Editors Press E.U. on Malta Media Independence After Reporter’s Killing<br />Not on this commission’s watch." The signers of the letter were Katharine Viner, editor in chief of The Guardian; Wolfgang Krach, editor in chief of the Süddeutsche Zeitung; Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times; Lionel Barber, editor of The Financial Times; James Harding, director of news<br />and current affairs at the BBC; Mario Calabresi, editor in chief of La Repubblica; Antonio Caño, editor in chief of El País; and Jérôme Fenoglio, director of Le Monde.<br />"We ask that you use your office to engage the Maltese government in urgent dialogue to ensure<br />that it is aware of its obligations as a member of the European Union to uphold the rule of law, and to maintain press freedom and free expression." Responding to the letter in a statement issued hours later, Mr. Timmermans did not commit to a formal review of Malta’s media independence.<br />2, 2017<br />Angered by the car-bomb killing of a Maltese investigative journalist last month, the editors of six European newspapers, the BBC<br />and The New York Times asked the European Union on Thursday to examine Malta’s media independence and to remind the island nation of its obligations to guarantee a free press.<br />Malta said that Daphne’s murder, combined with the structural issues the commission identified, demonstrate the need for a full investigation into th<br />A letter written by top editors calls on the European Union to examine Malta’s media independence<br />in the wake of the car-bomb killing of a Maltese investigative journalist last month.<br />The letter was addressed to Frans Timmermans, the vice president of the European Commission, who was<br />among those who had quickly described the killing of Ms. Caruana Galizia as a threat to freedom.
