# Virtual worlds: opportunities, risks and policy implications for the Single Market

European Parliament procedure 2022/2198(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee CULT / IMCO). Stage: Procedure completed. 196 committee amendments tabled by 31 Members between 2023-06-05 and 2023-09-26.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on virtual worlds: opportunities, risks and policy implications for the Single Market. Amendments define virtual worlds or 'metaverses' as immersive 3D or 2D spaces, call for an EU strategy protecting privacy, fundamental rights and minors against online harm and addiction, support for the video game and virtual-reality sectors via Horizon Europe and Creative Europe, digital education, market-concentration and AI concerns, intellectual property and non-fungible tokens.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco GUERREIRO | Portugal | Verts/ALE | 30 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197645.md |
| Maria GRAPINI | Romania | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124785.md |
| Alex AGIUS SALIBA | Malta | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197403.md |
| Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES | Portugal | S&D | 24 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197635.md |
| Anne-Sophie PELLETIER | France | GUE/NGL | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197527.md |
| Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ | Romania | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197668.md |
| Dita CHARANZOVÁ | Czechia | RE | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124708.md |
| Peter POLLÁK | Slovakia | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197765.md |
| Isabella ADINOLFI | Italy | PPE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124831.md |
| Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO | Spain | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197717.md |
| João ALBUQUERQUE | Portugal | S&D | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/237224.md |
| Virginie JORON | France | PfE | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197627.md |
| Markus BUCHHEIT | Germany | ESN | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/128483.md |
| Jean-Lin LACAPELLE | France | ID | 13 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204421.md |
| Domènec RUIZ DEVESA | Spain | S&D | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/127096.md |

## Official source documents

- PE749.262: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CULT-AM-749262_EN.pdf
- PE753.642: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/IMCO-AM-753642_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2022-2198-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2022-2198-INI.json

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