12 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2011/2246(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the media play a fundamental ‘carry out a "public watchdog’" role in democracy, as they allow citizens to exercise their right to be informed, to scrutinise and to judge the actions and decisions of those exercising or holding power or influence, in particular on the occasion of electoral consultatioprovide information to the citizens;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas journalists should be free from the pressure of owners, managers, governments and financial constraints;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas citizens' fundamental rights to freedom of expression and of information canmay be also guaranteed only through media freedom and pluralism, whereby journalists and the media can exercise their right and duty to impartially and objectively inform citizens on relevant events and decisions of public interest;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas concerns arise in relation to the high unemployment rate of journalists in Europe, and the large degree of them who act as freelancers, with limited job stability, support, and a great amount of uncertainty;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the development of digital environment can play an essential role for the access to the online information of European citizens;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that job stability, responsible and ethical journalism based on the journalists' code of conduct is necessary to the survival of quality investigative journalism, and that these aspects of working in the media market should be restored to journalists; calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage this restoration;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to combine competition law with media law in order to ensure plurality and quality in the media market, and to prevent the single point of view from dominating the media spectrum;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to create a formal and legal distinction between internet-based media which is created by journalists, including written and audio- visual variants, adhering to journalistic standards and codes of conduct, and internet-based media which is produced by laymen, such as personal blogs;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the National Regulatory Authorities to cooperate and coordinate themselves at EU level on media, for instance by establishing a European Regulators Association for audiovisual media services, and harmonize the status of the National Regulatory Authorities foreseen by Articles 29 and 30 AVMSD by ensuring they are independent, impartial and transparent, both in the decision- making process and in the exercise of their power, as well as in the monitoring process, and provide them with appropriate sanctioning powers to ensure their decisions are implemented;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls the Commission and the Member States to ensure transparency in mediathe ownership andof media, as well as to ascertain whetherrutinize if public funds are used efficiently and in a transparent way by Member States in relation to the public service media;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to reinforce ownership rules and transparency of ownership rules; underlines the importance of making public all owners and co-owners, their CVs and their financing in order to allow citizens to check what are the interests behind their media;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Underlines that Freedom of Media should include as well freedom of access to media by ensure the effective supply of and access to broadband Internet by all European citizens, within an reasonable timeframe and cost by further developing wireless technologies including satellite enabling Internet connectivity;