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听听Der Pr盲sident. 鈥� Als n盲chster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache 眉ber den Bericht von Tiemo W枚lken im Namen des Rechtsausschusses 眉ber den Vorschlag f眉r eine Richtlinie des Europ盲ischen Parlaments und des Rates zum Schutz von Personen, die sich 枚ffentlich beteiligen, vor offenkundig unbegr眉ndeten oder missbr盲uchlichen Gerichtsverfahren (鈥瀞trategische Klagen gegen 枚ffentliche Beteiligung鈥�) ( 鈥� C9-0161/2022 鈥� (础9鈥�0223/2023).

听听Tiemo W枚lken, Berichterstatter. 鈥� Herr Pr盲sident, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, sehr geehrte Frau Kommissarin, sch枚n, dass Sie heute da sind. Wir m眉ssen 眉ber ein wichtiges Thema reden. Wir m眉ssen dar眉ber reden, dass unsere Rechtssysteme ausgenutzt werden, um Berichterstattung zu unterdr眉cken, an der wir als Allgemeinheit ein gro脽es Interesse haben. Wir m眉ssen dar眉ber reden, dass Berichterstattung, die Teil des 枚ffentlichen Diskurses ist, immer h盲ufiger von reichen Menschen, von Menschen mit viel Macht, von Unternehmen zum Schweigen gebracht wird. Das darf es in der Europ盲ischen Union, die darauf stolz ist, dass wir eine Pressefreiheit haben, die stark ist, nicht geben. Das darf es in der Europ盲ischen Union nicht geben, denn die Pressefreiheit ist ein Grundpfeiler der Demokratie. Ohne Kontrolle der M盲chtigen ist eine Demokratie, die funktioniert, nicht vorstellbar.

Trotzdem sehen wir in immer mehr europ盲ischen L盲ndern, dass es diese Klagen, die gegen Journalistinnen und Journalisten, NGOs, Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten gef眉hrt werden, immer h盲ufiger gibt. Diese Klagen werden nicht gef眉hrt, weil man ein Problem mit etwas hat, mit einer Berichterstattung zum Beispiel, sondern diese Klagen werden allein deswegen gef眉hrt, weil man das Opfer zum Schweigen bringen m枚chte. Deswegen geht es gar nicht darum, den Fall zu gewinnen, sondern es geht wirklich darum, Menschen听鈥� Journalistinnen und Journalisten, NGOs, Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten听鈥� mundtot zu machen. Das d眉rfen wir nicht zulassen in der Europ盲ischen Union.

Deswegen bin ich so froh, dass die Europ盲ische Kommission einen Vorschlag gemacht hat, nachdem wir im Parlament ja auch schon einen sehr starken Initiativbericht geschrieben hatten. Ich hoffe, dass wir dann mit den Mitgliedstaaten zusammen eine starke Gesetzgebung hinbekommen, die Journalistinnen und Journalisten, Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten besser sch眉tzt. Denn das ist dringend notwendig.

Was wollen wir als Parlament? Wir wollen, dass Opfer von SLAPP-Klagen den Grund einbringen k枚nnen, dass es sich um eine SLAPP-Klage handelt, und die Klage deswegen fr眉hzeitig abgewiesen wird, um langwierige Verfahren und teure Verfahren fr眉hzeitig zu beenden. Denn es ist nicht nur so, dass die Klage die Menschen, die davon betroffen sind, belastet, sondern es f眉hrt ja auch dazu, dass man sich Gedanken macht, ob man sich die Rechtsverteidigung leisten kann. Man muss zu Gerichtsterminen erscheinen, und das f眉hrt auch dazu, dass andere auch weniger berichten. Und das alles ist eine echte Gefahr f眉r unsere Demokratie.

Wir wollen, dass Opfer von SLAPP-Klagen einen Anspruch auf Schadenersatz haben, um tats盲chlich diese Klagen f眉r diejenigen, die die Klage f眉hren, auch teuer zu machen. Und wir wollen, dass den Menschen, die Opfer von SLAPP-Klagen sind, geholfen wird, indem wir die Beweislast umkehren. Das hei脽t: Derjenige, der die Klage erhebt, muss vorbringen, dass es sich nicht um eine SLAPP-Klage handelt.

Wir fordern die Mitgliedstaaten dazu auf, eine zentrale Anlaufstelle zu schaffen, an die sich Opfer von SLAPP-Klagen wenden k枚nnen, wo sie Hilfe bekommen, wo Psychologinnen und Psychologen arbeiten, wo Rechtsanw盲ltinnen und Rechtsanw盲lte arbeiten, die darauf spezialisiert sind. Und wir wollen die 脺berarbeitung des internationalen anwendbaren Privatrechts erreichen: Br眉ssel听I und Rom听II. Denn leider ist es so, dass gerade diese m盲chtigen Unternehmen, die reichen Menschen es sich leisten k枚nnen, den Gerichtsstand auszusuchen, und dann dort klagen, wo sie am meisten Erfolgsaussichten haben, und nicht dort, wo sie eigentlich klagen m眉ssten. Auch das ist eine weitere H眉rde f眉r die Betroffenen von SLAPP-Klagen.

Jetzt kann man sagen: Na ja, das sind wenige F盲lle. Aber es sind immer mehr F盲lle. Ich habe gerade in den Medien gelesen, dass ein ehemaliger Chef einer deutschen Boulevardzeitung tats盲chlich gegen eine Berichterstattung 眉ber seine private Geburtstagsfeier vorgeht, obwohl er Chef einer Zeitung war, die 眉ber solche Feiern immer berichtet, wenn es auch nur ansatzweise Interesse daran gibt. Und er geht nicht gegen die Financial Times vor, weil er sich da vorstellen kann, dass der Verlag es sich leisten kann, die Klage durchzufechten. Er geht aber gegen ein kleines neues Unternehmen vor, und das ist genau ein Beispiel daf眉r, worum es geht. Genau diesen Missbrauch m眉ssen wir verhindern, und daf眉r brauchen wir ein starkes Anti-SLAPP-Gesetz. Ich hoffe, dass wir das hier morgen auch gemeinsam verabschieden k枚nnen.

