Věra Jourová
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 59 |
Date of birth | August 18,1964 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Trebic |
Czechia | |
Nationality | Czech |
Party | ANO 2011 |
Job | Lawyer |
Politician | |
Businessperson | |
Position | Vice-President of the European Commission |
Education | Charles University |
Children | Adam Joura |
Markéta Jourová | |
Books | Nuclear power plant Dukovany and environs |
Previous position | Minister of Regional Development of the Czech Republic (2014–2014) |
Presidents | Ursula von der Leyen |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 424191 |
Věra Jourová Life story
Věra Jourová is a Czech politician and lawyer who has been the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency since 1 December 2019 and previously served as the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality from 2014 to 2019.
Twitter reinstates banned journalists' accounts
... " EU commissioner Vera Jourova had threatened Twitter with sanctions under Europe s new Digital Services Act which she said requires " the respect of media freedom and fundament rights"...
Twitter blocks users from sharing Mastodon links
... The Twitter account @joinmastodon, which advertised the site and its features, was unexpectedly suspended on Thursday This has with commissioner Vera Jourova warning that the EU s Digital Services Act requires respect of media freedom...
Ukraine conflict: Putin tells Russians security is non-negotiable
... The European Union and UK also announced a wave of sanctions against Russian banks and individuals on Tuesday: European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said it was a mistake to exclude the Russian leader...
Coronavirus: Google reveals the travel habits during the pandemic
... : in comparison :Google s launch comes a day after the EU justice chief, Vera Jourova called, the share on the tech giant to fight more and more data with scientists who are trying to the virus...
Poland's lower house approves controversial judge
... Earlier on Friday, Vice-President of the European Commission, Vera Jourova, wrote to the President of Poland, the Prime Minister and the parliamentary speaker called on them to consult these, a legal expert, to break before the amendment of the law, and asked them, the EU legal standards...
Of the Leyen, the Commission: The ones to watch in Europe's top-table
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New EU Commission team enshrines gender equality
... Who else is on the list? Johannes Hahn (Austria), Budget and Administration; Didier Reynders (Belgium), Justice; Mariya Gabriel (Bulgaria), Innovation and Youth; Dubravka Suica (Croatia), Democracy and Demography; Stella Kyriakides (Cyprus), Health; Vera Jourova (Czech Republic), Values and Transparency; Kadri Simson (Estonia), Energy; Jutta Urpilainen (Finland), International Partnerships; Sylvie Goulard (France), Internal Market; Laszlo Trocsanyi (Hungary), Neighbourhood and Enlargement; Paolo Gentiloni (Italy), Economy; Valdis Dombrovskis (Latvia), An Economy that Works for People; Virginijus Sinkevicius (Lithuania), Environment and Oceans; Nicolas Schmit (Luxemburg), Jobs; Helena Dalli (Malta), Equality; Janusz Wojciechowski (Poland), Agriculture; Elisa Ferreira (Portugal), Cohesion and Reforms; Rovana Plumb (Romania), Transport; Maros Sefcovic (Slovakia), Relations and Foresight; Janez Lenarcic (Slovenia), Crisis Management; Josep Borrell (Spain), A Stronger Europe in the World; Ylva Johansson (Sweden), Home Affairs...
EU urges crackdown on 'golden passports' for big investors
... EU justice Commissioner Vera Jourova argued that the people obtaining an EU citizenship must have a genuine link with the member state concerned ...
EU urges crackdown on 'golden passports' for big investors
The EU Commission has told EU states to tighten checks on non-EU nationals who acquire citizenship - so-called "golden passports" - through investments.
The Commission plans closer monitoring of those schemes and of "golden visas" granting residence in exchange for big investments. It says they can be abused for Tax Evasion and money-laundering.
EU citizenship gives an individual free movement in most of the EU, easy access to the single market and other rights.
Twenty EU countries have such schemes.
Cyprus , Malta and Bulgaria give passports to non-EU nationals who make sufficient investments in their countries. Rich foreigners can buy passports there for between €1m (£870,000; $1. 1m) and €2m.
They and 17 other EU member states, including the UK, also grant residence rights to investors. That right puts an individual on The Path to citizenship.
The scale of investment required to obtain residence ranges from about €13,500 in Croatia to More Than €5m in Luxembourg and Slovakia.
In a new report about how the schemes work. It is setting up a special team to monitor the schemes and boost information-sharing.
The Report says applicants can acquire citizenship of Bulgaria, Cyprus or Malta, and hence EU citizenship, "without ever having resided in practice in the member state".
'Big Business 'The anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness said the EU had raised The Alarm but not offered solutions, the BBC's Adam Fleming reports from Brussels .
Cyprus has made a big effort to attract Russian investorsIn a Spain, Hungary, Latvia, Portugal and the UK had granted The Most golden visas to investors and their families, ahead of Greece, Cyprus and Malta.
"Such programmes are Big Business . Around €25bn in foreign direct investment has flowed into the EU through these schemes over The Past 10 years," it said.
The Commission says the schemes often advertise the benefits of EU citizenship, such as free movement rights, in order to attract rich investors.
EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova argued that people obtaining an EU nationality "must have a genuine connection to the member state concerned".
"We want more transparency on how nationality is granted and more co-operation between member states. There should be no weak link in the EU, where people could shop around for The Most lenient scheme. "
List of concernsThe Commission says it has several areas of concern:
"Under none of the three investor citizenship schemes is comprehensive information available about the identity of people who successfully obtain citizenship on the basis of investment, and their countries of origin," The Commission report says.
It also voices concern about similar schemes run by countries with ambitions to join the EU. Moldova, close to EU member Romania, is among them - its citizens enjoy visa-free travel to the EU for short stays.
A non-EU national who acquires Moldovan citizenship can use it to bypass EU visa rules, The Report points Out .
migration, european commission, european union, passports, crime
Source of news: bbc.com