33 Amendments of Balázs HIDVÉGHI related to 2021/2180(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 35 #
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union is founded on the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities (Article 2 TEU values) – values that are common to the EU Member States and to which candidate countries must adhere in order to join the Union; whereas democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are mutually reinforcing values which, when undermined, may pose a systemic threat to the Union; whereas the Union institutions must also adhere to the rule of law when they act;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the annual rule of law review cycle is a welcome addition to the tools available to preserve the Article 2 TEU values by addressing the situation in all EU Member States in a report based on four pillars with a direct bearing on respect for the rule of lawtool created by the Commission which has no legal basis in the Treaties;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas without effan objective, follow- up, the rule of law report may fail to prevent, detect and effectively address systemic challenges and backsliding on the rule of law, as witnessed in several EU Member States in recent yearsair, impartial and fact-based approach, the rule of law report is a tool which lacks credibility and cannot be taken into account in the context of any other mechanism;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is necessary to strengthen and streamline existing mechanisms and to develop an effective EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights to ensure that Article 2 TEU values are upheld throughout the Unionunder the Treaties, the Commission has no competence to create additional mechanisms to monitor the rule of law in Member States;
Amendment 116 #
1. WelcomesUnderlines that the Commission’s second annual rule of law report; regrets the fact that the Commission did not address in full the recommendations made by Parliament in its resolution of 24 June 2021 on the Commission’s 2020 R is yet another tool for political pressure; regrets the fact that the report does not present an objective and substantiated picture of the rule of Llaw Report; considers that these recommendations remain valid and reiterates themsituation in Member States; highlights that this report cannot serve as a basis for any further EU mechanisms and procedures;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. WelcomNotes the fact that the functioning of justice systems, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism and certain institutional issues related to checks and balances, including civic space to a certain extent, are all part of the Commission’s annual report; regrets, however, that not all rule of law issues were covered in sufficient detail in the 2021 report; calls for the inclusion in the annual reportthat the report portrays political demands that fall outside the competence of other important el Union, as general requirements ofor the Venice Commission’s 2016 Rrule of Llaw Checklist; believes that civic space deserves a separate subheading in the report; underlines that this fully discredits the rule of law report as a whole;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with satisfaction that the report contains country-specific chapters; commendnotes the Commission’s efforts to engage with national governments and national parliaments, as well as civil society and other national actors; encourages the Commission to devote greater efforts to deepening the analysis, and invites the Commission to ensure proper resources for that; believes that more time should be devoted to the Commission’s country visits, including on siteregrets, however, that the Commission only reiterates the opinion of civil society organisations that are financed from outside the EU without verifying these allegations and presenting justification or evidence; notes with concern that the Commission ignores the position of the constitutional organs of the Member States and rather takes into account the politically biased opinions of certain civil society organisations; believes that more time should be devoted to the Commission’s understanding of national constitutional traditions and specificities;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. WelcomDeplores the fact that all Member States are not scrutinised according to the same indicators and methodology; emphasises that presenting deficiencies or breaches of a different nature or intensity risks trivialising the most serious breaches of the rule of law; urges the Commission to differentiate its reporting by distinguishing between systemic breaches of the rule of law and isolated breachthe requirement of a comprehensive, comparative analysis has not been met neither from methodological nor from thematic aspects; notes with concern that the examination is even more tendentious than it was in the report of 2020 as several topics, notions and sources are being used mostly or solely in relation to a few Member States;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 194 #
