Amendment No. 21 | Doc. 14229 | 23 January 2017

Attacks against journalists and media freedom in Europe

Signatories: Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Valeriu GHILETCHI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Ms Dzhema GROZDANOVA, Bulgaria, EPP/CD ; Mr Serhiy SOBOLEV, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena SOTNYK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Kostiantyn USOV, Ukraine, NR ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD

Origin - 2017 - First part-session

In the draft resolution, at the end of paragraph 3.4, add the following words:

"Efforts to change the ownership of the country's most popular pro-European TV station have caused continual concern among many international interlocutors and in civil society."

Explanatory note

Concerns on efforts to change ownership of Georgia's most popular pro-European TV channel have been continuously voiced by interlocutors such as the European Union, the United States Department of State and a large number of credible civil society organisations.