I was asked to hold a personal meeting with the Taipei City Councilor Ms. PoYa MIAO. She visited the EP plenary in Strasbourg on invitation of the European Union Visitors Programme (EUVP). She wanted to learn more about how the EU deals with disinformation and the EU's policy instruments for reaching a balance between freedom of expression and defensive democracy. Her goal was also to increase mutual understanding between the EU and Taiwan.

I was asked by the Secretary of the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee to hold a meeting with some MPs of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the National Assembly). We met in person in the EP premises in Strasbourg. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the report on EU-Azerbaijan relations (2021/2231(INI), of which I´m Shadow rapporteur. In the meeting I was very critical towards the renewed fighting and blockade of the Lachin corridor and I made sure to convey that neither that nor human rights abuse in Azerbaijan will go in the report unmentioned.

Following the lunch with Julian Assange's wife, Stella Assange, togehter with the MEPs who supported Julian Assange's nomination for the Sakharov Prize, we met with her the same afternoon as Pirate Delegation in the EP. During the meeting we wanted to reassure Mrs. Stella Assange about our support to her husband Julian and we also presented her our open letter, asking to free Assange, who is currently waiting for his extradition to the US.

Following the invitation of the President of the Parliament to Assange's wife, Stella Assange, to attend the ceremony of the Sakharov Prize, the European Parliament organized a lunch on Tuesday 13th of December during the Plenary session, to which I have been invited as one of the 9 MEPs who supported Julian Assange's nomination. The lunch took place in the MEPs restaurant in the EP in Strasbourg, we were invited to it. We were mostly listening to Stella's current doings and Julian's condition.

I had an online call with Mr. Vignesh Rajahmani (doctoral researcher at King’s India Institute, King’s College London, policy and political consultant) and Mr. Vihang Jumle (data engineer and a public policy student, Hertie School Berlin). Previously, I cooperated with both on a parliamentary briefing on 8th November on disinformation in India. Now, they wanted to follow up regarding any synergies we could explore together to better conceptualize how disinformation is shaping our societies, concretely they wanted to discuss any possible cooperation in tackling disinformation in relevance to the EU. I recommended getting involved in hearings of ING3 working programme, once - if - it is established.

S ohledem na mé zapojení do právě projednávané směrnice o kybernetické bezpečnosti EU institucí, jsem byla kontaktována společností Nemec+Chvatal se sídlem v Bruselu a jménem české společnosti S.ICZ (patřící do skupiny ICZ Group) s žádostí o schůzku. Společnost S.ICZ poskytuje komplexní hardwarové a softwarové služby v oblasti ochrany utajovaných informací, včetně vývoje a výroby bezpečnostních produktů, které mají nejvyšší certifikaci pro členské státy EU a instituce EU i NATO. Zástupci této firmy se se mnou chtěli setkat a prodiskutovat jejich pohled a řešení, které by mohli nabídnout i evropským institucím. Jejich nabídku jsem vyslechla a doporučila jim hovořit i s Marcelem Kolajou, žádné další kroky ale v této věci nebudu podnikat.

I had an online meeting with H.E. Pawel Herczynski, the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, together with other colleagues from the EP, shadow-rapporteurs and members of the contact group on Georgia. This was an opportunity to exchange views with Mr. Herczynski ahead of the final vote in plenary of the Annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with Georgia. The Ambassador gave us an overview of the current situation in Georgia, notably concerning progress on the implementation of the 12 priorities identified in the European Commission's opinion.

Paní Lydia Kokavcová z Inštitútu ľudských práv mě oslovila se žádostí o schůzku. Osobně jsem se s ní setkala v Praze v kavárně. Tématem schůzky byl Julian Assange - jeho nominace na Sacharovovu cenu, soudní proces v Londýně a žádost některých europoslanců o jeho propuštění, stejně tak jako další možnosti jeho podpory v rámci Evropského parlamentu. Představila jsem také paní Kokavcové moje vlastní iniciativy na podporu Juliana Assange a doporučila jí kontaktovat Pirátský institut ohledně spolupráce na vydání knihy o Assangovi v češtině.

Pan Petr Pirunčík ze zahraničního odboru Kanceláře prezidenta republiky mě oslovil se žádostí o schůzku. Osobně jsem se s ním setkala v Praze v kavárně. Pan Pirunčík je nyní designovaný nový velvyslanec ČR v Arménii. Jednalo se tedy o úvodní, zdvořilostní schůzku, jejímž tématem byly vztahy ČR s Arménií, vztahy EU s Arménií a nadcházející výzvy.

I had a meeting in my EP office in Brussels with Mr. Nury Turkel, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, who is the author of the memoir book "NO ESCAPE: The true Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs". As I am the Vice-Chair of the Uyghur Friendship Group in the EP, Mr. Turkel wanted to share with me his insight regarding the Uyghur genocide.