On Monday 9 October, negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU Council held their second round of inter-institutional negotiations (trilogue) on the ‘anti-SLAPPs’ directive. However, progress was limited.
While the European Parliament welcomes the efforts of the Spanish Presidency of the Council to make progress, the team of rapporteur Tiemo Wölken (S&D, German) believes that “major political concessions” are still needed. This applies in particular to the definition of a...