Eurocommissaris voor uitbreiding benadrukt belang vrijheid van meningsuiting en vrije pers (en)
Met dank overgenomen van Directoraat-generaal Uitbreiding (ELARG) i, gepubliceerd op donderdag 12 mei 2011.
''The European Commission will accept no deviation on the part of candidate countries from European Union standards on freedom of expression and the media'', Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle said in his speech at the Speak Up! Freedom of Expression and Media Conference in Brussels on 6 May. ''In the Western Balkans and Turkey, freedom of expression and the media are under threat. Too often, journalists have either been murdered or violently attacked," said the Commissioner, adding that he would put these issues at the heart of the accession process.