Arrestation d’Ariane Lavrilleux : David Cormand interpelle la Commission européenne
Le 19 septembre, David Cormand adressait une lettre à la commissaire européenne Věra Jourová, en charge de la liberté des médias, afin de l’alerter de l’arrestation d’Ariane Lavrilleux. Il demandait à la Commission européenne de protéger les journalistes face aux assauts liberticides des États membres, dont la France. Le média européen POLITICO a questionné la commissaire à ce sujet pour sa Brussels Playbook.
FREEDOM: FRANCE DETAINS A REPORTER, BRUSSELS REACTS. Remember how France has been lobbying for a bigger carve-out to snoop on reporters as part of the new media law in the name of national security? Turns out it’s already using national security to crack down on journalism.
‘Egypt Papers’: French law enforcement searched the home of journalist Ariane Lavrilleux on Tuesday morning and detained her, my colleague Mathieu Pollet writes in to report.
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Brussels reacts: David Cormand, a French lawmaker in the European Parliament for the Greens, wrote to the Commission’s Vice President for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová. “You should be alerted to this unacceptable action by the French government,” he said in his letter shared with POLITICO’s Morning Tech newsletter. “Lavrilleux’s arrest by the French government proves once again that the ‘national security’ exception proposed by member states entails serious risks for press freedom in Europe,” he said.
Jourová reacts: Parliament and the Council will soon enter negotiations over the Media Freedom Act that, among other things, aims to deter governments from going after journalists. While she wouldn’t comment on ongoing investigations, in a statement Jourová said: “We proposed the Media Freedom Act in order to have more safeguards in EU law to protect journalists … While safeguarding national security remains the sole responsibility of each member state, this should be done in light of the criteria of necessity and proportionality laid down in EU law.”
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