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June 14, 2015

TTIP - Frequently Asked Questions

Last Update - 14-06-2015 What is TTIP and why would we need it? Since July 2013, the European Union and the United States of America are negotiating about a trade agreement called the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Inve...

March 3, 2017

Future of news, propaganda, fake news and business models

On March 1st, Marietje Schaake hosted an event on the future of news, online propaganda, fake news and new business models. Watch the video here in full, or the individual contributions of the panellists below:...

September 28, 2018

Raw Politics: fighting fake news

Marietje Schaake spoke about fake news on Euronews. Please find the full interview below, starting at 21:43. 

August 12, 2015

Blog: The real reward in TTIP

Yesterday, Wikileaks announced it is starting a campaign to crowd fund a 100,000 dollars reward for the person who leaks the text of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP.  The negotiations of this ag...

November 15, 2013

Does pursuing investment protection in TTIP signal more transatlantic mistrust?

Today American and European negotiating teams in Brussels will wrap up a second formal round of negotiations on an envisaged Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Certainly, the wave of NSA revelations h...

October 17, 2014

Event: TTIP Reloaded – Additional Insights & Perspectives

Op 29 oktober zal Marietje Schaake deel uitmaken van een panel over 'TTIP - Where do we stand?'. Onderwerpen die zullen worden bediscussieerd zijn de lessen die zijn geleerd na twee jaar onderhandelen en de stand van zak...

March 20, 2015

MEP: Member States must actively facilitate informed TTIP debate

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), wants the European Member States to take more responsibility in the debate about the EU-US trade agreement under negotiation (TTIP). European leaders today...

February 11, 2019

Debate: Antisocial media? Europe's fake news fightback​

As Facebook turns 15 this month, the social network is talking up its plans to make political advertising more transparent. But it's also been called out by the EU Security Commissioner Julian King for what he called "pa...

February 22, 2016

MEP: American commitments crucial in TTIP negotiations

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), wants the American side in the negotiations on a trade agreement between the European Union and the United States to show real ambition. Today, the twelfth...

July 9, 2015

Resolution on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

The following text was adopted by the European Parliament on July 8 (or find it here).Please also refer to the response on the adoption by Marietje Schaake. P8_TA-PROV(2015)0252 Negotiations for the Transatlanti...

April 3, 2013

Event: TTIP Seminar

The Dutch Permanent Representation to the European Union organizes a seminar in Brussels about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). During the event Marietje Schaake will address the political d...

October 17, 2014

Event: TTIP Reloaded – Additional Insights & Perspectives

On 29 October, Marietje Schaake will be part of a panel on 'TTIP - Where do we stand?' The panel will discuss the lessons learned from the previous years of negotiations on a transatlantic deal and will discuss future ne...

April 11, 2014

Appraisal of Commission TTIP impact assessment

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February 29, 2016

MEP: New agreement cooperation Canada good news

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake is glad that the final details have been worked out of the trade agreement between Canada and the EU, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The text has...

May 20, 2015

Can TTIP Protect European Creativity? (ELF Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable)

Can TTIP Protect European Creativity? ELF Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable 4 Juni 2015 | 19:00-21:30 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam Negotiatiors aim to make the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...

January 7, 2015

Marietje Schaake responds to publishing TTIP documents

Today, the European Commission has made public EU negotiating texts and proposals for the TTIP negotiations, in line with the Transparency initiative announced by Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. Member of the Europ...

September 13, 2016

No new copyright for news sites

NO NEW COPYRIGHT FOR NEWS SITES, SAY YOUNG MEPS AHEAD OF EU STATE OF THE UNION MEPs Marietje Schaake (ALDE, Netherlands), Julia Reda (Greens/EFA, Germany), Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy) and Dan Dalto...

July 22, 2015

TTIP - What's the buzz in Europe? (European Liberal Forum)

TTIP - What's the buzz in Europe? European Liberal Forum, Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable July 23, 09:00 - 11:00 AT & T Innovation Centre 1133 21st Street, NW Suite 210, Washington D.C. 20036 Register by 20...

May 18, 2015

Beyond Buzzwords: How will TTIP affect our everyday lives?

Beyond Buzzwords: How will TTIP affect our everyday lives? The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Transatlantic Dialogue Luncheon Thursday, 28 May - 12.30-14.30h Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels...

October 16, 2014

TTIP and cosmetics: a fact-check

Earlier this week, there was commotion on Twitter over a spreadsheet that was said to show that the most important aim of the American negotiators on the trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is to remov...

April 22, 2016

Blog: Europe, do not fall into Obama's TTIP trap

This weekend, President Obama will visit Europe. Together with Chancellor Merkel, he will be at the official opening of the Hannover Messe, the biggest industrial fair in Germany. He will also meet together with Merkel,...

June 12, 2015

Media (BBC) - EU postpones vote on TTIP

On June 12, Marietje Schaake appeared on BBC after the European Parliament postponed the vote on TTIP.Deep divisions emerged in the European Parliament over the EU's planned trade deal with the US known as the Transatlan...

July 22, 2015

TTIP - What's the buzz in Europe? (European Liberal Forum)

TTIP - What's the buzz in Europe? European Liberal Forum, Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable July 23, 09:00 - 11:00 AT & T Innovation Centre 1133 21st Street, NW Suite 210, Washington D.C. 20036 Register by 20...

December 10, 2014

Panel discussion: TTIP - Addressing the criticism and looking ahead

On the 11th of December, Marietje Schaake will be part of a panel discussing the negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the US. The event aims to discuss the progress...

May 20, 2015

Media (The Parliament Magazine) - TTIP: EU must be strategic in determining priorities

This article by Marietje Schaake was published in The Parliament Magazine.Parliament has secured a number of victories in the TTIP negotiations, but many key issues are still to be discussed, writes Marietje Schaake....

November 30, 2015

Expert Seminar on “The Strategic Impact of TTIP” (Clingendael)

Expert Seminar on “The Strategic Impact of TTIP” The Clingendael Institute, The Hague 8 December Invitation only The Clingendael Institute, in collaboration with the Centre for European Reform (Lond...

September 18, 2013

EU Negotiators Should Wake Up and Engage the Public in TTIP - Atlantic Community

Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake argues in this article for atlantic-community.org, "Just as the Eurozone is climbing its way out of the recession and growth seems to pick up slowly, the Commission should use TTIP to provide t...

November 13, 2011

Media: Long-term detention unacceptable, tells EP - Hürriyet Daily News

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...

March 21, 2013

Media: Involve Turkey in US free trade: EU official - Hurriyet Daily News

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 EU on the Turkish economy and busines...

May 20, 2015

Can TTIP Protect European Creativity? (ELF Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable)

Can TTIP Protect European Creativity? ELF Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable June 4, 2015 | 19:00-21:30 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heinkade 179, Amsterdam Negotiatiors aim to make the Transatlantic Trade and Investmen...

January 17, 2018

Plenary speech on countering fake news and Russian propaganda

Please see below the video of Marietje Schaake's speech in the European Parliament on 17 January: Further information:  New York Times article: "Fake news, Trumps obsession, is now a cudgel for Strongmen", 13 De...

January 7, 2015

'Who will save the Cornish Pasties from TTIP?!'

The debate on trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership now focuses on geographical indications (GIs) after German CSU Minister for Agriculture Christian Schmidt gave an interview to the magazine Der Spiegel. Fo...

July 8, 2015

MEP: Support for report European Parliament important for TTIP negotiations

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) considers the support from the European Parliament for the report on TTIP an important step in the negotiating process between the European Union and the Unit...

December 19, 2014

Media (Global Economic Dynamics): TTIP - What's the deal?

May 18, 2015

Beyond Buzzwords: How will TTIP affect our everyday lives?

Beyond Buzzwords: How will TTIP affect our everyday lives? The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Transatlantic Dialogue Luncheon Thursday, 28 May - 12.30-14.30h Renaissance Hotel, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels...

February 3, 2017

The Future of News in a Hyperconnected World

Watch the video of the event On March 1st, Marietje Schaake will be hosting an event on the future of news, from 12:30 to 15:00 in the European Parliament in Brussels. Inde...

November 19, 2014

MEP Marietje Schaake responds to transparency initiative TTIP negotiations

Today, the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström launched an initiative to increase transparency of the negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The proposal will give Members of...

December 13, 2017

‘Fake News,’ Trump’s Obsession, Is Now a Cudgel for Strongmen

BRUSSELS — President Trump routinely invokes the phrase “fake news” as a rhetorical tool to undermine opponents, rally his political base and try to discredit a mainstream American media that is aggressively in...

November 24, 2012

Media: Morsy’s decree raises international concern - Daily News Egypt

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, 26.11.2012 The move came after Pr...

July 22, 2015

Transatlantic Week: roundtable sessions on TTIP and Internet Governance

Roundtable Sessions in the Transatlantic Week July 21-23 Captiol Hill, Washington D.C. Organised by Transatlantic Policy Network Transatlantic Week Transatlantic Week includes discussion fora focusing...

July 22, 2015

Transatlantic Week: roundtable sessions on TTIP and Internet Governance

Roundtable Sessions in the Transatlantic Week July 21-23 Captiol Hill, Washington D.C. Organised by Transatlantic Policy Network Transatlantic Week Transatlantic Week includes discussion fora focusing...

January 7, 2013

Media: Germany committed to dialogue with Egypt - Daily News Egypt

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 democ...

May 26, 2015

ALDE seminar: For a smart Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

ALDE Seminar 'The global impact of TTIP: geopolitics and trade politics' June 3, 2015, 13:30-16:00 European Parliament, Room JAN 4Q1 Please register here Live stream: http://go.alde.eu/livestream T...

September 13, 2016

MEPs accuse Commission of trying to bury bad news.

MEPs accuse Commission of trying to bury bad news. The European Commission will unveil its proposals for new copyright and telco laws tomorrow afternoon, Ars has learned.The formal announcement wil...

February 3, 2014

Media: Abrar News about EU-Iran relations (Farsi)

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January 27, 2014

Media: Abrar News on visit to Iran (Farsi)

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January 25, 2016

Video: CER/Istituto Affari Internazionali seminar on 'Between power and rules: The geopolitics of TTIP'

On January 18, Marietje Schaake addressed in a video message the CER/Istituto Affari Internazionali seminar on 'Between power and rules: The geopolitics of TTIP' in Rome. Please find the video below, or on the event's...

October 9, 2014

Marietje Schaake responds to making public of TTIP negotiating mandate

Today, the member states of the European Union will make public the negotiating mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. This mandate sets the parameters for the negotiations, which are conducted b...

