CPJ joins call for EU to prioritize rule of law

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CPJ joined 38 other civil society organizations on Wednesday in calling on the European Commission to strengthen its fifth annual rule of law report, which assesses media freedom in European Union member states.

With Europe due to vote from June 6 to 9, the 39 groups also called on the new European Commission to prioritize implementation of their recommendations.

Read more about press freedom in the European Union in CPJ’s special report “Fragile Progress,” which called on the European Commission to strengthen the rule of law report with a view to building trust with journalists and protecting media freedom.

Read the full joint statement below.

Joint-Statement-on-the-European-Commissions-2024-Rule-of-Law-Report-v2Download


This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by Committee to Protect Journalists.

Citations

[1] Fragile Progress: The struggle for press freedom in the European Union - Committee to Protect Journalists ➤ https://cpj.org/reports/2023/04/fragile-progress-the-struggle-for-press-freedom-in-the-european-union/[2] ➤ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Joint-Statement-on-the-European-Commissions-2024-Rule-of-Law-Report-v2.pdf[3] ➤ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Joint-Statement-on-the-European-Commissions-2024-Rule-of-Law-Report-v2.pdf