The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Nikola Bartůšek, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Filip Turek, Anders Vistisen, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jorge Martín Frías, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Vilis Krištopans, Anna Bryłka, Tomasz Buczek, Elisabeth Dieringer, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky

Added: Ab. whereas freedom of expression and the right to information lack appropriate levels of protection in the EU; whereas the lack of transparency of media ownership and public funding, the lack of independence of editorials from commercial and political influence, and viability problems due to financial needs constitute a risk to the right to information; whereas the promotion of legal content moderation and fact-checking by non-independent associations constitutes an outright attack on freedom of expression;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE773.958v01-00