Articles tagged with: law
Towards a pan-European list for next Euro-elections!
On March 14, Members of the European Parliament will vote on a proposal establishing new voting rules for their election by European citizens. Among other improvements, it would allow citizens to vote for a transnational list of MEPs …
AFP’s independence in danger">AFP’s independence in danger
On 26 May 2011, the trade unions called their colleagues from the French news agency AFP to strike for 24 hours. This was a reaction to a private bill of the president of the Commission of cultural …
Citizen initiative for Media Pluralism: from Brussels to Bologna
On May 13, European alternatives and the International Alliance of Journalists invited civil society, press organisations and MEPs to continue their work on a European initiative on media pluralism, in Bologna. Social European Journalism was there.
The aim was …
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 …
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 …
Argentina’s take on guaranteeing media plurality
While we are only discussing (here and there) in our White Paper a way to guarantee media plurality. A new law in Argentina is already further steps ahead with its new Law on Audiovisual Media Services.
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 …
