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Report (2024/2078(INI)) 2025-06-11

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

11.6.2025 A10-0100/4

Amendment 4

Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Christophe Bay, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Julien Sanchez, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Nikola Bartůšek, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Filip Turek, Anders Vistisen, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jorge Martín Frías, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Vilis Krištopans, Anna Bryłka, Tomasz Buczek, Elisabeth Dieringer, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Recital A a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Aa. whereas Article 5(3) TEU states that ‘under the principle of subsidiarity, in areas which do not fall within its exclusive competence, the Union shall act only if and in so far as the objectives of the proposed action cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States’;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/5

Amendment 5

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Recital A b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	Ab. whereas freedom of expression and the right to information lack appropriate levels of protection in the EU; whereas the lack of transparency of media ownership and public funding, the lack of independence of editorials from commercial and political influence, and viability problems due to financial needs constitute a risk to the right to information; whereas the promotion of legal content moderation and fact-checking by non-independent associations constitutes an outright attack on freedom of expression;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/6

Amendment 6

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1a. Regrets the fact that the Commission assesses the application of the rule of law by the Member States only, and not by the EU institutions themselves; underlines that there are plenty of alleged breaches of the rule of law by the EU institutions, not least by the Commission, that require proper scrutiny;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/7

Amendment 7

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
3. Stresses the need for the impartiality of judges; recalls that the appointment and promotion of judges must be determined solely by their qualifications and not be influenced by political or personal considerations, as the judges essential for safeguarding judicial independence; recalls that the criteria for nominations and appointments to high-level judicial positions must be fully transparent;	3. Stresses the need for the impartiality of prosecutors and judges; emphasises that the political or personal opinions of these practitioners must not influence court rulings, and that otherwise, there is a risk of politicising the judiciary and of interfering with democratic and electoral processes; recalls that the appointment and promotion of judges must be determined solely by their qualifications and not be influenced by political or personal considerations, as the judges essential for safeguarding judicial independence; recalls that the criteria for nominations and appointments to high-level judicial positions must be fully transparent;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/8

Amendment 8

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	11a. Notes that the Commission’s annual rule of law report has shown clear political bias in recent years; regrets the fact that the report does not present an objective and substantiated picture of the rule of law situation in the Member States; highlights the fact that this report cannot serve as a basis for any further EU mechanisms or procedures; regrets that the Commission includes inputs from NGOs funded by the EU itself and, more worryingly, in some cases by non-EU governments when drafting its annual rule of law report;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/9

Amendment 9

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 47 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	47a. Notes with concern recent revelations in the ‘green lobby scandal’ on the use of EU funds by the Commission to interfere with the EU legislative branch in seeking support for the European Green Deal; calls, in this regard, for a thorough investigation of the case, and for the recovery of all the taxpayers’ money that was unduly spent;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/10

Amendment 10

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 47 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	47b. Condemns the use of CSOs and HRDs to implement the foreign agendas of non-EU state and non-state actors; stresses that the Commission should not rely on foreign-funded organisations when designing new policies, as their objectives do not necessarily align with those of the EU and of its Member States;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/11

Amendment 11

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 47 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	47c. Expresses deep concern about the lack of transparency of CSOs, especially regarding their funding; recalls the special report No 35/2018 by the European Court of Auditors, which highlighted the lack of transparency regarding the implementation of EU funds by CSOs; emphasises the consequent risk of money laundering and terrorist financing through non-profit organisations;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/12

Amendment 12

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 50 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	50a. Is concerned that the Commission has used EU taxpayers’ money to skew public debate on the European Green Deal by providing substantial funding to environmental organisations tasked with promoting this policy;

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11.6.2025 A10-0100/13

Amendment 13

Tamás Deutsch, Csaba Dömötör, Viktória Ferenc, Kinga Gál, Enikő Győri, András Gyürk, György Hölvényi, András László, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Annamária Vicsek, Mathilde Androuët, Jordan Bardella, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, France Jamet, Virginie Joron, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, Thierry Mariani, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Pierre Pimpie, Julie Rechagneux, André Rougé, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Matthieu Valet, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck, Paolo Borchia, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Aldo Patriciello, Silvia Sardone, Raffaele Stancanelli, Isabella Tovaglieri, Roberto Vannacci, Gerolf Annemans, Barbara Bonte, Tom Vandendriessche, Nikola Bartůšek, Jaroslav Bžoch, Klara Dostalova, Ondřej Knotek, Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Filip Turek, Anders Vistisen, Rachel Blom, Ton Diepeveen, Marieke Ehlers, Sebastian Kruis, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Auke Zijlstra, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Jorge Martín Frías, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Hermann Tertsch, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Tiago Moreira de Sá, António Tânger Corrêa, Vilis Krištopans, Anna Bryłka, Tomasz Buczek, Elisabeth Dieringer, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, Georg Mayer, Petra Steger, Harald Vilimsky, Gilles Pennelle

Report A10-0100/2025

Ana Catarina Mendes

The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report

(2024/2078(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 61 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	61a. Stresses the importance of the effectiveness of the system for returning illegally staying third-country nationals; highlights the need to make more ambitious proposals to ensure that all return decisions issued by the Member States are immediately executed, and to establish new sanctions and/or tariffs on non-cooperative third countries;

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