Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-11-18-Speech-1-072"

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dcterms:Date	"2002-11-18"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20021118.4.1-072"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-11-18-Speech-1-0732
lpv:speaker	lp:Renzo Imbeni2
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; PES (2000-03-08--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-president; Parliament's Bureau (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3,3 vice-president; European Parliament (2002-01-15--2004-07-19)3,3 unknown; Democratici di Sinistra (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, do we need legally binding European legislation to guarantee the pluralism of the media or not? That is the question. I say yes, we do. And I would add immediately that it is extremely important that, in future, under the new Constitution, the European Commission should have sole power of initiative. We must not poach on the territory of others. However, we are not discussing forcing the European Commission to do what it cannot and does not want to. The point is that there is now clearly a legal gap. We must admit it and ensure that it is filled. There is already a legal gap thanks to the remarkable, impressive technological innovations that have taken place, but it will be further widened when the Union enlarges to 25 Member States and, in particular, as Mr Watson said just now, when it establishes a new Constitution shortly. The Constitution will include articles which are part of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 11 of which enshrines the pluralism of the media. Now, if we do not introduce new legislation, we ourselves – Parliament, Commission and the Council – will be in danger of actually promoting violation of this Constitution, which we all want to adopt soon. In other words, the only thing we cannot do is nothing. If – and this is something which I bitterly, very bitterly regret – one of the Member States of the Union ranks below the Republic of Benin, below position number 40 in the world in terms of media pluralism, that is not a matter solely or primarily for political dispute within the country concerned, and I am talking about my own country, Italy. No, in my view, it calls for analysis on the part of the European Union followed by the adoption of political, institutional and legal measures – the substance of which will be for the Commission to decide."@en1

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