2023/2112(INI) European historical consciousness
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | CULT |
VERHEYEN Sabine ( EPP)
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ADEMOV Asim ( EPP),
ROS SEMPERE Marcos ( S&D),
CICUREL Ilana ( Renew),
FRANZ Romeo ( Verts/ALE),
DA RE Gianantonio ( ID),
SLABAKOV Andrey ( ECR)
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Lead committee dossier:
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Events
2024/01/17
EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
2024/01/17
EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
2023/12/05
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Culture and Education adopted the own-initiative report by Sabine VERHEYEN (EPP, DE) on European historical consciousness.
Dealing with Europe’s past as a risk and an opportunity
The report acknowledged that the diverse and often conflicting histories of European nations and states make any effort to deal with history at a political level a difficult and potentially dangerous endeavour, and that attempts to steer how to commemorate and interpret the past always prove to be challenging.
Members considered a responsible, evidence-based and critical approach to history , focusing on common European values, to be a sine qua non for any democratic body politic, in order to sensitise current and future generations for achievements and aberrations of the past alike, strengthen a self-reflective public discourse and foster understanding and reconciliation within and among particular social groups, nations and states.
Politics of the past in the European Union
The report stressed the need for an honest assessment of the EU’s ‘politics of the past’, through which it has striven to add legitimacy to the European project, strengthen a European sense of belonging and foster the peaceful coexistence of the continent’s peoples, by equally acknowledging achievements and existing shortcomings, and by scrutinising the ways in which citizens have been encouraged to engage with the past.
Members expressed concern that there continues to be a latent competition and partial incompatibility between different memory frames and remembrance cultures in Europe, including between Western and Eastern Europe, but also between countries and nations within certain parts of the continent. In this regard, they emphasised the need to bridge existing regional and ideological divides in historical awareness among European countries and peoples with a view to building a common ground for dialogue as well as mutual understanding and respect;
Towards an informed historical consciousness in Europe
The report recognised the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a critical and self-reflective European historical consciousness to emerge, in particular by widening the focus of current European remembrance initiatives, taking into due account also groups that have been underrepresented so far, and by promoting innovative ways of teaching history.
Members considered the freedom to teach, study and conduct research, including free access to archives and sources, alongside free artistic expression, to be a prerequisite for the generation and dissemination of unbiased and evidence-based knowledge in democratic societies, and for a critical dealing with history in particular.
Stressing the vital role of education , Member States are called on to update current curricula and teaching methodologies with a view to shifting focus from national towards European and global history and in order to allow for more emphasis on a supranational historical understanding, in particular by allowing for multiple perspectives on history and by fostering corresponding teaching styles that favour reflection and discussion over knowledge transfer and that are guided by the overall objective of making students learn ‘how to think’ rather than ‘what to think’.
The report stressed the importance of preserving Europe’s rich cultural and historical heritage and memorial sites and encouraged the Member States to step up their efforts to define and protect places of democratic memory, especially those related to underrepresented groups.
Deeply concerned about digital channels being increasingly abused for political manipulation and the circulation of disinformation, including concerning history, Members called on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts to strengthen media and digital literacy and to endow teachers and students with adequate skills and tools facilitating fact-based history teaching, and enabling them to identify, contextualise and analyse traditional as well as modern historical sources.
Outlook: the legacy of the past and the EU’s future
The report espouses the ideal of a ‘culture of remembering’ and historical consciousness based on shared European values and practices in approaching the past, yet at the same time avoiding any undue levelling or simplification of history.
Lastly, Members envisioned collective memories eventually contributing to and merging into a European public sphere, with diverging remembrance cultures complementing each other rather than being in competition, and dealings with history becoming an issue of civic rather than political action.
