Activities of Ivo BELET related to 2011/2020(BUD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Parliament’s position on the 2012 Draft Budget as modified by the Council – all sections
Amendments (1)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that journalists and the media play a leading role in creating a European public sphere which enables citizens to participate in European integration; expstresses concern, therefore, at the fact that the Commission has rejected the European Parliament initiative on Cross- border Investigative Journalism andthe importance of a comprehensive EU strategy for communication in order to bring increased legitimacy to the EU and to strengthen the European citizenship; expresses concern, therefore, at the fact that the Commission has discarded its own pan-European media networks strategy by closing down its initiative of a pan- European TV network; urges the Commission to set up the intended TV network as soon as possible and to come up with a comprehensive strategy for communication in order to bring increased legitimacy to the EU and to strengthen the European public sphere; and strongly asks the Commission to reconsider the actual operation of the European parliament initiative on the cross border investigative journalism so as to safeguard its independent and impartial implementation and to better clarify its position on the future perspectives for the pan-European media networks strategy;