09-12-2021 09:00
ICM on The situation of the Rule of Law in the EU
The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs with the support of the Directorate for relations with National Parliaments organized an Inter-parliamentary Committee meeting (ICM) on “The situation of the Rule of Law in the EU”.” The meeting was scheduled on Thursday, 9 December 2021, from 9.00 to 12.00, in the European Parliament premises in Brussels and remotely.
The ICM was dedicated to an assessment of the second Commission's rule of law report in the context of the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights (DRF) mechanism and in the light of the Parliament's resolution of 24 June 2021 on the Commission's 2020 Rule of Law Report and served as input into the ongoing work on the second monitoring report within LIBE. It was also a follow up of the inter-parliamentary meeting organized in November last year on the first annual rule of law report of the Commission. This meeting provided the occasion for an in-depth exchange of views on the rule of law situation in the EU and on the role of national parliaments in the context of the EU efforts to protect and enforce the Union values. In this meeting the participation of the relevant Commissioner, of the EU Presidency, of the Council of Europe and of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), as well as of academia and civil society representatives, was envisaged.
- ICM Draft Agenda (PDF - 660 KB)
- List of participants (PDF - 1 MB)
- European Parliament resolution of 24 June 2021 on the Commission’s 2020 Rule of Law Report
- European Parliament resolution of 10 June 2021 on the rule of law situation in the European Union and the application of the Conditionality Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092
- European Parliament resolution of 7 October 2020 on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
- EP Resolution of 14 November 2018 on the need for a comprehensive EU mechanism for the protection of democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
- EP resolution of 25 October 2016 with recommendations to the Commission on the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - 2021 Rule of Law Report The rule of law situation in the European Union COM/2021/700 final
- European Commission, ‘2021 Rule of law report - methodology’
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - 2020 Rule of Law Report The rule of law situation in the European Union COM/2020/580 final
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council - Further strengthening the Rule of Law within the Union State of play and possible next steps
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Strengthening the rule of law within the Union A blueprint for action COM/2019/343 final
- European Court of Justice case law on judicial independence
- Council of Europe standards on judicial independence
- Protecting EU common values within the Member States: An overview of monitoring, prevention and enforcement mechanisms at EU level
- European added value of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights - Preliminary assessment
- Protecting the rule of law in the EU: Existing mechanisms and possible improvements