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Steven Erlanger and Jack Ewing, New York Times, 14.06.2013 Olaf Storbeck, a German columnist, has decided to “ditch Googlemail b/c Prism,” he wrote on Twitter. A London-based writer for Reuters,…

Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), EU-US trade relations spokesperson forthe European Liberals, reacts to the adoption of an EU negotiating mandate for a Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment treaty (TTIP): “This is an important day for the European Union. With this mandate the European Commission has a good position at…

EU must set standards for worldwide press freedom as it is essential for the preservation of democracy and checks on the three branches of power. Karafillis Giannoulis, New Europe, 13.06.2013…

Honor Mahony, EU Observer, 13.06.2013 The European Commission on Wednesday (12 June) came under pressure to be a bold policy-maker, as a meeting of EU leaders later this month shapes…

The promotion of freedom of the press and independent media should play a central role in the external policies of the European Union. Increased cooperation within the EEAS and European Commission…

During the June Plenary Session  in Strasbourg of the European Parliament Marietje presents her report on “Freedom of the Press and the Media in the World” in a broad debate…

On the initiative of the Liberal Group in the European Parliament MEPs will debate the current situation in Turkey. Political groups have drafted a Joint Motion for Resolution that will…

According to Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/ D66) structural improvements to the economic governance of the EU are essential in order to combat high levels of youth unemployment in Europe….

Benjamin Fox, EU Observer, 12.06.2013 The EU will ban Internet service providers from manipulating and blocking access to certain websites, according to a European Commission official. Speaking with EUobserver on…

In this video Marietje Schaake explains in a nutshell the importance of breaking down trade barriers between the EU and the US in order to create growth and jobs and…

The members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sitting in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) heavily criticised the “late and weak” reaction of the European External Action Service (EEAS) on…

Since the demonstrations broke out in Turkey last week, an unprecedented number of articles have been published highlighting the deeper causes of people’s grievances. Many analyses suggest that the problems…

On June 5th, Marietje Schaake spoke during a seminar with invited journalists from the Middle East and North Africa organized in the European Parliament entitled “Euro-Mediterranean relations and the Arab…

Despite the popularity of Turkish premier Erdogan, Turkey has been witnessing country-wide anti-government protests this week Bassem Ally, Ahram Online, 04.06-2013 The achievements of Islamist prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

Today an Egyptian criminal court has sentenced 43 people to between one and five years in prison for working for unregistered NGOs in Egypt. Twenty-seven defendants, all of whom were…

Today, Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) will ask European Commissioner Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) for a detailed proposal to enshrine net neutrality in EU law. In the Netherlands, the first…

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Media freedom in Europe is increasingly under threat as a result of the economic crisis, says a report released by human rights organisation Freedom House. Gabriela Belmar-Valencia, Internal Voice, 29.05.2013…

James Kanter, New York Times, 23.05.2013 The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that the free-trade pact now under discussion with the United States exempt “audiovisual” industries so…

For the last two years, the international community has stood by as Syrians are increasingly being crushed between the brutal actions of the Assad regime and extremist groups. There are…

Monika Ehmert, IP Watch, 22.05.2013 The pace to negotiate bilateral or plurilateral free trade agreements has been accelerating rapidly over the last month as the big trading blocs seem eager…

Please find my press release calling for an EU action plan for a regional emergency action plan for Syria here. The complete text of the joint motion for a resolution on the situation…

Please find my press release about the mandate for the negotiations on a trade and investment treaty with the US (TTIP) here. The complete text of the motion for a resolution…

European member states should give the European Commission a broad mandate for the negotiations on a trade and investment treaty with the United States (TTIP). According to MEP Marietje Schaake…

The ever-increasing danger that the war in Syria spills over into neighbouring countries forces the EU to take drastic measures. This afternoon, on the initiative of Member of the European…

This is a translation of an article originally published in Dutch in the International Spectator. Please find the Dutch version here. Cyber everywhere It is impossible to follow the news…

Monika Ermert, 15 May 2013, Intellectual Property Watch Locking in Europe and the United States to “old” intellectual property regimes is the one “killer argument” against including an IP chapter…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) calls on EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, to push for filling in the current mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in…

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen sought to extricate his organisation from accusations of complicity in Israel’s reported air assault on Syria Monday, at a joint debate on the future of…

Far from dead, as the Doha rounds stalemate suggests, global trade is getting a make-over and the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) seems the right place to start, writes…

Far from dead, as the Doha rounds stalemate suggests, global trade is getting a make-over and the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) seems the right place to start, writes…

Mapke de Boer, Internal Voices, 05.05.2013 “When I talked about technologies impacting human rights and democracy in 2009, people looked at me as if I was speaking a different language.”…

May Chidiac, journalist and laureate of UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, Marietje Schaake, member of the European Parliament and Anothai Udomsilp, Director of the Thai Academic Institute of Public…

“Would a trade agreement with the US be a boost to growth and jobs or a threat to European culture? Trade MEPs allay fears and urge Member States to go…

Today the International Trade Committee (INTA) of the European Parliament adopted the following resolution on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America. Other Parliamentary Committees (on agriculture,…

This morning, Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) and the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament supported starting negotiations between the EU and the US about a…

New Europe, 21.04.2013 Brussels and Washington have been buzzing this spring. The ambitions of the EU and the US mark the start of a new season for trade and investment,…

Radio Free Asia, 19.04.2013 Chiều ngày 18.4, Quốc hội Châu Âu đã họp tại trụ sở Strasbourg miền Đông bắc nước Pháp để thảo luận Nghị Quyết về Việt Nam…

The Parliament debated the restrictions on freedom of expression and digital freedoms in Vietnam. Marietje has been vocal in addressing the policies of the Vietnamese government and initiated a Resolution…

On Thursday 18 April the European Parliament debated the situation in the Guantanamo bay prison, particulary the recent hunger strike of several detainees. The EPP and S&D political groups decided to…

Today the European Parliament adopted a Recommendation to the Council on the concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) under international law. For the Liberal group I have contributed to this…

During the votes on the annual Turkey’s progress report in the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake MEP (ALDE/D66) flagged the importance of guaranteeing fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. Schaake…

It has been linked to attacks on activists and dissidents and traced to servers operating across the world. But the next stop for a government spy technology that can infiltrate…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) is concerned about the sentencing of the well known Turkish pianist Fazil Say. A Turkish court sentenced Say to a suspended 10…

Along the highway running from Beirut into the Bekaa valley a lot of construction and development is going on. A brand new dealer in luxury cars and billboards for cosmetic…

In parliamentary questions to the European Commission Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) addresses concerns about the impact of EU exported surveillance- and lawful intercept technologies on the EU’s security and strategic interests….

The Economist, March 30th 2013 It is a type of software sometimes described as “absolute power” or “God”. Small wonder its sales are growing. Packets of computer code, known as “exploits”,…

Jennifer Baker, New Europe, 24.03.2013 Earlier this month thousands of digital civil liberties activists bombarded the European Parliament with emails protesting against a proposed law to ban on internet pornography….

On March 17 and 18 Marietje Schaake attended the Toronto Cyber Dialogue, organized by the Citizen Lab and the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies of the University of Toronto….

A Dutch Member of European Parliament has asked the European trade commissioner to consider the impact of the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement to be signed between the U.S. and the…

Dutch Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) has asked European Trade Commissioner, Karel de Gucht, to duly consider the impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)…

Doctors and pharmacists warn operating theatres will close as medics turn to “old drugs” to make up shortfall in vital supplies. The Guardian, 18 March 2013 – by Saeed Kamali Dehghan…

The family of one extraordinary Syrian man facing life in prison has appealed to the EU for diplomatic assistance. “We need the urgent support of the European Union. This is…

PNN, 14.03.2013 Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported Wednesday that European parliamentarians wrote European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday calling on her to suspend the Association Agreement…

Marietje Schaake, Left Foot Forward, 13.03.2013 What is the most effective way to persuade people to end violence? This difficult question manifests itself in different ways on the European political…

Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group. – MrPresident, Egypt is on the brink of economic, political and social instability. This should trouble us and should make us take…

It’s almost been two years since EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced the EU’s reviewed policy focussed on its neighbourhood. It clearly needed a thorough update after the uprisings…

Mr President, let me start by offering my condolences on the death of Ahmad Shihadeh, a policy officer at the EU representation in Damascus. Sadly the days when the deaths…

The French government has put forward a new plan that could enshrine net neutrality in national law. If it passes, France would become the third country in Europe (after the Netherlands and Slovenia joined…

WAFA, 13.03.2013 European parliamentarians wrote European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Monday calling on her to suspend the Association Agreement with Israel because of the latter’s violation of…

Technology designed to monitor criminals is used by numerous governments to survey dissent Natasha Lennard, Salon.com, 13.03.2013 FinSpy, a surveillance tool designed to enable law enforcement to monitor computers in…

Philip di Salvo, European Journalism Observatory, 13.03.2013 In occasion of the World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has released its annual report on Internet Freedom. It pays special attention to…

A leading Dutch member of the European Parliament has called on the European Union to include the Lebanese-based terror group Hezbollah on its official list of proscribed organizations. European Jewish…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) wants the European Commission to formally address Israel’s settlement activity in the occupied territories and East-Jerusalem. This should be done by means…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) calls on EU leaders to formally add the Shia terrorist organization Hezbollah to the EU list of terrorist organisations. In a written question…

Europe and the United States look set to implement different approaches to cybersecurity, with Washington adopting voluntary reporting mechanisms against Brussels’ compulsory measures. The difference approaches threaten to create problems…

Commission vice-president for the digital agenda Neelie Kroes has warned that attempts to reorganise the governance of the internet could lead to a “digital cold war”. Desmond Hinton-Beales, Parliament Magazine,…

Stanislava Gaydazhieva, New Europe, 28.02.2013 The Vietnamese authorities are accused of an escalating assault on freedom of expression and criminalisation of bloggers and netizens in the country in a new report by the International…

Dutch-Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/Alde) wants an end to European sanctions against Iran that block access to essential medicines by the Iranian population. Due to sanctions in relation…

International Trade Committee MEPs on Thursday strongly supported the launch of negotiations between the EU and the US on the world’s biggest-ever trade deal. However, they warned Commissioner Karel De Gucht…

Members of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) generally support the opening of negotiations with the United States on a free trade agreement but most find that there…

There will be a chapter on intellectual property protection in the draft proposals for a US-EU free trade agreement – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – EU Trade…

Monday (18 February 2013) I met with a delegation of Members of the Bahraini Parliament, as well as with the Ambassador of Bahrain. The people in the meeting were: -…

The cautious rapprochement by the Syrian Opposition Coalition to the current regime and Russia should get the EU’s full backing and support. Given the ongoing brutal violence over the past…

Marietje Schaake, Dutch member of the European Parliament (D66 /ALDE), has asked European Commissioner for Europe’s Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes what has been accomplished by the “No Disconnect Strategy” in the first…

André Rebentisch, netzpolitik.org, 19.02.2013 Was macht eigentlich Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg und die No Disconnect Strategie (NDS) der EU zur Netzfreiheit? Zur Bilanz der Beratertätigkeit von Herrn zu Guttenbergfragte heute die liberale…

Dutch Liberal Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66) today expects the European Commission to swiftly present a negotiating mandate as the basis for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with…

Following my call for input I have received several contributions by NGO’s, academics and citizens. I’m grateful for all the valuable information, ideas and viewpoints of which many are reflected…

US President Barack Obama has given the green light for comprehensive trade talks between the EU and the US, paving the way for what could become the largest single free…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) calls on the European Commission to swiftly present a negotiating mandate as the basis for a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the…

Marietje Schaake recently answered questions from Greek school-children from Thessaloniki through the online interview platform Debating Europe. Nikolas and Jenny asked her about hacktivism, cyber security and the digital divide….

