Strache Affair shows the need to promote and defend press and media freedom
by ECPMF
Journalistic freedom and ethics are in the spotlight as Austria and the European political landscape are rocked by the Strache Affair.
Austrian Parliament in Vienna.
Photo: Public Domain.
The release of a video showing Heinz-Christian Strache - the former Austrian Vice Chancellor and leader of the far-right Freedom Party - has led to the most severe of political consequences: the breakdown of the Austrian government. The government collapsed as the centre-right Austrian People’s Party ended their ruling coalition with the Freedom Party, thus triggering a snap election. The fact that this happened just over a week before the European Parliament elections…
