 9.12.2011.Or. pl
Amendment 55 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 96 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the criminal investigation into secret detention launched in Poland, and calls on the Polish authorities to conduct a rigorous inquiry, with due transparency, if new evidence comes to light, allowing the effective participation of victims and their lawyers;
Amendment 112 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 125 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 131 #
2012/2033(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission, in the light of the institutional deficiencies revealed in the context of the CIA programme, to adopt within a year a communication reviewing the mechanism set out in Article 7 TEU; considers that this reform should be aimed at strengthening the EU’s capacity to prevent and redress human rights violations at EU level when Member States are unable to meet their obligations at national level, and should provide for the strengthening of Parliament’s role and a greater degree of independence as regards the conditions for its activation;
Amendment 11 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that micropayments are increasingly used to pay for media and cultural content online; notes that the widespread use of micropayments may help to reduce the illegal use of intellectual property on the Internet and stimulate public interest in culture;
Amendment 57 #
2012/2030(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets the Commission’s proposals for cooperative measures with payment services to combat unauthorised or illegal content; acknowledges that analysing the use of payment services can help identify individuals providing such content; reiterates that the universal and fundamental right to a fair trial before an independent and impartial tribunal established by law must be unequivocally ensured for infringers of IPR;
Amendment 54 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In addition to the original objectives of the European Capitals of Culture which were to highlight the richness and diversity of European cultures and national histories, the features they share and to promote greater mutual understanding between European citizens, cities holding the title have also progressively added a new dimension by using the leverage effect of the title to stimulate the city's more general development.
Amendment 86 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) to promote the cultural potential of the city and the region;
Amendment 87 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d b (new)
(db) To boost the involvement of residents and include excluded groups.
Amendment 91 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Cities in candidate and potential candidate countries shall also have the possibility to apply for the European Capital of Culture title in the framework of an open competition organised every thirsecond year in parallel with the competitions in the two Member States, in accordance with the calendar in the annex.
Amendment 159 #
2012/0199(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – paragraph 1 (new) and table
Annex – paragraph 1 (new) and table
In line with the proposed amendment to Article 3(3), the annex should also be modified to show that candidate or potential candidate countries are entitled to nominate a city as European Capital of Culture every second year, and not every third year. 2020 Croatia Ireland Candidate or potential candidate country 2021 Romania Greece … 2022 Lithuania Luxembourg Candidate or potential candidate country 2023 Hungary United Kingdom 2024 Candidate or potent Estonial Austria Candidate or potential candidate country 2024 Estonia Austriacandidate country 2025 Slovenia Germany 2026 Slovakia Finland Finland Candidate or potential candidate country 2027 Latvia Portugal 2028 Czech Republic France 2029France Candidate or potential Poland Sweden Ccandidate or potentialcountry 2029 Poland Sweden 2030 Cyprus Belgium cCandidate country 2030or potential Cyprus Belgium 2031 candidate country Malta2031 Malta Spain 2032 Bulgaria Denmark Candidate or potential candidate country 2033 Netherlands Italy
Amendment 232 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Rightholders shall have the right to decide to exclude certain of their works from management by a collecting society. Information on such works shall be generally available.
Amendment 335 #
2012/0180(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that a collecting society makes the following information available, while respecting personal data protection, at the request of any rightholder whose rights it represents, any collecting society on whose behalf it manages rights under a representation agreement or any user, by electronic means, without undue delay:
Amendment 169 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 184 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 195 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 267 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
1. For the purpose of implementing, applying and enforcing Directive 96/71/EC the competent authorities shall take into account factual elements characterising the activities carried out by an undertaking in the State in which it is established in order to determine whether it genuinely performs substantial activities, other than purely internal management and/or administrative activities. Such elements may include only:
Amendment 294 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 328 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Such elements may include only:
Amendment 368 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) Moreover, the absence of the valid A1 form issued for the posted worker may be an indication that the situation should not be characterised as one of 'temporarily posting' to another country than the one in which the worker concerned habitually works.
Amendment 576 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) possibility to request a translation of the documents referred to under (b), may be justified provided these documents are not excessively long and standardised forms are generally used for such documents;
Amendment 584 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) an obligation topossibility to request a designateion of a contact person to negotiate, if necessary, on behalf of the employer with the relevant social partners in the Member State to which the posting takes place, in accordance with national legislation and practice, during the period in which the services are provided.
