Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2021/2180(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that respect for the rule of law entails compliance with EU primary and secondary law, andhas nothing to do with compliance with the corealleged principle of the primacy of EU law;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic have shown that certain measures taken in urgency can be considerably disproportionate and even have democratic deficits, and lead to corruption, and that they lack proper scrutinymoreover can result in unjustified breaches of fundamental freedoms; stresses, therefore, the need for clear legal arrangements ensuring respect for the rule of law also during times of crisis;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesTakes note of the Commission’s second Rule of Law Report (‘the Report’) and considers that the periodic review of the state of the rule of law is of great significance and is an essential monitoring tool; welcomstresses the importance that it rightly places on justice systems; stresses that effectiveness, independence and, efficiency are threend neutrality are four characteristics of justice systems which are equally essential for upholding the rule of law and which constitute the basis for mutual trust within the EU’s area of freedom, security and justice; notes the need for lawyers, judges and prosecutors to be able to exercise their functions with full autonomy and independence, without interference from any other institution or body, in accordance with the principle of the separation of powers; argues that this is an indispensable condition for ensuring equality and the protection of citizens’ rights under the law; with regard to judges specifically, emphasises that the politicisation of some of their unions undermines their neutrality and credibility;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the fact that lawyers are now part of the EU Justice Scoreboard’s questionnaire; stresses that independent lawyers are also essential to independent justice systems; reiterates the need for lawyers and the judiciary to be highly qualified and regularly trained in the rule of law and in EU law in general, and calls on the Commission to extend the scope of its next Report to include this area;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is deeply preoccupied by the fact that judicial independence continues to be an issue of serious concern in some Member States; cwondemns the continued political attacks on the independence of judiciary,rs why the primacy of EU law and the implementation of the CJEU’s rulings in Hungary and Poland; notes with deep regret that these attacks have been worsening since the publication of the Report and often target judges and prosecutors who have contested the backsliding on judicial independencethe Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain keep being called into question;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Defends the position that the principle of the separation of powers is essential to the proper functioning of justice systems across the EU and requires institutional structures where not only judges but also prosecution services are independent from undue political pressure;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Council to resume all pending procedures under Article 7(1) TEU and to inform Parliament thereof; underlines that any further delaying of such action would amount to a breach of the rule of law principle by the Council itselfNotes the state of play at the Council with regard to the procedures under Article 7(1) TEU;