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"Mr President, I am taking the floor on my own behalf and I shall speak in Italian, because I do not have the command of English that Mr Manisco has. I want to say that the topic of the pluralism of information is a European topic, and what Commissioner Patten has said underlines that strongly. That very fact, however, Commissioner, shows that it is the European Commission that has not fulfilled its duties in this debate.
In the last two years, Parliament has twice called on the Commission to draw up a proposal for a directive, and this has not been done. This is not a matter of either Right or Left, and it is an over-simplification to think it only applies to Italy. The topic was brought before this Parliament by means of a resolution signed by myself and 31 other Members of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats or other groups on the Right, because it goes much deeper than Italy and concerns a value which belongs to the whole of Europe and every civilisation.
Of course, in Italy the matter has gone beyond the danger point. In addition to a public television service that has never escaped from party control, private television too is wholly in the political hands of the government. That, unfortunately, is serious, and the report is right about that. I shall vote in favour of the report, Mr President."@en1
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