Documents
2023/11/28
EP - Vote in committee
2023/11/28
EP - VERHEYEN Sabine (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CULT
2023/10/10
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/09/14
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2023/07/12
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
Documents
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0030/2024
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0030/2024
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0402/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE754.663
- Committee draft report: PE752.701
- Committee draft report: PE752.701
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE754.663
- Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T9-0030/2024
Votes
European historical consciousness – A9-0402/2023 – Sabine Verheyen – Motion for a resolution #
2024/01/17 Outcome: +: 409, -: 165, 0: 35
PPE
The Left
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2023/2112(INI)
2023/10/10
CULT
205 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 18 September 2020 entitled ‘A Union of equality: EU anti- racism action plan 2020- 2025’(COM(2020)0565);
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 c (new) – having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2022 on the role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism (2021/2057(INI));
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Considers a responsible, evidence- based and critical
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Considers a responsible, evidence- based and critical approach when dealing with history a sine qua non for any democratic body politic, in order to sensitise current and future generations for achievements and aberrations of the past alike, strengthen a self-reflexive public discourse and foster understanding and reconciliation within and among particular social groups, nations and states;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) Condemns all attempts to relativise the effects that communism, Nazism, fascism and all other forms of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes had on our society; emphasises the importance of fact- checked historical teachings for a lessons- learned approach towards all generations, notably through various courses, media and online spheres;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that the knowledge of history, and Europe in particular, is essential to avoid repeating the horrors of the past, especially those connected to Nazism, fascism, Stalinism, and antisemitism and antisemitism, particularly in view of the re-emergence of revisionist extremist and national- populistic political forces;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Believes that more efforts should be done, with sufficient resources, for the House of European History to reach out to a wide public and be accessible to everyone across the Union;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Considers essential that, at a minimum, all Member States educate on the origins and evolution of European integration as a project of democratic peace;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls to strengthen those institutions and projects with a rigorous approach towards European history, including its contested history; believes in this regard that the budget and personnel endowed to the House of European History should be strengthened and that more efforts should be done to decentralise the House in order to make it accessible to citizens across the Union;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need for an honest assessment of the EU’s ‘politics of the past’
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need for an honest assessment of the EU’s ‘politics of the past’, through which it has striven to add legitimacy to the European project and strengthen a European sense of belonging, by equally acknowledging achievements and existing shortcomings; proposes to include more in person and digital courses on historical remembrance in school and university curricula for a better understanding of history and its affects for a lessons learned approach for future generations;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses the need for an honest assessment of the EU’s ‘politics of the past’,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 c (new) – having regard to the European Commission’s Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027);
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the array of past and present initiatives at European level to foster a common European historical memory, including Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, the establishment of a dedicated remembrance strand in the former Europe for Citizens and current Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programmes, and various Parliament resolutions such as the one of 19 September 2019 on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe and the Resolution of 2 April 2009 on European conscience and totalitarianism that condemned all three major 20th century totalitarian regimes (Nazism, Fascism and Communism) and was passed with a large majority and a broad political support;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Acknowledges the array of past and present initiatives at European level to foster a common European historical memory, including Holocaust Remembrance Day, the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, the establishment of a dedicated remembrance strand in the former Europe for Citizens and current Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programmes, and various Parliament resolutions such as the one of 19 September 2019 on the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe; proposes to add more events that will deepen European historical remembrance and assist in creating a lessons-learned future to avoid any repetition of past mistakes;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls in this regard on the Commission to explore how to maximise synergies between youth mobility and the EU Strategy on combating antisemitism, by connecting secondary schools, within the network of places where the Holocaust happened, enabling students to visit at least one of such places in Europe during their schooling years;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Asks the Commission to promote at European level the education about the Holocaust using the positive example of the Romanian educational system;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Expresses its concern that there continues to be a latent competition and partial incompatibility between different memory frames and remembrance cultures in the Union, especially between Western and Eastern Europe; calls on the Union and the Member States to create a factual stance towards historical truth on authoritarian and totalitarian regimes that took place on Europe's ground, notably in the Western Balkans, Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood by opening secret archives and allowing transparent approach that will lead to a shared future based on tolerance, respect, peace and mutual understanding and cooperation;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Expresses its concern that there continues to be a latent competition and partial incompatibility between different memory frames and remembrance cultures in the Union,
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Expresses its concern that there continues to be a latent competition and partial incompatibility between different memory frames and remembrance cultures in the Union, especially between Western and Eastern Europe and expresses its concern regarding the lack of public, political and historical condemnation for the Communism in comparison with the widely accepted condemnation of Nazism and fascism;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new) Condemns all atrocities committed by communism, Nazism and fascism regimes; reminds that during former Yugoslavia, State crimes were continued by massive communist executions of thousands opponents, notably the Bleiburg massacre as well as political trials and character assassination of political opponents in former Yugoslavia, f.e. the case of Bl. Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac and many others priests and other political opponents to communism that were wrongfully accused and detained for years; calls for opening of former Yugoslav archives, specifically those of the former Yugoslav secret service (UDBA) and the Military intelligence agency (KOS) that would lead to a fact-based historical truth that is vital for Europe's culture of remembrance and a democratic and inclusive future;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Reminds that the remnants of past regimes are still present in the Western Balkans, notably through the remaining influence of past secret services in former Yugoslavia; calls on the Union to increase its efforts to mitigate all indication of past regimes and to build a common ground for dialogue, mutual understanding, respect of cultures, tradition, values and heritage and future based on true facts and find an objective historical narrative that is vital for stability, peace and a shared European perspective;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 d (new) – having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2022 on the implementation of citizenship education actions (2021/2008(INI));
