Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-538"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-538"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-07-Speech-2-5392
lpv:speaker	lp:Sonia Alfano2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Italia dei Valori - Lista Di Pietro (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are all unfortunately aware of the information situation in Italy. We are classified as a partly free country by Freedom House and occupy 71st place along with the islands of Tonga, ranking only just above East Timor. The ‘gagging law’ is only the latest development in an overall situation in which the country’s democratic defences are being greatly weakened, in particular, due to the lack of free information. As the OECD indicates in its most recent report, the disintegration of democracy and of the vested rights to information and free expression is unfortunately spreading throughout Europe. We need only think of France, with its government-appointed top public television service executive, or Hungary, Estonia and Romania, which, after taking tough legal action to limit freedom of expression, are making it impossible for information to play its essential democratic role as government watchdog. For this reason, I believe it is the Commission’s duty to make a strong, consistent commitment to defending media and information freedom, in line with the provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. I therefore ask the Commission what action it intends to take to promote genuine media pluralism in the EU Member States and, in particular, when it will issue the communication on indicators for media pluralism, which was promised for 2010, together with the associated legislative proposal. I would not like to think that, as with the expulsion of the Roma in France, the Commission is tempted to give up its defence of freedom and democracy in Europe in order to cover up the work of Member State governments, which are increasingly concerned with hiding their wrongdoings from the press and the public. I hope that you, and also Commissioner Reding, will be able to reassure me on this point."@en1
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