Czechia backs Italy’s call for reassessment of the European Convention on Human Rights

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has joined Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and a number of other European leaders in calling for a reassessment of the European Convention on Human Rights so as to make it easier to expel migrants who commit crimes. The Italian prime minister wants to open a debate on “rethinking some European conventions that were created decades ago so that they better address the problems of our time”. Alongside Czechia  the initiative is supported by Denmark, Belgium, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland and Austria. The signatory countries want member states to be given greater powers to decide whether to expel foreigners who commit serious crimes, as well as greater powers to monitor those who cannot be expelled.