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The 2020-2022 Rule of Law Reports of the European Commission, and the Media Pluralism Monitor by the European University Institute, raised concerns about the politicisation of the media, protection of journalists, lack of transparency of media ownership and lack of independence of media regulators in several EU Member States. In the news media sector, traditional media struggle to adapt to an online market in which the majority of advertising revenues go to global online platforms.

The European Democracy Action Plan and the Action Plan for the Media aim to support the  the media sector. However, both Vice-President of the Commission Věra Jourová and Commissioner Thierry Breton acknowledged in the European Parliament that complementary tools were needed to counter the growing politicisation of the media in some Member States. Therefore, the European Commission committed to prepare a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA).

The proposal was presented on 16 September 2022, together with a recommendation. Taking the Audiovisual Media Services Directive as a starting point, the proposed Act seeks to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU, including safeguards against political interference in editorial decisions.

The regulation would require Member States to respect the editorial freedom of media and improve the protection of journalistic sources. Media service providers would have to ensure the transparency of their ownership. Public authorities would have to publish information on their advertising expenditure on media, to ensure that the allocation of state advertising is transparent and non-discriminatory. According to the proposal, the funding for public service media should be adequate and stable, preferably decided on a multi-year basis, in order to ensure editorial independence. The Act would also enhance the transparency of audience measurement systems, which have an impact on media advertising revenues in particular online. Building on the Digital Services Act, the Act would protect media content online.

Member States would be required to to assess the impact of media market concentrations on media pluralism. EMFA also includes safeguards against the use of spyware against journalists. The Act would create a new European Board for Media Services, tasked with ensuring consistent application of EU media law framework by assisting the Commission.

Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education is the committee responsible, with the Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) as associated committees. LIBE is has exclusive competence on article 4(2) and article 20(3). 

In the Council, the proposal was discussed within the Audiovisual and Media Working Party. 

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted its opinion in December 2022, and the Committee of the Regions in March 2023. 

The Council agreed its position on 21 June 2023. 

In the European Parliament, the draft report was presented in the CULT committee in April 2023. The rapporteur proposed 117 amendments, and other Members of the committee  tabled over 1 200 amendments. The IMCO committee adopted its opinion on 29 June, and the LIBE committee on 18 July 2023 (with additional 194 and 237 amendments respectively). In total, there were 1785 amendments tabled to the Commission's proposal. Technical and shadow rapporteurs' meetings were held during the summer months, to advance the work and to find compromise amendments ahead of the vote in CULT committee.

The CULT committee adopted their draft position on 7 September 2023 by 24 votes in favor, 3 against and 4 abstentions. The committee proposed to grant the European Board for Media Services the status of an EU body with legal personality, own secretariat and separate budget, and allowing it to issue opinions on its own initiative. A new expert group, consisting of representatives from the media sector, would be set up to support the board on issues going beyond the audiovisual sector or relating to press. Member States would be allowed to adopt more detailed or stricter rules on state advertising, and a 24-hour stay-up period would be given for media to respond before big online platforms (VLOPs) can take down their content.

Further, public service media should have funding that is adequate, sustainable and predictable, allocated on a multiannual basis and sufficient for developing new content forms. The use of spyware would only be justified on a case-by-case basis and if ordered by an independent judicial authority to investigate serious crime, such as terrorism, child pornography or human trafficking.

The vote on the Parliament’s negotiating mandate took place at the October plenary session, on 3 October 2023. The first trilogue meeting was held on 19 October 2023, and a second one on 29 November 2023. A provisional agreement was reached at the third trilogue on 15 December 2023. 

The regulation will lay down, for the first-ever time at EU level, harmonised rules on media freedom and independence, transparency of media ownership, allocation of state advertising to media service providers and protection of journalistic sources. Journalists will be able to go to court to defend their rights under the Media Freedom Act. Parliament succeeded in removing a reference to 'protecting national security' from the text, over concerns that this could have been used as a 'blank cheque' by state authorities to spy on journalists. Public authorities (without any limit regarding the number of inhabitants, as requested by the Parliament) shall make publicly available yearly information about their state advertising expenditure. The requirement will also apply to advertising on online platforms, as demanded by the Parliament.