听听Ramona Strugariu, Raportoare pentru aviz, Comisia pentru libert膬葲i civile, justi葲ie 葯i afaceri interne. 鈥� Domnule pre葯edinte, 卯ncep prin a mul葲umi colegilor care au f膬cut posibil ca ast膬zi s膬 avem o propunere at芒t de curajoas膬, care va fi adoptat膬 卯n plenul Parlamentului European, lui Tiemo W枚lken 葯i echipelor de negociere 葯i comisarei V臎ra Jourov谩, pentru c膬 la 葯ase ani de la moartea lui Daphne Caruana Galizia, ceea ce era c芒ndva un vis a devenit, 卯n sf芒r葯it, realitate 葯i are o contribu葲ie direct膬 la acest lucru.

葮i a葯 vrea s膬 continui cu o poveste de acum, a葯a cum a 卯nceput colegul meu, din Rom芒nia, unde doi jurnali葯ti foarte curajo葯i de la dou膬 platforme media independente, Buletin de Bucure葯ti 葯i Centrul pentru Investiga葲ii Media, au scos la iveal膬 una dintre cele mai brutale 葯i crude pove葯ti ale ultimilor ani. Leg膬tura dintre ni葯te mini葯tri 葯i apropia葲ii lor 葯i o re葲ea de azile de b膬tr芒ni 卯n care sunt chinui葲i, 卯nfometa葲i 葯i b膬tu葲i oameni 卯n v芒rst膬 bolnavi 葯i f膬r膬 niciun fel de ap膬rare, o re葲ea de tor葲ionari de b膬tr芒ni 卯n Europa a secolului XXI, posibil膬 cu complicitatea unor politicieni. Datorit膬 acestor jurnali葯ti 葯i unui ONG foarte curajos, Centrul pentru Resurse Juridice, ast膬zi avem un caz 卯n justi葲ie 葯i o anchet膬 de amploare a procurorilor 卯n plin膬 desf膬葯urare. 葮ti葲i care a fost reac葲ia doamnei ministru vizat膬 卯n aceast膬 anchet膬? C膬 va da 卯n judecat膬 toat膬 presa care a reac葲ionat 葯i care a legat numele ei 葯i al familiei ei de aceast膬 anchet膬.

De asta avem nevoie de o directiv膬 european膬 anti-SLAPP foarte curajoas膬 葯i de o legisla葲ie na葲ional膬 pe m膬sur膬. Dac膬 vrem pres膬 liber膬, trebuie s膬 o protej膬m de abuz pentru ca ea s膬 dezv膬luie abuzuri 葯i s膬 apere interesul public.

听听V臎ra Jourov谩, Vice-President of the Commission. 鈥� Mr President, honourable Members, yes, it is true that since we started to work on this legislation, we heard about new and new cases. So just to react on Mr W枚lken and his comment that there seemed to be not many cases 鈥� now we have good data which show that this is a broad issue and dangerous trend which needs the legislative reaction. That is why I am glad that we are already in the advanced stage of negotiations on this legislation.

Indeed, Madame Strugariu, I promise this to the family of Daphne Caruana Galizia that we will legislate against the anti鈥擲LAPP cases, and so here we are. We have been seeing that the journalists face a multitude of challenges, and also human rights defenders. Our annual rule of law reports regularly identify issues that affect the freedom and pluralism of media in the EU and challenges to civil society, including rights defenders.

Journalists or rights defenders are still being targeted for doing their jobs, and this is not acceptable. More than that, I feel, I see that the justice system is abused, and as somebody who coordinates also justice policy in the EU, I have to repeat: this is unacceptable.

While it is mainly the responsibility of Member States to ensure that these key actors for democracy can do their work without constraints, we also have a duty to support the ecosystem at EU level. Over the past two years, the Commission has taken a number of initiatives to help improve the health of the media sector and of the rights defenders.

We have expanded our financial support in the area of media freedom and pluralism within the Creative Europe programme. We adopted a recommendation on the safety of journalists in September听2021. We proposed the Media Freedom Act in September听2022.

We adopted a report on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights looking at the role of civil society, and we proposed in April听2022 a package to counter strategic lawsuits against public participation, so鈥攃alled SLAPPs, which is what we are discussing here today. I am very grateful for having such a discussion. We need to act to counter the SLAPP phenomenon and prevent it from growing.

Our objective is clear to protect journalists and other important civil society actors against abusive court proceedings because they should use their time and resources in order to be the watchdogs needed for the health of our democracies and not to fight abusive court proceedings. To do this, we need a strong system of safeguards and deterrents, and we need it sooner rather than later. Time is of the essence.

Speaking about time, I am beyond time. Can I have one more minute, Mr President? Thank you. I believe that this is an objective which is shared by the European 合法博彩网站, that we need to fight a growing phenomenon because it reaches levels of seriousness that endanger our democratic societies. I would like to thank the 合法博彩网站 for your efforts and for the swift progress made on this important file.

In particular, I welcome the fact that many of the adopted amendments in your report show a high level of agreement with our approach, including when it comes to important elements such as having a definition of cross鈥攂order cases and compensation for damages. 合法博彩网站 suggests several improvements which we look at positively and introduces two entirely new chapters which we look forward to discussing.

That said, in our view, it would be preferable to regulate questions of international jurisdiction and applicable law in the two general instruments that deal with these matters horizontally. It was already mentioned here the Brussels Ia and Rome II Regulations. The review process for both instruments is underway, and SLAPP鈥攕pecific considerations are very much part of that review.

I would also like to recall that the Commission鈥檚 anti鈥擲LAPP initiative is a comprehensive package. Our proposed directive provides cross鈥攂order civil procedure safeguards against SLAPPs, and in addition, we have also adopted, as you know, a horizontal recommendation which applies to all kinds of SLAPP cases, be they civil, criminal or administrative. It covers cross鈥攂order as well as domestic cases.

Some elements introduced by 合法博彩网站鈥檚 report are closely related to topics touched upon in the recommendation. We are open to consideration as to what the best policy mix is in relation to these elements.

