Articles tagged with: Hungary
Defending media pluralism by monitoring threats in the Member States
On March 31, civil society and press organisations, along with MEPs and journalists gathered for a workshop on Media pluralism in Europe. In the coming weeks, we will run several stories on this vital issue, also …
Guaranteeing media pluralism: better the devil you know?
In our White Paper, we offered to replace the Article 11. 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union by a legally binding article guaranteeing freedom and pluralism of the media.
Former President of the …
Should media pluralism be legally guaranteed?
Freedom and pluralism of the media are already included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. However, the Charter merely states they should “be respected” (art. 11. 2).
The Hungarian media law, the situation …
The new Hungarian media council : a danger for the freedom of speech?
On December 20, the Hungarian press liberty collapsed. Indeed, the Hungarian Parliament decided to pass a new law on media. This law allows a five-people media council to punish journalists who go too far, journalists who work …