Amendment 703 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 720 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 730 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 739 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 749 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 758 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 766 #
2012/0061(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Article 12 – paragraph 4
Amendment 6 #
2012/0022(APP)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there are foundations operating in the Union, particularly in the fields of education, research, social andprovision, historical memory and reconciliation between peoples, health provision, protection of the environment, youth and sport, as well as arts and culture, which have an impact far beyond national borders;
Amendment 13 #
2012/0022(APP)
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, with regard to taxation, it is not tax-law harmonisation that is being proposed, but rather application of the rule of non-discrimination, under which automatically and as a matter of principle affording European foundations and donors to them taxare subject to tax provisions and advantages that are identical to those enjoyed bythat apply to national entities with a public- benefit purpose;
Amendment 37 #
2012/0022(APP)
Draft opinion
Recommendation v – indent 2
Recommendation v – indent 2
Amendment 46 #
2012/0022(APP)
Draft opinion
Recommendation v – indent 4
Recommendation v – indent 4
– amendments to a foundation’s statutes, in which the essence of the foundation is enshrined, should be allowed only if they are made by its governing board and at least one other bodyonly be made by means of a decision;
Amendment 48 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas it is absolutely essential to preserve the principle of net neutrality and freedom in order to ensure the availability of audiovisual services;
Amendment 67 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)
Recital R a (new)
Ra. having regard to the fact that the growth of the Internet continually creates new ways of online music piece distribution;
Amendment 148 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 150 #
2011/2313(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that consideration should be given to applying a reduced rate of VAT to the digital distribution of cultural goods and services in order to eliminate the inequalities between online and offline services; stresses, at the same time, that this decision should be made by individual countries on their own;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Europa 2020 Strategy assumes that by 2020, 40 % of 30-34 year- olds in Europe should complete higher education or equivalent studies, given the estimate that 35 % of all jobs in the EU will require such qualifications; however, in 2010 only 26 % of the workforce in the EU had attained this qualification level;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas, in a knowledge-based society, the future of the citizens of Member States hinges on education, research and innovation;
Amendment 33 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Whereas the challenge of improving the quality of education is a more important goal than a quantitative target in the planned process of modernisation of the European higher education systems;
Amendment 35 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Whereas that in the current system of higher education there are vocational higher education institutions whose purpose is primarily to prepare students for entry into the labour market and universities, where education and scientific activities are values in themselves;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Whereas, in accordance with article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU fully respects Member States' responsibility for the content of teaching and organisation of education systems, as well as their cultural and linguistic diversity;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4.Emphasises that academic staff and students should meet high moral standards, as well as their organisations, needing to be involved in the modernisation of higher education institutions; stresses that excellence in both research and teaching needs to be rewarded;
Amendment 53 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 72 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Demands that the attractiveness of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) for students and researchers from all over the world be promoted and that collaboration with non-EU countries in educational matters be strengthened, especially countries associated with the European Neighbourhood Policy programme;
Amendment 84 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Points out that public funding is of primary importance for higher education; emphasises that investment in higher education in Europe is crucial to overcoming the current economic crisis; calls on the Member States and higher education institutions to develop innovative funding mechanismsnotes that the development of innovative methods of funding can contribute to more efficient functioning of the institutions of higher education;
Amendment 100 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Highlights that the mobility of students, and above all those studying at other universities under the Erasmus Programme influences the exchange of good practice, and through this the modernisation of higher education, therefore, notes the need for the recognition of qualifications acquired the home university whilst studying at other universities;
Amendment 131 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission’s support for ‘Knowledge Alliances’ and ‘Sector Skills Alliances’, successfully implemented in EU Member States, in which higher education institutions and businesses jointly develop curricula to address skills shortages; calls uponencourages businesses and entrepreneurs, including small and medium-sized enterprises, actively to develop partnerships with higher education institutions;
Amendment 176 #
2011/2294(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls for the opening of mobility programs, exchanges, research and practice for students from countries affiliated to the Eastern Partnership;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas ‘volunteering’ means activities, including formal, non-formal, and informal and vocational trainingctivities, which are undertaken of a person's own free will, choice and motivation, and without concern for financial gain, which benefit the individual volunteer, communities and society as a whole;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas volunteering is an informal learning experience suitable for persons of all ages; whereas it offers benefits in terms of personal development, strengthening of civic values and European identity, intercultural learning and professional opportunities, as well as contributing to the aims of the European Union's (EU) policies on social inclusion, employment, education, development of skills and citizenship;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the national, regional and local authorities and the EU to pay particular attention to disadvantaged young people and young people with fewer opportunities, so that they may participate in volunteering activities and, to that end, benefit from adequate educational and financiorganisational support;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates the need to make volunteering accessible to immigrants and the Roma peopleexcluded groups too, as an essential element in encouraging their integration and social inclusion;
Amendment 41 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes the benefits arising from cooperation between volunteers from the European Union's Member States and third countries and points out that such cooperation is particularly important in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy; notes, too, that, in addition to the primary benefits associated with volunteering, it can also help to promote democracy and the rule of law in third countries;
Amendment 51 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the need to ensure that high- quality volunteering is developed, both nationally and at cross-border level, through comprehensive information and appropriate training for volunteers;
Amendment 59 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 63 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 77 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports the Commission's proposal to establish a ‘European Skills Passport’, so that the skills acquired through volunteering may be officially recognised, both for professional and learning purposes, which is a vital element in motivating potential volunteers and in creating a link between non-formal learning and formal educationwhich will enable a clear presentation of skills that have been acquired;
Amendment 81 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UrgNotes the Member States toat the development of mechanisms for validating non-formal and formal learning outcomes, which will may improve the value and transferability of the skills acquired outside formal education;
Amendment 90 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Asks the national, regional and local authorities and the EU to give financial and other support to the organisations involved in volunteering work, including all the associations and networks, with a view to enhancing their roles, activities and achievements for the benefit of society;
Amendment 97 #
2011/2293(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission, in particular, to ensure that volunteering projects are included in all new fundingNotes the benefits of including funding for volunteering projects in certain new programmes;
Amendment 47 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Member States have a duty to protect freedom of opinion, expression, information and the media, as these principles are also guaranteed in their constitutions and laws; whereas, should these freedoms be placed at serious risk or violated in a Member State, the European Union must intervene on the basis of the Treaties and of the Charter to protect the European democratic and pluralistic order and fundamental rights;
Amendment 107 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that media ownership and management should be transparent and not concentrated; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure competition so as to address and prevent dominant positions and guarantee the access of new entrants on the market; calls for rules to ensure that conflicts of interest are properly addressed and resolved; highlights that advertising and sponsoring may cause interference with the editorial line of media;
Amendment 124 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of ensuring the independence of journalists, both from inexternal pressures from editors or owners and externally from political or economic lobbies or other interest groups; highlights the fact that the right of access to documents and information is fundamental and calls for the full protection of the confidentiality of sources principle and for the strict application of the European Court of Human Rights case- law in this area, including in relation to whistle-blowing; calls for journalists to be protected from threats and violence, as investigative journalists are often threatened as a result of their activities; highlights the need to support and promote investigative journalism and to promote ethical journalism in the media by developing professional standards and appropriate redress procedures;
Amendment 143 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need to draw up rules in relation to political information in the audiovisual media in order to guarantee fair access to different political competitors, opinions and viewpoints, in particular on the occasion of elections and referenda, with a view to ensuring that citizens can form their opinions without undue influence from one dominant opinion- forming power;
Amendment 167 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 179 #
2011/2246(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate and timely measures where concerns arise in relation to freedom of expression, information, media freedom and pluralism in the EU and in its Member States;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2201(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the Commission has improved its control systems and that the policy area “Culture and education” was free from material error; calls for all educational and cultural programmes and all Commission funding operations in this area to be subject to thorough and rigorous inspection by external auditors;
Amendment 9 #
2011/2201(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Commission had launched a call for tender on a pan-European TV- network, as foreseen in the budgets for 2009 and 2010; is thus very concerned that in 2010 the Commission decided to close down the project and redirect the money elsewhere, without consent from the Parliament and the Council; demands the disclosure of all contracts and recommendations relating to the TV- network and evaluations made by the selection committee; urges the Commission to relaunch the pan- European TV-network.
