Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-21-Speech-3-154"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-10-21"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20091021.5.3-154"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-10-21-Speech-3-1552
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Soullie2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP (2009-07-14--2011-03-23)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2010-03-24)3 substitute; SEDE (2009-07-16--2011-03-23)3 member; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2011-03-23)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2009-07-14--2011-03-23)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Israel (2009-09-16--2011-03-23)3 member; ENVI (2009-07-16--2011-03-23)3 member; Delegation for relations with Belarus (2009-09-16--2011-03-23)3
lpv:translated text	"Freedom of the press is an absolute requirement. A democratic legislative institution like the European Parliament obviously cannot question this benefit. The protection and defence of freedom of information must be guaranteed in all circumstances. Nevertheless, the European Parliament does not have a duty to be a supranational court of justice. Pluralism and freedom of all media must be ensured in the European Union, but it does not behove us as MEPs to judge a country and its leaders on the nature of the relations between the press and the political world. Interference by the European Parliament in this area is unacceptable. What is our legitimacy for issuing any opinion whatsoever on the condition of the Italian media? This is an internal political debate of a Member State, a debate that must be held and resolved inside the frontiers of the State concerned. The rejection of the amendment which intended to change the name of this resolution to give it a more Community-orientated feel demonstrates the targeted and purely political nature of this debate. We must be careful we do not transform our assembly into a court."@en1

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