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Encourages the Union and the Member States to promote historical awareness and remembrance of Soviet and Russian crimes into education curricula, civic remembrance culture and public spaces;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to upscale media and digital literacy campaigns as main instruments against any disinformation campaigns; is worried by the current Russian propaganda, and asked the Member States and the Commission to already strengthen these instruments;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recognises that the Union’s concern mainly with narrating a story about itself ex negativo
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recognises that the Union’s concern mainly with narrating a story about itself ex negativo, with the horrors of the past and especially National Socialism and
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recognises that
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recognises that the Union’s concern mainly with narrating a story about itself ex negativo, with the horrors of the past and especially National Socialism and
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Recognises that the Union’s concern mainly with narrating a story about itself ex negativo, with the horrors of the past and especially National Socialism and
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Maintains that Europe-wide understanding of Eastern European, Russian, and Soviet history is a crucial element to stopping the ongoing cycle of Russia’s imperial and colonial aggression in the continent; calls on the Union to evaluate and condemn 20th century communist and Soviet crimes; Encourages the Union and the Member States to promote historical awareness and remembrance of Soviet and Russian crimes into education curricula, civic remembrance culture, and public spaces; supports the building of a pan-European memorial to the victims of 20th century totalitarianisms in the EU capital, Brussels;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights that the Russian aggression against Ukraine has been prepared and justified with a high level of historical disinformation coming from Russia and its allies; notes that Soviet communism and Stalinism in particular have not received political or legal Europe-wide evaluation and condemnation; highlights that the lack of awareness of Eastern European history and Soviet crimes increases the vulnerability of European societies;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 e (new) – having regard its resolution of 14 December 2022 on the implementation of the New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations (2022/2047(INI));
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Expresses its concern also about national stereotypes and sacred cows from communism, an example being glorification of former Yugoslav dictator, Tito, who is still being used to name squares, streets and parks in some Member States;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Acknowledges that nurturing a teleological and simplistic black-and- white scheme of history potentially hampers a fully informed understanding of Europe’s intricate past;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Maintains that Europe-wide understanding of Eastern European, Russian, and Soviet history is a crucial element to stopping the ongoing cycle of Russia’s imperial and colonial aggression in the continent; encourages the Union and the Member States to promote historical awareness and remembrance of Soviet and Russian crimes into education curricula, civic remembrance culture, and public spaces; supports the building of a pan-European memorial to the victims of 20th century totalitarianisms in the EU capital, Brussels;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a (self-)critical European historical consciousness to emerge, in particular by widening the focus of current European remembrance initiatives and ensuring the visibility and participation of the under-represented groups of survivors of past crimes and genocides in those initiatives; calls in this regard on its President, to invite a Romani Holocaust survivor to speak at the European Parliament for Holocaust Remembrance Day;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a (self-)critical European historical consciousness to emerge, in particular by widening the focus of current European remembrance initiatives and promoting intersectional teaching of history as well as analytical and critical thinking skills;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history for a
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises the need for a broader and more holistic understanding of European history
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) – having regards to 'Pan-Europa' by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi, published in 1923, as one of the seminal texts of European integration;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Stresses the importance to move away from a European ‘remembrance culture’ that is predominantly top-down and concerned with defining what Europeans should remember towards a bottom-up and citizens-driven ‘culture of remembering’ based on common global and European principles and values, concentrating on developing capacities for a critical reworking of the past at national and European levels;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines that the strategic objective linked to the social dimension of the New European Agenda for Culture contains the protection and promotion of Europe's cultural heritage as a shared resource, to raise awareness of our common history and values; calls on the Commission and the Member States for measures to strengthen the protection of cultural heritage and monuments from being used for political or ideological purposes;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Emphasises the importance of testimonies of the last living witnesses from the 20th century that often bring out historically mostly overlooked aspects of the European past;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Encourages the Member States to develop, following the criteria of respect for democratic values of the Union, their own laws of democratic memory, including the definition, declaration and protection of places of democratic memory associated with tangible or intangible cultural heritage linked to events of singular relevance due to its historical, significance or its impact on collective democratic memory;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new) 9c. Highlights the fundamental role of museums as spaces that disseminate European history and culture; calls on the Commission to develop tools to guarantee the independence and scientific freedom of museums in their role of preserving and promoting the natural, cultural and historical heritage of humanity;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new) 9d. Calls on the Commission and MMEE to make best use of the Council of Europe's work, including work by its Gender Equality Commission that has gathered best practice on promoting an education free from gender stereotypes; calls on the Council of Europe to report more broadly on the state of history teaching in Europe;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core Christian values such as humanism, tolerance, democracy and the rule of law, and of creating an open sphere of discussion that also makes it possible to address difficult elements of national histories and that provides for mutual understanding and reconciliation both within and between European nations; acknowledges that the comprehensive set of norms, which we call European values today is deeply rooted in the Christian character of Europe and that Christianity has an undeniable role in the forming of our civilisation;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core values such as humanism, tolerance, democracy and the rule of law, and of creating an open sphere of discussion that is not ethno- national centric nor Euro-centric, that also makes it possible to address difficult elements of national histories and that provides for mutual understanding and reconciliation both within and between European nations, and between European nations and the rest of the world;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core values such as humanism, tolerance, democracy and the rule of law
