Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for transparency on the functioning of the regulatory cooperation committee and for a balanced involvement of all stakeholders, notably civil society organisations, which should be regarded as a prerequisite to continue to build public trust in the agreement and its implications;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas in September 2001 the world entered a new phase which resulted in the fight against terrorism being listed among the top priorities of most governments; whereas the revelations based on leaked documents from Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor, put democratically elected leaders under an obligation to address the challenges of the increasing capabilities of intelligence agencies in surveillance activities and their imp~~licati~~act ons forundamental rights, the rule of law in a democratic society and civil liberties of citizens;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 2

· the ~~high risk of~~grave violation of EU legal standards, fundamental rights and data protection standards;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D – point 6 a (new)

the undermining of press freedom, the confidentiality of lawyer-client communications, the professional secrecy of doctors and the independence of politicians;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q

Q. whereas the extra-territorial application by a third country of its laws, regulations and other legislative or executive instruments in situations falling under the jurisdiction of the EU or its Member States may impact on the established legal order and the rule of law, or even violate international or EU law, including the rights of natural and legal persons, taking into account the extent and the declared or actual aim of such an application; whereas, in these exceptional circumstances, it is necessary to take action at the EU level to ensure that the ~~rule of law, and the rights of natural and legal persons~~EU values enshrined in Article 2 TEU, in the Charter of fundamental rights, in the ECHR and in Member States' Constitutions, i.e. fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, and the rights of natural and legal persons as enshrined in secondary legislation applying these fundamental principles, are respected within the EU, in particular by removing, neutralising, blocking or otherwise countering the effects of the foreign legislation concerned;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital R a (new)

Ra. whereas international negotiations on data protection agreements cannot set aside EU rules on access to documents, notably Regulation 1049/2001, whereas negotiation documents cannot automatically be withheld from the public based on the sole request of (one of the) negotiating parties;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital AA

AA. whereas Safe Harbour Principles may be limited ‘'to the extent necessary to meet national security, public interest, or law enforcement requirements’'; whereas, as an exception to a fundamental right, such an exception must always be interpreted restrictively and be limited to what is necessary and proportionate in a democratic society, and the law must clearly establish the conditions and safeguards to make this limitation legitimate; whereas the scope of application of such exception should have been clarified by the US and the EU, notably by the Commission, to avoid any interpretation or implementation that nullifies in substance the fundamental right to privacy and data protection, among others; whereas consequently such an exception should not be used in a way that undermines or nullifies the protection afforded by Charter of Fundamental Rights, the ECHR, the EU data protection law and the Safe Harbour principles; insists that in case the national security exception is invoked, it must be specified under which national law;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital AI a (new)

AIa. whereas the European Parliament, given its competence stipulated by Article 218 TFEU, has the responsibility to continuously monitor the value of international agreements it has given its consent to;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital AL

AL. whereas following the allegations published by the media, the Commission decided to open consultations with the US pursuant to Article 19 of the TFTP Agreement; whereas on 27 November 2013 Commissioner Malmström informed the LIBE Committee that, after meeting US authorities and in view of the replies given by the US authorities in their letters and during their meetings, the Commission had decided not to pursue the consultations on the grounds that there were no elements showing that the US Government has acted in a manner contrary to the provisions of the Agreement, and that the US has provided written assurance that no direct data collection has taken place contrary to the provisions of the TFTP agreement; whereas it is not clear whether the US authorities have circumvented the Agreement by accessing such data through other means, as indicated in the letter of 18 September 2013 by the US authorities30a; __________________ 30a [1] The letter states that "the US government seeks and obtains financial information [...](which) is collected through regulatory, law enforcement, diplomatic and intelligence channels, as well as through exchanges with foreign partners [...] the US Government is using the TFTP to obtain SWIFT data that we do not obtain from other sources";

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital AN a (new)

ANa. whereas the European Commission reassured the Parliament to create a TFTP data extraction system on EU soil, whereas up until now the Commission has not proposed the establishment of such a system, considers the Commission has not fulfilled one of the conditions for Parliament to give its consent;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital AN b (new)

ANb. whereas the Commission has reserved 50 million EUR for the development of PNR systems by the Member States, whereas the European Parliament has not adopted the EU PNR directive;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital BA

BA. whereas mass surveillance activities give intelligence agencies access to personal data stored by EU individuals under cloud services agreements with major US cloud providers; whereas the US intelligence authorities have accessed personal data stored in servers located on EU soil by tapping into the internal networks of Yahoo and Google36 ; whereas such activities constitute a violation of international obligations and European fundamental rights standards, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the ECHR, Member States Constitutions and secondary law; whereas it is not excluded that information stored in cloud services by Member States’ public authorities or undertakings and institutions has also been accessed by intelligence authorities; __________________ 36 The Washington Post , 31 October 2013.

