# The Commission’s 2020 Rule of law report - COM(2020)0580

European Parliament procedure 2021/2025(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFCO / CONT / JURI / LIBE / PETI). Stage: Procedure completed. 556 committee amendments tabled by 130 Members between 2021-04-20 and 2021-04-29.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on the Commission's 2020 Rule of Law Report. Amendments range from welcoming the report as an addition to the EU's toolbox to disputing the Commission's competence and the scope of the Treaties, and debate its four pillars (judicial independence, anti-corruption, media pluralism, checks and balances), the Article 7 TEU procedure, situations in Poland and Hungary, and proposals for country-specific recommendations and a single monitoring mechanism.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian TERHEŞ | Romania | ECR | 73 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197655.md |
| Michal ŠIMEČKA | Slovakia | RE | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103746.md |
| Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA | Spain | RE | 67 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125038.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 64 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Tineke STRIK | Netherlands | Verts/ALE | 64 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197772.md |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | PfE | 63 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197829.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 62 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Domènec RUIZ DEVESA | Spain | S&D | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/127096.md |
| Lukas MANDL | Austria | PPE | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/190713.md |
| Hilde VAUTMANS | Belgium | RE | 52 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/130100.md |
| Moritz KÖRNER | Germany | RE | 50 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197445.md |
| Konstantinos ARVANITIS | Greece | GUE/NGL | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197701.md |
| Patryk JAKI | Poland | ECR | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197516.md |
| Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124877.md |
| Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI | Poland | ECR | 47 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197501.md |

## Official source documents

- PE691.335: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-691335_EN.pdf
- PE691.348: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-691348_EN.pdf
- PE691.379: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PETI-AM-691379_EN.pdf
- PE691.430: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-691430_EN.pdf
- PE691.450: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-691450_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2021-2025-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2021-2025-INI.json

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