April 23, 2014

Speech on TTIP, the digital economy and involving the public

Marietje Schaake speaks at a high-level conference on the future of trans-Atlantic Trade in Paris, addressing the potential for the digital economy within TTIP, as well as concerns regarding data protection and secrecy r...

July 7, 2015

Plenary speech on negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Today, Marietje Schaake spoke in the plenary debate about the ongoing negotiations on a trade and investment partnership between Europe and the United States (TTIP). On Wednesday, the European Parliament will vote on...

May 26, 2015

ALDE seminar: For a smart Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

ALDE Seminar 'The global impact of TTIP: geopolitics and trade politics' June 3, 2015, 13:30-16:00 European Parliament, Room JAN 4Q1 Please register here Live stream: http://go.alde.eu/livestream T...

June 5, 2015

Video: ALDE seminar: For a smart Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

The EU and the US together make up almost 50 per cent of global GDP and account for a third of global trade. But the impact of closer cooperation can go beyond just economic gains. A smart Trans-Atlantic Trade and...

November 12, 2013

Commission mandate on Investments in TTIP

April 22, 2013

Media: TTIP: Setting global standards while bringing local benefits - New Europe

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, and the alliance’ position in the world. Soon the...

February 23, 2017

Chelsea Clinton misses when fake news was about aliens. So do we.

Remember the good old days when fake news was about space aliens instead of important political issues? No? Well, luckily Chelsea Clinton does, and she's decided to enlighten us by sharing a scand...

September 1, 2016

Fortune: EU Lawmakers Are About to Try Making Google Pay for Google News

The European Commission is about to propose a law that would let news publishers across the EU try to charge companies like Google for reproducing parts of their articles.The idea has already been tried in...

November 19, 2014

Debate: TTIP What’s in it for us and for the US?

On the 22nd of November, Marietje Schaake will participate in a debate on the benefits of TTIP both for the EU and the US. The debate is organised by LYMEC, the European Liberal Youth and will take place as a fringe meet...

August 7, 2017

As Kenya’s Vote Nears, Fear That ‘Fake News’ May Fuel Real Bloodshed

Link to article by Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura here and in full below. A version of this article appears in print on August 7 on Page A4 of the New York edition with the headline: Take Powder-Keg Kenya Election. Add ‘Fake N...

April 12, 2016

Conference: Copyright, related rights and the news in the EU: Assessing potential new laws

On the 23 of April, Marietje Schaake will take part in a one day CIPIL conference hosted at IViR. The conference is part of a two-year, AHRC funded project at CIPIL, Cambridge University, and JOMEC Cardiff University ent...

March 14, 2013

Media: European Lawmakers Urge Suspension of Agreement with Israel - Palestine News Network

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 Ag...

March 13, 2013

Media: European Lawmakers Urge Suspension of Agreement with Israel - Palestinian News and Info Agency

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 the...

April 7, 2017

Plenary speech on the role of platforms, hate speech and fake news

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June 7, 2013

Media: EU to discuss having Hezbollah on terror list - Jewish News One

April 12, 2016

Conferentie: Copyright, related rights and the news in the EU Assessing potential new laws

Op 23 april zal Marietje Schaake deelnemen aan de conferentie bij IViR, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Onderwerp De conferentie zal gaan over het idee dat er een amendement zou moeten worden ontworpen van Europees c...

May 24, 2016

MEP: Political deal on export control anti-torture goods is good news

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake is happy that today a deal was reached between the European Parliament, the Commission and the Member States to update and strengthen export control legislation for good...

March 21, 2014

Marietje Schaake discusses EU-US relations on Euronews

Ahead of the visit of President Obama to Brussels on March 26th, Marietje Schaake discussed EU-US relations on Euronews' The Network. Can Europe’s leaders and Obama see eye to eye or will differing national interests pre...

June 15, 2013

Statement on adoption of EU negotiating mandate for transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP)

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 a...

October 12, 2015

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): which access to legal services market?

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): which access to legal services market? Tuesday, October 13, 17:30 - 19:30 The Hotel, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, Brussels The conference will be in English...

October 5, 2013

Statement on the postponement of EU-US trade negotiations

Dutch Member of European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) responds to the postponement of the 2nd round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Traded and Investment Partnership (TTIP) due to the US Federal Government...

October 12, 2015

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): which access to legal services market?

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP): which access to legal services market? Tuesday, October 13, 17:30 - 19:30 The Hotel, Boulevard de Waterloo 38, Brussels The conference will be in English...

January 13, 2015

MEP: Commission must show more ambition after results ISDS consultation

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), says the results of the public consultation of ISDS in TTIP call for a roadmap from the European Commission. Today the results of more than 150,000 reaction...

April 25, 2013

Resolution: European Parliament resolution on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America

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 agr...

September 16, 2014

MEP Marietje Schaake responds on trade agreement EU and Canada

Today, the European Parliament debates about the trade agreement between the EU and Canada, that is currently under negotiation. The two teams of negotiators have reached a comprehensive political agreement on the conten...

February 23, 2016

EU and US must work together to create global, modern investment protection

We frequently hear about the bad practices of companies that sue states for large sums of money. They make improper use of investment protection provisions in trade agreements: ISDS. The link with TTIP is often made. But...

May 22, 2013

Plenary speech on EU trade and investment agreement negotiations with the US

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 on the negotiating mandate can be found on...

October 14, 2015

MEP: New European trade strategy should be implemented quickly

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) welcomes the new trade strategy from the European Commission and hopes they will move quickly to implement it. Today Commissioner Malmström presented the new...

January 14, 2015

MEP replies to proposed repeal of Jones Act

Yesterday, American Senator John McCain proposed an amendment to repeal the controversial 'Jones Act'. This law from 1920 requires every ship that transports goods or persons between American ports to be made in the...

May 7, 2013

Oped - Euractiv.com - Time to talk business in EU-US trade talks

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 MEP Marietje Schaake....

May 6, 2013

Media: Time to talk business in EU-US trade talks - Euractiv

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 MEP Marietje Schaake.Marietje...

July 18, 2014

Plenary speech on trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Mr President, a year and a half ago – with the necessary heavy lifting and political leadership – we kicked off the negotiations on a comprehensive trade and investment partnership. But those days, when Vice-Pre...

October 10, 2014

Event: Opening up Europe to Global Markets

Op 15 oktober zal Marietje Schaake een panel voorzitten over handelsbeleid, georganiseerd door EPICENTER; the European Policy Information Centre. Het panel zal TTIP en de gevolgen van dit verdrag op toekomstige handelsve...

October 6, 2014

Event: Opening up Europe to global markets

On 15 October, Marietje Schaake will chair a discussion panel on trade policy organised by EPICENTER, the European Policy Information Center. The panel will discuss TTIP and its consequences for future trade agreements,...

October 28, 2014

Event: It's the economy stupid!

On November 4th, Marietje Schaake will be part of a panel discussion organised by Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren. Within the broader them of 'It's the economy stupid!', the panel will disucss the current state of affairs...

May 15, 2013

Event: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

View event summary: View the full event: ALDE spokesperson and shadow rapporteur for EU-US Trade Relations MEP Marietje Schaake cordially invites you to: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Tra...

October 1, 2014

Media (EU Observer): 'Hearings blunder offers glimpse into Juncker's working methods'

By Valentina Pop. 1 October 2041, 08:51. Read the full article on EU Observer. BRUSSELS - The European Parliament’s hearing of Swedish commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom was supposed to be a no-brainer: A former MEP herse...

October 2, 2015

The 11th Bodrum Roundtable

The 11th Bodrum Roundtable From 9-11 October, Marietje Schaake will attend the 11th Bodrum Roundtable, a conference organised by the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) in co-operation with the...

June 30, 2015

Video & Joint Statement - Transatlantic legislators dialogue meeting in Riga

On June 26-28, Marietje Schaake attended the 76th EU-US interparliamentary meeting in Riga, Latvia. Schaake is a Vice-President of the delegation for relations with the United States in the European Parliament. Amongs...

April 15, 2013

Event: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

ALDE spokesperson and shadow rapporteur for EU-US Trade Relations MEP Marietje Schaake cordially invites you to: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership? A pan...

May 15, 2013

Event: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership?

View event summary: View the full event: ALDE spokesperson and shadow rapporteur for EU-US Trade Relations MEP Marietje Schaake cordially invites you to: What role for intellectual Property Rights in the Tra...

May 16, 2013

Media: IPR Lists For Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal Still Growing; Risk Of Locking In Old IPR Regimes?

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 in the upcoming Trans...

March 20, 2013

Press release: "EU should be mindful of Turkey in trade talks with US"

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) on the T...

May 24, 2013

New York Times: European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual U.S. Trade Deal

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 that c...

July 1, 2013

Media: Berlin accuses Washington of cold war tactics over snooping - Guardian

Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 30.06.2013 Transatlantic relations plunged at the weekend as Berlin, Brussels and Paris all demanded that Washington account promptly and fully for new disclosures on the scale of the US Nat...

October 5, 2015

Reaction MEP Schaake to conclusion TPP

Today, the 12 states negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership reached an agreement. The United States is one of these countries and is currently also negotiating a trade agreement with the EU, the Trans-Atlantic Trade a...

November 19, 2014

ISDS - what's going on?

One of the most hotly debated topics around the negotiations of a trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism. However, many of you may ask, ...

October 28, 2015

MEP: Transparency negotiations on trade agreements must be a priority

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) wants furthering transparency around trade negotiations to be a priority for the EU. Today the European Parliament voted in favour of a proposal by Schaake to...

January 29, 2015

ALDE MEP Marietje Schaake respons to Commission transparency proposal for ISDS

The European Commission today proposed to apply UN rules on transparency in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases to the 1300 bilateral investment treaties that European Member States have with other countries....

September 30, 2014

Media (FT): Arbitration may be dropped from EU-US trade deal, says Malmström

By Peter Spiegel in Brussels and Shawn Donnan in London. September 29, 2014 8:33 pm Find the article at the Financial Times. The EU’s incoming trade chief on Monday raised the possibility that controversial investor pr...

March 26, 2013

Event: Delegation to Washington D.C.

From April 8th to 12th, Marietje Schaake will visit Washington D.C. with a delegation of Members of the European Parliament from the Committee on International Trade. The delegation will meet with government officials, m...

May 3, 2013

Event: Congressional European Parliament Initiative

On May 30 Marietje Schaake will meet with the participants of the Congressional European Parliament Initiative, organized by the Bertelsmann Foundation. She will speak about both cybersecurity and international trade....