Elizabeth Pond, World Policy Blog, 08.02.2013 It’s not low-hanging fruit. But it’s at least medium-hanging. In the bleak world of fiscal cliffs, Syrian bloodletting, and ominous Chinese radar targeting of…

The new EU cyber security paper falls short of providing a full-fledged strategy and of matching rhetoric with resources, argues Thorsten Benner. Instead Brussels should lead the way in creating…

Nerea Rial, New Europe, 07.02.2013 “A secure internet protects our freedoms and rights and our ability to do business. It’s time to take coordinated action – the cost of not…

While viewed as a “step in the right direction”, the EU’s new cyber security strategy is criticised by experts for its lack of clarity on ensuring the safety of cloud…

EU Cyber Security Strategy should secure digital freedoms The EU Cyber Security Strategy, launched in Brussels today, is an assessment more than a forward looking strategy. The assessment of a…

Mr President, the need to protect and promote human rights in today’s world is becoming an ever more challenging task. It is essential that the UN plays an effective and…

A grim turning point for the poster child of the Arab Spring? The murder of a leading opposition voice sparks outrage in Tunisia with increasing violence taking place on the…

Monika Ermert, Intellectual Property Watch, 04.02.2013 The high-level Munich Security Conference this weekend saw a considerable push for going forward with a Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA). Both US Vice-President…

At the Munich Security Conference 2013 Marietje talks to German TV on how she uses social media in her work as a politician and to connect with voters and citizens…

Marietje Schaake spoke to viEUw’s Jennifer Baker about her recently adopted report on A Digital Freedom Strategy in the EU’s Foreign Policy and related policies that are part of the…

Nerea Rial, New Europe, 30.01.2013 The Internet has experienced a historical change in the last decade; it evolved from being “one more” emerging infrastructure to become almost the core of…

At an event at the European Parliament (EP) on 22 January, Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands said that we should strive for a hundred percent literate Europe. Stanislava Gaydazhieva, New…

Daisy Williams, Index on Censorship, 18.01.2013 On 17 January, the European Parliament endorsed a resolution addressing ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain. The resolution, led by Dutch European Parliament member Marietje Schaake, called for…

The EU has come under fire over its role in tackling the “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis in Syria. Martin Banks, The Parliament Magazine, 16.01.2013 The EU’s foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton…

It is okay to be hopeful for change in Belarus – not because the opposition is strong, but because the regime is looking weak. Edward Lucas, European Voice, 17.01.2013 Heads…

The European Parliament today endorsed a strong worded resolution addressing the ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain. The effort led by Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) calls…

1. Human rights violations in Bahrain, Resolution of 15 March 2012. 2. Bahrein, Resolution of 27 October 2011 3. Situation in Syria, Yemen en Bahrain in the context of the…

Before the summer of 2013 the European Parliament will vote on a resolution regarding press- and media freedom in the world. It is essential for the EU to take its…

Is Europe’s culture under threat? Over the past few years, national governments have been cutting culture subsidies in an effort to rein in debts and deficits. But critics warn the…

Behind computer screens from France to Fort Worth, Texas, elite hackers hunt for security vulnerabilities worth thousands of dollars on a secretive unregulated marketplace. Using sophisticated techniques to detect weaknesses…

The EU should take the lead in securing a mandate of the UN Security Council demanding unrestricted access to humanitarian aid in Syria. Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake…

Philip di Salvo, European Journalism Observatory, 07.01.2013 Digital rights deserve just as much protection as the fundamental rights according to the European Parliament in Strasburg, which recently endorsed  a  report on “Digital…

The German Minister Of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle has said his country is committed to continuing dialogue with the current Egyptian government, saying continued dialogue is the way forward to ensure Egypt’s…

The European Commission has announced that it is withdrawing its referral of ACTA to the European Court of Justice. If you had forgotten about that particular detail, you’re probably not alone: so much happened…

European human rights court rules internet blocking in Turkey unlawful Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) welcomes yesterday’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in a…

From February 1st to 3rd, Marietje Schaake will participate in the Young Leaders Round Table of the Munich Security Conference. As part of this program she will speak in a…

On January 30th Marietje Schaake will be the chair of a panel on “Cyber Security: Regulate or Leave it to the Market?” during the Global Cyber Security Conference. The conference…

Brussels, December 17th 2012 Statement on planning to visit Bahrain A delegation of Members of the European Parliament has been preparing to visit Bahrain this week with a program focused…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) wants European Commissioner Kroes (Digital Agenda) to debrief the European Parliament as soon as possible on the outcome of the International Telecommunications…

  Mr President, this is another urgent appeal for leadership by Vice-President/High Representative Ashton. Early last year the EU made a promise to our citizens and to people in North…

The winners of this year’s EU Sakharov prize for free speech have risked their safety by speaking out to MEPs on Wednesday (12 December). Andreas Rettman, EU Observer, 13.12.2012 The…

Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi have been awarded the  Sakharov Prize 2012  during a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg today. …

European lawmakers want to stop exports of technology that can censor information to repressive regimes. Jennifer Baker, techworld.com, 13.12.2012 The European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution calling for a…

Today the European Parliament in Strasbourg backed a report by ALDE MEP Marietje Schaake (D66,Netherlands) calling for an ambitious strategy to prioritize digital freedom in EU Foreign Policy. The struggle for human…

A large majority of the European Parliament today endorsed the first ever Digital Freedom Strategy in the EU’s foreign policy. I’m very happy with the wide support my report received….

Im EU-Parlament wurden heute zwei Berichte mit breiter Mehrheit angenommen, die eine klare Positionierung für die Einhaltung der Netzneutralität beinhalten. Alexander Sander, netzkinder.at, 11.12.2012 Im Bericht des spanischen Konservativen Pablo Arias Echeverría wird die…

HRW.org, 11.12.2012 The European Union should enact new controls on internet surveillance technologies that have enabled human rights violations, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders said today. The European Parliament…

A cross-party coalition of MEPs today joined an initiative by Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) calling on EU foreign policy-chief Catherine Ashton to ensure that all EU Member States will join a Swiss-initiated global effort…

The situation in Egypt is becoming more dangerous and less democratic every day following last week’s presidential decree from Mohammed Morsi assuming full powers. The president has called for a referendum on December 15th…

Want China Times, 07.12.2012 At the World Conference on International Telecommunications held in Dubai on Dec. 3, countries including Russia, China, Brazil, India and Iran launched a campaign for control…

On December 5th Marietje Schaake spoke in a panel during the Bloggers for Democracy event organized by the Green Group in the European Parliament. The panel addressed the subject of…

Sometimes, one single word can change an opinion, one sentence can modify a point of view, but just one blog or blogger can transform a whole country. This is what happened during…

‘Stakeholder dialogue’ on controversial topic will begin in early 2013. Dave Keating and Peter O’Donnell, EuropeanVoice, 06.12.2012 The European Commission has agreed to revisit the European Union’s rules on copyright,…

Marietje Schaake MEP (ALDE/D66) welcomes the announcement by the European Commission to address copyright reform. “The proposals by the European Commission to finally tackle copyright reform are an important first…

Rory Jones, Wall Street Journal, 03.12.2012 The question of who rules the Internet and how is being debated at a 12-day conference in Dubai. The World Conference on International Telecommunications,…

It’s a $4 trillion economic partnership; of course we’re the best of friends. The US-EU tango is led by the strong beat of liberal democracy and elevated by accordion key…

Marietje Schaake MEP & FIDH cordially invite you to a working group roundtable on Bahrain: How to step-up the EU’s response to ongoing Human Rights violations? Tuesday, December 4th 2012…

MEPs want EU to defend digital freedoms at WCIT-2012 in Dubai Last week the European Parliament discussed EU priorities for the upcoming WCIT meeting in Dubai from 3-14 December, which…

A member of the European Union (EU) parliament released a statement on Friday calling for a freeze on planned aid toEgypt, totalling five billion Euros. Luiz Sanchez, Daily News Egypt,…

Amid growing protests in Egypt over President Morsi’s unilateral decree assuming widespread powers that may not be challenged or questioned, Guy Verhofstadt issue a strong statement of condemnation. ALDE Press release, 23.11.2012…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE), urges EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to freeze all financial assistance to Egypt in reaction to yesterday’s constitutional declaration by President Morsi. The declaration…

Control of the Internet must be stopped from falling into the hands of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the European Parliament has warned. Jennifer Baker, PC World, 22.11.2012 The European…

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on civil rights online at the Media of Tomorrow Symposium organized by the University of Utrecht.   More information on the symposium can…

On December 6th Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on culture in the EU’s external actions and public diplomacy at a meeting organized by the European Network of Cultural Administration…

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on digital freedom at the seminar Bloggers for Democracy, hosted by the Green political group in the European Parliament. More information about the…

Marietje Schaake hosts a hangout on Google+ to  discuss Copyright Reform, Digital Freedom and the completion of the Digital Single Market. Speakers include: – Anne Christensen [social media officer at the…

Marietje Schaake will chair a brainstorming session of the European Internet Foundation on The Digital World in 2030. The themes discussed by participants are: Will digital technologies reinforce individual empowerment…

Marietje Schaake will visit Washington D.C. as part of an inter-parliamentary delegation to the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue (TLD). The TLD aims at enhancing the dialogue between European and American federal Legislators,…

Marietje Schaake will give a keynote speech on digital freedom in the EU’s foreign policy during the event celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Dutch Internet Society. During the event…

Marietje Schaake acted as a referent for the yearly WRR Lecture, organized by the Scientific Council for Government Policy. The lecture was delivered by prof. Ronald Deibert, Professor of Political…

The Monaco Media Forum brings together leaders of new and traditional media for two and a half days of high-level discussions about the future of online, broadcast and print communications….