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Recital BA a (new)

BAa. Whereas the fact that intelligence agencies have accessed personal data of users of online services has severely distorted the trust of citizens in such services and therefore has an adverse effect on businesses investing in the development of new services using "Big Data" and new applications, such as the "Internet of Things";

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Recital BA b (new)

BAb. Whereas it is essential for companies providing such new services and applications to respect the data protection rules and privacy of data subjects whose data is collected, processed and analysed in order to maintain a high level of trust among citizens;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital BB

BB. whereas intelligence services ~~perform an important funct~~in democratic societies have the mission into protect~~ing democratic society~~ fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, citizens' rights and the State against internal and external serious threats; whereas they are given special powers and capabilities only to this end; whereas these powers are to be used within the legal limits imposed by fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, as otherwise they ~~risk losing~~lose legitimacy and ~~eroding the democratic nature of society~~risk undermining democracy on the ground of defending it;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital BC

BC. whereas the ~~high level of secrecy that is intrinsic to the~~fact that a certain level of secrecy is conceded to intelligence services in order to avoid endangering ongoing operations, revealing modi operandi or putting at risk the lives of agents ~~impedes full transparency, public scrutiny and normal democratic or judicial examination~~, such secrecy cannot override or exclude rules on democratic and judicial scrutiny and examination of their activities, as well as on transparency, notably in relation to the respect of fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that recent revelations in the press by whistleblowers and journalists, together with the expert evidence given during this inquiry, admissions by authorities, and the lack of denial with respect to certain allegations, have resulted in compelling evidence of the existence of far-reaching, complex and highly technologically advanced systems designed by US and some Member States’' intelligence services to collect, store and analyse communication ~~and~~data, including content data, location data and metadata of all citizens around the world on an unprecedented scale and in an indiscriminate and non-suspicion-based manner;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the allegations of ‘'hacking’' or tapping into the Belgacom systems by the UK intelligence agency GCHQ; reiterates the indication by Belgacom that it could not confirm nor deny that EU institutions were targeted or affected, and that the malware used was extremely complex and required the use of extensive financial and staffing resources for its development and use that would not be available to private entities or hackers;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. States that trust has been profoundly shaken: trust between the two transatlantic partners, trust among EU Member States, trust between citizens and their governments, trust in the respect of the rule of law, and trust in the security of IT services; believes that in order to rebuild trust in all these dimensions a comprehensive ~~plan~~response plan comprising a series of actions is urgently needed;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that several governments claim that these mass surveillance programmes are necessary to combat terrorism; wholeheartedly supports the fight against terrorism, but strongly believes that it can never in itself be a justification for untargeted, secret ~~and sometimes even~~, or outright illegal ~~mass~~ surveillance programmes~~; expresses concerns, therefore, regarding the legality,~~, as they cannot be considered necessitary and proportiona~~lity of these programmes~~te measures in a democratic society;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Condemns in the strongest possible terms the vast, systemic, blanket collection of the personal data of innocent people, often comprising intimate personal information; emphasises that the systems of mass, indiscriminate surveillance by intelligence services constitute a serious interference with the fundamental rights of citizens; stresses that privacy is not a luxury right, but that it is the foundation stone of a free and democratic society; points out, furthermore, that mass surveillance has potentially severe effects on the freedom of the press, thought and speech, as well as a significant potential for abuse of the information gathered against political adversaries; stresses that mass surveillance severely undermines the rights of EU citizens to be protected against any divulging of communications with their lawyers and therefore threatens access to justice, the right to a fair trial and the rule of law; emphasises that these mass surveillance activities appear also to entail illegal actions by intelligence services and raise questions regarding the extra-territoriality of national laws;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Sees the surveillance programmes as yet another step towards the establishment of a fully -fledged preventive state, changing the established paradigm of criminal law in democratic societies whereby any interference with suspects' fundamental rights has to be authorised by a judge or prosecutor on the basis of a reasonable suspicion and regulated by law, promoting instead a mix of law enforcement and intelligence activities with blurred and weakened legal safeguards, often not in line with democratic checks and balances and fundamental rights, especially the presumption of innocence; recalls in that regard the decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court37 on the prohibition of the use of preventive dragnets (‘präventive Rasterfahndung’) unless there is proof of a concrete danger to other high-ranking legally protected rights, whereby a general threat situation or international tensions do not suffice to justify such measures; __________________ 37 No 1 BvR 518/02 of 4 April 2006. No 1 BvR 518/02 of 4 April 2006.

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points out that any judgment of a secret court or tribunal and any decision of an administrative authority of a non- EU state secretly authorising, directly or indirectly, surveillance activities shall not be recognised or enforced;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States immediately to fulfil their positive obligation under the European Convention on Human Rights to protect their citizens from surveillance contrary to its requirements, including when the aim thereof is to safeguard national security, undertaken by third states or by their own intelligence services and to ensure that the rule of law is not weakened as a result of extraterritorial application of a third country’'s law;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls on the Council Presidency and the majority of Member States who support a high level of data protection to show a sense of leadership and responsibility and accelerate their work on the whole Data Protection Package to allow for adoption in 2014, so that EU citizens will be able to enjoy better protection in the very near future; stresses that determined action and implementation of the Data Protection Package at European level and full support from the Council are necessary preconditions in order to demonstrate credibility and assertiveness vis-à-vis third countries;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 26

Cloud computing and new services and applications

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 a (new)

57a. Underlines that access to personal data stored by service providers through intelligence services in violation of citizens' fundamental rights decreased citizens' trust in such providers; therefore stresses the need to enforce the respect of fundamental rights in order to avoid negative effects on businesses investing in new services and applications, which rely on the use of big amounts of data;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 b (new)

57b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States competent authorities to evaluate the extent to which EU rules on privacy and data protection have been violated through the cooperation of EU legal entities with secret services or through the acceptance of court warrants of third country authorities requesting personal data of EU citizens contrary to EU data protection legislation;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57 c (new)

57c. Calls on business providing new services using "Big Data" and new applications, such as the "Internet of Things" to build in data protection measures already in the development stage in order to maintain a high level of trust among citizens;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 62

62. Calls for the setting up of a high-level group to strengthen ~~cooperation in the field~~democratic oversight ofn intelligence cooperation at EU level, combined with a proper oversight mechanism ensuring both democratic legitimacy and adequate technical capacity; stresses that the high-level group should cooperate closely with national parliaments in order to propose further steps to be taken for increased oversight collaboration in the EU;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 a (new)

