Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-07-Speech-2-562"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-09-07"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20100907.33.2-562"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ivo Belet2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CULT (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2009-09-30--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Christen-Democratisch & Vlaams (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (2009-10-08--2011-07-31)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to start by saying that the need for a debate in this House on fundamental values such as freedom of the press and freedom of opinion is indeed greater than ever. I propose – and I hope we can agree on this – that this debate be held on the basis of objective criteria and objective analyses. Commissioner, you yourself proposed such an instrument with objective indicators – the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) – which has been developed by the European Commission. The aim now is for the European Commission, among others, to implement this MPM, and indeed we expect you to do so. The second instrument is the recommendations of the Council of Europe. These recommendations concern standards of press freedom, the independent management of public broadcasters, and stable financing. All 27 Member States of the European Union have subscribed to these standards, and so it is a good idea to remind Member States of the need to meet their commitments on that score. It is also our responsibility – as the European Parliament – to draw their attention to this. We shall be doing so shortly, among other things, in the form of a new resolution, which concerns the future of public broadcasters in the digital age and which will be presented to this Chamber either next month or the month after. In this, we shall be expressly asking the Commission and also the Member States to look into this in specific terms. Finally, we cannot accept freedom of the press coming under threat anywhere in Europe, and hence vigilance is called for, vigilance on the part of this House. That is why I think it a good idea that the Commission and Parliament issue the appropriate reminder to the Member States in due course."@en1
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