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"Mr President, I welcome Mr Weber's report on television without frontiers and I fully support it. A proper media policy providing cultural values is crucial to broadening the understanding between our nations.
When the first legislative act on this subject was approved, my country – Hungary – was not yet a member of the European Communities. However, this legislation meets the requirements of our cultural policy.
As regards this topic, I should like to raise the question: why do we have to regulate the programmes on our television channels? The answer is very simple: because we want to save our national cultures and create a common European identity. In order to promote cultural diversity and build up a European identity, we need a stronger exchange of our cultural values, including our cinematographic heritage.
This new report is a further step in the right direction. The so-called quotas generally worked well. The cases where they failed to do so should be compiled and studied. However, we should give a more precise answer to the question: ‘What is a European production?’ How can we ensure that it will consist of as many films with cinematographic values as possible? For me, that is a crucial point. I am sure that European cinema helps European people – mainly the young people – to understand each other's sorrows and joys. Perhaps having a sub-quota, especially for feature and documentary films, would be an improvement.
The other question concerns the case of non-domestic productions. In smaller countries, such as Hungary, it is not a problem. On our television channels, many non-Hungarian and European films are broadcast. However, in some larger Member States, there are hardly any non-domestic European programmes. As the referendum on the Constitution shows, people from some larger nations hardly know anything about the values of the Central and Eastern European countries or of other smaller Member States. The European identity needs and deserves to be reflected, even on the channels of the bigger nations. Often our legislation just follows technical developments. I hope that, in the light of the digital revolution, we can pass proper legislation in due time. That is why I welcome Mr Weber's excellent report."@en1
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