Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-545"

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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
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-545"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Kinga Göncz2
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Magyar Szocialista Párt (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3 substitute; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 vice-chair; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Thank you very much, Madam President. Fellow Members, just imagine that the electoral system of this Parliament allows a two-thirds majority to be adopted by a simple majority of votes. And the largest group, that is, the group leader, nominates the President of the European Parliament and then the group elects this nominee through its comfortable majority. Then the group leader nominates and then elects the European Commissioners, the President of the Commission, the President of the Court of Auditors, and the members and President of the European Court of Justice. The Community administration has replaced its leaders without justification. The group leader implements decisions that make it impossible for smaller parties to win an election or even stand for election. And then the group leader – proclaiming revolutionary changes – nominates a loyal cadre to lead the Press Service of the European Parliament and this loyal cadre makes sure that a reliable person is selected to be in charge of each media section. As a result, the public will only hear favourable, positive news about the activities of the group and the group leader. This, of course, could not happen in this Parliament. European democracy is built on a system of checks and balances with the media as the ‘watchdog’. Even the existence of a two-thirds majority in Parliament cannot justify the elimination of this system or the restriction of the freedom of the press and freedom of expression. However, this is what has been going on for three months now in Hungary. Since the system of democratic checks and balances is practically gone in Hungary, the watchdog has been poisoned and the poison is starting to do its job; any feedback can only come from European institutions. This is what we expect. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has already expressed his deep concerns."@en1
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