Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-05-12-Speech-4-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-05-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU information and communication strategy2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050512.4.4-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-05-12-Speech-4-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Matteo Salvini2
lpv:spokenAs	member; IND/DEM (2004-07-21--2006-04-26)3 member; CULT (2004-07-21--2006-11-07)3 unknown; Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania (2004-07-20--2006-11-07)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-11-07)3 substitute; ENVI (2004-07-21--2006-04-26)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2006-11-07)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, Commissioner, I have tabled 25 amendments to this report on the strength of what has been said in this House. What is the dividing line between information and propaganda? It is not very clear. I call on the Commissioner and the citizens of Europe who are following this debate to ponder certain terms included in this report, such as ‘persuasion’, ‘promotion’, and ‘insist’. Such terms make me fear that the boundaries between information and propaganda are at times dangerously crossed. The concern that emerges from this is that we are selling the European brand as if we were selling a can of Coca-Cola or a pair of shoes. If it is the case that in Italy, where they did not want a referendum, citizens are not familiar with the European Constitution, or in Spain, where they actually approved it by a large majority, 80% of Spanish citizens were not acquainted with the European Constitution, I believe that any construction project that starts from the top and not the bottom is inevitably doomed to fail. Above all, I shudder at what I hear regarding our supposed need for more money and a new publicly owned European television channel, and the need for cash prizes to be awarded to film makers so as to make us proud to be European. I would point out to Members and to the Europeans who are listening to us that EUR 250 million has already been spent annually on communication on Europe. This sentiment must originate from the bottom and not the top. Billions of euros can be invested, but if there is no genuine democratic process then no one will take pride in being European on the basis of a Parliamentary report."@en1

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