There are serious concerns about Greece's democratic credentials, with threats to the rule of law, harassment of officials of independent public bodies, and widespread intimidation of journalists, according to a leaked draft mission report by the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Roughly 60 countries are in serious danger of debt distress or default in the next two years, according to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and United Nations. Most are developing countries, around half of them in Africa, but should they start defaulting, EU states and banks would take a hefty financial hit.
On Thursday, 13 April, the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has adopted a non-binding resolution urging the European Commission not to endorse the pr.
The chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will not speculate on whether the new data privacy agreement between the EU and the USA can hold up in court. But the Committee has its doubts, he tells Version2.