The Polish political magazine Political Critique published an article with me about ACTA (in Polish, see also

I am full member of the ITRE (industry, research, energy, formerly also transport but transport is currently in its own committee TRAN) and therefore have voting duty every time there are votes. The objects of my legislative prowess yesterday were the amendments for the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) report (see parliament dossier website).

Last week I had a brief encounter with two Icelandic ladies who were visiting the European Parliament in the interest of approaching MEPs who may have an interest the current endeavour of Iceland to join the European Union. I, of course, made no delay in asking about the on-going process of implementing the IMMI proposals into the Icelandic legislation.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has been operating on Greek soil since 2004. Their task is to improve network and information security in Europe, and do research or help coordinate research and structural improvements in the member state. Exactly as any public organisation, sometimes their operations are evaluated and decisions are made on how or if (usually how) their operations can continue.

This is an essay written by yours truly in Romanian about Hungary, to commemorate the debates in the European Parliament and international media of last week. It was actually originally written by me, but corrected by a native speaker who considered "80% of the [original] text intelligible". For Hungarian readers of this text, please see an interview with index.hu I made last year which is along these same lines.

Innan man läser den här texten bör man ha knatat sig igenom Frihandelsavtal 1 och Frihandelsavtal 2, helt enkelt för att jag försöker lägga upp en struktur som förklarar för läsaren hur jag tänker kring frihandelsavtal och inom vilka referensramar jag tolkar frihandelsavtal.

Svenska journalistförbundet har startat ett upprop för journalisterna Martin Schibbye och Johan Persson. Så här såg mitt brev till regeringen ut.

Precis som alla andra avtal kan också frihandelsavtal vara av varierande omfattning och längd. Det gäller oavsett hur många parter som deltagit vid förhandlingarna eller hur många av dem som till slut skriver under.

Avtal med avgränsat definierat innehåll

Jag sitter på ett flygplan mellan Otopeni-flygplatsen i Bukarest och Frankfurt. I Frankfurt ska jag byta flyg till Stockholm Arlanda och sedan hem till min familj i Örsundsbro, en by med ungefär 7000 invånare i Enköpings kommun, strax norr om Stockholm (60 km) eller en bit väster om Uppsala (25 km).