May 28, 2015

MEP Schaake reacts to vote report ongoing negotiations on a trade and investment partnership between Europe and the United States

Today, the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament (INTA) adopted a report on the ongoing negotiations on a trade and investment partnership between Europe and the United States (TTIP). Member of the Eur...

November 25, 2016

BBC: Trade Wars: the End of Globalisation?

Donald Trump has promised to tear up the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal – or TPP – on his first day in office. The massive trade deal agreed in 2015 would have lowered tariffs and deepened economic ties be...

March 3, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Immediate suspension of Libya's membership of the UN Human Rights Council

Parliamentary questions3 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 Human R...

November 19, 2014

Event: Panel discussion 'Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The TTIP’s Achilles’ heel’

On the 9th of December, Marietje Schaake will outline her pespective on the ISDS clause in a panel discussing the inclusion of this arbitration mechanism in TTIP. Other speakers in the panel include James Zhan, Direct...

June 25, 2015

MEP: We need concrete proposals from the US in EU-US negotiations

Yesterday the United States Congress took the last step to give President Obama the mandate to conclude trade negotiations, by adopting the so-called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). The US are negotiating with a group o...

September 16, 2015

MEP: Commission must increase pressure on American negotiators

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) is glad that the European Commission have finally presented a new system for investment protection in the trade agreement between the European Union and the U...

December 15, 2016

Data flows letter to President Juncker

Today, MEPs Jan Albrecht, Bernd Lange, Viviane Reding and Marietje Schaake sent the following letter to President Juncker.Dear President, As Members of the European Parliament, not only we are empowered to set clear goal...

October 12, 2015

Reshaping the EU Trade Policy - new markets and challenges

Reshaping the EU Trade Policy - new markets and challenges Wednesday 21 October 2015 from 14:30 to 18:00 European Parliament (Brussels) room PHS 5B001 The event will be live streamed. International trade is...

May 3, 2013

Event: High-Level Roundtable on Data, Productivity and Trade

On May 16th, Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel entitled "Free Trade in Data: A Transatlantic Imperative" during a high level roundtable organized by the Lisbon Council. Other speakers include Zoran Stančič, deputy d...

April 9, 2014

Event: Opening up the digital economy: creating growth and jobs

On April 10th, Marietje Schaake will speak in a panel on "Opening up the digital economy: creating growth and jobs" during a conference on The Future of Transatlantic Trade in Paris. While growth in emerging market ec...

May 23, 2013

Media: Special Report: Big Trading Blocs Moving At Breakneck Pace To Raise Free Trade Standards - IP Watch

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 to position themselves in...

May 5, 2015

MEP: Malmström must convince US to accept far-reaching reforms of investment protection

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake wants the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, to convince the United States to accept far-reaching reforms of investment protection. Because of justified...

October 12, 2015

Reshaping the EU Trade Policy - new markets and challenges

Reshaping the EU Trade Policy - new markets and challenges Wednesday 21 October 2015 from 14:30 to 18:00 European Parliament (Brussels) room PHS 5B001 The event will be live streamed. International trade is...

September 29, 2014

MEP gets commitments on transparency from candidate trade commissioner

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) received commitments today from trade commissioner designate, Cecilia Malmström that she would focus on maximum transparency and increasing accessibility of...

July 1, 2013

Media: Key US-EU trade pact under threat after more NSA spying allegations - Guardian

Ian Traynor, The Guardian, 30.06.2013 The prospects for a new trade pact between the US and the European Union worth hundreds of billions have suffered a severe setback following allegations that Washington bugged key...

April 14, 2014

Financial responsibility in ISDS cases

Since the treaty of Lisbon, the European Commission has the authority to conclude investment treaties on behalf of the European Union and thus on behalf of the member states. In investment treaties, a so-called investor-...

April 24, 2015

Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable: A Transatlantic Trade for Inter-dependent Prosperity

Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable A Transatlantic Trade for Inter-dependent Prosperity 1 May 2015, 14:30 - 16:00 The Manhattan Hotel, Rotterdam The European Liberal Forum (ELF) and European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) have...

May 23, 2013

Give the European Commission a broad mandate for trade treaty with the US

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 (D66/ALDE), that would str...

April 24, 2015

Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable: A Transatlantic Trade for Inter-dependent Prosperity

Ralf Dahrendorf Roundtable A Transatlantic Trade for Inter-dependent Prosperity 1 May 2015, 14:30 - 16:00 The Manhattan Hotel, Rotterdam The European Liberal Forum (ELF) and European Liberal Youth (LYMEC) have...

May 23, 2016

Nine takeaways on trade and technology

On my initiative the European Parliament's International Trade Committee is organising a hearing tomorrow on the international digital trade in goods and services. Cross-border trade, (digital) rights and the use and reg...

June 29, 2015

Written Questions on the detention and forced psychiatric tests of a 16 year old blogger in Singapore

On June 29, Marietje Schaake submitted to Vice-President / High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, Parliamentary Written Questions on the detention and forced psychiatric tests of a 16 year old blogge...

February 21, 2013

Media: Trade Commissioner: EU To Seek GIs In US FTA, But ‘No New ACTA’ - Intellectual Property Watch

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 Commissioner Karel De Gucht said...

October 22, 2014

Media (Handelsblatt): 'Europe-U.S. Trade Pact Hopes Fade'

This article appeared in Handelsblatt on 22 October 2014. By Christopher Cermak.

January 22, 2014

Media: Brussels seeks to curb investor litigation under trade deals - Financial Times

The European Commission is pushing to include strict constraints on investors’ ability to take legal action against governments as part of a new trans-Atlantic trade deal, according to leaked documents. Shaw...

January 15, 2014

Plenary speech on access to public procurement markets

Marietje Schaake (ALDE) - Madam President, although we are not obliged to do so through the WTO GPA agreements, the EU chooses openness to our markets, including public procurement, and that makes sense. Other c...

June 17, 2013

Media: Differing Views on Privacy Shape Europe’s Response to U.S. Surveillance Program - New York Times

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, he is now a customer o...

November 10, 2010

Press release: Mixed progress for Western Balkan accession hopes

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 Ka...

November 2, 2012

Media: EU to Tighten Rules on Surveillance Technology Exports - Global Voices

“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 exports...

May 12, 2010

Parliamentary Question: Iran elected to UN Commission on women's rights

Parliamentary questions12 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 28 April,...

March 12, 2013

Event: Ad Hoc Council

On March 19th Marietje Schaake speaks at the annual meeting of the Ad Hoc Council about “The proposed US - EU trade and investment agreement - how could it work?”. More information about the Ad Hoc Council can be foun...

March 12, 2013

Event: Ad Hoc Council

Op 19 maart geeft Marietje Schaake een speech op de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de Ad Hoc Council in Brussel, getiteld “The proposed US - EU trade and investment agreement - how could it work?”. Meer informatie over de...

June 10, 2013

Video: The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

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 improve our global competitiveness. She underlines the...

November 10, 2014

Event: Panel on the Digital Agenda

On the 18th of November, Marietje Schaake will be part of a panel discussing the EU's digital agenda. The panel is part of an event organised by The Economist toghether with European Voice: "Let’s Get Europe Working:...

May 31, 2012

Speech 2nd RightsConference in Rio de Janeiro

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 explore how the informatio...

October 31, 2011

Parliamentary Question: China's Internet restriction policy

Parliamentary questions31 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 repor...

November 26, 2014

Export controls on dangerous technologies need smart implementation

Not a day goes by without news about cyber-attacks, failing digital security and hacking operations. Only yesterday, new research revealed the use of some of the most sophisticated intrusion software seen to date. We...

September 13, 2011

Parliamentary Question: Misuse by third countries of SSL certificates issued by EU‑based certification authorities

Parliamentary questions13 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 of SSL c...

December 11, 2012

Media: EU: Enact Controls on Digital Weapons Trade - HRW.org

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 Europe...

November 6, 2015

Blog: Values-based trade

I often get questions about how trade and trade agreements can contribute to strengthening high standards with regard to for example labour and the environment. That is an important question. For me, it is essential that...

July 26, 2018

Trump says no new tariffs against EU after parties agree to trade negotiations

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States will pause its plans to impose new tariffs against the European Union and work to resolve existing differences over trade in an attempt to avoid a fu...

December 7, 2010

Parliamentary Question: Request for information on the agreement with Libya

Parliamentary questions7 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) , Cecilia Wiks...

October 31, 2018

Syrian oil supplies via EU member states

In September 2018, the US treasury sanctioned two Lebanese and one UAE based company for providing oil and/or gas to the Syrian Company for Oil Transport, an affiliate of the state-owned General Petroleum Corporation. A...

December 6, 2016

Holding AI to account: will algorithms ever be free from bias if they're created by humans?

Cecila Malmstrom publicly speaks of torture. On October 4, when the European politician stood up in parliament to give her support for laws banning the export of items used for implementing the de...

October 23, 2013

Plenary Speech on the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy

February 22, 2013

Media: MEPs say free trade deal has to be acceptable to all - Europolitics

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 are major differences b...

March 25, 2013

Media: Rise of the net activist - New Europe

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....

July 3, 2018

D66: Welcome step for European defence cooperation

MEP: Defence development programme welcome step for European defence cooperation The European Parliament adopted the launch of the European defence industrial development programme (EDIDP) for supporting European de...

July 27, 2018

Germany reacts to Juncker-Trump trade deal with cautious relief

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February 22, 2013

Media: MEPs support EU-US trade agreement - New Europe

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 who appeared...

July 3, 2013

EU must give support to genuine democracy in Egypt

Reacting to the tense and dangerous situation in Egypt this afternoon, Guy Verhofstadt, ALDE President has called on the EU to support the calls for genuine democracy in Egypt. Recognising that millions of people have ta...

April 17, 2018

Freedom of speech concerns related to Tanzania´s new online content regulation

The new “electronic and postal communications (online content) regulation” in Tanzania  introduces an annual licensing fee of approximately 930 dollars for those wanting to have an online blog in Tanzania wheras the...

September 1, 2017

Statement following the ruling of the Supreme Court of Kenya on a re-run of the presidential elections within 60 days

Today’s Supreme Court ruling demonstrates the independence of Kenya's judiciary and the effective electoral complaint mechanism in place in Kenya. The EU election observation mission (EOM) has consistently enc...

October 8, 2014

Liberal MEP calls for a new EU-Turkey agenda

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) calls for a new agenda for Turkey-EU relations. Schaake stated this in response to the progress reports presented by European Commissioner Füle regarding the...

