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dcterms:Date	"2003-09-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fundamental rights in the EU in 20022
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030903.8.3-184"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-09-03-Speech-3-1852
lpv:speaker	lp:Eurig Wyn2
lpv:spoken text	". Mr President, I should like to thank Mr Sylla for his thorough report on the situation of the fundamental rights in the Union in 2002. The length of this report makes it clear that the European Union, which constantly preaches respect for fundamental rights to the rest of the world, is not yet free from breaches to these rights within its own borders. As the draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport for this report, I am happy that in paragraph 38 Italy is finally and explicitly named and shamed concerning its media concentration and the influence in this regard of its Prime Minister, without any rules at all on conflict of interest being adopted. I say I am glad because the majority of Members on the Culture Committee sadly voted against making an example of Italy for its bad record in media concentration, which poses a very serious threat to democracy everywhere. We all know that individual media conglomerates control a significant portion of the national news media in several European countries: Bertelsmann and Kirch in Germany, Rupert Murdoch's empire in the United Kingdom and Vivendi in France. But Berlusconi's combination of media influence and political power is unique in Europe. A recent report on media conflict of interest in Italy by the NGO Reporters Without Borders quotes Freimut Duve, the OCSE's representative for media freedom, who has repeatedly condemned the concentration of so much of the Italian news media in the Prime Minister's hands. The OSCE says it is both a challenge to the European constitutional architecture and a bad example for new democracies in transition. The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly also holds that the potential conflict of interest between the holding of political office by Mr Berlusconi and his private economic and media interests is a threat to media pluralism. I could elaborate further, but I am sure you all understand the problems that media ownership concentration in Italy poses to democracy and freedom of information. I sincerely hope, therefore, that you all agree that the case of Italy should be included in this report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; AGRI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 member; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Wyn, Eurig (Verts/ALE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport"1

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