The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025

Tabled by Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba

77. Removed: Calls on the Member States to establish frameworks that guarantee people’s freedom to seek, receive and impart information, and to ensure that national coordinators under Added: Strongly condemns any attempt by EU institutions to control political discourse on social media through the Digital Services Act Removed: (DSA) can fully perform their role in facilitating information exchange and cooperation at EU level; underlines the importance of timely and effective implementation of the DSA to ensure a safe, transparent, and accountable online environment; Added: (DSA); expresses grave concern that content moderation practices and the use of politically biased fact checkers undermine democratic debate and contribute to self-censorship; calls on the Removed: Member States to ensure that the transposition of Directive (EU) 2016/343 on the presumption of innocence fully respects freedom of expression and information as guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and does not introduce restrictions on reporting on matters of public interest; Added: Commission to substantially amend the DSA with a view to restoring Member States’ primary responsibility over legal content and ensuring full respect for freedom of expression, the right to information and political pluralism;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.226v01-00