LIBE IMCO JURI - Confirmation hearing of Michael MCGRATH, European Commissioner-designate for Democracy, Justice and the Rule of Law

LIBE Committee meeting - Rule of Law in Poland - State of Play: Debate with EC First Vice President in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

LIBE Committee - Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on ' The Third Reform of the Common European Asylum System - Up for the Challenge '

LIBE Committee - Exchange of views with representatives of the Council and the Commission about the decision once again to prolong internal border checks in place in five countries in the Schengen passport-free area for another three months, until mid-May

LIBE committee meeting - Europol data breach on terrorism investigation files

LIBE Committee - Joint debate on Immigration situation.

Better protecting refugees in the EU

LIBE Committee - Presentation of the priorities of the Maltese Presidency

Joint LIBE CONT meeting - Julia PITERA and Barbara KUDRYCKA voting

LIBE Committee - Public Hearing on ' Fundamental Rights implications of Big Data: privacy, data protection, non-discrimination, security and law enforcement '

LIBE committee meeting. Exchange of views with Bernard CAZENEUVE, French Minister of the Interior

Press point after the presentation of the Charter on Digital Rights

THE EYE participants present their conclusions to LIBE committee

LIBE Committee meeting

LIBE committee meeting. Hearing on EU Resettlement Framework

LIBE committee meeting. Hearing: ' Reforming the EU Blue Card '

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Discussion with the French Defender of Rights

LIBE hearing: ' The Schengen cooperation: present and future '

EP delegation to Lebanon.  Meeting with CSOs in the area of the Minister of Social Affairs policy area (ECHO).

Live Replay of the Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in association with the Committees for Constitutional Affairs(AFCO), for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and for Legal Affairs (JURI) in Brussels on 04 June 2018 - Use of Facebook users' data by Cambridge Analytica and impact on EU citizens’ data protection with the participation of Carole CADWALLADR, journalist at The Guardian, UK, Christopher WHYLIE, whistle-blower, former employee at Cambridge Analytica, Sandy PARAKILAS, whistle-blower, former employee at Facebook, Elizabeth DENHAM, Information Commissioner at ICO, UK and David CAROLL, associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York

(02) Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the LIBE Committee - Questions & answers (19:14 - 20:12)

(02) Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the LIBE Committee - Opening statement by Carole CADWALLADR, senior journalist at The Guardian, UK (17:54 - 18:05)

(03) Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the LIBE Committee - Opening statement by Elizabeth DENHAM, Information Commissioner at ICO, UK (18:05 - 18:18)

Live Replay of the Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in association with the Committees for Constitutional Affairs(AFCO), for Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and for Legal Affairs (JURI) in Brussels on 04 June 2018 - Use of Facebook users' data by Cambridge Analytica and impact on EU citizens’ data protection with the participation of Carole CADWALLADR, journalist at The Guardian, UK, Christopher WYLIE, whistle-blower, former employee at Cambridge Analytica, Sandy PARAKILAS, whistle-blower, former employee at Facebook, Elizabeth DENHAM, Information Commissioner at ICO, UK and David CAROLL, associate professor at Parsons School of Design in New York

(05) Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the LIBE Committee - Opening statement by Christopher WYLIE, former employee at Cambridge Analytica (18:27 - 18:42)

(01) Hearing on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica case - Mapping the case during a meeting of the LIBE Committee - Questions & answers (18:42 - 19:14)

As new EU rules on data protection are set to take effect on 25 May, MEPs and national MPs meet to discuss their implementation with law enforcement authorities, intergovernmental organizations, enterprises and IT specialists in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Jan Philipp ALBRECHT (Greens/EFA, DE), Rapporteur and Chair of meeting, Andrea JELINEK, Head of the Austrian Data Protection Authority, Katarzyna SZYMEIELEWICWZ, Panoptykon Foundation and Vice-President of EDRi (European Digital Rights), Christine HENNION, Member of the French Parliament, and Andrea JELINEK, Head of the Austrian Data Protection Authority.

