World Press Freedom Day is marked every year on 3 May, but there is little reason to celebrate as journalists continue to be repressed and persecuted all over the world. The challenges facing the press are discussed by Parliament’s human rights subcommittee on Thursday morning, with a special focus on the growing threat of disinformation….
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Greece awaiting debt relif
Debt relief for Greece will be looked into at the next Eurogroup meeting on 22 May, according to Jeroen Dijsselbloem. The president of the informal body of the eurozone’s finance ministers made the announcement during a plenary debate in Parliament on 27 April. He also apologised to MEPs about recent remarks that proved controversial. Dijsselbloem…
Brussels to reframe EU-Turkey relations
The Nato, the EU, and trade – Turkey have enjoyed a productive relationship in many domains for decades. However, recently relations have turned reserved as concerns mount over the state of democracy, rule of law, and freedoms in the country where media outlets were shut down and journalists jailed. MEPs reflect upon the developments and…
Farage invites Orban to join EU Exit Club
Anna van Densky, Brussels, European Parliament. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban faces the fury of Brussels for rejection of the EU resettlement plan of the flows of migrants (in the version of the Commission just a thousand ‘refugees’), and coping of the US transparency rules for foreign NGO. In a debate with the Members of…
MEPs impose on Google filtering information
Video-sharing platforms such as Google’s YouTube and Vimeo will have to take measures to protect citizens from content containing hate speech and incitement to violence under measures voted by EU lawmakers on Tuesday, 25.04.2017. #EPlenary debated last week #fakenews/hate speech. How to fight the war online? Watch: pic.twitter.com/Zcvir1ThbB — EP in Cyprus (@Europarl_CY) April 10,…
PM May welcomes EP president Tajani
Antonio Tajani stressed the importance of a deal to safeguard people’s rights in the wake of Brexit during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Theresa May this morning. “The European Parliament’s message is clear: strongly defending their interests is our first priority,” he said. The Parliament President was in London to discuss the institution’s position…
Europarliament for liberation of Navalny
The European Parliament urges the Russian authorities to release opposition politician Alexei Navalny and other detained demonstrators in a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs condemn the detention of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and hundreds of other protestors on 26 March 2017, during what were reckoned to be the largest protests in Russia since the anti-Kremlin…
Conflict minerals and smartphones
High-tech equipment such as smartphones, tablets and cars are able to run thanks to minerals and metals such as tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold. However, as their mining and illegal trade are often controlled by armed groups, they also help to feed a vicious circle of conflicts.On 16 March MEPs voted in favour of making…
MEPs to debate rule of law in Poland
Civil Liberties Committee MEPs will question Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans about the respect of the rule of law in Poland on Wednesday, at 17:30. The Commission began investigating the situation in Poland under the “Framework for addressing systemic threats to the Rule of Law” on 13 January 2016. The purpose of the meeting is…
MEP Korwin-Mikke reprimanded over pejorative comments on women
Today the EP president Antonio Tajani announced the sanctions against Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke for his unacceptable remarks against women during a plenary debate on the “Gender pay gap” on 1 March 2017. According to the decision, the MEP will lose his daily subsistence allowance for thirty days, be suspended from parliamentary activities for ten…
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