听听Magdalena Adamowicz, w imieniu grupy PPE. 鈥� Pani Komisarz! Panie Przewodnicz膮cy! Demokracja, praworz膮dno艣膰 i sprawiedliwo艣膰 to stanie po stronie tych, kt贸rzy broni膮 prawdy, a przeciwko kt贸rym wymierzane s膮 pow贸dztwa typu SLAPP. Dost臋p do rzetelnych informacji, dost臋p do prawdy jest naszym podstawowym prawem, a naszym obowi膮zkiem jest chronienie tych, kt贸rzy do prawdy docieraj膮. Gdy nie bronimy tych, kt贸rzy walcz膮 o prawd臋, to pozwalamy, by prawd臋 zast臋powa艂o k艂amstwo. Gdy nie bronimy dost臋pu do prawdy, to pozwalamy odebra膰 sobie wolno艣膰. Pozwalamy, aby autorytaryzm zast膮pi艂 demokracj臋. Nasze warto艣ci musz膮 by膰 chronione naszym prawem. Temu ma s艂u偶y膰 dyrektywa przeciwko pow贸dztwom typu SLAPP, kt贸ra jest kluczowym, pierwszym krokiem w przeciwstawieniu si臋 tym, kt贸rzy knebluj膮 usta stoj膮cym na stra偶y prawdy i interesu spo艂ecznego. Nasze cele s膮 jasne.

Chcemy silnych 艣rodk贸w ochrony prawnej dla ofiar i dotkliwych kar odstraszaj膮cych dla inicjuj膮cych pow贸dztwa typu SLAPP. Bo naszym nadrz臋dnym celem jest, aby ofiary mia艂y pe艂ne wsparcie i pomoc pa艅stwa, a oprawcy 鈥� poczucie absolutnej nieuchronno艣ci kary. Chcemy jak najwcze艣niejszego oddalania bezpodstawnych pozw贸w, bo gdy sprawiedliwo艣膰 nadchodzi zbyt p贸藕no, trudno m贸wi膰 o jakiejkolwiek sprawiedliwo艣ci. Chcemy, by prawda nigdy nie by艂a kneblowana w imi臋 prawa do s膮du. Dla mnie wolno艣膰 od mowy nienawi艣ci powinna by膰 prawem cz艂owieka. Ale te偶 z pe艂n膮 moc膮 zawsze b臋d臋 powtarza艂a, 偶e ochrona przed mow膮 nienawi艣ci nie mo偶e by膰 argumentem do uciszania krytyki. I tylko niezawis艂y s膮d mo偶e by膰 miejscem, gdzie sp贸r o prawd臋 i granice wolno艣ci s艂owa jest rozstrzygany. Chcemy wreszcie, by prawo do prawdy nie by艂o tylko dla wybranych. Zagro偶eniem dla naszej wsp贸lnoty s膮 nie tylko pow贸dztwa typu SLAPP o wyra藕nym charakterze transgranicznym. Zaprzeczeniem fundament贸w Unii s膮 wszystkie SLAPP-y. Dlatego, podobnie jak w przypadku 艂amania praworz膮dno艣ci, tu te偶 musi obowi膮zywa膰 czytelna zasada: uciszanie demokracji w jednym kraju cz艂onkowskim jest uciszaniem demokracji w ca艂ej Unii.

听听Ib谩n Garc铆a Del Blanco, en nombre del Grupo S&D. 鈥� Se帽or presidente, la existencia de una democracia sana tiene como presupuesto la existencia, a su vez, de una opini贸n cr铆tica fuerte, de una opini贸n cr铆tica sana, libre. Y, para eso, es imprescindible que los poderes p煤blicos, que las instituciones pongamos medios para equilibrar la partida frente a quienes ejercen posiciones abusivas de poder, quienes tienen los suficientes medios econ贸micos o pol铆ticos para poder ejercer de manera abusiva esos mismos medios para, de alguna manera, cegar a la opini贸n p煤blica.

Y, en ese sentido, esta legislaci贸n anti demandas abusivas previene que haya una utilizaci贸n abusiva por parte de estos poderosos de demandas judiciales, de procedimientos que establecen cargas financieras, cargas econ贸micas insuperables para personas como activistas, como periodistas, como defensores de los derechos humanos, para aquellas personas que de alguna manera son la voz de nuestra conciencia, la conciencia de las democracias.

Y en ese sentido quiero dar las gracias a las personas que han trabajado en este expediente y, sobre todo, a mi compa帽ero Tiemo W枚lken, porque creo que a partir de hoy tenemos una democracia m谩s sana en la Uni贸n Europea. No solo es suficiente con esta norma; habr谩 muchas m谩s, tendremos que poner encima de la mesa muchas m谩s. Pero desde luego que a partir de hoy tenemos una democracia m谩s justa.

听听Ilana Cicurel, au nom du groupe Renew. 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, SLAPP! Cela sonne comme une claque et c鈥檈st ainsi que l鈥檕n d茅signe les 芦strategic lawsuit against public participation禄, ces actions-b芒illons, ces pratiques de harc猫lement judiciaire dont sont victimes journalistes, lanceurs d鈥檃lerte, universitaires qui se voient poursuivis de mani猫re acharn茅e par ceux qui veulent faire taire toute critique 脿 leur endroit.

Ce ph茅nom猫ne est suffisamment massif en Europe pour qu鈥檜ne directive soit sur le point d鈥櫭猼re vot茅e, inspir茅e par le remarquable travail de la coalition CASE. Ce texte est une avanc茅e majeure, mais une interpr茅tation trop restrictive de son champ d鈥檃pplication pourrait mettre en p茅ril son efficacit茅.

Comme parlementaires europ茅ens, nous portons haut trois exigences. La directive qui vise les proc猫s civils doit s鈥檃ppliquer au volet civil de l鈥檃ction p茅nale. Si elle ne s鈥檃pplique qu鈥檃ux litiges transfrontaliers, cette notion doit inclure les sujets d鈥檌nt茅r锚t public europ茅ens ou les propos accessibles depuis au moins deux pays europ茅ens. Enfin, et c鈥檈st essentiel, la directive doit offrir 脿 la victime de SLAPP une provision 脿 la charge du 芦slappeur禄 lui permettant de financer sa d茅fense.

