Other events
All other public events organised as part of committee activities involving external speakers or experts.
Commission Vice-President Schinas will participate in the LIBE meeting of 6 July 2023 to engage in the Commission-Parliament structured dialogue.
To mark World Refugee Day at the European Parliament, the LIBE, DEVE, and DROI Committees are jointly hosting an exchange of views, focusing on forgotten crises as well as the importance of inclusion and finding solutions for displaced people who have found refuge in a foreign country.
The members of the Committee will have the opportunity to discuss with Eurojust President Ladislav Hamran the Agency’s annual report for the exercise of the last year.
On 27 June 2023, the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies presented a new study entitled "Animal welfare of farmed fish".
A delegation of AFCO Members will travel to Santiago and Valparaíso (Chile) from 19 to 21 June 2023. The main goal of this mission is to discuss the ongoing constitutional reform in Chile, get some first-hand information and thanks the experience gained, enhance the process to reform EU Treaties. Members will hold meetings with Chilean authorities, academics and experts to exchange views, best practices and send a strong signal of EU interest in the country's democratic constitutional process.
The LIBE committee will hear the report of its delegation sent to Belgium (Brussels), France (Calais) and the Netherlands (Ter Apel) from 20 to 22 February 2023.
Two topical exchanges of views on migration in the LIBE Committee meeting of 5 June
LIBE Members will have the opportunity to hear and discuss with Commission Vice President Schinas and Commissioner Johansson on the work carried out by the European Commission’s Task Force on Migration Management, as well as on the alleged push backs of migrants by the Greek authorities.
On Tuesday, 23 May 2023, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held two exchanges of views dedicated to protection of personal data.
Last February at least 64 people, including children and women, died after a wooden boat carrying migrants from Turkey broke apart on rocks off the coast of Calabria (Southern Italy). The incident opened a debate on the role played by Frontex and the Italian authorities in rescuing human lives at sea.
On 15-19 May 2023, ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, a delegation of seven Members chaired by Ms Christel Schaldemose (S&D) travelled to Japan. The main aim of the delegation was to learn about the Japanese regulatory approach to digital products and services, as Japan is one of the world leaders in the sector, with over 300 registered AI-related companies.
Exchange of views: Commissioner Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency
Commissioner Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency, exchanged with LIBE Members in the context of the "Structured dialogue" between Commission and Parliament.
At the LIBE meeting of 26 April, Vice-President Šuica provided LIBE members with an overview of the (legislative) initiatives recently adopted, as well as those still to be adopted in the field of responsibility of the Vice President and relevant for the LIBE Committee.