by Jane Whyatt
A wake-up call is going out to Europe's journalists and press freedom campaigners. Frans Timmermans, the European Commission's first Vice President, marked World Press Freedom Day in Brussels by denouncing fake news and urging the media to re-connect with the wider public.
Frans Timmermans, Dunja Mijatovic and others were speaking at the EURACTIV World Press Freedom Day event in Brussels on 3 May. (Photo: ECPMF)
At the EURACTIV event on 3 May, he also commented on the rising popularity of right-wing nationalist parties in 2017, when elections are being held in the UK, France, the Netherlands, Italy and…
