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Desuden opfordrer vi Kommissionen til at fremsætte et direktivforslag om sikring af den journalistiske uafhængighed.
SCHMIDHUBER, Member of the Commission. — (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ECSC Treaty is only valid for another ten years.
I den forbindelse findes der ikke nogen fuldstændig frihed for den ene part, som hævder sig over for den anden.
It is therefore not too soon to begin giving some thought to the future of the
Dette skal også skabe et nyt forhold mellem EF-myndighederne, de nationale myndigheder og den interesserede offentlighed, der erhvervsmæssigt er beskæftiget hermed, således at der også inden for informationssektoren er gennem sigtighed.
If we had compiled a list six months ago of who was merging with whom in Europe, who was linking up with whom and who else was involved, that list could already be consigned to the waste-paper basket.
at landene ofte har sat ind over for denne sektor, og at der i mange af EF-medlemsstaterne findes bestemmelser om forbud mod koncentration.
Finally, we wish to see a new relationship between the Community institutions, the national institutions and the public.
Skal vi — som det kræves af en række personer, nemlig matadorerne inden for den skrevne presse og det audiovisuelle område — helt undlade at interessere sig for denne sektor på EF-plan?
Those who are working with taxpayers' money must also ensure that there is public access to the documents in their possession. We refer to this as a right to know.
Jeg mener ikke, at samfundet passivt kan være vidne til, at der oprettes stadig mere magtfulde grupper, at kommunikationsmidlerne — de små og mellemstore — forringes, og at der sættes spørgsmålstegn ved offentlige tjeneste ydelser.
We are operating in the public sector, and we wish to follow the principle of the Freedom of Information Act in the United States by ensuring that in Europe too, documents are in principle available to the public.
Man behøver ikke være grum interventionist for at kræve, at Fællesskabet er opmærksom på denne sektor, at den følger den multinationalisering og globalisering, der finder sted inden for dette område, og at den skaber en specifik lovramme, der bygger på ønsket om at sikre pluralisme med hensyn til meninger.
Only in justified and exceptional cases can the Commission refuse to publish a document. This should also establish a new relationship between the Community authorities, the national authorities and that section of the public which is interested and professionally involved, thereby producing transparency in the information sector.
Det er denne ånd, betænkningen skab tes i.
We cannot stand by and watch things developing in this way.
For så vidt angår den skrevne presse, kræver vi i al væsentlighed, at der træffes konkrete positive foran staltninger, og vi insisterer over for Kommissionen på, at den imødekommer erhvervets legitime for dringer med hensyn til moms, pris på papir og distribution, hvilket skal finde sted ud fra ønsket om at sikre særlig de nationale, regionale og lokale aviser, som vi i dag ved kæmper med særdeles alvorlige økonomiske vanskeligheder.
In this respect, we are assuming that the principle of subsidiarity applies, in other words that we will deal nationally with things that are better dealt with on a national basis, with the remainder being dealt with at European level, where that is more appropriate and effective.
Fayot (S), ordfører. — (FR) Hr. formand, efter de dramatiske hændelser i sidste mødeperiode bliver denne betænkning endelig forelagt plenarforsamlingen.
FAYOT (S), rapporteur. — (FR) Mr President, after the bizarre events of the last partsession, our report has finally come before the plenary.
Jeg vil gerne starte med at understrege, at denne betænkning skyldes initiativet fra vor afdøde kollega, Robert Krieps, der døde i 1990, og jeg tilegner dette arbejde hans minde.
First of all, I would like to stress that this report derives from the initiative of our late colleague, Robert Krieps, who died in August 1990, and I dedicate this work to his memory.
Det forekommer mig at være et afgørende skridt.
Our report is based on two main pillars.
Det har intet at gøre med den interventionisme eller dirigisme, man undertiden bebrejder os.
Firstly, media concentration must be made transparent.
Tydeligvis bærer hvert land ansvaret for det, der foregår på nationalt plan, men det er mangfoldigheden af nationale bestemmelser, der bevirker de revner, hvori den utilladelige koncentration, intet land kan kontrollere alene mere, kan forsvinde.
Secondly, we are calling on the Commission to submit a proposal for an anti-concentration directive, which on the one hand would harmonize the national protective measures at the highest possible level and on the other hand would ensure that for a merger on a European scale, criteria are available which allow us to say: here we must intervene, but there we can give our approval. Two instruments, therefore, for dealing with media concentration. tion.
