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Activities of Hélène LAPORTE related to 2021/2180(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)
2022/05/18
Dossiers: 2021/2180(INI)

Amendments (4)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas 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 budget1 (Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation) entered into force on 1 January 2021 and has been binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States since that date; _________________ 1 OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 1.deleted
2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that the identification of breaches of the principles of the rule of law requires an objective, impartial, fair and thorough qualitative assessment by the Commission, which should take into account relevant information from available sources and recognised institutions; insists that the annual Rule of Law Report be used systematically for that assessment, , which cannot be provided by the Commission; recalls that the concept of the rule of law remains vague and can easily be used as an instrument of political pressure on certaking into account the above-mentioned criteria Member States;
2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalling its resolution of 8 July 2021 on the creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget2 , insists that the Commission include in its annual Rule of Law Report a section dedicated to cases where breaches of the rule of law in a Member State could affect or seriously risk affecting the sound financial management of the Union budget or the protection of the financial interests of the Union in a sufficiently direct way; _________________ 2deleted Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0348.
2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation applies both to individual breaches of the principles of the rule of law and to ‘systemic’ breaches that are widespread or are a result of recurrent practices or omissions by public authorities, or general measures adopted by such authorities; regrets that the structure of the 2021 Rule of Law Report does not always lend itself to the effective identification of such systemic breaches and calls on the Commission for improvements in this respect.deleted
2022/01/25
Committee: BUDG