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU, resting on such as humanism, tolerance, democracy and the rule of law, and of creating an open sphere of discussion that also makes it possible to address difficult elements of national histories and that provides for mutual understanding and reconciliation both within and between European nations;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 c (new) – having regards to the Leaflets of the White Rose, published in 1942;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Acknowledges the crucial importance of approaching Europe’s past on the foundation of European core values such as
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Underlines that the capacity to gather evidence and compare historical sources is a cornerstone of the construction of a true European historical consciousness; calls on the Member States to guarantee the openness, availability and accessibility of archives to allow historical research to be conducted in the best conditions and historical knowledge to be renewed and actualised; highlights, in view of the legacy of the European Year of Cultural Heritage, the importance of the Europeana project, serving as Europe’s digital library, archive and museum and education platform; calls for greater efforts to develop the platform further, including by allocating adequate funding for it, and by better promoting it to the general public and teachers;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the role that the achievement of the European Education Area (EEA) by 2025 must play in the teaching and learning of history; calls on the Commission, through the EEA Working Group on Equality and Values, to work on deliverables that address specifically the development of European historical consciousness;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls the need to tackle citizens’ active participation by enhancing the European dimension of citizenship education, both in curricular, as well as in extracurricular activities; highlights the critical role of European historical consciousness in cementing European citizenship education;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Stresses the need to highlight, in teaching curricula, the various national historical identities of the Member States, allowing learners to understand the complexity of the European cultural and historical heritage and the uniqueness of each Member State’s past;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to revise current curricula and teaching methodologies with a view to shifting focus from national towards European and global history and in order to allow for more emphasis on a supranational historical remembrance, in particular by allowing for multiple interpretations of the same historical period and event and by fostering corresponding teaching styles that favour reflection and discussion over knowledge transfer and that are guided by the overall objective of making students learn ‘how to think’ rather than ‘what to think’; recalls the relevance of a learner- centred pedagogy that aims at fostering the ability to identify historical issues, contextualise, use historical concepts and contents together with a factual historical knowledge, understand chronology and specific contexts, confront sources, produce evidence-based argumentations as well as a critical analysis of the information provided;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to revise current curricula and teaching methodologies with a view to
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 e (new) – having regards to the French Presidency programme to the Council of the EU, proposing the setting up of an independent committee on the history of Europe and the creation of an Academy of Europe;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Member States to revise current curricula and teaching methodologies with a view to shifting focus from national towards European and global history and in order to allow for more emphasis on a supranational historical
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Encourages the Member States, taking into account the views expressed by young Europeans at the occasion of the Conference on the Future of Europe, to ensure more teaching about the Union and that European history is more present in the school curricula, in order to, inter alia, strengthen the sense of belonging to Europe, learn about each other’s historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as better understand where each other’s differences are coming from, especially how the Union works and where the European project comes from; raises concerns on the lack of reliable data regarding the amount of time dedicated to the teaching of European history in national curricula; therefore calls the Commission to work hand-in- hand with the Member States towards the establishment of a consistent and well- documented database;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Member States to introduce an EU manual in curricular activities, providing common and impartial evidence about the European history; stresses that this tool would enhance European historical consciousness;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Calls on the Member States to promote, through the EU manual and not only, storytelling about EU pioneers and significant historical events/places, which shaped the history of our continent since this would enhance a strong attachment to EU history and identity and it would also inform a direct connection between history and rehabilitation of urban heritage, while boosting European tourism and local economy;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Highlights, in this context, the story of Alba-Iulia (in Romania) with a multi-millennial history, starting from the Roman Dacia to the Great Union of Transylvania to Romania in 1918, one of the most important events in the history of Romanians and consequently in the European history;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to provide tailor-made (history) teacher training that enables teachers to grasp transnational aspects of history, imparts adequate didactics and principles of modern teaching and is primarily concerned with forming self-reflective young people; in this context, underlines the difficulties encountered by history teachers to benefit from professional development training session; emphasises the value of tools developed with Erasmus+ support and which should be actively promoted, as they produce and share teaching resources and foster peer- learning activities, for example through e- Twinning, and develop teacher training modules, for example through the School Education Gateway;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to provide tailor-made (history) teacher training that enables teachers to grasp transnational aspects of history, imparts adequate didactics and principles of modern teaching and is primarily concerned with forming self-reflective young people; underlines all the benefits this can have in strengthening our fact- based and objective historical remembrance and the lessons-learned based principle for Europe's future generations and societies based on peace, tolerance, mutual understanding and cooperation;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to provide
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 g (new) – having regards to the Solemn Declaration on European Union signed in Stuttgart in 1983;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Member States to provide tailor-made (history) teacher training that enables teachers to grasp
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls the central role played by teachers in the development and transmission of competencies acquired by students to critically analyse historical facts; expresses concerns regarding the access to immediate, often biased and unverified content enabled by the rising level of digitalization, whose tools are increasingly used by young people to learn history1a; reminds therefore the Commission and the Member States, in line with the Digital Education Action Plan, about the need to provide teachers with adequate digital skills as well as innovative pedagogical know-how on the appropriate way to use digital tools to teach history and provide students with media literacy that enables them to contextualise, analyse and identify sources of digital historical content; _________________ 1a Juan Carlos Colomer Rubio and Anaclet Pons Pons, ‘Digital resources for rethinking history education’,p. 42-52, in Cosme Jesus Gomez Carrasco, Re- Imagining the Teaching of European History: Promoting Civic Education and Historical Consciousness, Routledge, 2023.
