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Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas, in the context of the recent financial crisis in the euro area, EU institutions have imposed on Member States, and subsequently incorporated in acts of secondary EU law, measures which violate directly the CFREU;deleted

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that the timely transposition of directives should remain a top priority within the Commission and transposition deadlines have to be enforced

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that the increase in the number of new EU Pilot files during the period under examination and the decrease in the number of open infringement cases show th~~at enforcement of EU law is neither sufficiently transparent nor subject to any real control by the complaina~~e positive tendency in Member States in the field of implementation of the EU law and that the EU Pilot has proven effective in the early resolution of the potential infringements ~~and~~to the ~~interested parties, and regret~~benefit of citizens and business; notes nevertheless that, despite its repeated requests, Parliament still has inadequate access to information about the EU Pilot procedure and pending cases;

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recognises that the primary responsibility for the correct implementation and application of EU law lies with Member States, but points out th~~at this does not absolv~~e EU institutions ~~of their~~' duty to respect primary EU law when they produce secondary EU law, or decide, implement and impose on Member States social, economic or other policies;

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that the Members States when applying EU legislation should avoid the so-called "gold plating", by which unnecessary burdens are added to EU legislation which leads to a misconception of EU legislative activity and increases unjustified EU scepticism amongst the citizen;

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Expresses its concern that the strict austerity measures which EU institutions imposed on over-indebted EU Member States, and which were subsequently incorporated in acts of secondary EU law before being transposed to domestic legislation, during the period covered by the two annual reports under examination, in particular the drastic cuts on public spending, have had the effect of reducing significantly the capacity of Member States' administration and judiciary to assume their responsibility to implement correctly EU law; further points out that some policies imposed on Member States, such as privatisation of public assets, constitute direct violation of principles on which the EU is founded (Article 345 TFEU provides that Member States retain sovereign competence as regards their choice of systems of property ownership);deleted

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Is thus particularly concerned at the fact that, in the context of the ‘Memoranda of Understanding' establishing economic adjustment programmes, Member States have been required to act in contravention of their obligation to respect fundamental rights, and considers that this development severely jeopardises the legitimacy of the EU as a whole;deleted

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Questions the oft-expressed view of the Commission that the Memoranda of Understanding are not EU acts and that the CFREU is therefore not applicable to them,4 and wishes to point out that all EU institutions, even when they act as members of groups of international lenders (‘troikas'), are bound by the Treaties and the CFREU; regrets that the annual reviews by the Commission, the ECB and the Council of economic adjustment programmes for members of the euro area have imposed on EU Member States obligations which run contrary to the objectives and values of the Union as expressed in the Treaties and the CFREU; __________________ 4See, for instance, the Commission’s answers to written questions by Members of the European Parliament: E- 7535/2014, E-7778/2014 and E- 10616/2014.deleted

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Tadeusz ZWIEFKA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes, therefore, with regret that the Council, the Commission and the ECB do not always themselves respect the Treaties, nor do they assist Member States with the correct implementation of EU law, thus by their practice severely undermining popular support for the EU and belief in its legitimacy;deleted

2015/05/28
Committee: JURI

Activities of Tadeusz ZWIEFKA related to 2014/2253(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Shadow reports (1)

Amendments (9)

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