Sittings · Document
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
10.12.2025 A10-0240/1
Amendment 1
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
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| Ba. whereas Article 4(2) TEU provides that the EU must respect the national identities of the Member States, inherent in their constitutional structures; whereas the Member States have not conferred on the EU the power to conduct a general review of constitutional rules; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/2
Amendment 2
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
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| Bb. whereas the individual Member States hold the primary power to legislate and define policy in areas where the EU has either no competence or only a supporting, non-harmonising mandate, such as the structure of national education systems and curricula, the financing and organisation of the welfare state and health services, national defence policy and national foreign policy; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/3
Amendment 3
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
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| Ca. whereas freedom of expression and the right to information deserve appropriate protection in the EU; whereas a lack of transparency regarding media ownership and public funding, a 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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10.12.2025 A10-0240/4
Amendment 4
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
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| Fa. whereas the Commission President affirmed in a speech on 17 January 2024 that funds for Hungary had been suspended for political reasons regarding LGBTIQ ideology, academic freedom and asylum policy1a; | |
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| 1a Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament plenary on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024. |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/5
Amendment 5
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
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| Ga. whereas the former Commissioner entrusted with negotiating the anti-corruption framework for the rule of law reports is currently under investigation for money laundering and other corruption-related offences; whereas the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) taking part in the Commission’s annual rule of law report procedures were directly funded by the Commission and governments outside the EU; whereas the objectivity and impartiality of these reports are highly questionable; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/6
Amendment 6
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
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| Gb. whereas the former Vice-President of the European Commission resigned from her rectorship at the College of Europe as a consequence of recent reports concerning an investigation into suspected fraud related to EU-funded training activities for diplomats, including allegations that may involve procurement fraud, corruption, conflicts of interest, and breaches of professional secrecy, constituting a serious loss of credibility regarding the application of the rule of law by the EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/7
Amendment 7
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
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| 2a. Condemns in the strongest terms the instrumentalisation of rule of law conditionality for politically motivated ideological assaults on Member States; emphasises that in these assaults, the Commission has demonstrably utilised and financed NGOs and left-leaning media outlets through EU funds; demands, consequently, an immediate cessation of these attacks against national sovereignty, which are perpetrated through the misuse of rule of law conditionality; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/8
Amendment 8
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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| 5a. Notes with concern the Commission’s politically biased monitoring of rule of law benchmarks through the rule of law toolbox; calls on the Commission to refrain from politically motivated actions targeting right-wing, conservative governments or sanctions against Member States that are not in line with the Commission’s agenda; deplores the fact that the Commission is abusing rule of law conditionality to withhold EU funds from governments on a political basis and is thereby violating the principle of sincere cooperation enshrined in the Treaties; calls on the Commission to adhere to the principle of sincere cooperation with the governments of all Member States, irrespective of their political leaning; |
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10.12.2025 A10-0240/9
Amendment 9
Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0240/2025
Jean-Marc Germain, Monika Hohlmeier
Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime
(2025/2061(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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| 9a. Recalls that there is no legal definition of ‘rule of law’ in the TEU and that each Member State has its own definition, which may vary from one country to another, contributing to legal uncertainty; deplores the fact that this concept is used arbitrarily, in the absence of a definition and a legal basis; |
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