April 23, 2015

Video: GCCS 2015 - Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies

Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015 Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies On 16-17 April 2015 the Netherlands hosted the fourth Global Conference on Cyberspace (GCCS) in The Hague....

January 6, 2011

Media: Marietje Schaake, improve your accountability by being transparent online

By Valentina Montalto, 6.1.2011, butterflyeurope.lospaziodellapolitica.com 1) Mrs Schaake, what is your relation as a politician with new media and social networks? How have you created consensus, nurtured political d...

December 10, 2013

Plenary speech on Common rules and procedures for external action

Marietje Schaake (ALDE) - Madam President, how often have we heard Ministers, the High Representative and others speak about how more for more would frame a more values-based EU policy towards neighbouring countries?...

March 28, 2012

Debate on enlargement report for Turkey

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 and the rule of law. Our...

November 5, 2016

Why Europe is watching the US presidential race

Europeans are watching the US election with a sense of bewilderment and dreadBy Tony ConnellyEurope EditorWith Europe facing crises on so many levels the fervent hope is that the US election doesn’t make any of the cris...

March 13, 2019

EU-US trade relations

Almost a year ago, President Trump announced he would be imposing steep tariffs on the import of steel and aluminum into the United States. By offering a number of countries a (temporary) exemption to these tariffs, Trum...

March 13, 2014

Event: “Crunch time for the Israeli-Palestinian talks: What are the prospects for peace and where does Europe fit?”

“Crunch time for the Israeli-Palestinian talks: What are the prospects for peace and where does Europe fit?” European Parliament, Friday 21st March Room ASP 3G2, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels The European Co...

July 5, 2018

Europe’s copyright fight is just getting started

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April 8, 2015

Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015: Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies

Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015 Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies April 17, 09:15 - 10:45 The Hague On 16-17 April 2015 the Netherlands will host the fourth Global Conf...

April 8, 2015

Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015: Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies

Global Conference on Cyberspace 2015 Updating of export controls of dual use surveillance technologies April 17, 09:15 - 10:45 The Hague On 16-17 April 2015 the Netherlands will host the fourth Global Conf...

May 3, 2010

Parliamentary Question: Iran's bid to join the UN Human Rights Council on 13 May

Parliamentary questions3 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 on 13 May Accor...

June 25, 2012

Press release: ALDE calls for an EU-USA Free Trade Agreement

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 and investment agreement" is...

November 24, 2014

Plenary speech: Export controls of dual-use items

Today, Marietje Schaake spoke in the plenary about the trade in dangerous technologies that can be used to infiltrate computers, spy on users and gather information. The debate was held with the new Commissioner for Trad...

October 20, 2015

Interview (The Parliament Magazine) - A Europe worth fighting for

Today, Marietje Schaake's interview with the The Parliament Magazine was published. She addresses the conflict in Syria, solutions to the refugee crisis, safe harbour and why she is in favour of TTIP.Please find the enti...

September 14, 2016

Politico: old media strikes back in copyright fight

LONDON — The Veuve Clicquot flowed last week as power-players in media, technology and politics rubbed shoulders at a Brussels reception hosted by the German publisher Hubert Burda Media. Among...

March 14, 2016

Amendments to 2015 Progress Report on Turkey

DRAFT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION to wind up the debate on the statement by the Commission pursuant to Rule 123(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the 2015 report on Turkey (2015/2898(RSP)) Kati Piri on behalf o...

September 15, 2016

Euractiv on EU copyright plans

The European Commission presented a plan today (14 September) to charge internet companies for linking to online news following a heated, two-year-long fight over whether the “Google tax” will h...

March 15, 2016

No horse trading with Turkey on human rights

Today, the proposal of Member of European Parliament (D66/ALDE) Marietje Schaake to clearly separate the EU-Turkey deal on migration from Turkey’s accession negotiations was adopted by the European Parliament's Foreign A...

October 28, 2010

Parliamentary Question: ACTA — a law enforcement treaty?

Parliamentary questions28 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...

April 25, 2013

Press release: MEP: "No time to waste in EU-US trade talks"

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 trade and i...

September 14, 2016

Digital reform must be giant leap forward

Today the European Commission revealed its proposals for the revision of the European telecom and copyright frameworks. The review of both is crucial to create a true Digital Single Market in Europe, which prepares Europ...

January 29, 2014

Event: Fingers on the buttons: Click for Change

An audio registration of this event can be found here.When youngsters in the Arab world took to the streets and ousted their dictators, it appeared that the end of oppression was a fact. The social media played an import...

August 31, 2016

Copyright proposals lack ambition

Today a draft version of the Commission proposal for a new directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market was leaked. Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66): 'This draft lacks ambition and ins...

June 1, 2016

VIDEO: Schaake: “I hope that the UK will choose to stay a vital part of the EU”

Marietje Schaake joined trade reporter Naomi Bar to discuss the upcoming British referendum. What will happen to the EU’s trading power if Britain would leave the EU, the impact on ongoing negotiations such as TTIP, the...

May 22, 2013

Event: 74th EU-US Interparliamentary Meeting en Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue

Van 30 mei tot en met 1 juni reist Marietje Schaake met een parlementaire delegatie naar Dublin voor de 74e EU-US Interparliamentary Meeting en de Transatlantic Legislators Dialogue. Europarlementariërs en leden van het...

February 24, 2016

MEP: EU-Tunisia trade agreement important step to support Tunisian transition

Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), underlines the importance of the start of negotiations on a trade agreement between the European Union and Tunisia. Today, the European Parliament debates t...

June 24, 2015

76th EU-US Inter-parliamentary and TLD meeting

On June 26-28, Marietje Schaake will attend the 76th EU-US Inter-parliamentary and TLD meeting in Riga, Latvia. Schaake is a Vice-President of the delegation for relations with the United States in the European Parlia...

June 4, 2013

Media: Erdogan and the Taksim protests: Mismanaging Turkish politics? - Ahram Online

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

January 29, 2015

Reactie D66-Europarlementariër Marietje Schaake op meer transparantie ISDS

De Europese Commissie heeft vandaag voorgesteld om de VN-regels over transparantie in investeerder-staat geschillen beslechting (ISDS) onder internationale handelsverdragen toe te passen op de 1300 investeringsverdragen...

June 24, 2015

76th EU-US Inter-parliamentary and TLD meeting

On June 26-28, Marietje Schaake will attend the 76th EU-US Inter-parliamentary and TLD meeting in Riga, Latvia. Schaake is a Vice-President of the delegation for relations with the United States in the European Parlia...

September 17, 2014

Plenary speech on the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA)

On 16 September, Marietje Schaake spoke in the plenary meeting about the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA). Marietje Schaake (ALDE). – Mr President, after five years of intense negotiations, reaching...

November 16, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Syria: Italian company building monitoring centre in Damascus

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 November 2...

March 6, 2019

Stanford University: Power of Private Platforms

Ethics of Technological Disruption - Stanford University March 6: Power of Private Platforms Guest Speakers Alex Stamos (Former Chief Security Officer, Facebook) Marietje Schaake (Member, European Parliament) Kris...

November 16, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Iran: censorship of BBC Farsi and building of ‘halal-Internet’

Parliamentary questions16 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 ‘halal-Int...

March 13, 2017

The beating of Elvi Fundo in Albania

On Friday, Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE), submitted the following question to High Representative Federica Mogherini on the beating of journalist Elvi Fundo in Albania. On the 8th of March, Elvi Fundo, a journalist for the...

June 12, 2012

Plenary speech on the latest developments in the Middle East & Syria

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 Sakharov-prize winner, Egyptian...

October 2, 2018

Controversial appointment RAI president

Please find below a letter sent to President Tajani, President of the European Parliament, on the controversial appointment of Mr Foa as president to Italy's national broadcaster RAI. The letter has so far been co-signed...

April 18, 2018

EU Commission slams Turkey in annual report on country's accession prospects

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December 2, 2015

MEP: Conclusion negotiations EU-Vietnam trade deal good step

Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake welcomes the conclusion of the bilateral trade agreement between the EU and Vietnam which the European Commission and the Vietnamese government will today. Schaake: "Thi...

January 20, 2014

MEP: International investigation into Turkey's rule of law needed

Ahead of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan´s visit to Brussels, Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), calls for an independent international investigation into the rule of law in Turkey in light of...

January 21, 2014

Media: MEP: International investigation into Turkey's rule of law needed - Today's Zaman

Ahead of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Brussels, Dutch member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake, from the Democrats 66 party, has called for an independent international investigation into the...

February 3, 2017

No migration deal but comprehensive EU strategy for Libya

Today, in response to the Malta Declaration by the members of the European Council on managing migration in the Mediterranean, Marietje Schaake sent a letter to President Juncker and High Representative Mogherini. Toget...

October 23, 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) the European Parliament wants EU export control regulation to include additional binding export controls for technologie...

March 10, 2015

Media (Estonian Public Broadcasting) on netneutrality and roaming

On 6 and 9 March, the Estionian Public Broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) devoted two news segments on the Telecoms Single Market package. On March 4th, it became clear that the Council lacks ambition as...

January 9, 2019

Bellingcat documentary screening with Eliot Higgins

The documentary "BELLINGCAT - TRUTH IN A POST-TRUTH WORLD" (88 min) follows the revolutionary rise of the "citizen investigative journalist" collective known as Bellingcat, a group of online researchers dedicated to...

June 24, 2013

EU foreign ministers to decide on Turkey’s membership talks - Euractiv

The Turkish government's handling of protests that have rocked the country for the past three weeks have strained relations with the EU, and a decision to take another step in Ankara’s accession talks, expected t...

April 12, 2011

Parliamentary Question: Conflicting interests in copyright-related issues

Parliamentary questions12 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 copyrig...

September 17, 2016

Politico: The grand digital dissappointment

The vision for a digital single market is now cracked and smudged. By Chris Spillane 9/16/16, 6:00 AM CET Updated 9/16/16, 2:06 PM CET...

September 30, 2016

Video Ancillary Copyright and Internet Freedom event

Recording of the roundtable on ancillary copyright and internet freedom in the European Parliament on the 28th of September from 16.00 until 18.00, which included statements of MEP Marietje Schaa...

November 10, 2016

MEPs fear for EU-US relations under Trump presidency

https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/articles/news/meps-fear-eu-us-relations-under-trump-presidencyIn a shock victory for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the US president elect in his victory speech calle...

