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        "<div id=\"summary\">\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Committee on Culture and Education adopted the\nown-initiative report drafted by <span style=\"color:black\">Ivo\nBELET (EPP, BE) on public service broadcasting in the digital era:\nthe future of the dual system.</span></span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">Members reaffirm their <b>commitment to the\ndual broadcasting system</b>, in which private and public service\nmedia play their respective roles, independent of political and\neconomic pressure, and call for access to broadcasting of the\nhighest level to be ensured irrespective of consumers' and users'\nability to pay. They reiterate the <b>need to maintain strong and\nvibrant independent public service broadcasting</b>, whilst\nadapting it to the requirements of the digital age, and calls for\nspecific measures to be taken to attain this objective.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">Member States are invited to:</span></p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ensure that there are <b>sufficient resources</b> to\nenable public service broadcasters to take advantage of the new\ndigital technologies and to secure the benefits of modern\naudiovisual services for the general public;</span></li>\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">address the digital divide</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">- for example between urban and rural areas - and to\nensure that, with digitisation, all individuals in all regions have\nequal access to public service broadcasting;</span></li>\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">consider the possibility of making it easier for\nconsumers to <b>switch</b> from analogue to digital\ntelevision;</span></li>\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">define the remits of public service\nbroadcasters</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">so that they can retain\ntheir distinctiveness through a commitment to original audiovisual\nproduction and high-quality programming and journalism regardless\nof commercial considerations or political influence, which is\nprecisely what marks them out as distinctive; notes that these\nremits should be defined as precisely as possible, but with due\nregard for the broadcasters' programming autonomy;</span></li>\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">intensify the cooperation</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">between national media regulators within the European\nPlatform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) and step up the exchange\nof experience and best practice in relation to their respective\nnational broadcasting systems.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">Recalling the importance of the Council of\nEurope's recommendations and declarations, Members are reminded of\ntheir commitment to these European standards, and recommends that\nthey provide appropriate, proportionate and stable funding for\npublic service media so as to enable them to fulfil their remit,\nguarantee political and economic independence and contribute to an\ninclusive information and knowledge society with representative,\nhigh quality media available to all.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">The report invites the Member States to\n<b>treat the problem of insufficient financing</b>. It recalls the\nfinancial instruments offered by the EIB, and encourages public\nservice broadcasters facing financial difficulties to apply for a\nsoft loan from the EIB for the renewal of their infrastructure,\nparticularly in connection with digitisation and\ninnovation.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">Members encourage the various stakeholders to\n<b>intensify their cooperation with a view to safeguarding the dual\nsystem</b> and, in particular, encourage public service and private\nbroadcasters to cooperate with one another and with publishers in\nrelation to content-sharing and innovative projects and to find\nways of working together.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">The Commission is invited to:</span></p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">launch an <b>initiative bringing together different\nmedia actors</b> in order to help identify possible areas of\ncooperation, facilitate exchanges of best practice and address\nrelevant issues;</span></li>\n<li style=\"color:black;text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">adapt <b>copyright</b> to the new digital\nera,</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color:black\">ensure that <b>content aggregators</b> comply\nwith the existing legal framework, and calls on it to consider ways\nin which search engines and internet service providers could\ncontribute to the financing of content creation.</span></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n"
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            "<div id=\"summary\">\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The European Parliament adopted by 522 votes to 22,\nwith 62 abstentions, a resolution on public service broadcasting in\nthe digital era: the future of the dual system.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Recalling the crucial role that broadcasting plays\nwith regard to European audiovisual production, the resolution\nnotes that the co-existence of public service and commercial\nbroadcasters has ensured a diverse range of freely accessible\nprogramming, which benefits all EU citizens and contributes to\nmedia pluralism, cultural and linguistic diversity, editorial\ncompetition (in terms of content quality and diversity) and freedom\nof expression,</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Members reaffirm their commitment to the <b>dual\nbroadcasting system</b>, in which private and public service media\nplay their respective roles, independent of political and economic\npressure, and call for access to broadcasting of the highest level\nto be ensured irrespective of consumers' and users' ability to pay.\nThey reiterate the need to <b>maintain strong and vibrant\nindependent public service broadcasting</b>, whilst adapting it to\nthe requirements of the digital age, and calls for specific\nmeasures to be taken to attain this objective.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Member States are invited to:</span></p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ensure that there are sufficient resources</span></b>\n<span lang=\"EN-GB\">to enable public service broadcasters to take\nadvantage of the new digital technologies and to secure the\nbenefits of modern audiovisual services for the general\npublic;</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">address the digital divide</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">- for example between urban and rural areas - and to\nensure that, with digitisation, all individuals in all regions have\nequal access to public service broadcasting;</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">consider the possibility of <b>making it easier for\nconsumers to switch</b> from analogue to digital\ntelevision;</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">define the remits of public service\nbroadcasters</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">so that they can retain\ntheir distinctiveness through a commitment to original audiovisual\nproduction and high-quality programming and journalism regardless\nof commercial considerations or political influence;</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">maintain a <b>balance amongst the digital media\nservices on offer</b>, to ensure fair competition between public\nservice broadcasting and private media</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">intensify the cooperation</span></b> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">between national media regulators within the European\nPlatform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA) and step up the exchange\nof experience and best practice in relation to their respective\nnational broadcasting systems.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Recalling the commitments made in the context of the\nCouncil and Council of Europe, Parliament recommends that Member\nStates <b>respect European standards</b> and provide appropriate,\nproportionate and stable funding for public service media. It calls\non the Commission and the Member States to give the European\nAudiovisual Observatory a mandate to gather data and carry out\nresearch on the way in which the Member States have applied these\nstandards. It urges that Member States be held accountable for\nfailing to fulfil these commitments.