Brussels-Belgium - 09 June 2009 -- The (new) European Charter on Freedom of the Press, formulating the main values that public authorities should respect when dealing with journalists, was presented and handed over to EU-Commissioner Viviane REDING (2.ri), in charge of Information Society and Media, by the initiator of the charter, Hans-Ulrich JÖRGES (3.ri)(Joerges, Jorges), editor-in-chief of the German magazine Stern; seconded by: N.N. photographer; Dr. Thilo v. TROTT zu SOLZ (2.le), Director Public Affairs & Corporate Responsibility at Gruner & Jahr AG & Co KG; Hans-Martin TILLACK (3.le), reporter at Stern; Hans-Ulrich STOLDT (4.le) from 'Der Spiegel'; Bascha MIKA (ce), editor-in-chief of taz / 'die tageszeitung'; Martin SELMAYR (ri), spokesman at EU-Commission -- Photo: Horst Wagner / eup-images