听听Diana Riba i Giner, en nombre del Grupo Verts/ALE. 鈥� Se帽or presidente, se帽ora comisaria, la libertad de expresi贸n y de informaci贸n se ha deteriorado de forma alarmante en los 煤ltimos a帽os en Europa. El n煤mero de demandas mordaza impuestas en los Estados miembros ha incrementado gravemente. Tambi茅n lo han hecho los esc谩ndalos asociados al uso indiscriminado de programas esp铆a contra periodistas, opositores pol铆ticos y activistas. En pa铆ses como Polonia ya se han aprobado leyes de medios de comunicaci贸n que violan directamente el principio de la libertad de prensa.

Estamos en un contexto de avance de ideolog铆as reaccionarias y esto coincide con la negociaci贸n y aprobaci贸n a nivel europeo de esta legislaci贸n y de la Ley de Libertad de los Medios de Comunicaci贸n. Pese a que esta legislaci贸n no es tan ambiciosa como nuestro Grupo habr铆a querido, el texto que esta C谩mara aprobar谩 ma帽ana es un paso importante en la lucha para defender nuestros valores democr谩ticos fundamentales, y debemos evitar que su contenido se diluya en los di谩logos tripartitos.

La libertad de expresi贸n y el derecho a disentir no son meros privilegios, sino pilares esenciales de una sociedad vibrante y abierta.

听听Cristian Terhe艧, on behalf of the ECR Group. 鈥� Mr President, dear colleagues, we as elected officials must legislate ensuring a fair and just balance between three competing rights in regards to the press. The right of journalists to seek and expose the truth, the right of media consumers to know the truth and the right of good people to a good name and reputation. When the rights of any of these three participants are violated, the party should have access to a court where the case will be tried impartially.

The Anti-SLAPP Directive started with a good premise, but unfortunately failed to provide this fair and just balance of rights and obligations between the three parties involved in this process.

This directive asks the EU Member States to regulate in their national law the so-called early dismissal of a case when a journalist claims that the case is a SLAPP. This concept of early dismissal is specific to common law, not to the European continental legal system.

It is totally justified to impose at the end of the judicial process a severe fine against the person who is filing abusive court proceedings against a journalist, especially with the purpose to harass or to threaten the journalist. But to allow for an early dismissal of a case at the beginning of the judicial process, just because the journalist claims it is a SLAPP, without the judge to actually check the merits of the case, is going to generate a dangerous precedent, which will undermine the credibility of the press, as well as endanger the rights of any person to defend his or her rights of good reputation and image.

听听Gilles Lebreton, au nom du groupe ID. 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, chers coll猫gues, les poursuites-b芒illons sont des poursuites judiciaires dont le seul but est d鈥檌ntimider des journalistes ou des d茅fenseurs des droits de l鈥檋omme afin de les d茅courager et de les faire taire.

Quand elles ont un caract猫re transfrontalier, l鈥橴nion europ茅enne estime qu鈥檌l lui revient de les combattre. Au premier abord, l鈥檌ntention para卯t louable, car l鈥檕bjectif affich茅 est de prot茅ger la libert茅 d鈥檈xpression et de veiller 脿 ce qu鈥檜n d茅bat public reste possible. Mais trois constats montrent que l鈥檌ntervention de l鈥橴nion dans ce domaine n鈥檈st pas une bonne id茅e.

D鈥檃bord, le cercle des personnes 脿 prot茅ger a 茅t茅 exag茅r茅ment 茅tendu aux militants des ONG. Or je ne suis pas persuad茅 que les ONG soient aussi vuln茅rables que des journalistes. Qu鈥檕n songe par exemple 脿 celle du milliardaire George Soros. Ensuite, la d茅finition des affaires transfrontali猫res englobe les affaires dont le sujet est 鈥撎齤e cite le texte听鈥� 芦pertinent pour plus d鈥檜n 脡tat membre ou accessible en ligne禄, ce qui permet d鈥檈nglober n鈥檌mporte quelle affaire. Enfin, les pr茅tendues victimes pourront demander le rejet anticip茅 des poursuites les concernant et b茅n茅ficier ainsi d鈥檜n privil猫ge proc茅dural qui appara卯t choquant pour quiconque consid猫re que la justice doit respecter le principe d鈥櫭ゞalit茅.

Personnellement, je ne veux pas cautionner la mise en place d鈥檜ne justice 脿 deux vitesses. Pour toutes ces raisons, je refuse de soutenir ce projet.

听听Manon Aubry, au nom du groupe The Left. 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, la France a d鈥檌ncroyables talents et je vais vous en pr茅senter un. C鈥檈st notre maestro des proc茅dures-b芒illons. C鈥檈st un peu le Kylian Mbapp茅 des dribbles judiciaires. J鈥檃i nomm茅: Vincent Bollor茅.

Depuis des ann茅es, Bollor茅 envoie des bataillons d鈥檃vocats harceler tous les journalistes et militants qui d茅noncent la corruption, l鈥檈xploitation des travailleurs et les d茅sastres environnementaux de son empire industriel. Mediapart, France听Inter, Bastamag, Lib茅ration, Sherpa, React, ils en ont tous fait les frais. Bollor茅 perd la plupart de ses proc猫s, mais il s鈥檈n fout, car il ne cherche pas 脿 obtenir justice, mais 脿 la d茅tourner pour prot茅ger son impunit茅.

Malheureusement, ce n鈥檈st pas le seul harceleur judiciaire en Europe. Pour toutes ces raisons, je suis heureuse de participer, comme rapporteure pour la gauche, 脿 la n茅gociation de cette directive ambitieuse contre les proc茅dures-b芒illons. Au Conseil maintenant d鈥檃voir la m锚me ambition. Une justice au service des puissants, c鈥檈st n茅cessairement une injustice. Alors, adoptons cette directive et emp锚chons que les tribunaux soient d茅tourn茅s de leur mission par des harceleurs judiciaires. Je vous remercie.

听听Sabrina Pignedoli (NI). 鈥� Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, ora ci stiamo occupando di accuse strumentali per azzittire la stampa, pi霉 tardi si parler脿 della tutela internazionale dei giornalisti, due relazioni importantissime e necessarie.

Troppo spesso, tuttavia, nelle istituzioni europee ci riempiamo la bocca con libert脿 di stampa e Stato di diritto, senza passare dalle parole ai fatti.

