9 Amendments of Roberto MUSACCHIO related to 2007/2253(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
– having regard to the Boogerd-Quaak report of 5 April 2004 on the risks of violation, in the EU and especially in Italy, of freedom of expression and information (Article 11(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights),
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital V a (new)
Recital V a (new)
Va. whereas, in the information society, media education is an essential means of empowering citizens to make an informed and active contribution to democracy,
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that where Member States are unable or unwilling to respond in the proper way to manifest violations of freedom of expression and information, the EU has a political, moral, and legal obligation to ensure, within its spheres of responsibility, that its citizens are not denied their rights regarding free, pluralistic media;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need to institute monitoring and implementation systems for media pluralism based on reliable and impartial indicators, taking into account the degree of horizontal media concentration (viewing figures, number of licence- holders, proportion of financing from revenue, frequency restrictions, and shareholdings in broadcasters), vertical concentration, and cross-ownership;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that independent productions have an important role to play in safeguarding pluralism; considers the experiences of regional, local, and community media to be interesting from the point of view of promoting pluralism;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the EU and Member State authorities to ensure journalistic and editorial independence by appropriate and specific legal and social guarantees, as well as for the media owners to follow the best practice in each market where they operatend therefore points to the importance of editorial charters to prevent owners or shareholders, or outside bodies such as governments, from interfering with news content;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Maintains that the purpose of media education must be, as is laid down in Council of Europe Recommendation 1466 (2000), to provide citizens with the means of bringing critical interpretation to bear on, and utilising, the ever growing volume of information being imparted to them; considers that this learning process will thus enable citizens to formulate messages and select the most appropriate media for communicating them, and hence to exercise their rights to the full where freedom of information and expression is concerned;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that the threat to pluralism in the EU lies in the control exercised over the media by political bodies or leaders and by certain business organisations such as advertising agencies and that national, regional, or local governments should not, as a matter of principle, abuse their position by influencing the media; considers, further, that even more watertight safeguards should be laid down whenever a member of a government has specific interests connected with the media;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Maintains that legislation should be adopted at European level with a view to prohibiting prominent politicians or candidates for office from holding substantial interests in the media industry; believes that legal means should be put in place in order to avert every possible conflict of interests and calls on the Commission to submit proposals aimed at ensuring that members of governments will not be in a position to exploit their media holdings for political ends;