European Parliament
Christine De Veyrac  (PPE ),
in writing.
(FR)
I voted in favour of this report, which aims to clarify the national law applicable to violations of privacy and rights relating to personality. It was right to establish legal certainty on this issue, given that defamation claimants were playing national courts off against each other, choosing to bring actions in those considered most likely to produce a favourable result. The development of ‘libel tourism’ was, in return, threatening freedom of expression. Better protection of our fellow EU citizens’ individual rights, now that is what Europe stands for.