Un esempio emblematico di cause giudiziarie mosse per azzittire o punire chi racconta la verit脿 猫 quella di Julian Assange, in carcere da quattro anni senza una sentenza di condanna solo perch茅 ha rivelato verit脿 scomode, crimini di guerra, detenzioni illegali e torture. Ma dai vertici delle istituzioni europee non 猫 arrivato nessun supporto, nessuna reale mobilitazione per la sua liberazione.

La libert脿 di stampa non pu貌 essere una bandierina da sventolare in televisione per autopromozione o solo quando 猫 utile per la propria carriera.

Difendere il diritto dei cittadini a sapere la verit脿 猫 un dovere delle istituzioni europee, soprattutto quando bisogna contrastare poteri forti. Dimostrate di averne il coraggio.

听听David Casa (PPE). 鈥� E偶att wara l-qtil ta鈥� Daphne Caruana Galizia, bank kriminali beda kampanja jhedded 摹urnalisti Maltin. Heddidhom bi pro膵eduri legali barra minn Malta g魔al miljuni kbar 鈥� pro膵eduri illi setg魔u jkrissruhom.

Kien f鈥檇ak il-mument li bdejna kampanja biex neliminaw dawn it-tattici abbu偶ivi illi ju偶ahom min ikollu l-poter u l-flus biex isikket il-摹urnalist u jevita l-iskrutinju pubbliku. U llum tant snin wara, il魔aqna dan l-istadju.

L-appell tieg魔i huwa wie魔ed 膵ar 鈥� ejja ma nitilfux din l-opportunit脿: opportunit脿 biex infixklu din it-theddida g魔ad-demokrazija, biex insa魔魔u t-trasparenza u biex nipprote摹u l-istampa 魔ielsa li hija tant importanti fis-so膵jet脿 tag魔na.

Kollegi fil-Kunsill: nispera li ma jdag魔jfux din il-li摹i, li摹i li tant tajjeb qieg魔da tissejja魔 Daphne鈥檚 Law. Kunu fuq in-na魔a ta膵-膵ittadini Ewropej minflok tg魔inu lil dawk li jridu i偶ommuhom fid-dlam.

Irrid nirringrazja lit-tim tal-Parlament b鈥檓od partikolari wkoll lill-Vi膵i President Jourov谩 illi ming魔ajrek ma konniex naslu s鈥檋awn. Ejja ni偶guraw li Daphne鈥檚 Law tkun il-vera denja ta鈥� isimha.

听听Sylvie Guillaume (S&D). 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, il y a quelques mois, alors que d茅butait l鈥檈xamen au Parlement de la proposition de directive, je me f茅licitais du chemin parcouru. Enfin, la Commission europ茅enne proposait un texte ambitieux, avec des mesures et des standards minimaux 脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle de l鈥橴nion pour prot茅ger les victimes de ces proc茅dures abusives, ces proc茅dures-b芒illons qui visent 脿 garder sous silence des affaires qui m茅riteraient d鈥櫭猼re mises au jour dans le d茅bat public.

Ces atteintes aux libert茅s fondamentales, mais aussi 脿 l鈥櫭﹖at de droit, entravent les syst猫mes judiciaires et ont des cons茅quences dramatiques pour les victimes prises dans la tourmente. Elles constituent une menace sourde, en augmentation constante, 脿 l鈥檈ncontre des journalistes, des m茅dias, des ONG, pour ne citer que quelques cibles principales.

Malheureusement, entre-temps, le Conseil a adopt茅 sa position qui balaie ces efforts prometteurs. C鈥檈st pourquoi j鈥檈n appelle 脿 tous mes coll猫gues d茅put茅s d鈥檃dopter massivement la position constructive et ambitieuse du Parlement, de mani猫re 脿 peser de tout notre poids dans les discussions en trilogue. C鈥檈st seulement ce rapport de force qui prot茅gera les victimes de tentative d鈥檌ntimidation d茅l茅t猫re.

听听Irena Joveva (Renew). 鈥� Hvala, gospod predsedujo膷i. Novinarji, civilna dru啪ba, nevladne organizacije. To so tri skupine, ki so za zdravo, demokrati膷no dru啪bo neprecenljive. In to so tri skupine, ki so zaradi iskanja resnice in opozarjanja vladajo膷ih na nepravilnosti neprestano pod pritiskom strate拧kih to啪b. To je najbolj podel mehanizem represivnih politikov, mimogrede.

In zato me veseli, da direktiva vklju膷uje pravne varovalke za za拧膷ito 啪rtev. Da vpeljujemo mehanizem za zgodnje zavrnitve tak拧nih to啪b in da kon膷no pozivamo k zbiranju podatkov.

Ampak nikakor ne smemo pozabiti, da ta direktiva, 膷eprav je dobra zakonska osnova, varuje 啪rtve samo v primeru 膷ezmejnih sodb. Koliko je tak拧nih, zares 拧e ne vemo. Vemo pa, da je tak拧nih to啪b in sodb znotraj nekaterih dr啪av na stotine. In nanje, 啪al, ta direktiva o膷itno ne bo vplivala, 膷eprav bi prav tam na za膷etku omenjene tri skupine tak拧no za拧膷ito najbolj potrebovale.

Zato pozivam odgovorne in pristojne, naj najdejo re拧itev tudi zanje oziroma tudi tam. Ker mi v tej hi拧i - tisti, ki nam je zares mar - smo storili vse, kar smo lahko.

听听Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE). 鈥� En dix ans, plus de 570 proc茅dures en justice par des entit茅s publiques ou priv茅es ont vis茅 des lanceurs d鈥檃lerte, des journalistes, des d茅fenseurs des droits humains, de l鈥檈nvironnement, des ONG. Total听Energies accuse Greenpeace de diffuser des informations fausses. Socfin, membre du groupe Bollor茅, attaque des ONG qui l鈥檃ccusent d鈥櫭ヽoblanchiment et d鈥檃ccaparement de terres. 47听proc茅dures contre la seule journaliste Daphne Caruana Galizia avant son assassinat.

Le but syst茅matique: emp锚cher l鈥櫭﹎ergence de questions d鈥檌nt茅r锚t public, mettre fin aux enqu锚tes de journalistes ou faire taire l鈥檕pposition politique. Les effets: peines d鈥檈mprisonnement, lourdes sanctions financi猫res ou effet d鈥檃utocensure, dangereux pour nos d茅mocraties et le droit 脿 l鈥檌nformation de tous les citoyens.

