nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/262e3f228f413597 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251211s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/262e3f228f413597 doi eng 342 23 Cseres, Kati Author aut The EU’s Chance to Curb Media Capture - Blikk Acquisition in Hungary and the Boundaries of the New European Media Freedom Act Cseres, Kati Verfassungsblog 2025-12-11 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 31 October 2025, the Swiss media group Ringier sold its entire Hungarian media portfolio – including the tabloid Blikk – to Indamedia, an Orbán-government-aligned group that already controls 18 online publications and platforms. For the past fifteen years, the EU seemed largely powerless as the “predator of press freedom”, Viktor Orbán systematically undermined media freedom. Yet the newly adopted European Media Freedom Act could mark a turning point, potentially breaking new constitutional ground for the EU in safeguarding media freedom and pluralism. CC BY-SA 4.0 Blikk EU Ringier Ungarn european media freedom act (DE-588)10290611-7 gnd EU (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Ciusca, Ana-Caterina Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/curb-media-capture-hungary/ raw object