Tag: EU Commission
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Italy wants to stop counter-surveillance across the Mediterranean, but Sea-Watch defies the ban
In 2017, the EU Commission created a backdoor for pushbacks to Libya. In the same year, Sea-Watch began monitoring these human rights violations from the air. This should now come to an end, according to an authority of the far-right…
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Frontex Director calls for “gender-sensitive borders” and now explains the concept
Hans Leijtens wants more female employees in EU border troops and “women-sensitive” camps at the external borders. The concept is also being criticised. “At Frontex, we are committed to promoting gender-balanced and gender-sensitive borders”, explained Hans Leijtens, the new director…
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Italy will not extradite anti-fascist to Hungary for inhumane treatment in prison
Supporters are calling for Ilaria Salis, who is imprisoned in Hungary, to await her trial in house arrest in Italy. Similar appeals are now being made in Germany. Gabriele Marchesi, who is being held under house arrest in Milan following…
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Antifa trial hits EU right-wing parties: MEPs and Commission criticise Hungary
Left-wingers from Italy and Germany are on trial in Budapest for allegedly attacking neo-Nazis. This is causing problems for the government in Rome and now also for the right-wing parties in the EU Parliament. The Budapest antifa trial is increasingly…