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Ladies and gentlemen, democracy and freedom are under threat in Russia. This is the main thrust of the resolution, which is a response to new rules according to which it will no longer be possible in future to bring any amount of money into the country provided that it is used to support the development of civil society. The second reason for the resolution is the influence exerted by the government over the majority of media outlets.
Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that the Duma will soon adopt a similar resolution on the European Union. Freedom, and consequently democracy, are after all also under threat here following the adoption of a proposal for the mandatory retention of telephone calls, text messages and emails for the police. In Italy, Prime Minister Berlusconi controls a decisive share of the television market, and indeed of the media market in general. Foreign owners clearly dominate the media in the Czech Republic, where 80% of the press is in the hands of two German groups. This constitutes a clear threat to the freedom of information, and the situation is similar in Poland and the Balkan States. Is no one in the House concerned in the slightest by this state of affairs? It is my belief that this House will unanimously reject this motion for a resolution once it has given a small amount of thought to the matter. If it does not, our electorate’s opinion of us will be far from flattering. Unless, of course, Members of this House have drafted a motion for a resolution condemning media monopolies in EU Member States."@en1
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