Amendment 1 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that lack of information is one of the main reasons EU citizens are unable to make full use of their rights; urges the Commission, therefore, to propose a comprehensive communication strategy which pays particular attention to raising people’s awareness of the rights they enjoy as EU citizens;
Amendment 12 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the information strategies of existing EU projects in this area;
Amendment 15 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the Inter-institutional Group on Information as an important setting within which the EU institutions can work to honour their commitment to ‘communicate Europe in partnership’ and coordinate the effort to raise awareness of EU rights; emphasises that the Inter-institutional Group on Information’s communication priorities should focus on the real problems that citizens face, as expressed, for example, in the petitions sent to the EU institutions;
Amendment 24 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the right of EU citizens to receive news from independent media, as laid down in Article 11 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2182(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to develop tools for improving academic recognition of diplomas and periods of study, thereby removing obstacles to the mobility of students and job-seekers, as this is vital if the aims of the Bologna process are to be achieved;
Amendment 20 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the commitment to push forward the reform should not be pursued via fragmented action and without adequate financial support;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas universities, and public administrations and enterprises must be strongly committed to the issue of employability;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas education is a public responsibility of the Member States, and whereas the EU institutions and other key amay provide supplementary support for the sectors;
Amendment 58 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that the priorities set up within the Bologna process represent the conditions necessary to guarantee that every student enrolled in a European university has the right to graduate and to see his qualification recognised in any EU country, with the goal of creating a genuine European University Citizenship;
Amendment 66 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the development of an effective, bottom-up approach, fully involving all key actors such as universities, trade unions, the business sector and, first and foremost, teachers and students; points to the importance of high-quality staff with sound moral standards;
Amendment 101 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the EU, the Member States and universities to improve information for students, academics and staff in order to foster structured mobility flows; calls for a strengthening of the services of Erasmus through better funding, improved credit recognition and greater flexibility of the time frame allowed;
Amendment 111 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the EU, in order to guarantee mutual trust, to consolidate a system of quality assurance at both European and Member State level; asks the Member States to implement their national qualification assurance systems; calls on Member States to sign up to the European Quality Assurance Register;
Amendment 119 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Draws attention to the different grading scales in the Member States and to the need for appropriate conversion of ECTS points into grades;
Amendment 121 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. UrgesSuggests that all the Bologna countries to implement national qualification frameworks linked to the Qualifications Framework of the EHEA and to develop and financially support mutual recognition;
Amendment 125 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for strong financial support for agreements on common core curricula, which guarantee well defined learning outcomes, inter alia by exploring the methodology approach developed by Tuning; calls for partStresses that the European Higher Educational Area will only develop appropriately when the agreements reached by the Member States on common core curricular attention to be paid to the specific problems of humanities curriculare accompanied by organised inter-university cooperation;
Amendment 132 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 159 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 168 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for a stronger synergy between EHEAthe Higher Education Area and the European Research Area in the Member States; believes that better cooperation between these two areas is a potential source for enhancing Europe’s innovativeness and development;
Amendment 192 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Invites the European Commission, withStresses that removing the new education and training programme, to encourage cooperation, including through financial incentives,barriers to student mobility could help to encourage cooperation on transnational curricula, joint degrees and mutual recognition;
Amendment 196 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States and the EU to provide updated andTakes the view that up-to-date, comparable data onfrom the basis of which to monitor the implementMember States could help to improve monitoring of cooperation ofn the EHEA;
Amendment 206 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the establishment of an effective Euro-Mediterranean Higher Education Area, and an effective Higher Education Area for the countries involved in Eastern Partnership cooperation, following the example of the Bologna Process; calls on the European Commission to support the Euro- Mediterranean University (EMUNI) and the establishment of a joint university for students from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries;
Amendment 215 #
2011/2180(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 1 #
2011/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 5 #
2011/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges that the ‘Arab Spring’ and the changes underway in the Mediterranean represent an opportunity for greater cooperation in this region, and, in view of the key role played by other macro-regions, calls for the development of macro-regional strategies for all areas involved in cooperation under the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy to be treated on an equal basis;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2179(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises the importance of the Mediterranean as a decentralised area of cooperation in strengthening cross-regional policy and the sharing of good practices, not least concerning democracy, human rights, the rule of law, ecology and cultural and educational partnerships;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that pan-European eGovernment platforms improve access to public service information (PSI), policies, government and local authority communication, culture and education, as well as contributing to government efficiency and enhancing democratisation by empowering citizens in the policy- making process;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on Member States and the Commission to publish publicly funded data in machine-readable form (and in real time) under open licences, to enable innovative re-use of public sector information by academia and for research, students, business development and the general public;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include educational institutions and cultural establishments within the scope of Directive 2003/98/EC and provide subsidies orto stimulate investment where needed;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on theEncourages Member States to cooperate in developing open courseware at European educational institutions in Member States, to exchange best practices and to develop online platforms for collaboration on school education materials, free for students and open for editing (with a possible restriction to qualified personnel);
Amendment 49 #
2011/2178(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of providing eGovernment services which enable EU citizens to run a business, study and work in all Member States, and points out that these services should contribute to a reduction in public spending;
Amendment 4 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Strongly reaffirms the connection between exchange and cooperation in culture, education and sport between the European Union and ENP countries and the building and strengthening of an open civil society, democracy, the rule of law and the spread of fundamental freedoms and human rights; stresses that mutual cooperation in these areas constitutes an added value for both EU and ENP countries;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to enhance synergies between Youth on the Move and the ENP, in order to ensure that learner mobility between the EU and neighbourhood countries can benefit from more opportunities, in the interests both of the EU and of young people from those countries. Points out, in that context, that the disproportion in income between inhabitants of the European Union and the ENP countries should be taken into account, and that consideration should be given to providing better scholarship opportunities;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that advantage should be taken of the educational experiences of Member States already implementing the concept of the European Neighbourhood Policy, such as the Centre for East European Studies in Warsaw. In that context calls on the Member States to introduce free visas for students from ENP countries;
Amendment 44 #
2011/2157(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EEAS to support politically and financially the efforts of civil society, free media and non- governmental organisations to introduce a democratic system and the rule of law in all those countries of the ENP where fundamental freedoms and human rights are being violated; recognises with concern the process of restriction of freedom of speech and harassment of opposition in, for example, Belarus. Calls on the Commission to insist consistently on the release of detained journalists from prison.
