Nemačkim novinarima odbijene akreditacije za političku konferenciju

Na konferenciji će prisustvovati lideri nemačke desnice „Alternativa za Nemačku“  (AFD), kao i Marine Le Pen, koja je na čelu francuskog Nacionalnog fronta. Lider Slobodarske partije Holandije Gert Vilders i šef italijanske Severne lige Matteo Salvini  govoriće na konferenciji.

Prema informacijama Deutscher Journalisten-Verband, nekoliko novinara koji su bili kritični u svom izveštavanju o nemačkoj partiji „Alternative fur Deutschland“ (AFD), neće dobiti nikakvu akreditaciju na ENF (Evropa nacija i sloboda) konferenciju. Novinarima iz „Die Frankfurter allgemeinen Zeitung“, „der ARD-Tagesschau“, „Das Handelsblatt“ i „Der Spiegel“ su odbili akreditacije na osnovu prethodnog kritičkog izveštavanja o AFD.

Konferencija za štampu će biti otvorena za sve novinare, ali ne i sama politička konferencija. Sastanak će biti  emitovan uživo na internetu, saopštili su organizatori.

„Kada politička grupa ‘Evropa nacija i sloboda’ u Evropskom parlamentu organizuje konferenciju, to nije privatni sastanak u dnevnoj sobi“, kaže predsednik DJV Frenk Uberall. „Stranke koje bi trebalo da doprinesu procesu donošenja političkih odluka, ne mogu isključiti novinare sa svojih okupljanja“.

Nemački javni emiter ARD izjavio je u četvrtak da može pokrenuti pravni postupak nakon što mu je odbijen pristup. IFJ i EFJ upozorili su o ovom slučaju Platformu za zaštitu novinarstva Saveta Evrope.

„Po našem viđenju, ovakav pristup krši prirodu akreditovanja na osnovu činjenice da novinarske privilegije imaju posebnu svrhu a to je ostvarivanja javnog prava na slobodu informisanja“, rekao je EFJ.

---

The European Federation of Journalists supports its member in Germany, the Deutscher Journalisten-Verband  in requesting  fair accreditation to journalists who wish to attend the European Parliament’s Europe of Nations and Freedom group) conference in Koblenz on 21 January .

The meeting,  is to be attended by leaders of Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) as well as Marine Le Pen, who heads up France’s National Front. The leader of the Dutch Freedom Party Geert Wilders and the chief of Italy’s Northern League Matteo Salvini are due to speak at the conference.

According to information of the Deutscher Journalisten-Verband, several  journalists who have been critical in their reporting about the German party Alternative für Deutschland (AFD), will not get any accreditation to the  ENF (Europe of the Nations and Freedom) conference. Journalists from Die Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, der ARD-Tagesschau, Das Handelsblattand der Spiegel were refused accreditation based on prior critical reporting of the AFD.

Only the press conferences will be open to all journalists, but not the political conference itself. The meeting’s deliberations will also be streamed live on the internet, organisers said.

„When the political group “ Europa of the nations and freedom’ of the European Parliament organises a conference, it is not a private meeting in the living room“, says DJV-chair Frank Überall. „Parties, which are supposed to contribute to the political decision-making process, cannot exclude journalists from its meetings”.

German public broadcaster ARD said Thursday it may take legal action after it was refused access. The IFJ and EFJ submitted an alert to the Council of Europe Platform for the Protection of Journalism.

“In our views, this approach violates the  practical nature of accreditation based on the fact that  journalistic privileges are provided with a specific purpose–to realize the public right to freedom of information”, said the EFJ.