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Activities of Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI related to 2021/2180(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report
2022/03/21
Committee: AFCO
Dossiers: 2021/2180(INI)
Documents: PDF(123 KB) DOC(48 KB)
Authors: [{'name': "Sophia IN 'T VELD", 'mepid': 28266}]

Amendments (11)

Amendment 3 #
1. UnderlinNotes that the annual Rule of Law Report is a keyn element of the EU’s Rule of Law Toolbox; urges the Commission that such an instrument has to be used in good faith, should be written objectively by reflecting only facts, and should guarantee the equal treatment of all Member States;
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Deplores that the subject of the report exceeds the scope of the Treaties; notes that the methodology of the Rule of Law Report is seriously flawed and has to be revised;
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that public debate about the report is central to the annual rule of law cycle and therefore that the time of its publication is key; regrets therefore the publication of the 2021 report just before parliamentary recess in mid-July; calls on the Commission to instate an annual EU Values Week each September, in which the report is presented to the European Parliament and national parliaments at the same time as the Justice Scoreboard, the Fundamental Rights Report, and the Media Pluralism Monitor;deleted
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. RecallNotes that the important elements of Parliament’s resolutions of 25 October 2016 and of 7 October 2020 on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights areis still missing, in particularnamely the panel of independent experts, widening the scope to include all values set out under Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and the interinstitutional agreement for an annual monitoring cycle;.
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes with concern that the report involves both objective reporting of the facts and highly subjective evaluations without making clear distinction between those two elements; strongly opposes the fact that the Commission applies double standards when it differently assesses similar legal regulations, those already in force in some Member States and those yet to be implemented in other Member States.
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the inclusion of an overview per Member State of all enforcement actions undertaken by the Commission, including pending infringement proceedings, as well as the state of compliance with Court of Justice of the European Union and European Court of Human Rights rulings, feeding into a comprehensive Application of EU Law Scoreboard;deleted
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to conclude each country chapter with a ‘traffic light’ assessment of the fulfilment of the conditions ofuse only Treaty-based tools to address the breaches of EU values; ; stresses that the Rrule of Llaw Cconditionality Regulation (Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092)mechanism should fully respect the provisions of the European Council conclusions of December 2020;
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. WelcomesTake note of Commission's proposals to include country-specific recommendations as of 2022, as per Parliament’s resolution of 25 October 2016; calls onunderlines that the Commission to monitor and report on their implementationhas no competences in this regard and the only recommendations regarding the rule of law may be addressed to a Member State in accordance with procedure set up Article 7(1) TEU;
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to link the Rule of Law Report and its recommendations to the instruments ensuring the application of EU law, such as infringement proceedings, Article 7 TEU procedures, and the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation;deleted
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that constitutional checks and balances at EU level should be included in the report; commits to requesting a Venice Commission opinion on key principles of democracy in EU governance, in particular the separation of powers, accountability and checks and balances;deleted
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Council to discuss the report, in all transparency and engage in dialogue with the European Parliamentts methodology, and its findings; calls on the European Council, too, to discuss the findings of the report, as the values of end the Article 27(1) TEU are a matter to be addressed at the highest political levelprocedure within the strict framework of the Treaties.
2022/02/01
Committee: AFCO