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EU: Frontex unrepentant about chasing transparency activists for court costs
27 January 2021
Fabrice Leggeri, director of the EU Border and Coast Guard Agency, recently defended the continued pursuit of five-figure legal fees from two transparency activists, despite heavy criticism from MEPs.
At a hearing of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee in December, Leggeri suggested that the continued pursuit of Luisa Izuzquiza and Arne Semsrott for almost €24,000 in costs related to a transparency case against the agency is related to the publicity generated by the two activists.
Leggeri said in a written answer to MEPs from the liberal Renew Europe group: “While Frontex has reduced these costs, the applicants repeatedly publicly criticised this judgment and maintained that they would not pay any costs”.