74a. Professional secrecy and confidentiality

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 b (new)

74b. Considers that lawyers' role, whether retained by an individual, a corporation or the state, is as the client's trusted adviser and representative, as a professional respected by third parties, and as an indispensable participant in the fair administration of justice and democracy; without the certainty of confidentiality, there can be no trust and if the right of EU citizens and businesses to be protected against any divulging of communications with their lawyers is denied, they may be denied access to legal advice and to justice under the rule of law;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74 c (new)

74c. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for the protection of professional secrecy from government electronic surveillance, including the use of electronic communication services or other cloud service for lawyer-client communications;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75

75. Considers that the detention of Mr Miranda and the seizure of the material in his possession under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (and also the request to The Guardian to destroy or hand over the material) constitutes a~~n interference with~~ serious violation of the right of freedom of expression, as recognised by Article 10 of the ECHR and Article 11 of the EU Charter, with the effect of curtailing media freedom and creating a chilling effect on media reporting on surveillance on citizens;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 77 a (new)

77a. Calls on the President of the European Parliament to ensure that the European Parliament's communications are secure; considers that, to this end, Members should be able to obtain a certificate for the European Parliament's encryption of emails; considers that the European Parliament would act as trust centre in this regard;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH, Sophia IN 'T VELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 88 – introductory part

88. Calls on the European Parliament’s Secretariat under the responsibility of the EP's President to carry out, by September 2014 at the latest, a thorough review and assessment of the European Parliament’s IT security dependability focused on: budgetary means, staff resources, technical capabilities, internal organisation and all relevant elements, in order to achieve a high level of security for the EP’s IT systems; believes that such an assessment should at the least provide information analysis and recommendations on:

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97 – indent 3

– respect for fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, ands well as the credibility of democratic ~~safeguards in a~~, judicial and parliamentary safeguards and oversight, in a more and more digital society;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107

107. Also believes that that the involvement and activities of EU Members States has led to a loss of trust, including between Member States and between citizens and their Member States' authorities; is of the opinion that only full clarity as to purposes and means of surveillance, public debate and, ultimately, revision of legislation, including a strengthening of the system of judicial and parliamentary oversight, will be able to re-establish the trust lost; underlines that it is impossible to develop a real EU Security Strategy in a situation where certain Member States spy on others in collaboration with third countries, or where Member States spy on each other, in violation of the EU principle of loyal cooperation;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 109 a (new)

109a. Emphasizes that in a new EU Treaty, the European Parliament should be given real parliamentary inquiry powers, including the possibility to question under oath;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 a (new)

110a. Deplores the refusal of the US administration to adopt and implement all recommendations of the ad hoc EU US Working Group on Data Protection, calls on the US authorities to reconsider;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 b (new)

110b. Questions the three year data retention of all data collected during the Sotchi Olympic Games by Russian secret services;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 2

Action 2: Conclude the EU-US Umbrella Agreement guaranteeing the fundamental right of citizens to privacy and data protection and ensuring proper redress mechanisms for EU citizens, including in the event of data transfers from the EU to the US for law-enforcement purposes;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 3

Action 3: SImmediately suspend Safe Harbour until a full review has been conducted and current loopholes are remedied, making sure that transfers of personal data for commercial purposes from the Union to the US can only take place in compliance with highest EU standards;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 4 a (new)

Action 4a: Suspend the EU US PNR Agreement until (i) the Umbrella Agreement negotiations have been concluded (ii) the judicial and administrative avenues of EU citizens to protect their fundamental rights are guaranteed;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2188(INI)

Sophia IN 'T VELD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 114 – point 4 b (new)

Action 4b: Evaluate any agreement, mechanism or exchange with third countries involving personal data in order to ensure that the right to privacy and to the protection of personal data are not violated due to surveillance activities and take necessary follow-up actions;

2014/01/24
Committee: LIBE

2013/2176(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that Europe’s education and training systems are not adapted to businesses’ skills needs; notes with concern that in 2015 the estimated shortage of qualified ICT personnel in the EU will rise to between 384 000 and 700 000 and that the supply of science, technology, engineering and mathematics skills will not match the increasing demands of businesses in the coming years; advocates, therefore, that Member States be encouraged to establish dual education and training systems focusing on the STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), fields in which the need for people with professional qualifications is particularly great;

2013/11/05
Committee: EMPL

2013/2176(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned that the number of EU citizens who want to be self-employed has dropped from 45 % to 37 % in the last 3three years, almost one half being afraid of going bankrupt and more than 50 % saying it is difficult to obtain sufficient information on how to start a business; advocates that Member States be encouraged to put in place business start- up advice in universities and vocational training colleges and to regard investment in entrepreneurial learning at school level as a resource;

2013/11/05
Committee: EMPL

2013/2176(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes initiatives to make it easier for businesses to access EU support via a single portal offering information on the Structural Funds, including the ESF; believes that more must be done to disseminate information to existing and potential entrepreneurs through ‘one-stop- shops’, and that the single portal should direct them to the relevant contact points in their areas;

2013/11/05
Committee: EMPL

2013/2176(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Believes Member States must be more responsive to labour market needs, notably by fostering work-based learning and apprenticeships; welcomes initiatives in the Member States to expand the provision of educational and career guidance for school and college students with a view to reducing drop-out rates;

2013/11/05
Committee: EMPL

2013/2145(BUD)

Phil BENNION, Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Proposes to launch a pilot project on the feasibility and added value of a European unemployment benefit scheme, which could become a key component of the social dimension of the EMU;~~deleted

2013/08/21
Committee: EMPL

2013/2145(BUD)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Demands, in regard to increased poverty rates, intensification of and more financial support for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived and~~Highlights that addressing poverty in Member States and regions is primarily a Member State responsibility, whilst acknowledging the importance of EU level action as a demonstration of political solidarity and a means of showing leadership and best practice in relation to increased poverty rates, therefore welcomes intensification of and more financial support for the part of the European Social Fund which refers to combating poverty and social exclusion.

