Procedure
Media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union
2017/2209(INI)·8th term·CULT / JURI / LIBE·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Subjects: Press, media freedom and pluralism
Summary
This own-initiative report concerns media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union. Amendments frame access to free and independent information as a fundamental right under the Charter of Fundamental Rights, warn that concentration of media ownership and the collapse of press financing threaten pluralism, address the 'fake news' phenomenon, disinformation and foreign interference, and call for independent public service media and modernised competition policy against dominant players.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled4 Dec 2017 – 5 Feb 2018
- Procedure completed
421
Amendments
distinct, in window
63
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
4 Dec 2017 – 5 Feb 2018
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
63 Members · by amendment count1🇮🇹
Caterina CHINNICI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
38
2🇸🇮Tanja FAJON
Socialists & Democrats · Slovenia
38
3🇵🇹Nuno MELO
European People's Party (EPP) · Portugal
30(27 solo)
4🇭🇺Péter NIEDERMÜLLER
Socialists & Democrats · Hungary
29(5 solo)
5🇫🇷Gilles LEBRETON
Identity & Democracy · France
26(1 solo)
6🇪🇸Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS
Greens / EFA · Spain
25(25 solo)
7🇸🇪Jytte GUTELAND
Socialists & Democrats · Sweden
23(19 solo)
8🇱🇻Andrejs MAMIKINS
Socialists & Democrats · Latvia
23(23 solo)
9🇳🇱Auke ZIJLSTRA
Patriots for Europe · Netherlands
22
10🇫🇷Nicolas BAY
European Conservatives & Reformists · France
22
11🇦🇹Harald VILIMSKY
Patriots for Europe · Austria
22
12🇮🇹Cécile Kashetu KYENGE
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
22(3 solo)
13🇲🇹Francis ZAMMIT DIMECH
European People's Party (EPP) · Malta
18
14🇬🇷Miltiadis KYRKOS
Socialists & Democrats · Greece
18(4 solo)
15🇵🇱Tadeusz ZWIEFKA
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
17(3 solo)
16🇮🇹Isabella ADINOLFI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
16(16 solo)
17🇷🇴Damian DRĂGHICI
Socialists & Democrats · Romania
16
18🇩🇰Morten LØKKEGAARD
Renew Europe · Denmark
16(3 solo)
19🇬🇧Julie WARD
Socialists & Democrats · United Kingdom
15
20🇵🇱Krystyna ŁYBACKA
Socialists & Democrats · Poland
15
21🇬🇷Kostas CHRYSOGONOS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Greece
15(15 solo)
22🇵🇱Michał BONI
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
15(10 solo)
23🇪🇸María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT
ALDE · Spain
14(1 solo)
24🇬🇷Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS
Socialists & Democrats · Greece
14
25🇫🇷Dominique BILDE
Identity & Democracy · France
14(14 solo)
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