When asked to respond to Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša’s criticism of journalists on Twitter, Commission spokespeople told the press room on Thursday 18 February that the EU and its president condemned insulting remarks towards journalists, “including in this case”.
Janša, whose country will hold the Presidency of the EU from July, accused the journalist Lili Bayer and her employer, the media company Politico, of lying. The Prime Minister was reacting to an article referring...