The Czech government’s plan to scrap public broadcasting license fees and replace them with state budget funding has sparked political backlash and concern in Brussels. Center-right European People’s Party lawmaker Danuše Nerudová — who hails from Czechia’s opposition party Mayors and Independents — told POLITICO that the government is moving closer to “an Orbán-style model of governance, where media independence is not ensured.” In an April 14 written question to the Commission obtained by