Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 14229 | 23 January 2017

Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe

Signatories: Mr Kostiantyn USOV, Ukraine, NR ; Mr Volodymyr ARIEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Iryna GERASHCHENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Vladyslav GOLUB, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC ; Mr Ihor HUZ, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Mariia IONOVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Georgii LOGVYNSKYI, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Andrii LOPUSHANSKYI, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Sergiy VLASENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Leonid YEMETS, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2017 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 11, insert the following paragraph:

"Expressing concern about reports of plans by Euronews to close down its Ukrainian service and to limit the rights of journalists to apply for some vacant positions within the company, contrary to French and European labour laws and with clear signs of potential discrimination. The Assembly notes that dozens of Euronews employees joined a strike at the company's headquarters in Lyon on 5 December 2016 against the plans to close its Ukrainian service and to cut several other Euronews services. The Assembly calls on the French authorities to closely monitor the situation and to make sure that no legal rights of the the employees concerned are violated or limited."