Hungarian Media Laws in Europe

The Hungarian Media Laws In Europe study analyses the consistency of Hungary's new media laws with European practices and norms. It addresses a key policy debate in Europe regarding the conformity of Hungary's media laws to European and EU media-regulation standards.  Hungarian lawmakers have established a set of comprehensive new media laws that critics say are inconsistent with democratic free-press principles and European practices and norms. Hungarian officials say the legislation conforms to EU standards and its elements are drawn from existing regulations in other European and EU-member states. Which perspective is most accurate?

The website of the Hungarian Media Laws project is available here.

View the primary study for this report, the "Hungarian Media Laws in Europe"