Amendment 57 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 115 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Encourages Member States to invest in qualified and well-trained staff for both preschool and compulsory education; suggests that teaching assistants be employed in schools to work with struggling pupils and to assist classroom teachers in their work;
Amendment 154 #
2011/2088(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 10 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the measures proposed in the Commission communication will require strong policy coordination of the Member States’ policies; therefore encourages Member States, and particularly their relevant ministries, to become more closely involved in the process of early identification of skills needs; strongly believes that when education and training programmes are being designed, effective communication between employers and education institutions, using specific mechanisms developed by individual Member States, is essential;
Amendment 23 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that universities can play a key role in the regional economies of Member States and that universities are unique places where innovation, education and research come together and can lead to job creation; points out that cooperation between universities, regions, governments and businesses, both within and among EU Member States, and with ENP countries, is fundamental;
Amendment 32 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 52 #
2011/2067(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges that higher education systems have the potential to prepare people for the world of work: for instance, SMEs with no R&D facilities can benefit from university research resources and expertise, and SMEs can offer students internships and employment opportunities; calls, therefore, for proposes that there should be closer cooperation between higher education institutions and SMEs.
Amendment 10 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. AdvisesSuggests that the Commission and the Member States toshould make a greater effort to reduce school drop-out rates, also for disabled people, in addition to promoting the integration of education and work;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls onEncourages the Member States to implement lifelong training programmes and to step up the implementation of the EQF (European Qualifications Framework), in accordance with the flagship initiative 'An agenda for new skills and jobs';
Amendment 40 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 46 #
2011/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to create new jobs and reiterates the importance of free- market mechanisms in combating poverty;
Amendment 1 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that the Union shall contribute to the development of quality education and that its action aims to develop the European dimension in education through the teaching of languages,
Amendment 20 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 53 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that the European Schools should serve as an example and that exporting this modelsome features of this model’s syllabus, such as the emphasis on foreign-language knowledge, to the national education systems would assist professional mobility;
Amendment 78 #
2011/2036(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 2 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that the European education programmes bring clear and demonstrated European added value both in the Member States of the European Union and in the countries covered by the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy and are vital for the Europe 2020 strategy to succeed; regrets that the Commission draft budget does not propose any additional funding for education and training, beyond the financial programming; calls for a significant increase in appropriations for the Lifelong Learning Programme in the 2012 budget and for a doubling of the funds for education in the next MFF;
Amendment 10 #
2011/2020(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that journalists and the media play a leading role in creating a European public sphere which enables citizens to participate in European integration; expresses concern, therefore, at the fact that the Commission has rejected the European Parliament initiative on Cross- border Investigative Journalism and discarded its own pan-European media networks strategy by closing down its initiative of a pan-European TV network; urges the Commission to set up the intended TV network as soon as possible and to come up with a comprehensive strategy for communication in order to bring increased legitimacy to the EU and to strengthen the European public sphere;
Amendment 106 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Special attention needs to be paid to the link between history, the European public’s awareness and knowledge of history, identity and solving the social problems that the Union still faces, such as intolerance, xenophobia, discrimination and the absence of any real reconciliation between nations.
Amendment 120 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The new programme should cover a wide spectrum of different actions and include, among others, citizens’ meetings, contacts and debates on citizenship issues, Union -level events, initiatives to reflect on defining moments in European history, initiatives designed to ensure that we never forget past totalitarian regimes, initiatives to raise awareness about the Union institutions and their functioning, and debates on European policy issues, with a view to invigorateing all aspects of public life.
Amendment 191 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 6
– Debates/studies and interventions on defining moments in European history, in particular to keep the memory alive of the crimes committed under Nazism and Communism, including Stalinism
Amendment 196 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)
– Commemoration of important historical events and promoting knowledge about them
Amendment 197 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – indent 7 b (new)
– Support for organisations that help promote historical truth
Amendment 216 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
The programme shall be open to all stakeholders promoting European integration or preserving the history of EU countries and its impact on the identity of the citizens of EU countries, in particular local authorities and organisations, European public policy research organisations (think-tanks), citizens’ groups and other civil society organisations (such as survivors’ associations), and educational and research institutions.
Amendment 238 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2
It will support activities that invite to reflection on common values in the broadest sense, taking into account diversity. Funds may be available for initiatives reflecting on causes of totalitarian regimes in Europe’s modern history (especially but not exclusively Nazism and Communism, including Stalinism) and to commemorate their victims. The strand should also encompass activities concerning other reference points in recent European history. In particular, it will give preference to actions which encourage tolerance and, reconciliation and historical memory with a view to reaching the younger generation.
Amendment 243 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Annex – part 1 – section 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
As an indication, approximately 35% of a total budget allocated to the programme will be devoted to this strand.
