A new civil liberties campaign is being launched in the European Parliament tomorrow by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE). Graham Watson, the Lib Dem MEP who leads the ALDE grouping, will open the first Civil Liberties Day which will feature contributions from organisations across Member States. This from their website:
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) is organising the first European Civil Liberties Day on April 15th in the European Parliament. We intend to launch a declaration constituting a European Civil Liberties Movement (ECLM) similar to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). While we have a lot of active NGOs and civil society groups in this particular field in EU Member States there is no existing platform at the European Level. We aim to gather at least 20 organisations working in different fields, e.g. freedom of speech, data protection, transparency, asylum, gender equality etc. to achieve this ambitious task.
You can check their (rather garish) campaign blog for updates.
This is great news the more campaigns that are aimed at protecting civil liberties the better. This should all help to build on the great work of the Convention on Modern Liberty, NO2ID, Liberty and other organisations, and campaign groups who are already fighting for the cause….. the more the merrier. Each group has it’s own line of attack.
Dear ALDE members
I believe that the European Parliament made a ruling recently about the [illegal] use of cameras to entrap motorists… could you confirm/ infirm, please, this information and its date.
I thank you for your help.