The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

11.6.2025 A10-0100/3

Amendment 3

Javier Zarzalejos, Manfred Weber, Esteban González Pons, Dolors Montserrat, François-Xavier Bellamy, Daniel Caspary, Sebastião Bugalho, Reinhold Lopatka, Andrzej Halicki, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Alma Ezcurra Almansa, Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Francisco José Millán Mon, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Gabriel Mato, Raúl de la Hoz Quintano, Esther Herranz García, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Susana Solís Pérez, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Borja Giménez Larraz, Elena Nevado del Campo, Nicolás Pascual de la Parte, Maravillas Abadía Jover, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Branko Grims, Jüri Ratas, Mika Aaltola, Christine Schneider, Tom Berendsen, Christian Doleschal, Zoltán Tarr, Miriam Lexmann, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Matej Tonin, Angelika Niebler, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Loránt Vincze, Arba Kokalari, Kinga Kollár, Eszter Lakos, Milan Zver, Gheorghe Falcă, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Dirk Gotink, Daniel Buda, Ilia Lazarov, Paulius Saudargas, Norbert Lins, Pascal Arimont, David Casa, Markus Ferber, Tomas Tobé, Andrey Novakov, Jens Gieseke, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Sandra Kalniete, Jeroen Lenaers, Eleonora Meleti, Romana Tomc, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Zala Tomašič, Paulo Cunha, Niels Geuking, Mirosława Nykiel, Karlo Ressler, Georgios Aftias, Monika Hohlmeier, Dimitris Tsiodras, Seán Kelly, Željana Zovko, Oliver Schenk, Pekka Toveri, Céline Imart, Jessica Polfjärd, Andrey Kovatchev, Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Verena Mertens, Ana Miguel Pedro, Rasa Juknevičienė, Massimiliano Salini, Sander Smit, Jörgen Warborn, Lukas Mandl, Alexandra Mehnert, Tomáš Zdechovský

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
5. Points out that the prosecution service is a key element in the capacity of a Member State to fight crime and corruption; regrets any governmental or political interference in corruption investigations and recalls that no one is above the law; condemns the misuse of the judicial system for political purposes, including the persecution of political opponents and interference in corruption investigations; stresses that both politically motivated prosecutions and amnesty laws and pardon procedures driven by political interests undermine public trust in constitutional principles and EU standards; highlights the importance of guaranteeing the autonomy and independence of the prosecution service, thereby preventing any political interference in its work, especially from the government; highlights the role of transparent appointment processes for prosecutors as a key factor in maintaining public confidence in criminal justice;	5. Points out that the prosecution service is a key element in the capacity of a Member State to fight crime and corruption; regrets any governmental or political interference in corruption investigations and recalls that no one is above the law; condemns the misuse of the judicial system for political purposes, including the persecution of political opponents and interference in corruption investigations; stresses that both politically motivated prosecutions and amnesty laws and pardon procedures driven by political interests undermine public trust in constitutional principles and EU standards; highlights the importance of guaranteeing the autonomy and independence of the prosecution service, thereby preventing any political interference in its work, especially from the government; highlights the role of transparent appointment processes for prosecutors as a key factor in maintaining public confidence in criminal justice; highlights its concern about repeated attacks on judges and prosecutors who are conducting high-profile political investigations linked to cases of corruption and abuse of power perpetrated against political opponents;

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