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"Mr President, I abstained from the vote on this report. It quite rightly highlights various difficulties over media pluralism and the concentration of ownership in a number of Member States.
As a Fleming I can offer a word or two on the subject. Because there is no state in the European Union which has more need, for example, of a neutral media ombudsman to ensure freedom of expression and pluralism than Belgium. Here in Brussels, the institutional heart of the country, as my fellow Member has just said, not only the private media but also the organs of government shamelessly boycott the largest opposition party and deny people the right to free and balanced information.
It may be that the charter for media freedom which the rapporteur advocates can make this kind of abuse impossible, otherwise the whole thing will just be pure window-dressing.
I also wonder why it is that the rapporteur is keen on stricter regulation of the ultimate free medium – the Internet, and bloggers in particular – not to mention proper concern for authors' rights. Because it is precisely those states with no true media pluralism which most want tighter control over the Internet. This report furnishes them with additional arguments and that is regrettable."@en1
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