American senators warn Poland
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US senators on Wednesday published an open letter regarding the law "lex TVN" prepared by PiS, which, in their opinion, would violate the freedom and independence of the media and jeopardize American investments in Poland.
"The introduction of these laws will have a negative impact on our defense, trade, and business relations," we read.
The letter is written by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, head of the subcommittee on Europe in the US Senate's foreign affairs committee.
Senators write that they are closely monitoring what is happening in this case in the Polish parliament. In their opinion, the law "will discriminate against non-EU companies and will likely force a large American investor with several thousand employees to leave Poland."
The project that PiS is pushing through assumes that companies from outside the European Economic Area cannot be the majority owners of Polish media. They can only have a minority stake of 49 percent. The novel is aimed at TVN owned by the Americans. TVN 24, the news channel belonging to the group, has been trying unsuccessfully to extend its broadcasting license.
"These and other steps that Poland – a NATO ally and close friend and partner of the United States – have recently taken – do not reflect the values on which our mutual relations are based," we also read in the letter.
