Activities of Rui TAVARES related to 2010/2161(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the cultural dimensions of the EU’s external actions PDF (186 KB) DOC (108 KB)
Amendments (26)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000), and in particular the articles under the heading Human rights, democracy and good governance,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
(A) whereas the EU is a culturally diverse community of valueommunity of diverse cultural experiences expressed in diverse ways,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
(Aa) whereas successive EU enlargements, personal mobility in the shared European area, established and new migratory flows and exchanges of all kinds with the rest of the world help foster that cultural diversity,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
(B) whereas culture has intrinsic value, and enriches people's lilives by helping people free themselves and by fostersing mutual understanding,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the economic nature of cultural goods, including sports, contributes to the EU's economic value through strong economic externalities and value added products to cultural industries and tourism, and the settlement of businesses in the EU,
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas artists act as de facto cultural diplomats exchanging and confronting different aesthetic, political, moral and social values,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas life performance organisations occupy an important position in the economy of culture, according to the findings of the ‘Study on the economy of culture in Europe’ published by the European Commission, DG for Education and Culture (2006),
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas artist’s mobility is a key characteristic of all artistic professions; whereas numerous studies, such as the ‘Study on IMPEDIMENTS TO MOBILITY in the EU Live Performance Sector POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS’ published by the Performing Arts Employers Associations League Europe, authored by Richard Poláček (2007), show that live performance organisations face specific mobility related issues in their activity,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that democratic and fundamental freedoms such as freedom of expression, press freedom, access to information and communication, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear, and freedom to connect, online and offline, are preconditions for – and also only possible when – cultural expression, cultural exchanges and cultural diversity are embodied and experienced in freedom;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that transatlanticinternational cooperation is important to advance joint interests and shared values;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that transatlantic cooperation is important to advance joint interests and sharedcommon values;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Values public-private cooperationcooperation among all social actors in cultural aspects of the EU's external actions, and in particular cooperation involving local, regional and national cultural authorities, institutions, organisations and associations;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Regrets the fact that national administrative procedures are too complex for artists and live performance organisations; takes note of the efforts accomplished by certain EU Member states recognizing a special statute of workers in the live performance sector, taking into account the specificity of mobility characteristics of this cultural sector, such as the French "statut des intermittents du spectacle" and wishes to encourage the preservation and strengthening of such actions;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls for the creation of a cultural visa for third country nationals, artists and other professionals in the cultural field, emulating the existing Scientific Visa Program in implementation since 2005;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for IPR reform and the completion of the European Digital MarketStresses the need to ensure the broadest possible access to cultural assets of quality and to strengthen the EU's cultural industries' competitive position in a global economy, and therefore recommends freedom of circulation in respect of those assets, which will necessitate IPR reform to ensure fair remuneration for artists and protection for users;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasises the role of social media in the construction of a global public space in which every individual ultimately becomes a cultural agent participating in cultural exchanges;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets that censoring and monitoring of the internet is increasingly used by repressive regimes both within and outside the European Union, and recommends the Commission to develop an EU strategy to promote and defend internet freedom globally;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reaffirms the principle of Net Neutrality that ensures that Internet remains a free and open technology, fostering democratic communication;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the EEAS to promote constructive exchange between the different cultures contributing to cultural, social and economic life in the EU and with third countries, taking as a basis the foreign communities living on EU territory, and to foster the expression and exchange of a variety of cultural experiences flowing from these exchanges, including in diplomatic, trade and other talks between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the need to devise effective strategies for intercultural talks and considers that a multicultural approach to this task may have a favourable impact on the conclusion of beneficial agreements, putting the EU and third country partners on an equal footing;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EEAS to focus on coordination and strategic deployment of cultural aspects, with particular attention to artists' mobility issues, incorporating culture consistently and systematically into the EU's external relations and contributing to complementarity with Member State policies;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the appropriate training of EEAS staff with regard to cultural issues, artists' mobility and digital aspects;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for Commission to look for ways to develop additional social, cultural and financial synergies through the cooperation of several organisations dedicated to the strengthening of cultural activities and exchanges, such as the British Council, Institut Français, Instituto Camões, the Goethe Institute, the Swedish Institute and their peers in third countries, urging them to go beyond cultural export and with the aim of promoting networking; insists on the fact that these undertakings should always be accompanied by efforts to promote within the EU the culture of the countries where these organisations are active;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Proposes the creation of specific Information Systems to support the mobility of artists and other professionals in the cultural field as envisaged by the study commissioned by the DG Education and Culture of the European Commission, entitled "Information systems to support the mobility of artists and other professionals in the culture field: a feasibility study", published on March 2009;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises the link between cultural rightsdiversity and human rights and, but objects to the use of cultural arguments to justify human rights violations;