Activities of Knut FLECKENSTEIN 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 (39)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU is a culturally diverse community of values whose watchword - 'United in diversity' - must be explained inside and outside the EU,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas culture hasand the arts have intrinsic value, enriches people’s lives and fosters understanding,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the European Agenda for Culture sets the strategic objective of promoting culture as a vital element in the Union's international relations,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas not only the non-material, but also the economic nature of cultural goods, including sports, contributes to the EU’'s economic valuedevelopment, through cultural industries and tourism, and the settlement of businesses in the EUs a knowledge-based economy and society,
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Union and its Member States, citizens, businesses and civil society both within the EU and in third countries are key actors in cultural relations,
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the internet isnew media and communications technologies have the potential to be an instrument for freedom of expression, pluralism, exchange of information, access to cultural content, education, human rights, development, freedom of assembly, democracy and inclusion,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas cultural diplomacy imediation and cultural exchanges can serve as instruments for global peace, conflict prevention, crisis management and stability,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the transversal character of culture and believes that culture needs to be considered in the widest sense, as botBelieves that, above all, it is culture and the arts in all their diversity, and cultural dialogue and exchanges which fostering and embodyingconvey European values,; that evolved historicallyerefore underlines the transversal character of culture;
Amendment 42 #
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 andtolerance, safeguarding minorities and their rights, freedom from fear,want and freedom to connect, online and offline,from fear are preconditions for cultural expression, cultural exchanges and cultural diversity;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that transatlantic cooperation is important to advance joint interests and sharede fact that, in particular, cooperation with neighbouring European states is important in order to mediate shared European values;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Values public-private cooperation and cooperation with civil society actors in cultural aspects of the EU’s external actions;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Supports the increasing involvement of third countries in EU culture, mobility, youth, education and training programmes;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for coherent strategies for youthe mobility of cultural professionals, artists and creators, cultural and educational development (including media and ICT literacy), and access to artistic expression in all its diversity; encourages, therefore, synergies between culture, sports, education, media, multilingualism and youth programmes;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages cooperation with practitioners, mediator organisations and civil society, in both Member States and third countries, in drawing up and implementing external cultural policies;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underscores the importance of the new media and, above all, of the internet as free, easily accessible and easy-to-use communications and information platforms which should be actively used, inside and outside the EU, as part of intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Stresses the importance of the new media for access to cultural goods and content and for mediating and preserving cultural heritage in digital form, as is demonstrated by key projects such as EUROPEANA;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on the Commission to create a central internet portal which both provides information on existing EU support programmes in the external relations sphere which have a cultural component and on the planning and organisation of cultural events of pan- European significance by the EU’s foreign representations and acts as a central information platform to facilitate networking between cultural professionals, institutions and civil society, and which at the same time contains links to other EU-sponsored events, such as EUROPEANA;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4
Subheading 4
Cultural diplomacymediation and cultural exchange
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of cultural diplomacy in advancmediation and cultural exchange, as integral aspects of relations between countries and regions, in explaining the EU’s interests and values in the world, and underlines the need for the EU to act as a global player; player with global responsibility;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the designation of one person in each EU representation overseas responsible for the coordination of cultural relations and interactions between the EU and third countries and, in that connection, for due account to be taken of the scope for cooperation with mediatory organisations in the Member States, such as the EUNIC network, and non-State cultural actors in civil society;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines the need to adopt a comprehensive approach in cultural diplomacymediation and cultural exchange and the role of culture in fostering democratisation, human rights, conflict prevention and peace building;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
EU external relations and European External Action Service (EEAS)
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Regrets thatExpects the draft organisational chart of the EEAS does noto include any positions relatingtailored to cultural aspects;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EEAS to focus, inter alia, on coordination and strategic deployment of cultural aspects, incorporating culture consistently and systematically into the EU’s external relations and contributing to complementarity with Member State external cultural policies;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the appropriate training and further training of EEAS staff with regard to cultural and digital aspects, so that they can provide coordination in this area for EU delegations;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the inclusion of a DG Cultural and Digital Diplomacy in the organisation of the EEAS and the appointment of an EU ambassador-at- largEEAS to take over the responsibilities of Commission DG Education and Culture;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Encourages the EEAS to cooperate with networks such as EUNIC, when developing its resources and competences in the cultural sphere, to cooperate with networks such as EUNIC in order to draw on their experience as independent links between the Member States and cultural mediation organisations and create and exploit synergies;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to establish an interinstitutional taskforce for culture in the EU’s external relations to develop and widen coordination, streamlining, strategy and sharing of best practices and, in that connection, to take account of the Council of Europe’s activities and initiatives and to report to Parliament on the taskforce's work;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Proposes that Parliament should draw up an annual report to assess cultural aspects ofthe Commission should submit to Parliament regular reports on the implementation of this resolution on the role of culture in the EU’s external relactions;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the EEAS to encourage third countries to develop policies on culture and to systematically call on third countries to ratify and implement the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission to take proper account of the dual nature of cultural goods and services when negotiating bilateral and multilateral trade agreements and concluding cultural protocols; calls on the Commission to reserve most-favoured nation status in accordance with Article 16 of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions for developing countries;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls for a coherent EU strategy for the international promotion of European cultural activities and programmes based on the protection of diversity and the dual nature of cultural goods and activities, which covers, inter alia, the following aspects: - more effective coordination of existing EU external policy programmes with cultural components and their implementation in agreements with third countries; - consistency with the cultural compatibility clauses included in the European Treaties, the subsidiarity principle and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions; - guaranteed support for joint projects with and between Member States and non-State cultural actors in civil society in the area of cultural cooperation and cultural projects which pursue pan- European aims and thus embody the idea of European added value;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Recognises the link between cultural rights and hat, as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human rRights and objects to the use of cultural arguments to justifythe International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, cultural rights are human rights violations;