has been awarded the Prize Here Europe to European communication, which awards The award jury recognizes AMI’s work both in the defense of intellectual property and in the authorship of European media. And it stands out in this matrix work of WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram.
The filing of said lawsuit by AMI – representing more than 80 newspapers, including EL PAÍS – took place at the end of last year. The basis of his accusation against the company led by Mark Zuckerberg is its “systematic and massive” failure to comply with European regulations that prohibit the improper use of social media user data, conduct for which this technology company handles according to the demanding a dominant position in the advertising market. The injured media claim 550 million euros through AMI, in compensation for the income they stopped receiving between 2018 and July 2023. At the end of last October, various associates of UTECA and AERC Radio Value have filed a new lawsuit against the giant. technological for the same reasons and claim more than 160 million.
The presentation of the awards for this seventh edition of the Awards Here Europe, aimed at recognizing the work of personalities, entities and institutions to strengthen the values of the European Union, will take place on November 19 at the headquarters of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels. The media organizer of the event defines itself on its website as “an independent newspaper, which is financed by paid subscriptions and advertising,” and claims not to receive “subsidies or financial support from public or private institutions.”
The jury for the new edition of these awards was made up of the presidency of Daniel Calleja, general director of the Legal Service of the European Union; Rosa Estarás, MEP from the European PP group; Jesús González, editor of Here Europe; Rogelio Granguillhome Morfín, ambassador of Mexico to the Kingdom of Belgium and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; and Javier López, president of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. The general director of AMI, Irene Lanzaco, considers in a statement about the award that it is a recognition of the work of the association since its inception.
The remaining winners were Izaskun Bilbao, Eider Gardiazábal and Pilar Ayuso, for their careers as MEPs; Rosario Silva de la Puerta, vice president of the Court of Justice of the European Union, for contributing “to the construction of Spain before the European Union; the Association of Dependency Services Companies (AESTE), for its commitment to “promoting the quality of services and strengthening the care sector”; the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly of the European Chamber, “for the work of unity between LATAM and Europe”; Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, and the Committee of Regions, “for positioning the voice of the regions in Europe by reaching agreements between them that have benefited citizens.”