La logique doit s鈥檌nverser. Les multinationales et les puissants de ce monde, dont les actions menacent l鈥檌nt茅r锚t public, doivent 锚tre sanctionn茅s. Celles et ceux qui d茅noncent leurs agissements doivent 锚tre prot茅g茅s tant par l鈥橴nion europ茅enne que par nos gouvernements.

听听Ern艖 Schaller-Baross (NI). 鈥� Eln枚k 脷r! Az eur贸pai baloldal 煤jra k铆v谩n 茅leszteni egy int茅zm茅nyt, ami nek眉nk, k枚z茅p-kelet eur贸pai 谩llampolg谩roknak oly ismer艖s: az oszt谩lyharc int茅zm茅ny茅t az 谩llamszocializmusb贸l. El茅rkezett az el艖jogokkal rendelkez艖 NGO-k ideje, akik els艖k az egyenl艖k k枚z枚tt. Az eur贸pai baloldal k茅pvisel艖i 煤gy hat谩roztak, hogy az NGO-kat, jogv茅d艖ket, emberjogi aktivist谩kat kiemelik a tag谩llami b铆r谩skod谩s al贸l, 茅s egy p茅ld谩tlan kiv谩lts谩gban r茅szes眉lnek: hogyha egy per k枚z茅leti r茅szv茅tel眉ket vesz茅lyezteti, az elj谩r谩st a b铆r贸s谩g azonnal megsz眉ntethetn茅.

Milyen alapon j谩r ez a kiv谩lts谩g az NGO-k r茅sz茅re? Milyen alapon k眉l枚nbek 艖k, mint a t谩rsadalom b谩rmely m谩s tagja? A v谩lasz egyszer疟, a ny铆lt t谩rsadalom 眉gy茅t k茅pviselik v谩laszt贸i felhatalmaz谩s n茅lk眉l. Tisztelt H枚lgyeim 茅s Uraim, a fentiek szellem茅ben hozott 铆t茅let soha nem lehet igazs谩gos. Ahol a jogszolg谩ltat谩s 茅s az igazs谩gszolg谩ltat谩s nem tartozik 枚ssze, az nem jog谩llam.

听听Isabel Wiseler-Lima (PPE). 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, quand la s茅curit茅 des journalistes n鈥檈st pas garantie, les citoyens ne peuvent plus compter sur une information libre et juste. Or, nous le savons, le journalisme d鈥檌nvestigation est un 茅l茅ment indispensable des d茅mocraties. Les journalistes doivent pouvoir travailler sereinement et sans autocensure. Cette libert茅 n鈥檈st pas donn茅e dans les pays totalitaires, mais elle n鈥檈st pas non plus donn茅e dans nos pays.

Quand les journalistes sont confront茅s aux poursuites abusives, au harc猫lement, aux intimidations, aux atteintes 脿 leur r茅putation, ces poursuites abusives ont pour seule fin d鈥櫭﹑uiser moralement et financi猫rement ceux qui se battent pour r茅v茅ler la v茅rit茅. Ceci n鈥檈st tout simplement pas acceptable.

Daphne Caruana Galizia avait donn茅 une d茅finition 茅clairante de ce qu鈥檈st une poursuite abusive. Je la cite: 芦les lois qui ont 茅t茅 con莽ues pour prot茅ger des personnes r茅ellement bless茅es sont utilis茅es comme un outil d鈥檃bus et d鈥檃gression par des personnes au pouvoir contre des personnes sans pouvoir禄.

La proposition de directive contre les poursuites abusives est un pas important. Elle donne les outils pour permettre 脿 la justice de poursuivre ceux qui abusent de nos lois et prot猫gent ainsi l鈥檈sprit de la loi. Nous devons nous donner tous les moyens n茅cessaires pour prot茅ger nos journalistes, tout comme les d茅fenseurs des droits de l鈥檋omme, et ainsi sauvegarder la d茅mocratie.

听听艁ukasz Kohut (S&D). 鈥� Panie Przewodnicz膮cy! Demokracja zawsze umiera w ciemno艣ci. Umiera tam, gdzie nie ma trudnych pyta艅 do w艂adzy, gdzie jest tylko propaganda rz膮du, gdzie nie ma wolnych medi贸w.

Bo wolno艣膰 s艂owa to nie tylko prawo do artyku艂owania swoich przekona艅. Wolno艣膰 s艂owa to dost臋p do uczciwych informacji, a nie do papki propagandowej.

W Polsce marze艅 Kaczy艅skiego nie ma niezale偶nych medi贸w. W niej obowi膮zuje doktryna Moczara: 鈥瀔to nie z Mieciem, tego zmieciem鈥�. Przyk艂ad贸w jest wiele: Lex TVN, ogromne kary na TOK FM, przej臋cie prasy lokalnej przez Obajtka, szykany dziennikarzy Wyborczej i Onetu pozwami czy te偶 ostatnia pr贸ba zmian personalnych w redakcjach Wirtualnej Polski i Onetu. I ci膮g艂a, nieko艅cz膮ca si臋 propaganda TVP rodem z Kremla, kt贸ra obrzydza Uni臋 Europejsk膮 i opozycj臋 24 godziny na dob臋. Czy to s膮 standardy europejskie?

Unia ju偶 raz zawiod艂a. Pozwoli艂a na zniszczenie niezale偶nych medi贸w na W臋grzech. Teraz czas dzia艂a膰 w obliczu ka偶dej pr贸by zniszczenia wolnych medi贸w w Polsce.

听听Hannah Neumann (Verts/ALE). 鈥� Mr听President, dear colleagues, Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana听Galizia had more than 40 SLAPP cases against her when she was killed; some were continued against her family. Nobel Peace Prize awardee Maria听Ressa is, until today, blocked from leaving the Philippines without prior court permission because of pending SLAPP cases against her. And the only goal of such strategic yet baseless lawsuits is to intimidate, harass and silence critical voices.

Because once you are faced with a SLAPP case, you need to read that file. You need to hire a lawyer, you need to appear in court, you need to fight related smear campaigns, sometimes even your bank accounts are being frozen. In addition, such SLAPP cases overburden already strained judicial systems and undermine trust in legal proceedings.