Hr. formand, jeg vil gerne give udtryk for, hvilken ånd vi har udført dette arbejde i.
Mr President, I would like to make clear the spirit in which we undertook this task.
Vi har givet os i lag med denne betænkning uden ideologiske fordomme, ud fra ønsket om at tage højde for den indviklede og omskiftelige virkelighed i en økonomisk sektor, der spiller en fremtrædende rolle for demokratiet.
We approached the job of drawing up this report without ideological bias and with a desire to take into account the complex and fluctuating realities of an economic sector which is of paramount importance to democracy.
Fordi sektoren den skrevne presse og medierne i almindelighed befinder sig på skæringspunktet for handel og politik, må den optage os på både nationalt og EF-plan.
It is precisely because the press, and the media in general, are at the interface of commerce and politics that they should concern us both at national and Community level.
Faktisk er det væsentligste kendetegn ved den skrevne presse, at den er fuldkommen privat, at dens beståen og udvikling er underlagt markeds kræfterne.
The main characteristic of the printed media is the fact that they are entirely privately owned, and their existence and development are therefore subject to the laws of the market.
For så vidt angår de elektroniske medier, som gennem lang tid fungerede som næsten udelukkende offentlig tjenesteydelse, har de sidste års privatisering bevirket, at de samme markedsmekanismer er blevet indført i denne sektor.
As for the electronic media, although these were almost exclusively state-owned for many years, the privatizations which have taken place in a number of countries in recent decades have led to the introduction of market forces in this sector too.
Det er, fordi vi er demokrater, hr. formand, og fordi vi holder af mangfoldighed, at vi ønsker pluralisme med hensyn til informationer og meninger.
Then again, we wish to see that in the process of concentration, there are safeguards for journalists' independence.
Derfor opfordrer vi Kommissionen til at påtage sig sin del af ansvaret.
We are therefore proposing that a European Media Code should be drawn up, to govern the relation ship between journalists, editors and publishers and to cover questions of professional ethics in this area throughout the Community.
Coimbra Martins (S). — (PT) Hr. formand, det var vanskeligt at nå til den endelige version af betænkningen, vi debatterer i dag i plenarforsamlingen.
The economic consequences of media liberalization are well known: the disappearance of large numbers of titles in the press; and a trend towards concentration both within and across the various sectors — the latter result ing in the emergence of large multi-media groups.
Og det er ikke så mærkeligt, fordi de principper, hvorpå den hviler, er indlysende for os, mens de foranstaltninger, der skal sikre dem, sådan som medieverdenen ser ud i dag, er diskutable.
Although media concentration at first occurred mainly within individual countries — language being an important factor in press, radio and television — there has been a gradual tendency towards the formation of multinational groups with interests in the press, publishing, advertising, programme distribution, broadcasting and so on.
De økonomiske konsekvenser er velkendte: for svinden af adskillige aviser, koncentrationsbevægelser inden for, men også uden for alle sektorer, hvilket danner grundlag for dannelsen af de store massemediegrupper.
Governments have often intervened in this sector, and anti-concentration regulations exist in several Member States of the Community.
I de koncentrationsbevægelser, der i begyndelsen begrænsede sig til det nationale plan, eftersom den skrevne presse, radio og fjernsyn er bundet til sprog, har man været vidne til, at der lidt efter lidt opstod multinationale grupper, der var til stede inden for den skrevne presse, forlags- og reklamevirksomheden, distributionen af program mer, udsendelsen af programmer m.m.
Should the press and audiovisual media barons, as a number of people demand, be required to relinquish their Europe-wide interests in this sector entirely?
Markedets liberalisering har sine ulemper med hen syn til ytringsfriheden, meningspluralisme og lige informationsvilkår.
We are also calling on the Commission to submit a proposal for a directive to safeguard journalistic independence.
Derfor er vi specielt glade for
In this context, there is no absolute freedom for one side, allowing it to impose itself on the other.
Jeg vil blot komme ind på tre problemer, som ikke er omtalt, eller er utilstrækkeligt omtalt i betænkningen. gen.
That is the spirit in which this report was drawn up.
I de medlemsstater, hvor liberaliseringen lader vente på sig, og hvor der kun findes statslige tv-antenner, sker der et alvorligt brud på ytringsfriheden og pluralismen.
