By respecting these conditions – which RSF advocated for in a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Economy and Environment, the body in charge of media policy, on 28 November – the Landtag’s measures would align with the provisions on public and private media outlined in the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), a law Liechtenstein is about to apply nationally. While not a member of the European Union (EU), Liechtenstein is part of the European Economic Area — an economic alliance of countries integrated into the EU’s internal market — which is subject to the EMFA.
Liechtenstein’s media pluralism had already been undermined when one of the country’s two daily newspapers, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt, closed due to financial issues in March 2023. Now, the country’s citizens only have access to one national daily newspaper, Vaterland, and one national television channel, 1FLTV, a private company.
Across Europe, far-right parties such as the National Rally in France are advocating for the privatisation of public broadcasting, threatening citizens’ access to reliable, independent, and pluralistic information.
Liechtenstein ranks 15th out of 180 countries and territories in RSF’s 2024 World Press Freedom Index.
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