Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-09-04-Speech-4-184"
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I share the rapporteur’s conviction that the goals set out at the Lisbon Summit will not be attained without granting due importance to the role played by audiovisual communications media. Care must also be taken to consider the state of today’s technology, since it allows television content to be disseminated using different technological platforms, and therefore requires the relevant legislation to be adapted and updated.
The decision to adopt a flexible approach to regulation and set minimum regulatory standards for the sector is equally pertinent and correct, in my opinion.
I share the rapporteur’s concerns about the concentration of ownership and control of television broadcasting, since I see these developments as a challenge to pluralism and cultural diversity.
I take particular exception, however, to the establishment of a Pan-European Children’s Network. I feel that the task of ‘welcoming’ our youngest viewers into the audiovisual world should be left to national channels. I do not believe that a ‘European consciousness’ can be created by suppressing national languages and identities and indoctrinating babes-in-arms with artificial ‘European’ values. The European Union should resist the temptation to ‘mould’ the loyalties and characters of the citizens of the Member States.
Despite this, I feel that this report as a whole is positive.
I voted in favour."@en1
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