The Action Plan for Democracy, presented last December (see EUROPE B12615A1) by the European Commission’s Vice-President for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, demonstrated an awareness within the institution of the proliferation of SLAPPs in the EU.
‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’ - or ‘SLAPPs’ - refer to legal actions taken against individuals, especially journalists, with the aim of silencing them.
Jourová confirmed on Friday 26 March that a Commission...