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Parliament invites the Member States to <b>deal with\nthe problem of insufficient financing</b>. It recalls the financial\ninstruments offered by the EIB, and encourages public service\nbroadcasters facing financial difficulties to apply for a soft loan\nfrom the EIB for the renewal of their infrastructure, particularly\nin connection with digitisation and innovation.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Members encourage the various stakeholders <b>to\nintensify their cooperation with a view to safeguarding the dual\nsystem</b> and, in particular, encourage public service and private\nbroadcasters to cooperate with one another and with publishers in\nrelation to content-sharing and innovative projects and to find\nways of working together.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"Default\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Commission is invited to:</span></p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0cm\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">adapt copyright to the new digital era,</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">launch an initiative bringing together different media\nactors in order to help identify possible areas of cooperation,\nfacilitate exchanges of best practice and address relevant\nissues;</span></li>\n<li style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ensure that content aggregators comply with the\nexisting legal framework, and calls on it to consider ways in which\nsearch engines and internet service providers could contribute to\nthe financing of content creation.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Lastly, Parliament underlines the importance of media\neducation for the responsible use of services provided by content\naggregators.</span></p>\n</div>\n"
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                "orig": "Claeys"
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                "orig": "Ehrenhauser"
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                "orig": "Martin Hans-Peter"
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                "orig": "Sosa Wagner"
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              {
                "orig": "Stoyanov Dimitar"
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              {
                "orig": "Szegedi"
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              {
                "orig": "Vadim Tudor"
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                "orig": "Albertini"
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                "orig": "Angelilli"
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              {
                "orig": "Antinoro"
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              {
                "orig": "Auconie"
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              {
                "orig": "Audy"
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              {
                "orig": "Ayuso"
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                "orig": "Bach"
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              {
                "orig": "Balz"
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              {
                "orig": "B\u0103sescu"
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              {
                "orig": "Berlato"
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                "orig": "Bodu"
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                "orig": "Busuttil"
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                "orig": "Cadec"
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                "orig": "Cancian"
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              {
                "orig": "Carvalho"
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                "orig": "Casa"
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                "orig": "Casini"
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              {
                "orig": "Caspary"
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              {
                "orig": "Coelho"
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              {
                "orig": "Collino"
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              {
                "orig": "Comi"
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              {
                "orig": "Danjean"
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              {
                "orig": "Dantin"
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              {
                "orig": "Dati"
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              {
                "orig": "Daul"
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              {
                "orig": "David"
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                "orig": "Delvaux"
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                "orig": "De\u00df"
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                "orig": "De Veyrac"
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                "orig": "D\u00edaz de Mera Garc\u00eda Consuegra"
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                "orig": "Dorfmann"
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                "orig": "Ehler"
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              {
                "orig": "Engel"
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              {
                "orig": "Essayah"
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                "orig": "Estar\u00e0s Ferragut"
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                "orig": "Feio"
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                "orig": "Ferber"
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                "orig": "Fernandes"
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                "orig": "Fidanza"
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              {
                "orig": "Fisas Ayxela"
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              {
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                "orig": "Gahler"
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                "orig": "Gallo"
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              {
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                "orig": "Gr\u00e4\u00dfle"
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              {
                "orig": "Hankiss"
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              {
                "orig": "Herranz Garc\u00eda"
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                "orig": "Hibner"
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                "orig": "Higgins Jim"
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              {
                "orig": "Hohlmeier"
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                "orig": "H\u00fcbner"
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                "orig": "Iturgaiz Angulo"
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                "orig": "Jahr"
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                "orig": "J\u00e1r\u00f3ka"
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                "orig": "Jaz\u0142owiecka"
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                "orig": "Jeggle"
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                "orig": "Jim\u00e9nez-Becerril Barrio"
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                "orig": "Jordan Cizelj"
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              {
                "orig": "Juvin"
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              {
                "orig": "Kaczmarek"
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              {
                "orig": "Kalinowski"
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              {
                "orig": "Kalniete"
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              {
                "orig": "Karas"
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                "orig": "Kari\u0146\u0161"
