Rui Tavares

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Rui Tavares

Rui Miguel Marcelino Tavares Pereira , short Rui Tavares (born July 29, 1972 in Lisbon ) is a Portuguese politician of the Partido Livre .

Tavares was elected to the European Parliament in 2009. The politician who was not party to the party at the time moved in via the Bloco de Esquerda list and belonged to the group of the European United Left . On June 20, 2011, however, he moved to the Greens / EFA group.

EU parliamentarians

Tavares is vice chairman of the special committee against organized crime, corruption and money laundering.

He is a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs , the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries and the Delegation of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. As a deputy, he sits on the Committee on Culture and Education .

Political activities

After Hungary introduced several legislative changes and a new Basic Law on January 1st, 2012, the European Parliament intervened in consultation with the Commission and the Council . Tavares was appointed rapporteur for a committee. He presented the report on June 2, 2013 in a debate in the European Parliament. The report expresses the fear that fundamental rights will not be respected, that too much power will be concentrated and that the rule of law will be restricted. The Prime Minister of Hungary , Viktor Orbán , took part in the debate and called the report a threat to Hungary.

In 2013 Tavares founded the Livre party .

In the European elections on May 26, 2019, Rui Tavares was his party's top candidate. With 1.83% of the vote, however, he did not succeed in winning a mandate.

Tavares is a member of the movement Democracy in Europe 2025 (DiEM25) founded in 2016.

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  1. ^ Website of the European Parliament
  2. ↑ Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Report of June 25, 2013 on the situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary (according to the resolution of the European Parliament of February 16, 2012). June 25, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Tavares, Rui: Situation of fundamental rights: standards and practices in Hungary (debate). July 2, 2013, accessed July 22, 2013 .
  4. ^ Website of the DiEM25 movement

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SURNAME Tavares, Rui
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tavares Pereira, Rui Miguel Marcelino (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Lisbon