Dear colleagues, this is simply a perversion of rule of law. It is about time that we stand up and stop it in the EU and all around the world. So thank you, Tiemo, for your report. It is a good first step and let鈥檚 join forces to walk down that road even further.

听听Tatjana 沤danoka (NI). 鈥� Mr President, colleagues, the amendments as approved by JURI radically increases the demands to the court proceedings proposed by the Commission.

It is very important to enlarge by publishers, media organisations, whistleblowers, as well as civil society organisations, NGOs, trade unions, artists, researchers and academics the scope of those to be protected.

In the remaining seconds, I will not even be able to list the names of all those journalists, whistleblowers, researchers, NGO, activists in three Baltic states who are actually facing, in my opinion, strategic lawsuits against public participation. Juris Aleksejevs, Tatjana Andrijeca, Olegs Buraks, Aleksandrs Gaponenko, Aleksejus Grei膷ius, Vladimirs Lindermans, Algirdas Paleckis, Sergey Seredenko are facing criminal charges or already serving sentences as a result of unfounded lawsuits. The 14 journalists are under the court proceedings in Latvia just for publishing their articles in the 鈥榳rong鈥� media. The protection set up by the directive proposal gives hope to those who are at risk of such lawsuits.

听听Antonius Manders (PPE). 鈥揤oorzitter, commissaris, goed dat we maatregelen nemen om diegenen 鈥� journalisten in dit geval听鈥� te beschermen tegen oneigenlijk gebruik van procedures waardoor zij eigenlijk financieel kapot worden geprocedeerd en niet meer zijn wie ze zouden moeten zijn, namelijk mensen die zich bezighouden met het blootleggen van onrechtmatigheden in onze maatschappij.

Ik ben blij met de uitbreiding dat niet alleen journalisten beschermd gaan worden met deze maatregel, maar iedereen, elk individu dat het publieke doel dient. Want we zien steeds vaker dat het recht niet meer toegankelijk is voor iedereen, dat de kosten zo ontzettend hoog zijn dat individuen niet meer naar de rechter kunnen om hun gelijk te halen en dat ze dus accepteren dat hun onrecht wordt aangedaan.

Vroeger konden we terecht onder de lindeboom: de Germanen hadden rechtspraak onder de lindeboom, midden in het dorp. Daar waren geen kosten aan verbonden, maar er waren wel rechters die recht spraken. Ik hoop dat we hiermee de journalisten en iedereen die het publieke doel dient weer gaan beschermen om ervoor te zorgen dat we kunnen zien wat er fout gaat.

听听Katarina Barley (S&D). 鈥� Herr Pr盲sident, Frau Kommissarin! Demokratien leben von einer freien und unabh盲ngigen Presse. Sie leben von Menschen, die untersuchen, die aufdecken, die kritisch sind gegen眉ber ihren Regierungen. Genau das wollen Regierungen in undemokratischen Staaten nicht. Und auch manche Unternehmen versuchen, kritische Journalistinnen und Journalisten mundtot zu machen.

Wie machen sie das? Durch solche Klagen 鈥� SLAPPs. Das ist eigentlich eine Abk眉rzung: strategic lawsuit against public participation. Aber to slap hei脽t eben auch jemanden schlagen, jemandem eine runterhauen. Es hei脽t, Gewalt anzudrohen, Gewalt auszu眉ben, und das ist es, was diese Klagen tun. Denn sie kosten Zeit, sie kosten Geld, sie kosten Nerven, sie setzen unter Druck. Das ist genau das, was sie tun sollen.

Dagegen m眉ssen wir vorgehen. Denn wir sehen es gerade in L盲ndern, wo die Demokratie unter Druck steht: Gerade da brauchen wir diese freie Presse. Wir m眉ssen Journalistinnen und Journalisten sch眉tzen, aber auch Menschen, die sich in NGOs, in Verb盲nden engagieren, um Missst盲nde aufzudecken. Von diesen Menschen lebt unsere Demokratie. Lassen Sie uns diese Menschen sch眉tzen, und bitte tut das auch im Rat.

听听Marc Tarabella (NI). 鈥� Monsieur le Pr茅sident, nous devons prendre des mesures pour am茅liorer la protection des journalistes et des d茅fenseurs des droits humains contre les proc茅dures judiciaires abusives. Ces techniques d鈥檌ntimidation, qui 茅manent souvent d鈥檕rganisations ou de personnes puissantes, n鈥檕nt pour but que d鈥檈mp锚cher ces lanceurs d鈥檃lerte de s鈥檈xprimer et de les b芒illonner, afin d鈥櫭﹍iminer tout point de vue alternatif.

Il est important que ceux qui veillent sur les questions d鈥檌nt茅r锚t g茅n茅ral, qui sont garants du bon fonctionnement de l鈥櫭﹖at de droit, puissent jouir de leur droit fondamental 脿 la libert茅 d鈥檈xpression sans crainte de repr茅sailles.

脌 chaque fois que l鈥檕n s鈥檈n prend, pour ses id茅es ou son travail, 脿 un journaliste, 脿 un d茅fenseur des droits humains, 脿 un syndicat ou 脿 n鈥檌mporte quel lanceur d鈥檃lerte, on s鈥檈n prend aux fondements m锚mes de la d茅mocratie.

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听听Juan Fernando L贸pez Aguilar (S&D). 鈥� Se帽or presidente, 驴por qu茅 llevamos dos a帽os debatiendo sobre la necesidad de proteger a organizaciones no gubernamentales, periodistas, editores de prensa, activistas de derechos humanos o de medio ambiente contra procesos manifiestamente infundados o abusivos? Porque en toda Europa la libertad de expresi贸n y de comunicaci贸n est谩 retrocediendo.

Y este Parlamento Europeo, con el informe de nuestro compa帽ero Tiemo W枚lken, est谩 haciendo lo correcto obligando a los Estados miembros a adoptar legislaci贸n que permita rechazar inmediatamente, al no admitir a tr谩mite, o de manera r谩pida en un procedimiento, con todas las garant铆as, aquellas demandas manifiestamente infundadas que tengan el objetivo de intimidar o de reprimir la libertad de expresi贸n y de comunicaci贸n. Es la apuesta correcta en el momento correcto.

