Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-553"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2010-09-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Freedom of expression and press freedom in the European Union (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"ro"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-553"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-09-07-Speech-2-5542
lpv:speaker	lp:Renate Weber2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partidul Naţional Liberal (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Regimes which flout the rules of democracy always regard freedom of expression and the press as a greater enemy than political opposition, and attempt to gag it in every way they can. The trends which have been observed recently in Europe are worrying. In my own country, Romania, the press is no longer regarded as a watchdog monitoring the actions of government and society, but as a vulnerability. A president and government which despise voices of criticism have decided that the press and campaigns which could cause public institutions to lose credibility pose a vulnerability to national security. Therefore, if some journalists were to reveal that at the Ministry of Sport or Tourism, for instance, the minister abused public money by spending it irresponsibly or even in a criminal way, this could undermine the ministry’s credibility and, by extension, the government and the country’s national security. To avoid any accusations, the press should never criticise a public institution again, but keep silent. Does the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights still count for anything? Does the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights still count for anything? Of course they still count, and it is time to put an end to such practices for intimidating the press. Indeed, the European Commission needs to act as a proper guardian of the rights and principles on which the European Union is founded."@en1
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