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During today’s vote, I supported the resolution on concentration and pluralism in the media in the European Union. I agree with the principle that motivates the rapporteur, namely that there has to be some equality as regards standards for the protection of democracy and basic freedoms.
In today’s world, the mass media have an enormous and ever-increasing influence. The appearance of ever-newer media is a positive development. It increases dynamism and variety in this sector. I believe that, in this regard, there is a need to create a system of monitoring and implementation based on indicators of media pluralism that are set in a reliable and impartial manner. We should defend media pluralism as an important aspect of democracy and freedom, in order to guarantee access to free and diverse mass media to all the inhabitants of the European Union.
In addition, I can see that it would be worth creating a charter of media freedoms, which would provide guarantees not just for the social rights of broadcasters and journalists, but would also guarantee freedom of expression."@en1
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