Press conference on The Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law Report

Sophia IN T VELD at the EP in Brussels.

EP LIBE delegation to Slovenia Ljubljana on October 15, 2021. Press conference by Sophie In `t VELD

MEPs debate on the Council’s recently-adopted recommendation to move from country-based travel rules to ones based on personal health status. They are also expected to highlight the need for a coordinated and harmonised approach to guarantee free and safe travel.

Harmonised EU approach to travel measures: MEPs debate

MEPs assess the EU Court’s decision on the request to annul the regulation that links disbursement of EU funds with respect for the rule of law. The budget conditionality regulation aims to protect EU funds from being misused by national governments that breach the rule of law. It entered into force on 1 January 2021. On 11 March 2021, Poland and Hungary challenged the regulation in the EU Court of Justice. Second part of the debate.

The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling: MEPs debate (Part 2/3)

MEPs discuss the most recent revelations that EU governments have used Pegasus spyware on journalists, politicians and others. They quiz the French Presidency of the Council and the Commission on what possible EU action can be taken to stop the information-harvesting spyware being used illegally in the EU and elsewhere to spy on opposition figures, human rights activists, journalists and lawyers.

The surveillance of politicians, prosecutors, lawyers and journalists, and other persons and entities in the EU Members States using cyber surveillance software: one round of political groups leaders

MEPs quiz the Commission and the Council on the proposal to adapt EU asylum rules in Poland, Latvia and Lithuania to deal with migrants coming from Belarus.

The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus: MEPs debate

MEPs debate with the Commission and the Slovenian Presidency the 16th December European Council agenda, in particular the coordinated fight against COVID-19. First part of the debate. Third part of the debate.

Preparation of the European Council and EU's response to the global resurgence of COVID: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

Political group leaders debate after the address by Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for refugees, on the current situation of refugees in the world.

Formal sitting - Address by Filippo GRANDI, UN High Commissioner for refugees: one round of political group leaders

MEPs debate on the escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarus border, in particular in Poland. First part of the debate.

The escalating humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border: MEPs debate (Part 1/2)

Parliament debates pushbacks at the EU’s external borders. MEPs are set to demand clarity on recent revelations of pushbacks and violence against migrants at the Croatian, Greek and Romanian borders.

Pushbacks at the EU's external border: MEPs debate

Parliament debates the recent ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal during the plenary session in Strasbourg. MEPs discuss the contentious verdict of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal, which states that cornerstone provisions of the Treaty on the EU (Art. 1 and 19) are unconstitutional under Polish law.

The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law: MEPs debate (part 1/3)

Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), Head of the LIBE delegation in Slovenia, shares some first findings. The EP delegation was in Ljubljana to assess the situation regarding the rule of law and media freedom in Slovenia.

EP LIBE delegation to Slovenia, Ljubljana: final statement by Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), Head of the delegation

The head of the delegation, Sophia IN'T VELD (Renew, NL) hold a press conference to conclude the travel of the LIBE delegation to Ljubljana. MEPs were on the ground to assess the situation regarding the rule of law and media freedom in the country. MEPs met NGOs, academia representatives, the government Ombudsman, journalists, state prosecutors and high-level government officials.

Press conference by the Head of the LIBE delegation to Slovenia, Ljubljana

Mirjam KLINE, Supreme State Prosecutor and Mojca PRELESNIK, Data protection Commissioner meet with the MEPs from the Civil Liberties Committee and the Committee on Budgetary Control at the liaison office of the European Parliament in Ljubljana. The delegation assesses on the ground rule of law, media freedom and anti-corruption efforts in Slovenia.

EP LIBE delegation to Slovenia, Ljubljana: meetings with Mirjam KLINE, Supreme State Prosecutor and Mojca PRELESNIK, Data protection Commissioner

A Civil Liberties Committee delegation is in Ljubljana to assess the situation regarding the rule of law and media freedom in Slovenia. MEPs meet with Peter SVETINA, Human Rights Ombudsman at the Liaison office of the European Parliament, Members of the National Assembly and Igor ZORČIČ, President of the Slovenian at the National Parliament National Assembly. The delegation meets also Andrej Grah Whatmough, Director General of RTV Slovenia.

EP LIBE delegation to Slovenia, Ljubljana: meetings with Peter SVETINA, Human Rights Ombudsman, Members of the National Assembly and Igor ZORČIČ, President of the Slovenian National Assembly

Seven MEPs from the Civil Liberties Committee and one from the Committee on Budgetary Control arrives in Ljubljana to meet an extensive list of state, civil society and media representatives. Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), Head of the EP LIBE delegation, makes a short introduction statement before the beginning of the works at the Liaison office of the European Parliament.

EP LIBE delegation to Slovenia, Ljubljana: arrival of the delegation and statement by Sophia IN 'T VELD (Renew, NL), Head of the EP LIBE delegation

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg (4-7 October 2021), MEPs debate the future of EU-US relations. Third part of the debate.

The future of EU-US relations: MEPs debate (part 3/3)

Sophie in 't Veld (Renew, NL), Chair of the DFRMG and ad hoc delegation to Slovakia briefs journalists about their two day mission in Slovakia. In Bratislava, MEPs have meet with the families of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová, with civil society representatives, including NGOs and journalists and with the Minister of the Interior and the Prime Minister. In The Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG) is focused on threats to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, as well as the fight against corruption within the EU, across all Member States:

Press conference by Sophie in 't Veld (Renew, NL), Chair of the DFRMG (Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland, and will prepare a draft bill which may threaten media pluralism, and the latest Polish challenge to EU rules and values. (Second part of the debate)

Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland: MEPs debate (Part 2/2)

During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Ursula VON DER LEYEN delivers the State of the European Union (SOTEU 2021) to the MEPs. MEPs debate (part 3)

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