As the Parliament’s Rapporteur for a report on ‘A Digital Freedom Strategy in EU foreign policy‘, and on ‘Press and Media Freedom in the World‘ Marietje Schaake hosted a panel…

Question for written answer E-10115/2012 to the Vice-President / High Representative Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE), Doris Pack (EPP), Hannu Takkula (ALDE), Morten Lokkegaard (ALDE), Sean Kelly (EPP), Olga Sehnalova…

Joint Statement of the EU Delegation* to the 7th International Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku Internet and new technologies play an exponentially important role in the lives of citizens globally. In this respect, the…

Keeping track of the avalanche of reports about new mass surveillance initiatives and Internet freedom crackdowns can be a difficult task. But soon there could be a solution to the…

Digital freedoms – safe access to an open and uncensored Internet – should be among the key priorities in EU Foreign Policy. Today the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament endorsed…

Read the entire publication below Marietje Schaake, MIND, 06.11.2012 A selection of different developments around technologies and human rights remind us of the vast scope of these emerging crossroads. A…

“It is unacceptable that regimes in Syria and Iran can use European technologies to violate human rights”.  Global Voices, Leila Nachawati, 31.10.2012 Activists have been fighting the battle against technology…

In a world where digital policy is written by politicians who barely know how to send an email, Marietje Schaake is a breath of fresh air. Marta Cooper meets the…

EU-politikere vil nu indføre strengere regler for eksport af avanceret overvågningsteknologi til diktatoriske regimer, der overvåger deres borgere. Initiativet kommer alt for sent, kritiserer eksperter, der også peger på, at…

Nick Clayton, Washington Journal, 26.10.2012 Repressive regimes should be stopped from accessing surveillance and so-called “dual-use” technologies from Europe following a move by the European Parliament this week. The parliament agreed…

Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh  and  Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahihave won the Sakharov Prize 2012 which is the annual human rights prize of the European Parliament. They were nominated for…

The European Union awarded its most prestigious human rights award on Friday to two imprisoned Iranians, the lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and the filmmaker Jafar Panahi. New York Time, Thomas Erdbrink, 26.10.2012 The European…

Colin Powell the former US Secretary of State has endorsed the President of the United States for re-election in the upcoming election on 6 November. Adding to the already higher polls…

The European Parliament is calling for stricter rules on companies that export surveillance or so-called “dual-use” technology. Jennifer Baker, networkworld.com, 24.10.2012 The Parliament on Tuesday night approved proposals put forward…

D66 press release Strasbourg, 23 October 2012 European Parliament endorses stricter European export control of digital arms By endorsing amendments proposed by Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE)…

Please find the answers of the Commission here.

L’eurodéputé hollandaise Marietje Schaake avait fait partie de la fronde contre feu ACTA, dont le nouveau traité CETA est accusé de servir de cheval de Troie. By Sabine Blanc, 16.10.2012,…

NEARLY a year after the conflict in Libya, the central authorities are struggling to exert their control over the various factions that contributed to overthrowing the dictator. As in all…

Today in adopting by a large majority the report of Metin Kazak (Movement for Rights and Freedom,Bulgaria) on trade relations between the European Union and Japan, the Parliamentary Committee on International Trade…

  Please find the answer of the Commission here.

Governments and internet firms are wrestling with the rules for free speech online. The Economist, 06-10-2012 THE arrest of a senior executive rarely brings helpful headlines. But when Brazilian authorities…

  Please find the answer of the Commission here.

Due to the large number of countries that are currently minimizing liberty on the internet, the US Freedom House has published the report Freedom on the Net 2012, which analyses the…

Marietje Schaake spoke with Christophe Robeet of France 24 and Greek MEP Dimitrios Droutsas about recent developments in the current debt crisis and the future of the Eurozone. The video…

Marietje Schaake spoke at the Cyber Dialogue 2012 in Toronto. The video below gives an impression of the conference and its main topics. Cyber Dialogue 2012 – What is Stewardship…

23.9.2012, New Europe After violent protests by extremists in reaction to the “Innocence of Muslims” video, the question whether or not YouTube should take the video offline is fiercely debated….

Marietje Schaake will attend the seventh Internet Governance Forum in Baku (Azerbaijan, the main multi-stakeholder platform on public policy issues related to Internet governance. She will speak during various workshops…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) has been appointed to bring forward a formal report on press and media freedom in the world. The report aims to strategize and optimize the…

On September 18th Marietje Schaake delivered a video message to the Open Estonia Forum on Populism. She spoke about the role of social media as an enabler of populism, as…

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy (2012/2094(INI)) The European Parliament, –    having regard to the resolution of the UN Human Rights…

On the initiative of the Alliance for Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) the European Parliament focussed on the ongoing crisis in Syria during its first plenary session in Strasbourg…

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton issued a ringing indictment of critics of Europe’s handling of the ongoing Syrian crisis Tuesday at a debate at the European Parliament plenary session…

Dutch Member of European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE), urges Catherine Ashton in her talks today with Egyptian President Morsi to address the announced visit of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to…

Mr President, after so many debates on Syria, I already know what we are going to be hearing from you: it is a terrible tragedy; human rights have to be…

The EU has a leading role to play in ensuring digital freedoms, writes Marietje Schaake. By Marietje Schaake, 7.9.2012, The Parliament Magazine Europe’s financial and economic crises have drawn our…

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) is worried about today’s detainment of several web-administrators by the Belarusian authorities. In the run-up to parliamentary elections on September 23rd the…

The interrogation of Abdul Ghani Al Khanjar followed a pattern. First, Bahraini jailers armed with stiff rubber hoses beat the 39-year-old school administrator and human rights activist in a windowless room…

D66 Press Release - Brussels, 22 August 2012 Dutch Liberal Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) is worried about the profound effect of US sanctions against Iran on European business. Schaake…

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Yesterday, the EU Foreign Ministers said in a statement: “EU countries will be obliged to inspect vessels and aircraft heading to Syria if they suspect the cargo contains arms or equipment…

Evidence Shows Syrian Security Got Comms From West by The Associated Press, 16 July 2012 LONDON (AP) — As violence began racing through Syria last year, two European contractors were…

Strasbourg, 5 July 2012 MEP: UN affirms human rights online, “practice what you preach” Digital freedoms Dutch Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) welcomes today’s adoption of a…

Mr President, it has been six weeks since the gruesome videos of the Hula massacre found their way to the Internet. Murdered children were considered a ‘tipping-point’ by many but,…

As chair of the Parliamentarians for Global Action in the European Parliament Marietje highlights some of the ICC’s recent successes, speaks about what the European Parliament is doing to support…

The European Parliament rejected today, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). European Liberals and Democrats played a key role in this decisive vote which should give a fatal blow to the…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the African Charter…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus, in particular those of 29 March 2012(1), 14 February 2012(2), 15 September 2011(3), 12 May…

MEPs Marietje Schaake and Sophie in ‘t Veld (D66/ALDE) are pleased that a majority of the European Parliament voted against the controversial ACTA-treaty today. “After fighting a long battle against…

Mr President, we have been joined by millions of Europeans who voiced protests against ACTA and I want to recognise this historic movement and build on it in a constructive…

Mr President, today we are discussing the oral question that seeks to clarify in a binding way appropriate measures to ensure that the EU will not import medicines or other…

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Government 2.0 – A conversation about using the Internet, technology and social media to drive public policy, power electoral campaigns, engage voters, shape foreign policy and govern. Moderator: Erin Vilardi,…

On behalf of the ALDE group, Guy Verhofstadt this morning congratulates Mohamed Morsi on his historic victory in the presidential elections in Egypt. Morsi is the first president in Egypt’s…

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats welcome the conclusion of the interim report of the EU-USA High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth, saying that a “comprehensive transatlantic trade…

“Europe must protect freedom of expression and press following the example of Iceland” said Marietje Schaake (D66, NL) during today’s ALDE seminar on ” Censorship and Self censorship” hosted with Alexander Lambsdorff (FDP, DE) which…

ALDE members have learned that the EPP group plans to request a secret ballot on the key vote on ACTA (anti-counterfeiting trade agreement) to be held tomorrow (21st June) in…

BY@JILLIANYORK,@KATRINSKAYA,@LISANG at www.foreignpolicy.com, 20 June 2012 When Foreign Policy published its 2012 Twitterati 100 list, we could not help but be struck by the lack of women….

On 9 June 2012 it was reported that on 26 May 2012 Russian-made weapons were delivered by a vessel, registered under the name “Professor Katsman”, in the Syrian harbourof Tartus1….

ALDE Press release, 18.06.2012 The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Group in the European Parliament is a long-standing promoter of human rights and civil liberties inside the European Union…

Discussion paper  Marietje Schaake MEP (D66/ALDE)  “By vastly expanding the capacity of individuals to enjoy their right to freedom of opinion and expression, which is an “enabler” of other human…

During this week’s plenary session in Strasbourg MEPs discussed the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly in Syria. Just before the start of the debate it was announced that…

The Rio de Janeiro Human Rights and Technology Conference, hosted by Access, in partnership with the Center for Technology and Society from Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Law School, will examine and…

After the expulsion of more than a dozen Syrian ambassadors around the world, how far will the backlash go against the massacre of 108 citizens, more than a third of…

Tuesday, China agreed on Google’s 12.5 billion dollar acquisition of the US company Motorola. This permission was needed because both companies are doing business in China. From now on, Google…

Mr President, as the Eurovision finalists warm up their voices and practise their dance routines, the voices of the people in Azerbaijan are muffled. Much as the authorities may want to…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Azerbaijan, in particular those concerning human rights, –   having regard to the recommendation of…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK), in particular the one adopted on 8 July…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Venezuela, namely that of 24 May 2007 on the Radio Caracas TV channel case(1), that of…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukraine, in particular its resolutions of 9 June 2011(1), 27 October 2011(2) and 1 December 2011(3), –   having…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Rights of…

This week’s favorites post comes from Marietje Schaake, a Member of the EU Parliament, who has been called “Europe’s most wired politician.” By Marietje Schaake, 19.5.2012, TechDirt.com When Mike asked…

By Scott Lucas, EAWorldview, 08.05.2012 1815 GMT: Eighteen members of the European Parliament have called on the European Union to hold the Bahrain government accountable over current and historic human…

By Philip Ebels, 08.05.2012, EUobserver.com Opponents of Acta, the controversial anti-counterfeiting treaty up for vote in the European Parliament in July, say, among other things, that it would stifle innovation….

