Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-07-05-Speech-4-244-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2012-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of expression in Belarus, in particular, the case of Andrzej Poczobut (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120705.24.4-244-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-07-05-Speech-4-245-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Franz Obermayr2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (2012-02-13--2014-06-30)3 substitute; EMPL (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (2012-03-29--2014-06-30)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--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; NA (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, one of the issues that naturally arises in relation to the journalist, Andrzej Poczobut, is the question of the freedom of the press. The freedom of the press, which we in Europe refer to as the fourth estate, is an extremely important element in every democracy. How far one can go and whether the media can be used to publish insults is quite another issue. I believe that the changeover after half a century from a communist dictatorship to a democracy is certainly a very difficult process, something that is underlined by the excessive nature of the punishment. I find it hard, however, to understand the reaction of some European politicians, because Mr Poczobut is a citizen of Belarus and lives and works there. We in Europe should tread with particular care when it comes to getting involved in the politics of another neighbouring country and I believe that the exclusion of a country from European organisations or cooperative bodies, as has been recommended here today, is the wrong approach. When we speak of press freedom, we should always use the same yardstick, as we sometimes tend to close our eyes to the issue of freedom of expression when it comes to important economic partners from the Far East or the Arabian Peninsula."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question under Rule 149(8))"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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