Discussing @EPPGroup urgency resolutions on all significant geopolitical developments in Europe and abroad. 🇪🇺 No better way to kickstart the first day of the EPP Party Congress in Rotterdam! 👏🏻
#EPPRotterdam
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On several matters, including GDPR the EU is considered by the US a role model on global level. There is need for stronger cooperation on AI and digital policy. The debate in the US focuses mostly if a federal legislation is necessary preempting state level laws. 3/3
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@FBI we learned about effective procedures and action on:
👉online child abuse, extorsion and illegal online content on minors
👉spreading of hate speech and hate crimes
👉minority groups and religious places are the main targets of hate crimes. 2/3
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The security of citizens and the fight against cybercrime is essential for the transatlantic relations. @DHSgov, we were briefed on counter-terrorism, border control. Due to the new technology on facial recognition & profiling the security of personal data is essential. 1/3
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Interesting discussions about European language models in education today in Brussels. Situations differ for every minority & we have a lot to learn about the good practices from multilingual regions in Europe to use our mother tongues more within and outside of our communities.
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I met today in Berlin the German Commissioner for Minorities, Natalie Pawlik. I expressed FUEN's aim to have a good cooperation with her office to help the implementation of the German government program on supporting national minorities at federal and 🇪🇺 level. Viel Erfolg! 🇩🇪
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When football @UEFA
and national minorities @FUEN_Info
meet there is a good chance to build a great project based on shared values, our commitment to fight #racism #xenophobia #discrimination and to promote minority cultures and languages. Thank you Aleksander Čeferin!
RT @UEFA: @FUEN_Info @vinczelorant @angelikamlinar 🤝 Thank you for a very productive meeting - we are looking forward to working together!
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The EP Minority Intergroup discussed the future of national minorities with @fernanddev UN Special Rapporteur.
We should rethink the protection framework on the 30th anniversary of the UN minority declaration.
Cooperation between the UN and EU should be strengthened. 🇪🇺
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After 30 years of UN Declaration of Minority Rights still more commitment and real actions are needed to recognize the importance of #minorityrights.
#MinorityForumEurope #Vienna
Follow me in the first Thematic Session at 14.00
#FUEN, #Minority SafePack
RT @TLIBudapest: The Europe & Central Asia Regional Forum “Review, Rethink, Reform: 30th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Minorities 1992-2022” is beginning now i…
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On Saturday I visited the longtime contested power facility in #Gabcikovo #Bős providing 10% of 🇸🇰 electricity supply. Hydropower became significantly more valuable for the #energy security of 🇪🇺 and it is important to use #EU funds for the further development of energy supply.
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The more than 1 mil. signatures collected for @MSPI_EU were not lost due to the inaction of the @EU_Commission in the field of minority protection - I said at the Hungarian Vocational College in #Bratislava on Thursday evening. We gained visibility and support from all over #EU.
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Despite the acknowledgement of the precarious situation of Roma, very little progress has been achieved in the past 20 years. Improving their situation is a daunting challenge. It requires more humility, empathy and well-coordinated hard work. 🤝
RT @EPPGroup: Decent living and equal treatment of #Roma is not a luxury, it is a necessity.
Roma are Europeans and as such they should enjoy the same rights and equal treatment as any ot…
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Great exchange with @EP_President on her visit in Ukraine and the worrying situation on the ground. Since the Conference on the Future of EU enters its last phase I reiterated her our proposals on minority protection. Thank you @RobertaMetsola!
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The tragedy of every child leaving behind its whole life and a father they may never see again is unimaginable. They need our strongest protection and support to succeed in life. Today's refugee children are the future of a new Ukraine, reborn from the ashes of today's bombings.
RT @EPPGroup: 🇺🇦🇪🇺On the initiative of the @EPPGroup, the #EPlenary will debate today on measures to protect #children fleeing the war in #Ukraine.
🧒Prot…
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Colossal victory of the governing parties in Hungary! Vox populi Dixit!
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