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                "orig": "Kasoulides"
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                "orig": "Kastler"
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              {
                "orig": "Kelam"
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                "orig": "Kelly Se\u00e1n"
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              {
                "orig": "Kla\u00df"
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              {
                "orig": "Koch"
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                "orig": "Kolarska-Bobi\u0144ska"
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                "orig": "K\u00f3sa"
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                "orig": "K\u00f6stinger"
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                "orig": "Koumoutsakos"
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                "orig": "Kovatchev"
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                "orig": "Koz\u0142owski"
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                "orig": "Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou"
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                "orig": "Kuhn"
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              {
                "orig": "Kukan"
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              {
                "orig": "Lamassoure"
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                "orig": "de Lange"
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              {
                "orig": "Langen"
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              {
                "orig": "La Via"
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              {
                "orig": "Lechner"
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              {
                "orig": "Le Grip"
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              {
                "orig": "Liese"
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              {
                "orig": "Lisek"
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                "orig": "Lope Fontagn\u00e9"
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                "orig": "Luhan"
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                "orig": "Lulling"
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              {
                "orig": "McGuinness"
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              {
                "orig": "Mann"
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              {
                "orig": "Marcinkiewicz"
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                "orig": "Marinescu"
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                "orig": "Mastella"
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              {
                "orig": "Matera"
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                "orig": "Mathieu"
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              {
                "orig": "Mato Adrover"
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              {
                "orig": "Matula"
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              {
                "orig": "Mauro"
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                "orig": "Mayer"
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                "orig": "Mayor Oreja"
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              {
                "orig": "Melo"
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                "orig": "M\u00e9sz\u00e1ros"
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                "orig": "Mikol\u00e1\u0161ik"
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                "orig": "Mill\u00e1n Mon"
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                "orig": "Mork\u016bnait\u0117-Mikul\u0117nien\u0117"
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              {
                "orig": "Motti"
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              {
                "orig": "Muscardini"
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              {
                "orig": "Nedelcheva"
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              {
                "orig": "Neynsky"
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              {
                "orig": "Niculescu"
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              {
                "orig": "van Nistelrooij"
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              {
                "orig": "Olbrycht"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Oomen-Ruijten"
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                "orig": "\u0150ry"
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              {
                "orig": "Pack"
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                "orig": "Pallone"
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                "orig": "Papanikolaou"
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              {
                "orig": "Papastamkos"
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                "orig": "Patr\u00e3o Neves"
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                "orig": "Pieper"
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                "orig": "Pietik\u00e4inen"
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              {
                "orig": "Ponga"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Posselt"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "P\u00f6ttering"
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                "orig": "Poupakis"
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              {
                "orig": "Preda"
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              {
                "orig": "Rangel"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Ranner"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Reul"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Riquet"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Rivellini"
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              {
                "orig": "Roithov\u00e1"
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                "orig": "Ronzulli"
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              {
                "orig": "Sa\u00effi"
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                "orig": "Saryusz-Wolski"
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                "orig": "Sch\u00f6pflin"
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                "orig": "Schwab"
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              {
                "orig": "Scurria"
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              {
                "orig": "Seeber"
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              {
                "orig": "Siekierski"
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              {
                "orig": "Silvestris"
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              {
                "orig": "Skrzydlewska"
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              {
                "orig": "Skylakakis"
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              {
                "orig": "S\u00f3gor"
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              {
                "orig": "Sommer"
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              {
                "orig": "Sonik"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Soullie"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Stolojan"
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              {
                "orig": "Strasser"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Striffler"
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              {
                "orig": "Surj\u00e1n"
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              {
                "orig": "Svensson Alf"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Sz\u00e1jer"
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              {
