Activities of Angel DZHAMBAZKI related to 2017/2131(INL)
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that, the Venice Commission guidelines and opinions are not binding and may, but need not be, considered by the governments of the Member States; notes that the Hungarian Government is sovereign in its actions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recalls that the Government of Hungary was elected with a two-thirds majority and continues to enjoy increasing support; whereas the current Hungarian Government has a strong democratic mandate to pursue educational reform;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Stresses that pursuant to Article 5 of the TEU, which lays down the principle of subsidiarity in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence, the Union acts only if and in so far as the objectives of the intended action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges that the Hungarian Government has acceded to some of the demands in the Resolution of the European Parliament of 17 May 2017 on the situation in Hungary, notably as regards the suspension of the deadlines established in the Act amending the National Higher Education Act and the launching of a dialogue with the relevant US authorities; notes, however, that the Hungarian Government has not rescinded the Act amending the National Higher Education Act;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets deeply that the Commission’s attempts to settle the legal dispute with the Hungarian Government have not met with success so far and that the Commission was forced to initiate proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, since the Act amending the National Higher Education Act runs counter to internal market freedoms, notably the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment, and to the right to academic freedom, the right to education and the freedom to conduct business, enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rightsbefore the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Expresses its regret, that the Commission often applies double standards for introducing solutions that are also applied in other Member States; therefore considers that the Commission’s targeting of Hungary is unjustified and politically driven;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses, in accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation, that the Hungarian Government is engaging in exhaustive dialogue with the Commission on current reforms and is providing comprehensive explanations in this regard; stresses that Hungary has responded in a comprehensive and timely manner to all inquiries made by the Commission;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union applies to actions of the EU and the Member States when implementing EU legislation; stresses that Declaration No 1 concerning the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union stipulates that ‘the Charter does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined by the Treaties’;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses, with reference to the ‘Democracy Index 2017’ published recently by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), that media freedom in Hungary has been considerably restricted in the past year as a result of State intervention and increased State control; deplores, in this connection, the closure and subsequent sale of Népszabadság, one of the oldest and most prestigious newspapers in Hungary, once again revealing the Hungarian Government’s intolerance vis-à-vis a critical pressthat the closure and subsequent sale of Népszabadság was a decision made by the owner based on unprofitability;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that the pro-government newsindependent and privately owned website 888.hu recently published a black list of journalists working for foreign media, who are described as foreign propagandists for Soros, and that this clearly runs counter to the principle of media freedom;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the leaders of the EU institutions to regard the results of the referendum of 23 June 2016 in the United Kingdom as an important signal of wider discontent into the current direction of the EU; calls on them, for the benefit of the EU, to reflect on ways the Union should be reformed in order to bring the decision-making process closer to citizens and guarantee better compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;