The Member of the European Parliament from the European People’s Party (EPP), Javier Zarzalejos, chairs the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, from which he oversees regulations such as the Migration and Asylum Pact, which will come into effect in June, or the Returns Regulation, approved by the European Parliament at the end of March. In addition to Europe’s migration policy, the parliamentarian – who is also the director of the FAES Foundation – discusses with La Vanguardia other issues such as the need to protect minors in the digital world, including the regulation of influencers; or the change of government in Hungary.

Almost 24 hours after Israeli soldiers detained 175 participants of the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were heading with humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, near the Greek island of Crete – more than 1000 kilometers from the Israeli coast – Israel and the Greek government confirmed a change of plans. The activists will not be transferred to Israel, as their government had stated shortly after intercepting 21 of the 58 ships that made up the flotilla on Wednesday night, but will disembark on a “Greek beach,” wrote Israel’s Foreign Minister, Gideon Sa’ar, last night.