30/09/2026 | 11:51:14 Thank you, President. First of all, I would like to thank all my colleagues who have spoken, as well as those who were unable to do so, because I believe this morning’s debate has shown just how deeply felt and how important this issue is in all our member states; certainly in those facing restrictions on freedom or at war, but truly across the board in all member states. I shall take just a moment of the time I have left to thank the Secretariat for the work it has done, the Chair of the... 30/09/2026 | 10:06:49 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, I shall speak in Italian. Access to information through pluralistic and independent media is essential in a democracy. However, media pluralism and independence are increasingly under threat from a number of factors: the growing editorial control of the media sector by political and economic actors, the mounting pressure on public service media, the development of news deserts, and the intensification of competition and market dominance by online platforms... 23/04/2026 | 17:34:13 Thank you Chair. I speak in Italian. Dear Colleagues, First of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur Mr Morgens JENSEN on a courageous and timely report. In a few months' time, as everyone can see by now, this will happen: a girl will type a sentence on a screen and receive a novel written especially for her, in the style she prefers. A boy will ask for a film and the film will be there, with the actors he loves, only that story will never have been filmed, those actors will never... 02/10/2025 | 18:27:24 The discussion today went very quickly in much the same way as the discussion has gone over the year and a half that we have been working on the resolution. I am very pleased, because we have given an example of how the elements underlying the resolution, that is, the importance of the cultural diversity of each individual state, on the one hand, the importance of co-productions between different states working together to make a qualitative leap, but also, as was said in the last speech and... 02/10/2025 | 18:02:07 Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, Today, we are talking about cinema. Europe is the birthplace of cinema: from the Paris of the Lumière Brothers to Cinecittà in Rome, this language so important for human beings, to the festivals of Berlin, Venice, Cannes, and the schools of London and Prague. Our continent invented the language that has shaped the collective imagination of the entire world. And it is not just a story of past successes. It is the root that reminds us that Europe, when it co... 01/10/2025 | 11:30:31 Thank you President, colleagues. First of all, we must thank Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK and the Ukrainian journalists here today in Strasbourg for their work. We launched this call for a resolution for them a year ago, to turn generic solidarity into verifiable action. First of all, the resolution calls for more protection, immediate access of international bodies to places of detention, and notification of family members and lawyers of the place of detention and health conditions, funds for... 30/01/2025 | 19:03:49 Colleagues, The discussion has been very interesting and enriching. I thank all the colleagues proving that this is a very hot topic and that platforms right now are really the crux of democracy, of the possibility of expression. We emphasised what a power social media has. In writing the report that came about after listening to both platforms, citizens' associations, and users, just to get the full picture, we should not forget, however, that it is a piece in a very important puzzle, which... 30/01/2025 | 17:37:08 Mister Chairman, colleagues, Today we present a report that addresses one of the most complex challenges of our time: the regulation and moderation of content on digital platforms. Recently, Mark ZUCKERBERG promised "more free speech and fewer errors" in Meta services, disrupting the work of third-party fact-checkers. Google made a similar decision regarding Search and YouTube. These decisions can only see us opposed, because they will contribute to the proliferation of online misinformation... 01/10/2024 | 10:44:54 Thank you, sir. The resolution on propaganda presented by Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, who I thank, on which we have worked on the culture commission, is crucial in addressing the impact of propaganda on our society, not only as mentioned, because in recent years we have witnessed numerous conflicts where propaganda and disinformation have been powerful tools to manipulate public opinion and destabilise peace, but for all the other aspects that are mentioned in the report. Among all, I would like to... 17/04/2024 | 18:39:43 Switching on the microphone. Thank you, Madam President. I would like to join in thanking the rapporteur Mr Christophe LACROIX As general rapporteur for the safety of journalists, I would like to underline that this report is very important not only for the LGBT community, but also for the value that the protection of freedom of expression and assembly in this field is an important thermometer for understanding the state of health of the overall picture of democracy and the protection of...