Analysis
Information Sovereignty
Domestic and Foreign Interference? Poland Plans to Prevent Hostile TV Takeovers After Romanian Elections – QUICK TAKE
12 December 2024
We need to create conditions for an economically sustainable, pluralistic media ecosystem in Europe. A strategic information system for the European media industry should encompass the potential of new technologies.
The adoption of a new strategy to defend European media sovereignty is the conclusion of the Towards European Media Sovereignty report by the European Commission. It contains 14 points based on the voices of the most important representatives of media publishers and technology companies on the continent.
We asked the author of the report, Guillaume Klossa, whether we can actually talk about European media sovereignty, and what it really is? Special adviser to the Vice-Commissar Andrus Ansip presented this concept in a broader historical context.
European post-war liberal societies developed on the basis of pluralistic independent national media – our interlocutor began. They fulfilled two purposes. On the one hand, they contributed to strengthening democracy by providing citizens with high-quality information, and on the other hand, they also supported the social market economy.