I shall end by referring to an issue which, understandably, is not foremost among the rapporteurs' concerns: the desire of emigrant communities in the various Member States to be able to tune in to radio broadcasts in their own language.
Samtidig skaber privatiseringen af store dele af den offentlige sektor inden for radiosektoren alvorlige sociale problemer.
In this context, Mr President, to conclude, and if I may be allowed to digress for a moment, when will we have, in Brussels and in Strasbourg, cable television programmes from all — and 1 repeat, all — the Member States of the Community?
I samme stater, hvor der praktisk talt ikke er valgmuligheder inden for tv-programmer, har man skabt en grundlæggende ulighed vedrørende information.
Allow me to repeat my colleague Dieter Schinzel's call for a Commission proposal for a directive on the harmonization of national anti-concentration regulations.
Et overvældende flertal har kun den nationale information at støtte sig til.
It is not a question of the interventionism of which we are sometimes accused.
Andre (LDR). — (FR) Hr. formand, kære kolleger, det glædede mig at se, at vores ordfører lagde vægt på, at »mediefrihed er et ubetinget nødvendigt grundlag for ethvert frit samfund«.
LAMBRIAS (PPE). — (GR) Mr President, the subject we are discussing here is without doubt of vital importance for democracy and the unfolding of European civilization.
Jeg kan kun rose Dem, kære kollega, og tilslutte mig Deres tale. Imidlertid vil jeg gerne tilføje, at det ikke kun er mediefrihed, der er ubetinget nødvendigt, men også pluralisme med hensyn til meninger.
However, it is also an extremely sensitive subject which has arisen relatively recently, as a result of technological advances and the revolution in the telecommunications sector.
At sikre os medier af enhver ideologisk tendens er grundlaget for det demokrati, som af alle politiske styreformer er den, der anerkender, danner og lever af divergerende meninger og støtter kritik.
The right approach to the continuing and growing concentration in the mass media is therefore one of caution, as there are many pitfalls in oversimplifying matters.
Jeg vil slutte med at nævne et tilfælde, der forståeligt nok ikke er ordførerens vigtigste mærkesag: indvandrerne, der i de forskellige medlemsstater med skiftende held forsøger at få sendetid i radioen.
It is because we are democrats, Mr President, because we are in favour of pluralism, that we wish to see safeguards for the diversity of information and opinion.
Disse anmodninger bør undersøges med megen forståelse.
That is why we are calling on the Commission to live up to its responsibilities.
Vi kræver, at indvandrerne får stemmeret. Lad os også give deres repræsentative foreninger ret til at udtrykke sig via radio. Apropos, hr. formand: Hvor når får vi i Bruxelles og Strasbourg kabel-tv pro grammer fra alle medlemsstater?
COIMBRA MARTINS (S). — (PT) Mr President, arriving at the final version of the report that we are debating in plenary today was no easy matter.
Lambrias (PPE). — (GR) Hr. formand, der hersker ingen tvivl om, at det spørgsmål, vi behandler, er af vital betydning for demokratiet og den kulturelle udvikling i Europa.
The commendable report drawn up by our colleagues Fayot and Schinzel refers to all the dangers which concentration and, above all, lack of transparency can create.
Det er imidlertid også et yderst følsomt spørgsmål, som er forholdsvis nyt på grund af de teknologiske fremskridt og den revolution, der er sket inden for kommunikationen.
We have to ask ourselves, however, whether we can isolate such dangers through effective measures which will neither rebound against the freedom of expression nor distort healthy competition, and which will not reduce the professional independence of our journalists.
Hvis den stadigt voksende koncentration af medierne skal imødegås korrekt, kræver det en fornuftig holdning, da en oversimplificering indeholder mange fælder.
The specific conditions applying in each country must also be taken into account when it comes to drawing up rules which have to be accepted in practice rather than being imposed legalistically across the board at European level, that is through legislation.
Vi bevæger os mere og mere hen imod et samfund, hvis økonomi snarere støtter sig på information end industri, hvorfor medierne har den afgørende betydning, som de har.
Consequently, it is premature to concern ourselves with setting up a council, which is more likely to hinder than to speed up the framing of a genuinely democratic policy.
Det er sandt, at medlemsstaterne skal spille en fremtrædende rolle, og at alle fælles skabsaktioner på dette område skal tage retningslinjerne fra Maastricht i betragtning, men er medlems staterne i stand til at træffe de fornødne foranstaltninger?
