3 Amendments of Ioan ENCIU related to 2011/2246(INI)
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Member States and the European Union to respect, guarantee, protect and promote the fundamental right to freedom of expression and information, and media freedom and pluralism, and hence to refrain from exerting, and develop mechanisms to impede, threats to media freedom such as trying to unduly and politically influence and impose partisan control and censorship on the media or limit or wrongfully restrict the freedom and independence of the mass media, for example by means of arguments relating to security;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on Member States to adopt legislation as to prevent the infiltration of newsrooms by intelligence officers since such practices highly endanger freedom of expression as they allow for the surveillance of newsrooms and generate a climate of distrust, hamper the gathering of information and threaten the confidentiality of sources and ultimately attempt to misinform and manipulate the public, as well as damage the credibility of media;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Supports the practical, bottom-up efforts initiated by European journalists to defend their fundamental rights by instituting a drop-in centre to document alleged violations of those rights (in line with the pilot project (Amendment No 1225) which was adopted by the plenary as part of Parliament's position on the 2013 budget on 23 October 2012);