Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-09-06-Speech-2-068"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Television without frontiers2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050906.8.2-068"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-09-06-Speech-2-0692
lpv:speaker	lp:Giulietto Chiesa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-05-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Indipendente - Lista Italia dei Valori - Di Pietro Occhetto (2005-01-20--2008-02-18)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2006-05-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2006-05-14)3 vice-chair; INTA (2005-03-14--2007-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Weber report contains many innovative and important elements, including a full acknowledgement that the way democracy functions in every country is radically influenced by the media systems and that therefore it is vital to have a system of democratic controls to guarantee that citizens’ rights are not violated by state or private monopolies. Not only is it essential for everyone to receive accurate information, but everyone must be able to participate in the management of communication. I would like to stress, however, that the issues of information and communication are far more extensive than merely a debate on competition and pluralism. A public sector is not enough to guarantee public control of information management; it is not enough for state television to be subject to the government and the parties as is the case in Italy and as, apparently, threatens to be the case in Slovenia; nor is the private sector a guarantee of anything, if all the commercial television channels are in the hands of a few and if advertising imposes decisions and content with regard to both entertainment and information. I believe that Europe and Parliament must take a big step forwards in order to understand problems such as this one. It is vital for the directive to be revised, but the Commission should bear in mind that the debate goes beyond market-place arguments. In fact, television determines the cultural, intellectual and ethical environment of every country, and that in turn determines its degree of democracy."@en1

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