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040 _aES-MaBCA
_cES-MaBCA
100 _914360
_aLilyanova, Velina
245 _aMedia freedom in the Western Balkans
_b: state of play
260 _cMay 2016
300 _a8 p.
_fRecurso online
520 _aMedia freedom is one indicator of a country's commitment to democracy, good governance and political accountability, and thus its readiness for EU membership. As such, it represents a key element in any aspiring country's EU enlargement agenda, along with other fundamentals such as the rule of law and economic governance. Each of the Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia – is at a different stage of the EU accession process. However, partly as a result of a common recent history, they face similar challenges in the area of media freedom, such as transition from the old regime and the Yugoslav wars, the global economic crisis, rule-of-law deficiencies, and widespread corruption. These factors directly influence the situation of media in the region and add to its complexity. As part of their EU agenda, the Western Balkan countries have largely aligned their relevant legislation with EU standards. However, inadequate implementation remains a concern. In all these countries, opaque media ownership, financial instability in the sector, intimidation and pressure on journalists, and poor working conditions, put spokes in the wheel of independent journalism, encourage self-censorship, and broadly interfere with the media's key role in informing the public. Solving media issues and transforming media institutions require long-term engagement, and largely depend on the domestic context and the countries' overall democratic consolidation. However, the EU is also committed to providing legal and financial support to enlargement countries, and to regularly monitoring how the media situation impacts on their overall readiness to join the EU.
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_aMedios de comunicación social
650 0 _910840
_aLibertad de información
650 0 _93892
_aDerechos políticos y civiles
650 0 _94092
_aDemocracia
650 0 _91182
_aMetodología de análisis
650 0 _91959
_aLegislación
651 0 _91574
_aPaíses de la Unión Europea
651 0 _92052
_aPaíses balcánicos
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_aParlamento Europeo
_b. Servicio de Investigación Parlamentario Europeo
856 4 _uhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2016/582009/EPRS_BRI(2016)582009_EN.pdf
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_cBK
_kBoletín UE
_mMayo 2016
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_d18503