Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-10-21-Speech-3-137"
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"The relationship between political power and journalism is a complex and delicate one, but it is clear to me that no one should have the right to impose his/her own ‘truth’, censuring ideas, persecuting journalists or limiting freedom of expression and information. The freedom of information and expression is one of the basic principles which underpin the European Union, and it is essential in any democracy. This also means that we should not trivialise this debate or use it for political gain.
In submitting a resolution on freedom of information in Italy, the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament are confusing the European Parliament with the Italian Parliament. They show that they have double standards when they refuse the proposal to include cases from other countries, such as Germany, Hungary or Portugal, where the unjustifiable cancellation of
on TV1 was mentioned. They are not interested in freedom of information in Europe, but only in Italy... Intriguingly, on this very day, we learn that Portugal has fallen 14 points in the rankings of press freedom published by Reporters without Borders."@en1
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"Jornal Nacional"1
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