MEPs meeting in Strasbourg for the European Parliament’s plenary session sounded, the alarm on, Wednesday 14 December, about the situation of journalists in the EU. While they identified different threats, they all called for a better defence of press freedom.
Journalists at risk
Present at the discussion, the Czech Minister for European Affairs, Mikuláš Bek, and the EU Commissioner for Budget, Johannes Hahn, acknowledged that “obstacles to freedom of expression and freedom to inform...