During the plenary session (13-16 September 2021) in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debate media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland, and will prepare a draft bill which may threaten media pluralism, and the latest Polish challenge to EU rules and values. (First part of the debate)

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Juan Fernando (S&D, ES)

REINTKE, Terry (Greens/EFA, DE)

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

freedom of press and media (T)

EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (T)

EU - Poland (T)

WIŚNIEWSKA, Jadwiga (ECR, PL)

BARLEY, Katarina (S&D, DE)

HALICKI, Andrzej (EPP, PL)

BRUDZIŃSKI, Joachim Stanisław (ECR, PL)

SPUREK, Sylwia (Greens/EFA, PL)

KIZILYÜREK, Niyazi (The Left, CY)

ŠIMEČKA, Michal (Renew, SK)

FARRENG, Laurence (Renew, FR)

ARVANITIS, Konstantinos (The Left, EL)

KOLAKUŠIĆ, Mislav (NI, HR)

BECK, Gunnar (ID, DE)

FEST, Nicolaus (ID, DE)

COMÍN I OLIVERES, Antoni (NI, ES)

Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland: MEPs debate (Part 1/2)

SOUNDBITE (Original), Roberta METSOLA (EPP, MT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michal &#352;IME&#268;KA (Renew, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Terry REINTKE (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolaus FEST (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jadwiga WI&#346;NIEWSKA (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Konstantinos ARVANITIS (The Left, EL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mislav KOLAKU&#352;I&#262; (NI, HR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Andrzej HALICKI (EPP, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katarina BARLEY (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Laurence FARRENG (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sylwia SPUREK (Greens/EFA, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gunnar BECK (ID, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Joachim Stanis&#322;aw BRUDZI&#323;SKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Niyazi KIZILY&#220;REK (The Left, CY), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antoni COM&#205;N I OLIVERES (NI, ES), -