Euronews on Monday (3 May).
In 2016, a complaint was filed on the alleged excessive funding of public broadcast media in Hungary, with concerns raised by former MEP Benedek Jávor, the news platform Klubrádió, and the Budapest media policy think tank Mérték.
In 2019, a separate complaint was issued by the contingent, on the subject of state aid being offered to media organisations in the country in the form of public advertising.
“This frustration that we can not do anything through competition rules leads us [to] think about better rules,” Jourova added.
An investigation into state aid for Hungary’s media sector is still being investigated by the European Commission four years after the complaint was first submitted, the EU executive confirmed today (27 July).