12 Amendments of Jacek PROTASIEWICZ related to 2014/2006(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular Articles 2, 6, 7, 258, 259 and 7260 thereof,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to positive effects of the on-going mutual evaluations within the Council (SCHEVAL and GENVAL) focused on learning from each other's' best practices through a constructive expert dialogue;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10
Citation 10
– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2012 on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010 - 2011)1 , as well as to working documents I and II of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2012, __________________ 1__________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0500. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0500.
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2013 Justice Scoreboard focuses exclusively on civil, commercial and administrative justice, thereby omitting criminal justiwhich are of importance for the European Semester in order to boost competitiveness and growth, but does not cover criminal justice, which falls primarily into a national competence;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the functioning of criminal justice has important repercussions on fundamental rights and furthermore is strongly linked to respect for the rule of law, more so than any other area of justice;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the work of the EU institutions should be based on close cooperation and interaction, and should, while acting within the powers conferred to them, should work together with respect to principle of loyal cooperation as well as draw on the expertise of the various bodies ofinternational bodies, including the Council of Europe so asthat to avoiding overlapping activitind duplication of activities and ensure an efficient use of resources;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Justice Scoreboard drawn up by the Commission; calls for the justice scoreboard exercise to assess all areas of justice, including criminal justice and all justice-related horizontal issues, such as independbe brought forward within the competence andof the career of judgesEuropean Union; calls on the Commission to draw from the work already carried out by the bodies of the Council of Europe in this field, as well as that carried out by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure that the European Parliament and the national parliaments are fully involved in the procedure, that the scoreboard is regularly presentss as provided toby them Treaties and that it is subject to a debate at an inter-parliamentary meeting results of evaluations are regular basisly presented to them;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to address Parliament’'s repeated request and propose a mechanism for the regular assessment ofconcerns by systematic and thorough monitoring of the Member States’' compliance with the fundamental values of the EU, as set out in Article 2 TEU, providing a basis for an early warning tool with appropriate interventions should systematic breaches of the principles of democracy and rule of law occur, and should the appropriate checks and balances fail to function in a Member State;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates that such a mechanism should bemonitoring is applied to all Member States on a uniform and equal footing, and should seek complementarity with the work of other international institutions, such as the Council of Europe and, in particular, its Venice Commission;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council and the Member States to assume fully their responsibilities in relation to fundamental rights, as enshrined in the Charter and the relevant articles of the Treaties, in particular Articles 2, 6 and 7 TEU; believes that this is a pre-condition if the EU is to deal effectively with situations where the principles of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights are curbed by Member States; calls for a role for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in this mechanism, as well as for guidance to be drawn from the existing work of the various bodies of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Underlines that the Commission is empowered to bring the Member State which does not fulfil an obligation under the Treaties before the Court of Justice of the European Union;