Activities of Marek Henryk MIGALSKI related to 2011/2182(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU citizenship report 2010 (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights
Amendments (5)
Amendment 1 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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;