June 6, 2013

EU should listen to demonstrators, and engage not estrange Turkey

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 with the rule...

September 14, 2017

​ Europe to set global trade standards

Commissioner Malmström will today further elaborate on the wide range of initiatives in the field of trade that were presented in the State of the Union yesterday. Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE...

March 12, 2014

MEP: Syria should be EU human rights priority

Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), wants the EU to treat the Syrian crisis as an absolute priority. Today the European Parliament will debate about the EU's priorities for the United Na...

October 9, 2018

US, Europe threaten tech industry’s cherished legal ‘shield’

By Ashley Gold, Joanna Plucinska | 10/7/18, 3:00 PM CET | Updated 10/9/18, 1:11 PM CET In Washington and Brussels, a series of two-decade-old legal provisions allow internet companies to host content posted by users wit...

February 5, 2016

European Conference (Harvard Kennedy School)

On February 20, Marietje Schaake will participate in the European Conference at Harvard Kennedy School, in the following panel: The Future of the Transatlantic Relations after the US Presidential Elections The goa...

May 22, 2017

ICC investigation into Libyan detention centres

Marietje Schaake recently tabled the following questions to Commissioner Hahn in response to a possible ICC investigation into the situation in Libyan detention centres. In February 2017 the European Council made ‘seekin...

September 25, 2017

Ongoing repression in Rwanda and the case of Diane Rwigara

Following the arrest of Diane Rwigara this weekend, Marietje Schaake submitted the questions below to High Representative Mogherini today.--- At the end of August, Ms Diane Rwigara - who attempted to challenge Presiden...

August 29, 2017

Protecting democracy in a post-truth era

"Protecting European Democracy in a Post-Truth Society"   Wednesday, 6 September 2017,  15:00-18:30 European Parliament, Brussels (Joszef Antall building JAN 4Q1)     1st Pan...

November 9, 2011

Media: Euro team to question Turkish media, internet

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 as the constitution-makin...

September 21, 2015

MEPs respond to the appointment of Saudi Arabia's ambassador at the UN Human Rights Council

The ALDE Group in the European Parliament strongly disagrees with the decision taken by the United Nations to hand over a key human rights role to Saudi Arabia’s ambassador at the UN in Geneva, who was elected as chair o...

January 22, 2013

Media: International free speech roundup - Index on censorship

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 memb...

January 3, 2011

Media: WikiLeaks to draw weak information laws - media expert

By Walter Wafula, 3.1.2011, www.bizcommunity.com Journalists should be prepared to face crude regulations against information flow as governments move to tighten the leads on state secrets according to a Europe-based...

April 21, 2017

70 MEPs want to ax publisher’s right in copyright proposal

A group of 70 MEPs across the political spectrum want to kill the Commission’s plans to give traditional publishers more bargaining power with online news aggregators, according to amendments obta...

March 3, 2017

Uber's use of Greyball tool

Today MEP Marietje Schaake (Alde/D66) asked the following written question to the European Commission:On Friday the 3d of March the New York Times reported that Uber used "Greyball", a data-gathering tool to identify and...

September 16, 2013

Speech at BKB Lecture 2014: Polarisation, and how the EU lost the progressives in Turkey

On September 13th 2013, Marietje Schaake gave a reaction to the 5th BKB Lecture by Turkish politician Safak Pavey. The full text of Marietje Schaake's speech can be found below. Polarisation, and how the EU lo...

November 9, 2011

Parliamentary Question: Role of EU-based ICT companies in human right violations (particularly in Syria)

Parliamentary questions9 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, Giommari...

November 17, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Syria: Italian company building monitoring centre in Damascus

Parliamentary questions17 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 Dam...

September 1, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Inquiry into role of European companies in human rights violations (part II) and the export of dual-use technologies

Parliamentary questions1 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 C...

September 30, 2010

Event: Turkey's European identity and the role of culture and media

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 activist Panel...

September 30, 2010

Event: Turkey's European identity and the role of culture and media

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 activist Panel...

March 25, 2011

Media: MEPs ask 'government point of view' on publishing house raid

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 Erisa Dautaj Şener...

February 13, 2013

MEP Schaake (ALDE/D66) on EU-US FTA: “Get the deal done”.

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 United States. Pres...

June 17, 2015

Written Questions on arms exports to Bahrain

On June 17, Marietje Schaake submitted to Vice-President / High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, Parliamentary Written Questions on arms exports to Bahrain. Please find the questions below.Author(s)...

June 4, 2013

Enshrine net neutrality in EU law

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 country in Europe to g...

May 12, 2019

Russia Is Targeting Europe’s Elections. So Are Far-Right Copycats.

Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation, encouraging discord and am...

November 26, 2014

Seminar: Communicating Democratic Values

Audio Please find the audio recording of the seminar below (or download). INTRODUCTION 9:15 Marietje Schaake – Member of European Parliament – Introduction PANEL 1: CHALLENGES 9:30 - 10:45...

October 16, 2017

EU EOM Kenya: Progress update

Statement EU EOM Kenya 2017: 18 RECOMMENDATIONS  PROGRESS UPDATE  (link to pdf)  Nairobi, 16 October 2017 On 14 September the EU Election Observation Mission (EOM) published an Interim Statement w...

February 12, 2019

College of Europe funding by the Saudi Government for lobbying practices

Today a news report in EU Observer claimed that the College of Europe, which is principally funded by the European Commission, has been paid by the Saudi Government to set up private meetings between Saudi ambassadors, E...

November 10, 2014

Who will build my new website?

www.marietjeschaake.eu is in need of an update so I am looking for good ideas and new designs.My website is a place where news and my archive, in the form of text and images, are accessible for people in the Netherlands...

November 26, 2014

Seminar: Communicating Democratic Values

Audio Please find the audio recording of the seminar below (or download). INTRODUCTION 9:15 Marietje Schaake – Member of European Parliament – Introduction PANEL 1: CHALLENGES 9:30 - 10:45...

December 20, 2012

Media: ACTA in 2012: From Desperation to Inspiration - Computerworld UK

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 with ACTA...

March 4, 2019

Can Constitutional Free Speech Principles Save Social Media from Itself?

Some are calling for Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies to actively police content on their platforms while others caution that enforcing content moderation would violate First Amendment principl...

July 18, 2018

Germany gains upper hand in European split over Trump trade strategy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hope to resolve the dispute with the US president | Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images Only a week before European Commission Pre...

December 2, 2016

Italian Cops Raid Surveillance Tech Company Accused of Selling Spy Gear to Syria

Italian police forces have raided the offices of a company that sells surveillance technology to governments around the world. The company is suspected to have provided Syria with internet and tel...

June 5, 2015

Violence and Terror: A comprehensive solution for stopping Daesh

Violence and Terror: A comprehensive solution for stopping Daesh June 15 Friends of Europe With its strategy of terror and violence, Daesh (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is wreaking...

October 26, 2016

Lenaic Fund for Journalism

INVITATION Lénaïc Fund for Journalism : Launch Event 10 November | 18.00h - 20.00h | Brussels Press Club | rue Froissart 95 MEP Marietje Schaake, the Ambassador of the Lénaïc Fund for Journalism, is delighted to invite y...

May 24, 2018

Explosive Data: Cyber Threats to Democracy

Video of the GLOBSEC event in Bratislava with Marietje Schaake, Member, European Parliament, Brussels Hon. Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Washington, D. C. Samir Saran, Vice President, O...

April 11, 2018

MEP Schaake: elections Azerbaijan were a sham

The first exit polls of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan were just released. According to these, Ilham Aliyev has won a fourth term with at least 82% of the vote. International election observers previously warne...

March 5, 2017

Hybrid warfare center to open in Helsinki in late 2017, early 2018

A “center of excellence” backed by countries in the EU and NATO to counter cyberattacks and misinformation is expected to be operational by the end of the year or early 2018, according to the European Commission.Finland,...

December 20, 2016

UK sold cluster munition used by Saudi Arabia in Yemen

Yesterday Marietje Schaake submitted the following question to High Representative Federica Mogherini:British government analysis today indicated that cluster munitions made in and sold by the UK to Saudi Arabia were use...

May 25, 2016

Written question on European arms and dual-use goods to Egypt

To the Vice-President/High Commissioner, Federica Mogherini On 25 May, Amnesty International released a report in which it becomes clear that since 2013, thirteen EU countries have exported weapons and dual use goods...

May 27, 2015

Written Questions on the Moroccan lawsuit against human rights defenders

On May 27, Marietje Schaake sent the following Written Questions to Vice-President / High Representative Mogherini.According to Moroccan state news agency MAP, the Moroccan Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit on the 8t...

April 15, 2015

Media (The Wall Street Journal) - European Governments, Parliament Still Far Apart on Net Neutrality

This article was published on 15 April 2015 on The Wall Street Journal. By Valentina Pop.It’s two years on and lawmakers in the European Parliament are still at odds with national governments about proposed European Unio...

February 3, 2016

Media (Carnegie Europe) - Judy Asks: Will the Next U.S. President Care About Europe?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. Judy Asks: Will the Next U.S. President Care About Europe?...

June 5, 2015

Violence and Terror: A comprehensive solution for stopping Daesh

Violence and Terror: A comprehensive solution for stopping Daesh June 15 Friends of Europe With its strategy of terror and violence, Daesh (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) is wreaking...

June 19, 2012

Parliamentary Question: Vessels carrying Russian weapons to Bashar Al-Assad regime through EU waters

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. The vessel is said to be registered to N...

May 17, 2010

Media: Turkish gays, lesbians need better treatment, European deputy says

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. According to Marietje Schaake, the human-...

June 20, 2012

Media: Introducing the #FPWomeratti - Foreign Policy Magazine

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. Of the 100 tweeters F...

March 15, 2017

Rule of law must be central in EU-Egypt partnership

The rule of law and human rights must be central to the EU - Egypt partnership The Liberal and Democrat Group in the European Parliament has urged HRVP Federica Mogherini to move the protection of the rule of law and hum...

January 24, 2017

Schaake joins new international Commission on cyber security

Marietje Schaake will become a member of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC). The official launch will take place during the Munich Security Conference in February. The Commission will develop pr...

May 20, 2016

Lunchdebat: De Presidentsverkiezingen in Amerika en de gevolgen voor de Transatlantische betrekkingen, Brussel

Op woensdag 25 mei zal Marietje Schaake spreken tijdens het lunchdebat van het European Affairs Platform met het onderwerp 'De Presidentsverkiezingen in Amerika en de gevolgen voor de Transatlantische betrekkingen'. D...

