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Media Pluralism and Democracy

8th of June, 2.30pm – 4.30pm
European Parliament (Bruxelles), Room PHS 7 C 50

Note: Accreditation required to enter the European Parliament. If you would like to attend please send your name, date of birth, and domicile to editors [at] euroalter [dot] com. What normative framework for the European Union? What options for a Citizens' Initiative?

With: - Niccolo Rinaldi, MEP - Judith Sargentini, MEP - Mark Thompson; Open Society Institute, Media programme - Lorenzo Consoli; International Press Association, President - Council of Europe - Katrien Lefever, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT, K.U.Leuven - Giovani Melogli, Alliance International de Journalistes - Lorenzo Marsili, European Alternatives This roundtable will unite MEPs and experts from civil society and the media to reason together on the possibility of a European normative framework to guarantee pluralism of the media in Europe and prevent concentration of ownership. A particularly innovative aspect of the roundtable will be a constructive discussion on the possibility of using the new tool of participative democracy in Europe – the Citizens' Initiative – to demand the establishment of such a framework.

This meeting prepares the second phase of our dedication to freedom and pluralism of informaiton and of the media in Europe which we began last fall with the European Campaign for freedom of media in Italy.

 
Organised by European Alternatives and Alliance internationale de journalistes