RSF je izrazio zabrinutost time što je samo još deset zemalja EU, osim Finske, Holandije i Švedske, stiglo u grupu 20 zemalja s najboljim rezultatima na svijetu, te što su neke od ostalih 14 članica Unije bile vrlo nisko rangirane.
RSF voiced concern that only ten other EU nations, aside from Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden, made it into the group of the world's 20 best performers, and that some of the other 14 members of the Union were very low in the ranking.