Committee and groups meetings in Brussels

Newsletter 11/10 – 17/10

Committee and groups meetings in Brussels

Rule of law – Slovenia

The Civil Liberties and the Legal Affairs committees will make proposals on how to strengthen media freedom and pluralism in the EU by curbing the phenomenon of vexatious lawsuits across the EU designed to silence journalists, NGOs and civil society. Parliament’s proposals will feed into the upcoming Commission initiatives against SLAPPs (Thursday).

Thursday

Climate change

Ahead of the November UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26), the Environment Committee will vote on their input on the EU position. MEPs are expected to call for a more ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target and more climate finance for developing countries. COP26 will be the first stocktaking of the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Tuesday

2021 Sakharov Prize

	Three final candidates for the 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought will be selected by the Foreign Affairs and Development committees in a joint vote.

Thursday

Daphne Caruana Galizia Award

The European Parliament will award the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism in the presence of Matthew and Paul Caruana Galizia, Daphne’s sons. The purpose of the prize is to distinguish outstanding journalism that reflects the European Union’s principles and values, as enshrined in the European Charter of Human Rights.

Thursday

Freedom of the press – Slovenia

Rule of law – Poland

Slovenian journalists face widespread online harassment and threats, while reports that public and private media are subject to political interference keep emerging. This infoclip shows the City of Ljubljana and Slovenian media landscape (Slovenian Press Agency, newspapers, National TV station…).

This Infoclip illustrates the Rule of law in Poland: general views of Warsaw, newspapers, television headquarters, various institutions buildings (Prime Minister Chancellery, the Parliament, the Constitutional Tribunal, Presidential Palace, Supreme Court House), Andrzej Duda, President of Poland and Mateusz Morawiecki, Polish Prime Minister.

Democratic Opposition in Belarus

Daphne Caruana Galizia Award

	The democratic opposition in Belarus was awarded the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named in honour of the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, is awarded each year by the European Parliament. It was set up in 1988 to honour individuals and organisations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Statements by Matthew Caruana Galizia, EP Quaestor David Casa and EP Vice-President Heidi Hautala, on the launch a new annual Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism. The prize rewarding outstanding journalism centred on the EU’s principles and values will be presented on 16 October, the date that Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Maltese anti-corruption investigative journalist and blogger, was killed in a car bomb attack in 2017.


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