Conference “EMFA. Securing an independent and transparent media sector across Europe”

The Institute of Public Policy – Lisbon is pleased to announce the Conference | “EMFA. Securing an independent and transparent media sector across Europe”, where the joint paper under the same name will be presented. The conference is organized within the scope of PromethEUs, an independent research network that brings together four European think tanks – I-Com, Institute for Competitiveness (Italy), Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research – IOBE (Greece), Elcano Royal Institute (Spain), and the Institute of Public Policy – IPP Lisbon (Portugal).

The event will delve into different aspects surrounding the European Media Freedom Act proposal, which was presented by the Commission on September 16 and is the most recent step to be taken to safeguard media freedom and plurality in the EU.

Specifically, through a policy analysis perspective, during the event, the network will touch upon the economic impact of the media industry, the recent trends in media freedom and pluralism, the geopolitics of technology and its nexus with media freedom and pluralism, and media regulation in Europe.

Hosted by MEP Sandro Gozi (Renew), the event will take place on Wednesday 30 November, from 18:30 to 20:00 CET, at the European Parliament (Room SPINELLI 5G1).

You can access the program here.

You can register here.

The paper is available here.

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