On Wednesday 13 July, the European Commission presented its third annual report on the Rule of law in Member States, accompanied for the first time by country-specific recommendations to be assessed in the next edition. The Commission also looked for the first time at the state of public media and its financing.
As a fire hit the Greek media outlet Real’s buildings on the morning the report was presented, the Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, and the...