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2022/2535(RSP) Resolution on the rule of law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling

Progress: Procedure completed

Legal Basis:
RoP 132-p2

Events

2022/08/30
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2022/03/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 478 votes to 155, with 29 abstentions, a resolution on the rule of law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling.

The Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation is intended to protect the Union budget and the EU’s financial interests from effects resulting from breaches of the principles of the rule of law. The resolution recalled that the war unfolding in Ukraine has reminded the EU of its shared duty to effectively protect democracy and the rule of law.

Parliament is of the opinion that the Commission should use all of the tools at its disposal, including the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, to address the persistent violations of democracy and fundamental rights everywhere in the Union, including attacks against media freedom and journalists, migrants, women’s rights, LGBTIQ people’s rights, and freedom of association and assembly. It called on the Commission to act and to take this into account in the application of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation which entered into force on 1 January 2021 and has been binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States since that date. So far, the Commission has not applied it.

On 11 March 2021, Poland and Hungary challenged the regulation in the EU Court of Justice and on the 16 February 2022, the EU Court of Justice issued a ruling that actions by Hungary and Poland against the rules on conditionality, which protect the European Union’s budget, should be dismissed.

Parliament welcomed the European Court of Justice’s recent judgement dismissing the actions by Hungary and Poland against the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, as well as the Court’s conclusions that the regulation is in line with EU law and its powers as regards rule of law.

The Commission is called on to fulfil its duties as the guardian of the Treaties and to instantly react to the ongoing severe violations of the principles of the rule of law in some Member States, which represent a serious danger to the Union’s financial interests in relation to the fair, legal and impartial distribution of EU funds, particularly those under shared management. The resolution stressed that the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism should be applied to both the Union budget and to NextGenerationEU.

Parliament also regretted the Commission’s inadequate response to the ECJ rulings of 16 February 2022 and underlined that the Commission has a duty to implement EU legislation regardless of electoral timetables in the Member States.

The resolution stressed that inaction and a lax approach towards oligarchic structures and the systemic violation of the rule of law weaken the entire European Union and undermine the trust of its citizens. Parliament underlined the need to ensure that taxpayers’ money never ends up in the pockets of those who undermine the EU’s shared values.

Furthermore, Members stressed that the deteriorating situation as regards the rule of law in some Member States necessitates a constructive dialogue about the further evolution of the EU’s rule of law toolbox.

Documents
2022/03/09
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2022/03/02
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2022/03/02
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2022/03/02
   EP - Motion for a resolution
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2022/02/16
   EP - Debate in Parliament

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L'état de droit et les conséquences de l'arrêt de la CJUE - Rule of law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling - Rechtsstaatlichkeit und die Konsequenzen des Urteils des EuGH - B9-0134/2022 - § 1 - Am 4 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 538, +: 145, 0: 8
HU PL EE MT HR LV CY LU LT CZ SK SI IT FI DK BG EL AT IE BE SE PT NL RO FR ES DE
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B9-0134/2022 - Après le § 1 - Am 5 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 540, +: 147, 0: 3
HU PL EE MT HR LT LV CY LU CZ SI SK IT FI DK BG EL AT IE BE SE NL PT RO FR ES DE
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B9-0134/2022 - § 2 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: +: 521, -: 149, 0: 25
DE ES RO FR NL SE EL PT BG AT IE FI DK IT BE SI HR CZ SK LU LT LV EE MT CY PL HU
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B9-0134/2022 - Après le § 2 - Am 6 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 540, +: 142, 0: 9
HU PL EE MT HR LT LV CY LU CZ SK SI IT FI DK BG AT IE EL BE SE PT NL RO FR ES DE
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52
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B9-0134/2022 - § 11 - Am 1 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 531, +: 127, 0: 36
PL HU LV CY MT LT SI LU EE HR CZ SK IT BE BG AT FI DK IE EL SE PT NL RO FR ES DE
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B9-0134/2022 - Après le § 11 - Am 7 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 535, +: 148, 0: 10
HU PL MT EE HR LT LV CY LU CZ SK SI IT BE FI DK BG EL AT IE SE NL PT RO FR ES DE
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B9-0134/2022 - Après le considérant D - Am 2 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 538, +: 147, 0: 7
HU PL MT EE HR LT LV CY LU CZ SK SI IT FI DK BG EL AT IE BE SE NL PT RO FR ES DE
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1

