Activities of Emma McCLARKIN related to 2011/2087(INI)
Plenary speeches (3)
European dimension in sport (A7-0385/2011 - Santiago Fisas Ayxela)
European dimension in sport (debate)
European dimension in sport (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the European dimension in sport PDF (346 KB) DOC (291 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European dimension in sport
Amendments (52)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
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Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas funding for sport is onlymore likely to be secured if holders of the necessary national gambling licences, who pay taxes and finance other public interest objectives in Member States, are effectively protected against illegal competition,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission study on the implications of internal market policies on the funding of grassroots sports and calls for a bridging of the gap between ‘rich’ and ‘poor’ sports by means of financial solidarity mechanismsthe sport federations to take in account the distribution of funding for grassroots sport;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the specific nature of sport should take precedence in the judgement of the ECJ and the Commissions decision on sports matters,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas sport makes a huge contribution to positive values such as fair play, respect and social inclusion,
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas all stakeholders, including policy makers, must take into account the specific nature of sport, its structures based on voluntary activity and its social and educational functions,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas volunteering is the cornerstone of most amateur sport in Europe,
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RNotes that contributions from gambling can help to finance sport and respects the right of Member States to draw up penalising measures to repress illegal online gambling; calls for a regulatory principle whereby a gambling company can only operat, notes that an increase in revenue (for bid for the necessary national licence) in a Member State if it does not contravene the law in any other EU Member Statesport from online gambling could be secured if the market were to be liberalised;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that intellectual property rights, such as the partial redistribution of revenue derived from the exploitation of IPR in sports and merchandising, are taken into accoun in the area of sport are rigorously protected and to take into account the importance of this revenue for the funding of grassroots sport;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the Europeanglobal model of sport is based on a federation for each sports discipline, and mechanisms for sports and financial solidarity are organised on an autonomous, democratic and territorial basis and in a pyramid structure,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas 35 million amateurs assist the development of mass-participation sport, as do clubs and charitable sports associations and the dissemination of sporting ideals,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas national teams have a key role to playare hugely important to citizens and for the development of sport policy within Member States and must be protected,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas professionalall sport, including professional and grassroots sport, is vulnerable to financial instability,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas billions of people throughout the world play sports invented, codified and disseminated in Europe, including football, cricket, rugby, golf, snooker, handball, alpine skiing and water polo and notes additionally that the modern Olympic movement was created in France by Baron Pierre De Coubertin,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O b (new)
Recital O b (new)
Ob. whereas sport plays an important role and brings joy to many citizens whether they are participants, supporters or spectators,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on sport organisations to further encourage women in sport; notes that women play an increasingly important role at all levels of sport, however, maintains that not enough is being done to promote female participation in sport;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on Member States to place greater emphasis on the importance of quality physical education for both genders and suggests that they develop the necessary strategies to address this issue;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recommends that the Commission encourage the practice of sport among senior citizens as it helps to promote social interaction and high rates of good health;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to support the fight against doping, while respecting athletes'’ individual freedom; urges the Member States to treat trafficking in illegal performance-enhancing substances in the same way aswork closely with the World Anti- Doping Agency (WADA) to take action against the trafficking inof illegal drugs and to adopt national legislation to this endperformance-enhancing substances;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages Member States to take accPoints ount of the experience of former sportspeople when they wish to become trainers, and to establish specific career paths for high-level athletes who decide to pursue a course of higher education and provide tutors for themthat former sports professionals have specific experience that can be used and encourages Member States and sports federations to utilise their knowledge and skills in a beneficial way;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Member States to refuse access to stadiums to supporters who have displayed violent or discriminatory behaviour and to set up a European database of those who have been bannedwelcomes the measures that have already been taken by Member States, sport federations and Europol; supports the continued use of these measures and encourages the sharing of collected information;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates the importance of volunteers in sport; is in favour of creating asupports Member States that wish to create their own specific national legal and taxation frameworks that isare suitable for the activities of sports associations; is also in favour of sponsorship in sport;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes that sponsorship provides a vital financial