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This investigation examines the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA), adopted on 7 May 2024, focusing on its implications for media pluralism, national sovereignty, and the potential politicization of its legislative framework. By analyzing the legal and cultural ramifications of transferring competence to the EU under single market provisions, it critically assesses the act's impact on the press and media landscape across Member States.

Adopted on 7 May 2024, the European legislation on media freedom, the new rules of which will begin to apply in 2025, aims to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU by enabling public and private media “to operate more easily across borders in the EU internal market, without undue pressure and adapting to the digital transformation of the media landscape.”  Presented as the guarantor of the European democratic model, this text is the first EU regulation to apply to the press and media sector, paving the way for harmonization of national legislation in this area. A legacy of the first von der Leyen Commission, and in particular of Commissioners Věra Jourová and Thierry Breton, the adoption of the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) nevertheless raises a number of questions, not least because of the transfer of competence to the EU through the extension of the scope of the single market provisions, but also because of the serious risk of the politicization of this new legislative framework.