"Dialogues against war"

Teleconference with Deputy President of the European Commission Vera Jourova - join online

“New Europe” continues to organize teleconferences with European politicians and intellectuals who advocate peace and freedom for Russians. Each of our readers can ask the Europeans their own question and receive a direct answer.

Our fourth teleconference will take place at the European Commission in Brussels. Editor-in-Chief of “New-Europe” Kirill Martynov will ask your questions to Deputy Chairman of the European Commission Vera Jurova.

The broadcast will begin at 18:45 Moscow time on the YouTube channel “New Europe”

In the first half of the meeting, questions will be asked that New-Europe readers sent in in advance. We will discuss whether the European Union will recognize the results of the presidential elections in Russia, what Europe can offer those Russians who want to leave the country right now, and how Brussels plans to combat the violation of the rights of Russians already living in the EU and facing discrimination because of their citizenship.

The second half of the meeting will be built around questions that viewers of the broadcast will send to us in the chat. Since the Russian authorities have declared “New-Europe” an undesirable organization, we will anonymize all questions that you sent us, including through YouTube chat.

More about the speaker

Vera Jourova has been working in high positions in the EU since 2014.

Her career began as European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Rights and Gender Equality. In 2019, she became one of the eight Vice-Presidents of the European Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen. The European Commission is called the government of the European Union, and in this case, the position held by Yurova is similar to the position of the Russian Deputy Prime Minister.

In the EU government, Jourova is responsible for preserving European values, combating disinformation and promoting democracy. She believes that the EU cannot be isolated from the Russians remaining in the country, and proposed combining the efforts of Russian independent media, creating an analogue of the Voice of America, which would convey the truth to the inhabitants of the USSR during the Cold War.

Jourova works hard to regulate big tech in the EU, for which Time magazine included her in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. In January, Yurova called on Google to promote materials from independent media from Belarus in the search engine.

After the start of the war, she was in Kyiv several times and participates in the work on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. For her criticism of Vladimir Putin's regime, the Kremlin banned Yurova from entering Russia back in 2021.