2013/08/21
Committee: EMPL

2013/2134(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Observes that, in addition to the reform of the education and training sector, a long-term sustainable, criteria- based immigration strategy is needed in order to respond to the shortage of skilled labour and demographic change;

2013/07/18
Committee: EMPL

2013/2115(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the irregular status of undocumented women and women with unclear residence status throughout Europe makes it ~~difficult~~virtually impossible for their fundamental human rights, such as access to education and health, to be respected;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2115(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for special forms of data protection for undocumented women who turn in such situations to hospitals, doctors, women's shelters, counselling services or religious counsellors and for the protection of workers in these establishments who acquire knowledge about irregular residence; calls for the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims in all Member States;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2115(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Draws attention particularly to the situation of undocumented women who are pregnant or have children: they need special protection ~~for the unborn child~~ and a legal entitlement to health care and the right to a birth certificate for their children in accordance with Article 7 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; stresses the need to ensure that women with irregular or unclear residence status can access medical care without subsequently having to fear prosecution and/or deportation;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2115(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Member States to grant the children of women with irregular or unclear residence status access to the education system without the threat of this leading to prosecution and/or deportation;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2115(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Notes that the draft opinion on gender aspects of the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies should be taken into account in this context.

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas cultural content plays a pivotal role in the digital economy, whereas Europe’s digital growth will depend in future on having a varied supply of high- quality cultural content, and whereas it has emerged from consultations and several independent surveys that the cultural and creative sectors are facing common challenges from digitisation ~~and~~, globalisation, a~~long with funding problem~~nd new business models, and that EU- level action is needed to resolve these problems jointly so that a digital single market can be created;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas digitisation is having a huge impact on the way in which cultural goods are being produced, distributed, marketed and consumed, and whereas lower distribution costs and the appearance of new distribution channels can facilitate access to creative works and culture and improve the circulation of those works around the world; whereas the market opportunities for new services and businesses have increased enormously as a result;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the proposal for a Directive on the collective management of copyright and related rights currently being discussed ~~reinforces that approach to the management of copyright,~~ plac~~ing~~es particular emphasis on the transparency of the flows of remuneration collected, distributed and paid to rightholders by collecting societies~~, including for private copying~~;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the sum total of private copying levies collected in 23 of the 28 EU Member ~~has more than tripled since Directive 2001/29/EC came into force and~~States, according to the Commission’s estimates, now stands at over EUR 600 million~~, and~~; whereas ~~this constitutes a considerable amount for the artists~~, however, these figures should always be considered in relation to the overall amount contributed to gross value added by the creative sector;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

~~G. whereas these levies only constitute a small proportion of the turnover of manufacturers and importers of traditional and digital recording media and material;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas media and material prices do not vary according to the different rates of private copying levy applied across the Union, and whereas the abolition of private copying levies in Spain in 2012 has had no impact on media and material prices;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital N

N. whereas in the case of online music sales, licence-granting practices are ~~being viewed as~~present an alternative to the system of private copying levies;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Emphasises that in times of budget austerity, private copying levies constitute a vital source of revenue for the cultural sector, and particularly for the performance arts;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that the current private copying system ~~is a virtuous system that~~, which seeks to balances the right to copying for private use with fair remuneration to rightholders, ~~and that it is a sy~~should be fundamentally rethought and in the long term replaced by a more efficient system that keeps stemp w~~orth preserving~~ith the developments brought about by digitisation;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Invites the Member States to decide on a common ~~definition of the private copying levy, to look for common ground as regards which products should be subject to the levy~~criteria for the effective and transparent setting of rates and a uniform definition of the notion of 'harm' pursuant to Directive 2001/29/EC, and to harmonise the negotiating arrangement for the rates applicable to private copying; calls on the Commission to facilitate that process;:

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that the private copying levy should apply to ~~all~~ material, media and services wh~~ose value resides in their private recording and storage capacity~~ere they cause harm pursuant to Directive 2001/29/EC;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Considers that, in the light of the ECJ judgments, private copying levies ~~should be~~ payable by manufacturers or importers~~; notes~~ should be examined; cautions, however, that~~, if~~ the ~~levy were transferred~~consequences of transferring the levy to retailers~~, this w~~ could result in an excessive administrative burden ~~for small and medium-sized distribution companies and collective rights management organisations~~;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Stresses the need to make clear to consumers the role of the private copying system with regard to remuneration of artists and cultural dissemination;~~ urges Member States and rightholders to replace their anti-piracy campaigns with ‘positive’ campaigns highlighting the ~~benefits of~~reasons for private copying levies for the remuneration of artists;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges Member States to ensure greater transparency regarding the allocation of ~~revenue~~proceeds from private copying levies;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

~~17. Calls on the Member States to earmark at least 25% of revenue from private copying levies to promote the creative and performance arts;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Points out that private copying exemption arrangements enable consumers to copy ~~freely~~ their musical and audio- visual material from one medium or type of multimedia material to another without the need to seek the authorisation of rightholders, provided that this is for private use and no protection measures have been taken;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Observes that, despite~~Takes the view that, because of permanent access to online works, downloading, storage and private copying for offline use ~~is continuing; takes the view that a private copying levy system cannot therefore be replaced by a licencing system~~will decline without, however, becoming negligible; believes therefore that licencing systems will become increasingly important;

