Activities of Anna ZÁBORSKÁ related to 2015/2254(INL)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (debate) SK
Amendments (34)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
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— having regard to Article 4(3) TEU, Article 295 TFEU and Protocol No 1 on the role of national parliaments in the European Union,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
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— having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union of 7 December 2000 (‘'the Charter’'), proclaimed on 12 December 2007 in Strasbourg, which entered into force with the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009, and in particular its Articles 52(4) and 53,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
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– having regard to the publications of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), including the proposed European Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS) in the FRA paper 'Fundamental rights in the future of the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs', 31 December 20131 , __________________ 1 http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_ submission_on_the_future_of_eu_justice. pdf;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is a community of values, based on democracfounded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and fundamentalrespect for human rights, enshrined in its core principles and objectives in the first articles of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), and in the criteria for Union membership;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in accordance with Article 2, Article 3(1) and Article 7 TEU, the Union avails itself of the possibility to act in order to protect its "constitutional core", reflected by the common values it shares with its Member Statesthe values on which it is founded;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Article 67 TEU states that the Union shall constitute an area of freedom, security and justice with respect for fundamental rights and the different legal systems and traditions of the Member States;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the definition of corthe values and principles is a living and permanent process, and while those values and principles may evolve over time, they must be protected against short termism and ad hoc changes as a result of different political majoron which the Union is founded is to be grounded on full respect for national traditions and identities;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas respect for cultural diversity and national traditions may not impede a uniand identities is the precondition form and high level ofy initiative aimed at promoting the protection of democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF);
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality shall constitute key reference points for the present instrument;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the failure of a candidate country to meet the required standards results in a delay of accession to the Union, while thea failure of a Member State or an institution of the Union to meet those same standards has little consequence in practandards is monitored by an important number of already existing EU instruments such as the procedure following Art. 7 TEU, the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, the EU Anti-Corruption Report, the Justice Scoreboard, which is part of the European Semester for economic policy coordination, the EU inter-institutional annual reporting on fundamental rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; infringement proceedings, and judicial procedures of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the obligations incumbent on candidate countries under the Copenhagen criteria continue to apply to the Member States after joining the Union by virtue of Article 2 TEU and the principle of sincere cooperation, and whereas all Member States should therefore be assessed on a regular basis in order to verify their continued compliance with the Union's common values;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas there alre few instruments to correct legislady exists an important number of EU instruments, such as the procedure following Article 7 of the Treaty on the European Union, the Cooperativeon and executive policy decisions by the institutions of the UnionVerification Mechanism, the EU Anti-Corruption Report, the Justice Scoreboard, which is part of the European Semester for economic policy coordination, the EU inter-institutional annual reporting on fundamental rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; the infringement proceedings, and the judicial procedures of the Court of Justice;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the Union has at its disposal a multitude of instruments and processes for ensuring full and proper application of Treaty principles and values but in practice they appear limited in scope, inadequate and ineffective, or they are unlikely to be used; while their uneven application is perceived by many as politically motivated, arbitrary and unfairly targeting certain countries; whereas the Commission found each time that conditions to start a rule of law framework procedure are not fulfilled;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital Q
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital R
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital T
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital V
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
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Recital W
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the establishment of an EU Pact for DRF is withoutwould produce a concrete prejudice to the direct application of Article 7(1) and (2) TEU, as the EU Pact for DRF creates politically motivated parallel structures and procedures based on a simple inter-institutional agreement between Parliament and Commission against the Member States;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Requests the Commission to submit, byonce the end of 2016process of accession of the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights will have been completed, on the basis of Article 295 TFEU, a proposal for the conclusion of an EU Pact for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (DRF) in the form of an interinstitutional agreement laying down arrangements facilitating the cooperation of institutions of the Union and its Member States in the framework of Article 7 TEU, integrating, aligning and complementing existing mechanisms, following the detailed recommendations set out in the Annex hereto;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Invites the European Ombudsman to issue, as partact solely within the boundaries of its mannual report, specific recommenddate which is to investigate complaints about maladministrations to in the institutions of the Union in the field of DRFand bodies of the European Union ;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers that the DRF Scoreboard may draw on the expertise of a variety of actors, including academics, representative associations and civil society, Churches and religious associations or communities, professional and sectoral associations;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9