Europa muss mehr für Medien und Demokratie tun

The author criticizes the EU's current approach to media freedom, arguing that relying on national governments is insufficient, especially in countries like Hungary and Poland where media pluralism is threatened. While acknowledging some progress—such as the proposed whistleblower directive and small-scale funding for investigative projects—the text contends that these efforts are inadequate against the dominance of tech platforms like Google and Facebook. The document calls for a permanent EU funding body for investigative journalism, a re-evaluation of the subsidiarity principle regarding media, and a requirement for online platforms to share revenue with high-quality news providers.

• The EU's current strategy for supporting quality journalism relies primarily on member states, which the author argues is ineffective because national governments may be unwilling or unable to support critical voices, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe and Italy.
• Digital advertising markets are dominated by technology platforms, with up to 80 percent of advertising now flowing through channels such as Google and Facebook, undermining the financial sustainability of independent media.
• The EU has introduced some protective measures, including a draft directive to strengthen whistleblower protection to ensure sources can report misconduct without fear of retaliation and to protect journalists' rights to publish anonymous sources despite the GDPR.
• Existing EU financial support for investigative journalism is deemed insufficient; for example, the 'Investigative Journalism for Europe' fund provided 315,000 Euro for 12 projects in June 2018, covering only 70 percent of research costs and 10 percent of the total costs for all 60 submitted projects.
• The author proposes that the EU establish a permanent funding body for investigative journalism and adapt the Code of Practice on Disinformation to require platforms to share a portion of their revenue with trustworthy, high-quality media.

APA

Sadouskaya-Komlach, M. (2019). Europa muss mehr für Medien und Demokratie tun. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/europa-muss-mehr-fur-medien-demokratie-tun/

Chicago

Sadouskaya-Komlach, Maryia. Europa muss mehr für Medien und Demokratie tun. Green European Journal, 2019. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/europa-muss-mehr-fur-medien-demokratie-tun/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{sadouskayakomlach2019europa, author = {Sadouskaya-Komlach, Maryia}, title = {{Europa muss mehr für Medien und Demokratie tun}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2019}, month = apr, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/europa-muss-mehr-fur-medien-demokratie-tun/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }