Name: Implementation of European Media Freedom Act – CULT ICM
Uploaded: 2026-11-04T13:33:05+00:00
Duration: 14020 s

00:08 - 03:21

Speaker 1

And then I would like to extend a very warm welcome to the CULT Committee on Culture and Education, to everyone here today for this interparliamentary committee meeting, ICM, on the implementation of the European Media Freedom Act, the EMFA, which will take place today and also tomorrow morning. I'm particularly pleased to welcome so many members and representatives of national parliaments from across the EU. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to the representatives of national parliaments from candidate countries. All together, this brings us to 35 members from 17 chambers from 11 member states and 3 candidate countries and Norway. So, the aim of this ICM is to exchange experiences and lessons learned from the experimentation implementation of the EMFA.

This landmark piece of legislation deserves a particular attention, given its importance for the proper functioning of the European media market and the protection of media freedom and pluralism. Over the next two days, we will examine the changes brought by about by the EMFA in the European media ecosystem and explore how the EU media framework can further promote trustworthy news, counter disinformation and also contribute to a more inclusive society. I believe these discussions will also be highly relevant to our ongoing work on AgoraEU and the upcoming revision of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the AVMSD. EMFA is part of the EU media and digital framework, and we cannot discuss it in isolation. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to present the findings of our new study on the implementation of the EMFA.

And before we begin, let me briefly mention a few organizational points. You have received background materials as part of your meeting documents, including briefings prepared by the Policy Department of the European Parliament Research Service, the EPRS. Interpretation, today we have interpretation in all 24 EU languages with Gaelic in passive only. Speech-to-text, automatic transcription and translation, is also available today for accessibility purposes. You can scan the QR code and choose your preferred language from the available options then in the menu.

We want this meeting to be of a genuine exchange of views between our guest and the members of the European Parliament and national parliaments. I, therefore, warmly encourage both MEPs and members of national parliaments to take the floor during each panel. The debate will take place according to the fol- following formula. The floor will be giving alternately to members of the national parliaments and one member of the European Parliament until the list of speakers is exhausted. Members of national parliaments wishing to intervene are kindly requested to fill the speaking to fill in the speaking cards for requesting the floor in the current session and hand over to the ushers, who will, you'll see them there, who will bring them to the podium.

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