D66, 08.05.2012 EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton should start preparing a set of targeted restrictive measures against the Bahraini government. In a letter sent today, initiated by Dutch MEP…

By Ben Rooney, The Wall Street Journal, 02.05.2012 The U.K. government has made much of pitching the country as a place that companies can do business electronically. Initiatives have included…

Date: 25 April 2010 Locations: Private Salon, European Parliament in Brussels Speakers: Andrea Glorioso, European Commission DG INFSO Margaret Wachenfeld, Institute for Human Rights and Business Daniel Calingaert, Freedom House Over…

François Hollande has embraced the tactics of Obama’s 2008 campaign—and it might win him the French election. By Sasha Issenberg, Slate, 20.04.2012 The three young men monitoring the volunteer sign-up…

By Claire Bigg, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,  19.04.2012 Founded in Sweden six years ago by a group of Internet freedom activists, the Pirate Party has since been spreading across the…

Parliamentary questions 19 April 2012 E-004052/2012 Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Recent G-8 ‘Non-paper on intellectual property rights protection’ Judging from the…

By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN, 18.04.2012 Turkish port authorities boarded a German-owned cargo ship reported to be carrying Iranian weapons bound for Syria, TV news footage showed on…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to Articles 18 to 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948, –   having regard to Article 25 of…

Parliamentary Questions 18 April 2012  Question for written answer E-004020/2012 to the Commission (Vice-President / High Representative) Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: VP/HR – German ship carrying Iranian arms…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Strategy for Security and Development in the Sahel, adopted in March 2011, –   having regard to the UN Security Council…

By Ed Black, Forbes.com, 16.04.2012 In another blow to the troubled Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the European Parliament’s rapporteur on the trade agreement, David Martin, (UK, Socialists and Democrats Group)…

British MEP David Martin, in charge of steering the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) through the European Parliament, said yesterday (12 April) that he would urge lawmakers to reject the controversial…

Date: 11 April 2012 Location: European Parliament PHS5 B1   Speakers: Ben Wagner, European University Institute in Florence Kristo Lehtonen, Nokia Siemens Networks Luis Neves, Deutsche Telekom Antoaneta Angelova-Krasteva, European…

By Nicolaj Nielsen, EUobserver, 11.04.2012 Amnesty Intentional, Oxfam, Reporters without Borders as well as internet rights groups and the Council of Europe all spoke out against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement…

Event Date: 11 April 2012 Location: European Parliament room PHS3 C050 Speakers: Mike Masnick – TechDirt Prof. Julian Kinderlerer – European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)…

Parliamentary questions 29 March 2012 E-003465/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Norica Nicolai (ALDE) , Marielle de Sarnez (ALDE) , Edward McMillan-Scott…

Mr President, today we call for a renewed boost in EU-Turkish relations and to open the negotiation chapters on the most essential issues now: the chapters on fundamental freedoms, justice…

By Arseh Sevom, View from Iran, 27.03.2012 China is not the only country providing surveillance technology to Iran, the EU is home to a number of companies that have provided…

By Arik Hesseldahl, AllThingsD, 24.03.2012 Since Thursday morning, I’ve been in Brussels, the capital of both the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union. I’m here attending the Brussels Forum, which has been described…

Parliamentary questions 22 March 2012 E-003124/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: The Commission’s position in the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and…

Parliamentary questions 22 March 2012 E-003115/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Price-tagging of artefacts in Turkey Turkey has reportedly(1) taken measures that…

Madam President, the sponsoring of the Word Economic Forum in Davos this year by the Government of Bahrain shows its ambition to belong and to be taken seriously by the…

Mr President, last year I was an election observer in Nigeria. The hope and anticipation among Nigerians was remarkable. They welcomed observers; anything that could ensure their vote would count…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus, in particular those of 14 February 2012(1), 15 September 2011(2), 12 May 2011(3), 10 March…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions of 7 July 2011(1) on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the statement of 3 March 2012 by the spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton concerning the closure of two Palestinian…

Link to the adopted resolution The European Parliament, –       having regard to its resolution of 16 December 2010 on Eritrean refugees held hostage in the Sinai, –       having regard to the 1948…

During the Strasbourg plenary session tomorrow the European Parliament will end the twenty year old transatlantic beef wars. Condemned by the WTO for its refusal to import hormone-treated beef originating…

Mr President, we welcome the conclusion to these trade wars over beef and think it should be a moment for reflection. With the rise and growth of the economic power…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the general provisions on the Union’s external action laid down in Article 21 TEU, and the procedure for the conclusion…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the statements by Vice-President/High Representative Ashton of 26 December 2011 on the Christmas Day bombings and of 22 January 2012 on…

Parliamentary questions 12 March 2012 E-002768/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Morten Løkkegaard (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Online distribution of audiovisual works In the…

The European Parliament held a meeting on March 8 to reflect on the impact of sanctions against Iran driven by human rights concerns. Marietje Schaake, a Dutch Member of the…

Today the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram reported that twelve prominent revolutionary figures, including presidential candidates, activists, journalists, MPs and writers, have been referred to a military prosecution for allegedly inciting hatred…

As democratic movements spread in the Middle East, governments are cracking down, and that means big business for the companies who help them do it. By Trevor Timm & Jillian…

By Alison Smale, 02.03.2012, The New York Times One recent morning, the mail brought word of a new opera production in Marseille, and a black-and-white print from 1963 of Parisian…

In response to calls from two Polish MEPs (Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and Valentin Bodu) to boycott Dutch goods in retaliation for the PVV website, both Dutch Liberal parliamentary delegations responded with…

The EIF (European Internet Foundation) hosted a dinner debate on Open Data, also known as the Public Sector Information (PSI), at the European Parliament, Brussels on Tuesday 24th January 2012….

Mr President, it is clear where the Liberal Group of the European Parliament stands – with the Egyptian people, their rights, freedoms and opportunities. This has been our group’s position…

Just as European surveillance and mobile-message filtering companies come under increasing pressure to safeguard human rights, two Irish companies have been reported as selling tech to the Syrian regime that…

Intervening today in a debate on Syria in Strasbourg, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE group leader, called for the EU High Representative to have a clear strategy towards Syria when she attends the…

Madam President, it is easy to condemn the brutal murder, torture and rape of unarmed citizens and children in Syria, but it is far more difficult to find effective solutions:…

Mr President, human rights and their universality are increasingly under pressure as a result of block politics in the United Nations and because of allowing countries into the Human Rights…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 63/168 which calls for the implementation of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/149 of 18…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Egypt, in particular that of 17 November 2011 on Egypt, in particular the case of blogger…

Link to the adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 17 December 2009 on Belarus and to its other resolutions on that subject, in…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, –   having regard to the Foreign Affairs Council’s conclusions on Syria of 10 October,  14 November and 1 December 2011…

Madam President, at times when many people are sceptical about Europe and wonder what it can concretely deliver to them, businesses, cultural and economic development, it is nice to be…

By Andrew Tarantola, 14.2.2012, Gizmodo.com US copyright laws are designed to protect the “fair use” of copyrighted content such as mash-ups and remixes—or they were, at least, until the advent…

The YouTube generation has gained an ally in the worldwide “copyright wars.” The Dutch government wants to change copyright law so new media users can continue to do “creative remixes”…

Much to the displeasure of the wider EU, the Dutch want to liberalize their copyright laws to explicitly allow remixes and mashups. The irony is that their inspiration is not…

Europeans will take to the streets this weekend in protest at the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an international agreement that has given birth to an ocean full of red herrings. By…

Event date: Wednesday, 8 February, 2012 Location:  European Parliament, room ASP 5G2   Speakers: Taylor Reynolds, OECD, Head of Unit Information Economy, speaking on corporate social responsibility, multinational enterprise guidelines and…

Guy Verhofstadt, Leader of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament has condemned Russia and China for vetoing the UN Security Council resolution on Syria just hours after the Syrian…

As a Member of the European Parliament, I very much welcome the increased attention the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has received in the past weeks. It has taken a while…

Amid growing tension between Iran and the EU regarding Iran’s nuclear activities and the subsequent introduction of sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, the European Parliament held a debate today with…

Mr President, Iran replied to the most recent EU sanctions with surprise, a surprise not only mentioned by officials but also reflected in the further decline in the value of…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, –   having regard to the statement of 22 January 2011 by the EU High Representative…

Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament condemned the violent crackdown on Egyptians venting their frustration at decades of repression and lack of political freedom: ”Egyptians…

Parliamentary questions 26 January 2012 E-000493/2012 Question for written answer to the Commission (Vice-President/High Representative) Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE) and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (ALDE) Subject: VP/HR…

By Mike Masnick, 26.01.2012, techdirt.com from the don’t-miss-it dept As we’ve been discussing, there’s been a lot of misinformation flying around concerning ACTA — especially in the EU, where it…

After Thursday’s raid and arrests, many are questioning the long reach of American copyright law. The legal action is the latest in a series of harsh tactics executed abroad from…

Two controversial draft bills on internet piracy and intellectual property protection, which are currently being examined in the US Congress, are raising concerns among policymakers in the European Parliament. Marietje…

“It’s a kind of cat and mouse game,” says European Parliament member Marietje Schaake, who the Wall Street Journal describes as Europe’s ‘most wired politician.’ Schaake: “We have to keep…

The panel discusses what the one-and-a-half hour speech tells us about the strength of the regime of Bashar al al-Assad, besieged as it is by sanctions and under continued pressure from…

