Activities of Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS related to 2017/2131(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the situation in Hungary (pursuant to the European Parliament resolution of 17 May 2017)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Shares the concerns expressed by the Venice Commission in its opinions on Hungarian legislation since 2011, including the opinions on the Fundamental Law and the amendment thereto; believes that many of those concerns have not been properly addressed and remain relevant;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Is concerned about the impact of constitutional and legislative reforms on the judiciary; calls for the jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court to be restored in full; recommends to review the functioning and powers of the National Judicial Council to ensure that it can fulfil its role as Hungary’s independent body of judicial self-government;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Is concerned about the reintroduction at the constitutional level of provisions that should fall into the scope of ordinary law and were already found unconstitutional, with the aim to avoid constitutional review; stresses that this practice jeopardises the principles of a constitutional State under the rule of law;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Is worried by the shrinking space for civil society organisations, the attempts to control NGOs and to restrict their ability to carry out their legitimate work, such as the adoption of the Law on the Transparency of Organisations Receiving Support from Abroad and introduction of the so-called 'Stop Soros' legislative package;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Expresses its concerns at the politicized fines of the Hungarian State Audit Office and most recent decision of the National Electoral Committee on national lists which clearly limits the possibilities of smaller parties to run for elections and especially to form coalitions for the elections;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Takes note of the rule of law framework established by the Commission in 2014 and regrets that the Commission did not respond to Parliament’s call to activate that framework, as contained in its resolutions of 10 June 2015 and 16 December 2015 on the situation in Hungary; points out that this mechanism falls short in preventing an emerging systemic threat to the rule of law and urges the creation of a common Union mechanism based on proper expertise and independence to respond to breaches of the rule of law and fundamental rights at Member State level;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that the current situation in Hungary represents a clear risk of a serious breach of the values referred to in Article 2 TEU and warrants the launch of procedure set out in Article 7(1) TEU ;