Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-564"

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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.20100907.33.2-564"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-07-Speech-2-5652
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Wikström2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2012-12-09)3 member; JURI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; EMPL (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, at this late hour, let us remind ourselves that freedom of expression had its beginnings in Europe once upon a time. In my country, Sweden, we have upheld it since 1766, when it became Swedish law, and it is now enshrined in the constitution. Nevertheless, this has not prevented journalists and writers from being subjected to terrible things such as attempts on their lives, fire bombs and threats. This is not unique to Sweden; exactly the same violence occurs elsewhere in Europe. If we want Europe to continue to be a model for freedom of the press and freedom of expression, it is unacceptable for three countries in the EU to be identified as only having partial freedom of expression according to the latest report by Freedom House, namely Italy, Bulgaria and Romania. Greece is also reported to have problems. Who does not clearly remember the blank newspaper pages that we saw a while ago in Italy after pressure was exerted on journalists and newspaper editors? We must stand up for freedom of speech. We must never forget that freedom of the arts and freedom of expression first saw the light of day in the young European democracies. In any democracy, citizens are free to criticise and form their own opinions about articles and books, and we must never accept a situation in which people are frightened into silence. Freedom of expression forms the very backbone of the union that we are all charged with serving and whose ideals we must stand up and defend, particularly at times when they are challenged."@en1
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