lifeline and many possibilities in sport;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect intellectual property rights in respect of sports content, with due regard for the public’s right to information;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Supports Member States that wish to protect a select list of major sporting events of national importance to be broadcast on a free to air basis;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that betting on sport is a form of commercial exploitation of competitions and calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect betting from unauthorised activities, in particular by recognising organisers'’ intellectual property rights with regard to their competitions, guaranteeing a significannotes that contributions from betting operators towards funding mass-participation sport and by protection the integrity of competitionsand gambling organisations goes into funding for sport;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for sport to benefit from the European Structural Funds to be better suited to fund grassroots sport and to allow for investment in sports infrastructure, which can transform communities;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms its attachment to the Europeanglobal model of sport, within which federations play a central role and which has clubs and volunteers at its base and highlights their importance for sport at all levels;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for a reduction in the barriers to volunteering in sport across the EU;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that good governance in sport is a condition for the autonomy and self- regulation of sports organisations, in compliance with the principles of transparency and democracy; underlines the need for appropriate representation of all stakeholders in sportsvarious stakeholders to have their concerns heard by sport organisations and institutions;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the governing body of world football, FIFA, to thoroughly investigate the allegations of corruption surrounding recent World Cup bids and emphasises that significant changes must be made in order to improve the transparency of FIFA and its decision-making process;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that sporting clubs should make their players available in all possible circumstances when they are selected for national teams, with fair compensation and collective insurance; and notes that in many sports played and practised in Europe, revenue from international matches far exceeds the revenue gained from domestic or European competitions and therefore emphasises that a one size fits all approach can not be applied to all sports;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that training for players at local level is needed for the sustainable development of Europeangrassroots sport;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that, as a regulated professional activity, the profession of sports agent should be subject to a minimum qualification from a higher educ sports agents should be subject to registration and regulation by the relevant sport federation and should follow guidelines in best practice; encourages sports federations to establishment, and that sports agents' fiscal residence should be within EU a minimum set of criteria for sports agents in order to raise standards and protect the intergrity of sporyt;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Proposes the setting up of a European registerCalls ofn sports agents, in which agents would list the players that they represent, and the amount they are paid federations to monitor the activities of sports agents;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Urges Member States to mtake any form of attack on the integrity of competitions a criminal offencll necessary action to prevent illegal activities affecting the integrity of sport, including prosecutions where appropriate;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges sport federations to work closely with Member States in order to protect the integrity of sport;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Recognises the legitimacy of sports courts for resolving disputes in sport, as long as they respect people's right to a fair trial; calls for the creation of a European chamber of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), to be based in Brussels or Luxembourgunder its full jurisdiction, to settle sports disputes that take place solely within the EU;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recognises the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and praises it's model and success over recent years;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include on the agenda for cooperatione with non- member Sstates problemon issues such as international player transfers, exploitation of underage players, piracy and illegal betting;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on clubs to ensure compliance with immigration laws when they recruit young people from non-member States and to ensure that they return to their country of origin under satisfactory conditions if their career does not take off;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
Paragraph 25 – indent 4
– to set uphelp facilitate a mobility programme for young athletes, to enable them to learn new training methods and develop their European awareness, to practice European values through sport such as fair play, respect and social inclusion and to encourage intercultural dialogue;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 a (new)
- to help facilitate a mobility programme for exchange in sports coaches;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 25 – indent 4 b (new)
- to support Member States' work on data collection and research in order to exchange best practice;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Highlights the Commission's response to questions regarding proposals to place the EU flag on the jerseys of athletes; strongly supports the view that the responsibility for sports lies solely with national authorities and sport organisations;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Argues that national sport teams play a crucial role in forging individual identity, national pride and cultural diversity, in addition to instilling values such as competitiveness, loyalty, honour and respect; strongly opposes attempt to alter the manner in which national teams choose to be represented and the artificial imposition of an European identity at the Member State level;