Wednesday's presentation in Brussels of the European Union reform plan developed by Poland’s Ordo Iuris Institute and Hungary’s Mathias Corvinus Collegium garnered significant interest. Nearly a hundred MEPs and their staff from many countries came to the presentation of this proposal.

• Amendments to the directive on the rights of victims of crime are currently under consideration in the European Parliament.

• The European Parliament will debate the draft recommendations of the EU Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM).

A European discussion panel conducted by the Ordo Iuris Institute as part of a conference on the future of Europe organized by TVMN in Warsaw on May 20. The 50-minute-long discussion was centered on the project of reform of the EU treaties adopted by the European Parliament last November and then approved by the Council of the EU in December.

It was moderated by Ordo Iuris Communication Director Olivier Bault and it gathered four participants from four different countries:

· The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the inclusion of the so-called right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

A few weeks ago the European Parliament adopted a directive on „protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proveedings” („strategic lawsuits against public participation” - SLAPP).