The liberalization — not to say sanctification — of the market place has serious drawbacks for freedom of expression, diversity of opinion and equality of access to information.
Det tror jeg ikke! Koncentrationsfænomenerne foregår nemlig i vid udstrækning på tværs af nationale grænser, både inden for den skrevne presse og det audiovisuelle område.
We therefore especially welcome paragraph 14 of the motion for a resolution, which calls on the Commission to prepare and implement measures to assist small and mediumsized undertakings in the public and private sectors, in order to counter the trend towards media concentration.
Det er reelle euro pæiske, om ikke internationale imperier, vi står over for.
We also welcome paragraph 15, which seeks to secure and develop the European dimension of television.
Jeg vil mene, at det henhører under vores ansvars- og kompetenceområde at reagere.
In fact, we believe that the motion fora resolution as a whole is well conceived.
Hr. Fayots og hr. Schinzels prisværdige arbejde peger på alle de risici, der er forbundet med koncentration, især den uigennemsigtige slags. Vi må imidlertid tænke over, om vi kan slippe af med disse risici på en effektiv måde, som ikke modarbejder ytringsfriheden og heller ikke virker konkurrenceforvridende eller skader journalisternes faglige uafhængig hed.
ANDRE (LDR). — (FR) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I was pleased to read the rapporteur's statement that 'freedom for the media is the essential basis of any free society'.
De særlige forhold i de enkelte lande bør der nødvendigvis også tages hensyn til under udarbejdelsen af regler, som må accepteres, før de kan træde
If information is. by its very nature, neutral, the way in which that information is conveyed is always subjective. It is by ensuring that a full
Til gengæld bifalder jeg smidige EF-retningslinjer. for at man kan nå til reel journalistisk uafhængighed
In Member States in which liberalization is lagging behind, and which still have only state-owned transmitters, government interference constitutes a serious and insidious affront to freedom of expression and pluralism.
Andre og gennemsigtighed af sektoren.
ANDRE development and, as a result, increased knowledge and information.
Kort sagt, lad os være opmærksomme, men ikke interventionistiske for enhver pris.
The spreading of opinion is currently subject to influences and attempts at regulation from outside.
skridende spredning af meninger og meddelelser må ikke være til hinder herfor.
Opinions are reflected by people who — not least in Europe — have different attitudes to life.
Heraf følgende utilladelig påvirkning af medierne risikerer at blive sidestillet med negativ vurdering af mediekoncentration.
Improperly influencing the media in this way is apt to be seen in the same unfavourable light as media concentration.
Ingen af delene ønsker vi.
Both things are undesirable.
Meninger bør principielt ikke undertrykkes.
Opinions should not in principle be suppressed.
Derfor må man være yderst forsigtig, når man sætter ind!
That is why we should be very careful in taking action here.
Vor gruppe har længe understreget det påtrængende i en ad /toc-forordning, som skal kontrollere de fusioner og koncentrationer, som virksomhederne oplever, hvad enten de er aktive udelukkende eller også i mediebranchen.
There are some cases where it is difficult to see the advantages of Community regulation, whatever form that might take. I am thinking in particular of the right to reply, which in national legislation falls under criminal law and is regulated to a greater or lesser extent according to specific national circumstances.
Den undtagelse, som forordningen om koncentrationerne af generel art (artikel 21) udgør, mener vi, er dikteret af nødvendigheden af at sørge for en bedre beskyttelse med hensyn til et mål, pluralismen, som ikke alene er af økonomisk art.
On the other hand, I support the proposals for flexible Community action aimed at ensuring genuine journalistic independence and transparency in the sector. In brief, let us be watchful, but let us not, under any circumstances, be interventionist.
Imidlertid tjener medierne ikke kun til at sprede meninger, men navnlig også nyheder.
However, the media are not just used to spread opinions, but also and in particular to disseminate news.
Medieforbrugeren har krav på sandfærdig dækning.
The media user is entitled to a truthful style of reporting.
Desværre må det konstateres, at der i stigende grad foregår misinformation.
Unfortunately, one has to say that there is a growing quantity of disinformation.
Manipulationer, der ikke kan genkendes som sådanne, gør forbrugeren til offer for meningsterror.
The consumer is indiscernibly manipulated into becoming a victim of opinion-forming intimidation.
Dette fremmes af mediekoncentration.
This is encouraged by media concentration.
