A new strategy for media literacy and digital learning

Tabled by Catherine Griset, Tomasz Buczek, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jaroslav Bžoch, Laurent Castillo, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Tamás Deutsch, Ton Diepeveen, Elisabeth Dieringer, Mélanie Disdier, Csaba Dömötör, Klara Dostalova, Marieke Ehlers, Viktória Ferenc, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Kinga Gál, Jean-Paul Garraud, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, György Hölvényi, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Jaroslav Knot, Vilis Krištopans, Sebastian Kruis, Tomáš Kubín, András László, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Jorge Martín Frías, Georg Mayer, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Jana Nagyová, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Aldo Patriciello, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Julien Sanchez, Silvia Sardone, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Raffaele Stancanelli, Antonín Staněk, Petra Steger, Pál Szekeres, António Tânger Corrêa, Hermann Tertsch, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Isabella Tovaglieri, Matthieu Valet, Tom Vandendriessche, Alexandre Varaut, Annamária Vicsek, Harald Vilimsky, Séverine Werbrouck, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Auke Zijlstra, Mieke Andriese, Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Majbritt Birkholm, Rachel Blom, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Anna Bryłka

Added: 33a. Recalls that education falls within the competence of the Member States in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity enshrined in Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and that the Commission has no legislative authority over school curriculums; recalls that the role of schools is to impart knowledge, whereas fostering critical thinking is first and foremost the responsibility of parents; therefore opposes any attempt by the EU to impose educational content through recommendations, funding, or legislation; emphasises the risk that media literacy programmes funded by the Commission, under the guise of combating disinformation, could be used to standardise diverse media content and discredit sources of information critical of the EU; calls on the Member States, therefore, to retain full control over media literacy education, from design to implementation, while fully respecting the plurality of opinions and freedom of expression;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.397