February 13, 2013

Media: Obama gives green light to EU-US trade deal - EU Observer

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 trade zone in the world.Benjamin Fox, EU Observer,...

January 16, 2011

Media: Social media seminar looks at role of Facebook et al in European discourse

What is the current role and likely future role of social media tools like Facebook and Twitter in framing European discourse? That was the central question debated by MEPs, senior civil servants involved in Communicatio...

June 7, 2018

More than a hundred MEPs oppose new publishers right

Today, more than a hundred MEPs (32 Greens/EFA, 25 ALDE, 18 S&D, 14 GUE, 7 ECR, 6 EFDD and 2 EPP) sent the following letter to copyright rapporteur Axel Voss. MEPs that want to add their name to this list are welcome t...

June 18, 2018

A day in the life of Marietje Schaake MEP

For the British Chamber of Commerce EU & Belgium, Marietje Schaake wrote a blog about a day in her life as a Member of the European Parliament. Please find the blog post below. A Day in the Life of Marietje Schaake MEP...

April 13, 2011

Turkish PM Erdoğan rebuffs criticism over press freedom

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 police posed a serious...

March 12, 2018

EU sector inquiry needed to counter desinformation

Today the European Commission’s High Level Panel issued its report on how to counter disinformation.   MEP Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) reacts: “The Panel should be commended for their focus on disinformation...

April 20, 2016

MEP Schaake on EU trade agreement with Canada (CETA)

Today, the International Trade committee of the European Parliament spoke with the Canadian Trade Minister, Chrystia Freeland. Canada and the EU have recently finished the negotiations on a trade agreement, which still n...

May 10, 2016

Written questions on the use of shell companies to evade EU sanctions against Syria

On the 10th of May 2016 MEP Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) submitted the following written questions to the Vice-President / High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, News reports based on the so-calle...

February 19, 2019

EP trade committee votes in favour of opening US trade negotiations

The trade committee of the European Parliament just voted in favour of opening trade negotiations with the United States. Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) welcomes the result but emphasizes t...

February 8, 2018

Questions to HR/VP Mogherini on situation in Kenya

On 8 February, Marietje Schaake submitted the following parliamentary questions to HR/VP Mogherini. Kenyan media: Nation TV, KTN News and Citizen were taken off air for six days after the interior minister accused...

September 8, 2016

Comment on Geen Stijl ruling

Today, the European Court of Justice ruled that Dutch news website GeenStijl violated European copyright laws by hyperlinking to leaked Playboy photos. The Court ruled on fundamental questions about the nature of copyrig...

February 14, 2012

Plenary speech on radio spectrum policy

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 able to bring some good news....

May 12, 2011

Plenary speech on Azerbaijan

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 massive crackdown on freedom of express...

March 18, 2013

Media: The Guardian - Surgeons struggle in Iran as sanctions squeeze drug supplies

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 Operating theatres in Iran are...

February 8, 2011

Media: MEP requests meeting with jailed former Turkish police chief

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...

February 1, 2018

Is the EU getting trade right?

Judy Asks: Is the EU Getting Trade Right? JUDY DEMPSEY A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world. January 31, 2018...

September 1, 2015

Written Questions on press freedom in Turkey

On September 1st, Marietje Schaake submitted the following Parliamentary Written Questions to the European Commission concerning press freedom in Turkey. Author: Marietje Schaake Subject: Press freedo...

March 13, 2013

Plenary speech on the situation in Syria

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 of individuals in Syria make European news a...

May 20, 2010

Plenary speech on Burma

Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group – Madam President, Burma will hold so-called elections this year. However, these cannot be free and fair if Buddhist monks are banned from voting and the opposition is no...

October 29, 2014

Written Questions on the export of Finspy technology to Bahrain

On 29 October, Marietje Schaake submitted Written Questions to the European Commission about the export of Finspy technology to Bahrain. Author: Marietje Schaake Subject: Export of Finspy technology to Bahrain...

September 12, 2013

Schaake: Commissioner Kroes misses historic opportunity to guarantee net neutrality

Today, the European Commission formally presents its plans for a single telecoms market in the European Union. Besides bearing good news, such as lower costs for calls and data, the Commission's proposals are cause for c...

March 9, 2017

Speech on transatlantic relations at AmCham

On 8 March 2017, Marietje Schaake spoke at an AmCham event on the occasion of the launch of the 2017 transatlantic economy report.Thank you Susan, Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate the invitation to share some thoughts...

November 1, 2012

Media: Talking to Europe’s most wired politician - Index on Censorship

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 pioneering Dutch MEP.Index on Censorship, Marta Cooper, 01...

June 13, 2012

Discussion paper on my report on Digital Freedoms in EU foreign policy - share your thoughts!

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 rights, the Internet b...

March 1, 2019

Osman Kavala in Turkey

Please find below letters addressed to the Council and to Commissioner Hahn, which were sent on March 1st. In the letters, the MEPs ask the Member States and the Commissioner to engage their Turkish counterparts and to r...

March 20, 2015

Nowruz message

Nowruz Pirouz, I wish all who celebrate nowruz a fresh start of the new year. It is a bittersweet celebration, as too many people are either trying to survive war, or living under repression. Many families wi...

April 30, 2015

Plenary speech on the death penalty in Indonesia

Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group – Mr President, we strongly condemn this week’s cruel executions by firing squad of eight people in Indonesia, seven of whom were not even Indonesian citizens. Not only h...

March 22, 2012

Parliamentary Questions: Price-tagging of artefacts in Turkey

Parliamentary questions22 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...

March 26, 2015

MEP: The European Digital Single Market is a pipe dream without a strong Telecom Market

Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) responds to the Commission's plans to develop a Digital Single Market. "For years now, I have been saying that we need to speed up the finalisation of...

September 28, 2017

Dutch initiative for human rights investigation Yemen blocked by Saudi Arabia

Today, Marietje Schaake submitted parliamentary questions to High Representative Mogherini in response to Saudi efforts to block a Dutch-Canadian initiative in the UN Human Rights Council to set up an independent inquiry...

September 1, 2016

Politico: iFailure: Apple crashes in Brussel

Its founder was a genius. Its customers offer cultish loyalty. Shareholders love it. It not only dominates its market; it created it. In nearly every arena in which it engages, Apple stands for excellence.And yet, on the...

September 2, 2016

Ars Technica: 20-year ancillary copyright term, new YouTube rule mulled in draft EU law

Yesterday’s newspaper is today’s chip paper? Brussels' digital commissioner Gunther Oettinger doesn’t appear to think so, rather it is a way to claim levies for up to 20 years.A leaked draft of...

June 18, 2015

“The new geopolitics of energy: winners and losers” (Friends of Europe)

“The new geopolitics of energy: winners and losers” Brussels, July 2nd This event is exclusively for Friends of Europe’s members, EU institution representatives and media. For more information, please visit th...

April 11, 2012

Media: NGOs give EU commission a beating over anti-counterfeit pact

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 Agreemen...

October 19, 2015

Media (New York Times) - Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees

On October 19, Marietje Schaake was quoted in the New York Times on the rule of law and restrictions of people’s rights and freedoms in Turkey, in the context of the refugee crisis. Article by TIM ARANGO. Ceylan Yeginsu...

February 6, 2018

MEP Schaake happy with lifting of geoblocking restrictions on online cross-border sales

Today the European Parliament approved a new regulation that will ban unjustified geo-blocking in the internal market. One small step in the right direction according to MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66).   ME...

October 29, 2015

MEP: Sakharov prize supports Raif Badawi and his fight for freedom

Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake welcomes the news that this year's Sakharov Prize will be awarded to the liberal blogger Raif Badawi. Schaake nominated Badawi. "With this award, the European Parliament recognises his courage...

February 8, 2016

Written Questions on the enforced disappearance of Giulio Regeni in Egypt

On February 8, Marietje Schaake submitted Written Parliamentary Questions to Vice-President / High Representative of Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, on the enforced disappearance of Giulio Regeni in Egypt. A...

April 16, 2015

Seminar "Press Freedom in Turkey"

Seminar "Press Freedom in Turkey"   Wednesday 22 April 2015, 15:30-18:00h European Parliament, Brussels Room PHS 5 B 001 The conference "Press Freedom in Turkey" will be available in live streaming from 15....

October 26, 2012

Media: European Union Awards Rights Prize to Jailed Iranians - New York Times

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 Europea...

April 14, 2011

Media: Copyright Reform’s Controversial Start

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 last all through the season of good weather*...

January 27, 2015

Amendments to 2014 Progress Report on Turkey

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONto wind up the debate on the statement by the Commission pursuant to Rule 123(2) of the Rules of Procedure on 2014 Commission Progress Report on Turkey (2014/2953(RSP)) Kati Piri on...

June 20, 2017

Towards a digital trade strategy

Please find the document here (doc / pdf). The internet, digitisation and new technologies have profoundly impacted people's lives and the way our societies function. As a consequence, the way we do business and the way...

December 10, 2012

European Parliament endorses first ever Digital Freedom Strategy

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. The Parliament now unequivocally...

February 23, 2018

Q and A with MEP Marietje Schaake on Big Tech on the European stage

Q and A with MEP Marietje Schaake The liberal ALDE group’s spokesperson on transatlantic trade and digital trade has emerged as a leading critic of Big Tech on the European stage. By Janosch Delcker...

February 20, 2014

Media: Europe calls for less US power over Internet

Regulators and lawmakers across Europe have welcomed proposals from the European Commission to cut back US domination of the Web.Michiel Willems, 20.02.2014 Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for the digital agen...

September 20, 2012

Press release: Dutch MEP Schaake helms Parliamentary inquiry into global press and media freedom

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 EU’s efforts to...

April 16, 2015

Seminar "Press Freedom in Turkey"

Seminar "Press Freedom in Turkey"   Wednesday 22 April 2015, 15:30-18:00h European Parliament, Brussels Room PHS 5 B 001 The conference "Press Freedom in Turkey" will be available in live streaming from 15....

February 13, 2013

Press release: Opening of EU-US FTA negotiations will be a milestone in evolution of world trade

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 the United Stat...

June 18, 2015

“The new geopolitics of energy: winners and losers” (Friends of Europe)

“The new geopolitics of energy: winners and losers” Brussels, July 2nd This event is exclusively for Friends of Europe’s members, EU institution representatives and media. For more information, please visit th...

November 30, 2016

Joint centre to combat hybrid warfare threats and preventing duplication

Marietje Schaake asked the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini today the following written question.Today the EU unveiled its Defence Action Plan, which intends to...

