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EU Whistleblower Regulation: MEPs and Council Hash Out Details

February 19, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Last week MEPs and the Council made their first exchange of views on the Whistleblowing Directive. Member states reduced the number or articles that form the legal basis of the future regulation from 17 to 13, while the Parliament added Article 153 of ...
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UK Lawmakers Say Facebook Must Be Regulated

February 18, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

A sobering report from the UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has denounced Facebook for “intentionally and knowingly” violating data privacy laws, and calls for a compulsory code of ethics for all social media companies. The r...
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Swedish Feminist Party Nudges Mainstream Politics

February 18, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Despite being one of the most equal countries, Sweden’s Feminist Initiative pushes mainstream politics towards further improving equality in the country. Their media-friendly campaigns, like publicly burning money, have drawn attention to pay inequity....
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Holocaust Row Opens Between Poland and Israel

February 18, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is pulling out of a summit with Israel after its prime minister suggested that Polish people conspired with the Nazis during World War II. Poland has shown razor-thin skin when it comes to comments linking the n...
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Romanian EU Prosecutor Candidate Faces Hearing at Home

February 15, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Romania’s former chief anti-corruption prosecutor and the leading candidate to become the top EU prosecutor finds her bid for the post under threat after being subpoenaed to testify as a suspect in an unspecified case back in Romania. During Laura Codr...
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French Mayor Challenges Government by Offering Shelter to Migrants

February 15, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Despite objections from Paris, Jean-René Etchegaray, the Mayor of Bayonne, a city in the French Basque region, is providing shelter for migrants crossing the Spanish border into France. Mr. Etchegaray insists that migrants should be treated with dignit...
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Europe Continues to Strengthen Border Security

February 15, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) agreed on Monday to increase border control by gradually adding 10,000 new border and coast guards, more efficient return procedures and strengthened cooperation with non-EU countries. The draf...
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Deflagging of Rescue Ship a “Dark Moment” for Europe

February 14, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

A new report by Human Rights at Sea says that the deflagging of the Aquarius, the migrant rescue vessel of the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières, represents a “dark moment” in European history. The Aquarius, which had seen its flag rev...
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EU Agrees Copyright Reform With Upload Filtering

February 14, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

After three days of final talks, EU negotiators have agreed on new copyright rules, and the outcome is disappointing. The agreement comes after a two-year battle with in the EU. The controversial version of Article 13 will force online platforms to rem...
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Antisemitic Incidents Massively on the Rise in France

February 13, 2019 • by LibertiesEU

Acts of antisemitism in France have increased by 74 percent in the last year, according to the Interior Ministry, with Minister Christophe Castaner saying, "Antisemitism is spreading like poison". In recent cases swastikas have been painted over images...
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