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Resiliencia de las entidades críticas
La protección de las infraestructuras críticas contra las amenazas físicas y digitales ocupa un lugar más destacado que nunca en la agenda de la Unión, en particular tras el reciente sabotaje de los gasoductos Nord Stream. Está previsto que el Parlamento Europeo someta a votación, durante el período parcial de sesiones de noviembre II, un acuerdo provisional sobre normas para mejorar la resiliencia de las entidades críticas.
Question time: Protecting critical infrastructure in the EU and countering hybrid attacks
The escalation of Russia's war on Ukraine, and recent incidents – such as the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage – highlight the urgent need to protect the EU's key infrastructure against physical and digital threats, including hybrid attacks. The European Parliament will use its powers of oversight in the revived 'question time', during the October II plenary session, to question the European Commission on the issue.
Inteligencia artificial en el Derecho penal
El uso de inteligencia artificial en una amplia gama de ámbitos es objeto de un extenso debate en la Unión. Decidir un enfoque de la UE en materia de inteligencia artificial es una de las prioridades digitales de la Comisión Europea, tal como ilustra la propuesta sobre un acto legislativo al respecto. A pesar de las grandes oportunidades que ofrecen, las aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial también pueden entrañar riesgos significativos para los derechos fundamentales de las personas. En el período ...
Fondo de Seguridad Interior 2021-2027
Dentro del marco financiero plurianual (MFP) 2021-2027, la Comisión Europea ha propuesto un Reglamento por el que se crea el Fondo de Seguridad Interior, con un aumento de la dotación presupuestaria para garantizar un alto nivel de seguridad en la Unión. El Parlamento Europeo tiene previsto someter a votación en segunda lectura durante el período parcial de sesiones de julio el texto acordado en las negociaciones interinstitucionales.
Aplicación de la Directiva contra la trata de seres humanos
La Directiva 2011/36/UE relativa a la prevención y lucha contra la trata de seres humanos y a la protección de las víctimas es el principal instrumento legislativo del que se ha dotado la UE para abordar este fenómeno. Tenía que transponerse al Derecho nacional a más tardar en 2013, pero, casi diez años después de su adopción, sigue habiendo algunos obstáculos a su plena aplicación. En el período parcial de sesiones de febrero, el Parlamento Europeo debatirá un informe de propia iniciativa que evalúa ...
Understanding EU counter-terrorism policy
Faced with a persistent international terrorist threat, the European Union (EU) is playing an ever more ambitious role in counter-terrorism. Even though primary responsibility for combating crime and ensuring security lies with the Member States, the EU provides cooperation, coordination and (to some extent) harmonisation tools, as well as financial support, to address this borderless phenomenon. Moreover, the assumption that there is a connection between development and stability, as well as between ...
Coronavirus and prisons in the EU: Member-State measures to reduce spread of the virus
The coronavirus crisis has put huge pressure on European prisons, already often affected by chronic overcrowding and poor healthcare services. Ensuring strict sanitary conditions, adequate health monitoring and the necessary distancing to prevent an outbreak in these closed environments − particularly vulnerable to contagion − has been a considerable challenge for most, if not all EU Member States. Starting from March 2020, as lockdowns and states of emergency gradually came into force across Europe ...
Understanding EU data protection policy
The near-ubiquity of data in the lives of ordinary people, along with its exponential growth in generation rate and potential misuse, has made the protection of personal information an increasingly important social, legal and political matter for the EU. In recent years, both awareness of data rights and expectations for EU action in this area have grown considerably. The right to privacy and the right to protection of personal data are both enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU ...
States of emergency in response to the coronavirus crisis: Situation in certain Member States II
Member States have adopted a range of emergency measures in response to the unprecedented public health crises generated by the coronavirus pandemic. Whereas not all Member States dispose of constitutional mechanisms to enable the declaration of a 'state of emergency', all have taken exceptional and far-reaching emergency measures that affect citizens' rights and freedoms as well as democratic processes. These institutional changes and the restrictions imposed on citizens' lives pose significant ...
Hearings of the Commissioners-designate: Margaritis Schinas – Vice-President: Promoting the European way of life
This briefing is one in a set looking at the Commissioners-designate and their portfolios as put forward by Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen. Each candidate faces a three-hour public hearing, organised by one or more parliamentary committees. After that process, those committees will judge the candidates' suitability for the role based on 'their general competence, European commitment and personal independence', as well as their 'knowledge of their prospective portfolio and their communication ...