13 Amendments of Petra KAMMEREVERT related to 2021/2017(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the development of an interactive tool to map various support instruments available at European level as well as at Member States level, including through the National Recovery and Resilience Plans; stresses that such an instrument should primarily facilitate access to funding opportunities by developing a user-friendly and straightforward interface and it should also offer proper technical support and assistance throughout the application process;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights that capacity building services that will complement the ‘NEWS’ initiative should also have a focus on local media outlets; welcomes the proposal to complement the initiative by establishing a European News Media Forum, which should be as inclusive as possible and lead to thorough discussions with the sectors on their ongoing transformations. Invites the Commission, based on the feedback of the sectors, to turn such initiative into a permanent one;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Acknowledges that radio can offer a trusted source of real-time information across borders where reliable news is scarce; calls on the Commission to further ensure proper funding for the continuation of Euranet Plus’ operational activities and the extension of its membership, geographic and linguistic coverage, as well as to enable it to invest in its digital transformation and in quality products and services;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that tax policies can helpare a vital instrument that could facilitate recovery and resilience of these sectors; encourages Member States withto set up adequate fiscal scope to help boost media and cinema consumption through VAT rates that accommodate thitax policies to support and boost media production, distribution and consumption; stresses that cinema consumption should be further supported through tax credits to incentivise investments; calls on the Commission to facilitate exchange of good practice among Member States in order to support the competitiveness of the media and audiovisual sectors;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recognises the additional challenges for news mediaand publishing sector operating in smaller markets, including local, regional and niche media, which have limited revenues, and are not viable using current commercial business models, and which cannot embrace new ones that media operating in larger markets can; believes, therefore, that public funding mechanisms based on the arm’s length principle are increasingly necessarycould be beneficial; calls on Member States to ensure stable, transparent and adequate funding for public service media on a multiannual basis in order to guarantee their independence from governmental, political and market pressure and enable them to provide a broad range of pluralistic information and diverse content;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Underlines that the development of a robust and independent media landscape can be pursued through the complementarity with the actions foreseen under the European Democracy Action Plan by addressing the areas in which our systems and citizens are most vulnerable;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the progress made both at EU and OECD level in working out a global solution to effectively taxing the digital economy, based on digital businesses paying tax according to their economic activities in each country; considers that these new sources of revenue should be channelled by Member States to suppor. Notes that such solution should be agreed on a global level based on the two-pillar approach carried out by the G20⁄OECD Inclusive Framework and it should be on a new tax nexus and new taxing rights which would create the possibility of taxing multinational enterprises in market jurisdictions, even where they have no physical presence based on their economic activity; underlines that the interaction with users and consumers significantly contributes to value creation in digital business models and should therefore be taken into account twheir audiovisual and news media sectorn allocating taxing rights;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Recalls that the Audiovisual Media Service Directive as revised in 2018, was due to be transposed into national law by September 2020; therefore, calls on all Member States to swiftly implement it in all its provisions and on the Commission to closely monitor developments in this regard;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15 b. Welcomes the implementation, in close cooperation with ERGA, of a media literacy toolbox with practical application of the newmedia literacy obligations foreseen by the Audiovisual Media Service Directive (EU)2018/1808;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. UCalls on the Commission to ensure that initiatives and support measures to safeguard and promote media freedom and pluralism cover all media, including the publishing sector; underlines the added value of including the media sector in media and information literacy initiatives;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls at the same time to noticeably enhance European audiences by making content available across EU- borders on the basis of contractual freedom, such as through more comprehensive and efficient use of systems for extended collective licensing, where possible; a proactive offer of legal alternatives to access content in the whole EU that also remunerate creators and internalize the fact that progressive digitization is increasingly dissolving national borders is overdue in order to push back piracy;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Emphasizes the central role played by media to shape society’s perceptions, ideas, attitudes, and behaviour; Stresses the importance of fostering European media talents including through the development of new mentoring programmes and campaigns on diversity in front and behind the camera to improve representation of women and disadvantaged groups in society and encourage them to consider media careers;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that increased financing for digitisation and promoting the availability of Europe’s audiovisual and film heritage is necessary in order to make it more accessiblof Europe’s audiovisual and film heritage is necessary in order to increase accessibility to wider audiences and also for its preservation and restoration; calls on the Commission to promote and facilitate exchanges and capacity building among professionals in the field of film restoration and preservation; calls for enhanced support to and protection of independent SMEs, which, through their specific business model, play a pivotal role in safeguarding Europe's rich and diverse audiovisual heritage;