About the speaker
Sophie in ‘t Veld served as member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2024. She is staunchly pro-European and a leading voice on democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights. She was the rapporteur of the landmark European Parliament inquiry (“PEGA committee”) into the abuse of spyware. She was a member of the European liberal democrat group (ALDE/Renew), and its Deputy Leader (2014-2019), leading the Renew team in the EP LIBE committee. From 2018 onwards she chaired the European Parliament Democracy, Rule of Law, and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group, and was the architect of the annual Rule of Law Report.