The behaviour of the Egyptian security forces has gone from bad to worse over recent months to the extent that they have now betrayed the democratic revolution itself. ALDE Press…

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE), Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE) to the Commission. Subject:       Impact of the US…

Marietje Schaake (D66) will be the new vice-president of the board of directors at Free Press Unlimited. Schaake explains press freedom is a very important matter to her: “Press freedom,…

The European Parliament , –  having regard to its previous resolutions on Azerbaijan, in particular those concerning human rights, –  having regard to the conclusions of the Second Eastern Partnership Summit, held…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament , –  having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, in particular those of 27 October 2011(1) on the situation in Egypt and Syria,…

Mr President, Rafiq Tagi was murdered after he exercised his universal human right of free speech. It is important that this is investigated and it is essential that the Azerbaijani…

Mr President, yesterday we awarded the Sakharov Prize to leading human rights defenders from North Africa and the Middle East, and one of the awardees was Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation…

The European Parliament, – having regard to its recent resolutions on Tunisia, in particular that of 3 February 2011(1), – having regard to its resolution of 7 April 2011 on…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, in particular that of 20 January 2011 and those of…

Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader today issued a stark warning to the EU following the weak statement by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton on the situation in Syria.  Following her remarks that…

The United Nations Security Council remains squarely divided over Syria despite grim UN figures that point to a 20% spike in killings in just the past ten days. François Picard’s…

The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous reports and resolutions on Russia, in particular its resolutions of 9 June 2011(1) on the EU-Russia summit on 9/10 June 2011 and…

Mr President, as we speak the Syrian city of Homs is being surrounded by no less than 400 tanks. We have seen this movie before. However, in Hama in 1982…

Parliamentary questions 12 December 2011 E-011723/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: US tools for mobile…

The European Union should help teach bloggers living under oppressive regimes how to communicate freely and avoid detection, and develop technology to help them, the bloc’s digital affairs commissioner said…

Fourteen countries including the United States vowed Friday to work to promote online freedoms, with an emphasis on helping bloggers who operate under oppressive regimes. Toby Sterling, 09.12.2011, AP The…

Almost a year ago, Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire, sparking the revolution in Tunisia. The transitions in the Arab world are a wake-up call to many, and have made…

Event date: Wednesday 7 December 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP PHS4 B001 Speakers: Werner Stengg, DG Markt, Head of Unit ‘Online Services’, about the forthcoming initiatives from the Commission Nicole Dewandre,…

Parliamentary questions 2 December 2011 E-011374/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Jan Philipp Albrecht (Verts/ALE) , Françoise Castex (S&D) , Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Christian…

There has been a raft of incidents of Western technology companies providing repressive regimes with surveillance or Internet-filtering technology. Most recently U.S. and Italian companies have been implicated in supplying…

Parliamentary questions 1 December 2011 E-011291/2011 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: VP/HR — Renewed Syrian membership of Unesco human rights committee It…

The European Parliament has created a fund to protect internet freedom outside the European Union. The money will be used to teach foreign bloggers, online journalists and human rights activists…

“Regimes like that of (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad know very well how access to information but also free expression and press freedom are a risk to him if he wants…

Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE president held a frank exchange of views today with Dr Radwan Ziadeh, Syrian National Council spokesman on the situation in Syria.  Guy Verhofstadt reassured Dr Ziadeh that he…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament , –  having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, and in particular those of 7 September 2010 and…

Mr President, where to start? The nuclear dossier dominates our political agendas and campaign rhetoric, but let us never forget the ongoing human rights violations in Iran. These are always…

Parliamentary questions 17 November 2011 E-010948/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Syria: Italian company building monitoring centre in Damascus …

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which entered into force on 1 August 2010 and which on 8 November 2011 had been…

The Arab League is suspending Syria over its violence against civilians. In eight months, over 3,500 people have died at the hands of security forces. The regime of Bashar al-Assad…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions, in particular those of 17 February 2011(1) on the situation in Egypt and of 27 October 2011(2)…

Mr President, the internet was created with no specific use in mind other than the efficient transfer of information. Over the last 20 years the internet and technology have developed…

Mr President, I can fully agree with the previous two speakers with whom we have worked on this joint motion for a resolution. The Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into…

Parliamentary questions 16 November 2011 E-010440/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Iran: censorship of BBC Farsi and building of…

16 November 2011 P-010489/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Syria: Italian company building monitoring centre in Damascus  On 4…

Madam President, the campaign season has clearly started in the United States, which means that there is less and less focus on the rest of the world. In Europe, even…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on transatlantic relations, –   having regard to Rule 110(4) of its Rules of Procedure, A. whereas, although many global challenges in the field…

Today, the EU imposed sanctions on 3 members of Syria’s electronic army: a new and important step, but what about the corporate actors? While both the United States and the…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to articles 113 and 167 TFEU, –   having regard to directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, –   having…

MEP Marietje Schaake says that the EU cannot allow European companies to sell online surveillance software to repressive governments worldwide. Interview by Teri Schultz, 14.11.2011, www.dw-world.de Listen to the interview…

European politicians continued to criticize long imprisonment and violations of fair trials in Turkey while demanding the government make necessary changes and slamming opposition parties for selecting deputy candidates who…

Parliamentary questions 11 November 2011 E-010306/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Technology exported to Iran by EU‑based companies which…

During the ACTA negotiations, the Parliament had a chance to make it’s voice heard. I crowdsourced the resolution, to gain valuable input from members of the public. You can find…

A delegation from the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) will hold talks today and tomorrow with Turkish officials concerning the state of Internet and media freedom as well…

Parliamentary questions 9 November 2011 O-000294/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Marietje Schaake, Niccolò Rinaldi, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Marielle De Sarnez, Kristiina Ojuland, Giommaria Uggias,…

Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of European Parliament, talks about Iran’s use of Western surveillance technology to suppress political activists. She speaks from Amsterdam with Andrea Catherwood on Bloomberg Television’s…

Parliamentary questions 31 October 2011 E-009825/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Morten Løkkegaard (ALDE)  Subject: Illicit trade in cultural goods and…

Parliamentary questions 31 October 2011 E-009844/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Public Sector Information Directive: pricing, extension and standards    The Public…

Parliamentary questions 31 October 2011 E-009891/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: China’s Internet restriction policy The United States is reportedly(1) seeking…

Mr President, before a doctor begins to practise, he or she swears to help those in need of medical help, indiscriminately. That is a universally-applied principle. Bahraini doctors, many of…

Mr President, Rafah Nached gives a face to the people behind the numbers, reflecting the cost of the unspeakable violence and injustice in Syria. We are all eyewitnesses to what…

The European Parliament , –  having regard to its previous resolutions on China and Tibet, in particular its resolution of 25 November 2010(1) , –  having regard to Article 36 of the Constitution…

ALDE Press release, 27.10.2011 Today in Strasbourg, the European Parliament awarded the 2011 Sakharov prize for freedom of  thought  to the “Arab Spring” represented by the deceased Mohamed Bouazizi, from…

Link to adopted resolution The European Parliament, –  having regard to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and to Article 18 of the International Covenant on…

The European Parliament , –  having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, in particular that of 7 April 2011(1) on the situation in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen…

  The European Parliament, – having regard to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Egypt and Syria, in particular of 15 September 2011 on the situation in Syria, of 7 July 2011 on the situation in…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukraine, –   having regard to the 2010 Country Progress Report on Ukraine and to the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Review of…

Parliamentary questions 21 October 2011 E-009498/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Johannes Cornelis van Baalen (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Maikel Nabil …

Event date: Thursday 20 October 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP A5 G1 Speakers: Professor Nigel Shadbolt, Artificial Intelligence and Internet Science, University of Southampton Richard Swetenham, Head of Unit ‘Access to…

Madam President, America and the EU face similarly large challenges when it comes to resolving the economic crisis, and cooperation should be our intention in order to sustain this recovery….

Parliamentary questions 13 October 2011 E-009135/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Intimidation of individuals of Syrian descent in the EU On…

Mr President, while the euro crisis occupies political agendas and headlines, we are facing another crisis, which is that of the EU as a global player. High Representative, I believe…

Yesterday evening a peaceful demonstration of Copts turned into a massacre by the army, leaving 24 people dead and countless more injured. The ALDE Group strongly condemns this deplorable reaction…

Parliamentary questions 10 October 2011 E-008794/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Internet disconnection laws in Europe   Via the press(1), it has…

Iran’s foreign minister, nuclear chief and oil minister have had their EU travel restrictions completely or temporarily lifted By Saeed Kamali Dehghan, 07.10.2011 The European Union has been criticised for…

Parliamentary questions 7 October 2011 E-008994/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: The EU’s response to the Arab spring: Erasmus Mundus On…

“No EU Member State provides for the death penalty in its statutes and so we can assume the leadership as a global player to address this inhumane form of punishment.Whether…

Parliamentary questions 3 October 2011 O-000228/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jelko Kacin, Marietje Schaake, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Ivo Vajgl, Charles Goerens, on…

Madam President, as the High Representative and Commissioner Füle are aware, Turkey’s foreign policy is guided by a doctrine called ‘zero problems with neighbours’ but, unfortunately, today Turkey is experiencing…

Madam President, Madam High Representative, we spoke about the Middle East today as well as the turnarounds in North Africa. We touched on the urgent need for the EU to…

By Mike Masnick, 21.09.2011, Techdirt.com We recently wrote about a ridiculous copyright law being proposed in Italy, that could ban people from using the internet based on a single accusation…

Parliamentary questions 19 September 2011 E-008369/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Rules on publicly funded academic research When preparing policy documents,…

Link to original adopted resolution. The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus, in particular those of 12 May 2011, 10 March 2011, 20 January 2011 and…

Madam President, even in the face of the most horrific crimes in Syria, the EU finds it difficult to speak with a strong and united voice. In Syria, snipers are…

Link to original adopted resolution The European Parliament,   –         having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan,   –         having regard to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005,…

Link to original adopted resolution. The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, –   having regard to Articles 2, 3, 6(3) and 21(2)(a) and (b) of the Treaty…

Google says users worldwide will be able to remove themselves from some company databases. Since a May 2010 privacy gaffe, the company has been under increased pressure from European data…

