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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report
2022/03/17
Committee: CONT
Dossiers: 2021/2180(INI)
Documents: PDF(138 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Petri SARVAMAA', 'mepid': 112611}]

Amendments (6)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (the Conditionality Regulation) integrated the conditionality mechanism into a wider framework, requiring the Commission to use its own annual rule of law reports as a source for its assessments under the Regulation; calls on the Commission to implement the Conditionality Regulation without any further delay; recalls that for budget- related measures in the event of violations of the rule of law in a Member State, the competences of parliamentary committees should be determined on the basis of Annex VI of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure if the infringements under the Conditionality Regulation procedure are dealt with in Parliament;deleted
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls its resolution of 8 July 2021 on the creation of guidelines for the application of the Conditionality Regulation; insists that the Commission include in its annual rule of law reports a section dedicated to cases where rule of law breaches in a Member State could affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the Union’s financial interests in a sufficiently direct way;deleted
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to present in its next reports a chapter on the compliance of the institutions of the European Union with the rule of law, in particular on the situation within the Commission itself. The EU institutions should resolve numerous internal problems, such as: lack of transparency, obstruction of access to documents, the 'revolving door' problem, and corruption;
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes with concern that the contracts signed by the Commission with pharmaceutical companies developing COVID-19 vaccines have clauses that have not been published in their entirety for over a year;
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Stresses that NGOs should be obliged to disclose their sources of funding; stresses that all European bodies must disclose and publish a list of all NGOs they fund and the amount of this funding in order to be in compliance with the principle of transparency and the right of EU citizens to information;
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to use the Commission’s annual rule of law reports to resolutely fight against systemic corruption and devise effective instruments for preventing, combating and sanctioning corruption and fighting fraud, as well as for regularly monitoring the use of public funds, including recovery and resilience facility funds. The Commission should focus in the coming years on the fight against corruption and organised crime, which have been fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised crime groups are currently earning huge amounts of money from the trade in counterfeit medicines, vaccines, other medical equipment and false certificates.
2022/02/16
Committee: CONT