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

~~24. Stresses that, as for online services, contractual authorisations cannot be allowed to prevail to the detriment of private copying exception arrangements;~~deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Takes the view that private copies of protected works made using cloud computing technology may have the same purpose as those made using traditional and/or digital recording media and materials; considers that these copies should be taken into account by the private copying compensation mechanisms;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact on the private copying system of the use of cloud computing technology for the private recording and storage of protected works, so as to determine how these private copies of protected works should be taken into account by the private copying compensation mechanisms;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2114(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission and Member States to examine the possibility of legalising works sharing for non- commercial purposes so as to guarantee consumers access to a wide variety of content and real choice in terms of cultural diversity;deleted

2013/10/21
Committee: JURI

2013/2112(INI)

Jelko KACIN, Phil BENNION, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Member States to ~~criminalise~~sanction the non-respect of working conditions;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Jelko KACIN, Phil BENNION, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to ~~introduce a European Agency for~~coordinate and facilitate cooperation between Member States on cross-border matters concerning the abuse of employment protection rules and undeclared work, ~~with a remit~~ including inter alia the identification of letter-box companies, the control of transnational service providers, the introduction of further-training programmes, the identification of new ways of circumventing the rules, and the organisation of cross-border controls;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2112(INI)

Jelko KACIN, Phil BENNION, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission, without prejudice to the principle of subsidiarity, to propose ~~a directive~~guiding principles underpinning the role of labour inspectors and laying down European labour-inspection standards;

2013/10/14
Committee: EMPL

2013/2073(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that special attention should be paid from early childhood to vulnerable groups at high risk of social exclusion, including people who are not in education, employment or training (NEETs), and disadvantaged youth; calls to this end on Member States to draw up national action plans and to implement them consistently;

2013/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2073(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals for a Quality Framework on Traineeships and an Alliance for Apprenticeships, aimed at ~~promo~~supporting high-quality traineeships across the EU; points out however that internships are intended primarily for training and the acquisition of experience and, providing they last for a short period, namely three months, may therefore also be unpaid; calls on the Member States to urgently implement the Youth Guarantee in order to combat youth unemployment, drawing on the EUR 6 billion in EU funds available for the Youth Employment Initiative; calls on the Commission to give practical support to Member States implementing the Youth Guarantee;

2013/05/07
Committee: EMPL

2013/2066(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that limited access to education increases the risk of early marriages and early pregnancy, which leads to early school-leaving, and which also has the consequence of limiting employment opportunities in adulthood which, after all, causes a higher risk of poverty; urges all actors to break this vicious circle;

2013/07/17
Committee: EMPL

2013/2066(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Member States to use the appropriate EU funds in targeted manner to combat discrimination against Roma.

2013/07/17
Committee: EMPL

2013/2065(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the fact that women with disabilities are still frequently the victims of sexual abuse and violence; stresses, therefore, the need to protect them at their workplaces;

2013/07/16
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)

- having regard to the report on the integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination in the EU (2012/2131(INI)),

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas in January 2013 23 % of active young people were jobless, with the rates ranging from 159 % or less in Austria~~, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands~~ and Germany1 to over 55 % in Greece and Spain, indicating marked geographical differences; __________________ 1 http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/tabl e.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&langua ge=de&pcode=teilm021.

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas, by virtue of their emphasis on practical skills, the dual system of vocational training and the combined academic-vocational degree courses employed in some Member States have proved their worth during the crisis in particular, keeping levels of youth unemployment lower by making young people more employable;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)

Gb. whereas the Commission, in its report of 30 May 2012 on the situation in Germany, noted that the dual vocational training system guarantees a supply of qualified workers and a low rate of youth unemployment;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)

Gc. whereas, in certain Member States, there is a growing mismatch between trainees’ skills and labour market requirements;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Emphasises that the dual vocational training system and twin-track studies, with their focus on practical experience, have stood the test of the economic crisis particularly well, helping to reduce youth unemployment by making people more employable, and calls, therefore, on crisis- hit Member States to reform their training systems along these lines;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on Member States to correct any areas of mismatch between trainees’ skills and labour market requirements by offering opportunities for better training with a stronger focus on practical experience;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission to collect success stories from the field of youth training and to publish them in the form of a handbook for use by other Member States;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Calls on the Commission to produce an annual report on the reform of vocational training systems in the Member States, thereby making a long- term structural contribution to improving young people’s employability;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the establishment of the Erasmus for All Programme and the creation of a separate chapter for youth as well as a separate budget allocation, together with increased support for those who are active in youth work but not in an institutionalised fashion; is of the opinion that acquiring more and different skills, ~~also~~in particular transversal skills such as ICT skills and language skills, including by studying abroad, will promote young people's participation in society and improve their prospects on the labour market;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to support self-employment among young people by creating facilities and preferential conditions for starting up their own businesses, through, e.g., cutting red tape ~~and~~, introducing favourable tax policies, establishing a more favourable climate for private investments and addressing disproportionately punitive bankruptcy laws;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes EU youth mobility initiatives such as MobiPro;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Welcomes short and medium-term investments such as the Youth Employment Initiative, while drawing attention to the lack of any long-term structural measures and the absence of necessary reform to enable education systems in certain Member States rise to future challenges with a view to ensuring employability;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Member States to pay particular attention to higher youth unemployment rates among migrants, giving priority to integration on the employment market and integration mainstreaming, work being the key to successful integration;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Member States to remove existing barriers for cross-border apprenticeships, traineeships and internships to better match supply and demand of work-based training opportunities, thereby improving mobility and employment opportunities;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2045(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the need to introduce reforms to EURES with the aim of proactively matching jobseekers and job-changers to existing vacancies, with a particular focus on addressing geographical mismatches between supply and demand of jobs, and where necessary, to reform public employment services so as to better target their activities and approaches on young people; stresses that raising of awareness of EURES is needed so as to increase its visibility and availability, as a career advice system that supports students in becoming more aware of their aspirations and capabilities, as well as of existing job opportunities;

