3 Amendments of Mario FURORE related to 2021/2025(INI)
Amendment 11 #
2. Notes that, despite repeated requests by Parliament, the Commission’s 2020 Rule of Law Report fails to encompass the areas of democracy and fundamental rights; calls on the Commission to ensure equal treatment of all the Union’s founding values in its next report; believes that the Commission must also involve independent experts in this annual exercise in order to guarantee full credibility, and also provide clear indications on follow-up actions for any shortcomings detected; calls on the Commission to cover the areas of democracy and fundamental rights in its annual country-specific recommendations;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has, for over 10 years, been receiving petitions in which a very high number of non-German parents expose systemic discrimination and arbitrary measures taken against them by the German Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) in cross-border family disputes involving children, on matters concerning, inter alia, parental responsibility and child custody; believes that discriminatory practices should be deemed violations of the rule of law; calls on the Commission to play an active role in ensuring fair and consistent non- discriminatory practices with respect to parents in the handling of cross-border child custody cases throughout the Union;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic has confirmed the importance of strengthening independent journalism and access to pluralistic information as key enablers of rule of law and democratic accountability able to provide citizens with fact-checked information, thereby contributing to the fight against disinformation; notes with concern that online platforms and social networks based in third countries have even censored information from official sources and recognised media outlets in the EU Member States; deplores the fact that in a number of Member States, journalists have increasingly faced physical threats and online harassment, especially female journalists;