Da der ved dækning af Golfkrigen kun spredtes de nyheder, der blev udbudt af CNN, var forbrugeren af nyheder ikke i stand til at efterprøve deres sandhedsværdi og se de løgne, som spredtes om de påståede irakiske mord på spædbørn, og som var medvirkende årsag til den voldelige aktion mod irakerne.
When only the news provided by CNN was broadcast in the reporting of the Gulf War, consumers were unable to check to what extent it was true and to appreciate the lies concerning the alleged murders of infants by the Iraqis, which were one of the reasons behind the violent measures used against Iraq.
I den forbindelse bør man ikke undlade at nævne, at samvittighedsløse reportere ofte ikke viger tilbage for at provokere visse begivenheders gang og dernæst rapportere om således forfalskede forhold.
In this respect, it should not go unmentioned that some unscrupulous reporters often have no compunction about provoking a certain sequence of events and then reporting on distorted facts of this kind.
Denne gerning, der sidenhen blev tilskrevet en højreorienteret gruppering, spredtes over hele verden som en nyhed.
For a long time now, our group has been pressing urgently for a specific regulation to govern mergers and concentrations that affect companies, whether they are purely commercial or mediarelated.
Efter at sandheden var kommet frem, blev berigtigelsen undertrykt — understøttet af mediekoncentration. Derfor ja til fri meningsdannelse — nej til mediekoncentration!
We feel that the exemption granted in this area by the regulation on mergers in general — Article 21 — is justified by the need to provide a better guarantee of diversity, which is more than just an economic objective.
Informationen hører i stadig højere grad til de væsentlige rettigheder i demokratiet: Den kan derfor ikke degraderes til en handelsvare.
To give an example from Germany, reporters plied young people with alcohol in Hoyerswerda and encouraged them to carry out an attack on a migrant hostel which can only be condemned.
Derfor er en effektiv, overnational, ikke styrende, men vejledende aktion fra Fællesskabets side mere end nogen sinde nødvendig.
This action, which was then attributed to a right-wing group, was broadcast as news throughout the world.
Nogle foreslår derimod en anbefaling: Os forekommer det virkelig at være for lidt.
So 'yes' to diversity of opinion, but 'no' to media concentration!
Ribeiro (CG). — (PT) Hr. formand, da Udvalget om Kultur, Ungdom, Uddannelse og Medier påtog sig at udarbejde denne betænkning, vidste det sikkert godt, at den var en varm kartoffel.
RIBEIRO (CG). — (PT) Mr President, when it was proposed that this report should be drawn up, the Com mittee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media undoubtedly knew that it was picking up a hot potato, as they say.
Samme mod udviste ordførerne, da de accepterede hvervet.
The two rapporteurs were brave to take on the task.
Imidlertid gik der mere end to og et halvt år, og i mellemtiden blev der inkluderet seks beslutningsforslag om emnet, hvilket ikke gjorde opgaven lettere.
In the course of the intervening two years, six motions for resolutions on the subject have been included in the report — which did not make their work any easier.
Vi kan ikke starte på vor korte kommentar uden disse anerkendende ord.
I cannot begin these brief remarks without offering my congratulations to the rapporteurs.
Schodruch (DR). — (DE) Hr. formand, demokrati er til fordel for den frie meningsdannelse.
Information is increasingly becoming a fundamental democratic right; it cannot be reduced to the level of a mere product.
Man kan ikke fortænke EF-institutioner, hvis også de føler trang til at tage del.
Some, on the other hand, are proposing a recommendation, which we feel would not go far enough.
Efter at jeg har læst den omfattende betænkning, trænger der sig imidlertid den mistanke på, at ordførerne ofte har tabt nærhedsprincippet af syne.
But rather than arguing about the type and package of instruments required, we must — as indeed we are now doing, and as does the report before us — ask the Commission to bring forward practical proposals.
Bag meninger står der mennesker, som — også i Europa — har forskellig livsopfattelse.
Possibly, rather than one or two isolated texts, an overall legal framework might be helpful, so as to ensure respect not only for the rules of fair competition, but also for the basic right to diversity of information.
Det forhold bør der tages hensyn til ved reguleringen af spredning af meninger, og sådanne reguleringer bør fortsat være overladt de enkelte stater. Den grænseover
These aims form an integral part of fundamental citizens' rights in a Europe which is not only to be an economic area, but a forum for greater intellectual freedom and