Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-18-Speech-1-071"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-18"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20021118.4.1-071"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-18-Speech-1-0722
lpv:speaker	lp:Marielle de Sarnez2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Union pour la démocratie française (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2002-03-08--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the question of media pluralism is an important subject, which affects the very essence of the values that provide a basis for our work in Europe. This is for reasons that all of us have very much in mind obviously. Without pluralism, there is no opposition, no freedom and, therefore, no democracy. Without pluralism, the freedom of audiovisual and cinematographic creation would be jeopardised and therefore the cultural identity of Europe would be at risk. It is crucial, therefore, to ensure that the principles of diversity, pluralism and independence of the media are applied in the Member States and in the candidate countries. Media pluralism concerns the broadcasting of information, television and the Internet as well as audiovisual creation. In a constantly changing media environment, the presence of public service television channels and private television channels, as well as restrictions on mergers and acquisitions between commercial players, are essential in order to maintain audiovisual pluralism and cultural diversity. Equally, we must ensure that sufficiently diverse information is broadcast from both public and private sources over all media platforms. That is why the Commission should carry out a thorough assessment of the media situation in each candidate country and in each Member State. A Green Paper was drafted on this issue in 1997. Today, developments in communication technologies, the key role played by the Internet in spreading information and cable television are phenomena which are pushing us to look again at the issue of media concentration. It is very important, for example, that the Commission begins work as soon as possible on resolving the problems raised by the lack of transparency in granting television licences in the Member States and in the candidate countries. Once this assessment has been carried out, the Commission will be able to decide to establish competition rules ensuring media pluralism in the event of this proving necessary. Freedom of expression is fragile and can only be guaranteed if genuine media plurality exists, and this is something we must all monitor on a regular basis."@en1
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