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for the inclusion of a specific module on European citizenship in EU youth mobility programmes, in order to reinforce their EU added value;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Highlights the need to adopt an interactive and storytelling approach to European history to catch the attention of pupils and students;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Stresses the positive impact of cross-border historical resources on the teaching of history in Europe; deplores however the failure regarding the publication of the 4th edition of the joint German-Polish textbooks in 2022; calls on the Commission and the Member States to offer support to historians and educational institutions working towards the development of transnational history textbooks;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level, in particular within the Erasmus+ programme, in order to foster a (self- )critical European historical consciousness,
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level in order to foster a (self-)critical European historical consciousness, in particular the Erasmus+ programme, which supports mobility and intercultural learning as key tools to increase understanding of other cultures and nations, and the CERV programme, which provides support for transnational historical remembrance projects and promotes civic engagement; by among other facilitating visits to European memory sites in the host country as part of the Erasmus and ESC experience;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level in order to foster a
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level in order to foster a
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen the tools currently available at European level in order to foster a
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 i (new) – having regards to the Decision1194/2011/EU establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Welcomes the decision of the Commission to launch a new call for the creation of fifteen Erasmus+ Teacher Academies; calls on the Commission and relevant partners to engage into projects under this initiative aiming at improving and reinforcing the teaching of history in Europe including at transnational level;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Member States to increase the presence of a gender and multicultural perspective in history teaching, as well as the inclusion of content related to the acquisition of rights by the LGBTQI+ community and the fight against racism;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place an ambitious policy to preserve Europe's heritage, a faithful representation of its past, in order to foster the emergence of a shared consciousness of Europe's history;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Stresses that Erasmus+ programme favours the exchange of ideas and promotes a better understanding of European history;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Highlights that the Erasmus+ programme should include easier access to impartial evidence on European history, regardless of age, gender, employment or education level and reiterates the need to make sure that the programme is accessible across Europe, in particular by small organisations, disadvantaged and vulnerable people and people from remote, rural and isolated areas;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Acknowledges the efforts made by Jean Monnet Actions and Learning EU initiatives to spread knowledge about the EU history and integration matters; calls for strengthening these actions to especially incorporate the dimension of critical thinking, especially in teacher training;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses the potential of the DiscoverEU programme for the development of young people's knowledge of European history and critical consciousness; recalls that DiscoverEU must reach out to all young people who wish to participate, especially those with fewer opportunities; calls on the Commission to create a Historical route to encourage visits to places that are emblematic of the history of European integration, in addition to the other four routes already created;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Stresses the connection to the European Education Area and the rollout of the European Universities initiative by fostering collaboration between Member States to build a resilient European history consciousness; also to dedicate pragmatic means, as the EU manual, to integrate EU history into EU education;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Requests that the European institutions, the Member States, educational institutions and civil-society actors step up efforts to abstain from and repudiate any attempt to instrumentalise history for political purposes and fight historical denialism both in the European Union and beyond; expresses its concerns over the misappropriation of memory laws in some Member States to instrumentalise, distort and rewrite history which constitutes a direct threat to academic freedom and research based on scientific evidence that contradicts official biased narratives imposed by nationalistic governments; therefore calls on the Commission to set up efficient policies and measures to guarantee a better protection of researchers;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 k (new) – having regards to the European Parliament project on European Democracy sites;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Requests that the European institutions, the Member States, educational institutions and civil-society actors step up efforts to abstain from and repudiate any attempt to instrumentalise history for political purposes and fight historical denialism
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Requests that the European institutions,
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Requests that the European institutions, the Member States, educational institutions and civil-society actors step up efforts to abstain from and repudiate any attempt to instrumentalise history for political purposes and fight historical revisionism, negationism and denialism both in the European Union and beyond;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Highlights the importance of the mission conducted by the Observatory on the teaching of history at the Council of Europe; recalls that the aim of the Observatory is to provide with a state of play of the teaching of history in Europe, foster multi-perspectivity and dialogue as well as a deep understanding of the functioning of different educational systems; deplores that only nine Members States are currently full members of this structure; invites the Members States and the Union as such to contribute to this initiative and to take interest to the upcoming report to be released on 30 November;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on European, national and local authorities to protect and safeguard the integrity of memorial sites as a whole and to safeguard the holistic character of memorial sites; deplores any attacks or plans to alter or demolish, completely or partially the integrity of those sites, especially for underrepresented groups;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15.