2013/05/28
Committee: EMPL

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 12 April 2013 (CdR2392/2012 fin),

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the persisting economic crisis and austerity measures aimed at fiscal consolidation in several Member States challenge the lives of EU citizens in terms of unemployment, social exclusion and poverty;deleted

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas open educational resources improve the quality, accessibility and equity of education and facilitate an interactive, creative, flexible and personalized learning process through the use of ICT and new technologies; whereas open education enhances sustained employability by supporting lifelong learning;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

E a. whereas, despite high overall levels of youth unemployment, certain sectors such as the ICT and health care sectors have increasing difficulty filling vacancies with qualified personnel;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

E b. whereas an increasing gap between the qualifications of graduates and the skills requirements of the labour market can be observed in some Member States;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission Communication, in particular its strong focus on combating youth unemployment as well as promoting world-class vocational education and training (VET), flexible learning pathways, including through the promotion of open educational resources, and work-based learning, and addressing the shortages of well-qualified teachers and trainers;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for a holistic approach to education and training, reminds that education should also be promoted for its own sake, and highlights the important role of non- formal and informal learning as part of an overall lifelong learning strategy aiming at a socially inclusive knowledge society with strong individuals and active citizens;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Member States to prioritise public expenditures in education, training, research and innovation, and recalls that ~~any budget cut in these fields will have a strong negative impact on the economic recovery~~investment in these areas is essential for the economic recovery and global competitiveness of the Union;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for a recognition of youth and civil society organisations in the design and implementation of lifelong learning strategies; also highlights their role as complementary educational providers for non-formal and informal learning and volunteering, helping young people to attain both transversal skills and individual personal competences, such as cr~~itical think~~eative and critical thinking, sense of initiative, information processing and problem solving, team work and communication, and self-confidence and leadership;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Member States to promote the attractiveness of VET and make it an integral part of the education system, and calls for a stronger focus on transversal and basic skills, in particular on entrepreneurial and ICT skills with a strong involvement from the business sector, that help young people to enter the labour market and to create their own businesses;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Acknowledges the importance of developing and implementing entrepreneurship education systems across Europe and underlines that students' access to entrepreneurship education varies and is often determined at institution level; thus calls on Member States and local and regional authorities, working with the education institutions, to include elements of entrepreneurship education in the curriculum content in basic education, vocational training and higher education;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Liam AYLWARD, Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Acknowledges that poor language skills constitute a major obstacle to the free movement of workers and to the international competitiveness of enterprises in the Union, particularly in areas where European citizens live close to the border of a neighbouring country with a different language; recalls that language learning is deemed to be much more effective at an early age;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Stresses that the Youth Guarantee Scheme cannot replace structural efforts and reforms which must make the education systems and labour markets in some Member States fit for the challenges of the future;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Calls on the Commission to actively ask for support and initiatives as well as other forms of cooperation with the private sector in improving education in order to better prepare students for the transition from education to the job market;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes that the Communication does not specify any concrete implementation measures for cooperation between the educational sector and different social and business partners; however, calls upon the Member States to improve cooperation between businesses and the educational sector at all levels, with a scope of better linking curricula to the demands of the labour market; welcomes the knowledge alliances and sector skills alliances included in the Commission proposal on the new multiannual programme in the field of education, training, youth, and sport;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls for more cooperation between educational institutions, the business sector, social partners, and local and regional authorities in order to exchange best practices ~~and~~, to promote partnerships and to work towards providing quality placements, internships and apprenticeships as a means of transition from education to work;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Welcomes the announced Commission initiative 'Opening Up Education' aimed at improving the efficiency, accessibility and equity of education, training and learning systems by strengthening the integration of ICT and new technologies in education and training and calls on all Member States to encourage initiatives to open up education;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Urges Member States to improve open access to all educational and scientific materials with an aim of lowering costs for education and research, particularly in light of recent budget cuts in these areas throughout the Union;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15 c. Notes with concern the wide divergence in available ICT resources and knowledge in schools and higher education institutions between and within the Member States; stresses that the uptake of ICT infrastructure and knowledge should be mainstreamed in all education and training sectors to best equip students for the digital age;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Hannu TAKKULA, Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls the importance of high-quality teacher education that needs to be complemented with career-long professional training, due in particular to the rapid changes in ICT and digital media, as well as the specificities of entrepreneurship education;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls for breaking the prejudices that prevent students from taking such educational paths that are not necessarily perceived as leading to highly recognised careers and positions in society; underlines however that in times of high youth unemployment students should be actively informed of the realistic employment perspectives their choices in education lead to;

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/2041(INI)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Liam AYLWARD, Morten LØKKEGAARD, Hannu TAKKULA, Nadja HIRSCH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Stresses the importance of timely implementation and reporting on the implementation of initiatives aimed at improving the cross-border recognition of qualifications within the Union, in particular the European Qualifications Framework, the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECEVET);