July 15, 2011

Parliamentary Question: Absence of European Parliament representative at ‘cultural diplomacy’ meeting in Pécs

Parliamentary questions15 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 ‘...

May 3, 2011

Media: War correspondents: call for braver EU protection policy

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, European Parliament News "Truth i...

April 10, 2011

A record breaking lobby scandal

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, 10.04.11 The links between the European C...

April 6, 2010

Parliamentary Question: E-skills in the EU

Parliamentary questions6 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, as w...

September 28, 2017

Commission confronted with dwindling timespan to regulate illegal content

Brussels will decide by May whether to craft legislation, rather than voluntary guidelines, on the issue. By Joanna Plucinska It’s now or never. The Juncker Commission has a short window to de...

May 15, 2017

Europe should give meaning to the rule of law online

The EU needs to go beyond a digital single market and lead the development of rules for the open internet – out of moral duty and self-interestThe following article appeared in Europe World's spring edition 2017, issue 3...

October 3, 2013

Media: Insight: Turkey questions its EU future as Brussels looks to Balkans - Reuters

Turkey has been trying for years to join the European Union, presenting itself as a growing economic and political power and a bridge to Asian and Middle Eastern markets.Adrian Croft, Reuters, 03.10.2013 But the next...

March 6, 2012

Media: Surveillance Inc - How Western Tech Firms Are Helping Arab Dictators

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 C. York, 6.3.2012, The Atlantic Reliance...

August 11, 2017

Poll monitors bet on manual forms checks to give verdict

International observers have said that manual checking of results from polling stations will reveal if the transmission was manipulated even as they praised the voting process. The observers on Thursday said they di...

September 15, 2017

Why is Europe rewarding Egypt’s torture epidemic?

On the 5th of September, Human Rights Watch (HRW) described a ‘torture epidemic’ in Egypt´s prisons, documenting severe beatings, electric shocks, stress positions and rape. The human rights situation has been deteriorat...

April 25, 2017

EU lawmakers vote to make YouTube fight online hate speech

BRUSSELS - Video-sharing platforms such as Google's YouTube and Vimeo will have to take measures to protect citizens from content containing hate speech and incitement to violence under measures v...

March 7, 2018

Three steps to avoid a trade war

Looking at the news over the past days, it is easy to think Europe and the United States - allies - are preparing for battle. Yet the strong language and war rhetoric currently dominating headlines on both sides of the A...

February 8, 2018

´Why would Trump have a military parade´

President Trump has been blasted for ignoring the real needs of the military and acting as a "Napoleon in the making" with his plan for an extravagant military parade. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee S...

May 10, 2017

MEPs want notice and action directive

On the 9th of May, 24 MEPs sent the following letter to Vice President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip. Brussels, 9 May 2017   Dear Mr Vice President, Andrus,   At the mid-term re...

April 13, 2010

Parliamentary Question: New developments on the CIA extraordinary renditions programme and secret prisons on EU soil

Parliamentary questions13 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, Alexander A...

November 2, 2017

Marietje Schaake at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago

Introduction video: On 31 October, Marietje Schaake spoke at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. Please watch the video below for her speech and her conversation with Siva Vaidhyanathan: Pl...

January 22, 2019

EU Lawmaker on Troubled Transatlantic Ties: ‘We Need to Have Contingency Plans in Place’

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September 18, 2017

Sustaining the Iran Nuclear Deal

Marietje Schaake supported the below statement, alongside 75 other Europeans, which calls on President Trump to preserve the Iran nuclear deal. 76 Europeans call on President Trump to preserve Iran nuclear deal Next m...

May 20, 2013

In Defense of Digital Freedom

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 without being confronted wi...

May 16, 2019

Opinion: Governments must halt the spread of commercial spyware

By Marietje Schaake This week’s revelation that hackers exploited software vulnerabilities in the WhatsApp messaging platform to inject spyware developed by the Israeli technology company NSO Group has shocked many. But...

May 2, 2016

Letter: Time for Europeans to drop aid to Syrians

As members of European parliaments whose air forces are flying over Syria, we believe it is now time for our leaders to authorise urgent aid airdrops to the country’s trapped and starving civilians. The denial of food as...

September 18, 2013

Media: Bahrain opposition leader arrested, charged with inciting terrorism - CNN.com

Mohammed Jamjoom and Samira Said, CNN.com, 18.09.2013 A leading opposition figure in Bahrain has been jailed after being charged with "inciting and advocating terrorism," Bahrain's Public Prosecution Office said. Acti...

February 28, 2013

Media: Activists criticise Internet freedom in Vietnam - New Europe

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 th...

October 26, 2012

MEP: "Sakharov-prize for Iranians is support for Iranian people."

D66 Press ReleaseStrasbourg, 26 October 2012 MEP: Sakharov Prize is support for all Iranian people Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) welcomes the news that the Sakharov Prize this year will be awarded to the Ir...

June 16, 2011

Parliamentary Question: European financial institutions continuing to fund producers of cluster munitions

Parliamentary questions16 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 instituti...

November 11, 2011

Parliamentary Question: VP/HR — Technology exported to Iran by EU‑based companies which is used to violate human rights

Parliamentary questions11 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...

April 14, 2011

EU Copyright Nominee Stirs Debate

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 Parliament...

April 6, 2011

From the Bosphorus Straight - EU conference should be in Istanbul

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 commission, as we repor...

September 15, 2016

Techdirt on European copyright plans

EU Announces Absolutely Ridiculous Copyright Proposal That Will Chill Innovation, Harm Creativityfrom the how-hard-did-they-work-to-make-it-this-bad? dept This is not a surprise given the earlier...

March 24, 2012

Media: AllThingsD Sprouts Up at the Brussels Forum, Rubbing Elbows and Talking Tech

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 des...

November 6, 2012

Media: Digital Freedoms and Human Rights in a Hyper-Connected World - MIND

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 video clip...

June 30, 2015

State of Play Telecoms Single Market

Yesterday evening (night) a framework deal was reached on the Telecoms Single Market package for Europe. While the European Parliament as a whole negotiated with success, key points remain reason for concern. This is a r...

July 4, 2013

Media: EU sheds no tears over Morsi's departure - EU Observer

Andrew Rettmann, EU Observer, 04.07.2013 The EU on Wednesday (3 July) tacitly approved the Egyptian army's defenestration of President Mohamed Morsi, amid mass civil unrest. The bloc's foreign affairs chief, Cather...

January 18, 2013

Media: Optimistic about Belarus? - European Voice

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 in Brussels and elsewhere are sore with scra...

February 15, 2012

Media: EU IT Companies to Get Guidance on Human Rights Issues

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 is being use...

May 23, 2012

Resolution on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan

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 recommendat...

February 5, 2019

Europe's stakes in the State of the Union

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August 10, 2017

Speech: Preliminary findings of EU EOM Kenya

Please find below Marietje Schaake's speech for the press conference which took place on 10 August at 11:45 local time in Nairobi, where she presented the preliminary findings of the EU Election Observation Mission. P...

May 24, 2017

From a friendly Mideast, Trump arrives in a skeptical Europe

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June 16, 2010

Resolution on executions in Libya

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 that of 2008, and the n...

September 6, 2018

New opportunity to get the EU’s copyright directive on the right track

Before summer the European Parliament rejected the mandate of the JURI-committee to start negotiations with EU Member States on the reform of the EU’s copyright directive. As a result of this vote, every MEP now had the...

January 31, 2011

Media: Can bytes win over bullets?

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 Schaake, 31.1.2011, www.hurri...

April 6, 2011

Media: Europeans and Americans Should Freely Urge Turkey to Respect Free Speech

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 yet unpublished book....

July 27, 2018

Of Soybean Sales and 'Vast Amounts' of LNG

“European Union representatives told me that they would start buying soybeans from our great farmers immediately. Also, they will be buying vast amounts of LNG!” That's what US President Donald J. Trump tweeted after hi...

February 21, 2018

Martin Selmayr secures Commission top job

Twenty months before the end of Juncker’s term, the game of Commission musical chairs is on — and over. There is life, and power, for Martin Selmayr after Jean-Claude Juncker’s term as Commission president runs...

January 23, 2018

Take-aways from Davos 2018 - Day 1

This week I am attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos as a Young Global Leader. On Twitter I promised to share my observations, here is a short blog.   One day into the program, I attend...

October 20, 2015

Blog (Project Syndicate) - Talking Tough to Turkey

On October 20, this blog by Marietje Schaake was published on Project Syndicate. When suicide bombers killed at least 97 people at a rally of pro-Kurdish activists and civic groups advocating peace between the Turkish g...

December 6, 2012

Media: A weapon called blog - New Europe

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 the Arab Spring in 2011, when journalist...

April 18, 2012

Media: Turkish officials board ship possibly carrying weapons to Syria

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 Wednesday. But the insp...

October 23, 2014

MEP: Grave concerns about Russia's crackdown on civil society and ngo's (Speech & Resolution)

The European Parliament voted today on a resolution urging Russia to stop the crackdown on civil society and non-governmental organizations. It also condemns the way in which the Russian Ministry of Justice interferes wi...

July 17, 2018

US, EU, China 'entrench' authoritarianism with spying tech export

The United States, the European Union and China are equipping, training and funding countries around the world, including autocratic governments, with surveillance capabilities, a new report has said, warning that t...

April 4, 2018

Algorithms have become so powerful we need a robust, Europe-wide response

After a debate in the European parliament, I usually upload my intervention to YouTube, as well as to my own website. It creates transparency and an online archive of my work as an MEP. About a year and a half ago, I was...

September 16, 2016

Torrentfreak on CJEU McFadden ruling

EU Court: Open WiFi Operator Not Liable For Pirate Users By Andy on September 16, 2016https://torrentfreak.com/eu-court-open-wifi-operator-not-liable-for-pirate-users-160916/ The Court...

November 13, 2013

Oped: New Europe - A digital future needs real net neutrality

Commissioner Kroes’ recently published proposals to harmonize the European telecoms markets are an important step towards the long overdue completion of the European Digital Single Market. Everyone that has ever used the...

February 4, 2012

Media: We Need Copyright Reform, Not ACTA!

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 for massive outcry to emerge, but we...

June 11, 2010

Media: Gap remains between Turkey and EU, EP politician says

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, Hürriyet Daily News Turkey remai...

April 7, 2011

Media: Key music industry lawyer now EU copyright chief

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 legal policy" fo...

