欧洲广播联盟对爱尔兰削减RTÉ拨款2000万欧元表示深切关注
2026年10月9日，欧洲广播联盟表示，对爱尔兰政府削减已商定的RTÉ公共拨款2000万欧元的决定深表关注。RTÉ是爱尔兰的国家公共广播机构。联盟指出，政府在2024年曾公开承诺在2025至2027三年间向RTÉ提供7.25亿欧元公共资金，并表示安全、跨年度的拨款对RTÉ执行其战略至关重要。
联盟表示，RTÉ正是基于这一承诺行事：与独立制作方及其他伙伴签约，投资爱尔兰电视剧、体育直播与数字服务，并持续提供独立新闻与分析。在最后一年撤回2000万欧元、而承诺已经作出，等于打破协议，使RTÉ不得不自行消化已凭善意作出的投入。
欧洲广播联盟还指出，《欧洲媒体自由法》第五条明确要求成员国保证公共服务媒体获得充足、可持续且可预期的财政资源，以履行其职责；可以逐年重新打开的拨款既不可预期也不安全。联盟同时对爱尔兰语电视台TG4的拨款在2027年不获增加表示失望，TG4至今没有跨年度拨款安排，长期规划与投资因此受限。
联盟给出的一组对比是：爱尔兰2025年在公共服务媒体上的投入相当于国内生产总值的0.07%，而欧盟平均为0.14%，这次削减将进一步拉大差距。事件正值RTÉ经费模式在爱尔兰国内持续争论之际，预算决定预计仍会在议会与媒体界引发讨论。
EBU 'Deeply Concerned' by 20 Million Euro Cut to RTÉ's Agreed Funding
The European Broadcasting Union said on 9 October 2026 that it is deeply concerned by the Irish Government's decision to cut the agreed public funding of RTÉ, Ireland's national public service broadcaster, by 20 million euros. In 2024, the Government publicly committed to 725 million euros in public funding for RTÉ over three years, from 2025 to 2027, saying secure, multi-annual funding was essential for RTÉ to carry out its strategy.
The EBU said RTÉ acted on that commitment: it entered into agreements with independent producers and other partners, invested in Irish drama, live sport and digital services, and continued to deliver trusted, independent news and analysis. Withdrawing 20 million euros in the final year, with those commitments already in place, breaks the agreement and leaves RTÉ to fund commitments it made in good faith.
The EBU further stated that the European Media Freedom Act is clear: Article 5 requires member states to guarantee public service media adequate, sustainable and predictable financial resources to fulfil their remit, and funding that can be reopened from one budget to the next is neither predictable nor secure. It also shared TG4's disappointment that the Irish-language broadcaster's funding will not increase in 2027, noting TG4 still has no multi-annual settlement, which limits long-term planning and investment.
Ireland already invests less in public service media than most of Europe: 0.07 percent of GDP in 2025, against an EU average of 0.14 percent, and the EBU said this decision widens that gap. The intervention lands while RTÉ's funding model remains under active debate in Ireland, and the budget decision is expected to draw further discussion in parliament and the media sector.
图片来源：位于都柏林的RTÉ总部一带。照片：James Cridland，CC BY 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons（RTÉ in Donnybrook, Dublin.jpg）
