The provisional agreement reached in the “trialogue” at the end of last year needs to be endorsed by the Council and the Parliament once the text has been finalised at a technical level. It will then be formally adopted by both institutions hopefully in spring of this year. It will bring a legal framework for all types of AV or print media companies – a first in EU legislation. While aiming to ensure media freedom and pluralism, it also raises some questions regarding intervention in journalistic and editorial decisions of media companies at the EU level. While the political agreement is achieved, several issues are still to be finalised at a technical level, and stakeholders in the field have mixed views on the outcome.
