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Dear All,
Thursday 25th September 2008 the European Parliament. in plenary session
in Brussels, approved the report 'Community Media in Europe'
(A6-0263/2008), rapporteur the Austrian MEP Karin Resetarits (European
Liberal Democrats (ALDE)), with 471 votes in favour to 42 against.
The provisional edition of the adopted full text can be retrieved at:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P6-TA-2008-0456+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN
The attendance list of MEPs, and the detailed results of votes can be
accessed at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/plenary/home.do?date=20080926&tab=LAST&language=EN#
Pdf of the roll-call vote can be accessed directly at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+PV+20080925+RES-RCV+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
The motion for the report, as voted in the Committee on Culture and
Education earlier this year, and including
- the motion for a EU Parliament resolution
- the explanatory statement
- the result of the final vote in the Committee
and the full text of the report itself, in word and pdf formats,
available in all EU official languages, is still available at
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&reference=A6-2008-0263&language=EN&mode=XML
The European Liberal Democrats group has also published a press release
on its website at
http://www.alde.eu/index.php?id=42&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=9805&cHash=255e55819f
Full text attached below:
The European Parliament supports Alternative and Community media which
are vital for social integration
25/09/2008
The European Parliament , meeting in Brussels today for its plenary
session adopted a report by Karin Resetarits (Die Liberalen, Austria)
which calls on the European Union to encourage alternative media in
Europe in order to promote pluralism and cultural diversity. Stemming
from the old family of "free radio" and other pirate broadcasting,
alternative media today is often a community media, addressing a certain
category of the population for example the Muslim population, senior
citizens or young people. They can be distinguished from commercial
media by the fact that they are not profit-making but purely social,
linked with their community by the service they provide. Mrs Resetarits
would like to see this recognised by the European Commission and the
Member States.
"Alternative media does not result in isolating people, on the contrary
they allow a community to integrate, informing them of their rights,
especially in the area of education and access to public services but
also promotes citizens to take part in active life and listens to their
problems and concerns. This type of media is a community tool and
serves as a cultural and social integration project", says Karin
Resetarits.
The support measures recommended by Mrs Resetarits are mostly of a
technical nature, legal (attribution of frequencies) and financial
(possible financing by the EU). "I hope that when the European
Commission publishes in 2009 their Communication on the indicators of
pluralism in the media, it will take into account our proposals on
alternative and community media which obviously contributes and
promotes pluralism", concluded Mrs Resetarits.
For more information
Corlett Neil - Tel: +32 2 284 20 77 Mob: +32 478 78 22 84
Laude Yannick - Tel: +32 2 284 31 69 Mob: +32 495 22 78 37
Category: Press Release, media policy
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research and policy is available on the new version of the website
www.communitymedia.eu
Any comments and suggestions welcome!
Best Wishes,
Salvo
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