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Vice President Jourová in Portugal to discuss the rule of law, media and disinformation

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Values and Transparency Vice President Věra Jourová (pictured) will be in Lisbon this week on 2 and 3 November, to meet representatives of the Portuguese government, civil society and tech companies. The vice president will hold bilateral meetings with Pedro Siza Vieira, minister of economy and digital transition, Francisca Van Dunem, minister of justice, and Ana Paula Zacarias, secretary of state for European affairs. She will discuss the rule of law, media freedom and pluralism as well as issues related to digital transition and countering disinformation, among others. She will visit the Portuguese Parliament, where she will discuss the findings of the latest Rule of Law Report, published in July 2021.

She will also meet Nicolau Santos, President of the Administration Board of Rádio Televisão Portuguesa. The vice president will meet US Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett and US Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission Ellen Weintraub to discuss EU-US cooperation in areas of digital regulation and protection of elections. The vice president will also meet with the representatives of social media and tech companies including Brad Smith, president of Microsoft and Nick Clegg, vice president of Global Affairs of Facebook to discuss issues related to disinformation, online political advertising and artificial intelligence. 

Finally, she will participate in an event on ‘European Cities and the Media: untold stories' with the new local newspaper Mensagem de Lisboa and deliver a keynote speech on ‘Threats to Democracy in a Digital Era' (30') at Universidade Católica Portuguesa's 2021 Francisco Lucas Pires Distinguished Lecture.

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