2013/07/03
Committee: CULT

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36

(36) In a context of progressive migration to ‘'all IP networks’', the lack of availability of connectivity products based on the IP protocol for different classes of services with assured service quality that enable communication paths across network domains and across network borders, both within and between Member States, hinders the development of applications that rely on access to other networks, thus limiting technological innovation. Moreover, this situation prevents the diffu defined quality of service within closed communications networks using the Internet Protocol with strict admission con a wider scale of efficiencies which are associated with the management and provision of IP-based networks and connectivity products with an assured service quality level, in particular enhanced security, reliability and flexibility, cost-effectiveness and faster provisioning, which benefit network operators, service providers and end userstrol could hinder the development of services that rely on this defined quality in order to function adequately. A harmonised approach to the design and availability of these ~~product~~services is therefore necessary, ~~on reasonable terms including, where requested, the possibility of cross-supply by the electronic communications undertakings concerned~~including safeguards to guarantee that the enhanced quality is not functionally identical or to the detriment of the performance, affordability or quality of internet access services or undermines competition, innovation or net neutrality.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45

(45) The internet has developed over the past decades as an open platform for innovation with low access barriers for end-users, content and application providers and internet service providers. The key driver of the unprecedented innovation and economic activity in the digital age has been the fact that all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independent of its sender, receiver, type, content, device, service or application; conform the principle of net neutrality. The existing regulatory framework aims at promoting the ability of end-users to access and distribute information or run applications and services of their choice. Recently, however, the report of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) on traffic management practices published in May 2012 and a study, commissioned by the Executive Agency for Consumers and Health and published in December 2012, on the functioning of the market of internet access and provision from a consumer perspective, showed that a significant number of end-users are affected by traffic management practices which block or slow down specific applications. These tendencies require clear rules to enshrine the principle of net neutrality in law at the Union level to maintain the open internet and to avoid fragmentation of the single market resulting from individual Member States' measures.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47

(47) In an open internet, providers of electronic communications to the public should~~, within contractually agreed limits on data volumes and speeds for internet access services,~~ not block, slow down, degrade or discriminate against specific content, applications or services or specific classes thereof except for a limited number of clearly defined reasonable traffic management measures. Such measures should be transparent, proportionate and non- discriminatory. Reasonable traffic management could encompass~~es prevention or impediment of serious crimes, including~~ voluntary actions of providers to prevent access to and distribution of child pornography, subject to judicial review.. Minimising the effects of network congestion shcould be considered reasonable provided that network congestion occurs only temporarily or in exceptional circumstances.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) In addition, there is demand on the part of content, applications and services providers, for the provision of transmission services based on flexible quality parameters, including lower levels of priority for traffic which is not time- sensitive. The possibility for content, applications and service providers to negotiate such flexible quality of service levels with providers of electronic communications to the public ~~is necessary for the provision of specialised services and is expected to play an important role in~~could foster the development of new services such as machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. At the same time such arrangements should allow providers of electronic communications to the public to better balance traffic and prevent network congestion. Providers of content, applications and services and providers of electronic communications to the public should therefore be free to conclude specialised services agreements on defined levels of quality of service as long as such ~~agreements do not substantially impair the general quality of internet access services~~defined levels of quality are technically necessary for the functionality of the service and these agreements do not impair the quality of internet access services, in accordance with the principle of net neutrality.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51

(51) National regulatory authorities play an essential role in ensuring that end-users are effectively able to exercise this freedom to avail of open internet access. To this end national regulatory authorities should have monitoring and reporting obligations, and ensure compliance of providers of electronic communications to the public and the availability of non-discriminatory internet access services of high quality which are not impaired by specialised services. National regulatory authorities should establish clear and comprehensible notification and redress mechanisms for end-users subjected to discrimination, restriction or interference of online content, services or applications. In their assessment of a possible general impairment of internet access services, national regulatory authorities should take account of quality parameters such as timing and reliability parameters (latency, jitter, packet loss), levels and effects of congestion in the network, actual versus advertised speeds, performance of internet access services compared with specialised services, and quality as perceived by end- users. National regulatory authorities should be empowered to impose minimum quality of service requirements on all or individual providers of electronic communications to the public if this is necessary to prevent general impairment/degradation of the quality of service of internet access services.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH, Amelia ANDERSDOTTER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)

e a) to ensure that all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independent of its sender, receiver, type, content, device, service or application;

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH, Amelia ANDERSDOTTER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 12 a (new)

(12 a) "net neutrality" means the principle that all internet traffic is treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independent of its sender, receiver, type, content, device, service or application;

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point 15

(15) ‘specialised service’ means an electronic communications service, or any other service that provides the capability to access specific content, applications or services, or a combination thereof, and whose technical characteristics are controlled from end-to-end or provides the capability to send or receive data to or from a determined number of parties or endpoints; and that is not marketed or widely used as a substitute forperated within closed electronic communications networks using the Internet Protocol with strict admission control; and that is not marketed or used as a substitute for internet access service or functionally identical to services available over the public internet access service;

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

End-users sha~~ll be free~~ve the right to access and distribute information and content, run applications and use services or devices of their choice via their internet access service, in accordance with the principle of net neutrality.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

EWith due account to the principle of net neutrality, end-users shall be free to enter into agreements on data volumes and speeds with providers of internet access services ~~and, in accordance with any such agreements relative to data volumes,~~, provided they freely and explicitly give their informed consent, and to avail of any offers by providers of internet content, applications and services.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

End-users shall also be free to agree with either providers of electronic communications to the public or with providers of content, applications and services on the provision of specialised services with an enhanced quality of service. Where such agreements are concluded with the provider of internet access services, that provider shall ensure that the enhanced quality of service is not to the detriment of the performance, affordability or quality of internet access services, in accordance with the principle of net neutrality.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

