The European Parliament's Media Intergroup Is Launched

Concerns about the dumbing down and politicisation of the media have begun to surface in the European Parliament.

The newly formed "media intergroup" met yesterday (Feb 2) to discuss, amongst other issues, the lack of independent reporting, and the closing down of many national and regional newspapers and journals.

MEPs and journalists vigorously debated the issues, in what promises to become one of the more controversial of the parliament's intergroups.

All agreed that an independent media is a vital component of a healthy democracy, and that the need for more freedom for journalists is a pressing concern. This is something that the EU Reporter has campaigned on for some time, and will be discussing in greater detail in our next issue, to be published next week.