The European Parliament will take a position on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) at its plenary session next week. The rapporteur, Sabine Verheyen (EPP, German), had the opportunity to defend her text before the press on Tuesday 26 September (see EUROPE B13245A11).
However, the “media privilege”, deemed too similar to the exemption withdrawn from the Digital Services Act (DSA), failed to convince. Supported by DSA rapporteur Christel Schaldemose (S&D, Danish), Ms Verheyen defended...