PRESENCE IN THE MEDIA

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

On Tuesday, 12 May, Javier Zarzalejos held a meeting at the European Parliament with Kerry Smith, CEO of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), to discuss the main challenges related to protecting children from online sexual abuse and the dissemination of illegal content on the internet. During the meeting, participants reviewed the organisation’s latest annual report,…

On 12 May, the European Parliament hosted a tribute to Manuel Giménez Abad in Brussels to mark the 25th anniversary of his assassination by ETA. The event was marked by remembrance, the defence of the memory of victims, and the reaffirmation of democratic values in the face of terrorism. The ceremony brought together institutional representatives,…