MEP Petras Auštrevičius calls on all branches of power – the President, Parliament and Government – to make everything possible so that independence and freedom of the media is fully guaranteed. In a press statement, the MEP says without a genuine tolerance of a different opinion, it is no way one can expect a success in Europeanization of Moldova.

Petras Auštrevičius noted the EU-Moldova relations are put on the foundations of the Association Agreement, which first and foremost means a European way of Moldova’s development. It also implies – and this is very important – that Moldova is committed to respect the basic human rights, supremacy of the rule of law, which contains freedom of the media in the first place.

“I must say I am rather concerned to learn about the circumstances that certain independent media outlets – Jurnal TV and TV 7 in particular – are forced to operate in,” stated Petras Auštrevičius. He therefore calls on the Moldovan authorities, on all political players to make everything possible to guarantee the unimpeded functioning of independent media in Moldova.

Petras Auštrevičius is a member of the European Union’s Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee.