The German Bundestag extends the country’s participation in a naval operation led by the EU in the Mediterranean Sea. Belgium demands clarification from the European Commission on its European nature restoration law, while Spain asks the Commission for aid in light of the country’s drought crisis.
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the European Newsroom talked to European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová about the Media Freedom Act, the anti-SLAPPs initiative and the general state of the media in Europe.
Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day on May 3, European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová gave an interview to the European Newsroom in Brussels answering to both questions and criticism from participating agencies on- and offline.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urges EU member states and their people to stand united. Police chiefs from 24 European capitals pull together to discuss organised- and cybercrime. Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob and European Commissioner Thierry Breton agree on the importance of nuclear energy in the green transition.
Established by several EU members in 2004 for the purpose of crisis management outside the European Union, the gendarmerie force EuroGendFor has been the subject of many rumours in recent years.