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Growing threats to media pluralism and the independence of the media

Amendment No. 6 | Doc. 16468 | 29 September 2026

Signatories:
Ms Lesia ZABURANNA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Taras BATENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine, ECPA ; Ms Alicia KEARNS, United Kingdom, ECPA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA-FEDORENKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Tamila TASHEVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD
Origin
2026 - Fourth part-session
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 22.13, insert the following paragraph:

"co-operate fully with international and national investigations into crimes committed against journalists in the context of the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine, provide emergency and long-term support to Ukrainian journalists and media outlets, in particular those working in front-line regions and those displaced from occupied territories, and maintain and, where necessary, extend measures against State-controlled media of the Russian Federation and Belarus engaged in war propaganda and foreign information manipulation and interference, with adequate procedural safeguards."