Brussels, 17/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, informed the German press on 16 January that he was ready to “enter the fray” on the new and very controversial media law introduced by his government. This subject will be on the agenda of the European Parliament sitting in Strasbourg this week. On Monday evening, MEPs from the European Parliament civil liberties committee are expected to make an initial assessment of the text. They will be accompanied by Commissioners Neelie Kroes and Viviane Reding in this task. Several political groups are also expected to speak about the subject on Wednesday morning during Orban's presentation of the Presidency's priorities. In the Bild newspaper, Orban said that he was ready “to do battle, while my opponents in Hungary and Europe are currently involved in stoking up a campaign”. Last Wednesday, the EPP Group, to which the Fidesz Party is affiliated, also spoke out through its leader, Joseph Daul, who denounced “a politically targeted campaign of accusations”. Orban also highlighted the legitimacy of this law and provided assurances that “attacks on human dignity are a daily occurrence” and that before this law was introduced, “there was not even the slightest rule to protect children and young people from violent pornography or even from anti-Semitic defamation, particularly on the internet”. This law is now subject to a European Commission analysis. The institution received formal notification of the text on Friday 14 January. (S.P./transl.fl)