# The Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report

European Parliament procedure 2021/2180(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFCO / BUDG / CONT / JURI / LIBE / PETI). Stage: Procedure completed. 716 committee amendments tabled by 121 Members between 2022-01-21 and 2022-03-01.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report addresses the Commission's 2021 Rule of Law report. Amendments debate the values in Article 2 TEU, the primacy of EU law versus national constitutions (citing rulings of Constitutional Courts in Romania and Poland), and democratic deficits in emergency measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic; they also cover judicial independence, digitalisation of justice systems, lawyers in the EU Justice Scoreboard, and the Commission's periodic monitoring.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian TERHEŞ | Romania | ECR | 70 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197655.md |
| Jorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA | Spain | PfE | 63 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197829.md |
| Gunnar BECK | Germany | ID | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/132191.md |
| Sylvie GUILLAUME | France | S&D | 41 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96952.md |
| Ramona STRUGARIU | Romania | RE | 39 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/134605.md |
| Nicolaus FEST | Germany | ID | 38 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197480.md |
| Vladimír BILČÍK | Slovakia | PPE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197771.md |
| Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA | Spain | RE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125038.md |
| Emil RADEV | Bulgaria | PPE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124850.md |
| Olivier CHASTEL | Belgium | RE | 36 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197463.md |
| Franco ROBERTI | Italy | S&D | 35 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197801.md |
| Michal ŠIMEČKA | Slovakia | RE | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/103746.md |
| Thijs REUTEN | Netherlands | S&D | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/218347.md |
| Balázs HIDVÉGHI | Hungary | NI | 33 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124586.md |
| Angel DZHAMBAZKI | Bulgaria | ECR | 32 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124873.md |

## Official source documents

- PE703.030: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFCO-AM-703030_EN.pdf
- PE703.216: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PETI-AM-703216_EN.pdf
- PE704.560: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/JURI-AM-704560_EN.pdf
- PE704.661: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-704661_EN.pdf
- PE719.707: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-719707_EN.pdf
- PE719.809: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/LIBE-AM-719809_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2021-2180-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2021-2180-INI.json

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