Brussels, my love? Press under pressure all across the EU
On this version, we zoom in on dwindling press freedom in Europe and test how Europe is doing 20 years after the massive bang enlargement.
This week, we’re joined by Olena Abramovych, Brussels correspondent for Ukrainian TV, Ricardo Borges de Castro, analyst in European and international affairs and Polish journalist Dorota Bawolek.
Panelists mirror on the massive bang enlargement of the European Union that passed off 20 years in the past when leaders of 10 new international locations offered their flags to Pat Cox, then president of the European Parliament. Regardless of the bumps alongside the best way, the panel agreed it was a hit.
“Though you’ll be able to say that the story has not at all times be rosy, over the previous 20 years it has been a fantastic story”, Ricardo Borges de Castro mentioned.
The panel additionally marked Worldwide Press Freedom Day by specializing in the dwindling press freedom within the EU.
“It is extremely worrying and on the similar time, sadly, not very shocking”, mentioned Dorota Bawolek, who suffered assaults each on-line and offline for her reporting, and skilled censorship.
“Democracy in Europe just isn’t residing its greatest days in the mean time. And media and media freedom is without doubt one of the victims of it”, she mentioned.
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