Sittings · Document
Report (2025/2239(INI)) 2026-04-22
The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025
24.4.2026 A10-0091/14
Amendment 14
Mariusz Kamiński
on behalf of the ECR 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
Recital R
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| R. whereas corruption remains a major concern for EU citizens, as shown by the 2025 Eurobarometer survey on corruption54 ; whereas in particular, 69 % of those surveyed consider corruption to be widespread in their country and 51 % believe it is widespread within political parties; whereas the survey respondents overwhelmingly reject corrupt practices, with 71 % of them considering that it is never acceptable to do favours in exchange for advantages from public authorities, 74 % rejecting the giving of gifts and 80 % rejecting the giving of money to obtain such advantages; whereas 5 % of the people surveyed report having experienced or witnessed corruption in the past 12 months but only one in five reported it, and less than half of the respondents know where to report a case of corruption; | R. whereas corruption remains a major concern for EU citizens, as shown by the 2025 Eurobarometer survey on corruption54 ; whereas in particular, 69 % of those surveyed consider corruption to be widespread in their country and 51 % believe it is widespread within political parties; whereas the survey respondents overwhelmingly reject corrupt practices, with 71 % of them considering that it is never acceptable to do favours in exchange for advantages from public authorities, 74 % rejecting the giving of gifts and 80 % rejecting the giving of money to obtain such advantages; whereas 5 % of the people surveyed report having experienced or witnessed corruption in the past 12 months but only one in five reported it, and less than half of the respondents know where to report a case of corruption; whereas the Commission, in its Eurobarometer surveys, previously assessed public perceptions of corruption within the EU institutions, but has discontinued the publication of such data despite numerous serious scandals; |
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| 54 European Commission, ‘Special Eurobarometer 561: Citizens’ attitudes towards corruption in the EU in 2025’, July 2025. | 54 European Commission, ‘Special Eurobarometer 561: Citizens’ attitudes towards corruption in the EU in 2025’, July 2025. |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/15
Amendment 15
Mariusz Kamiński
on behalf of the ECR 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 38
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 38. Is deeply concerned by corruption cases that have emerged within European institutions and stresses that the rule of law requires that persons holding public office cannot act arbitrarily or abuse their power for personal gain; calls on EU institutions to fully apply the principles of good governance, including transparency, accountability, and integrity; | 38. Is deeply concerned by corruption cases that have emerged within European institutions and stresses that the rule of law requires that persons holding public office cannot act arbitrarily or abuse their power for personal gain; calls on EU institutions to fully apply the principles of good governance, including transparency, accountability, and integrity; calls on the Commission to resume, within its Eurobarometer surveys, the publication of data on public perceptions of corruption not only at national, regional and local levels, but also within the EU institutions – the publication of which the Commission has discontinued, despite numerous serious scandals in the EU institutions; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/16
Amendment 16
Mariusz Kamiński
on behalf of the ECR 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 44
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 44. Calls on the Member States, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, as well as EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, to establish or strengthen preventive measures against corruption, such as specialised and independent anti-corruption institutions, transparent management of EU funds, strengthened or proper enforcement of transparency requirements in decision-making, such as registers of lobbyists and reporting obligations on political funding, ensuring a high level of transparency in the relevant EU policy areas, codes of conduct for public officials, mandatory asset declarations and verification thereof, early warning systems, and clear rules on conflict-of-interest and revolving-door practices; | 44. Calls on the Member States, candidate countries and potential candidate countries, as well as EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies, to establish or strengthen preventive measures against corruption, such as specialised and independent anti-corruption institutions, transparent management of EU funds, strengthened or proper enforcement of transparency requirements in decision-making, such as registers of lobbyists and reporting obligations on political funding, ensuring a high level of transparency in the relevant EU policy areas, codes of conduct for public officials, mandatory asset declarations and verification thereof, early warning systems, and clear rules on conflict-of-interest and revolving-door practices; stresses that the deliberate failure by any high-level public official to comply with these obligations, in particular the Minister for Justice of a Member State, is unacceptable, and therefore condemns a situation where, instead of fully disclosing substantial assets and dispelling all doubts as to their origin, a high-level public official has chosen to attack public officials and journalists who have raised this matter, thereby failing to set an example of integrity and instead contributing to a climate of opacity and the erosion of anti-corruption rules; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/17
Amendment 17
Mariusz Kamiński
on behalf of the ECR 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 55
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 55. Urges the Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries to ensure prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of corruption cases, with particular priority given to cases involving high-level officials, in order to safeguard the rule of law, uphold public trust and ensure accountability at all levels of government; calls, furthermore on the Member States to follow up on such cases within a reasonable time frame so as not to foster a sense of impunity among citizens; | 55. Urges the Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries to ensure prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of corruption cases, with particular priority given to cases involving high-level officials, in order to safeguard the rule of law, uphold public trust and ensure accountability at all levels of government; calls, furthermore on the Member States to follow up on such cases within a reasonable time frame so as not to foster a sense of impunity among citizens; notes with concern instances of the persecution of public officials who have exposed corruption and contributed to the criminal conviction of high-level officials; considers such a policy of retaliation and revenge to be unacceptable; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/18
Amendment 18
Nicolas Bay, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 10 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 10a. Emphasises that the impartiality of judges requires strict ideological neutrality and absolute restraint in expressing personal opinions; condemns any form of activism within the judiciary that transforms the role of the judge into a political tool, thereby undermining public trust in the judicial system; stresses that respect for the rule of law is incompatible with a system in which justice is perceived as a discretionary power lacking democratic oversight; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/19
Amendment 19
Nicolas Bay, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 34 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 34a. Expresses concern about the growing trend of judicialisation in political life, which may lead to the neutralisation of opponents through judicial means; asserts that respect for the rule of law prohibits any instrumentalisation of the judicial system, whether by EU institutions or national authorities, that would interfere in electoral processes; believes that the judiciary should serve as a bulwark against arbitrariness and not as a tool for political combat circumventing the ballot box; |
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24.4.2026 A10-0091/20
Amendment 20
Nicolas Bay, Marion Maréchal, Laurence Trochu, Guillaume Peltier
on behalf of the ECR 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 118 a (new)
| Motion for a resolution | Amendment |
| 118a. Emphasises that the principle of conditionality should not be misused as a political tool to advance specific agendas; underlines that any application of conditionality must be based on objective criteria and transparent processes, to prevent the politicisation of EU funding; |
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