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Report (2025/2239(INI)) 2026-04-24
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
24.4.2026 A10-0091/7
Amendment 7
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 112
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 112. Reiterates the obligation of Member States to respect EU and international law in the field of migration and asylum on land and at sea; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that migration and asylum policies, including the Pact on Migration and Asylum, are implemented in full compliance with the Charter, the principle of non-refoulment and the principle of responsibility-sharing to ensure that people’s rights to asylum and international protection are upheld; reiterates that practices such as stopping asylum seekers and forcibly returning them to the country they entered from without carrying out an individual assessment, arbitrary detention and obstruction of humanitarian aid are contrary to EU and international law; | 112. Welcomes the fact that some Member States have adopted laws, policies and practices aimed at reducing illegal migratory flows to EU territory and restoring effective control of external borders, while ensuring compliance with applicable legal obligations; stresses that safeguarding the integrity of external borders is a prerequisite for maintaining the rule of law within the Union; underlines the fact that Member States must retain the ability to take necessary and proportionate measures to prevent illegal entry and to ensure the effective functioning of their migration and asylum systems; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/8
Amendment 8
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 113 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 113a. Stresses that upholding the rule of law also entails ensuring that return decisions are effectively carried out; recalls that Parliament, in its position on the proposed Return Regulation, highlights the fact that the external dimension is a crucial part of an effective return system; underlines, therefore, that trade, visa policies and development aid provided by the Union should be made conditional upon the level of cooperation of third countries on readmission and returns; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/9
Amendment 9
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 116. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective action against gender-based violence, online and offline, including adding it to the list of ‘EU crimes’; urges an EU legislative proposal on combating rape as defined by the lack of consent, the full implementation of EU rules on violence against women, and the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by all Member States; expresses concern about anti-gender movements and disinformation undermining gender equality; | 116. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take effective action against gender-based violence, online and offline, including adding it to the list of ‘EU crimes’; urges an EU legislative proposal on combating rape as defined by the lack of consent; notes that several Member States have reported significant changes in patterns of sexual violence over the past decade, including factors related to integration challenges and illegal migration flows; stresses that effective responses to gender-based violence must take full account of these developments and be based on a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of all contributing factors, in order to ensure targeted and effective prevention measures; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/10
Amendment 10
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 126. Urges the Commission to take further action under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary as regards other breaches of the rule of law, such as those related to the judiciary; highlights that the weakening of the judicial system and of the independence and impartiality of public administration and undue supplier concentration in procurement procedures represent systemic rule of law risks that threaten sound financial management; stresses that violations of rules, manipulation of, or undue favouritism in calls for tender and applications involving EU funding, as well as administrative harassment breaching the equal treatment of local and regional authorities, companies or other final recipients or beneficiaries, and their access to EU funds as well as procurement, audit bodies, anti-corruption safeguards or control systems constitute direct risks to the EU budget and require consistent and stringent application of conditionality; | 126. Calls on the Commission to refrain from using the disbursement of EU funds as a political instrument to interfere in Member States’ democratic processes or to exert pressure on democratically elected governments; stresses the importance of a robust legal framework to prevent corruption and the misappropriation of EU funds, and of ensuring that it is applied equally, objectively and in a non-discriminatory manner across all Member States, irrespective of their governments’ political orientation; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/11
Amendment 11
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 168
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 168. Believes that EU-level interinstitutional dialogue and cooperation on the rule of law should be strengthened; regrets the fact that the Commission and the Council have so far rejected its offer to enter into an interinstitutional agreement on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights; reaffirms its willingness to resume talks on this agreement, underlining the added value of a structured and predictable framework; stresses that the argument that such an agreement would be excessively rigid cannot justify inaction; calls for pragmatic solutions to already improve cooperation; calls on the Council to make its rule of law dialogue more inclusive by inviting representatives of other institutions such as the Venice Commission and Parliament; emphasises that the effectiveness of the expanded EU toolbox depends on coherent and consistent application across institutions; | 168. Believes that EU-level interinstitutional dialogue and cooperation on the rule of law should be strengthened by subjecting the EU institutions themselves to the same rule of law and anti-corruption scrutiny and accountability mechanisms applied to Member States, in order to ensure internal coherence and the credibility of the rule of law framework; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/12
Amendment 12
Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba
on behalf of the PfE Group
Report A10-0091/2026
Konstantinos Arvanitis
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
(2025/2239(INI))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 185
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 185. Reiterates the findings and recommendations of its resolution of 25 November 2025 on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded; takes note that the Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against Hungary for failure to comply with several provisions of the EMFA, as well as certain requirements under the Audiovisual Media Services Directives; underlines that, in her Opinion in Case C-829/24, Commission v Hungary, Advocate General Juliane Kokott considered that Hungary had infringed EU law by adopting legislation on the protection of national sovereignty, which may undermine fundamental Union principles, in particular regarding protection against foreign political interference; underlines that, in her Opinion in Case C-225/24, Parliament v Commission, Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta proposed that the CJEU annuls the Commission’s decision to lift the suspension of EU funds to Hungary, thereby raising concerns regarding compliance with rule of law conditionality; | 185. Expresses grave concern that rule of law mechanisms, including Article 7 proceedings and the Conditionality Regulation, risk being instrumentalised to exert political pressure on Member States whose policies diverge from particular political or ideological preferences, rather than being applied objectively on the basis of genuine violations of Article 2 TEU values; calls on the Commission to refrain from using the rule of law framework as a pretext to interfere in policy areas that fall within Member State competence; |
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