7 Amendments of Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA related to 2023/2113(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the ruling party in Spain presented in Congress an amnesty law to eliminate all crimes committed by Catalan nationalist parties in the framework of the so-called 'Catalan process'; notes that this law was negotiated and presented in exchange for support on the investiture of the current Prime minister; further notes that this law as presented will eliminate serious crimes, including embezzlement of public funds, sedition, and even terrorism charges currently under investigation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that an identical law was deemed unconstitutional by the general committee of the Spanish Congress in the last legislative term; notes that this decision counted on the support of the current ruling party;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes with great concern that the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary approved an institutional declaration stating that an amnesty law agreed with the individuals personally benefiting from it in exchange for giving support for the investiture constitutes an outright attack on the separation of powers putting at risk the Rule of Law in Spain; notes that all judicial associations of all ideologies, all prosecutors associations, as well as other associations of civil servants have expressed grave concerns in the same line as the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary; similar concerns have been expressed by members of the Commission;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures to fully comply with the values on which the Union is founded as enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union; in this regard, calls on the Member States to respect the separation of powers and the equality before the law, as these are key principles for the proper functioning of the mechanisms of check and balances every healthy democracy shall have; calls on the Commission to impartially analyse that this principles are complied with in all Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that corruption is a serious threat to the rule of law and severely undermines trust in democracy and equality before the law; calls on the Member States to do much more to eradicate corruption; in this regard, calls on the Member States not to issue pardons for corruption crimes as such measures of clemency not only undermine the principle of equality before the law, but produce a sense of mistrust of citizens towards public institutions;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that without media pluralism and media freedom, democratic life and the rule of law cannot survive; notes with great concern that during the mass demonstrations in Spain against the amnesty law proposed by the caretaker Government, journalists were harassed and even detained by police forces;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of transparency of media ownership; notes that the Commission finds that since the 2022 Rule of Law report new legislation increasing the transparency of media ownership or improving public availability of media ownership information has been adopted in Greece, Luxembourg, Sweden and that such legislation has been strengthened in Cyprus, while in Bulgaria, Czechia and France change remains pending; notes as well that the Commission finds that media regulators are protected by insufficient safeguards against undue political influence and that the authorities lack resources, particularly in Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Greece and Romania; calls for transparent and stricter rules on media funding with public funds; notes with great concern the influence of national or regional governments in the press through public ads or public funding campaigns;