down with the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact it might have on the freedom of press interview next. it's not been long since hungry handed. the presidency to poland and president minister all ben has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the parliament here in hungary thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is a fundamental principle of the do you think the hungry some even further away from the. stand with this maybe a little more there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you values and standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't think the vu has an

almighty right to determine where ly be boundaries of such principles we never really heard clear definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details where exactly are the boundaries of peace so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which the e.u. consists of has its own media law has its own institutions that safeguard the freedom of speech or the freedom of press so even in the e.u. the opinions about the hungarian media law have been very diverse it has received criticisms and it has also been defended by some politicians in the e.u. of course the green and the liberal fraction in the european parliament has been very hysterical about it. i can understand some of their criticisms but on the other hand in this country we have

a long history of where people from outside try to tell us what to do for a long time it was for moscow for fifty years now we have people. coming around from brussels from washington rating hungary and freedom of press freedom of speech and trying to tell us what kind of rules are the best for hungary and we had in this country in the past twenty years during the history of hungary and democracy so to speak previous media law which was very far from perfect. and there were a lot of instances where the freedom of speech has been very seriously attacked on the the on the the embroil of this media law that we never heard anybody say anything in europe or outside of europe criticizing this media law so i think that we have to be very careful when we when we judge this of course we have our valid criticisms against this law. to say about the ways in which the law

itself was introduced it had some people saying that it was done with a lot of secrecy and it seemed to be a little bit underhand what can you tell us about that i think it is very unfortunate when a two thirds majority what the government has in hungary at the moment is used to push through a law very quickly and without very careful consideration first of all i know that there is a huge enticement to do things very quickly and pushing through laws. now that they even have a majority to change the constitution. but i think that the danger is that the law is going to be imperfect this law is imperfect from the point of view that for instance the delegates to this media thora t. are purely it's very one sided it's not a balanced forty only for this members are being delegated into this authority. the leader of this is already is appointed for nine years which is

a long it's in the public office that's a long long time you know i mean during nine years more than two elections go past you know and. i think it's it's very unfortunate when some people are kind of stuck to their position you know for nine years the delegates are appointed by the prime minister which is very unusual. the minimum would be that the parliament appoints them and there is some kind of proportionality within this authority and some delegates. of the opposition can also be there because we think that is that would bring. the kind of balanced view supervision to this authority how much of a threat in those press freedoms i don't think it is going to impact much on press freedom press freedom in this country has been it has a long history to say the least in this country we used to have for fifty years.

media that was completely centralised and run by the party the communist party of hungary up until nineteen eighty nine zero one to the change following this we had a very very liberal media law previous to precess sort of this media that was extremely liberal we had in hungary in journalism newspapers televisions radios the majority of people who used to work in the previous era who used to work in a dictatorship i mean i don't know if somebody coming from the from the west can. comprehend this situation here i mean if just to draw a parallel this is as if in. second world war germany you would have journalists that have written articles in the focus should be there before the end of the second world war you see it's a very obscure situation and. so. things kind of

when we judge this media law we have to be fair and we have to see where it is coming from and the problem is that we have a lot of in the past twenty years. we had a lot of accumulated grief. emanating from the media though in this country we had a very very one sided very one sided liberal and left wing type of journalism which needs to be balanced out i mean there is no question about it but i think that now depended on has it somehow struck completely the other direction you see. so i understand the reaction but i think it has gone too far on the other end you see so there has to be some kind of balance and some kind of. thought to bring the state of the media into some some kind of balance other countries just mind you just one one parallel in the czech republic anybody who has been a journalist in the pre nine hundred eighty nine era has been banned from going

near any media television radio or newspaper and if you look at the czech media it is a lot more balanced and they don't have this type of discussions that we have today where we have even in today's. newspapers you have people you know i could find you in the archives article but they have written for the greater greater glory of the north or whoever that were running the communist state and now all of a sudden they are talking about press freedom and about criticizing this government for the media law that they have made you know under a democratic regime and democratically elected government so there is a bit of i think. peculiar taste to this whole debate that we're having in hungary so maybe this guy this is the government taking a loan to the media there's been a lot of layoffs are the government just trying to cut their own people into