Link to original adopted resolution The European Parliament, –   having regard to United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1970/2011 of 26 February 2011 and 1973/2011 of 17 March 2011, –   having regard…

The EU must move beyond “posturing and rhetorical statements” this was the clear message from ALDE MEPs  today during a debate in the European Parliament on the situation in Syria. …

Link to original adopted resolution. The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, in particular that of 7 July 2011 on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in…

Parliamentary questions 13 September 2011 O-000197/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Daniel Caspary, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Paweł Zalewski, Gabriele Albertini, Joachim Zeller, Ioannis Kasoulides, on…

Parliamentary questions 13 September 2011 E-008086/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE)  Subject: Misuse by third countries…

By Antonella Napolitano, 07.09.2011, Techpresident.com At Nordic Techpolitics MEP (and PdF friend) Marietje Schaake exposed one of the darkest side of the Internet: Western countries are exporting technology in Middle…

On The Communicators, 02.09.2011, C-SPAN.org On The Communicators, two members of the European Parliament discuss the differences between European and American internet policy, and Europe’s approach internet development, privacy and…

Parliamentary questions 1 September 2011 E-007865/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Barbara Lochbihler (Verts/ALE) , Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) , Johannes…

The interrogation of Abdul Ghani Al Khanjar followed a pattern. First, Bahraini jailers took the 39-year-old school administrator and human rights activist in a windowless room two stories below ground…

Bahraini security officials used systems from Nokia Siemens Networks to track dissidents, who were later tortured, a new report says. Human rights activists don’t want repressive regimes to get surveillance…

Bloomberg, 23.8.2011, www.bloomberg.com Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) — Marietje Schaake, a European Parliament member who represents the Netherlands, talks about efforts to prevent the export of information and communications technology to…

  23.08.2011, Bloomberg.com Marietje Schaake, a European Parliament member who represents the Netherlands, talks about efforts to prevent the export of information and communications technology to authoritarian governments that use…

The horrific killings last week in Norway have prompted widespread public debate across Europe and the United States about the responsibility for words.  What responsibility do political and public sphere…

Parliamentary questions 21 July 2011 E-007179/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Leonidas Donskis (ALDE) , Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE) , Barbara Lochbihler…

Parliamentary questions 15 July 2011 E-006622/2011   Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Doris Pack (PPE)  Subject: Absence of European Parliament representative at…

In many ways, the United States and the European Union are grappling with the same telecommunications challenges. Among them: finding money to invest in broadband expansion, maximizing the scarce spectrum…

Parliamentary questions 11 July 2011 E-006570/2011   Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Barbara Lochbihler (Verts/ALE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Guaranteeing coherence in the implementation of…

Madam President, Indonesia is a beautiful country with deep traditions of pluralism, cultural harmony, religious freedom and social justice, but regrettably we are seeing an increase in extremist attacks against…

Madam President, the systematic and widespread practice of rape as a war crime may amount to crimes against humanity, according to the UN. The organisation has extended its mission to…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its resolution of 16 December 2010 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union’s policy on the…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its earlier resolutions on the Democratic Republic of Congo, –   having regard to the Cotonou Partnership Agreement signed in June 2000, –   having regard to the…

Link to original adopted resolution. The European Parliament, –   having regard to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 63/168, which calls for the implementation of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/149 of…

Parliamentary questions 6 July 2011 E-006646/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Johannes Cornelis van Baalen (ALDE) , Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE)…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, in particular that of 7 April 2011 on the situation in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen(1), –   having…

The European Parliament, –    having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation, which entered into force in 1997 and has been extended…

Parliamentary questions 30 June 2011 E-006360/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Recent protests in Belarus and possible…

The current EU sanctions seem to have little or no effect in deterring Al-Assad from continuing his violent crack-down on innocent Syrians. Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE Leader, says the time has…

Parliamentary questions 16 June 2011 E-005858/2011   Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Renate Weber (ALDE) and Ivo Vajgl (ALDE)  Subject: European financial…

Event date: 14 June 2011  Location: BRUSSELS EP A5G1 Speakers:   Ot van Daalen, Bits of Freedom Brenno de Winter, Freelance Journalist    

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the international, European and national instruments on human rights and fundamental freedoms and on the prohibition of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances and torture, such…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to Articles 8 and 9 of the Cotonou Agreement, concerning political dialogue and respect for human rights respectively, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukraine, in particular its resolution of 25 November 2010(1), –  having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the…

Parliamentary questions 8 June 2011 E-005466/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Kristiina Ojuland (ALDE) , Johannes Cornelis van Baalen (ALDE) and…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the existing Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan, –   having regard to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005, –   having regard to United Nations Security Council…

Event date: 1 June 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP JAN4 Q1 Speakers: William E. Kennard, US ambassador to the EU Pierre Vimont, Secretary General of the EEAS Daniel Domscheit-Berg, former WikiLeaks…

Parliamentary questions 1 June 2011 E-005344/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Internet Freedom as a criterion for EU accession On Sunday…

Parliamentary questions 31 May 2011 O-000141/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Norica Nicolai, Ivo Vajgl, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Olle Schmidt, on…

Parliamentary questions 26 May 2011 E-005159/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE)  Subject: Regulating net neutrality and…

Parliamentary questions 24 May 2011 E-005082/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) , Renate Weber (ALDE) and…

A member of the European Parliament submitted questions Tuesday to the European Commission regarding Internet restrictions in Turkey. By İpek Yezdani, 24.5.2011, www.hurriyetdailynews.com Marietje Schaake, a member of the European…

Parliamentary questions 23 May 2011 E-005015/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Gianni Vattimo (ALDE) and Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE)  Subject:…

Event date: 23 May 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP A5G1 Speakers: Caroline De Cock, n-squared Peter van Roste, CENTR   Summary of event video

Parliamentary questions 19 May 2011 E-004926/2011   Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (S&D) , Leonardo Domenici (S&D) , David-Maria Sassoli (S&D) , Francesco…

Parliamentary questions 17 May 2011 E-004816/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Purpose of the EU‑US Working Group on Cyber-Security and Cyber-Crime…

The European Union should make its diverse cultural content more accessible to people around the world via increased investment in cultural and, in particular, digital diplomacy, Dutch liberal MEP Marietje…

Mr President, while we welcome the release from prison of c and Emin Milli, the good news about Azerbaijan ends about there. The European Parliament is very concerned about the…

The objective of culture is not only to create art or literature. “Cultural Diplomacy” is increasingly being used as a vehicle to promote liberal democratic values and to foster “democracy…

Mr President, before highlighting a few elements of this elaborate report on the role of culture in the EU’s external actions, I want to sincerely thank my colleagues from the…

For the first time the European Parliament will express its views on the strategic function of culture in the EU’s communal foreign policy. ALDE Press release, 12.05.2011 MEP Marjetje Schaake underlines: “Culture is…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus, in particular those of 10 March 2011,  20 January 2011 and 17 December 2009, –   having regard to the statement…

The European Parliament approved plans Wednesday to clear the 800MHz frequency band for mobile broadband Internet. The goal is to cover Europe with mobile broadband and make it as fast…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the report of 31 March 2011 of the UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka, –   having regard to the UN Secretary-General’s…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Azerbaijan, in particular that of 17 December 2009(1), –   having regard to its resolutions of 20 May 2010(2) on the…

Parliamentary questions 10 May 2011 E-004553/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Call for strong and united EU position at the Special…

Parliamentary questions 5 May 2011 O-000114/2011   Question for oral answer to the Council Rule 115 Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Marielle De Sarnez, Jelko Kacin, Marietje Schaake, Edward McMillan-Scott, Baroness Sarah Ludford,…

Parliamentary questions 4 May 2011 E-004407/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Call for targeted EU sanctions to end violence in Syria…

Ways to improve protection for journalists reporting on armed conflicts were debated by the Human Rights Sub-Committee on Monday, with a view to “press freedom” day on 3 May. 3.5.2011,…

Event date: Tuesday 03 May 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP JAN 4Q1   Speakers: Joe Karaganis, Social Science Research Council (USA, Greek) Pedro Mizukami, Center for Technology and Society, School of…

Question for written answer E-004407/2011 to the Commission, 26.04.11 Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Given that the disproportionate violence used by the Syrian Government against peaceful protestors has to end,…

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE), 26.04.11 On 23 February 2011 I tabled a written question to the Commission on the subject ‘Scope of…

Question for written answer E-004363/2011 to the Commission, 22.04.11 Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Written Question E-002212/2011 – Inquiry into role of European companies in violation of human rights…

Question for written answer E-004312/2011 to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Written question P-002993/2011 creation of escrow account to hold ongoing payments to Libya’s oil industry not…

By Honor Mahony, 20.4.2011, www.euobserver.com As the European Commission enters the final straits in its preparation of proposals on the collecting of royalties for artists and protecting intellectual property rights,…

Event date: 20 March 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP A3E2   Speakers: Smari McCarthy, Research director of the International Modern Media Institutie (IMMI) Ad Bos and Floor Drost, Dutch whistleblower organisation…

Parliamentary questions 15 April 2011 E-003774/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Imposed self-regulation on intermediaries in the information society The encouragement…

In an opinion with significant implications for ongoing EU discussions on how to deal with online copyright infringement and internet piracy, an EU advocate general on Thursday said a Belgian…

BRUSSELS—The appointment of a former record industry representative as EU copyright chief has raised questions in Brussels about plans to overhaul the bloc’s copyright rules, which musicians, companies, and EU…

Summer came early to Brussels last week – the sun shone, Place Lux was full of chino-wearing lobbyists, and two EU parliamentarians kicked off a row about copyright that will…

BRUSSELS—The appointment of a former record industry representative as EU copyright chief has raised questions in Brussels about plans to overhaul the bloc’s copyright rules, which musicians, companies, and EU…

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE), 14.04.11 The encouragement of self-regulation or engaging in public-private partnerships with regards to the blocking or deletion of…

TEHRAN – The European Union on Thursday imposed travel bans and other sanctions against 32 Iranian police commanders, judges and prison wardens who, the bloc says, have committed human rights…

Mounting a fierce defense of Turkey’s moves to arrest journalists and confiscate an unpublished manuscript, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a European body that the written words seized by…

Parliamentary questions 12 April 2011 E-003637/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE)  Subject: The EU’s inappropriate reaction to the…

Parliamentary questions 12 April 2011 E-003642/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Christian Engström (Verts/ALE)  Subject: Conflicting interests in copyright-related issues  According…

