The EC places great importance on the freedom of press and opinion, and to media pluralism, he underlined.

It is the EC’s institutional duty to always monitor whether member countries are following EU regulations, and to take all the necessary steps if it detects problems, he added."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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