Jourová will be held to account on commitments

The EPP Group will hold Vice-President-designate for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, to account on the commitments she made during her hearing before the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs today (Monday).

"We have asked Commissioner-designate Věra Jourová to defend the rule of law, to fight against disinformation and to defend European journalists. It is completely unacceptable that journalists should fear political persecution. It is completely unacceptable that, in Europe today, journalists are being assassinated", said EPP Group Vice-Chairman Esteban González Pons MEP.

The EPP Group further called on Commissioner-designate Jourová to commit to a legal framework for rapid responses against hacker attacks, a rule of law mechanism to review breaches in every Member State, and on the European Parliament’s right of inquiry, to name but a few priorities.