Ausschuss für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres

On 6 February, LIBE held an exchange of views with Commissioners Johansson and Reynders on the enforcement of EU law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.

On 31st of January, Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, presented a new proposal for a directive which aims to approximate the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures. This proposal was issued by the Commission following Parliament's consent of 7 July 2022 to a Council decision aimed at extending the list of eurocrimes in Article 83(1) TFEU to the violation of EU restrictive measures.

The LIBE committee in association with CULT and IMCO committees, organized on 31st of January a hearing dedicated to the "Media Freedom Act", a long awaited legislative proposal aiming to strengthen media pluralism and media freedom in the European Union.

On 30 January Jessika Roswall, Minister for EU Affairs, Gunnar Strömmer, Minister for Justice and Maria Malmer Stenergard, Minister for Migration, presented the priorities of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the area of Justice and Home Affairs to the LIBE Committee.