Question 17240 — audiovisual and communication

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Ms. Dieynaba Diop draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial, Energy and Digital Sovereignty to the future of universal access to terrestrial radio, FM and DAB+, in the context of European changes in electronic communications. The draft Digital Networks Act, supported by the European Commission, simply, in its article 112, repeats the provisions of the European code of electronic communications (EECC), by requiring the integration of DAB+ only in vehicles already equipped with a car radio. However, this approach is today proving insufficient. Indeed, some car manufacturers are now opting to market vehicles without an integrated radio receiver, favoring purely connected solutions. This trend raises crucial issues. On the one hand, it questions pluralism and information sovereignty. In the absence of a car radio, access to stations relies on digital intermediaries, capable of influencing their referencing, distribution, and even monetization. Such dependence weakens the direct link between listeners and radio services, which is essential to a free, accessible and equitable information model. On the other hand, this mutation represents a risk for security and resilience. Terrestrial radio, whether FM or DAB+, remains to this day the only media capable of operating reliably in the event of a major crisis, particularly when digital networks are failing or saturated. The recent massive power outages in Europe have reminded us of the importance of radio as a source of last resort information for populations. In this context, all players in the sector radiophonique calls for an extension of the obligation to equip all new vehicles with terrestrial radio receivers, in order to guarantee universal, free and resilient access to information. Also, she asks him if the Government intends to support a review of the legislative framework - whether within the framework of the Digital Networks Act at European level, or a national text - aimed at imposing the integration of an FM radio receiver and DAB+ in all new vehicles marketed in France and, more broadly, within the European Union, in order to preserve direct, sovereign and secure access to radio for all citizens.

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