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21 Amendments of Petra KAMMEREVERT related to 2010/2015(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas, pursuant to the Amsterdam 'Protocol on the system of public broadcasting in the Member States'1, it is up to the Member States to define and organise the remit of public service broadcasting organisations,
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas both national public and private broadcasters have a special responsibility to inform citizens about political decision- making and governance, which should extends to European affairs,
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
K. whereas improving citizens’ knowledge of the EU requires the EU to become a natural subject of study in secondary school curricula,
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Takes as its starting point the fact that it must be the goal of the EU institutions to create together a European public sphere which is characterised by the opportunity for all EU citizens to participate and the basis for which is free access, free of charge, to all Commission, Council and European Parliament public information in all EU languages;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the Member States shouldmust ensure the independence of public service broadcasters, and at the same time stresses that the latter have a responsibility to cover the EUand distance from the State of broadcasters;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Asks the Commission to introduce annual scoreboards that list and compare EU news broadcasting by public service networks in the Member States;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the best way to create a common European consciousness is through direct participation, for example by means of direct elections;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the need for the Member States to have a minister for European affairs to act as a point of reference to whom citizens can direct their attention on EU matters;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Suggests that a European Parliament working party, to be set up on a temporary basis, examininge existing new media solutions with a view toand cominge up with proposals on how to create inter- parliamentary relationships between national parliaments and the European Parliament;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Highlights the importance of hiring media professionals from outside the EU institutions as press officers at the Commission’s representations and Parliament’s information offices in the Member States, who would have the task of playing an active and visible role in national debates on European issues;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Suggests increasing the budget lines for Parliament’s information offices;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Invites the Member States to consider including the EU as a subject in all secondary educatioincorporate European aspects into the political, cultural and historical education of schoolchildren in the EU, including them compulsorily in curricula, and encourages them to exchange best practice in this area at EU level;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Suggests undertaking critical reviews of existing inter-parliamentary forums such as COSAC;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that social media have immense potential for reaching young people and therefore encourages the Commission and Parliament to further strengthen their activities in this area, in particular by involving companies specialising in new media communication in public-private partnershipseditorially independent media reporting, which is conducted at a distance from the State;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests setting up a taskforce of independent journalists who are free of editorial control, hired from outside the EU institutions and based in Brussels, with the task of producing daily EU news coverage to be published on different platforms and channels in accordance with journalistic news criteria; suggests appointing an independent chief editor for this taskforce;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Finds the recent decrease in the number of accredited journalists in Brussels, above all in the press and commercial broadcasters, extremely worrying;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Welcomes the fact that many media operators, and in particular public service broadcasters, have clearly invested in new interactive, non-linear media services, above all on the Internet, covering news and current affairs, which include European content, and, as a result, are above all reaching a younger public;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that national and regional public service broadcasters have a particular responsibility to inform citizens about politics and policy-making at European level; underlines in this regard that public broadcasters need to look critically, with full editorial independence, at their own EU coverage and set ambitious targets for improving it;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Encourages the Member States to produce clear public service guidelines on coverage of EU affairs and ensure that they are respected, acknowledging EU reporting as a high priority;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages public broadcasters to create online forums using webstreaming, where citizens can follow debate in national parliaments and the European Parliament;deleted
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. WelcomNotes the Commission’s work with, and funding of, local radio and TV networks in this regard; points out that broadcasters must have full editorial independence;
2010/05/05
Committee: CULT