27.10.2020

European Commission publishes "Rule of Law"-Report

In its first "Rule of Law"-Report, the Commission states that "Austria allocates relatively high levels of state advertising to media companies, and concerns were raised over potential political influence over such allocation, in the absence of rules on its fair distribution". CMC contributed to the report with its expertise.

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The European Commission has published the 2020 Rule of Law Report, covering, among other areas, media pluralism and media freedom. The section on "Media Pluralism" of the "Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Austria" (English, German) often relates to the Austrian Report of the Media Pluralism Monitor, written by Josef Seethaler and Maren Beaufort, and the input by Josef Seethaler as one of the targeted Austrian stakeholders.

More information on the Media Pluralism Project can be found here.