Amendment 254 #
2011/0436(APP)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – part 1 – section 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Annex – part 1 – section 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)
As an indication, approximately 50% of a total budget allocated to the programme will be devoted to this strand.
Amendment 20 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) A balance needs to be maintained between the southern and eastern dimensions of the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Amendment 36 #
2011/0405(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Without prejudice to the provisions on the suspension of aid in partnership and cooperation agreements and association agreements with partner countries and regions, where a partner country fails to observe the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, the Union shall invite the country concerned to hold consultations in view of finding a solution acceptable to both parties, except in cases of special urgency. Where consultation with the country concerned does not lead to a solution acceptable to both parties, or if consultations are refused or in case of special urgency, the Council may take appropriate measures in accordance with Article 215(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which may include full or partial suspension of Union support. In all such cases, it needs to be ensured that any suspension of support does not affect civil society organisations that operate in accordance with democratic principles and human rights standards.
Amendment 33 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
Annex – point 1.1 – paragraph 1
In a rapidly changing world, Europe’s pathway to the future rests on growth which is smart, sustainable and inclusive. To achieve this goal and to remain competitive in the global knowledge economy, the ‘knowledge triangle’ of research, education and innovation and the interaction between these three sides hasve been recognised, aslongside entrepreneurship, as being among the key driving forces. The European Union has acted accordingly and identified these fields as policy priorities in its Europe 2020 strategy. These priorities are notably implemented through the flagship initiatives ‘Innovation Union’ and ‘Youth on the Move’, which form the overarching policy framework for EU actions in these fields. They are complemented by the flagship initiatives on an ‘Integrated Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era’ and on a ‘Resource- Efficient Europe’. The European Institute of Innovation and Technology will fully contribute to achieving the goals of these flagship initiatives.
Amendment 59 #
2011/0387(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 7
Annex – point 2.2 – paragraph 7
Moreover, the EIT has a clear role to play in attracting talent from outside the EU, in particular from European Neighbourhood Policy countries. By creating a strong brand and forging strategic relations with key partners from around the globe, the EIT can add to the attractiveness of the partners within the KICs. In close cooperation with the KICs, the EIT should develop a strong international strategy, identifying and liaising relevant interlocutors and potential partners. In this context the EIT and its KICs should take full advantage of existing EU initiatives in the area, such as the ‘Erasmus for all’ programme and the Marie Curie Actions. In addition, the EIT can foster knowledge sharing, mentoring and networking by encouraging the setting up of an EIT alumni network.
Amendment 12 #
2011/0384(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 283 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Cooperation between the Programme and international organisations in the field of education, training, youth and sport, in particular with the Council of Europe, needs to be strengthened, as does cooperation within international programmes with European Neighbourhood Policy countries.
Amendment 294 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) For this purpose, it is recommended to extend the use of the single framework for the transparency of qualifications and competences (Europass) under Decision No2241/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) under Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2008, the European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) under Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 and the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). With a view to enhancing student mobility, Member States should create better conditions and a single framework for the recognition of courses and periods of study completed as part of student exchanges.
Amendment 304 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The European Commission and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security policy, in their joint Communication on a new response to a changing Neighbourhood outlined, inter alia, the aim to further facilitate Neighbourhood countries’ participation in Union mobility and capacity building actions in higher education and the opening of the future education programme to Neighbouring countries. In this connection, attention should be drawn to the mutual benefits stemming from closer involvement of ENP countries in mobility programmes.
Amendment 326 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 5
Article 2 – point 5
5. "Support for policy reform" means any type of activity aimed at supporting and facilitating the modernization of education and training systems through the process of policy cooperation between Member States and between Member States and other countries and players taking part in programmes, in particular the Open methods of Coordination;
Amendment 769 #
2011/0371(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
6. The funds for the learning mobility of individuals referred to in Article 6(1.a) that are to be managed by a National Agency shall be allocated on the basis of population and cost of living in the host Member State, distance between capitals of Member States and performance. The parameter of performance accounts for 25% of the total funds according to the criteria as referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8.
Amendment 247 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The European Capital of Culture and the European Heritage Label help to strengthen the feeling of belonging to a common cultural area, and contribute to enhancing the value of cultural heritage. Funding should be provided for these two Union actions, with due regard for the realities of the current financial crisis.
Amendment 419 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – point f – introductory wording
Article 8 – point f – introductory wording
(f) support to the national members of the Creative Europe Desks' network, which should be incorporated into the European Parliament’s information office network in order to keep programme administration costs down, to carry out the following tasks:
Amendment 483 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) supporting international touring, events and exhibitions;
Amendment 516 #
2011/0370(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point e
Article 10 – point e
(e) special actions aiming to achieve greater visibility for the richness and diversity of European cultures, such as Europeana, and stimulate intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding, including European cultural prizes, the European Heritage Label, and the European Capitals of Culture.
Amendment 19 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – A Budget for Europe 202010 recognises the creation of a Connecting Europe Facility in the context of the Multiannual Financial Framework in order to address the infrastructure needs in the areas of transport, energy and information and communication technologies. Synergies between these sectors as well as with other Union investment programmes are key as similar challenges emerge requiring solutions that unlock growth, combat fragmentation, reinforce cohesion, reduce development disparities in all EU regions, favour the use of innovative financial instruments and address market failures as well as the removal of bottlenecks which hinder the completion of the Single Market.
Amendment 27 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Substantial economic and social benefits, which cannot be captured nor monetised by investors, are associated with higher broadband speeds. Fast and ultra- fast broadband is the key enabling infrastructure for the development and deployment of digital services, which rely on the availability, speed, reliability and resilience of the physical networks. The deployment and take-up of faster networks opens the way for innovative services exploiting higher speeds. Action at Union level is necessary to maximise the synergies and interactions between those two components of digital telecommunications networks.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0299(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 2
Article 2 – point 2
(2) contribute to improvements in daily life for citizens, businesses and governments through the promotion of the interconnection and interoperability of national telecommunication networks as well as access to such networks, provided that the development of broadband networks is accompanied by training in how to exploit their potential.
