Medien und Europa

Which competences does the European Union have in the field of media? In times of increasing activity of transnational media groups as well as the emergence of new forms of media, which seem to require a European response to regulatory issues, this question is of high actuality. Based on the finding that a genuinely media-specific article is missing in the European treaties but that the media are contained there as an implicit cross-sectional goal, the competences of the European Union in this field are examined. These results are applied to four current fields of action. These include the European media concentration law, detailed questions of the regulation of search engines, the consideration of media diversity in European competition law, as well as the distance of broadcasting from the state.