Y adem谩s es imprescindible que evitemos la b煤squeda de foros de conveniencia (forum shopping), es decir que, a la hora de interponer demandas abusivas o manifiestamente infundadas, adem谩s se elija la jurisdicci贸n m谩s represiva al servicio de aquellos gobiernos iliberales que est谩n retrocediendo en libertad de expresi贸n.

听听Clare Daly (The Left). 鈥� Mr President, I think it is really appropriate that we are talking about the protection of journalists from abuse of court proceedings. But I think we have to be honest about it that it doesn鈥檛 really get much more abusive than depriving somebody of their liberty.

In that sense, I think it was very appropriate for people to refer to journalists like Julian Assange, seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy, four years in a high security prison in Belmarsh in England, for having the audacity to hold US empire to account, outing the war crimes committed by the US in Iraq and Afghanistan. And while criminals who caused that war, like Bush and Blair, walk free, Julian Assange is currently awaiting judgment any day now, which could see him extradited to the US, where his life will be in grave danger.

What about Pablo Gonzalez? Basque journalist, 16 months in a Polish jail without a charge, extended pre鈥攖rial detention, not a single phone call with his family, limited visits. This is absolutely scandalous. If it was happening in Belarus and Iran, we鈥檇 be shouting and roaring about it. It is time to do something about these cases.

听听Cyrus Engerer (S&D). 鈥� Mr听President. We in the EU must champion journalists鈥� protection and the urgent need for the strongest laws against SLAPPs. Europe and all our Member States should always stand on the principles of freedom of the press and the right to express opposing views.

Colleagues, we must not allow the governments and the Council to weaken the Commission鈥檚 proposals. The rich and those with powerful interests must not be allowed to stifle journalists or silence activists. They all must be protected from the intimidation and the window鈥攕hopping of court proceedings.

I agree with the Commissioner: compensation for damages suffered by victims must be strong. And I thank Tiemo, my colleague, for this very strong report here in the European 合法博彩网站, because the brave journalists and activists risked their lives to shed light on the truth and we owe it to them to have the strongest benchmark laws possible here in the European Union.

听听Mick Wallace (The Left). 鈥� Mr President, freedom of the press, of association and freedom of expression are the cornerstones of any healthy political system. Some MEPs in here have said that journalists are afraid to report the truth and they鈥檙e right.

Pablo Gonzalez, a Basque journalist, is in prison for the last 16 months in Poland because the authorities didn鈥檛 like what he was saying. Algirdas Paleckis is in prison in Lithuania. His crime: he was considered pro-Russian. Julian Assange: five years in Belmarsh high鈥攕ecurity prison in London. For what? For telling the truth about US and NATO war crimes. What are we doing about saving him?

Meanwhile, most of our mainstream media in Europe have been bought by US empire, so most of our journalists are actually being paid not to speak the truth. They鈥檝e been bought. Our media in Europe is in serious trouble. Independent media is almost non-existent today.

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听听V臎ra Jourov谩, Vice-President of the Commission. 鈥� Mr听President, honourable Members, this report marks an important step towards the adoption of this directive, which is necessary to protect democracy and freedom of expression against abusive practices. And the Commission fully supports an ambitious planning in order to have in place as soon as possible an EU legal framework against SLAPP.

The Commission will do its utmost in the upcoming trilogue negotiations to facilitate convergence between the positions of the co鈥攍egislators on a robust final text that is fit for purpose and supports victims on the ground. And I will do what I always do in the trilogue to defend the position of the proposal of the Commission and to defend the strong definition of cross鈥攂order cases and also damages, because I think that this creates a big part of our proposal.

But I am looking forward to the negotiations. I think that we will have a good result not only in this directive, but also maybe in a period of time we will see that also the recommendation which we gave to the Member States to introduce the anti鈥擲LAPP measures also into domestic cases that we will see also for domestic cases some progress, because this is what I hear from the ministers.

What I always heard from the ministers was there are not so many cases, and second that we have to guarantee the equal access to justice for everyone, which was also mentioned here. I want to say that the SLAPPs are typical David versus Goliath battles. And I want to say that we, of course, recognise the right of even the rich and powerful people to go to the court and seek the fairness and justice. But at the same time, what we see at this moment is asymmetry in achieving justice and fairness. And what we are doing here is to correct this asymmetry.

And, a last comment, indeed, I wanted this law to be named Daphne鈥檚 Law, but our colleagues the legislators said that it would be too creative, maybe. But I think that we can give it this nickname and remember this very courageous lady.

听听Tiemo W枚lken, rapporteur. 鈥� Mr听President, thank you very much to Commissioner听Jourov谩 for her words. I hope we will have a successful trilogue. For that we have to really make sure that what we as 合法博彩网站 will adopt tomorrow will make it to the final text. Unfortunately, the Council鈥檚 position is a bit less ambitious, but today鈥檚 discussion here made for me very clear that we in the European 合法博彩网站 are united.

We will send tomorrow a strong signal to every journalist in the European Union that his work, that her work will be protected and we will not allow in the future that they will be threatened with illegal, unfounded lawsuits. We will stand at their side. We will make sure that media freedom in the European Union prevails. And for that, we need a strong mandate. And I am very, very confident that we will get this strong mandate tomorrow from what I heard today. So, thank you very much to everyone who participated in this debate today.

I will not come to an end without thanking all the colleagues who worked with me on this draft, on this report. So, thank you very much to all the shadows and also to the opinion鈥攇iving committees, because their insights have been very helpful for the final report.

Dear colleagues, let me finish by underlining that we in the European 合法博彩网站 will always defend media freedom, press freedom. We will stand at the sides of the ones under pressure and together we will protect them. And we will make sure that Daphne Caruana听Galizia鈥檚 case, who was mentioned very often today, will not repeat in the European Union. Thank you very much. Let鈥檚 have a vote tomorrow which sends a very strong signal to the Council. We will not give up. We will fight for better protection for our journalists in the European Union.

听听Der Pr盲sident. 鈥� Die Aussprache ist geschlossen.

Die Abstimmung findet am Dienstag, 11.听Juli 2023, statt.