On 11/12/2012 the European Parliament adopted the first ever Digital Freedom Strategy in the EU’s foreign policy (with a large majority); acknowledging that digital freedoms, like uncensored access to the internet, are fundamental rights which deserve equal protection to traditional human rights. Leading ICT journalist, Jennifer Baker, talks to Rapporteur on the issue, Marietje Schaake MEP (ALDE), about the EU’s role in protecting digital freedoms.
“I think it is quite shocking that the EU is one of the key exporters of very repressive technologies and systems to countries like Syria, Iran and Egypt”.
“If these changes do not occur in an open and transparent way, with the cooperation of the opposition, with rights for the opposition, then you can very strongly assert they [Hungary] are not converging with the Union values.”
Debate on competition law and standard-essential patents with Amelia Andersdotter MEP (Pirate party) and leading lawyers Thomas Graf (Partner Cleary Gottlieb ) and Claudia Tapia Garcia (Director, IP Policy at BlackBerry).
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Spokeswoman of the European Commission (EC), discusses the European business summit.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Spokeswoman of the European Commission (EC), discusses the inauguration of the European Commission’s Emergency Response Centre (ECR).
“In our Presidency we would like to get an agreement with the European Parliament on how this money [on research] is going to be spent.”
Debate with Graham Watson MEP (ALDE) and Martin Callanan MEP (ECR), moderated by Peter O’Donnell.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission Spokeswoman, on the presentation of the EU Citizenship Report 2013.
Jennifer Baker is joined by Antti Timonen, EPP Group, to discuss the situation in Cyprus.
“What will help to restore confidence is if we come up with legal proposals relating to the country of origin labeling on all beef products.”
A look ahead at the EP Agenda this week: Tax evasion, banking supervision, EU-US Free Trade Agreement & Standards for media freedom
