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Italy’s Press Freedom in Crisis: Meloni’s Government Tightens Grip on Media
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In its 2025 report on the rule of law in our country, the European Commission has shown little or no progress compared to last year's recommendations.
EU report raps Italy over media, conflicts of interest (4) - General News
The 2025 Rule of Law Report rapped Italy for failing to sufficiently implement recommendations made in past reports, including in relation to protection of journalists and combatting conflicts of interest. (ANSA)
The attacks on the judiciary, the duration of the trials, the perception of corruption. But also the lack of rules on lobbying and funding to parties, the gag on judicial information, the freedom of the press, the abuse of the decrees law. Like every summer, the Report on the Rule of Law published by the European Commission reviews the indicators of the state of health of democracy in our country and in the other Member States of the Union.
Italy’s Press Freedom in Crisis: Meloni’s Government Tightens Grip on Media
Under Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government, freedom of information in Italy is facing its most serious threat in decades. Reporters Without Borders now ranks Italy 49th in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, worse than Gabon and Macedonia, highlighting growing concerns over censorship, surveillance, and media concentration. Public broadcaster Rai has become a political tool, with government loyalists replacing independent voices. Popular progra…
The European Commission's report on the rule of law 2025 promotes Italy with reservations: 28 pages of structural delays, slow justice, civil liberties at risk, absent transparency, journalists spied on. Attacks on magistrates, abuse of decree-laws and control of the RAI. Zan (Pd): "Unmask an authoritarian drift now before everyone's eyes"
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