Denmark The Left

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1

Ireland The Left

4

Belgium The Left

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1

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1

Netherlands The Left

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1

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3
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71

Poland Verts/ALE

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1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

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2

Latvia Verts/ALE

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1

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1

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3

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3

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2

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3

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2

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2

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3

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3

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1

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3
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Hungary Renew

2

Poland Renew

1

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

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1

Lithuania Renew

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1

Latvia Renew

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1

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2

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2

Italy Renew

3

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3

Bulgaria Renew

3

Austria Renew

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1

Ireland Renew

2

Sweden Renew

3
icon: S&D S&D
143
4

Estonia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Czechia S&D

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2

Slovenia S&D

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2

Finland S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Belgium S&D

3
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173

Hungary PPE

1

Malta PPE

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1

Estonia PPE

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2

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4

Denmark PPE

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1

B9-0134/2022 - Après le considérant N - Am 3 #

2022/03/09 Outcome: -: 535, +: 151, 0: 6
HU PL EE MT HR LT LV CY LU CZ SK SI IT BE FI DK BG EL AT IE SE NL PT FR RO ES DE
Total
21
52
7
5
12
11
8
6
6
20
13
8
76
20
13
13
17
19
19
13
21
28
20
79
32
58
95
icon: ID ID
64

Estonia ID

For (1)

1

Czechia ID

2

Finland ID

1

Denmark ID

For (1)

1
3

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1
icon: ECR ECR
64

Croatia ECR

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

Against (1)

2

Slovakia ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Greece ECR

1

Romania ECR

1

Germany ECR

1
icon: NI NI
39

Lithuania NI

1

Slovakia NI

2

Germany NI

For (1)

3
icon: The Left The Left
37

Cyprus The Left

2

Belgium The Left

Against (1)

1

Finland The Left

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1

Denmark The Left

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1

Ireland The Left

4

Sweden The Left

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1

Netherlands The Left

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1

Portugal The Left

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
71

Poland Verts/ALE

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1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

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Abstain (1)

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

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1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

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1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

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3

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1

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3
icon: Renew Renew
101

Hungary Renew

2

Poland Renew

1

Estonia Renew

3

Croatia Renew

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1

Lithuania Renew

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1

Latvia Renew

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1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Italy Renew

3

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3

Bulgaria Renew

3

Austria Renew

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1

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2

Sweden Renew

3
icon: S&D S&D
143

Estonia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Czechia S&D

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1

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2

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2

Belgium S&D

3

Finland S&D

2

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2
icon: PPE PPE
173

Hungary PPE

1

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1

Malta PPE

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1

Latvia PPE

2

Cyprus PPE

2

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2

Slovenia PPE

4

Denmark PPE

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1

B9-0134/2022 - Considérant O #

2022/03/09 Outcome: +: 595, -: 82, 0: 16
DE FR IT ES RO NL PT SE BE AT EL BG IE SK FI DK CZ SI HR EE CY LU LT MT LV PL HU
Total
95
78
76
58
32
28
20
21
20
19
21
17
13
13
13
13
20
8
12
7
6
6
11
5
8
52
21
icon: PPE PPE
172

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1

Estonia PPE

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1
2

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2

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1

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2

Hungary PPE

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1
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143

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2

Slovakia S&D

2

Denmark S&D

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3

Czechia S&D

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1

Slovenia S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
101

Italy Renew

3
3

Austria Renew

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1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Slovenia Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Poland Renew

1

Hungary Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
71

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3

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3

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1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

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3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

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3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

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3

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1

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2

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1

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1
icon: ID ID
64

Netherlands ID

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1
3

Finland ID

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1

Denmark ID

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1

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For (1)

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2

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1
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1