The text was endorsed by the Coreper on 19 January 2024, and confirmed by vote in the CULT committee on 24 January. The vote in EP plenary took place in March 2024. 

References:

• EP Legislative Observatory, Procedure file on common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) , 2022/0277(COD)
• European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU , COM(2022) 457 final
• European Commission, European Media Freedom Act: Commission proposes rules to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU , Press release, 16 September 2022
• Council of the European Union, Regulation establishing the European Media Freedom Act - Progress report , 22 November 2022
• European Economic and Social Committee opinion on E uropean Media Freedom Act , 14 December 2022
• European Committee of the Regions opinion on European Media Freedom Act , 16 March 2023
• European Parliament, Committee on Culture and Education draft report on the proposal for a regulation establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) , 2022/0277(COD)
• Council of the European Union, Regulation on the European Media Freedom Act - Progress report , 4 May 2023
• Council of the European Union, European Media Freedom Act: Council secures mandate for negotiations , Press release, 21 June 2023
• European Parliament, Media Freedom Act: protecting editorial decisions from political interference , Press release, 7 September 2023
• European Parliament, Media Freedom Act: MEPs tighten rules to protect journalists and media outlets , Press release, 3 October 2023
• European Parliament, Deal on the EU Media Freedom Act , Press release, 15 December 2023
• European Parliament, Culture and Education committee confirms the deal on the EU Media Freedom Act , Press release, 24 January 2024
• European Parliament, Media Freedom Act: a new bill to protect EU journalists and press freedom , Press release, 13 March 2024

Further Reading:

• European Commission, Rule of Law Report 2022: Commission issues specific recommendations to Member States , Press release, 13 July 2022
• European Parliament, Media Action Plan: Policy Recommendations , Briefing May 2021
• European Parliament, Media Action Plan: Key challenges related to media pluralism, media freedom and democracy , Briefing May 2021
• European Parliament, Europe’s media in the digital decade: An action plan to support recovery and transformation in the news media sector , Study May 2021
• European Parliament,  Resolution on Europe’ s Media in the Digital Decade: an Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation ( 2021/2017(INI)
• European Parliament,  Resolution on strengthening media freedom: the protection of journalists in Europe, hate speech, disinformation and the role of platforms ( 2020/2009(INI) )
• European Commission,  Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: An Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation , 3 December 2020, COM(2020) 784 final
• European Commission,  European democracy action plan , 3 December 2020, COM(2020) 790 final

Related legislative train carriages:

• Transparency and targeting of political advertising
• Initiative against abusive litigation targeting journalists and rights defenders
• European Democracy Action Plan
• 2014-2019  Media freedom and pluralism

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The Moscow Metro is the third most intensive subway system in the world after Tokyo and Seoul subways. The first line was opened on May 15, 1935. Since 1955, the metro has the name of V.I. Lenin.

The system consists of 12 lines with a total length of 305.7 km. Forty four stations are recognized cultural heritage. The largest passenger traffic is in rush hours from 8:00 to 9:00 and from 18:00 to 19:00.

Cellular communication is available on most of the stations of the Moscow Metro. In March 2012, a free Wi-Fi appeared in the Circle Line train. The Moscow Metro is open to passengers from 5:20 to 01:00. The average interval between trains is 2.5 minutes.

The fare is paid by using contactless tickets and contactless smart cards, the passes to the stations are controlled by automatic turnstiles. Ticket offices and ticket vending machines can be found in station vestibules.

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Tomás · August 27, 2012 at 11:34 pm

The Moscow metro stations are the best That I know, cars do not.

Alberto Calvo · September 25, 2016 at 8:57 pm

Great videos! Moscow Metro is just spectacular. I actually visited Moscow myself quite recently and wrote a post about my top 7 stations, please check it out and let me know what you think! :)

http://www.arwtravels.com/blog/moscow-metro-top-7-stations-you-cant-miss

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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