Transnational Repression
This week, the European Parliament adopted my report on transnational repression with a broad majority. This is an important success in the effort to stop authoritarian regimes from intimidating their critics in Europe. Now, the European Commission and the Member States have to act.
A strong signal from the European Parliament: this week, the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) adopted my report on combating transnational repression — an important step towards better protecting those targeted by authoritarian regimes in Europe.
More and more authoritarian regimes are targeting their critics across borders to silence them – also in Europe. Yet, we are still lacking effective political counterstrategieswhich we want to change in the European Parliament.
Transnational repression is growing, also in Europe. Yet, it is not a widely known phenomenon. I recently commissioned a study on how to address transnational repression more effectively which was discussed in the Committee on Foreign Affairs this week. This week, the Foreign Affairs Committee discussed a new study on how to address transnational repression more effectively.
A DROI hearing in the European Parliament focused on how authoritarian regimes extend their repression into the EU – and why Europe must now respond more decisively.
Authoritarian regimes have long been pursuing their critics across borders. At the Berlin Freedom Conference, I explained why we must better protect those affected in Europe — and what that protection should look like.