MEPs debate on their position on rules to protect journalists, activists, academics, artists and researchers against legal actions aimed at silencing them. The draft directive provides minimum standards of protection from lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) in the EU through early dismissal of these cases, obliging the claimant to cover the costs of proceedings and not recognising third country judgements. The rules should apply in cross-border cases when the claimant and defendant are not based in the same country as the court or when the case is relevant to more than one member state and the disputed work can be accessed electronically. MEPs are also set to call on member states to ensure that SLAPP victims get legal, financial and psychological assistance. MEPs debate

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

Human rights (T2)

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

TARABELLA, Marc (NI, BE)

freedom of press and media (T)

CASA, David (EPP, MT)

ŽDANOKA, Tatjana (NI, LV)

LEBRETON, Gilles (ID, FR)

GUILLAUME, Sylvie (S&D, FR)

BARLEY, Katarina (S&D, DE)

MANDERS, Antonius (EPP, NL)

ADAMOWICZ, Magdalena (EPP, PL)

KOHUT, Łukasz (S&D, PL)

DALY, Clare (The Left, IE)

AUBRY, Manon (The Left, FR)

GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, Ibán (S&D, ES)

RIBA I GINER, Diana (Greens/EFA, ES)

WISELER-LIMA, Isabel (EPP, LU)

BRICMONT, Saskia (Greens/EFA, BE)

TERHEŞ, Cristian (ECR, RO)

NEUMANN, Hannah (Greens/EFA, DE)

PIGNEDOLI, Sabrina (NI, IT)

JOVEVA, Irena (Renew, SI)

CICUREL, Ilana (Renew, FR)

SCHALLER-BAROSS, Ernő (NI, HU)

Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings: MEPs debate

SOUNDBITE (Original), Magdalena ADAMOWICZ (EPP, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ib&#225;n GARC&#205;A DEL BLANCO (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ilana CICUREL (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Diana RIBA I GINER (Greens/EFA, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Cristian TERHE&#350; (ECR, RO), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gilles LEBRETON (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Manon AUBRY (The Left, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sabrina PIGNEDOLI (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), David CASA (EPP, MT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sylvie GUILLAUME (S&amp;D, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Irena JOVEVA (Renew, SI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Saskia BRICMONT (Greens/EFA, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ern&#337; SCHALLER-BAROSS (NI, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Isabel WISELER-LIMA (EPP, LU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), &#321;ukasz KOHUT (S&amp;D, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Hannah NEUMANN (Greens/EFA, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tatjana &#381;DANOKA (NI, LV), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antonius MANDERS (EPP, NL), -

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

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marc TARABELLA (NI, BE), -

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

SOUNDBITE (Original), Clare DALY (The Left, IE), Catch the eye