On 18 May 2026, the European Parliament published its draft position on the new AgoraEU programme, which constitutes the EU’s support for culture, media, and civil society within the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2028-2034 – the EU’s long-term budget. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) warns that the proposed budget allocation for journalism does not go far enough to match the scale of ambition outlined in the regulation and is a worrying sign of a lack of political ambition to meaningfully fund European journalism. The Parliament’s proposal creates a separate ‘Journalism and Information’ strand, which in principle could…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined its affiliates in Germany (dju in ver.di, DJV), Poland (Society of Journalists) and Switzerland (syndicom) in calling on the German Springer Group and the Swiss publisher Ringier to abandon their plans to cut jobs at their Polish joint venture, Ringier Axel Springer Polska (RASP).  According to information obtained by the dju, the company intends to reduce its workforce by almost 12%. With 1,350 employees, this could result in around 160 redundancies, despite RASP paying out 161 million zloty (around 37.86 million euros) to its shareholders in 2024. Against this backdrop, the planned redundancies…

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) yesterday ordered Meta to compensate Italian publishers for the use of their content. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes an important ruling which upholds the right of Member States to require fair remuneration for the online use of press publications by service providers. The judgement, issued in a case between Meta and Italy’s media regulator AGCOM, concerns the transposition into Italian law of EU rules on press publishers’ rights. The Court confirmed that EU copyright law allows Member States to establish mechanisms ensuring fair remuneration for the use of press…

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) welcomes the Council of the European Union’s position on the new AgoraEU programme, adopted on 12 May by EU Culture Ministers, as an important step towards recognising journalism, media freedom, and democratic participation as core pillars of Europe’s democratic resilience. The EFJ calls for this political momentum to be translated into the allocation of substantial financial resources to public-interest media. The proposed AgoraEU programme, which forms part of the Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034), would bring together EU support for culture, media, and civil society under a single framework and includes, for the first time,…

EU Member States must show political leadership and join calls for the suspension of EU funds to Serbia to prevent the spiral of violence against journalists from escalating into deadly attacks, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and nine undersigned organisations said on Friday in a series of letters sent to a group of Ministers for European Affairs across Europe. The organisations highlight the shocking numbers of physical, legal and online attacks against journalists as recorded on international monitoring platforms since November 2024, a level of persistent violence against media that is rare in any EU member state or candidate country. Since the…

On this Europe Day, media organisations and journalists across the continent, including the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) come together to reaffirm their shared commitment to a strong, democratic, and united Europe. Europe is facing profound and complex challenges. At a time when anti-democratic forces are gaining ground globally, and disinformation threatens to erode trust within our societies, the role of independent, pluralistic media has never been more essential. Europe is more than a political or economic project. It is a shared promise – of peace, freedom, democracy, and human dignity. For millions of people, it remains the strongest guarantee…