Amendment 21 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 93 a (new)
Recital 93 a (new)
(93a) The allocation of funds should serve to minimise development disparities between Member States.
Amendment 31 #
2011/0276(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Part 2 – Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8a) promoting youth mobility;
Amendment 30 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) At the same time, it is crucial to support the development and competitiveness of European small and medium-sized enterprises and to ensure that people can adapt, through acquiring appropriate skills and through lifelong learning opportunities, to new challenges such as the shift to a knowledge-based economy, the digital agenda, and the transition to a low-carbon and more energy-efficient economy. By pursuing its primary thematic objectives, the ESF should contribute to addressing these challenges. In this context, the ESF should support the labour force transition towards greener skills and jobs, in particular in the energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable transport sectors, taking into account the Union's intention to increase the proportion of the EU budget that is related to climate mainstreaming to at least 20%, with contributions from different policy fields.
Amendment 35 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Member States and the Commission should ensure that the implementation of the priorities financed by the ESF contributes to the promotion of equality between women and men in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty. Evaluations have shown the importance of taking the gender aspect into account in all dimensions of programmes, while ensuring that specific actions are taken to promote gender equality based on actual skills and experience, not artificial quotas.
Amendment 53 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) Integration of marginalised communities such as the Romaand excluded groups;
Amendment 54 #
2011/0268(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Amendment 58 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 3
– conferences and events to promote debate and raise awareness of the importance and benefits of the right to free movement and residence, including a campaign promoting youth mobility, and more generally citizens'’ rights as Union citizens;
Amendment 64 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 5
– strengthening of the role and visibility of the multilingual Europe Direct and Your Europe web portal as key elements of a 'one-stop-shop' information system on Union citizens' rights, without increasing costs;
Amendment 70 #
2011/0217(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
The Commission shall convene meetings of representatives of European organisations or bodies active in the field of defending citizens' rights and stakeholders to assist the Commission in implementing the European Year at Union level. The Commission shall draw on the experience of non-governmental organisations to improve promotion of the European Year and to reduce the costs of organising it;
Amendment 12 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 17 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Recommendation i
Recommendation i
(i) Recalls that the current EU education, youth, media and culture programmes are close to the citizens, enjoy high implementation rates, produce noticeable leverage and spill-over effects and, on the whole, generate clear and demonstrated European added value by pooling resources and enhancing cooperation;
Amendment 57 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Recommendation xviii
Recommendation xviii
Amendment 59 #
2011/0177(APP)
Draft opinion
Recommendation xviii a (new)
Recommendation xviii a (new)
(xviiia) Underlines the importance of the European Neighbourhood Instrument in promoting mobility and supporting civil society in ENP countries; recalls, in this context, the need to maintain balance in the division of funds between the ENP’s southern dimension and its eastern dimension.
Amendment 129 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive concerns certain uses of orphan works undertaken by publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments, non-profit research institutes or museums as well as by archives, film heritage institutions and public service broadcasting organizations.
Amendment 226 #
2011/0136(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 41 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In view of the range of tasks assigned to the Observatory, a solution is needed to ensure an adequate and sustainable infrastructure for the fulfilment of the tasks of the Observatory without generating additional costs.
Amendment 45 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Assembled by the Office, the Observatory should become a centre of excellence on information and data related to infringements of intellectual property rights, by benefiting from the Office's expertise, experience and resources of the Office and of the Member States’ research institutes.
Amendment 51 #
2011/0135(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Office should offer a forum that brings together public authorities and the private sector, ensuring the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant objective, comparable and reliable data regarding the value of intellectual property rights and the infringements of those rights, the development of best practices and strategies to protect intellectual property rights, and raising public awareness of the impacts of intellectual property rights infringements. Furthermore, the Office should fulfil additional tasks, such as to improve the understanding of the value of intellectual property rights, enhance the expertise of persons involved in the enforcement of intellectual property rights by appropriate training measures, increase knowledge on techniques to prevent counterfeiting, and improve cooperation with third countries and, international organisations and non-governmental organisations specialising in this field.
Amendment 6 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas YoM, a flagship initiative of the EU2020 strategy, aims to reinforce the attractiveness of Europe’s higher education in Europe and the overall quality of all levels of education and training and the quality of study and work mobility through a better use of the existing European programmes,
Amendment 11 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 16 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas various research shows that mobility contributes towards a sense of European citizenshipn active civil society and engagement in democratic processes,
Amendment 20 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Bologna process, in its first decade, met many difficulties in the implementation of its targets seeking to develop the field of European higher education in Europe, including a lack of cross-border recognition of university examination results and limited lecturer mobility,
Amendment 24 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the crisis emphasised the need to reform our economies and societies, and the urgency of high-quality vocational education and training systems to underpin those reforms, to better equip European countries to face the challenges of today and tomorrow,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that YoM encourages higher education establishments to raise their standards by fostering greater cooperation with establishments all around the world, and points out that cooperation with US establishments can be particularly beneficial in this respect;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the success of the YoM initiative depends mostly on the implementation of its key actions by the Member States; therefore asks the European Commission to closely monitor and analyse crucial elements during implementation with a view to helping Member States in the process;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites Member States to ensure greater investment in education and training systems at alsupport the implementation of the EU mobility programmes at national levels and to financially support the implementation of the EU mobility programmes at national levelstresses that decisions regarding education and schools strategy and funding should be taken by the Member States;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the EU institutions, in view of the fact that youth mobility can help to support democratic processes, to establish a framework allowing young people from Eastern Partnership countries to take an active part in the YoM programme, thus providing young people from both EU Member States and Eastern Partnership countries with better learning opportunities;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Agrees that action must be taken at an early age in order to reduce early school leaving to 10%, as agreed under the EU 2020 Strategy; welcomes the Commission proposal for a Council Recommendation to reinforce the efforts of Member States to reduce school drop-out rates;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reminds Member States to introduce theStresses the importance of learning of a second language at an early stage in life (pre-primary school); points out that for people without a second language mobility will not become a reality;
Amendment 126 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the key new actions of the YoM initiative, such as a unique and central mobility website, a mobility card and a European Skills Passport which all upgrade useful and already existing mobility toolsCalls for the tools currently used to support and promote youth mobility to be upgraded and updated;
Amendment 147 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on national, regional, and local authorities to support and enhancMember States to promote cooperation between universities and business;
Amendment 162 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 181 #
2010/2307(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Highlights the difficulties faced in moving to higher education from VET, and stresses that learning institutions must adapt toshould facilitate this transition more easily;
Amendment 122 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 134 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that mechanisms integrating distributors and exhibitors should be implemented and calls for strengthened cooperation between small cinemas to minimise the costs of investment in digital equipment;
Amendment 139 #
2010/2306(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 29 #
2010/2304(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Suggests that public policies be implemented to support the introduction of new technologies and ease the transition to a digital education service; calls on the Commission to encourage exchanges of best practice between Member States and between Member States and countries outside the EU.
