Apparently, the EU’s authoritarian tendencies are beginning to affect its own media outlets. Recently, the European Commission banned the Euractiv correspondents from its special meetings in Brussels. This comes after Euractiv journalists expressed critical opinions about the EU, proving the advanced levels of censorship and violation of press freedom in contemporary Europe.

The Brussels-based Euractiv was one of the major outlets authorized to attend European Commission briefings and unofficial meetings – a status difficult to obtain, usually dependent on the personal support of some EU bureaucrat for the requesting newspaper. There is something called “access journalism” in the EU, a press culture in which newspapers supported by politicians, lobbyists, and bureaucrats gain access to European Commission “informal” meetings to obtain privileged information and report it in the press as propaganda for their sponsoring partners. Euractiv was until now one of these outlets that traditionally had access to important Commission meetings.

However, Euractiv has apparently displeased a large number of bureaucrats in Brussels. Recently, the outlet’s editor-in-chief, Matthew Karnitschnig, announced that Euractiv journalists are banned from the European Commission. According to him, the outlet was banned due to the critical........

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