Czech foreign minister wants to open EU debate on fate of RFE/RL

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský wants to discuss the future of the Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), whose funding was cut by the Trump administration, with his EU counterparts at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. Mr. Lipavsky, who said that silencing the station would be a massive loss for democracy, wants to open the question of financing it from European funds.  Czech MEP Danuše Nerudová has also said she would like to bring up the issue at a meeting of the European Parliament.