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"Madam President, there was a curious lack of passion, I thought, about the Commissioner’s opening remarks. Of course, the Commission is the guardian of the treaty and all its principles, but frankly, you would hardly have guessed that from what she said.
In this debate, we have heard examples from across Europe of bad practice. In my country, the UK, we have excessive media ownership by News International, by Rupert Murdoch. If a politician seeks power, they do not tend to rock the boat by challenging that too much.
And as for Italy: when a prime minister owns a substantial part of the media, if that is not abuse of the principles of the treaty, then what is?
How can we condemn bad practice elsewhere if we do not ensure that our own practices are as good as they possibly can be?
Now, of course, there are limits to the Commission’s powers, to its legal competence. But, Commissioner, you are not a bureaucrat; you are a leader; you have a voice, and this is a time when that voice can be raised to embarrass people, to force change, to act for freedom."@en1
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