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4 Amendments of Ernest MARAGALL related to 2016/2030(INI)

Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the establishment of the East StratCom Team within the European External Action Service (EEAS) with the aim of countering anti-EU propaganda and disinformation; insists upon the difference between ‘propaganda’ and criticism;
2016/05/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the need to strengthen independent media, especially in the EUmedia pluralism and independent media, in the European Union and its neighbourhood, inter alia through support for journalists and the development of capacity-building programmes for media actors, fostering information-exchange partnerships and networks, such as content- sharing platforms, media-related research, exchange and training opportunities for journalists, and placements with EU-based media to facilitate exchanges of best practices;
2016/05/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for Member States to provide and ensure the necessary framework for quality journalism and variety of information, in fighting media concentrations, which have a negative impact on media pluralism;
2016/05/03
Committee: CULT
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of a coherent communication ong EU policies effectively, internally as well as externally, and of ensuring access to information in local languages; welcomes, in this context, the launch of the EEAS website in Russian;, underlines thate need to provide the same facilities for Arab and Turkish languages; calls for particular attention shouldto be paid to new technologies – including digital broadcasting, mobile communications, online media and social networks – which facilitate the dissemination of information about, and increased awareness of, the European values enshrined in the Treaties.
2016/05/03
Committee: CULT