                "orig": "Tatarella"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Teixeira"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Theocharous"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Thun und Hohenstein"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Thyssen"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Trzaskowski"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Tsoukalas"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Ulmer"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Ungureanu"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Urutchev"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Vaidere"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Verheyen"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Vidal-Quadras"
              }, 
              {
                "orig": "Vlasto"
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              {
                "orig": "Voss"
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              {
                "orig": "Wa\u0142\u0119sa"
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                "orig": "Weber Manfred"
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              {
                "orig": "Weisgerber"
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                "orig": "Wieland"
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              {
                "orig": "Winkler Iuliu"
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              {
                "orig": "Wortmann-Kool"
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              {
                "orig": "Z\u00e1borsk\u00e1"
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              {
                "orig": "Zalba Bidegain"
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              {
                "orig": "Zanicchi"
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              {
                "orig": "Zasada"
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              {
                "orig": "Zeller"
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              {
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                "orig": "Arlacchi"
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              {
                "orig": "Arsenis"
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                "orig": "Balzani"
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                "orig": "Castex"
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                "orig": "Cercas"
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                "orig": "Childers"
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              {
                "orig": "Christensen"
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                "orig": "Cofferati"
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                "orig": "Correia De Campos"
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                "orig": "Costa"
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                "orig": "Crocetta"
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                "orig": "Cuta\u015f"
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                "orig": "Daerden"
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                "orig": "D\u0103ncil\u0103"
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                "orig": "Danellis"
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              {
                "orig": "De Angelis"
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                "orig": "De Castro"
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                "orig": "De Keyser"
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                "orig": "De Rossa"
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                "orig": "D\u00e9sir"
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                "orig": "El Khadraoui"
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                "orig": "Enciu"
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              {
                "orig": "Ertug"
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              {
                "orig": "Fajon"
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              {
                "orig": "Falbr"
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                "orig": "F\u00e4rm"
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              {
                "orig": "Fla\u0161\u00edkov\u00e1 Be\u0148ov\u00e1"
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                "orig": "Fleckenstein"
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                "orig": "Geier"
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                "orig": "Glante"
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                "orig": "Gomes"
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                "orig": "G\u00f6ncz"
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                "orig": "Havel"
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                "orig": "Honeyball"
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                "orig": "Howitt"
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                "orig": "Kadenbach"
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                "orig": "Kammerevert"
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                "orig": "Kelly Alan"
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              {
                "orig": "Kirilov"
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                "orig": "Koppa"
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              {
                "orig": "Krehl"
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              {
                "orig": "Kreissl-D\u00f6rfler"
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                "orig": "Lambrinidis"
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              {
                "orig": "Lange"
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              {
                "orig": "Le Foll"
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              {
                "orig": "Leichtfried"
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                "orig": "Leinen"
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                "orig": "Martin David"
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                "orig": "Milana"
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                "orig": "Mirsky"
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                "orig": "Moreira"
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                "orig": "Neve\u010falov\u00e1"
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              {
                "orig": "Padar"
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              {
                "orig": "Paleckis"
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              {
                "orig": "Paliadeli"
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              {
                "orig": "Panzeri"
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                "orig": "Papadopoulou"
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              {
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                "orig": "Peillon"
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              {
                "orig": "Pirillo"
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                "orig": "Plumb"
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              {
                "orig": "Poc"
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              {
                "orig": "Rapti"
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              {
                "orig": "Regner"
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              {
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              {
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                "orig": "Rodust"
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                "orig": "Sehnalov\u00e1"
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                "orig": "Serracchiani"
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                "orig": "Severin"
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              {
                "orig": "Simon"
