France (25) and Italy (49) have both dropped several places compared to 2024, while the United Kingdom (20) has improved slightly and Poland (31) jumped more than a dozen points.
Greece recorded the worst result in the European Union for the fourth consecutive year, at 89 years old. The main reasons for his dull score include the electronic listening of journalists by intelligence agencies using predatory spy software, government interference, intimidative proceedings and inadequate legal railings.
Its Balkan neighbors also behaved badly, with Croatia (60), Bosnia (86), Serbia (96) and Kosovo (99) among the worst Europe.
For the first time since the creation of the index in 2002, the average score out of 100 fell below 55, the journalism conditions classified as “difficult” or “very serious” in more than half of all the countries evaluated. The RSF cited economic instability and the concentration of the media as factors contributing to an aggravation of the climate of press freedom.
In the Middle East, dozens of journalists were killed during the military assault of Israel in Gaza, the organization said. Iran, Syria, China, North Korea and Eritrea have been classified the five worst countries in the world to be a journalist, with non -existent freedom.
The United States has dropped two places to 57.
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