Tiemo Wölken (S&D, German) presented his report on the anti-SLAPPs directive to the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) on Tuesday 21 March. The main ambition of the proposal is to broaden the scope of the legislation while strengthening support for those affected by SLAPPs.
“The Parliament must adopt a very clear position in favour of the defence of victims”, the rapporteur insisted, critical of “certain” proposals put forward by the Swedish Presidency of...