The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, returned this Friday to highlight the serious financial and economic crisis that is affecting the media, considering it to be “a brake on the road to democracy.”
“It started in the local press, then in the local radio, then in the national press, then in the radio, on television, and it is a brake on democracy,” writes the President of the Republic in an article published today in the Jornal. de Notícias (JN), goal of the newspaper’s 135th anniversary.
Marcelo Rebelo de Souza recalls what he said “in the last seven or eight years” and insists: “The media is going through (…) a terrible economic and financial crisis.”
The head of state adds that “where there is no strong media, there is no strong democracy” and emphasizes that Portuguese democracy, “which is approaching 50 years of age”, must enter the next 50 years “stronger” and “stronger”. freedom and pluralism” and “renewed political and social partners, adapted to what has changed in Portugal, Europe and the world.”
“Everyone is betting on all this, but also the Jornal de Notícias. To do this, it must exist, be strong, have a future and have a future that matches its very long and very rich past,” he adds.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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