SLAPPs: 'The pressure is on us at the EP to get this right' – Roberta Metsola Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola acknowledges the pressure is on her as co-rapporteur and on the EP as a whole to deliver on the anticipated upcoming anti-SLAPP legislation. European Commission VP Věra Jourová, meanwhile, is adamant that judges will have a crucial role to play in filtering out vexatious lawsuits 3 June 2021, 1:57pm by David Lindsay As the European Commission prepares to bring the anti-SLAPP lawsuit legislation it is brokering with the European Parliament to member states for approval in the near future, Maltese MEP and co-rapporteur on the landmark legislation Roberta Metsola acknowledged, “I know the pressure is on us in the European Parliament to get this right, but I believe we have a strong basis to work with.