the public elements for monitoring the performance of the public service missions by France Télévisions which consist of the report on the channels drawn up annually by the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (provided for in Article 18 of Law No 86-1067 of 30 September 1986) and the report on the hearings by the parliamentary committees (Cultural Affairs and Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate) by the Chairman of France Télévisions on the annual performance of the agreement relating to objectives and means (as p ...[+++]rovided for in Article 53 of the above-mentioned Law).

48. Takes note of the discussions currently being held within Parliament's Bureau concerning the possibility of creating a publicly owned parliamentary channel; welcomes the decision of the Parliament's Bureau to commission a feasibility study on the possible establishment of a parliamentary information channel or genuine European Parliament television channel; recognises that there are a range of different options for such a project and believes that any such channel should be independent; believes that such a channel could make a significant contribution to the development of a European public space; notes that, on earlier occasion ...[+++]s, it has requested the Commission to launch an in-house impact study on such a European channel; stresses the need for there to be greater synergy between the activities of Parliament's information offices and those of the Commission's representations;

47. Takes note of the discussions currently being held within Parliament’s Bureau concerning the possibility of creating a publicly owned parliamentary channel; welcomes the decision of the Parliament’s Bureau to commission a feasibility study on the possible establishment of a parliamentary information channel or genuine European Parliament television channel; recognises that there are a range of different options for such a project and believes that any channel should be independent; believes that such a channel could make a significant contribution to the development of a European public space; notes that, on earlier occasions, it ...[+++] has requested the Commission to launch an in-house impact study on such a European channel; stresses the need for there to be greater synergy between the activities of Parliament’s external offices and those of the Commission’s representations;

Support for the broadcasting of such programmes, complementing conventional information programmes and the broadcasting of institutional events (part-sessions, committee debates, etc.) need not necessarily be linked to the introduction of European public service television or a parliamentary channel.

We have this CPAC television channel, what we call the parliamentary channel, and it covers Parliament.

Of course there are parliamentary channels to use to do that, and I use them, but I also believe it is legitimate and essential to use extra-parliamentary channels as well.