The Federation of Screenwriters in Europe issued a report on Wednesday documenting how attacks by the far-right on European public broadcasters are threatening free speech and artistic expression.
The umbrella group, which represents 31 screenwriters guilds and unions from 25 countries, says these attempts to defund or exert political control over public broadcasters has a direct impact on creatives, who are under pressure to self-censor if they want to get work.
In a 61-page report, entitled “Right to Write,” the Federation highlighted cases from across Europe where right-wing parties in power have carried out a “playbook” to systematically “delegitimize journalism, intimidates critics, concentrate media influence, weaponize regulators, politicize cultural bodies, and either defund or capture those public institutions that shape shared reality.”
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The report cites efforts by right-wing governments in power in countries including Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria,
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