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Expresses its hope that on the basis of critical self-reflection relating to history and historical responsibility at national level, a truly European reflective discourse on the continent’s past may emerge, with history not being abused for power- political purposes; expresses its hope that a community of fate among European peoples will emerge from a common historical work for the better for the future generations;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Expresses its hope that on the basis of critical self-reflection relating to history and historical responsibility at national level, a truly European reflective discourse on the continent’s past may emerge, with history not being abused for power- political purposes; emphasises that any self-reflection must not turn into self- flagellation for past mistakes;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Expresses its hope that on the basis of critical self-reflection relating to history and historical responsibility at national level, a truly European reflective discourse on the continent’s past may emerge, with history not being abused for power- political purposes and dismantle patterns that throw societies apart;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Expresses its hope that on the basis of
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 5 March 2020 entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’ (COM(2020)0152);
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – having regards to the Spinelli Group Proposal for a Manifesto for a Federal Europe: Sovereign, Social and Ecological, adopted in the Island of Ventotene on 29 August 2022;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for the EU’s rule of law mechanism to include all forms of freedom of expression, including artistic expression and academic freedom; in this regard, urges the Commission to take artistic and academic freedom as part of the next rule of law report and link the conditionality regime to freedom of expression more explicitly;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. E
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Envisions
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses that a true European historical consciousness based on impartial evidence could reinforce the future of Europe and the willingness of citizens to continue building it, while bringing them closer to the European project;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take responsibility for historical global injustices that were perpetrated by Europeans, and ensure that future generations remember the atrocities so they are not repeated again;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – having regard to the 2014 report ‘Learning in the Digital Age’ of the European Network of Education Council;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 c (new) – having regards to the Ventotene Manifesto, "For a Free and United Europe. A draft manifesto" by Altiero Spinelli and by Emesto Rossi, published in 1944;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 e (new) – having regards to the Schuman Declaration presented by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on 9 May, 1950;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Europe’s complex, conflict-ridden and contested past poses both a challenge and an opportunity for European integration; acknowledging the positive role that a well informed historical consciousness might have in fostering mutual understanding and tolerance for youth and future generations;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Europe’s complex, conflict-ridden and contested past poses both a challenge and an opportunity for Europe an
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas Europe’s
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas common historical narratives and common evaluation of key historical events serve as a foundation for shared culture and identity;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Europe's heritage, a faithful representation of its past, helps to consolidate a common historical consciousness;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 c (new) – having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality (2019/2169(INI));
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas European integration finds its roots in the antifascist and resistance movements against Nazism and fascism;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the Greco-Latin heritage and the influence of Judeo-Christian culture in Europe have helped to form a shared sense and a shared consciousness of Europe's history;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas there remain gaps of historical awareness of key historical events between different regions within the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been inherent in European history over many centuries, including in the form of antisemitism and antigypsyism; notes, however, that such prejudices are not exclusive to Europe and the European civilisation and are still existing, manifested and more visible in other cultures and continents;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been inherent in European history over many centuries, including in the form of antisemitism and antigypsyism; whereas mindfulness to history helps us to fight different forms of intolerance and inequalities and build more inclusive societies;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been inherent in European history over many centuries, including in the form of antisemitism and antigypsyism; whereas these forms of discrimination are against European values as enshrined in Article 2 TEU;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas gender-, belief- and ethnicity-based injustices have been part of European history and inherent in
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas history must never be relativised, distorted or falsified for political purposes both from the EU member states and from the candidate countries;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 d (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 14 June 2016 entitled ‘Supporting the prevention of radicalisation leading to violent extremism’ (COM(2016)0379);
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas all three major 20th century totalitarian regimes (Nazism, Fascism and Communism) should be fully acknowledged as dictatorships and none of them should be considered as “less totalitarian”;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas in recent times, the rewriting of history has been increasingly used for political manipulation and fuelled misinformation; whereas these praxis can have serious and dangerous consequences; whereas the rewriting of history by Vladimir Putin in his essay “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” prefigures his war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas historical negationism
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas historical narratives in some EU Member States and candidate countries may be misused for political reasons thus opening the door to disinformation and undue Russian influence in the region; whereas disinformation campaigns, anti-European narrative and Russian propaganda are mainly spread through digital channels, thus accentuating the need for digital upskilling and media literacy campaigns in the EU;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas dealing with the past
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas dealing with the past requires utmost impartiality, objectivity
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas objectively accurate accounts of crimes committed in the name of totalitarian ideologies should be taken into account, even though they might not fit into the narrative of the “winners” and “losers” or the “good side” and the “bad side”;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas historical memory incorporates a
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas a real European historical consciousness could empower active citizens and participation, while contributing to the creation of an European citizenship with clear rights and obligations;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas while there are ‘historical facts’ grounded in professional historical work, established among others via research, teaching, the preservation of historical sources and the maintenance of locations of historical significance, there is no single monolithic, indisputable and everlasting ‘historical truth’ that one specific group or nation can monopolise and exclusively claim for itself;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 e (new) – having regard to its resolution of 4 May 2022 on the follow-up to the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G.
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas while there are ‘historical facts’ grounded in professional historical work, there is no single monolithic, indisputable and everlasting ‘historical truth’
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas more than 50% of students declare that they did not have opportunities to learn about the European Union at school, whereas providing knowledge about the origin of the Union, its composition and functioning, and the rights and obligations of its citizens are fundamental to fight disinformation, populism and allow for the emerge of an active Union citizenship;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the role of women in history has generally been under- represented, with their achievements being made invisible in favour of men; whereas the dissemination of women’s footprint and the evolution of women’s rights in history is an indispensable axis in the creation of a European historical consciousness;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas teaching the history of the Union has not received sufficient attention in the history curricula so far; whereas the European Parliament asked several times for the creation of an EU manual, which could include impartial facts and figures about the European history;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the teaching of history lacks an interdisciplinary, multicultural and gender approach intersecting topics to capture its various aspects and context; whereas even general teaching on human rights and peace education have not received sufficient attention in the history curricula so far1a ; _________________ 1a Ecker, A. (2018) The Education of History Teachers in Europe—A Comparative Study. First Results of the “Civic and History Education Study”. Creative Education, 9, 1565-1610.
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas fostering a critical historical consciousness across borders by educational and other means is central for Europeans to be able to come to terms with their past, confidently deal with the present and work towards a common future; whereas an objective, factual and truthful recollection of atrocities, crimes and victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes on European ground during the 20th century is crucial for a stronger democratic society and its culture of remembrance;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas fostering a critical historical consciousness across borders
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas fostering a critical historical consciousness across borders by educational and other means is central for Europeans to be able to c
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas fostering a critical historical consciousness across borders by educational and other means is central for Europeans to be able to
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 on achieving the European Education Area by 2025 (COM(2020)0625);
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas education is the main tool for building societies shaped by democratic values of freedom, respect and solidarity and should be considered an investment in the future rather than a cost; whereas the European Education Area is a unique opportunity to provide fair and equal opportunities in education by 2025, to give everyone reading, scientific and analytical skills that are necessary to apprehend history and to foster a sense of belonging to Europe and civic awareness;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas only looking in the same way at the past could empower Member States, EU institutions, stakeholders and citizens to build a stronger and common future together; whereas understanding the differences from the past could enhance a further and deeper EU integration;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas European citizenship education as part of national education systems in a number of countries includes learning about and assimilating major events in the history of the Europe, and awareness raising about its influence in the development of the European Union;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) Hc. whereas student mobility and other tools of the Erasmus+ programme favour the exchange of ideas and promote a more transversal knowledge, breaking down national barriers and providing a better understanding of European past and present history;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H d (new) Hd. whereas cultural and historical heritage is part of the historical identity of each place and serves the construction of historical consciousness; whereas such heritage and its monuments have sometimes been used politically by attributing and linking them directly to an ideology or political movement;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H e (new) He. whereas the European Heritage Label as a tool for the selection of sites for their symbolic value, the role they have played in European history and the activities they offer can be used for the creation of historical awareness in a direct and interactive way;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H f (new) Hf. whereas the teaching of history should be expanded to other sources and topics, such as new technologies, virtual words, film, archives and museums; whereas museums are powerful tools for teaching history and building historical awareness;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H g (new) Hg. whereas there is a great value in collecting data and comparing methods and tools for teaching history; whereas the Council of Europe Observatory collects data and facts on how history is taught and provides a clear picture of the state of history teaching in its MMEE;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H h (new) Hh. whereas the House of European History is a flagship project, which multi- medium and experiential approach contributes to make European history more accessible to the public;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H i (new) Hi. whereas artistic and academic freedom are under increased pressure in many parts of Europe, with attempts of political interference notably on the management of universities, theatres and cultural centres;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new) – having regard to the European Cultural Convention of 19 December 1954;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H j (new) Hj. whereas citizens’ engagement and the participation of civil society organisations play an important role in raising awareness of history, as in the European remembrance projects supported by the CERV programme;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas European historical consciousness is understood as an individual as well as collective ability and skill to understand,
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas European historical consciousness is understood as an individual as well as collective ability and skill to understand
