(ANSA) - PARIS, 04 MAG - The European Broadcasting Union
(EBU) president Delphine Ernotte has sounded alarm bells over
pressure exerted on the public media in several European
countries, particularly the Czech Republic. "I would like to
send a message on the independence of European public media,"
Ernotte pointed out in an interview with France Inter. "We know
that in Hungary, Slovenia, some pressure is exerted on
journalists," she said. "More recently - she added - the
government in Prague harshly criticized my colleague Petr Dvorak
from Czech TV because in October there will be legislative
elections in the Czech Republic and therefore the current power
tries in every way to get its hands on public TV."
The head of the EBU and president of France Télévisions, the
biggest transalpine public group, had already warned of the
difficult situation in the Czech Republic. Ernotte highlighted
that the independence of the media guarantees the trust of
citizens in their public radio and TV.
The EBU is world's largest public service media alliance. This
alliance, responsible for Eurovision, has 115 members in 56
countries, including 34 affiliates in Asia, Africa, and the
Americas. Delphine Ernotte took office last January. (ANSA).
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