The Assembly is strongly concerned by the lack of media plurality in Serbia and by the threat to its few remaining editorially independent outlets. It stresses that genuine pluralism of media ownership requires both transparency of ultimate beneficial ownership and effective safeguards for editorial independence.
The Assembly calls on the authorities in Luxembourg to ensure that any change of ownership or control of media outlets operating in Serbia is subject to full transparency of ultimate beneficial ownership and to meaningful scrutiny of its effect on media pluralism and editorial independence.
The Assembly is concerned that the pending transfer of ownership of some of the last nationwide editorially independent broadcasters could accelerate the erosion of media pluralism in Serbia, and calls for full transparency as to the funding and ultimate beneficial ownership of any such transaction.