Activities of Giuliano PISAPIA related to 2021/2025(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on the Commission’s 2020 Rule of Law Report
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
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 monitor, prevent and address rule of law issues in Member States;
Amendment 17 #
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; notes that the failure to apply Article 7 of the TEU, also due to the requirement of unanimity for the sanctions mechanism, enables continued divergence from the values enshrined in Article 2 of the TEUinvites, therefore, the Council to resume hearings under Article 7 of the TEU as soon as possible and to determine whether there is a clear risk of a serious breach by the two Member States concerned of the values referred to in Article 2 of the TEU; reaffirms the role of Parliament, in accordance with Article 7 of the TEU, in monitoring compliance with Union values; reiterates its call for Parliament to be able to present its reasoned proposal to the Council, to attend Article 7 hearings when it is Parliament that initiated the procedure, and to be kept promptly and fully informed at every stage of the procedure; notes that the failure to apply Article 7 of the TEU, also due to the requirement of unanimity for the sanctions mechanism, enables continued divergence from the values enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; believes that a stocktaking exercise on the effectiveness of Article 7 of the TEU is urgently needed and calls on the Commission in the next editions of the Report to include an evaluation of its implementation;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the methodology of the report, which focuses on foura few pillars: independence of the judiciary, the anti- corruption framework, media pluralism, and checks and balances; insists on the fundamental role that judicial independence plays in the protection of the values and legal order of the EU; recalls that national judges are judges of EU law and have obligations with regard to its interpretation and application, and that judicial independence is the foundation upon which mutual trust and judicial cooperation are built; 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, the protection of victims of crimes and equality between prosecution and defence parties; believes that clear distinctions should be made in the report between single cases and systemic cases of violations of the values enshrined in Article 2 of the TEU; believes furthermore that the report should go beyond monitoring and include preventive and corrective elements with a clear outline of enforcement measures; and concrete proposals to tackle violations;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls that the accession of the Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is a legal obligation provided for under Article 6(2) TEU; reiterates the need for a swift conclusion of the accession process in order to ensure a consistent framework for human rights protection throughout Europe and to further strengthen the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms within the Union; calls therefore on the Commission to step up efforts to fully implement the Treaties and conclude the accession process without undue delay;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that both the European Democracy Action Plan and the revision of the strategy for the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights should further contribute to protect and enforce EU values;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls to address at the Conference on the Future of Europe the need to facilitate the procedures for the application of article 7 TEU, in particular in voting for the application of sanctions and ending unanimity decision making within the European Council.