Activities of Rebecca TAYLOR related to 2014/2006(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law
Amendments (7)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the 2013 Justice Scoreboard focuses exclusively on civil, commercial and administrative justice, which are of importance for the European Semester as regards boosting competitiveness and growth, but does not cover criminal justice, which has no direct economic impact and is, according to the Treaties, to a much greater extent a national responsibilitymore of a national focus;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas any evaluation of criminal justice should take account of the prerogatives of the Member States and national law in this area, and remain within the bounds of the Union’s responsibility for coordination only; whereas any value judgment regardjudicial review must be available at the decentralised level of the Union, namely ing national criminal justice systems should be avoidedourts;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas, in the field of crime prevention, Article 84 TFEU excludes the harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States; whereas it also calls on the EU to promote and support actions by Member States in this field;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the European Commission is in charge of safeguarding the rule of law, which is the basis of all fundamental values which it protects;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points outRecalls that the primary body at European level responsible for ensuring respect fordecisions on fundamental rights and the rule of law, including in the area of criminal justice, is the European Court of Human Rights, which already provides an admirable system for the continent-wid framework for the protection of the rights of individuals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. BelieveConsiders that the rule of law is a Union-wide concept which requires that the actions of public bodies comply with the legal framework laid down by national constitutions and the laws and regulations deriving therefrom, and should not be reduced to a criminal law issue; takes the view that the assessment of criminal justice systems alone does not permit blanket conclusions to be drawn regarding compliance with the principle of the rule of law; stresses, therefore, that any evaluation of criminal justice should not be connected to a possible new rule- of-law mechanism.