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20 Amendments of Mara BIZZOTTO related to 2020/2072(INL)

Amendment 15 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
— having regard to the Council of Europe’s toolkit for Member States “Respecting democracy, rule of law and human rights in the framework of the COVID-19 sanitary crisis” of 7 April 2020,deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 17 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
— having regard to the Commission communication of 17 July 2019 'Strengthening the rule of law within the Union - A blueprint for action' (COM(2019)0343),deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 27 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
— having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2019 on public discrimination and hate speech against LGBTI people, including LGBTI free zones7 , _________________ 7deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0101.
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 34 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25
— having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2020 on ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary9 , _________________ 9deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0014.
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 35 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26
— having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2020 on EU coordinated action to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and its consequences10 , _________________ 10 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0054.deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 39 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27
— having regard to the joint civil society organisation recommendations 'From blueprint to footprint: Safeguarding media freedom and pluralism through the European Rule of Law Mechanism' of April 2020,deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 64 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the preceding decade has seen brazen attacks against Union values in several Member States; whereas international comparisons and Parliament resolutions have evidenced considerable democratic backsliding in Hungary and Poland in particular; whereas Parliament has been calling since 2016 for a comprehensive, preventive and evidence-based monitoring in this field via an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights;deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 81 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas breaches of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU may weaken the cohesion of the EuropeaUnion project, the rights of all Union citizens and mutual trust among the Member States;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 85 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission is preparing to publish an annual rule of law report, to be followed by a Strategy for the Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and a European Democracy Action Plahas shown a tendency to instrumentalise the principle of the rule of law in an obviously politically driven fashion;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 90 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas a regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States, once adopted, would become an indispensable tool in saf would raise serious concerns about the political use of such tools towards Member States which are not aligned with the Commission's political vision, particularly reguarding the rule of law within the Unionmigration strategies;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 94 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas any monitoring mechanism must closely involve stakeholders active in the protection and promotion of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights, including civil society, Council of Europe and United Nations bodies, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, national human rights institutions, national parliaments and local authorities;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 119 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. regrets the growing and concerning use of the procedure provided for in Article 7 TEU for political and ideological purposes;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 122 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. warns that the Union isMember States are facing an unprecedented and escalating crisis of its founding values,migration crisis which threatens itsthe long- term survival as a democratic peace project; is gravely concerned by the rise and entrenchment of autocratic and illiberal tendencies, further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recession, as well as corruption and state capture, in several Member States; underlines the dangers of this trend for the cohesion of the Union’s legal order, the functioning of its single market, the effectiveness of its common policies and its international credibilityof their identities, traditions and common civilization;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 141 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. recognises that the Union remains structurally ill-equipped to tackle democratic and rule of law backsliding in the Member States; regrets the inability of the Council to make meaningful progress in enforcing Union values in ongoing Article 7 TEU procedures; notes with concern the disjointed nature of the Union’s toolkit in that fieldalready interferes with national policies on the alleged ground of democratic and rule of law backsliding in the Member States; believes that the Council is adequately enforcing Union values in ongoing Article 7 TEU procedures and insists that open procedures should be concluded shortly;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 151 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. welcomestakes note of the Commission’s work on the Annual Rule of Law Report; notes, however, that it fails to encompass the areas of democracy and fundamental rights; reiterates the need for a comprehensive monitoring mechanism enshrined in a legal act binding Parliament, the Council and the Commission to a transparent and regularised process, with clearly defined responsibilities, so that the protection and promotion of Union values becomes a permanent and visible part of the Union agendareiterates that a monitoring mechanism enshrined in a legal act binding Parliament, the Council and the Commission would be disproportionate and undemocratic as rule of law cannot be evaluated with quantitative indicators;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 156 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. proposesrejects the proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (the ‘Mechanism’), building on Parliament’s 2016 proposal and the Commission’s 2020 Rule of Law Report, to be governed by an interinstitutional agreement between Parliament, the Council and the Commission, consisting of an Annual Monitoring Cycle on Union values, covering all aspects of Article 2 TEU, and applying equally, objectively and fairly to all Member States;
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 160 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. underlines that the Annual Monitoring Cycle must contain country- specific recommendations, with timelines and targets for implementation, to be followed up in subsequent annual or urgent reports; stresses that failures to implement the recommendations must be linked to concrete Union enforcement measures;deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 175 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. points out that the Mechanism should consolidate and supersede existing instruments, in particular the Annual Rule of Law Report, the Commission’s Rule of Law Framework, the Council’s Rule of Law Dialogue and the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), while increasing complementarity and coherence with other available tools, including infringement procedures under Article 7 TEU, budgetary conditionality once in force, and the European Semester; is of the opinion that the Annual Monitoring Cycle can fulfil the objectives of the CVM for Bulgaria and Romania, thus contributing to equal treatment of all Member States; considers that the three institutions should use the findings from the Annual Monitoring Cycle in their assessment for the purposes of triggering Article 7 TEU and Regulation (EU) 2020/xxxx of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of the Union's budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States11 ; _________________ 11[instead of xxxx insert final number of 2018/136(COD) in the text and correct OJ reference in footnote] OJ C ..., ....., p. ....deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 185 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. recalls the indispensable role played by civil society, national human rights institutions and other relevant actors in all stages of the Annual Monitoring Cycle, from providing input to facilitating implementation; points out that the accreditation status of national human rights institutions and the space for civil society may themselves serve as indicators for assessment purposes; considers that national parliaments must hold public debates and adopt positions on the outcome of the monitoring cycle;deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
Amendment 211 #
Nicolas BAY, Jean-Paul GARRAUD, Nicolaus FEST, Annalisa TARDINO, Mara BIZZOTTO
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. strongly believes that addressing the crisis of Union values, including through the proposed Mechanism, is a precondition for re-establishing mutual trust among Member States, thus enabling the Union as a whole to sustain and further all common policies;deleted
2020/07/27
Committee: LIBE
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