The Grand Chamber of the EU’s General Court rejected, on Wednesday 27 July, RT France’s request to annul the acts of the EU Council adopted on 1 March, temporarily prohibiting it from broadcasting content following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine (see EUROPE B12922A9).
It took only 4 months and 19 days - a record - for the General Court to rule and reject the appeal of the French editorial staff of RT, which relied on four pleas of law alleging infringement of the rights of the...