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Motion for a resolution
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 crisis;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas Parliament has repeatedly called for a strengthening of existing mechanisms to ensure that the values of the Union set out in Article 2 TEU are respected, protected and promoted, and for crisis situations in the Union and the Member States to be addressed; whereas a debate is under way within Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the creation of a ‘new mechanism’;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
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 bias;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
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; cCalls 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;

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
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 basis;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
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 State;deleted

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Timothy KIRKHOPE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Reiterates that such a mechanism should be applied to all Member States on a uniform and equal footing, and should seek ~~complementarity with~~to replace the work of other international institutions, such as the Council of Europe and, in particular, its Venice Commission;

2014/01/29
Committee: LIBE

Activities of Timothy KIRKHOPE related to 2014/2006(INI)

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