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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
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	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-565"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-07-Speech-2-5662
lpv:speaker	lp:Georgios Papanikolaou2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-10-06--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Nea Demokratia (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the need to protect the rights of freedom of expression and press freedom is extremely important and has acquired new aspects, especially in our times, for two main reasons. Firstly, technological progress, as we have already heard, has created new means of communication. We now have the Internet, we have blogs, we have social networking, we have Internet radio and we have Internet television. These are new media which have made a great impression. I should like to say at this point that a journalist and active blogger was murdered in Greece about two and a half months ago. Although these new media make a great impression, their operating framework has not yet been regulated in an integrated manner, either legislatively or in terms of a code of conduct. Frequently, our Commission itself replies that we all are relying on self-regulation by these media. It is becoming obvious that, often, as a result of the freedom granted to these media, especially under conditions of anonymity, we end up with abuse and, ultimately, misleading information for the public. The second reason is that, nowadays, publishing and broadcasting are concentrated in the hands of a few, strong, business giants, as an ultimate result of which, businessmen, politicians and often entire governments must bow to the wishes of these giants. To close, it is obvious that often, in the name of freedom of expression, we end up muzzling the political world and muzzling working journalists, who are objectively unable to work and inform their public. To close, we know that our powers at European level are limited. Of course, we too are able, for our part, to exert pressure, within a framework and in an environment of broad assent by all the agencies involved, in an environment which will provide immediate solutions for the Member States of the EU coming out of the biggest crisis in the last eighty years."@en1
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