positions of power is that true this is a matter of fact that people have been laid off specially in the in the state run television. i'm not a media expert but. i think there are very few people in this country including the socialists who are the loudest about this about this situation there are very few people in this country including them that would say that hungary a national media is a not oversized in terms of employment i mean. some kind of rationalisation. was long overdue everybody has been always talking about it the socialists have been talking about it when they were in government this government has not only talking or been talking about it but they have laid the people off because they saw that it is unsustainable. so i think. this debate has become very politicized it's more about politics than about professional comments yes see

i mean if something is unsustainable you have to cut costs and if if something is over bureaucratized. you know you're going to have people laid off. based on this new media law i think the whole media needs a bit of rethinking including the national media and that is going to be. that is going to hurt some people. that's the unfortunate consequence of such a situation why did they each east speak out thing very clear on this particular issue when he said it's ignored other very important issues that have been happening here in the country why do you think that this is a sheet speak out save a claim about to see the voice of the e.u. i mean the e.u. doesn't have a single voice on anything you say they pretend that they have a common foreign policy but they don't i mean you know everybody's doing their own stuff saying the voice of the e.u.

i think is over exaggeration of or putting too much emphasis on on the you. there are parties and there are national. delegates to this parliament and of course everybody has their own ideology and their own party affiliation and their own national background you see so i think when we say that the e.u. has said a lot of criticism to this law we also have to say there are a lot of people within the e.u. within the european parliament who. defended this law. especially from the european people's party which is the biggest fraction within the european parliament thanks very much for joining us thank you very much.

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hello welcome your watching this for thanks for joining us the headlines russian good will resumed on saturday with table top of securing easy ways including second place it meets threshing they'll create some of it up on the road. meanwhile says moscow maintain their advantage and the premier league tell paul to see absolute top on home soil. and also australian born adam burns joins the russian national rugby school just ahead of the world cup finals our team mates out with the melbourne rebel. i was stunned with football the latest round of the russian premier league resumed on saturday with both tabletop o's in action and the biggest showdown took place in some way as second seeded xin meets fresh local man really a sort of bye bye goes to the game was effectively done by halftime as the channel splits his man schooled fool times conceding just once. should all go for nicholas

long berths and think that if i zoom in on school books for the st peters but side in the second half of added the f.a. if from this spot sailing the final result of five to five live meanwhile will be all spoke pretty and this one. legged it says god meanwhile retain that two point advantage in muscovites where also easy winners against f.c. time say the doom bit opened fifteen minutes and soon after was a suit the honda doubled so it's grounds made with a blistering for a cake and doing been made to brace in the sixty eight minutes during his twelfth goal of the season which makes seems the league's top scorer so. now the days early fix just saw a car draw with former russian champions there would be one wanted home despite leaving for most of the match hosts broke the dad law through on day sixty at the phone thirty seven minutes as. five home in siberia but the two times russian champ

is back with five minutes left the talk of it could be a leg it simulates equaliser. for a final score of one old. and just one more resolve from saturday terry gross and me have been trailing throughout the game in the chechen capital before us though it is of on course each and that is an own goal so another one one draw in grozny. in action until sunday when they face free spending that gave our teams can stand up of the chance to catch up with knowledge and time to find that a fit of numbers is just his sixtieth anniversary here in russia. look like a team that's making a serious title challenge in the russian premier league this season the moscow side life third but if the results like their last game are anything to go by then they could be one course to scoop their first ever championship a good attack is the best defense and in i'm a fool in this rule pretty successfully however you can't win anything by only

having forwards in the squad after the blue and white sect there thirteen coach in thirteen years they pointed at the end of april and since then do not have suffered just two defeats in fifteen minutes and according to defend their land often on this business only one game so far this can ping this site has gained the confidence and composure needed for victory for himself i think as we've begun scoring goals that swart we lacked before now we manage the game better now we play with more control not so desperately like we did before when we couldn't score a goal and got desperate and intended to attack pool that didn't help so i think we changed a lot of things not too many of course but the results speak for themselves and selling to fans at the back adds to their taking units confidence fernandez has been a rock in front of dinner was ned seems he made a move from argentina inside river plate in two thousand and six and very soon became one of the fans favorites being handed the play of the year award by their

