Liberties Media Freedom Report 2025

Civil Liberties Union for Europe released its fourth annual report, Liberties Media Freedom Report 2025. Based on the data provided by 43 partner organizations, the report covers the state of media freedom and pluralism, the safety of journalists, freedom of expression and access to information, and relevant legislation across 21 EU Member States. One of the main findings is high media ownership concentration (in Croatia, France, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden). As the EU is approaching the stage of enforcement concerning its key press-related laws, the report calls on the EU bodies to cooperate with civil society and urges national authorities to ensure the proper transposition of the European Media Freedom Act and the Anti-SLAPP Directive into national legislation.