January 17, 2019

Beware of Tech Companies Playing Government

Last April, when 34 technology companies announced their membership of a Cybersecurity Tech Accord, it was portrayed as proof that the private sector was, at long last, taking responsibility for protecting civilians...

April 16, 2017

Erdogan's Referendum Victory Puts Turkey on Collision Course With Europe

By Emre Peker and Laurence Norman16 April 2017Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's victory in Sunday's referendum could pave the way for pragmatic cooperation with the U.S. while setting him o...

January 21, 2012

Media: Internet activists protest Megaupload arrests

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 Washington, DC. By Cyrus Farivar, 21.1...

April 11, 2011

Despite Problems, National Assembly Elections Give Nigerians a Real Chance to Vote, NDI Mission Finds

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 an international election observation m...

December 7, 2010

Media: Cultural diplomacy: To sell European culture and values globally

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 "democracy and participation", says...

September 18, 2012

Own initiative report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy

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 Council of...

October 26, 2015

Plenary speech on Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment

On October 26, during the European Parliament’s plenary meeting, Marietje Schaake presented her report on ‘Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment'....

July 16, 2012

Media: Evidence Shows Syrian Security Got Comms From West - The Associated Press

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 putting the finishing touches on an...

February 15, 2011

Resolution on the situation in Egypt

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, –   having re...

January 23, 2019

Brazil’s new president fizzles in his overseas debut

DAVOS, Switzerland — The opening day of the World Economic Forum looked like it had the potential for excitement. Jair Bolsonaro, making his debut trip abroad as Brazil’s president, was slated to unveil his v...

December 17, 2015

Open letter to the European Commission on ancillary copyright

On December 17, Marietje Schaake sent a letter on copyright reform, specifically on ancillary copyright, to European Commission President Juncker, Vice-President Ansip and Commissioner Oettinger. The letter (pdf) was...

January 22, 2014

Media: EU Sparks Fly Over Turkey’s Civil Rights as Entry Bid Languishes - Bloomberg

James G. Neuger, Bloomberg, 22.01.2014 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan faced calls to ease curbs on free speech and let judges operate independently in order to breathe fresh life into the country’s lang...

March 13, 2013

Media: Who Are the Enemies Of The Internet? - European Journalism Observatory

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 a...

June 28, 2013

Media: Between rhetoric and reality: Turkey’s foreign policy - Hürriyet

The uprisings in the Middle East have prompted both important questions and expectations about the role of Turkey in its region. Even though the mantra of “zero problems with neighbors” remains the official foreign polic...

July 23, 2012

Blog: The empty reality of EU Syria sanctions

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 for internal repression. This o...

April 6, 2011

Europeans and Americans Should Freely Urge Turkey to Respect Free Speech

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 yet unpublished book.D...

December 15, 2011

Resolution on the situation in Syria

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, in particular of Christian...

June 16, 2010

Resolution on Nepal

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 t...

February 11, 2019

German Tech Firm's Turkmen Ties Trigger Surveillance Concerns

One year ago this month, Turkmenistan's state news agency reported on a meeting between the country's authoritarian president and a visiting executive from a German electronics firm that supplies surveillance and encrypt...

May 18, 2017

Can Europe Deal With Cyberattacks?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey on the foreign and security policy challenges shaping Europe’s role in the world.Sorin Ducaru - Assistant secretary general for emerging security challenges...

November 22, 2011

Media: CNN: Cyberwar explodes in Syria - Marietje comments

"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 to continue to control all the power," said Marie...

February 17, 2019

Rift Between Trump and Europe Is Now Open and Angry

MUNICH — European leaders have long been alarmed that President Trump’s words and Twitter messages could undo a trans-Atlantic alliance that had grown stronger over seven decades. They had clung to the hope t...

March 14, 2013

Media: France could join the small club of countries that require net neutrality - Ars Technica

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 the club this...

February 16, 2011

Resolution on the border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia

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 and of 1 ...

April 18, 2012

Resolution on the situation in Mali

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 statements on...

November 24, 2010

Resolution on ACTA

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 European Union, and in parti...

March 13, 2012

Resolution on Kazakhstan

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 of international agre...

March 2, 2012

Media: Investing in Culture in a Time of Crisis

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 youth by the Seine (greetings from th...

May 12, 2011

Media: Cultural diplomacy: To sell European culture and values globally

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 and participation". Ahead of a...

October 31, 2017

EU EOM Preliminary Statement - Fresh Presidential Elections

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT – FRESH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS  Dangerous political stand-off, uncontested election and assaults on institutions damage Kenya’s democracy  Nairobi, 31 October 2017    ...

May 19, 2019

European Elections Will Gauge the Power of Populism

BRUSSELS — For weeks, Europe’s far-right populists have been dashing across the Continent, joining arms and presenting themselves as a united front that will batter the political establishment and score a big break...

June 15, 2017

How BAE sold cyber-surveillance tools to Arab states

A year-long investigation by BBC Arabic and a Danish newspaper has uncovered evidence that the UK defence giant BAE Systems has made large-scale sales across the Middle East of sophisticated surveillance technology, incl...

October 20, 2016

Walloon rebellion threatens Commission’s trade powers

By passing the buck to national and regional parliaments, EU loses control over one of its core competencies. By Christian Oliver, Hans von der Burchard and...

March 5, 2018

Trump escalates trade war, threatens European carmakers with stiff tariffs

WASHINGTON - In his expanding war over global trade, President Donald Trump has aimed his harshest rhetoric at an unlikely target - the closest U.S. allies. In Twitter posts while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on...

November 30, 2015

Media (New York Times) - E.U. Offers Turkey 3 Billion Euros to Stem Migrant Flow

On November 29, Marietje Schaake was quoted in the New York Times concerning the deal at the EU-Turkey summit on the refugee crisis. Please find the full article below. E.U. Offers Turkey 3 Billion Euros...

May 19, 2012

Media: European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

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 me to write a po...

September 8, 2016

Politico on freedom of panorama

Sharing a photograph of the Eiffel Tower at night on Facebook without paying for it could land you in hot water. Even if it’s just a holiday memento.Such quirks of EU copyright law will persist...

May 11, 2011

Resolution on Belarus

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 issued by the Vice-...

March 5, 2018

Trump vows to strike back at European leaders who warned of retaliation for his tariffs

In his expanding war over global trade, President Trump has aimed his harshest rhetoric at an unlikely target — the closest U.S. allies. In Twitter posts while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday, Tru...

February 14, 2019

Women's rights defenders in Saudi Arabia

Plenary speech Resolution European Parliament resolution of 14 February 2019 on women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia (2019/2564(RSP)) The European Parliament, –  having regard to its previous resolut...

April 29, 2015

Plenary speech & Resolution on the destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh

Marietje Schaake (ALDE) – Madam President, the wilful destruction of civilisation’s most cherished creations, which are a symbol of humanity itself, hurts all of us, as the global heritage which is centuries old...

August 23, 2012

Media: Torture in Bahrain Becomes Routine With Help From Nokia Siemens - Bloomberg

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 two stories b...

December 14, 2011

Resolution on Tunisia: the case of Zacharia Bouguira

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 the review of the European Neighbourhood...

July 17, 2014

Response Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66) to adoption resolution on freedom of expression in Egypt

Today, on the initiative of Member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake (ALDE/D66), the European Parliament adopted a resolution about the restriction of freedom of expression in Egypt. Schaake responds: "I am...

October 12, 2016

Iran report - Foreign Affairs committee

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTIONon EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement(2015/2274(INI))The European Parliament,– having regard to the joint statement made by the Vice-P...

August 27, 2017

Chastised by E.U., a Resentful Greece Embraces China’s Cash and Interests

By JASON HOROWITZ and LIZ ALDERMANAUG. 26, 2017 After years of struggling under austerity imposed by European partners and a chilly shoulder from the United States, Greece has embraced the advances of China, its most a...

August 2, 2016

Snapping up cheap spy tools, nations 'monitoring everyone'

LIMA, Peru (AP) — It was a national scandal. Peru's then-vice president accused two domestic intelligence agents of staking her out. Then, a top congressman blamed the spy agency for a break-in at his office. News storie...

February 13, 2013

Discussion paper - Freedom of the Press and Media in the World report

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 in this discussion paper...

January 15, 2015

MEP: Egyptian government must respect human rights (Resolution)

Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution initiated by MEP Marietje Schaake (D66/ALDE) on the situation in Egypt. Schaake: “We condemn the systematic repression under the regime in Egypt. After Mubarak and Morsi...

September 15, 2016

Ars Technica on new EU telco rules

BRUSSELS—At the behest of European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU’s digital chiefs have set out a raft of proposals in an effort to deliver Internet access to everyone, everywh...

April 15, 2015

Open Letter Regarding the Human Rights Situation in Azerbaijan

Marietje Schaake, amongst others, wrote an open letter regarding the deteriorating human rights situation in Azerbaijan. Please refer to the letter below.See also Schaake's Parliamentary work on Azerbaijan: 17-09-2014...

November 22, 2012

Media: Post-Baku, Pre-WCIT Special Report: Internet Governance On A Shoestring - Intellectual Property Watch

Monika Ermert, Intellectual Property Watch, 19.11.2012 The recent UN-led Internet Governance Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan was used as a stage for some very targeted messages on the upcoming World Conference on Internatio...

July 7, 2010

Resolution on North Korea

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 C...

August 10, 2017

Preliminary Statement of EU Election Observation Mission

On 10 August, Marietje Schaake presented the preliminary findings of the EU Election Observation Mission. The video of the press conference will be available on the Facebook page. Please find the Preliminary Stat...

January 31, 2019

Speech at Central European University

On January 31st, Marietje Schaake gave a lecture at Central European University on the rule of law and multilateralism in the online world  as part of the CEU's Presidential Lecture Serieus. Please find a short in...

July 5, 2012

Plenary speech & Resolution on on violence against lesbian women and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons in Africa

(Resolution below the plenary video's) Plenary speech Marietje Schaake – Mr President, we have fought long and hard to address, at last, the extensive violence against LGBT people in Africa. Sadly, even in the Hou...

August 28, 2011

Media: Western spy tools aid in crackdown on Arab dissent

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 in the Gulf kingdo...

November 17, 2011

Resolution on Iran – recent cases of human rights violations

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 20 January 2011,...

February 20, 2019

A Conversation About Digital Platforms And Regulation, Part I + 2

PART 1from the the-view-from-the-eu dept Tue, Feb 19th 2019 12:04pm — Flemming Rose We are cross posting the following interview conducted by Danish journalist, Cato Institute Senior Fellow, and author of The Tyr...