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"European cinema plays two fundamental roles in European society: the first is linked to cultural development and the second to creating economic dynamism. The transition to digital technology represents a major financial challenge for European cinemas, especially small independent cinemas, as this development appears to be unavoidable. This is quite a sensitive issue: as independent cinemas reflect our European cinematographic style, it is essential to ensure that the investment required to achieve this technical transition does not jeopardise the existence of these cinemas or their programming independence. It is also necessary to take account of the differences in infrastructure across Europe and therefore accessibility: there are 16 102 people per screen in Western Europe compared with 40 750 in Central and Eastern Europe.
In this regard, the report by Piotr Borys on European cinema in the digital era, which I endorse, is a step in the right direction in that it aims to protect cinemas and European film production and to even out the ‘divide’ in the accessibility of cinema in Europe. I hope that these proposals will be taken on board in order to protect the cultural and economic capital of our film production industry."@en1
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