In order to enable the provision of specialised services to end-users, providers of content, applications and services and providers of electronic communications to the public shall be free to enter into agreements with each other to transmit the related data volumes or traffic within closed electronic communications networks as specialised services with a defined quality of service or dedicated capacity, which are not functionally identical to services available over the public internet access service. The provision of specialised services shall not impair ~~in a recurring~~ the quality of internet access services. Where network c~~ontinuous manner the general quality of internet access services~~apacity is shared between internet access services and specialised services, the provider of these services shall publish clear and unambiguous criteria based on which network capacity is shared.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

Within the limits of any contractually agreed data volumes or speeds for internet access services, providers of internet access services shall not restrict the freedoms provided for in paragraph 1 by blocking, slowing down, degrading or discriminating against specific content, applications or services, or specific classes thereofProviders of internet access services shall treat all internet traffic in accordance with the principle of net neutrality, except in cases where it is necessary to apply reasonable traffic management measures. Reasonable traffic management measures shall be transparent, non-discriminatory, proportionate, subject to clear, comprehensible and accessible redress mechanisms and necessary to:

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point d

(d) minimise the effects of temporary or exceptional network congestion provided that ~~equivalent types of~~all traffic are treated equally.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2

Reasonable traffic management shall only entail processing of data that is necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes set out in this paragraph. Therefore all techniques to inspect or analyse data shall be in accordance with privacy and data protection legislation. By default, such techniques should only examine header information.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. National regulatory authorities shall closely monitor and ensure the effective ability of end-users to benefit from the freedoms provided for in Article 23 (1) and (2), compliance with Article 23 (5), and the continued availability of non- discriminatory internet access services in accordance with the principle of net neutrality and at levels of quality that reflect advances in technology and that are not impaired by specialised services. They shall, in cooperation with other competent national authorities, also monitor the effects of specialised services on cultural diversity and innovation. National regulatory authorities shall report on an annual basis to the Commission and BEREC on their monitoring and findings.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

2013/0309(COD)

Marietje SCHAAKE, Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. National regulatory authorities shall establish clear and comprehensible notification and redress mechanisms for end-users subjected to discrimination, restriction, interference, blocking or throttling of online content, services or applications.

2013/12/19
Committee: ITRE

Nadja HIRSCH, Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) The nursing and midwifery professions have significantly evolved in the last three decades: community-based healthcare, the use of more complex therapies and constantly developing technology presuppose a capacity for higher responsibilities for nurses and midwives. In order to prepare them to meet such complex healthcare needs, nursing and midwifery students need to have a solid general education background before they start the training. Therefore, admission to that training should be ~~increased to twelve~~adapted to at least ten years of general education or success in an examination of an equivalent level.

2012/10/17
Committee: IMCO

2011/0435(COD)

Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22 – point a

Directive 2005/36/EC
Article 31 – paragraph 1

1. Admission to training for nurses responsible for general care shall be contingent upon completion of general education of 12at least 10 years, as attested by a diploma, certificate or other evidence issued by the competent authorities or bodies in a Member State or by a certificate attesting success in an examination, of an equivalent level, for admission to a school of nursing.

2012/07/10
Committee: EMPL

Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1

Decision No 573/2007/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 3

Member States shall receive a fixed amount of EUR 4 000 for each resettled person falling into one of the categories defined by the common EU annual priorities established in accordance with Article 13(6) with respect to geographic regions and nationalities ~~as well as to specific categories of refugees to be resettled.~~ . The following categories shall be considered as common EU annual priorities: - unaccompanied minors where resettlement is in their best interest, and, where applicable, in compliance with the UN Convention on the rights of the child, - women at risk, particularly from psychological, physical or sexual violence or exploitation and victims of forced marriage or female genital mutilation, - persons having serious medical needs that can be addressed only through resettlement, - persons in need of urgent and emergency resettlement for reasons of legal or physical protection, and - persons who are the victims of armed attack, a natural catastrophe or other unforeseen humanitarian circumstances.

2010/03/05
Committee: LIBE

2009/0127(COD)

Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a decision – amending act
Article 1 – point 1 a (new)

Decision No 573/2007/EC
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(1a) In Article 13, the following paragraph is inserted: "3a. The Union should encourage its Member States to participate in the resettlement programme. Member States should, in this respect be supported by receiving an incentive, which is a minimum of EUR 4 000 for each resettled person. Member States that have already participated in the EU resettlement programme shall receive EUR 4 000 for each resettled person. Member States joining the EU resettlement programme for the first time shall receive a fixed amount of EUR 6 000 for each resettled person in the first year and EUR 5 000 in the second year of their participation. From the third year onwards, Member States shall receive a fixed amount of EUR 4 000. The additional amount that new participating Member States receive in the first two years of their participation shall be invested into the infrastructure needed for a sustainable resettlement programme."

2010/03/05
Committee: LIBE

2009/0096(COD)

Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) persons who ~~have lost or~~se jobs are at risk o~~f losing their job~~r who have difficulties in entering or re-entering the labour market and want to start their own micro-enterprise, including self- employment;

2009/10/09
Committee: EMPL

2009/0096(COD)

Nadja HIRSCH

Proposal for a decision
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. ~~For the first time in 2011 and b~~Before 31 ~~December~~May of each year, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council a quantitative and qualitative annual report on the activities under this Decision in the previous year. The annual report shall be based on the implementation reports referred to in paragraph 1 and focus mainly on the ~~results achieved and~~extent to which the Facility has been used by Member States and the results achieved as well as the durability of the results achieved, which should be the subject of an assessment; it shall in particular contain information relating to applications ~~submit~~accepted or rejected, contracts concluded, actions funded including their complementarity with other Community interventions, notably the ESF.

2009/10/09
Committee: EMPL