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Towards a European Cultural Identity?

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Presentation by György Schöpflin at the conference "The Future of the Enlarged European Union" on 29 Novembre 2002

The problem of a European identity is not that there isn't one, but that very broadly two can be defined - one political, the other cultural - and they are in many ways out of alignment. The result is that the process of European integration as currently understood appears to be reaching a limit and this will not change very markedly in quality unless this state of affairs is remedied.

Preconditions of Journalistic Quality in an Open Society

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Primarily three conditions determine quality and performance of journalism in a free, open society. First, the resources, in a broad meaning, which open up or restrain possibilities of action to journalists; secondly, the legal and political order which guarantees freedom and protection of journalism; and thirdly, the professional standards being taken for granted by journalists and conducting their routine activities as well as their behavior in borderline situations. I will show how these three conditions are related to journalistic quality.

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