Saturday’s National Assembly election has drawn rare praise from major international observer delegations including the Commonwealth and the American-led National Democratic Institute. Ahead of the presidential and governorship election, both…

In contrast to past elections in Nigeria, the April 9 National Assembly polls provided a real opportunity for citizens to exercise their right to vote, according to the findings of…

After the cash for amendments storm in the European Parliament, the European Commission has turned up the heat in the contest to be the EU’s most disreputable body. New Europe,…

The European Union’s new point person on copyright policy won’t take up her post until mid-April, but she’s already stirring up controversy. That’s because Maria Martin-Prat spent years directing “global…

A polarized debate on fundamental freedoms is waging in Turkey. This debate further intensified after the recent arrests of journalists following a court order that criminalizes the possession of a…

A polarized debate on fundamental freedoms is waging in Turkey. This debate further intensified after the recent arrests of journalists following a court order that criminalizes the possession of a…

That the European Commission reportedly bears some suspicion of the strength of press freedom in Turkey is understandable, laudable even. Our own views on this topic are well established. That…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions in the current parliamentary term on human rights violations in China, –   having regard to Rule 122(5) of its Rules of Procedure,…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its resolution of 17 June 2010 on Nepal and its resolution of 26 October 2006 on Tibet, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Côte d’Ivoire, in particular that of 16 December 2010, –   having regard to the Bamako Declaration of 3 November 2000 on…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its numerous previous resolutions on Zimbabwe, most recently that of 21 October 2010 on forced evictions in Zimbabwe, –   having regard to Council Decision 2011/101/CFSP of 15…

pursuant to Rule 110(4) of the Rules of Procedure replacing the motions by the following groups: PPE (B7‑0249/2011) Verts/ALE (B7‑0251/2011) ECR (B7‑0252/2011) S&D (B7‑0253/2011) ALDE (B7‑0254/2011) on the situation in…

TRENTON — Former Gov. Jon Corzine is in Nigeria this week with a delegation that will oversee the country’s parliamentary elections. NJ.com, Ginger Gibson, Statehouse bureau, 05.04.11 Corzine, who returned…

NDI’s international election mission will observe the country’s National Assembly elections now scheduled for April 9. National Democratic Institute, 05.04.11 The assembly elections, always an important poll for Nigerians, have…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria and Yemen, –   having regard to its report on European Union relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council of 24 March…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2008 on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and rape as a war crime, –   having regard to…

Event date:  4 May 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP   Speakers: Susan Morgan, Global Network Initiative   Event introduction: Further video’s: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Parliamentary questions 31 March 2011 E-003101/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Lena Ek (ALDE) , Jan Philipp Albrecht (Verts/ALE) , Zuzana…

Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Marietje Schaake, Marielle De Sarnez, Antonyia Parvanova, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, 31.03.11 Women have actively participated…

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Lena Ek (ALDE) , Jan Philipp Albrecht (Verts/ALE) , Zuzana Roithová (PPE) , Petra Kammerevert (S&D) ,…

Parliamentary questions 31 March 2011 O-000082/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Cecilia Wikström, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Jens Rohde, Sonia Alfano, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marietje…

Parliamentary questions 31 March 2011 O-000083/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Marietje Schaake, Marielle De Sarnez, Antonyia Parvanova, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of…

Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Cecilia Wikström, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Jens Rohde, Sonia Alfano, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marietje Schaake, Giommaria Uggias, Marielle De Sarnez, Ramon…

 Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have welcomed progress made at the London Conference on Libya yesterday attended by over 40 countries, which decided inter alia on the setting-up…

Parliamentary questions 28 March 2011 E-002994/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Johannes Cornelis van Baalen (ALDE) , Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE)…

Two members of the European Parliament have requested the Turkish ‘government’s point of view’ on police raids Thursday in search of an unpublished manuscript, expressing skepticism about the action. By…

The European Parliament’s culture committee last week asked the European Commission to strengthen the role of culture in the EU’s external policy, asking EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to…

The European Parliament’s culture committee last week asked the European Commission to strengthen the role of culture in the EU’s external policy, asking EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to…

(2010/2161(INI)), Report rapporteur: Marietje Schaake, Committee on Culture and Education, adopted on 17.03.11, unanimity MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on the cultural dimensions of the EU’s external actions (2010/2161(INI))…

Parliamentary questions 16 March 2011 E-002519/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Ana Gomes (S&D)  Subject: United Nations’ financial contribution to ICC…

The fall-out from the Japanese tsunami has inevitably dominated media reports and blurred international attention to the rout of the Libyan opposition, left to fend off Gaddafi and his mercenaries…

Parliamentary questions 15 March 2011 E-002450/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ’t Veld (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: ‘Disclosure Scotland’ procedure For…

Mr President, under the banner of reform and development, the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar is being demolished. It is not only a blow to global cultural heritage, but…

Mr President, a large number of opposition figures, including former presidential candidates but also journalists and human rights defenders, were arrested after the events of 19 December 2010 in Minsk and…

Mr President, despite the request made by the Pakistani Minister for Religious Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, for more protection after numerous threats, an assassin managed to murder him on 2 March. Our…

Parliamentary questions 10 March 2011 O-000056/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Sophia in ‘t Veld, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Marietje Schaake, Gianni…

Parliamentary questions 9 March 2011 E-002212/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Inquiry into role of European companies in violation of human…

Mr President, the UN Human Rights Council has the potential to address the ever more urgent and elaborate human rights violations across the world in different countries – Iran, Belarus,…

Mr President, is Ahmadinejad better than Gaddafi? While the international community is rightly focused on Libya and seeks ways to end the violence Gaddafi and his collaborators inflict on citizens,…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, in particular that of 20 January 2011 as well as those of 20 May 2010 and…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Belarus, in particular those of 20 January 2011, 17 December 2009 and 22 May 2008, –   having regard to the statement made…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to previous resolutions on China, notably those concerning human rights and minority rights, and in particular those of 26 November 2009 and 24 November 2010,…

The European Parliament’s report on Turkey will be voted on this week. It will highlight broader concerns with Turkey’s lack of media freedom. By Marietje Schaake, 8.3.2011, www.hurriyetdailynews.com As some…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution of 1 March 2011 unanimously suspending Libya’s membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), –   having…

Parliamentary questions 3 March 2011 E-001808/2011   Question for written answer to the Council Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Scope of EU‑imposed asset freezes  With reference to the article…

Parliamentary questions 3 March 2011 E-002029/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: VP/HR — Immediate suspension of Libya’s membership of the UN…

Parliamentary questions 1 March 2011 E-001675/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Bringing Iran before the International Court of Justice  This question…

Parliamentary questions 28 February 2011 O-000043/2011/rev.1   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Lena Ek, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Fiona Hall, Marielle De Sarnez, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marietje Schaake,…

Parliamentary questions 23 February 2011 E-001618/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) , Renate Weber (ALDE) , Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE)…

Mr President, today we have an urgent resolution on LGBT rights in Uganda for the third time in this parliamentary term. The previous two were warnings and attempts to prevent what…

Mr President, I look with great admiration at the courage of citizens who defy the repression and violence of their governments. We have seen this happening in popular uprisings in…

Mr President, since the beginning of this month there have been fights between the armed forces along the Thai-Cambodian border, near the temple of Preah Vihear, which is listed by UNESCO…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its resolution of 10 February 2010 on the situation in Yemen(1), –   having regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the international human rights obligations and instruments, including those contained in the UN conventions on human rights and in the European Convention for the…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous reports and resolutions on Russia and on EU-Russia relations, in particular its resolutions of 17 September 2009 on the murder of human…

The European Parliament, –    having regard to its resolutions of 13 January 2005, 10 March 2005, 19 January 2006, 15 March 2007 and 21 October 2010 on Cambodia and its resolutions of 20 May 2010 on Thailand…

Mr President, I had a very interesting day today when it comes to Albania. I have spoken to the representatives of the two main political parties there. I asked both…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Egypt, –   having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, as ratified by Egypt in 1982,…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to Articles 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), Articles 49, 56, 114, 167 and 258 of the Treaty on…

Parliamentary questions 11 February 2011 E-001203/2011   Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE)  Subject: Digital illiteracy The Commission has set up a high-level expert…

A European parliamentary deputy has requested a personal meeting with Hanefi Avcı, who is currently imprisoned while facing trial. By Erisa Dautaj Şenerdam, 8.2.2011, www.hurriyetdailynews.com A European parliamentary deputy has…

Parliamentary questions 3 February 2011 O-000023/2011   Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Cecilia Wikström, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Nadja Hirsch, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Louis Michel,…

Madam President, right now, as we stand here, citizens in Egypt are being trapped and attacked in Tahrir Square and the army and the police are reportedly attacking instead of…

One reason why Europe has not spoken out against Egypt’s Internet switch-off might be the fact that many Western governments are seeking increased control over the net themselves. By Marietje…

Event date: 27 January 2011 Location: BRUSSELS EP PHS7 C050 Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General Emerging Security Challenges, NATO Event summary video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFhTpka38dQ

The violent clashes in Tirana, Albania, last Friday are unacceptable for a European country and for a State that aspires to become a member of the European Union. Three died…

Mr President, once again, we are forced to speak about human rights in Iran, after Nasrin Sotoudeh was sentenced to 11 years in jail. She is banned from practising law, but…

Mr President, there is a fundamental struggle going on in Pakistan and the extremism that we have seen has to end, especially the abusive blasphemy laws. These are leading to…

Mr President, religious conviction is an individual matter with a different meaning to different people. The role of the state is to protect all citizens, regardless of their conviction, and…

The European Parliament, –    having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, and in particular those of 10 February 2010(1) and 8 September 2010(2), –    having regard…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on human rights and democracy in Pakistan, in particular those of 20 May 2010 and 12 July, 25 October and 15…

Congratulating the Tunisian people on their persistence in speaking up for opportunities and freedom in the face of violent oppression, ALDE MEP Marietje Schaake (D66,Netherlands) called on the EU to step up…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions, and in particular that of 15 November 2007 on serious events which compromise Christian communities’ existence and those of other religious…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Belarus, in particular that of 17 December 2009 on Belarus, –   having regard to Council decision 2010/639/CFSP of 25 October 2010 concerning…

Mr President, I would like to congratulate the Tunisian people for their bravery, courage and persistence in speaking up for opportunities and freedom, and I hope all can refrain from…