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              {
                "orig": "Simpson"
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                "orig": "Sippel"
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              {
                "orig": "Siwiec"
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              {
                "orig": "Skinner"
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                "orig": "Smolkov\u00e1"
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              {
                "orig": "Steinruck"
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              {
                "orig": "Stihler"
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                "orig": "Swoboda"
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              {
                "orig": "Tabajdi"
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                "orig": "T\u0103n\u0103sescu"
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                "orig": "Thaler"
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              {
                "orig": "Thomsen"
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                "orig": "\u0162ic\u0103u"
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              {
                "orig": "Tirolien"
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              {
                "orig": "Toia"
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              {
                "orig": "Trautmann"
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                "orig": "Ulvskog"
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              {
                "orig": "Vaughan"
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              {
                "orig": "Vergnaud"
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              {
                "orig": "Weber Henri"
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              {
                "orig": "Weiler"
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              {
                "orig": "Westphal"
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              {
                "orig": "Willmott"
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              {
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              {
                "orig": "Zala"
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      "authors": "Ivo Belet, Marco Scurria", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Timo Soini", 
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        "possibility of offering coupons or taking", 
        "measures to offset the cost to users of", 
        "conversion from analogue to digital", 
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        "that there are sufficient resources to", 
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        "advantage of the new digital technologies", 
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        "benefits of modern audiovisual services;"
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        "programming and journalism regardless of", 
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        "all platforms;"
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        "in the dual broadcasting system and are", 
        "ideal to provide users with free basic", 
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        "media services, which can better cope with", 
        "the fragmentation of local markets and", 
        "thereby address local cultural and social", 
        "expectations, and should consequently be", 
        "preserved from the growing pressure of", 
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        "platforms;"
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        "provisions in most Member States relating", 
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        "the internet and that this could influence", 
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        "standards cannot achieve the desired", 
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        "organisation and content of services", 
        "offered by public broadcasters and calls", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Marco Scurria", 
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        "the idea of a European Network of", 
        "National Controlling Authorities to", 
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        "experience and best practices related to", 
        "their respective national broadcasting", 
        "system;"
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      "meps": [], 
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        "to diagnose threats to media pluralism;", 
        "supports the establishment of a", 
        "centre/forum where European citizens,", 
        "journalists and others can share concerns", 
        "about threats to fundamental European", 
        "values such as freedom of expression,", 
        "press freedom and media pluralism;"
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        "EU acquis during membership negotiations", 
        "and insists that the progress achieved by", 
        "candidate countries in this respect be", 
        "monitored;"
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      "seq": 120, 
      "orig_lang": "de", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Lothar Bisky", 
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        "priority to the dual system as a part of the", 
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      "meps": [], 
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        "AVMS directive regarding broadcasting", 
        "time allocated to European programmes,", 
        "given that certain Member States have", 
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        "broadcasters in the Member States to", 
        "contribute items of European interest to", 
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        "underfunding of public service", 
        "broadcasters;"
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      "orig_lang": "en", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Timothy Kirkhope", 
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        "adequately address the issue of", 
        "underfunding of some public service", 
        "broadcasters, within the boundaries of the", 
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      "orig_lang": "es", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Santiago Fisas Ayxela", 
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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        "broadcasters; bearing in mind particularly", 
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        "long-term financing (e.g. from", 
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        "here for using the new options available", 
        "with digitisation in order to set up", 
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        "in all Member States, and calls on the", 
        "Commission to monitor and support", 
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Timothy Kirkhope", 
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Timo Soini", 
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        "Commission to monitor and support", 
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      "orig_lang": "en", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "meps": [], 
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      "meps": [], 
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        "digitisation;"
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      "meps": [], 
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        "cooperate with publishers on content", 
        "sharing and to engage in partnerships;"
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        "order to ensure the sustainability of their", 
        "respective business models and encourages", 
        "public and private broadcasters to", 
        "cooperate with publishers on content", 
        "sharing and to engage in partnerships;"
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      "meps": [], 
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        "exchanges of best practice, taking into", 
        "account models that exist outside the EU,", 
        "and to address copyright issues in this", 
        "connection;"
