LIBE Committee Press @EP_Justice@respublicae.eu

@LenaDuepontMdEP The delegation met yesterday with various NGOs and @Nicole_demoor, before visiting a registration centre.

Today, the MEPs are in Calais, with an additional focus on smuggling.

🗒️Media can ask questions at Hemmes de Marck, 11h45 CET.

📸Multimedia: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/photoset/asylum-and-migration-libe-delegation-visit-to-brussels._20230220_EP-145443A_AHA_317

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1627953250132455424

🗣️@EP_Justice delegation led by @LenaDuepontMdEP
is travelling (20-22/2) to Brussels (🇧🇪), Calais (🇫🇷) & Ter Apel (🇳🇱) to look into irregular crossings to the 🇬🇧 and the implications for reception facilities

More info 👇
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230214IPR75106/civil-liberties-meps-to-visit-brussels-calais-and-ter-apel-on-migration

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1627593812515209218

🗣️ The debate just started, follow live 👇https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html
RT @EP_Justice: 🔴#EPlenary : new debate added on Wednesday afternoon :@Sweden2023eu and @Commission statements on "European Council conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625892021410975744

@coe @EUCouncil @lukaszkohut @arbakokalari @EP_GenderEqual 📢 MEPs condemn the backlash against gender equality, women's rights and the Istanbul Convention in some member states.

@EUCourtPress has confirmed that the EU can accede without unanimity, so there is no reason to delay any longer.

👉Read more: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230210IPR74805/violence-against-women-meps-demand-the-eu-ratify-the-istanbul-convention

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625870710315880448

🇬🇷⚖️ Starting soon: debate on the erosion of the rule of law in Greece, the wiretapping scandal & media freedom w/ @JessikaRoswall
and @McGuinnessEU

🔴 Watch it live: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625869147048484864

🔴#EPlenary gives 👍 to operational cooperation between @Frontex and North Macedonia on border management (rapp. @LenaDuepontMdEP) : 511 in favour, 104 against and 20 abst.

Additional info 👇
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230214IPR75108/meps-support-operational-cooperation-between-frontex-and-north-macedonia

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625866851241676800

♀️ Violence against women: MEPs demand the ratification of the @coe #IstanbulConvention by @EUCouncil

One in three women in EU has experienced sexual and/or physical violence.

Press release to follow soon.

Rapp: @lukaszkohut & @arbakokalari

@EP_GenderEqual

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625864874361344007

Digitalisation of the visa procedure:
the start of interinstitutional negotiations was announced in plenary, and since there were no objections, these can now begin.

EP team is led by rapporteur @MatjaNemec.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625804836062040071

‼️ Local and European elections: #EPlenary adopts proposals to make democratic participation easier for c. 11 million mobile Europeans

📄 Find out more about more on the reports by @jbrudzinski and @d_boeselager: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230210IPR74713/participating-in-elections-must-be-easier-for-europeans-from-another-eu-country

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625469377435795457

Happening now in #EPlenary w/ @lukaszkohut & @arbakokalari
RT @EP_GenderEqual: 🔴LIVE NOW

#EPlenary debate on the EU's ratification of the Istanbul Convention and gender-based violence #GBV

Watch ⤵️ https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1lPJqBRdBYAxb

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625463509889712128

📢 Starting soon: #EPlenary wild discuss proposals on making municipal and European elections more accessible to EU citizens living in another EU country

🔴 Tune in here https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/home.html

Rapporteurs: @jbrudzinski, @d_boeselager

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625193089857122304

🔴#EPlenary : new debate added on Wednesday afternoon :@Sweden2023eu and @Commission statements on "European Council conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map"

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1625181663373164544

👉Cross-border adoptions, transparency & international cooperation: debate w/@EU_Commission Wed

See the full agenda here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/agendas.html
5/5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1624061461709324320

👉Cross-border adoptions, transparency & international cooperation: debate w/@EU_Commission Wed

👉🇪🇺/North Macedonia Agreement: operational activities of @Frontex in North Macedonia, vote Wed (rapp. @LenaDuepontMdEP)
4/5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1624061459108884480

👉The erosion of the rule of law in Greece 🇬🇷, the wiretapping scandal & media freedom: debate w/@EU_Commission & @Sweden2023eu Wed

3/5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1624061456885944324

👉 EU priorities for the 67th session of @UN_CSW: oral questions to @EU_Commission & @Sweden2023eu Tue

👉Municipal electoral rights of 🇪🇺 citizens living in other member states: debate w/@EU_Commission & @Sweden2023eu Mon, vote Tue (rapp. @jbrudzinski)

2/5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1624061454608482305

Next week in #EPlenary (13-16/2)

👉EU accession to @coe Istanbul Convention on combating violence against women and domestic violence: debate w/@EU_Commission & @Sweden2023eu Tue, vote Wed (rapps. @lukaszkohut & @arbakokalari)

1/5

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1624061451986952192

RT @EP_ThinkTank: Walls or fences are appearing worldwide, attempting to prevent irregular #migration, fight terrorism & combat smuggling
Sometimes in response to instrumentalisation
https://t.co/d9DXG21Too
@EP_Justice @JFLopezAguilar @patrykjaki @Tineke_Strik @ChagnonPatricia @ASPelletier #EUCO

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1623639001889402880

‼️Antisemitism in the EU

At 13.30 9 Feb, the @EP_Justice working group on EU values #DRFMG will host:

-@kschnurbein, @EU_Commission coordinator
-Katerina VYZVALDOVA of @EURightsAgency
-@AriellaWoit,
Director of European Affairs @eurojewcong

🔴Stream: https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreaming/libe-working-group-on-democracy-rule-of-law-and-fundamental-rights-monitoring-group-drfmg_20230209-1350-COMMITTEE-LIBE

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EP_Justice/status/1623366433760546831