Brussels reluctant to regulate national media rules

The European Commission is hesitant to interfere in national rules against the concentration of media in the hands of big companies or politicians, despite the International Federation of Journalists warning that EU media pluralism is at stake.

Brussels on Tuesday (16 January) released a working paper on "media pluralism in the member states of the European Union," following pressure from the European Parliament and NGOs to address the issue of large media conglomerates - sometimes lin...