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        "initiative bringing together different media", 
        "providers to further the development of,", 
        "and where appropriate introduce, best", 
        "practices including models that exist", 
        "outside the EU, and to address copyright", 
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        "account models that exist outside the EU,", 
        "and to address copyright issues in this", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "initiative bringing together different media", 
        "actors, to facilitate the identification of", 
        "grounds for cooperation, exchanges of", 
        "best practices and to address relevant", 
        "issues, such as copyright;"
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        "taking into account models that exist", 
        "outside the EU, and to address copyright", 
        "issues in this connection;"
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      "seq": 140, 
      "orig_lang": "en", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
        "CULT"
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      "authors": "Helga Tr\u00fcpel", 
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        "account models that exist outside the EU in", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "copyright to the new digital era, allowing", 
        "broadcasters to maintain a wide offer of", 
        "qualitative European content and to", 
        "consider in particular ways to facilitate", 
        "the re-use of archive content and to put in", 
        "place extended collective license-systems", 
        "and easy one-stop-shop systems for the", 
        "clearance of rights;"
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      "seq": 142, 
      "orig_lang": "fr", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Jean-Marie Cavada", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "15a. Welcomes the conclusions of the", 
        "independent study conducted at the", 
        "Commission\u2019s initiative on defining", 
        "indicators to measure the pluralism of", 
        "Europe\u2019s media;"
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          "Motion for a resolution", 
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      "seq": 143, 
      "orig_lang": "ro", 
      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Iosif Matula", 
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        "15a. Calls for exchanges of ideas between", 
        "European media professionals on issues", 
        "of common interest;"
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          "Motion for a resolution", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Iosif Matula", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "15b. Urges the Commission to introduce", 
        "training courses in Brussels or elsewhere", 
        "in the Member States for public", 
        "broadcasting journalists and managers;"
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          "Motion for a resolution", 
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        "initiative on a possible legal framework", 
        "for content aggregators under which", 
        "search engines would contribute to", 
        "content creation;"
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      "seq": 145, 
      "orig_lang": "en", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
        "CULT"
      ], 
      "authors": "Petra Kammerevert", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "search engines would contribute to content", 
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      "seq": 146, 
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Ivo Belet", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "16. Insists that the Commission should", 
        "ensure the respect of the existing legal", 
        "framework by content aggregators and", 
        "invites the Commission to consider ways", 
        "in which search engines and internet", 
        "service providers could contribute to the", 
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Timothy Kirkhope", 
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        "study on the feasibility of introducing a", 
        "legal framework for content aggregators", 
        "under which search engines would", 
        "contribute to content creation;"
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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        "initiative on a possible legal framework to", 
        "ensure the systematic provision of", 
        "information in search engines;"
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        "engines would contribute to content", 
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      "seq": 149, 
      "orig_lang": "en", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Timo Soini", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "16. Invites the Commission to launch an", 
        "initiative on a possible framework for", 
        "content aggregators under which search", 
        "engines would contribute to content", 
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        "current topics from Member States;"
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        "content aggregators under which search", 
        "engines would contribute to content", 
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      "seq": 150, 
      "orig_lang": "fr", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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        "initiative on a possible legal framework for", 
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        "engines would contribute to content", 
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        "rights and above all freedom of", 
        "expression, privacy and personal data", 
        "protection; calls in this regard for", 
        "particular attention to be paid to questions", 
        "of transparency relating to:", 
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        "services;", 
        "2. the decisions taken by the providers of", 
        "those services;", 
        "3. fair representation of research findings,", 
        "whatever its source of funding;", 
        "4. provisions on content;"
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      "seq": 151, 
      "orig_lang": "pt", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Rui Tavares", 
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        "initiative on a possible legal framework for", 
        "content aggregators under which search", 
        "engines would contribute to content", 
        "creation ensuring that the Internet mirrors", 
        "the principle of the dual system and", 
        "guaranteeing a desired level of media", 
        "literacy over and above users' rights;"
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      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "authors": "Marie-Christine Vergiat, Lothar Bisky", 
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        "education for the responsible use of", 
        "services provided by content aggregators;"
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      "orig_lang": "nl", 
      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Wim van de Camp, Esther de Lange", 
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        "the EU with regard to livestreams and", 
        "online viewing of missed programmes", 
        "from other EU countries; believes that", 
        "this situation is no longer appropriate in", 
        "the European Union in the 21st century", 
        "and calls on the Commission to create a", 
        "European framework for these problems", 
        "as part of the concept of the Digital", 
        "Agenda;"
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      "orig_lang": "ro", 
      "meps": [], 
      "committee": [
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      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "survey of the impact which the advent of", 
        "3D television will have on viewers and on", 
        "journalistic practices;"
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      "meps": [], 
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      "authors": "Iosif Matula", 
      "date": "2010-08-07T00:00:00", 
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        "consider the possibility of introducing a", 
        "European public radio broadcasting", 
        "service;"
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