Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-10-20-Speech-1-014"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-10-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031020.3.1-014"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-10-20-Speech-1-0152
lpv:speaker	lp:Antonio Tajani2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Forza Italia (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; EPP-ED (2003-10-15--2003-12-15)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, last Friday, there was an extremely serious incident in Rome, prejudicial to freedom of information in the European Union: a judge ordered the searching of the premises of a major newspaper and the seizing of news material. I am speaking as a journalist to a President who is also a journalist. The police spent 13 hours at the newspaper’s premises and seized a great deal of material, although the alleged offence is only libel by a newspaper article. The Italian judiciary’s decision failed to take into account the decisions of the Council of the European Union and of the European Court of Justice, which have ruled on a number of occasions in favour of journalists’ right not to reveal their sources. In this regard, I would mention Recommendation R-2000/7, issued to the Member States on 8 March 2000 by the Council of the European Union, and the well-known Goodwin judgment also comes to mind, in which the Court of Justice enshrined the professional secrecy of journalists in law. I would also mention the very recent judgment No 33400 of 15 July 2003, which lays down that searches carried out in workplaces to find journalists’ sources constitute a serious violation of freedom of expression; again, the investigators’ aim of identifying the people responsible for information leaks from the law courts is not sufficient to justify the use of such methods. Mr President, I have already tabled a question seeking to safeguard freedom of information both in my country and in the European Union as a whole. I call for the European Parliament to intervene in this matter."@en1

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