UK media tops the Brussels bubble

The U.K. may have left the EU club in January, but the fascination of its media with the workings of the European capital remains, according to data on the origins of accredited journalists.

There are currently 135 journalists from U.K. media outlets accredited with the European Commission. That's more than any other country and dwarfs the media contingent from Germany and France despite both countries having a larger population than the U.K.The Brussels bubble media contingent has shrunk significantly in recent years, according to the Commission's accreditation data, dropping from 1,031 in 2018 to 848 this year.

This is bad news for democracy, said Julie Majerczak, head of Reporters Without Borders' Brussels office."Journalism and journalists are a cornerstone of democratic societies, they have a crucial role to play in reporting facts, denouncing abuses and holding powerful people to account," she said."The COVID-19 crisis has been showing us how important reliable information is and how essential journalism and journalists are if we want to be informed.

The decline in the British reporting contingent is also reflected in separate data on media accreditation at European Council summits. The numbers from the European Council Press Service show that U.K. outlets were unsurprisingly out in force at theat which the Brexit deal was signed off by EU leaders. Belgium was in second place with 215 accredited journalists, followed by France and Germany on 124 each.

By the December summit the number of journalists from U.K. outlets had dropped to 61, and at the February summit at which EU leaders failed to secure a deal on the EU's long-term budget, just 33 journalists from U.K. media showed up. Ireland's contingent was 15 at the October summit, but fell to five at the December European Council.

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