After a first exchange with stakeholders at the end of March (see EUROPE B12684A27), the European Commission opened on Thursday 22 April a public consultation on its draft recommendation to Member States on the safety of journalists.
In its Democracy Action Plan (see EUROPE B12615A1), the institution committed itself to presenting such a recommendation by the end of the year, so that a “European standard for the protection of journalists” could be established, in the words of the...