30/09/2026 | 13:14:46 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Media pluralism is not an ornament of democracy. It is the mechanism through which citizens hold power to account. Where many voices compete, errors are exposed and abuses reported, and voters can weigh one claim against another. Where that range narrows, elections continue but their substance drains away: people still vote, yet they no longer genuinely choose. The erosion rarely announces itself. It arrives not as censorship, but as...
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