One of the seven steps that Ukraine must take before starting negotiations on joining the EU is the regulation of the media sphere. Within the framework of this recommendation of the European Commission, the Law “On Media” was adopted and has already been signed by the President.. Answering Tatyana Silina's question about concerns about a possible strengthening of power control over the media thanks to this document, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna in an interview with ZN. UA assured that there is an appropriate safeguard in the law itself.

“As a person who has worked on many legislative initiatives in various fields, I can say about the media law that certain risks are always seen at the stage of the legislative process — that the law will be distorted, and the implementation is inadequate, that institutions will be corrupted, that there will be manipulation of powers.. This always happens, this is a certain nature of the legislative process. But we have one fuse here,” Stefanishina said..

She noted that when it comes to the implementation of the seven recommendations, it is not only about the adoption of the law, but also about its implementation.. This, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, means that a positive assessment is possible only if the National Council acts within the framework of the principles of European regulation, in the spirit of freedom for the development of the media market..

“I have confidence in this law, because behind its implementation there is a very long process of monitoring and evaluation - so that we reach the point when Ukraine becomes a member of the EU and we are told: you really have a developed democratic media market,” Stefanyshina summed up.

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The Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law " At the stage of the draft law, the Law “On Media” caused a lot of criticism, in particular, on the functioning of the TV channel “Rada”. In the end, the law, the adoption of which is one of the criteria for assessing the movement of Ukraine to the EU, was made some compromise amendments concerning both the Council and the electoral legislation. However, a number of questions still remain before the content of the adopted Law “On Media”..