Rights groups say EU must act on media freedom in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia
A woman holds Polish and EU flags while demonstrating against the Polish government’s proposed media advertising tax which would impact private broadcasters, in Krakow, Poland, 12 February 2021, Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto
"The EU has sat on the sidelines for too long. Repeated inaction to stop the undermining of media freedom and pluralism first in Hungary, and then in Poland, has allowed this model of media capture to grow and spread to other Member States. The cost of further inaction is simply too high."
This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 9 March 2021.