14 Amendments of Kinga GÁL related to 2014/2006(INI)
Amendment 12 #
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 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0500.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
Amendment 21 #
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 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights’ annual report (2012), in its chapter on ‘access to efficient and independent justice’, expressed concerns over the situation of the rule of law, and in particular judicial independence, in certain Member States and, in this connection, over the fundamental right of access to justice, which has been seriously affected by the financial crisi in Member States;
Amendment 26 #
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 draw on the expertise ofshould be carried out in a way that it avoids overlapping activities with the various bodies of the Council of Europe so as to avoiding overlapping activities;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas any decision on the matter should guarantee, as soon as possible, the proper application of Article 2 TEU and ensure that every decision is taken on the basis of objective criteria and an objective evaluation, in order to address criticisms of a lack of indicators and evaluation criteria, differential treatment and political bia without applying double standards;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 44 #
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 independence and the career of judges; 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 within the competence of the European Union;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 49 #
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 presented to them and that it is subject to a debate at an inter-parliamentary meeting on a regular basi in accordance with the Treaties;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to address Parliament’s repeated request and propose a mechanism for the regular assessment of 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 Statequest on a mechanism for assessment on an equal footing, under the same conditions of all the Member States’ compliance with the fundamental values of the EU, as set out in Article 2 TEU, thus avoiding double standards;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 71 #
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;