The European Parliament will not wait for the Commission’s proposal on SLAPPs to take a position on the issue.
On Thursday 1 July, MEPs Tiemo Wölken (S&D, Germany) and Roberta Metsola (EPP, Malta) presented a draft report to the European Parliament committee detailing the legal instruments the EU could use to curb this phenomenon.
SLAPPs are defined in the report as lawsuits or legal actions (injunctions, freezing of assets, etc.) aimed at preventing the disclosure of fraudulent...