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas education is formally recognised as an area of EU competence only insofar as the Union shall contribute to the development of quality education by encouraging cooperation between the Member States, while fully respecting the responsibility and sovereignty of the Member States for the contents of teaching and the organisation of their respective educational systems;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas gender stereotypes, hetero-patriarchal structures, power asymmetries and structural and institutional inequalities are rooted in European histories; whereas these are direct causes to gender-based violence and the historical persecution of women and LGBTQIA+ across Europe;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas teaching history relies on an ethical dimension that aims at raising awareness and sensitise citizens to fundamental values, notably democracy;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas the historical racial and religious supremacies in Europe have led to disastrous consequences in Europe and in the rest of the world, symbolised by the age of discovery and the subjugation and colonisation of peoples all over the world, and the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas Europe has had a civilisational role in the world and its history in interaction with other cultures, continents and civilisation has brought more net positives than negatives;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas the compulsory teaching of history, citizenship education and history of European integration at different school levels varies strongly from one Member State to another;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas Europe bears historical responsibility for the biggest share of historical global carbon emissions, and the current climate crisis as one of the biggest historical emitters;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2021 on the European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (2020/2243(INI));
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas only 39% of teachers in the Union feel well prepared for using digital technologies in their daily work1a; _________________ 1a OECD (2019), TALIS 2018 Results (Volume I): Teachers and School Leaders as Lifelong Learners, TALIS. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Dealing with Europe’s
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Dealing with Europe’s
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Acknowledges that Europe’s history is complex, as it has suffered continuous conflict and wars since the fall of the Roman Empire, but has also delivered important achievements such as classic culture, the renaissance, or the enlightenment, among others;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Recognises that only the creation of the European Communities after 1950 has abolished war among the European nations that belong to them;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges that the diverse and often conflicting histories of European nations and states make any effort to deal with history at a supranational political level a difficult and potentially dangerous endeavour, and that attempts to regulate how to commemorate and interpret the past always prove to be challenging; underlines the importance of a clarified and objective approach when dealing with historical facts in order to combat any misleading information and contribute to a common future based on unbiased historical facts, peace, solidarity and mutual understanding;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges th
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges that the diverse and often conflicting histories of European nations and states make any effort to deal with history at a supranational political level a difficult and potentially dangerous endeavour
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges that the diverse and often conflicting histories of
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges that the diverse and often conflicting
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 4 b (new) – having regard to the European Education Area;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the Union is an object of research in itself, in particular, regarding the European common cultural substrate beyond the nation state, those transnational historic events occurring at a European level, the intellectual history of the idea of Europe, as well as the history of the European communities in itself;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Recalls that all EU citizens have the right to learn about their history, including the history of their countries and of the European community to which they belong;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that the history of Europe cannot be understood without the role of organised civil society and social movements, such as the role played by the Union of European Federalists and the European movement international;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the potential of the principle of historia magistra vitae and considers especially the dark elements of Europe’s history – including totalitarianism, racism, jingoism and colonialism – not only to be a vigorous reminder of past mistakes whose repetition is to be avoided, but also as a call to work jointly towards democratic and inclusive societies in the Union and globally; recalls that the competition of memories fuels political instrumentalization of historical events and leads to trivialization of history; recommends that teachers in training as well as students must be given appropriate tools and methodology to foster their critical thinking, analyse history with the adequate conceptual background and make the difference between key notions such as genocide, mass crime, massacre, ethnic cleansing;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the potential of the principle of historia magistra vitae and considers especially the dark elements of Europe’s history – including totalitarian
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the potential of the principle of historia magistra vitae and considers especially the
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the potential of the principle of historia magistra vitae and considers
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls the need to work towards the constitution of an inventory of European contested memories and to foster the organisation of open European conferences gathering specialised researchers in order to identify principles, processes and best practices confronting the complexities of divisive historical memories; highlights in that regard the project ‘Contested Histories’ driven by the European association of history educators EUROCLIO;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Considers a responsible, evidence- based and critical dealing with history a sine qua non for any democratic body politic, in order to sensitise current and future generations for achievements and aberrations of the past alike, strengthen a self-reflexive public discourse and foster understanding and reconciliation within and among particular social groups, nations and states; notes that unbiased, objective and truthful historical recollection and storytelling is specifically important in today's world where all kinds of disinformation and wrong interpretations circulate with a harmful potential of influencing younger generations with poisonous and destructive ideas; underlines the importance of stronger media literacy and anti-disinformation tools and campaigns as well as a stronger historical remembrance among citizens that will foster a peaceful culture of inclusivity, solidarity and shared values;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Considers a responsible,
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