The Member States’ deputy ambassadors to the EU (Coreper I) agreed, on Wednesday 21 June, on a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). Only Hungary and Poland were opposed.
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However, the compromise drawn up by the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has provoked an outcry from journalists’ rights groups.
At issue: the explicit reference to Member States being responsible for safeguarding...