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The European Commission held talks with representatives appointed by the Taliban about returns to Afghanistan. Yet, its subsequent briefing to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs raised more questions than it answered, particularly about the protection of Afghans living in Europe.
Citizen Lab has revealed that Member of the European Parliament Stelios Kouloglou was repeatedly infected with Pegasus while serving on the inquiry committee investigating the misuse of spyware. This means that the target was not merely an individual MEP. The parliamentary investigation itself came under attack.
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.
While the world debates Iran’s nuclear programme, missiles, and the Strait of Hormuz, millions of people in Iran are facing repression, executions, and isolation. We have to put the people of Iran back at the centre of Europe’s Iran policy.
In the Committee on Foreign Affairs with representatives of the Iranian opposition to discuss the situation in Iran and made clear: negotiations must put the people of Iran at the center.
For years, we as Greens have been putting forward proposals at the European level on how Europe can become more united and independent in its defence. The new report on flagship projects designed to close our biggest capability gaps is another step in that direction. Now it is up to the member states to act.
After years of blockades in the Council, we have finally succeeded: the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are on the EU terrorist list. What this means:
The NATO summit agenda in The Hague seems tailored to please Trump. It risks becoming a live re-enactment of The Emperor’s New Clothes. What we need is security, not show.
On Europe Day, we celebrate diversity, freedom, and unity. At the same time, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine continues. How we can strengthen Ukraine and pave the way for its EU membership.
The resolution passed by the European Parliament in response to the Taliban’s adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”.
