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The International Press Institute (IPI) today聽expresses its support for the recent joint statement issued by 92 editors from across Europe, including members of our Central and Eastern Europe Independent Media Network, opposing the Hungarian ruling party’s newly introduced bill on foreign funding.

Signatories from the network include Beata Balogov谩, Editor-in-Chief of SME (Slovakia); Bartosz T. Wieli艅ski, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Roman Imielski, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland); Cristian Delcea and Mihai Voinea, Editors-in-Chief and Co-Founders of Recorder (Romania); Ivaylo Stanchev, Editor-in-Chief of Capital (Bulgaria); Jelena Pavi膰 Valenti膰, Editor-in-Chief of Telegram (Croatia); Micha艂 Danielewski, Editor-in-Chief of OKO.press (Poland); Peter B谩rdy, Editor-in-Chief of Aktuality (Slovakia); and Robert B艡e拧钮an, Editor-in-Chief of Hl铆dac铆Pes.org (Czech Republic).

The statement was written by Veronika Munk, Director of Innovation and New Markets at Denn铆k N (Slovakia), which is also a member of the CEE Network.

To learn more about the proposed foreign funding bill, you can read the joint statement by IPI and its partner organizations here and join us on 26 May at 14:00 CET for a special briefing with renowned Hungarian journalists and media experts to examine the proposed foreign funding bill.

Below is the full solidarity statement from the European editors.

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Hungarian Fidesz is effectively outlawing the free press 鈥� and, more broadly, democratic public debate.

With its ‘transparency’ bill proposal, introduced on May 13, Fidesz is aligning itself with the authoritarian tactics seen in Putin鈥檚 Russia. If adopted 鈥� and there鈥檚 no sign it won’t be 鈥� the legislation would open the door to targeting Hungarian media outlets and civil society organizations that receive funding from any foreign sources, including donations or transparent EU grants essential to their sustainability.聽

The draft law is written so broadly that it could be applied to virtually any organization involved in public life or debate – that includes independent media outlets and also human rights groups.

The bill鈥檚 enforcement would fall to the Sovereignty Protection Office, led by a figure who has recently encouraged the public not to support independent media. This office will place 鈥減roblematic鈥� organizations on a watchlist, confirmed by government decree.

Entities listed could face severe consequences, just some examples: their bank accounts can be frozen, their leaders would be required to file public asset declarations, and they could be hit with massive fines.聽

The survival of a free press is not a local issue, especially in a region where more and more populist leaders are borrowing techniques from Viktor Orban. It is in our common European interest to express as loudly as possible that freedom of information, critical, free, fact-based media and critical voices in the public space are crucial.

We call on our governments and the EU institutions to do their utmost to prevent this law, which is in stark contradiction with the EU Treaty and Charter of Fundamental Rights.

