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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><BIG><B>Luisa and Arne</B> tried to ask
for information from Europe’s border police, Frontex. Instead they
<B>received €24,000 in legal fees as an attempt to bully them into
silence.</B> Tell Frontex Europeans don’t respond well to
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<P><BIG>This is the story of <B>Luisa and Arne</B> and how they <B>tried to
watch the watchers, a secretive, well-funded EU body,</B> Frontex, in charge of
policing Europe’s borders and saving lives at sea. [1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Luisa and Arne asked for very simple information - what type of boats
does Frontex have in the Mediterranean, an area where human lives are needlessly
lost every year and where NGOs are no longer welcome? Frontex repeatedly refused
to give this information, so Luisa and Arne took them to court. [2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Not only did they not get an answer, they lost. As a clear threat
Frontex sent them a €24,000 bill for legal fees to be paid in two days. European
public institutions almost never send legal bills to citizens!</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We know that <B>Frontex really hates bad publicity.</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Luisa and Arne have a plan to spread their story across Europe. It will
be so much more powerful if this isn’t just their struggle, but all of ours. All
it takes is your signature to stand with Luisa and Arne, and <B>let Frontex know
Europeans don’t respond well to bullies </B>[3].</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><B>If we let Frontex get away with this, the impact will go much further
than Luisa and Arne.</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>They are the first to take Frontex to court as individuals -- an act in
itself very important. If we let Frontex set the precedent that individuals
cannot ask them for information without being bullied and ending up in debt with
tens of thousands of euros in legal fees, <B>they will continue to work in
clouds of secrecy.</B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>When individuals like you and I take EU institutions to court, they use
their own legal team and, more importantly, they will almost never ask the
individual to cover legal fees, as a democratic gesture.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>But here, when Luisa and Arne lost the case (due to ‘security’ reasons
cited) [4] Frontex not only asked them to cover their legal fees, but those fees
were for a big-shot Brussels based lawyer rather than the legal team they
already have. Not only that, but Frontex has a budget of €1 billion. €24,000 is
pocket change for them.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>So all of this raises the question -- <B>what does Frontex have to hide?
Sign now and let’s find out.</B></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Luisa and Arne have spent years fighting for the right of every
individual to get information from the people in power. <STRONG>Right now they
need our help -- let's join them.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>In solidarity,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>David, Olga (Bologna) and the entire WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>PS. It may seem daunting taking on an institution as powerful and
well funded as Frontex. But <B>our community has done this before. Three Spanish
firemen</B> were put on trial for human smuggling as a result of saving human
lives in the mediterranean. And thanks to our actions, <B>we brought their story
to Europe’s Migration Commissioner,</B> and ultimately, all charges were
dropped. [5] We can do it again -- <B>it starts with each of us taking action.
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//correctiv</SPAN>.org/en/top-stories-en/2019/08/15/frontex-watching-the-watchers/<BR>https:<SPAN>//www.asktheeu</SPAN>.org/en/request/frontex_vessels_under_jo_triton<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//fragdenstaat</SPAN>.de/en/blog/2019/11/27/frontex-judgement-luxemburg-transparency/
and https:<SPAN>//euobserver</SPAN>.com/migration/145186<BR>[3] Luisa and Arne
are speaking to journalists across Europe to tell them their story. They are
also letting them know about the support they are receiving from the WeMove
Europe Community and beyond. But if there are not enough of us to show our
support, it is likely the story won’t be about Europeans against Frontex, but
just two people. And we know that we are stronger together.<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//fragdenstaat</SPAN>.de/en/blog/2019/11/27/frontex-judgement-luxemburg-transparency/<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//act.wemove</SPAN>.eu/campaigns/criminalising-humanity </SMALL></P>
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