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"Mr President, those of us who represent Scotland in this House were very grateful when this year the Parliament decided to make its office in Edinburgh permanent. The Commission has long had an office there. The Commissioner has mentioned the importance of national regions, as well as the states, in its communication policy.
I am sorry to say that this week it has been announced that
newspaper is closing down the office of its Brussels and European correspondent. It is rumoured that BBC Scotland is about to remove its special correspondent from Brussels. That would be a disaster. It is not just the Commission and Parliament which need to think about their role. Our own media also need to look seriously at the problem of adequately reporting to their citizens the issues of Europe.
May I mention one other sad case, which is of importance in the area of information and communication. I want to draw attention, yet again, to the case of the Italian language lecturers. New developments in the case have shown that the quality of openness in information and communication by the Commission on this sort of issue leaves much to be desired. In these proceedings it is vital that the interested parties are fully informed by the Commission, but the practice fails to honour that ideal. There has been some evidence this week that the former Commission has actively misled parties in cases of this kind.
During the current Parliament, I have had a number of assurances that the Commission is serious about upholding rights derived from Community law on behalf of lecturers in all issues involving non-discrimination. That really must be taken seriously. It is a point about openness, about being ready to communicate what is going on and about informing people how seriously we take rights arising from Community law and how seriously we take the need to demonstrate to our citizens and our public the importance of what is accomplished here.
I am glad that the Commission and Parliament have helped to make information available in Scotland and I wish our own media would do likewise."@en1
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