PRESENCE IN THE MEDIA

MEP Javier Zarzalejos attended a commemorative event at the European Parliament on the third anniversary of the terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas in Israel on 7 October 2023, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola took part in the commemoration, paying tribute to the…

Javier Zarzalejos, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), chaired meetings held in Brussels on 28 September and in Strasbourg on 19 October. Both sessions addressed important issues on the European agenda, ranging from the fight against organised crime and migration management to the protection of the rule…

Javier Zarzalejos, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), spoke on 21 October at a meeting of the Delegation for Relations with the Maghreb Countries, focusing on migration cooperation and the situation in Ceuta. In his remarks, he denounced the seriousness of the mass irregular entries recorded at…

On 8 October, the European Parliament’s plenary adopted a resolution on the first European anti-corruption strategy. With this vote, Parliament submitted its political contribution to the European Commission ahead of the strategy’s presentation, scheduled for the end of 2026. The initiative was prepared in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), chaired…

Former Spanish Prime Minister and President of the FAES Foundation José María Aznar presented the 13th FAES Freedom Award on 16 October to three women who, despite coming from very different circumstances, share a common cause: defending freedom against authoritarianism. The event also featured speeches by FAES Director and MEP Javier Zarzalejos and former Foreign…

On 7 October, Javier Zarzalejos, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), welcomed the adoption of the new European Returns Regulation. The legislation will help establish a more effective migration policy, with swift and safe return procedures while ensuring respect for fundamental rights. Following the signing of the…

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached an important agreement on the responsibilities of the future European Centre for the Protection of Children against Sexual Abuse, a new EU agency that will play a key role in combating these crimes online. Reached during the sixth trilogue on 29 September, the agreement…

Javier Zarzalejos, Member of the European Parliament and Director of the FAES Foundation, took part in the closing session of the FAES Campus alongside the President of the Partido Popular, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and former Prime Minister of Spain and President of the FAES Foundation, José María Aznar. Zarzalejos called for a stronger political presence…

Javier Zarzalejos, Director of the FAES Foundation and Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE); Nuria González, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Barcelona; and Cristian Pizarro Allard, former editor of Chilean newspaper El Mercurio and Deputy Editor of El Debate, took part in the round-table…

On Friday 18 September, Javier Zarzalejos was interviewed on RTVE’s Europa 2026 programme, where he warned of the extreme seriousness of the Ceuta crisis, not only for Spain but for the European Union as a whole. Zarzalejos said that the European People’s Party is helping to raise awareness among the European institutions of the particular…