Brussels must be firm with Hungary

The EU Commission has doubts about the lawfulness of Hungary's controversial new media law. That should lead Brussels to take a stand, writes the daily Delo: "Certainly, one can believe that part of the Hungarian press isn't objective because it remains loyal to old partners, namely the socialists who almost drove the country to rack and ruin. And no doubt other media are also not entirely free of prejudice. Nevertheless regardless of what country we're dealing with, even criticism of a poor quality is better than no criticism at all. For that reason Brussels shouldn't just look on passively, even if the EU has accepted Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media witch hunt for years, and is also on good terms with Vladimir Putin, in whose Russia critical journalists live dangerously indeed."

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