On World Press Freedom Day, the ETUC and the EFJ stand in solidarity with journalists and media workers everywhere and reaffirm our commitment to defending press freedom across Europe. 

The catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza requires urgent action. In the face of recent developments, the EU must help avert further loss of civilian life. The ETUC calls on the EU to increase, speed up and ensure full delivery of funding and to redouble all efforts to ensure that lifesaving humanitarian aid, on the scale that is needed, is safely and urgently delivered. The EU should encourage governments who have suspended aid to immediately restore and increase humanitarian funding.