Politics · France · 8 hrs ago
RSF sets out 10 press freedom priorities for France's presidential candidates
Reporters Without Borders has proposed 10 priorities to protect press freedom and the right to information in France.
The proposals are aimed at candidates in France's presidential election, whom the group wants to make the issue central to their campaigns.
They include improving access to reliable information, protecting journalists' sources and safeguarding newsroom independence from owners.
RSF also wants limits on media concentration and fair payment from social networks and AI companies that use media content.
The group says France ranked 25th in its 2026 press freedom index and has important gaps in protecting the right to information.
RSF is seeking concrete commitments from candidates, while proposals from national information consultations launched in 2023 have not been turned into law.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has set out 10 press freedom priorities for France’s presidential candidates.
The group wants candidates to make the right to reliable information a central issue in the campaign.
Its proposals cover media ownership concentration, editorial independence, protection of sources and payment for media content used by social media and artificial intelligence companies.
RSF also wants long-term guarantees for the independence and funding of public broadcasting.
France ranked 25th in RSF’s 2026 World Press Freedom Index, which the group says reflects major gaps in protecting the right to information.
- Who
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF) set out the priorities for France’s presidential candidates.
- What
- RSF issued 10 proposals to defend press freedom and the right to information.
- When
- Monday, 9 November 2026.
- Where
- France.
- Why
- RSF says France has major gaps in protecting the right to information and wants candidates to make it a central campaign issue.
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Information-sector consultation meetings were launched as a campaign promise of Emmanuel Macron.
RSF published 10 priorities for presidential candidates, saying the right to information should be central to the campaign.
- Number of proposals
- 10
- France’s 2026 press freedom ranking
- 25th
- First proposal
- Make the right to reliable information a major national cause in 2027
- Public broadcasting
- RSF called for lasting guarantees of independence and funding
- Information-sector meetings
- Launched in October 2023; their proposals were not translated into law
What people are saying
Avec ses dix propositions, RSF entend placer les candidates et les candidats [à la présidentielle] face à leurs responsabilités
Pourtant, les diagnostics sont posés de longue date. Les réponses politiques, elles, tardent à se concrétiser