Text tabled : B7-0150/2012

  Alexander Mirsky (S&D), in writing. – The report states that the European Parliament believes that direct contacts are the best option, that in view of the budgetary constraints, as well as the responses given by judges in the study, such training and advice could also be provided via the Internet (video-conferencing, on-line courses, webstreaming) as well as by means of exchanges; it notes that judges call for further assessment and adaptation of training programmes to their needs, while they seem to prefer interactive training where they can exchange experiences and discuss case studies rather than ‘classic’ (top-down) training formulae. What is more, I think that special attention should be paid to Latvian judges; they should be trained to make objective decisions without emotions or despite exposure to other factors.