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"I voted for this resolution criticising the deteriorating situation of the press in Europe, especially in Italy, and which thereby demanded legislation on media mergers. Therefore, I find it absolutely scandalous that the European right – amongst them MEPs of the UMP – has spoken out against the protection of freedom of expression, thus aligning themselves with the position of the extreme right and Europhobe MEPs. Through this vote, the European right has shown that its reflex action was to protect the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, a member of the PPE and at the head of a media empire that is unprecedented for a political figure, Mr Berlusconi regularly threatens journalists and elected members who oppose his actions. This is no interference to say that the fact that the Head of the Italian Government controls the transalpine media is an insult to the freedom of the European press. Surely Italian democracy deserves respect, like all the EU democracies. However, its representative has not shown himself worthy of it today. It is in the name of our respect for the Italian people that we have a duty to censure him today."@en1
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