Strengthening the EU Rule of Law Monitoring

by name voted on 19.05.2022

Summary

The European Parliament calls for a stronger, more analytical approach to the Commission's Rule of Law Report to better combat democratic backsliding.

9 19.05.2022

Other

justice

civil law

human rights

administrative law

constitutional court

public administration

simplification of legislation

public finance and budget policy

Key points

The Parliament welcomes the annual rule of law review cycle as a vital tool for monitoring democratic values.
There is a strong demand to distinguish between isolated legal errors and systemic, deliberate backsliding in democracy.
The Commission is urged to more proactively use the conditionality mechanism to protect the Union budget from being misused in countries with rule of law deficiencies.
Serious concerns are raised regarding the protection of journalists and the rise of strategic lawsuits used to silence them.

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Speeches

59 Speeches in total

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Sophia IN 'T VELD

Sophia IN 'T VELD

Renew

2:20 min

20. Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Bogdan RZOŃCA

ECR

1:33 min

20. Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Documents (PDFs)

REPORT on the Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report

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