Activities of Gianni VATTIMO related to 2011/2246(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the EU Charter: standard settings for Media Freedom across the EU
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that free and independent media are one of the foundations of democracy and the rule of law; notes the role of free media and the free exchange of information in the democratic transformations taking place in non- democratic regimes;Recognising the importance of plurality of information sources for true media freedom, also calls on the Commission to promote a policy of supporting independent media whose activities are restricted by authoritarian regime, specifically periodicals and daily newspapers;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Strongly emphasisesConsiders also that the educational and cultural role of the public media; suggests that the commercial activities of the public media should solely complement the promotion of culture and their educational missionmission goes hand in hand with media pluralism and therefore calls on Member States to sustain information diversity by investing part of the revenue from the commercial activities of the public media in editorialising and independent daily newspapers and periodicals;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. NotStresses the dynamic changes in the media world that are redefining the arena of information exchange; draws attention to the fact that the development of the Internet is opening possibilities for unrestricted, individual expression by citizens of EU Member States and other countriesneed to close the existing gap in distribution and coverage of new media that separates the cities from the countryside, and emphasises the fact that major changes in media technology are not always actually and effectively accompanied by true freedom and democracy – the index compiled every year by Reporters Without Borders clearly indicates that even the countries of the European Union are not immune to violations of media freedom – and therefore calls on the Commission to ensure, at all times, freedom of expression and information for journalists and citizens alike;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain a balance between protectReiterates the importance of revising copyright and prostecuting piracy and the freedom to share information online; stresses that control of the media and individual Internet users is only possible in connection with violations of the Member States’ laws, and cannot be a means of censorship and restricting freedom of speechon law in line with the development of new technology which, by focusing on information sharing, challenges the traditional concept of copyright, and hence calls on the Commission to promote a wide-ranging debate involving all stakeholders and particularly users.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to monitor, investigate and take action to prevent violations of freedom of speech, and given that safeguarding cultural diversity and diversity of the media must become a priority for European Union law, requests the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive safeguarding the pluralism of European media in accordance with previous parliamentary resolutions on press freedom;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Repeats its call on the Commission to guarantee the respect, protection and promotion of the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, media freedom and pluralism in the EU and in its Member States by issuing a legislative initiative, to ensure the full application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, of the ECHR and of the related jurisprudence on positive obligations in the field of media; such initiative shall include provisions on transparency on media ownership, media concentration, conflict of interest rules to prevent undue influence from political and economic powers on the media, independence of media supervisory bodies; in this perspective, Calls on the Commission to institutionalise EU-level cooperation and coordination on the media, for instance by establishing a European regulators' group for audiovisual media services, and to harmonise the status of the national regulatory authorities provided for in Articles 29 and 30 of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), ensuring that they are independent, impartial and transparent as regards their decision-making processes, the exercise of their powers and the monitoring process, and that they have appropriate sanctioning powers to ensure that their decisions are implemented;