Activities of Giuliano PISAPIA related to 2022/2137(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe
Amendments (19)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the European Social Charter and its additional protocols, and the Revised European Social Charter,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
— having regard to Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe’s resolution on the cessation of membership of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe of 16 March 2022,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 19 May 2010 on the institutional aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas on 15 March 2022, as a result of the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against Ukraine and following the Parliamentary Assembly’s unanimously adopted Opinion, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided that the Russian Federation would cease to be a member of the Council of Europe after 26 years of membership;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the Istanbul Convention, which entered into force on 1 August 2014, was signed by the EU on 12 June 2017 but it has not yet been ratified; whereas all EU Member States have signed the Istanbul Convention, but only 21 have ratified it; whereas the EU’s accession to the Convention does not exempt Member States from national ratification;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas the European Social Charter and the revised European Social Charter have been landmark instruments for the protection and enforcement of fundamental trade union, workers’ and social rights and the improvement of working and living conditions of European citizens; whereas all 27 EU Member States have ratified the original Charter but only 22 Member States have ratified the revised Charter;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
L a. whereas on 7 November 2022 the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to convene a Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe that will take place on 16-17 May 2023 in Iceland; whereas this Summit arrives at a particularly important moment and represents an opportunity to upgrade relations between the Council of Europe and the EU;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RWelcomes the European Commission’s and the Council’s renewed commitment to the EU’s accession to the ECHR and the resumption of negotiations in 2020; reaffirms its strong commitment to and support for the EU’s accession to the ECHR; calls on the negotiating parties to take all steps necessary and invest every effort into resolving the outstanding issues and addressing all of the CJEU’s concerns expressed in its opinion 2/2013 of 18 December 2014 with a view to concluding negotiations successfully ideally before the Fourth Summit of the Council of Europe that will take place on 16-17 May 2023 in Iceland;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU’s accession to the ECHR would have numerous benefits, including strengthened coherence between EU law and the CoE conventions system, harmonisation in human rights legislation and case law between the EU and the CoE, placing the EU under the jurisdiction of the ECtHR, and the protection of EU citizens against the actions of the Union’s institutions and bodies, by allowing individuals to bring cases against the EU directly before the ECtHR;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Emphasises that as a result of accession, the EU’s role in the Convention system will become more prominent as this will include a proportionate contribution to the budget of the Council of Europe, the nomination of candidates for judge of the ECtHR, the participation of a delegation of the European Parliament in PACE sittings related to the election of judges of the ECtHR, and representation on the Committee of Ministers when supervising the implementation of judgments of the ECtHR;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Advocates the EU’s broadest possible alignment with the CoE convention system through the finalisation of its accession to other CoE treaties it has already signed, such as the Istanbul Convention, and the Convention against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishmentworking towards EU accession to other treaties to which it is not yet a party, such as the Convention against Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (Lanzarote Convention); calls on the Commission to look into what steps are needed for the European Union to accede to the revised European Social Charter and to propose a timeframe for achieving that objectivemake progress with regards to accession by proposing a clear propose a timeframe for achieving that objective; calls on the still reluctant Member States to finally give up their resistance and clear the way for an accession of the Union;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Welcomes the EU signature of Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017; emphasises that the EU’s accession to the Convention will provide a coherent European legal framework for the EU’s internal and external policies to prevent and combat violence against women and gender-based violence and to protect and support victims; underlines that the EU’s accession would allow better monitoring, interpretation and implementation of EU laws, programmes and funds relevant to the Convention, together with better collection of comparable disaggregated data at EU level; urges the Council to step up discussions and procedures in order to ensure the EU’s swift ratification of the Istanbul Convention, which requires only a qualified majority in the Council; calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that Parliament will be fully involved in the Convention’s monitoring process after EU accession; strongly encourages also the six remaining Member States who have not yet ratified the Istanbul Convention to do so without delay;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Underlines that accession to certain CoE treaties would allow the EU to play an active role in CoE bodies, facilitate EU-CoE coordination, and in certain cases allow the CoE bodies’ activities to cover EU bodies and agencies; calls, in this regard, to evaluate the possibility for the EU to become a full member of Council of Europe agencies and bodies of which it already is an observer member, such as the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) and European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI); reiterates, in particular, its call for the EU to advance its application for full membership of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) as soon as possible and for Parliament to be kept up to date with the progress of this application;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the valuable contributions that the ECHR and ECtHR case law have brought to defence and promotion of the rule of law and fundamental rights in the EU; calls for close and improved judicial cooperation between the ECtHR and the CJEU, and further harmonisation between the Convention system and EU law;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the important role which the FCNM has played in the European integration processUnderlines that the CoE is an important partner in the EU’s enlargement process, cooperating with the EU in supporting candidate and potential candidate countries in carrying out reforms in line with the standards of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, and in monitoring the progress in these areas; believes that cooperation in the area of enlargement should be further strengthened, becoming more formal, structured, and systematic; recalls that during the process of evaluating candidate countries’ progress towards accession on the basis of the Copenhagen criteria, the Commission’s systematic monitoring of minority protection in candidate countries has relied to a great extent on the standards developed by the CoE; recalls that the EU considers candidate countries’ implementation of the FCNM an important element in the accession criteria for minority protection;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to also explore avenues of cooperation with regards to media freedom and pluralism; believes, in this regard, that the EU should build upon the good work of Platform for the Protection of Journalism and Safety of Journalists and closely cooperate with the Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDSMI);
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Believes that, as a step to deepen parliamentary relations and also in view of the EU’s accession to the ECHR, a new EP Delegation for relations with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe should be established;