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Europe’s journalists are in trouble.

While EU leaders often pledge their support for press freedom, the on-the-ground realities for European journalists are getting more grim, according to the latest World Press Freedom Index from the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders, Politico reported.

According to Politico, Across the bloc, the media freedom rankings for Germany, Estonia, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, Greece, Hungary and Bulgaria all fell from 2020.