PRESENCE IN THE MEDIA

On June 18, MEP Javier Zarzalejos met in Strasbourg with Ahmed Abu Zeid, Head of the Egyptian Mission to the European Union. The meeting focused on various aspects of the current state of EU-Egypt relations, highlighting their strategic importance and Egypt’s role as a key partner for regional stability. A central topic of the discussion…

To mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Schengen Agreement, the Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos, took part in the commemorative event held in the town of Schengen, Luxembourg—where in 1985, five member states of the then European Community signed the agreement…

Between May 26 and 28, a delegation of Members of the European Parliament from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), led by Chair Javier Zarzalejos, conducted an official mission to the Canary Islands focused on the management of migration flows, the state of reception systems, and cooperation with local and European…

On Thursday, May 22, MEP Javier Zarzalejos called for a comprehensive European Union strategy to reinforce the position of the autonomous cities of Melilla and Ceuta as key border enclaves. His statement came during an official mission organized by the European People’s Party (EPP), which also included MEPs Dolors Montserrat, Juan Ignacio Zoido, Tomas Tobé,…

This past Friday, May 16, Basque MEP from the Popular Party, Javier Zarzalejos, warned of what he described as a “slide into decline” currently affecting the Basque economy. At a press conference held in Bilbao alongside the President of the Basque PP, Javier de Andrés, Zarzalejos called for an immediate response to what he described…

On Friday, May 16, MEP Javier Zarzalejos held a meeting with William Cockburn, Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), based in Bilbao. During the visit, Zarzalejos toured the agency’s facilities and expressed interest in the work being done to improve working conditions across the European Union. They exchanged…

On Thursday, May 15, MEP Javier Zarzalejos met with a group of students at the Colegio Mayor de Deusto in Bilbao, where he held an open discussion on the current challenges facing the European Union and the role young people must play in shaping its future. During the talk, Zarzalejos addressed key issues such as…

On Monday, May 12, MEP Javier Zarzalejos met in Brussels with Elena Larrinaga and Yaxys Cires, representatives of the Cuban Human Rights Observatory (OCDH), to discuss the state of fundamental rights in Cuba. During the meeting, the current situation on the island was analyzed, with particular focus on the recent imprisonment of opposition leader José…

On Wednesday, May 7, the European Parliament held a solemn ceremony in Strasbourg to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe. The event, which took place in the plenary chamber, featured the participation of three veterans of the conflict and included speeches by the President of the Parliament,…

The Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Javier Zarzalejos (EPP, Spain), led an official mission to Slovakia with the Rule of Law Monitoring Group to assess the impact of recent legislative reforms in criminal law, media pluralism, and the protection of fundamental rights in the country. During…