{"id":1828,"date":"2012-02-05T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T10:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euroalter.local\/news\/launch-of-the-first-european-citizens%c2%92-initiative-on-media-pluralism-2\/"},"modified":"2012-02-05T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T10:38:02","slug":"launch-of-the-first-european-citizens%c2%92-initiative-on-media-pluralism-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euroalter.com\/fr\/launch-of-the-first-european-citizens%c2%92-initiative-on-media-pluralism-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the first European Citizens\u0092 Initiative on Media Pluralism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOn February 7th, a pan-European coalition of citizens and nearly one hundred media groups, professional bodies, Independent Journalists and Civil Society Organisations from across the continent will launch the online collection of signatures for the first European Citizens\u2019 Initiative targeting media freedom and pluralism. The European Citizens\u2019 Initiative is a new tool of participatory democracy allowing citizens to collect at least one million signatures online or offline to present a legislative proposal directly to the European Commission, thereby changing EU law.<\/p>\n

The situation of media freedom and pluralism in the European Union is worsening. Some countries, notably Hungary, suffer from a significant interference of political power seeking to control and direct the media. Some, notably the UK, suffer from problems of excessive concentration leading to undue influence of certain economic groups over political processes, notably Murdoch\u2019s media empire. Others, particularly in the case of Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania, experience a dangerous overlap of economical, media, and political interests in the hands of the same people. European institutions have, so far, refrained from taking a strong stance against individual Member States for such deterioration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis hands-off approach has contributed to a negative domino effect, with worsening conditions and more permissive rules in one country leading to even lower standards in others,\u201d says Lorenzo Marsili, Spokesperson of the Initiative and director of European Alternatives, \u201c”the erosion of the democratic structures of the mass media has proceeded with virtual impunity – the European initiative for media pluralism calls on European institutions to stop this trend\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time for the EU to actively defend and respect the values on which it is built\u201d says Giovanni Melogli, Spokesperson of the Initiative, \u201cEuropean Citizens can\u2019t anymore tolerate hypocrisy and incoherence in EU policies\u201d.<\/p>\n

The proposed ECI calls on the Commission to pass a Directive defending Media Pluralism in EU, containing:<\/p>\n

– effective legislation to avoid concentration of ownership in the media and advertisement sectors;\u00a0guaranteed independence of supervisory bodies, with a politically and culturally balanced and socially diverse membership;
\n– definition of conflict of interests with media ownership;
\n– broadcast, print and online media should be required to submit to a national media authority sufficient ownership information to allow identification of the beneficial and ultimate owners of media outlets.<\/p>\n

Countries participating in the launch of the ECI are: France, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.<\/p>\n

Be amongst the first to sign up to the Citizens Initiative.<\/h3>\n

SIGN ONLINE HERE<\/a><\/h2>\n

Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

The website of the initiative is: www.mediainitiative.eu<\/a>
\nFor press information, please contact Anna Lodeserto \u2013 e-mail: info@mediainitiative.eu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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