1. Alessia Cerantola, Editorial Director, Investigate Europe (Italy)
2. Andrei Ciurcanu, President, RISE Project (Romania)
3. Anna Gielewska, Editor-in-Chief, VSquare (Poland)
4. Anneleen Ophoff, Managing Director, Apache (Belgium)
5. Anu拧ka Deli膰, Founder and Editor-in-chief, O拧tro (Slovenia)
6. Attila Biro, Editor-in-Chief, Context.ro (Romania)
7. Augustine Zenakos, Editor-in-Chief, The Manifold (Greece)
8. Ayse Banu Tuna, Editor-in-Chief, Journo (Turkey)
9. Bartosz T. Wieli艅ski, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland)
10. Bastian Obermayer, Director and Co-Founder, paper trail media (Germany)
11. Beata Balogova, Editor-in-Chief, SME (Slovakia)
12. Bettina Hamilton-Irvine, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Republik (Switzerland)
13. Catalin Tolontan, Editorial Coordinator, Hotnews (Romania)
14. Catalina Albeanu, Managing Director, Display Europe (Austria)
15. Catarina Carvalho, Editor, Mensagem de Lisboa (Portugal)
16. Cecilia Anesi, Centre Director, IRPI (Italy)
17. Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti, Executive Board, RiffReporter.de (Germany)
18. Cristian Delcea, Editor-in-Chief / Co-Founder, Recorder (Romania)
19. David Schraven, CEO & Publisher, CORRECTIV (Germany)
20. Dieter Bornemann, Chairman of the Editorial Board, ORF (Austria)
21. Dimitris Xenakis, Publisher, inside story (Greece)
22. Dov Alfon, Editor-in-chief, Lib茅ration (France)
23. Elena S谩nchez Nicol谩s, Editor-in-Chief, EUobserver (Belgium)
24. Elisabetta Tola, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Facta.eu (Italy)
25. Erik Tabery, Editor-in-Chief, Respekt (Czech Republic)
26. Eva Belmote, Editor-in-Chief, Civio (Spain)
27. Filip Minich, Editor-in-Chief, Refresher (Slovakia)
28. Florian Klenk, Editor-in-Chief Falter (Austria)
29. Florian Skrabal, Editor-in-Chief, Dossier (Austria)
30. Francesca Festa, Co-Founder, Sphera Network (France)
31. Frederik Obermaier, Director and Co-Founder, paper trail media (Germany)
32. Gian-Paolo Accardo, Editor-in-Chief, Voxeurop (France)
33. Giulio Rubino, Co-Editor-in-Chief, IrpiMedia (Italy)
34. Harry Lensink, Editor in Chief, Follow the Money (Netherlands)
35. Ivaylo Stanchev, Editor-in-Chief, Capital (Bulgaria)
36. Jakub Pato膷ka, Editor-in-Chief, Den铆k Referendum (Czech Republic)
37. J谩n Simkani膷, CEO & Publisher, Den铆k N (Czech Republic)
38. Janusz Schwertner, Editor-in-Chief, Goniec.pl (Poland)
39. Jaroslav Masek, Editor-in-Chief, Hospodarske noviny (Czech Republic)
40. Jelena Pavic Valentic, Editor-in-chief, Telegram (Croatia)
41. Jerzy Baczy艅ski, Editor-in-Chief, Polityka (Poland)
42. Joanna Krawczyk, Director of CORRECTIV.Europe (Germany)
43. Josef Pazderka, Editor-in-Chief, Czech Radio Plus (Czech Republic)
44. Karl van den Broeck, Editor-in-Chief, Apache (Belgium)
45. Katharine Viner, Editor-in-Chief, The Guardian (UK)
46. L谩szl贸 Juh谩sz, Editor-in-Chief, Param茅ter (Slovakia)
47. Lise Witteman, Deputy Editor-in-chief, Follow the Money (Netherlands)
48. Lorenzo Bagnoli, Co-Editor in Chief, IrpiMedia (Italy)
49. Loucas Fesias, Chief Editor, AlphaNewsLive (Cyprus)
50. Luk谩拧 Diko, Editor-in-Chief, Investigative center of Jan Kuciak (Slovakia)
51. Luk谩拧 Fila, CEO, Denn铆k N (Slovakia); Chairman of the Board, Respekt, Den铆k N, Heroine (Czech Republic)
52. Magda Jethon, Editor-in-Chief, Radio Nowy 艢wiat (Poland)
53. Magdalena Chrzczonowicz, Editor-in-Chief, OKO.press (Poland)
54. Ma拧enjka Ba膷i膰, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, O拧tro (Croatia)
55. Mathias Destal, Editor-in-Chief, Disclose (France)
56. Matus Kostolny, Editor-in-Chief, Denn铆k N (Slovakia)
57. Maty谩拧 Zrno, Editor-in-Chief, Aktu谩ln臎 (Czech Republic)
58. Micha艂 Danielewski, Editor-in-Chief, OKO.press (Poland)
59. Michal Musil, Editor-in-Chief, Report茅r magaz铆n (Czech Republic)
60. Micha艂 Szu艂drzy艅ski, Editor-in-Chief, Rzeczpospolita (Poland)
61. Mihai Voinea, Editor-in-Chief / Co-Founder, Recorder (Romania)
62. Miroslava Kernov谩, Editor-in-Chief, Omediach.com (Slovakia)
63. Mustafa Kuleli, Editor-in-Chief, Mediternews (Turkey)
64. Nikolas Leontopoulos, co-founder & editor, Reporters United (Greece)
65. Norbert Moln谩r, Head of digital publishing, 脷j Sz贸 (Slovakia)
66. Pavel Tom谩拧ek, Editor-in-Chief, Den铆k N (Czech Republic)
67. Peter Bardy, Editor-in-Chief, Aktuality (Slovakia)
68. Petr Kain, Editor-in-Chief, Ekonom (Czech Republic)
69. Petr 艩abata, Editor-in-Chief, Pr谩vo daily (Czech Republic)
70. Robert Brestan, Editor-in-Chief, HlidaciPes.org (Czech Republic)
71. Robert 膶谩sensk媒, Editor-in-Chief, Seznam Zpr谩vy (Czech Republic); Founder, Report茅r magaz铆n (Czech Republic)
72. Roman Imielski, First Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland)
73. Rozina Breen, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (UK)
74. Sam Tranum, Editor, Dublin Inquirer (Ireland)
75. Sebastian Esser, Publisher, Krautreporter (Germany)
76. Slawek Blich, Managing Director, Display Europe (Austria)
77. Sofia da Palma Rodrigues, Co-founder & Executive Editor, DIVERGENTE.PT (Portugal)
78. Stefan Hrib, Editor-in-Chief, Tyzden (Slovakia)
79. Stefan Johannesberg, Executive Board, RiffReporter.de (Germany)
80. Teresa O鈥機onnell, Editorial Director, Are We Europe (Netherlands / Germany)
81. The Fuma莽a team (Portugal)
82. Virginia P茅rez Alonso, Editor-in-Chief, infoLibre (Spain)
83. Wojciech Przybylski, Editor-in-chief, Visegrad Insight (Poland)
84. Zolt谩n Sipos, Editor-in-Chief, 脕tl谩tsz贸 Erd茅ly (Romania)
85. Zolt谩n Szalay, Chief Editor, Napunk (Slovakia)
86. Anne Bocand茅, Editorial Director, Reporters Without Borders (France)
87. Murat Inceoglu, Editor-in-Chief, bianet (Turkiye)
88. 聽zel Sezer, Editor-in-Chief, Alan (Turkiye)
89. Turgut Dedeoglu, Head of board DISK Basin-Is, (Turkiye)
90. Tolga Balci, General Secretary of DISK Basin-Is, coordinator of newsroom Gazete Pencere (Turkiye)
91. Matthew Collin, Managing Editor, Balkan Insight
92. Kaja Puto, Editor-in-Chief, Krytyka Polityczna (Poland)

 

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