Decisions made at European level directly and increasingly impact people’s life. To balance arguments, develop an informed judgment and participate in such decisions, people need independent news provided from plural sources or viewpoints, produced with high journalistic standards.
Yet, news on EU affairs do not reach all segments of the audiences, and when they do, they are often provided from a national perspective only. This does not help contribute to mutual understanding among Europeans.
This call for proposals seeks to improve the consumption of plural and independent news on EU affairs provided by European media hubs for specific audience segments. The grant will finance the joint curation and joint production and dissemination of pluralistic and appealing news media content on EU affairs.
The budget allocated to this call amounts to EUR 7.4 million. We expect to finance (co-financing rate of maximum 95%) 2 to 4 projects which will last around 24 months. Consortia must pool at least 5 organisations originating from 5 different countries (EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries).
Background information
This call for proposals (CNECT/2025/7380999) is part of the Multimedia Actions, funding EU information, news and programmes for the public from a European perspective. Their aim is to increase the visibility of the EU institutions’ work, the decisions taken, and the steps involved in building the EU.
The Commission publishes annual financing decisions, constituting the annual work programme for the implementation of Multimedia Actions. The 2025 Financing Decision includes this call on European Media Hubs.
Further information
- The call for proposals, application forms and all relevant documents are available below.
- Questions can be sent to CNECT-NEWSMEDIA@ec.europa.eu. All questions and answers will be published, anonymously, on this page.
- You can find out more about how the EU support to the news media sector, and have an overview of funding opportunities for news media.
- You can subscribe to receive automatic updates whenever articles related to media are publish on CNECT’s website.
In addition to the annexes below, please note that this call requires you to fill in new Bank Account Forms and Legal Entity Forms.