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2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">European Commission\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rue de la Loi 200\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1049 Brussels<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Belgium<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear President von der Leyen,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We are writing as members of the media and press, journalist organizations, and the wider media freedom community to congratulate you on your re-appointment as President of the European Commission, and to urge you to ensure that media freedom, the protection of journalists, and EU citizens\u2019 access to public interest journalism remain high political priorities over the coming term of your Commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The last Commission took important legislative and non-legislative measures to address media freedom and the protection of journalists. Despite these laudable efforts, media freedom around Europe is subject to severe threats and restrictions, posing a risk to European Union democratic values. Through their work, journalists uphold such values, fight disinformation, and contribute to a better functioning of the EU institutions.\u00a0 It is essential that the next Commission cement this legacy and support durable and long-lasting solutions to strengthen the space for media freedom, pluralism and independence as well as the sustainability and competitiveness of the media sector in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We, the undersigned organizations, strongly urge you to continue the legacy of the outgoing Vice-President for Values and Transparency and re-appoint another Vice-President with a clear and robust mandate to use all available EU mechanisms, including policy, legislation, and budget, to promote press freedom and the safety of journalists. In particular, we urge you to explicitly list this mandate in your mission letter to one of the Vice-Presidents, establishing it as a political priority over the next five-year term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We ask that the Vice-President have a sufficiently robust and far-ranging mandate to address the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong>1. Reinforce DG Connect to lead on media:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Guarantee that media freedom remains a political priority for the European Commission and provide a dedicated budget and human resources increase to <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/about-european-commission\/departments-and-executive-agencies\/communications-networks-content-and-technology_en\">DG Connect<\/a>, to act as lead Directorate-General for media freedom and pluralism -as a strengthened body within the Commission. This would ensure necessary synergies and coherent enforcement between digital and media policies, in particular when it comes to artificial intelligence, copyright and audiovisual rules as well as the Digital Services Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong>2. Make EU Media law a reality:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Ensure the ambitious enforcement of the European Media Freedom Act to promote media independence, support public service media, build financial sustainability of the media, and strengthen the effectiveness of the European Board of Media Services (\u201cthe Board\u201d) to, amongst other things, consult meaningfully with civil society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Ensure a thorough and meaningful assessment of any relevant EU instruments and legislation that could impact press freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong>3. Advance the safety of journalists:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Ambitiously review the Safety of Journalists Recommendation 2021 to advance the ongoing efforts by Member States to improve the safety of journalists, online and offline.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; In cooperation with the press freedom community, provide support and guidance to all EU Member States in line with the Commission\u2019s Journalist Safety Recommendation, the anti-SLAPP Directive, the anti-SLAPP Recommendation and recommendations from the Annual Rule of Law reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<strong>4. Strengthen the plurality of media providers and ensure media sustainability online and offline:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Use the mechanisms within the Digital Services Act and the European Media Freedom Act to strengthen the position of European journalism in the digital environment and strengthen media in the face of the growing emergence of online platforms and artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Establish a dedicated strategy of funding for the news media, including a new programme for journalism as part of the next <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/eu-budget\/long-term-eu-budget\/2021-2027_en\">Multiannual Financial Framework<\/a>, and ensure the continuous support for ongoing funding initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5. Strengthen the EU\u2019s action on the rule of law:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Be ambitious and creative with regards to the application of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/eu-budget\/protection-eu-budget\/rule-law-conditionality-regulation_en#:~:text=This%20new%20conditionality%20regime%20allows,by%20the%20Member%20States%20concerned.\">2020 Regulation on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget<\/a> by making EU funds conditional when violations of media freedom in Member States breach the rule of law and EU treaty values as they relate to EU budget (with a view to possibly opening and amending the 2020 Regulation if it cannot fit this role).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; Further strengthen the dialogue around the Rule of Law Mechanism (and Report) to scrutinize and improve measures taken by Member States with a view to tangibly improving the lives and work of journalists, and building trust in the EU institutions to safeguard media freedom as part of the rule of law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank you for your consideration of our requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Signed:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Albanian Media Institute<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ARTICLE 19<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Association of European Journalists (AEJ Belgium)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cartoonists Rights<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Center for Independent Journalism (CIJ Hungary)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Committee to Protect Journalists<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 European Broadcasting Union (EBU)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10.\u00a0 European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11.\u00a0 Faktograf &#8211; The Association for the Informed Public<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">12.\u00a0 Free Press Unlimited (FPU)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">13.\u00a0 Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">14.\u00a0 IFEX<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15.\u00a0 Initiative for Freedom of Expression-Turkey (IFoX)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">16.\u00a0 International Media Support (IMS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">17.\u00a0 International Press Institute (IPI)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">18.\u00a0 IPS Communication Foundation\/ bianet<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">19.\u00a0 Lie Detectors<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20.\u00a0 Media Diversity Institute (MDI)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">21.\u00a0 OBC Transeuropa (OBCT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">22.\u00a0 PEN International<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">23.\u00a0 Platform for Independent Journalism (P24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">24.\u00a0 Reporters Without Borders (RSF)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">25.\u00a0 Society of Journalists (Warsaw)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">26.\u00a0 South East Europe Media Organisation -SEEMO<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"preFade fadeIn\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"blog-item-comments\">\n<div class=\"blog-item-comments-toggle-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"blogItemCommentsContent\" class=\"blog-item-comments-content\" 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