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MEPs Debated the Entry Into Force of the European Media Freedom Act

“This is a totalitarian regime in the making. May our grandchildren forgive us…”. It was in these dramatic terms that some MEPs spoke out yesterday at the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA). This act, which is due to come into force on 8 August, is supposed to guarantee the independence of the media, the protection of journalists and the transparency of media ownership in the European Uni…
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The EU law on European media freedom was debated in the European Parliament on Tuesday, with the Tisza Party fully supporting the motion.

In the new episode of Europe for Czechs, we will take a look at the European Media Freedom Act, which comes into force in just a month, on August 8th, in an interview from the European Parliament in Strasbourg. After a seminar on this topic, we spoke with Lucie Sýkorová, a member of the board of directors of the Association of Online Publishers of the Czech Republic and a member of the News Media Europe board, about the importance of this first …

From 8 August of this year, when the European Act on Media Freedom enters into force, it is no longer legally possible to monitor or use the communications of a journalist...

The monitoring of communications by a journalist or the use of a spy programme for this purpose becomes illegal on 8 August, as the European Act on Media Freedom enters into force. Vice-President of the European Parliament Sabine Verheyen said at a seminar on the situation on the day of media freedom in Europe, organised in Strasbourg, so that such interviews [...]

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