The European Commission declared on Monday 4 January that it would discuss the state of the rule of law in Poland after the country’s extreme-right government pushed through legislation placing the judiciary and the media under government control. In a move reminiscent of Hungary’s illiberal regime, the new Polish government is attempting to seize total control of the […]
CONTINUE READING →Ensuring a Fair Digital Single Market Independence of Media Regulators Brussels, 7th December 2015 A debate on the ongoing revision of the Audio-Visual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) and the independence of media regulatory authorities, as outlined in Article 30 of the Directive. The aim of this session is to provide MEPs and other stakeholders with […]
CONTINUE READING →Making the Digital Single Market Fair Ensuring Independence of Media Regulators The European Media Initiative (EMI) was set up, following an ECI that gathered over 200,000 signatures, to work towards the establishment of a pan-European coalition of citizens and civil society organisations able to advocate for media pluralism at a directly European level. As the Audiovisual Services Directive […]
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