8 Amendments of Milan ZVER related to 2014/2254(INI)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas promoting the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity on international scene can only be sincere if these principles are fully and thoroughly respected and implemented in Member States of EU themselves;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the trust in the judiciary in some EU member states is extremely low, for example according to Eurobarometer 2013 the trust in judiciary in Slovenia was at 24%, the lowest in the EU, whereas a research conducted by a former constitutional judge points to a systematic problem: in at least 442 Slovenian court cases, at least 1 200 judges violated fundamental rights (2004-2013);
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital D c (new)
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas judicial systems are being used for political reasons in the EU, for example in the case of Janez Janša, the former Prime Minister of Slovenia and the chair of the European Council in 2008, who was indicted of committing an offence at an ‘unknown time, at an ‘unknown place’, through an ‘unknown method of communication’, which is far too unspecific to allow the defendant the slightest opportunity to defend himself;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on all the EU institutions and Member States to ensure the respect for the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for human dignity in Member States of EU as well as on the international scene;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. calls on the European Commission to take into account the Göncz report from 17 February 2014 on evaluation of justice in relation to criminal justice and the rule of law which regrets the lack of available data on national justice systems, and therefore calls the Member States to cooperate fully with the EU and Council of Europe institutions and to collect and provide, on a regular basis, impartial, reliable, objective, and comparable data on their justice systems; call for an effective mechanism for a 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 and emphasises that the Commission is empowered to bring a Member State failing to fulfil an obligation under the Treaties before the Court of Justice of the European Union;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas article 22 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union obliges the Union to "respect cultural, religious and linguistic diversity",
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas fundamental freedoms, human rights and equal opportunities shall be provided for all citizens of the European Union including persons belonging to national and linguistic minorities;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Deplores the fact that even today people belonging to minorities are still victims of discrimination; calls for more consistency of the European Union in the field of minority protection; strongly believes that all Member States as well as candidate countries shall be bound by the same principles and criteria in order to avoid the application of double standards; Calls therefore, as a part of resolving the so- called Copenhagen dilemma, for the establishment of an effective mechanism to monitor and ensure fundamental and acquired rights of national and linguistic minorities both in candidate countries and in countries already admitted to the European Union;