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EU parliament campaign risks Italian censorship
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Chetan KhushalImmigration posters with a digital fingerprint ... the Italian government is annoyed by the indirect digs of official EU posters inviting the public to vote in this summer's European elections. The self-censorship begins
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'I thank Berlusconi for his criticism because it is going make people talk about our communication campaign.' The conservative Alejo Vidal-Quadras, vice-president of the European parliament, sarcastically dealt with matters in this way on 17 March, during parliament’s campaign presentation pushing for participation in the European elections in June 2009
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For now it seems that the self-censorship is having its intended effect in parliament. The jpeg files for the first two posters are not available on the European parliament’s election webpage, except for in Italian
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It is a scandal which will undo the good initiative of the German company which devised the campaign for the European parliament
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This is the most daring and politically incorrect campaign that someone from Europe could imagine for one simple reason; it utilises symbols which political parties and countries have previously utilised. To a certain extent this welcomes ideological and policy identification, between conservatives, liberals, green, socialists, communists, the far-right, nationalists, as well as others
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In comparison to the lethargic European politics to which MPs and delegates have us accustomed, this is a theme park full of attractions
Translated from Peligra la campaña del parlamento ante la censura