ZARZALEJOS MEETS WITH EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT VIRKKUNEN TO DISCUSS UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES ON SECURITY AND THE RULE OF LAW

During this week’s plenary session, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, held a working meeting with the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, Henna Virkkunen. The meeting focused on the key legislative priorities that the European Commission is…

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MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE MICHAEL McGRATH

On 17 June, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, held a meeting with the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, Michael McGrath, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the European People’s Party (EPP), Dolors Montserrat. During the meeting, they…

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ZARZALEJOS REAFFIRMS THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S COMMITMENT TO THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIGRATION AND ASYLUM PACT

The Informal Ministerial Conference on the Migration and Asylum Pact, held in Nicosia at a crucial stage in the launch of the new European framework, brought together representatives of the Member States, the European Commission, and the European Parliament to assess the first steps in its implementation. In this context, the Chair of the European…

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ZARZALEJOS CALLS FOR A COORDINATED EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO MONEY LAUNDERING AT AMLA

The Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, spoke on 9 June in Frankfurt at the first Annual Conference of the new European Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Authority (AMLA). In his address, he emphasised the strategic importance of the new body and…

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JAVIER ZARZALEJOS HOSTS A DELEGATION FROM THE BASQUE PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRATIC QUALITY IN EUROPE

The Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, held a working meeting with a delegation from the Basque Parliament’s Committee for the Improvement of Democratic Quality, composed of representatives from various political groups in the regional chamber. The meeting provided an opportunity to exchange experiences and…

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ZARZALEJOS AND ZDECHOVSKÝ WARN OF DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN SLOVAKIA AND CALL FOR STRONGER PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN FUNDS

On the occasion of the first anniversary of the fact-finding missions carried out by the European Parliament’s Committees on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Budgetary Control (CONT) to Slovakia, European People’s Party (EPP) MEPs Javier Zarzalejos and Tomáš Zdechovský held a press conference on 20 March to present the main findings of…

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FIRST LIBE PARLIAMENTARY MISSION TO THE UNITED KINGDOM SINCE BREXIT

From 2 to 5 June, Javier Zarzalejos led a delegation from the LIBE Committee on a mission to London. The Members of the European Parliament held meetings with legislators, senior officials from the UK Government, and experts in the fields of police and judicial cooperation, data protection, and online safety. In the area of police…

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ON 1 JUNE, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF JAVIER ZARZALEJOS, THE TRILOGUE ON THE RETURNS REGULATION CONCLUDED WITH A PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, AND THE COUNCIL

With this agreement, the architecture of the Migration and Asylum Pact is now complete, just in time for the full entry into force of the European Migration and Asylum Pact on 12 June 2026. The new Regulation repeals the 2008 Returns Directive and transforms what was previously a fragmented framework across national legislations into a…

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