Monthly Archives: March 2013

FREE Newsletter: 28, 29 March 2013

EUROPEAN AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE – IMMIGRATION Report says ‘deficiencies’ persist in treatment of migrants at EU borders The Parliament: “A new report calls for an EU-wide ban on the return of migrants to third countries if this … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 25, 26, 27 March 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS – FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND EXPRESSION – MEDIA PLURALISM Digital Agenda: Commission opens consultations on media freedom and pluralism and audiovisual media regulator independence Europa Rapid: “The European Commission launches today two public consultations, open until 14th June … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 21, 22 March 2013

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF ART.2 TUE Time to suspend Orban’s EU voting rights Euobserver: “The EU is not only experiencing an economic crisis. Even more worryingly, it is suffering a democratic crisis in … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 18, 19, 20 March 2013

PRINCIPLES AND VALUES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION – POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 7 TUE Cornered Orbán bares teeth at German criticism Euractiv: “Parliament President Martin Schulz yesterday (14 March) called on EU heads of state to punish Hungarian Prime Minister … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 13, 14, 15 March 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Hungary faces fresh criticism over constitutional changes The Parliament: “European parliament president Martin Schulz has joined the chorus of criticism over Hungary’s new constitutional changes. His intervention comes after the Hungarian parliament adopted an amendment to the constitution … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 11, 12 March 2013

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS Orbán accused of assault on democracy The Parliament: “The Independent reports that Hungary’s parliament is expected to pass an amendment to its constitution which critics say will roll back democratic freedoms and weaken the judiciary. This potentially puts … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 6, 7, 8 March 2013

DATA PROTECTION Data Protection Regulation: Key amendments in the JURI Committee Open Rights Group: “The Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee in the European Parliament will vote on amendments to the proposed Data Protection Regulation on March 18th-19th. Their opinion will influence … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 5 March 2013

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT Germany’s Schengen veto slated as ‘populist’ Euractiv: “Hannes Swoboda, President of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, has described as “populist and deceitful” Germany’s threat to veto the accession of Bulgaria and Romania … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 1st to 4th March 2013

DATA PROTECTION EU data protection reform: Vice-President Reding and Polish Minister for Administration and Digital Affairs Boni want rules that are good for citizens and good for business Europa Rapid: “Today Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU’s Justice Commissioner and Michal … Continue reading

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FREE Newsletter: 28th February 2013

IMMIGRATION peoplemovin, migration flows across the world peoplemovin is an experimental project in data visualization by Carlo Zapponi. peoplemovin shows the flows of migrants as of 2010 through the use of open data (see Data Sources). The data are presented … Continue reading

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