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The control of media outlets in the hands of few harms pluralism and undermines democracy, say media freedom advocates (Photo: Jon S)

Press freedom under attack inside EU, advocates say

Media advocates are calling on EU lawmakers to speak out against the roll-back of press freedoms in some EU member states.

"There is not a single member state that has not taken a step back on press freedom," said Olivier Basille, secretary general of the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) at a hearing in the European Parliament on Tuesday (6 November).

Basille, along with a panel of media experts and advocates, laid out troubling trends in European media, with journalist...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The control of media outlets in the hands of few harms pluralism and undermines democracy, say media freedom advocates (Photo: Jon S)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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