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3

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1

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1

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1

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1

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2
icon: NI NI
41

Germany NI

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3

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2

Croatia NI

2

Lithuania NI

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1
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64

Germany ECR

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1

Romania ECR

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1
3

Greece ECR

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1

Bulgaria ECR

2

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1

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1

Lithuania ECR

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1

Latvia ECR

2

L'état de droit et les conséquences de l'arrêt de la CJUE - Rule of law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling - Rechtsstaatlichkeit und die Konsequenzen des Urteils des EuGH - B9-0134/2022 - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #

2022/03/09 Outcome: +: 478, -: 155, 0: 29
ES DE FR RO PT NL EL SE BG AT IE DK FI IT BE HR SK LU LT SI MT CZ EE LV CY HU PL
Total
58
70
79
32
20
28
21
21
17
19
12
13
13
75
20
12
13
6
11
8
5
19
7
7
6
21
49
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140

Greece S&D

2

Slovakia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

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1

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2

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2

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1

Estonia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2
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148

Denmark PPE

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1

Slovakia PPE

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4

Luxembourg PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

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Abstain (1)

4

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2
2

Hungary PPE

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1
icon: Renew Renew
100
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Ireland Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Italy Renew

3

Croatia Renew

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1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Poland Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
70

Spain Verts/ALE

3

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1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

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3

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3

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2

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2

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3

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

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1

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2

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3

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1

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1
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36

Portugal The Left

4

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Ireland The Left

3

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
40

Germany NI

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3

Croatia NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Slovakia NI

2

Lithuania NI

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1
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64

Germany ECR

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1

Romania ECR

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1

Greece ECR

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1
3

Bulgaria ECR

2

Croatia ECR

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1

Slovakia ECR

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1

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1

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2
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64

Netherlands ID

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1

Austria ID

3

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1

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History

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 478 votes to 155, with 29 abstentions, a resolution on the rule of law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling.
  • The Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation is intended to protect the Union budget and the EU’s financial interests from effects resulting from breaches of the principles of the rule of law. The resolution recalled that the war unfolding in Ukraine has reminded the EU of its shared duty to effectively protect democracy and the rule of law.
  • Parliament is of the opinion that the Commission should use all of the tools at its disposal, including the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, to address the persistent violations of democracy and fundamental rights everywhere in the Union, including attacks against media freedom and journalists, migrants, women’s rights, LGBTIQ people’s rights, and freedom of association and assembly. It called on the Commission to act and to take this into account in the application of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation which entered into force on 1 January 2021 and has been binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States since that date. So far, the Commission has not applied it.
  • On 11 March 2021, Poland and Hungary challenged the regulation in the EU Court of Justice and on the 16 February 2022, the EU Court of Justice issued a ruling that actions by Hungary and Poland against the rules on conditionality, which protect the European Union’s budget, should be dismissed.
  • Parliament welcomed the European Court of Justice’s recent judgement dismissing the actions by Hungary and Poland against the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation, as well as the Court’s conclusions that the regulation is in line with EU law and its powers as regards rule of law.
  • The Commission is called on to fulfil its duties as the guardian of the Treaties and to instantly react to the ongoing severe violations of the principles of the rule of law in some Member States, which represent a serious danger to the Union’s financial interests in relation to the fair, legal and impartial distribution of EU funds, particularly those under shared management. The resolution stressed that the Rule of Law Conditionality Mechanism should be applied to both the Union budget and to NextGenerationEU.
  • Parliament also regretted the Commission’s inadequate response to the ECJ rulings of 16 February 2022 and underlined that the Commission has a duty to implement EU legislation regardless of electoral timetables in the Member States.
  • The resolution stressed that inaction and a lax approach towards oligarchic structures and the systemic violation of the rule of law weaken the entire European Union and undermine the trust of its citizens. Parliament underlined the need to ensure that taxpayers’ money never ends up in the pockets of those who undermine the EU’s shared values.
  • Furthermore, Members stressed that the deteriorating situation as regards the rule of law in some Member States necessitates a constructive dialogue about the further evolution of the EU’s rule of law toolbox.
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