7. Considers that the annual report should identify cross-cutting trends at EU level; asks the Commission to identify instances where certain measures or practices that undermine the rule of law in one Member State become blueprints for others, or when the gravity and scope of such deficiencies have the potential to affect the Union as a wholeis full of factually unfounded findings based on vague concerns, value judgements and double standards in relation to some Member States; notes with concern the improper methodology and the lack of uniform standards in the report;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Commends the effort ofNotes with regret that the 2021 report to compared the situation with that of the 2020 report; believes that it is necessary to identify clearly positive and negative trends as regards the rule of law situation and provide an analysis of the underlying reasons fo the 2020 report is even worse as the examination in the report is even more thatendentious;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the 2021 report could have provided clearer assessments, stating whether there were deficifully echoes the findings of ideologically biased NGOs funded from outside the EU; notes that the disproportionate number of referencies, a risk of a serious breach or an actual breach of Article 2 TEU values in each to findings of such NGOs entails that the Commission completely outsourced the work ofn the pillars analysed in the country chapters; calls for a more integrated analysis on the interlinkages betweenreport to these NGOs without checking the factual correctness of their statements; considers, therefore, that the fsour pillars and of how combined deficiencies may amount to breaches or risks of a breachces of the report are one-sided and politically biased, and thus, its findings are completely inaccurate;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomDeplores the Commission’s intention to include country-specific recommendations in the 2022 report; calls on as the Commission to accompany such recommendations with deadlines for implementation, targets and concretlacks the competence to do so; underlines that due to the lactions to be taken; calls on the Commission to include in subsequent reports indications on the implementation of itsk of objectivity and methodological mistakes, these reports cannot serve as a basis of any future mechanism or sanction, not even recommendations;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets the fact that with the 2020 report fails to fully encompass the Article 2 TEU values of democracy and fundamental rights, which are immediately affected when countries start backsliding on the rule of law; reiterates the intrinsic link between the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rightthe Commission intends to excerpt pressure on Member States as regards the handling of specific cases; underlines that political debates should not be disguised as legal debates;
Amendment 245 #
13. Underlines its concern at the fact that women and people in vulnerable situations, including persons with disabilities, children, religious minorities, particularly at a time of rising antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in Europe, Romani people and other persons belonging to ethnic and linguistic minorities, migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, LGBTI+ persons and elderly people, continue to see their rights not being fully respected across the Union; emphasises the obvious link between deteriorating rule of law standards and violationsthat the Commission uses the respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights as a pretext to put political pressure on certain Member States to change their policies with regard to migration policy ofr fundamental rights and minority rightsamily law for example;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the regular, inclusive and structured dialogue with governments and national parliaments, NGOs, national human rights institutions, ombudspersons, equality bodies, professional associations and other stakeholders; considers that civil society organisations should be closely involved in all phase and to duly take into account the information received from Member States; considers that the Commission should not copy-paste the political opinions of civil society organisations and base its findings ofn the review cyclese opinions; highlights that thematically structured consultations would make the process more efficient and increase the amount of valuable feedback; stresses that the consultation questionnaire should allow stakeholders to report aspects beyond the scope envisaged by the Commission;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 330 #
22. Reiterates that the annual report shouldcannot serve as a basis for deciding whether to activate one or several relevant tools such as Article 7 TEU, the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, the Rule of Law Framework or infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, applications for interim measures before the CJEU and actions regarding non-implementation of CJEU judgments; calls on the institutions to activate such tools without delayany other mechanism or sanction;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that infringement procedures are the core instrument to protect and defend EU law and the common values enshrined in Article 2 TEU; notes with concern that the number of infringement procedures launched by the Commission has plummeted since 2004; is surprised by the fact that infringement procedures are not triggered systematically as soon as the relevant infringement is documented in the annual report; deplores the Commission’s reluctance to exhaust the possibilities of infringement procedures against Member States as the instrument most tailored to resolve the issues efficiently and without delay; notes that this reluctance resulted in calls on Member States to initiate inter- State cases in accordance with Article 259 TFEU; is concerned that without systematic and timely application the preventive capacity of infringement procedures declines;
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 371 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Strongly regretNotes the inability of the Council to make meaningful progress in the ongoing Article 7(1) TEU procedures; urges the Council to ensure that hearings take place on a regular basis and also address new developments; reiterates its call on the Council to address concrete recommendations to the Member States in question, and to provide deadlines for the implementation of those recommendations; insists that Parliament’s role d the procedures immediately as they are nothing more but openly political procedures which do not lead anywhere, but harm Europeand comopetences be respectedration;