The EU’s Chance to Curb Media Capture - Blikk Acquisition in Hungary and the Boundaries of the New European Media Freedom Act Cseres, Kati Author aut Ciusca, Ana-Caterina Author aut Text xx# 2025 Verfassungsblog 2025-12-11 eng
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 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 Cseres, Kati Blikk EU Ringier Ungarn european media freedom act EU Ungarn 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/curb-media-capture-hungary/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/262e3f228f413597 251211 10.59704/262e3f228f413597 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)