Parliamentary questions 11 January 2011     O-000003/2011 Question for oral answer to the Council Rule 115 Sophia in ‘t Veld, Renate Weber, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Sonia Alfano, Jens Rohde, Gianni…

The European Parliament adopted today a report which calls for a new cultural initiative introducing the European Heritage Label (EHL).  ALDE Press release, 17.12.2010 The main objective of the report…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the UNHCR Statement of 7 December 2010 on Eritrean hostages in Sinai, in Egypt, –   having regard to the EU-Egypt Association Agreement(1) signed in Luxembourg…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Côte d’Ivoire, –   having regard to the provisions of the Electoral Code of Côte d’Ivoire, particularly Law 2001-303 and Ordinance 2008-133,…

Parliamentary questions 14 December 2010 E-010323/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) , Renate Weber (ALDE) , Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Alexander…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the international human rights obligations and instruments, including those contained in the UN conventions on human rights and in the European Convention for the…

Parliamentary questions 8 December 2009 O-0162/09 ORAL QUESTION WITH DEBATE pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure by Sophia in ‘t Veld, Leonidas Donskis, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Marietje Schaake,…

The objective of culture is no longer only to create art or literature. “Cultural Diplomacy” is increasingly being used as a vehicle to promote liberal democratic values and to foster…

Parliamentary questions 7 December 2010 E-010029/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Renate Weber (ALDE) , Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Sonia Alfano (ALDE) , Louis Michel (ALDE)…

Parliamentary questions 6 December 2010 E-010135/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Flexible exceptions and limitations to copyright in Europe Commissioner Kroes recently…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to Articles 207 and 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, –    having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Iraq, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the abolition of the death penalty, in particular its…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on China and Tibet, in particular its resolution of 10 April 2008 on Tibet, –   having regard to Rule 122(5) of its Rules…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the absolute ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, a ban which applies in all circumstances and, as a…

Parliamentary questions 15 November 2010 E-9540/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Edward McMillan-Scott (ALDE) and Barbara Lochbihler (Verts/ALE) Subject: Measuring the impact…

ALDE Press release, 11.11.2010 Commenting after today´s (Thursday 11 November) vote on the European Parliament’s position on the forthcoming EU-US Summit and Transatlantic Economic Council, UK Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford,…

Yesterday the European Commission published its report on progress made by those countries applying for EU membership. Vice-Chair of the EP Delegation to South-East Europe and rapporteur on EU-Serbian relations, Jelko…

By Yavuz Baydar, 8.11.2010, Today’s Zaman The question stemmed from the an assertion by Ms. Marietje Schaake, a European liberal politician, who while in İstanbul recently raised many wise points…

Parliamentary questions 4 November 2010 E-9115/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) , Alexander Alvaro (ALDE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Internet…

Parliamentary questions 28 October 2010 E-8847/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: ACTA — a law enforcement treaty? There is public concern worldwide…

Parliamentary questions 26 October 2010 E-8802/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Sophia in ‘t Veld (ALDE) , Alexander Alvaro (ALDE) and Nadja…

Parliamentary questions 26 October 2010 E-8813/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE) and Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: EU policy on regulation of surveillance technology…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its resolution of 17 September 2009 on the murder of human rights activists in Russia(1), –   having regard to the award on 16 December…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its numerous previous resolutions on Zimbabwe, most recently that of 8 July 2010(1), –   having regard to Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural…

Parliamentary questions 12 October 2010 E-8251/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Human rights abuses — Iran — US sanctions On 29 September,…

8.10.12, Reuters Four Members of the European Parliament Jurgen Creutzmann, Michael Theurer, Marietje Schaake and Thomas Mann decided to directly help the flood victims of the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the DRC, in particular those of 17 January 2008 on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and rape…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to Protocol No 6 to the Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms concerning the abolition of the death penalty, of 28…

Event date: 30 September 2010 Location: BRUSSELS EP A5 G1 Speakers Panel 1: Turkeys’ European Identity Dr. Burak Erdenir, Deputy Secretary General for EU Affairs Pelin Batu – Actress and…

Parliamentary questions 16 September 2010 E-7375/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: Iran — dual nationality Does the Commission know how many citizens…

The European Parliament, –         having regard to its previous resolutions on Sudan, –         having regard to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 9 January 2005, –         having regard to the Declaration of the…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, –   having regard to Articles 2, 3, 6(3) and 21(2)(a) and (b) of the Treaty on European Union, –   having regard…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1970/2011 of 26 February 2011 and 1973/2011 of 17 March 2011, –   having regard to the suspension on 22…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, in particular that of 7 July 2011 on the situation in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain in the context of the situation…

Parliamentary questions 9 September 2010 E-7329/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) Subject: WikiLeaks case, transparency, press freedom and access to information in the…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the Darfur crisis in Sudan, –   having regard to the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrants issued against Sudanese President Omar…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, and in particular those of 22 October 2009(1) and 10 February 2010(2), –   having regard…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, notably those concerning human rights, and in particular those of 22 October 2009(1) and 10 February 2010(2), –   having regard…

15.7.2010, EurActiv.com Independent bloggers writing about EU policy are nipping at the heels of their big media rivals, according to a survey on the EU’s English-language blogosphere. “Despite the conclusion…

The European Parliament, –    having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Venezuela, in particular those of 11 February 2010, 7 May 2009, 23 October 2008 and 24 May 2007, –    having regard to Rule 122(5)…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its numerous previous resolutions on Zimbabwe, most recently that of 17 December 2008(1), –   having regard to Council Common Position 2010/92/CFSP of 15 February 2010(2) renewing…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the Korean Peninsula, –   having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, in particular those of 12 May 2005 and 6 May 2010, –   having regard to its resolution…

Parliamentary questions 5 July 2010 O-0103/2010 Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Sophia in ‘t Veld, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Nathalie Griesbeck, Baroness Sarah Ludford, Marietje Schaake,…

The EU passed a resolution today banning the trade on equipment designed for torture, hailing the move as a step forward in the fight to protect human rights. But as…

Parliamentary questions 16 June 2010 O-0092/2010 Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Paolo De Castro, Véronique De Keyser, Jo Leinen, Adrian Severin, on behalf of the S&D…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, –   having regard to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) of 1966, –   having regard…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the abolition of the death penalty and its previous resolutions on annual reports on human rights in the world, notably…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, a prohibition which applies in all circumstances and, as a…

The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on matters relating to the Korean Peninsula, –   having regard to Council Decision 2009/1002/CFSP of 22 December 2009, –   having regard to the statement of…

Turkey remains on the path to the European Union, yet there are still many vast cultural and political differences remaining between the country and the bloc. By Özgür Ögret, 6.11.2010,…

Parliamentary questions 11 June 2010 E-4096/2010 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 117 Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and David Martin (S&D) Subject: EU Heads of Mission attending Omar al-Bashir’s…

Parliamentary questions 9 June 2010 O-0086/2010 Question for oral answer to the Commission Rule 115 Sonia Alfano, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Luigi de Magistris, Marietje Schaake, Cecilia Wikström, Leonidas Donskis,…

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki appeared before the European Parliament’s foreign affairs committee today to discuss the country’s nuclear programme and other issues concerning current EU-Iran relations. ALDE Press release,…

By Brian Beary, 28.5.2010, Europolitics.info A delegation of MEPs visiting Washington has voiced objections to the interminable limbo faced by some terror suspects at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay,…

Securing freedoms and rights for gays and lesbians in Turkey will help the country show how compatible it is with European values, a Dutch member of the European Parliament says….

Parliamentary questions 12 May 2010 E-3400/10 WRITTEN QUESTION by Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE) to the Council Subject: Iran elected to UN Commission on women’s rights On…

Parliamentary questions 10 May 2010 E-3294/10 WRITTEN QUESTION by Marietje Schaake (ALDE) to the Commission Subject: Youth unemployment in the EU More than 20 % of young people are unemployed…

The future of the European digital library, Europeana, is guaranteed. A large majority of the European Parliament voted in favour of the progress report on Europeana. ALDE Press release, 06.05.2010…

Parliamentary questions 6 May 2010 O-0058/10 ORAL QUESTION WITH DEBATE pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure by Baroness Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sophia in ‘t Veld, Leonidas…

Parliamentary questions 3 May 2010 E-3081/10 WRITTEN QUESTION by Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE) to the Council Subject: Iran’s bid to join the UN Human Rights Council…

Parliamentary questions 13 April 2010 O-0043/10 ORAL QUESTION WITH DEBATE pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure by Sophia in ‘t Veld, Leonidas Donskis, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Marietje Schaake,…

By Ayse Karabat, 7.4.2010, Today’s Zaman Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of the European Parliament, has said that compared to the US, the EU accepts few refugees and that the…

Parliamentary questions 7 April 2010 E-2111/10 WRITTEN QUESTION by Marietje Schaake (ALDE) , Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE) and Sophia in ’t Veld (ALDE) to the Council Subject: Reproductive rights in…

Parliamentary questions 6 April 2010 E-2025/10 WRITTEN QUESTION by Marietje Schaake (ALDE) and Lena Ek (ALDE) to the Commission Subject: E-skills in the EU E-skills offer opportunities for economic recovery,…

The European Parliament, but especially the ALDE Group, has been very vigilant on the development of stability, democracy and prosperity in the Western Balkans and also strongly defended the need…

Parliamentary questions 10 February 2010 O-0014/10 ORAL QUESTION WITH DEBATE pursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedure by Sonia Alfano, Alexander Alvaro, Ivo Vajgl, Marietje Schaake, Sophia in…

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe are pleased with improvements to organizational aspects of 2011 European Year of Volunteering which will result in greater support for active citizenship….

Parliamentary questions 20 November 2009 E-5715/09 WRITTEN QUESTION by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (ALDE) , Judith A. Merkies (S&D) , Lambert van Nistelrooij (PPE) , Wim van de Camp (PPE) , Peter…

ALDE MEPs Diana Wallis (UK, Liberal Democrat) and Marietje Schaake (D66, Netherlands) have returned from witnessing the conduct of Kosovo’s municipal elections held on 15th November and hailed their conduct…

Ivo Vaigl (Zares,Slovenia) and ALDE group spokesperson on Croatia noted that “notwithstanding all the difficulties, Croatia has made solid progress in many areas. The Croatian government will have to remain…