far right
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Viktor Orbán's Hungary appears as a laboratory for the political and economic asphyxiation of independent media. A model spreading across Europe with the far right, despite new European legal tools. Interview with Pavol Szalai from Reporters Without Borders.
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After a decade spent wrestling with business models, European newsrooms now face legal and political pressures that demonstrate — as the United States learned before them — that money cannot solve everything.
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Press freedom violations are no longer isolated incidents. In its report, Ofalp documents 91 cases in 2024. Behind these reports lies an economic reality: for independent media, each lawsuit, each intimidation can become an existential threat.
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Municipal elections are not just a major news event: they offer local media the opportunity to reaffirm their democratic value, strengthen their connection with the public, and demonstrate the concrete impact of their work within the communities they serve.
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Gábor Kardos, CEO of Magyar Jeti Zrt, independent publisher of Hungarian media outlet 444.hu, describes his newsroom's reaction to a new bill that would heavily penalize media outlets receiving foreign funding, including private donations and European funds.
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Faced with the concentration of power and the rise of the far right in publishing and media, around a hundred independent houses are joining forces around a shared project:
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Where democratic freedoms are threatened by the rise of the far right and media concentration undermines information diversity, pooling resources becomes essential for independent outlets.
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A survey of the actions, practices and formats implemented by independent media to support the ongoing movement.