Chrysogonos JURI - MONITORING THE APPLICATION OF EU LAW 2015 - 23.3.2017

CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS REGARDING THE DRAFT REPORT ON MONITORING THE APPLICATION OF EU LAW 2015

I would like to warmly thank all colleagues, who in total tabled 72 amendments regarding the draft report on monitoring the application of EU Law 2015. Your important contribution may improve and enrich the content of this report, where possible. Given that the appropriate application of the european law may lead to a fair, solid and inclusive Europe, I can confirm that I will take into account especially the amendments which in my opinion seek to safeguard the above mentioned crucial aim[1]. Same applies for amendments which stress the need to effectively protect the fundamental european values and rights enshrined in the Treaties and the Charter of the Fundamental Rights, as well for amendments that contribute to further clarifications of this report. Though I fear that it will be difficult to draft enough comprehensive compromise amendments, as the most of the tabled amendments are self-contained. As a result they can not easily be covered by compromise amendments.
On the other hand I would also like to express my regret for some amendments that delete parts of my report, which intend to stress the negative effects of the implementation austerity measures in Member States on european legal institutions and on european citizens. In my view it is indispensable especially in times of economic and political crisis to highlight for example the fact that all EU institutions even when they act as members of groups of international lenders, are bound by the EU Treaties and the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union. It is also necessary for a just and appropriate application of the EU-law to stress that EU institutions should refrain from signing and implementing agreements or memoranda whose consistency with EU law but also their effectiveness is highly disputed, as they negatively affect the rights and lives of many european citizens; and in fact it is almost impossible for individual and Member States, within the existing legal framework of the EU to litigate succesfully against such infringements.
It takes strength and courage to admit the present deficiencies regarding the application of the EU but it is absolutely worthy. Because the acceptance of crucial real facts may open the way for a fairer and better european construct.
Thank you

[1] For example Amendment 11 of Mr. Cavada that stresses the need to establish a new mechanism, providing a single and coherent framework, building on existing instruments and mechanisms, which should be applied in a uniform manner to all EU institutions and all its Member States;

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