Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-12-12-Speech-2-195"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-12-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Coordination of certain of the Member States' provisions on television broadcasting (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20061212.40.2-195"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-12-12-Speech-2-1962
lpv:speaker	lp:Ignasi Guardans Cambó2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AFCO (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; LIBE (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (2006-01-19--2007-02-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 unknown; Convergència Democràtica Catalunya (2004-07-20--2009-04-22)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the United States (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2004-07-20--2009-04-22)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I would like to begin by thanking Mrs Hieronymi for her excellent work and also the secretariat of the committee for its work of handling so many amendments. With effort on the part of everybody, I believe that we are going to be able to approve a directive which, on the one hand, can be effectively applied, which is not a letter to Father Christmas, since we are in the festive season, but rather a piece of legislation that can be put into practice and will not become obsolete in six months time, because it takes good account of the technical reality that we are talking about and is not drawn up according to any particular person’s philosophy, but according to the reality of today’s world. At the same time, I believe that it is a directive that can avoid two extremes, and that will be the case if the amendments are approved, as some of us hope. One extreme would be American-style television controlled and dominated by advertising. There is also the extreme represented by those who believe that everything must be regulated by law, who want to change society solely by means of the law, sometimes on the basis of values that we may even share, or on the pretext of protecting the weakest members of society, the young and others whom we all want to protect. Such people believe that that must be done solely and exclusively by means of the law, imposing burdens which make open commercial television impossible and unviable, or restricting legitimate business freedoms that exist in our market systems and in the European internal market. I believe that we are achieving that balance between the two extremes. Certain extremes remain. For example, there is still an amendment aimed at banning pornography on the Internet; a very worthy objective. I do not know whether it is the job of the European Parliament to ban pornography on the Internet, for example. This has nothing to do with the values that any one of us defends, but rather with the reality of the field in which we are legislating. I would like to end by expressing my support and praise for the efforts of the Commission and of everybody with a view to achieving a text that clearly opts for self-regulation and co-regulation. It is an instrument that has brought very good results and will continue to do so in the application of this directive."@en1

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