6 Amendments of Fabio Massimo CASTALDO related to 2021/2025(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s first ever Rule of Law Report as a positive addition to the EU’s toolbox to prevent and address rule of law issues in Member States. Believes that the respect of the rule of law and fundamental rights underpins mutual trust and eventually the trust in the EU as a whole;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets that the procedure under Article 7(1) of the Treaty on the European union (TEU) has failed to address rule of law issues and fundamental rights violations in the Member States. Recalls that serious violations of the rule of law are taking place in Poland and Hungary. Regrets that the Commission has very few tools at its disposal to prevent these issues to arise and to develop further.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the Commission’s report is a response to the Council’s failure to trigger the procedure under Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), as requested by the Commission in 2017 and Parliament in 2018; regrets that the Council has failed to resume hearings under Article 7 of the TEU since December 2019; noteinsists that the failure to apply Article 7 of the TEU, also due to the requirement of unanimitya revision of the Article 7 procedure is needed in order to overcome the unanimity requirement for the sanctions mechanism, enableslarge its scope to avoid continued divergence from the values enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; , as well as provide the Commission with a toolbox that could prevent rule of law breaches and fundamental rights violations across the EU. Believes that the Conference on the Future of Europe provides for a good opportunity to address these issues and come up with possible alternatives and solutions.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the methodology of the report, which focuses on four pillars: independence of the judiciary, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism, and checks and balances; invites the Commission to include in the next editions an assessment of how the right to a fair trial is guaranteed in Member States, with particular attention paid to the right of defence, and equality between prosecution and defence parties; believes that the report should go beyond monitoring and include country specific preventive and corrective elements with a clear outline of enforcement measures to be taken with clear deadlines;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. 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 fule Commission to fully and proactively enforced it with regard to all EU funds, including Next Generation EU;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. recalls the obligation of the EU to accede to the ECHR, as imposed by Article 6 TEU; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that this obligation is respected as soon as possible, in full transparency and in order to increase the protection of individuals and the accountability of the European Institutions for their actions or omissions with regard to fundamental rights;