04/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament Civil Liberties Committee agreed on 4 June to a request from the Greens/EFA group and Dutch MEP Tineke Strik to organise a hearing with the Greek government and the Vice-President responsible for promoting the European way of life, Margaritis Schinas, regarding events that took place at the Greek-Turkish border in late February/early March, according to the Dutch MEP, who announced it on her Twitter account. At the end of February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wanted to put pressure on Europeans to increase funding allocated for the care of refugees on Turkish soil under the 2016 agreement, and to encourage refugees and migrants in Turkey to return to Greece. The Greek government responded by blocking the border and an international investigation claimed that the Greek police had even fired live ammunition at the migrants. (SP)