Contribution to the public consultation on the European Media Freedom Act
Abstract
The announcement of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has provided an important impulse for the development of new legal rules seeking to safeguard and support a free and pluralistic media environment in the European Union (EU). As indicated by Commissioners Věra Jourov and Thierry Breton, the initiative is set to address a wide range of persisting challenges faced by European media outlets, including political and economic pressures, unjustified interference with editorial independence, failing business models supporting journalism and issues surrounding media pluralism. Considering the broad spectrum of concerns and the centrality of a pluralist media environment for the health of democracies, the European Commission’s commitment to the EMFA is commendable and urgent. With this submission, we would like to take the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EMFA.
European Media Freedom Act, favourable environment, frontpage, indepen, independence, Journalism, media freedom, media plurality, news publisher
Bibtex
Article{Rucz2022b,
title = {Contribution to the public consultation on the European Media Freedom Act},
author = {Rucz, M. and Irion, K. and Senftleben, M.},
url = {https://www.ivir.nl/position-paper-european-media-freedom-act-consultation-2/},
year = {0328},
date = {2022-03-28},
abstract = {The announcement of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) has provided an important impulse for the development of new legal rules seeking to safeguard and support a free and pluralistic media environment in the European Union (EU). As indicated by Commissioners Věra Jourov and Thierry Breton, the initiative is set to address a wide range of persisting challenges faced by European media outlets, including political and economic pressures, unjustified interference with editorial independence, failing business models supporting journalism and issues surrounding media pluralism. Considering the broad spectrum of concerns and the centrality of a pluralist media environment for the health of democracies, the European Commission’s commitment to the EMFA is commendable and urgent. With this submission, we would like to take the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s public consultation on the EMFA.},
keywords = {European Media Freedom Act, favourable environment, frontpage, indepen, independence, Journalism, media freedom, media plurality, news publisher},
}