supporters and after six years here his become a true dilemma veteran says he's over there six years i've never had a problem on that with foreigners or with the russians i think the best thing that football gives us is the ability to make friends here the climate site cape me in fact we're not here during the winter and when i come back i enjoy playing snowballs with my daughter and things like pant after changing continents and moving to russia on the defensive man in through on this for the display in his downs by scoring goals no wonder his opponents try to avoid corners and free kicks his a rival in the opposition walks always heralds danger. yes he can give story to any forward in their old battles ensure the twenty eight year old sandra big food ingles you know almost one hundred fifty games for dinner despite never finding the well he played in argentina however he says he would consider remove big whom.

i always repeat that i'm very grateful to where the plates point in my career they helped me a lot and i always wanted to return there before and almost every year i get office from river by now i'm good and i don't see any reason to leave this place but sometimes i want to return to return but not to go back until i retire. however the two thousand and four olympic champion american run up in one of the best central defenders in russia stealing to win a trophy. his name but out of. on sunday's number take on over reportedly signed. on a three year deal that takes him from milan so there are. story appeared in french media saying come arrows for both federation had confirmed the big money move officials from the two clubs however have not yet commented while the telling sports to go. into our ongoing. it's all has repeatedly

been all for the salary of around swenson the euro's failure by the big spending russian club. let's move to england now where premier league title hopefuls arsenal and liverpool want had to had it in the pick of saturday's action and after a goal is still. out there reds opened the scoring through aaron ramsay's own goal in the seventy eighth minute then loiseau artists made it to nil and stoppage time giving live of all their first victory at the. eleven the as elsewhere chelsea came back from down against west brom to secure a late victory and then. scoring second health goals for. newcastle that all the road. single goal aston villa were easy when. park rangers beat everton one male and new boys one see held wigan to. moving stateside where i became took part in his first training session after joining the l.a. galaxy earlier in the wake the irish international captain fitting in a few laps before being officially presented to the media and fans after signing

from him during his eleven year spell an england team found that one hundred twenty three times which makes him number ten on the all time english premier league scoring charts the striker who joined the californian club on a two year contract stating he is delighted to team up with david beckham and the galaxy colors bill. is very very very complementary about the farms and i never an associate with the club and told me how good to know the m.l.s. was and you know what you know what are you on t.v. of new numerous occasions. the league is you know certainly grown and. hope you know it can be you know part of you know big successes. and finally there are same could be in for a timely boost ahead of next month's well cup in new zealand melbourne rebels lock out and burns has offered his services to the school. reports. out of burns could

have been looking forward to a nice holiday after the end of summer had a series gruelling super fifteen competition however the twenty nine year old was called in sydney but decided to help rush to the upcoming you can read about gender in this year as sort of article in the magazine. was sort of a series i could call for for usher and i knew that was may so i got in touch with the coach of the toy and. here we are. trying to play for the russians for his mom's parents who are both. adam did actually speak the language well when these in his youth and he gets on the plane to new zealand plenty of chance to practice good majority of the school don't speed. much english however the city needs to say is he's one on top of this don't to nations customs are charged with. the attention of school in ninety six actually or a while ago on l. and what i know about russia is pretty much what i've been told by our parents and fifth dishes cultural things here and there was celebrated they set on christmas

russian traditions of all that's up to us on the upbringing and most of the family burns is said to make his debut for russia on sunday against be english premiership side gloucester best world cup finalists continue their tour of the ukraine suffered two heavy defeat so far and coach kingsley jones is hopeful that the new imports can provide the team is a much needed experience he brings that he he's got a slight twinge at the moment. we'll see him play on this trip and we'll see a flea he steps up and we take him to the little is expected of the russians when their world cup campaign gets underway on the fifteenth september however for adam burns it does make the trip complete a lifelong dream of playing in rugby teams biggest events that you don't see new bolt whales. and that's all for the moment coming up shortly after that says the weather update stay with r.t.e. .

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