📑 Case studies

This section offers detailed case studies that illustrate how the OECD Principles can be applied in practice across diverse political and operational contexts. Each example highlights a specific challenge within the information ecosystem — from safety and legal protection to investigative capacity, visibility requirements, and media resilience — and shows how EU action can meaningfully strengthen independent journalism and information integrity.

These cases draw on interviews with EU officials, implementing partners, and media organisations, as well as verified external research. Together, they demonstrate why sustained, coordinated, and principle-based support to public-interest media is essential not only for democratic governance, but also for the success of Europe’s security, foreign policy, and development objectives.