Articles tagged with: MEPs
The summary of November 8 meeting
The Communication to the European Parliament ‘Ten Flagship Proposals for Citizen-Centred Information on Europe’ was presented to a panel of MEPs and European federations/NGOs on November 8th, in the EP Belgian Information Office.
These proposals represent one step …
Defending media pluralism by monitoring threats in the Member States
On March 31, civil society and press organisations, along with MEPs and journalists gathered for a workshop on Media pluralism in Europe. In the coming weeks, we will run several stories on this vital issue, also …
EU and its citizens: the idea of Votewatch.eu!">Bridging the gap between EU and its citizens: the idea of Votewatch.eu!
The press is going wild about this website…we finally tested it.
It’s a fact: there’s a great gap between citizens and their European representatives. Among others reasons, the European Parliament is often accused of being disembodied.
Let’s think about …
Anne Delvaux: “Journalists must put European affairs on the agenda”
Anne Delvaux is a former TV journalist and news anchor. She was elected to the Belgian Senate in 2007 and elected again to the European Parliament in 2009. She now sits alongside her colleagues from the …
TV politically neutral?">Is Europarl TV politically neutral?
The EuroparlTV editorial charter states: “The channel shall ensure that the plurality of opinion in the European Parliament is reflected, with due respect to the relative strengths of the political groups, in accordance with a neutral, …
Towards a European Initiative for Media Pluralism — March 31st, 2011
The European Initiative for Media Pluralism promotes the idea that European institutions should safeguard the right to independent and pluralistic information as sanctioned by the European Charter on Human Rights. The Initiative includes several conferences throughout Europe and in the European Parliament, the creation of a civil society European Media Council, and a campaign directed at the European institutions.
How to reconnect journalists to Strasbourg?
It is a fact. While the European Parliament wins in power with the recent institutional evolutions, the journalists are not legions to sit in the benches of press in Strasbourg, where the plenary sessions take place. They now …
