[cma-l] Urgent - write to your regional MEPs to support community radio in Europe
tlr at gairloch.co.uk
tlr at gairloch.co.uk
Tue Oct 1 21:31:52 BST 2013
You could also point out that we are in any case legally forbidden by the
Broadcasting Act from promoting any particular political agenda or point of
view on matters of public controversy (except insofar as they affect the radio
station directly)..
Alex
> On 01 October 2013 at 06:49 Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I wrote to all 7 MEPs in the Eastern Region. The reply was from UKIP MEP
> Stuart Agnew who took the approach that I was asking him to promote something
> pro-EU rather than pro-CR. He replied:
>
> I am afraid that I am not able to support the pilot project to which you
> refer because it is clearly yet another attempt at brainwashing and would be
> completely outside my remit as a UKIP MEP elected on a platform of withdrawal
> from the EU. The very title ‘Fostering European citizenship through cultural
> diversity’ makes it all too clear the objective of this project. There is no
> ‘European citizenship’, despite the EU’s many attempts to create one
> artificially.
>
> As a Party, we do support community radio but it should not be done through
> large dollops of taxpayers’ money being handed out by the European Union with
> all sorts of strings attached about promoting its activities and ‘European
> citizenship’.
>
> I've gone back to him to point out that we're not actually interested in the
> politics but we just want politicians to support CR - and also asked him to
> expand on his point of "As a Party, we do support community radio".
>
> Of the other 6 MEPs (4 Con, 1 Lab, 1 LD) I had a supportive message back from
> the Lib Dem but no reply from the others.
>
>
> On 30 September 2013 23:01, Martin Steers <martin at martinsteers.co.uk
> <mailto:martin at martinsteers.co.uk> > wrote:
> > > what reply did you get?
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk
> > <mailto:paul at pvg.co.uk> > wrote:
> > > > > Did anyone else get a snarky reply from their UKIP MEP, or
> > > > > was it just us?
> > >
> > > Paul Golder
> > > Phoenix FM<http://www.phoenixfm.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10 September 2013 13:04, Jaqui Devereux
> > > <jaqui.devereux at commedia.org.uk <mailto:jaqui.devereux at commedia.org.uk> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > Dear all
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please see below the call from AMARC Europe to lobby your local
> > > > MEPs to support the proposal to the EU for a pilot project to fund
> > > > community radio across Europe, including suggested text for an email to
> > > > them. We hope as many of you as can will send an email to your MEPs to
> > > > support this proposal. A list of your regional MEPs can be found here
> > > > and their email addresses all use the same format -
> > > > 1stname.surname at europarl.europa.eu
> > > > <mailto:1stname.surname at europarl.europa.eu>
> > > >
> > > > <http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_MEPs/List-MEPs-by-region.html>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Jaqui
> > > >
> > > > Dear Colleagues,
> > > >
> > > > Last July I e-mailed you to ask you to lobby your MEPs to support
> > > > the Pilot Project presented by the GUE/NGL group in the European
> > > > parliament in behalf of AMARC Europe. The approval of this project will
> > > > represent funding for projects carried out by Community Radios at
> > > > European and National level. You can find all info about the project and
> > > > the lobbying campaign
> > > > on<http://www.d1186807-19563.cp.blacknight.com/lobby-for-support-for-the-community-radio-pilot-project-proposed-to-cult-committee-of-european-parliament/>
> > > > . The latest news are not so positive, as the Culture Committee of the
> > > > European Parliament voted on the EU Budget 2014 on 5 September and the
> > > > Pilot Project presented by AMARC Europe did not receive sufficient
> > > > support to pass.
> > > >
> > > > However, there is still a chance for the project to be passed, if
> > > > approved at plenary level. The decisive vote will be in the Budget
> > > > Committee on 2/3 October.
> > > >
> > > > The deadline for submitting an amendment to the Budget Committee
> > > > is 12 September at 12.00. We need you to lobby your MEPs again to ask
> > > > them to intercede with their European colleagues to support the project.
> > > > And below I am including the text to send to your MEPs.
> > > >
> > > > In order to be successful it is important that the amendments are
> > > > presented (AMARC will look after that) and supported by political
> > > > groups, and in particular by the larger political groups, like the
> > > > social democrats (labour party) and the conservative/christian democrat
> > > > group (Fine Gael).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> > > >
> > > > On behalf of my organisation ______________________
> > > > (name of the radio) I would like to bring your attention to
> > > > the Pilot Project entitled Community Radios: Fostering European
> > > > citizenship through cultural diversity and social inclusion and tabled
> > > > by Marie-Christine Vergiat MEP to the CULT committee.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This Pilot Project concerns the need to foster European
> > > > citizenship, cultural diversity and social inclusion through
> > > > cross-border cooperation and reinforcement of the Community Radio sector
> > > > in Europe in the EU budget for 2014.
> > > >
> > > > Community Media (CM) is now referred to as the “third sector” of
> > > > media, alongside public and private commercial media. In recent years
> > > > the European Parliament (2008), the Council of Europe (2009) and UNESCO
> > > > have declared their support for CM, encouraging the Member States to
> > > > recognise and develop community media because of its social functions.
> > > > We also recall the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar Media Freedom Legal
> > > > Framework of May 14, 2013, which highlights the need for recognition of
> > > > the three sectors of communication.
> > > > However, despise the important role of community media in
> > > > fostering active citizenship, education and cultural diversity, the
> > > > Pilot Project presented by AMARC Europe did not receive sufficient
> > > > support to pass when the Culture Committee of the European Parliament
> > > > voted on the EU Budget 2014 on 5 September.
> > > >
> > > > However, there is still a chance for the project to be passed, if
> > > > approved at plenary level. The decisive vote on the amended budget
> > > > presented by AMARC Europe will be in the Budget Committee on 2/3
> > > > October. Community Media in Ireland and Europe would really appreciate
> > > > if you could share your experience of community radio with the Budget
> > > > Committee.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Jaqui Devereux
> > > > Director
> > > > Community Media Association
> > > >
> > > > <http://goog_1822693262><http://www.commedia.org.uk/>
> > > >
> > > > <http://twitter.com/community_media>
> > > >
> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > t: +44 (0)114 279 5219 <tel:%2B44%20%280%29114%20279%205219>
> > > >
> > > > Canstream Internet Radio & Video
> > > > http://www.canstream.co.uk/ <http://www.canstream..co.uk/>
> > > > <https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation>
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