Amendment 19 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls onEncourages the Member States to support the development of stronger partnerships between universities and the business world;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls forUrges a coordinated effort at all levels of government, local-regional, national and European, to implement the ‘Innovation Union’, taking into account the educational and cultural dimensions of innovation;
Amendment 31 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance of the role of research and innovation, particularly in the area of social sciences, in the fight against poverty and social exclusion, for instance, by including older people in this area of activity, and celebrates initiatives such as ‘Science against Poverty’ and designating 2012 the European Year for Active Ageing.
Amendment 33 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 6 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that the current education, youth, media and culture funding programmes generate European added value in the European Union by pooling resources and enhancing cooperation; notes that they correspond closely to the needs of the sectors concerned, have high implementation rates and produce noticeable leverage and spill- over effects;
Amendment 9 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that one of the five Europe 2020 headline targets is to reduce the share of early school leavers to less than 10% and increase the share of the younger generation with a degree or diploma to at least 40%; underlines that education, training and youth mobility are essential for creating and safeguarding jobs and reducing poverty, and are thus crucial for both Europe’s short-term recovery and its longer-term growth and productivity; takes the view that EU programmes play an important role in steering national policies in the direction agreed at inter- governmental level, and towards the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy; recalls that EU policy initiatives have helped to modernise education and training policies and institutions within the Member States;
Amendment 17 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the cultural, creative and media sectors in achieving the Europe 2020 targets relating to employment, productivity and social cohesion; notes that, beyond their direct contribution to GDP, these industries, thanks to EU programmes and initiatives in these areas, have a positive spill-over effect on other sectors of the economy such as tourism and digital technologies; takes the view that EU policy initiatives and programmes in these areas have demonstrable ‘European added value’;
Amendment 22 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 38 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that the Europe for Citizens programme supports European civic participation through transnational cooperation projects (such as town- twinning partnerships) and thereby contributes to the development of activecivil society in European citizenshipountries;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the important role that the MEDIA and MEDIA Mundus programmes have played in strengthening the competitiveness of the European audiovisual industry in European countries; notes, in particular, that since national support mechanisms apply mainly to the production phase, these programmes have demonstrated significant European added value in the EU by supporting cross- border (and indeed global) distribution of European audiovisual works in European countries;
Amendment 52 #
2010/2211(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that EU education, youth, media and culture programmes are successful in that they enjoy high implementation rates and generate clear European added value in the European Union, and believes that there are good arguments for increasing the resources devoted to them; underlines the importance of linking the allocation of resources more closely to take-up;
Amendment 62 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned by the fragmentation of EU cultural programmes, hampering strategic and efficient use of cultural resources and budgets, while a common EU strategy on culture in the EU’s external actions is lacking;
Amendment 67 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. States that cultural and educational exchanges and cooperation can strengthen civil society, foster democratisation and good governance and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms, and therefore calls for it to be made easier for young people from ENP countries to take part in exchanges and be educated in the European Union;
Amendment 94 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. RegretsCondemns the fact that censoring and monitoring of the internet is increasingly used by repressive regimes, and recommends the Commission to develop an EU strategy to promote and defend internet freedom globally;
Amendment 111 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy in advancing the EU’s interests and values in the worldroughout the world the EU Member States’ interests and values that make up European culture, and underlines the need for the EU to act as a global player;
Amendment 119 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the designation ofUrges that one person in each EU representation overseas be made responsible for the coordination of cultural relations and interactions between the EU and third countries, as long as this will not generate any additional costs for the EU budget;
Amendment 131 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EEAS to focus on coordination and strategic deployment of cultural aspects, incorporatinge culture consistently and systematically into the EU’s external relations and contributing to complementarity with Member State policies;
Amendment 135 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 142 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Encourages inclusion of concrete steps to foster capacity -building through civil society, and the funding of independent initiatives;
Amendment 143 #
2010/2161(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 8 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas throughout the EU, early childhood education and care (ECEC) is provided in different ways, with various definitions of 'quality' which depend heavily on states' cultural values and their interpretation of 'childhood', and whereas Member States have the right to formulate their own policies in the area of early learning,
Amendment 42 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 47 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that the provision of maternity and paternity leave of sufficient length is an essential component in effective ECEC policy, and stresses that regulating the length and form of that leave should be a matter for the Member States;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 60 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets that in an unstable economic climate ECEC policies are easily neglected; highlights that Member States should devote appropriate resources to ECEC services;
Amendment 68 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights that high-quality ECEC services are a complement to, not a substitute for, a strong welfare system incorporating a broad range of anti-poverty tools; calls on Member States to implement financial redistribution measures, child and family benefits, and other social expenditure in order to address societal poverty;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 81 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 89 #
2010/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 54 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 59 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 88 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the inclusion in the programme of events celebrating the European Capitals of Culture a debate on the potential of creative and cultural industries;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2156(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of the European Digital Library to the process of disseminating the culture of EU Member States, and calls on the Member States to expand its collections on a regular basis;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the creation of a European public sphere is closely related to the existence of pan-European or transnational media structures, and whereas at the same time it should be stressed that regulation of the media market is not a political competence,
Amendment 14 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. noting and respecting the fact that legal regulations governing the media market differ widely in the individual Member States,
Amendment 18 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas national public broadcasters have a special responsibility to inform citizens about political decision-making and governance, which should extend to European affairs,
Amendment 22 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 41 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Member States should ensure the independence of public service broadcasters, and at the same time stresses that the latter have a responsibility to cover the EU;
Amendment 51 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 70 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 81 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 86 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 97 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests undertaking critical reviews of existing inter-parliamentary forums such as COSAC;
Amendment 100 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Stresses the importance of free and independent media at both European and national level and points out that this is extremely important for the development of democratic societies;
Amendment 115 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 133 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 149 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses that, in accordance with the Treaty of Amsterdam, the organisation and funding of public broadcasting is a matter for the Member States;
Amendment 152 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 160 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 170 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 173 #
2010/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages the Commission and Parliament to strengthen further their commitment to educate and train staff in communication skills, enabling them to communicate with the media and with citizens, provided that this does not entail additional costs;
Amendment 105 #
2010/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Member States to promote free higher education as a means of promoting education among the less prosperous sectors of society;
Amendment 71 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 75 #
2010/0074(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall reject the registration of proposed citizens' initiatives which are manifestly against the values of the Union. The Commission shall issue a statement indicating in what way the initiative runs counter to the Union's values.
