5 Amendments of Katerina BATZELI related to 2008/2011(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas there are major differences between Member States regarding Community media dissemination and impact, which are greatest in those Member States which clearly recognise their legal status and are aware of regarding their added value,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ja (new)
Recital Ja (new)
Ja. Whereas 2008 has been designated European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, which means that the European media have a particularly important role to play providing an eminently suitable means of expression and information for smaller cultural entities within society as a whole and for continuation of the intercultural dialogue during 2008 and beyond;,
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses also that the Community media promote intercultural dialogue by educating the general public, combating negative stereotypes and correcting the image projected by the mass media regarding social categories threatened with exclusion, such as refugees, migrants, Roma and other ethnic and religious minorities;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15α Stresses the role that may be played by local, regional and national authorities in supporting and promoting the community media by providing suitable infrastructure, together with support within the context of programmes encouraging exchanges of best practice, such as the Community ‘Regions for Economic Change’ (formerly Interreg) programme;·
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Asks the Commission to take into account the notion of community media and measures to facilitate their development in the ongoing reform of the telecommunication sector’s regulatory framework as well as in the future legislation of the media sector; stresses that the decision regarding digital dividend allocation and the more general discussion concerning radio spectrum management must be compatible with the principle of a universal telecommunications service, ensuring prompt access to a wide range of services, including the community media;·