Implementation of the Data Protection package: extracts from the debate with the interparliamentary committee

MEPs vote on the common procedure for international protection in the EU during the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in Brussels. The vote is followed by a statement by Laura FERRARA (EFDD, IT), rapporteur.

Common procedure for international protection in the EU: extracts from the vote and statement by Laura FERRARA (EFDD, IT), rapporteur EP - Illustrative shots

MEPs discuss the situation in Hungary in the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

The situation in Hungary: extracts from the report by Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL) EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Violence towards and pressure on journalists, worsening economic and working conditions in the media, fake news and net neutrality are among the topics examined in a report on media freedom, voted by MEPs during the meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in the EP in Brussels. The results are: 44 in favour, 3 votes against and 4 abstentions. Statements by Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT), Rapporteur.

Media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union: extracts from the vote and statement by Barbara SPINELLI (GUE/NGL, IT), Rapporteur

The findings of a delegation of MEPs who visited Slovakia on 8‑9 March to look into the situation on the ground about te murder of Ján Kuciak, are debated in the Civil Liberties (LIBE) and Budget Control (CONT) committees in the EP in Brussels. This will feed into a resolution to be voted on during the 16‑19 April plenary session in Strasbourg. Statements by Claude MORAES (S&D, UK), Ingeborg GRÄSSLE (EPP, DE), Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT) and Benedek JÁVOR (Greens/EFA, HU).

Exchange of views on the follow-up of the fact finding mission: extracts from the statements by Ingeborg GRÄSSLE (EPP, DE) and Claude MORAES (S&D, UK)

MEPs debate the rights of EU citizens in the UK and those of UK citizens in the EU after Brexit during the joint hearing on Citizens’ rights after Brexit.

Joint hearing on Citizens’ rights after Brexit: extracts from the opening speeches

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: statement by Claude MORAES (S&D,UK), rapporteur and illustrative shots of the vote in a meeting of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: statement by Claude MORAES (S&D,UK), rapporteur and illustrative shots of the vote

Catherine DE BOLLE, selected candidate for the post of Executive Director of Europol, participates in the exchange of views during the hearing organised by the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Hearing of the candidate for the post of Europol Executive Director: extracts from the exchange of views in LIBE with Catherine DE BOLLE, selected candidate for the post of Executive Director of Europol

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: extracts from the vote in a meeting of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Vote on the Commission decision to activate Article 7 paragraph 1 TEU as regards the situation in Poland: extracts from the vote

During the meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) in Brussels, MEPs vote on new rules to better equip EU countries to freeze and confiscate criminal assets across the EU. Part of a package aimed at strengthening the fight against financing terrorism and organised crime, the draft legislation would also allow national authorities to temporarily freeze assets that are at risk of suddenly being moved, if no action is taken. Nathalie GRIESBECK (ALDE, FR), Rapporteur, expresses herself.

Mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders: extracts from the vote and statement by Nathalie GRIESBECK (ALDE, FR), Rapporteur

Claude MORAES (S&D, UK), Chair of the LIBE Committee, Péter SZIJJÀRTÓ, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Marta PARDAVI, Co-Chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee debate on the situation in Hungary, during a hearing at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), in the EP in Brussels. Statements by Judith SARGENTINI (Greens/EFA, NL), Rapporteur, Péter SZIJJÀRTÓ, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Gábor POLYÁK, Research leader of Mertek Media Monitor, Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE), Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) and Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (S&D, ES).

Hearing on the situation in Hungary: extracts from the exchange of views with Claude MORAES (S&D, UK), Péter SZIJJÀRTÓ and Marta PARDAVI

Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT) and Birgit SIPPEL (S&D, DE) debate on the rule of Law in Poland at the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), in the EP in Brussels.

Rule of Law in Poland: extracts from the meeting with Frans TIMMERMANS, First Vice-President of the EC in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights

During the meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), MEPs vote plans to provide a safe and clear passage to the EU for people in need of international protection. The proposal provides for common rules on the admission and transfer of non-EU nationals who have asked for protection in one of the Member States. It aims to prevent thousands more from drowning in the Mediterranean. Malin BJÖRK (GUE/NGL,SE) expresses himself following the meeting.

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