Amendment 1 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation a (new)
Citation a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 8 July 2008 on the environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (Petitions 0614/2007 and 0952/2006 (2007/2118(INI)),
Amendment 18 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need for an environmental impact assessment of the Northern Gas Pipeline and other similar projects as well as the need to ensure that the construction of the pipeline does not in future, taking into account, in particular, international conventions and the principles of energy solidarity, as well as the need to ensure that the construction of the pipeline does not negatively impact on the competitiveness of particular states and their sea ports by affecting shipping conditions adversely;
Amendment 21 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the European Commission to implement the recommendations of the European Parliament contained in its resolution of 8 July 2008 on the environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany, including, in particular, to carry out an independent environmental impact assessment of the Northern Gas Pipeline and its compliance with EU and international law;
Amendment 26 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Draws attention to the strategic significance of the Baltic Sea Region for the development of renewable energy projects such as wind farms, geothermal energy or biofuels available in the region;
Amendment 31 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Draws attention to the need to create an effective and environmentally friendly transport and communication network (sea, land and inland), while using the shortest and most multimodal transport corridors;
Amendment 40 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Draws attention to the fact that the economic growth in significant areas of the Baltic Sea Region is entirely dependent upon maintaining and developing coastal fishing, which provides particular environmental, economic and cultural benefits and gives the inhabitants of those areas the opportunity to secure an appropriate standard of living;
Amendment 43 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for the renewalfurther development and deepening of relations as part of the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region between the European Union and neighbouring countries not belonging to the Union whose territories are part of the functional spaces of a given macro-rthe macro-region encompassed by the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region or which affect those spaces directly, leading to better cooperation in the area of environmental protection, as well as educational and cultural cooperation, and providing a basis for fair competition;
Amendment 54 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the European Commission to put forward proposals for regulations aimed at rebuilding the maritime economy of Baltic Sea countries, particularly in regard to shipbuilding and national shipping;
Amendment 65 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Believes that the Strategy’s territorial dimension will lead to the concrete development of reflections on the territorial cohesion of states, which the Treaty of Lisbon places on an equal footing with economic and social cohesion;
Amendment 73 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that territorial cooperation developed as part of a strategy for macro- regions can lead to a significant strengthening of the integration process through the greater involvement of civil society in the decision-making process and the implementation of concrete actions; in this context the implementation of social, cultural, educational and tourism elements are recommended for macro-regional strategies;
Amendment 85 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. In this context, calls on the European Commission to create a special web portal devoted to Baltic Sea cooperation, which would act as an information centre regarding the Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and inter- governmental, non-governmental, regional and local initiatives, and which would also act as a forum for the exchange of experience regarding current and future projects undertaken by central and local governments, NGOs and other entities active in the Baltic Sea Region;
Amendment 109 #
2009/2230(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, the Commission and the governments of the Russian Federation and Norway.
Amendment 66 #
2009/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the importance of minimising all kinds of discrimination among young people, in particular discrimination involving mutual non- recognition of qualifications;
Amendment 93 #
2009/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to support tertiary education (doctoral studies), with a view to matching it more closely to labour market requirements;
Amendment 164 #
2009/2159(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Stresses the need to step up efforts to ensure an effective three-way exchange of views and information between the academic, business and political communities at local, regional, national and European levels;
Amendment 2 #
2009/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the differences in the economic and social levels of the inhabitants of the various parts of Europe call for a levelling of educational opportunities for all European Union citizens and support for talented economically disadvantaged youth,,
Amendment 43 #
2009/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that one of the key messages is to raise the level of investment in Europe’s human resources in order to give priority to the EU’s most important asset – its people, the focal point of the Union’s policies, and that it is therefore necessary to support the idea of cost-free access to education at all levels;
Amendment 75 #
2009/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Suggests that neighbouring countriesHaving regard to good educational practices in other countries, especially the example of the United States, suggests that countries from outside the European Union be invited to participate in the EU Forum in order to share and debate their experiences and concerns, bearing in mind that such debates should be based on defined targets, terminology and concepts and focus on specific fields of activity;
Amendment 79 #
2009/2099(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that in times of crisis being an entrepreneur is not a choiceStresses the need for proper preparation and training of teachers of subjects in the field of entrepreneurship; supports the idea of integrating a culture of entrepreneurship into curricula (beginning early with primary curricula);