7 Amendments of Victor NEGRESCU related to 2021/2180(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the annual Rule of Law Report is a key element of the EU’s Rule of Law Toolbox; points out that both the efficiency of national courts and access to justice were adversely affected during the pandemic, with the partial closure of national courts and the - sometimes inefficient - use of digitalisation for some legal proceedings;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Invites the Commission to include recommendations for the Member States to reduce the negative impact of the pandemic on the activity of the national courts and ensure compliance with one of the fundamental elements of the rule of law as to the effectiveness of a justice system;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls on the Commission to use all tools at its disposal to counter violations of EU values, such as infringement procedures, including expedited procedures, actions to ensure compliance with the judgments of the Court of Justice and applications for interim measures before the Court; welcomes the new rule of law conditionality mechanism and asks that it be fully enforced with regard to all EU funds, including Next Generation EU; recalls that accession to the Schengen Area cannot be limited to the rule of law, pointing out that no additional criteria other than the specified prerequisites laid down in the Schengen acquis should be required;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the reflection on the resilience of the justice system and stresses that an effective justice system is essential for upholding the rule of law; recalls that both access to justice and the efficiency of national courts were negatively impacted in the context of the pandemic with the partial closure of national courts and the use of digitalization for some of the legal proceedings;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
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; points out that accession to the Schengen Area cannot be centred solely on the rule of law, and stresses that no other criteria should be set for Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania beyond the specified prerequisites of the Schengen acquis;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
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; stresses the importance of the assessment by the Commission of respect for the principle of the presumption of innocence and the right to fair and impartial justice in each Member State, in order to avoid abuses and guarantee the rights of the defence;