🇪🇺⚖️🇭🇺Rule of law in Hungary: MEPs travel to Budapest
On 26 - 28/10, a @EP_Justice #DRFMG delegation will take stock of developments since the April 2026 parliamentary elections.
Read more: europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
🗣️🧠 🏛️#EPlenary is discussing ways to strengthen AI governance.
🔴Watch the debate: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…
LIBE Committee Press retweeted
Investigation into migration deal between Italy and Albania wins the 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism
Read more about the winner and the prize here ⤵️
europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
LIBE Committee Press retweeted
An investigation into the migration deal between Italy and Albania has won the 2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.
The story focuses on a deal under which Italy built a detention facility and an asylum processing centre on Albanian territory.
⏰The debate w/ @EUCssrMcGrath will start a bit after 15:00 CET
🔗Tune in: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…
💶Defending the euro from counterfeits: MEPs’ position on "Pericles V"
- Focus on fraud & emerging threats, e.g. in the context of AI and a future digital euro
- 2028–2034 budget of €7.811 million
📝Rapporteur: @McNamaraMEP
ℹ️Read more: link.europa.eu/CrCXQt
🇪🇺🛡️⚖️European support to defend the the @IntlCrimCourt
🗣️Debate in #EPlenary now, w/ @ThomasByrneTD for @Ireland2026eu and @kajakallas of @eu_eeas
🔴Tune in: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…
⚖️🇪🇺Justice programme 2028-2034: judicial cooperation, training, access to justice
Key priorities:
- Cross-border cooperation, rule of law, digitalisation & training
- Better access to justice, support for victims, protection of procedural rights
ℹ️ link.europa.eu/CBq3d6
📅This week in #EPlenary
🗳️Vote
👮💶Pericles V: exchange, assistance & training programme for the protection of the euro vs. counterfeiting 2028–2034 (Thu 📝@McNamaraMEP)
🗣️Debates
🇲🇹⚖Rule of law in Malta, 9 years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (Wed)
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🗣️Debates (cont'd)
🧠🏛️Strengthen global AI governance (Thu)
+ 🏆Award
🔎🇪🇺Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize (Wed)
🔗Docs & streaming: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…
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📅Next week in @EP_Justice 19/10 at 19:30 CET
🗳 Vote w/ @EP_Legal: Justice programme 2028-2034 @Tineke_Strik & @JaroslavBzoch
🗣️Presentation: 2026 Rule of Law Report @EUCssrMcGrath @EU_Justice
🔗Info & docs: link.europa.eu/gjPd8H
🎥Webstreaming: link.europa.eu/YxqdXk
🗳️Parliament’s priorities for the EU’s first anti-corruption strategy:
- conflicts of interest, political financing, revolving doors
- cross-border cooperation, enforcement, asset recovery
- independent bodies, journalists, judges, whistleblowers
ℹ️link.europa.eu/ykkBVC
📢#EPlenary calls for safeguards vs. Islamist entryism
- 🇪🇺methodology to identify signs, structures
- Stronger checks on funding, partnerships
- Council should assess Muslim Brotherhood-linked entities as potential terrorist organisations
ℹ️link.europa.eu/hDrcYG
⏰Starting soon in #EPlenary:
🗣️Debate on the upcoming EU anti-corruption strategy w/ @EUCssrMcGrath
🔗Tune in: europarl.europa.eu/plenary/e…
🛂Consular protection: MEPs renew calls for stronger safeguards in crises
• 48-hour rule: automatic “unrepresented” status
• Annual preparedness reviews & exercises
• Better information for citizens
• Stronger @eu_eeas role
ℹ️link.europa.eu/rQrrbd
📝 @LenaDuepontMdEP
👮Europol's new mandate under scrutiny
@EP_Justice MEPs visited Europol HQ to assess how it is adapting, w/ legislative work on a new Regulation underway.
ℹ️Read more: link.europa.eu/CD7PJf
@zarzalejosj | @MurielleL69320 | @fabienne_keller
‼️Statement by @zarzalejosj on the EU Centre for the Protection of Children from Child Sexual Abuse
➡️The future agency's tasks were agreed in CSA regulation negotiations on 29 Sep, meaning that its seat selection process can soon be launched
Read more: europarl.europa.eu/news/en/p…
📍 Europol HQ, The Hague | 📅1 October
@EP_Justice MEPs are heading to @Europol HQ
On the agenda: the new European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling, Europol's expanding mandate, and proper safeguards for stronger powers
@zarzalejosj @MurielleL69320 @fabienne_keller
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🗳️ @EP_Justice just voted on the EP draft position for Pericles V - the EU's tool to protect the Euro against counterfeiting for 2028-2034.
🧵MEPs ask for:
🧠 AI threats & opportunities explicitly in scope: forgery, detection evasion, forensic tools
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✍️Work programmes to be updated regularly to track emerging threats
📃 Annual reports to @europarl_en @EUCouncil @ecb
🪙Budget: €7.8M
🗳️ Compromise amendments: link.europa.eu/Kp7Hq7 📝 @McNamaraMEP
ℹ️ Legislative train: link.europa.eu/KKhTqy
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