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Seminar Policy Making at EU Level – Populism vs. Democracy

European economic and social committee

MEP Paulo Rangel, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, and the Institute for Political Studies of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in association with Europaeum are organising a seminar on “Policy Making at EU Level”, taking place at the European Parliament, Brussels, between March 19th and March 21th. This is a joint effort to link academic and policy institutions, contributing to a better understanding of the process of preparation and discussion of European Union policies, engaging in a lively debate among scholars, students, policy makers and opinion leaders. The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will participate on Panel 5 “Populism vs. Democracy”, on 20th March, from 3.30pm to 4.45pm,…

Conference “Is perception of migrants shaping mainstream policies in Europe?”

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

The EFJ GS Ricardo Gutiérrez will participate to a panel discussion titled 'Stigmatization of migrants in Europe', at the European Parliament, in the framework presentation of the research "New Forms of Citizenship in Migration Era". The panel will discuss this phenomenon with representatives of policy makers, media and NGOs from Brussels. Adopted recommendations and conclusions will be incorporated into a report “New policy ideas combating stigmatization of migrants in Europe” providing fresh ideas on how political actors could address this through their daily work, especially in the light of European elections in 2019. The event is co-hosted by MEP Tanja Fajon, vice-president…

Copyright Directive: S&D – Greens Press Conference

European Parliament Strasbourg 1 Avenue du Président Robert Schuman, Strasbourg,, France

Les députées Virginie Rozière (FR, S&D) et Helga Trüpel (All, Groupe des Verts) vous invitent à une conférence de presse qu’elles organisent aux côtés d’une délégation de journalistes européens le 11 septembre, à 16h30, au Parlement européen de Strasbourg salle Daphne Caruana Galizia (N-1.2) Parmi eux, le directeur du bureau de l’AFP à Bagdad, Sammy Kets, signataire d’une tribune en faveur de la création d’un « droit voisin » qui permettrait aux journaux, aux magazines et aux agences de presse d’être rémunérés lorsque leurs articles sont republiés en ligne via des grandes plateformes. Son initiative a été soutenue par plus…

EP Public hearing – Role of Independent Public Service Media for Democracy in Europe

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

Independence of Public Service Media (PSM) in Europe is under increased pressure in a number of the EU Member States. Destabilization of this democratic institution in the context of the overall challenges in Europe and weakening of other democratic institutions, such as political parties represents a real threat to the democracy in Europe. The PSM in Hungary is under the full control of Orban. In 2016 a political cleansing took place in the public service broadcaster in Poland followed by a political purge in the Croatian broadcaster. Recently the Czech Television is under pressure for rejection of their annual report,…

Conference Fact-checking European elections

European Parliament Brussels, Belgium

The intention of this conference is to discuss challenges and possible solutions to: Fact checking European elections - lessons from the past, looking into the future Working with data from social media companies and EU Institutions Common areas of EU disinformation - the examples of migration and the EU budget Practical cooperation among European fact checkers Draft programme Thursday, 27 September 2018 8.00 - 9.00 Arrival and registration. Coffee provided inside the meeting room. Venue: ASP 3G2 9.00 - 9.30 Opening by Antonio TAJANI, President of the European Parliament and Mariya GABRIEL, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Followed by…