5 Amendments of Sophia IN 'T VELD related to 2022/2081(DEC)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its deep concerns regarding the situation concerning the rule of law in a number of Member States, which is deeply worrying in its own right and leads to serious losses for the Union budget; underlines that Union funds must not be used for anti-democratic activities or for strengthening authoritarianism; welcomes the first application of the conditionality mechanism in the case of Hungary, procedure launched in November 2021 and concluded in December 2022 with the freezing of 55% of three cohesion policy programmes (around EUR 6,35 billion), although the facts would have justified the freezing of 100%; reiterates its strong conviction that Member States must respect democracy and the rule of law in order to receive Union funds and draws attention to the Commission that the rule of law situation has also been deteriorating in other Member States, calls therefore on the Commission to trigger without delay the application of the conditionality mechanism whenever breaches of the principles of the rule of law are identified to be affecting or are in serious risk of affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; moreover stresses that Parliament, Council and the Commission need to closely co-operate together as alliwhile reinforcing the institutional checks and balances ; underlines its strong and repeated requests to the Commission and executive agencies to ensure the protection of the Union budget by making global and systematic use of digital and automated systems for reporting, monitoring and audit;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 134 a (new)
Paragraph 134 a (new)
134 a. Calls on the Commission to initiate a dedicated and detailed Scoreboard for the Rule of Law milestones, taking into account the reforms of Member States and the degree to which they comply with the milestones and CJEU case law, with the input of all competent Commission services and independent academic and civil society contributions;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 147 a (new)
Paragraph 147 a (new)
147 a. Stresses that compliance with the milestones can only be established on the basis of a detailed assessment and clear and fixed criteria, and not on the basis of political negotiations;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 153 – point c a (new)
c a. assess the Member States’ fulfilment of the Rule of Law milestones in the RRPs on the basis of a detailed assessment, clear and fixed criteria, and fully in line with CJEU case law, not merely looking at the formal adoption of reform legislation but also at the legal and practical application, and not on the basis of political negotiations;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 153 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 153 – point c b (new)
c b. not approve any payment request unless all Rule of Law milestones have been fully met;