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Media Freedom Crisis: Greece Faces EU Intervention

5/10/2025

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Greece is grappling with a media freedom crisis, as highlighted by a Human Rights Watch report. Government harassment, surveillance, and legal intimidation are suffocating independent journalism. With the government dismissing these alarming trends, the EU must step in to ensure Greece upholds media freedom and democratic principles, safeguarding democracy and the rule of law.

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Greece is grappling with a media freedom crisis, as highlighted by a Human Rights Watch report. Government harassment, surveillance, and legal intimidation are suffocating independent journalism. With the government dismissing these alarming trends, the EU must step in to ensure Greece upholds media freedom and democratic principles, safeguarding democracy and the rule of law.