EUU, Alm.del - 2016-17 - Bilag 686: Invitation til interparlamentarisk udvalgsmøde i Bruxelles om EU-mekanisme for demokrati, retsstatsprincippet og grundlæggende rettigheder d. 22/6-17

Europaudvalget 2016-17
EUU Alm.del Bilag 686
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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The Chairman

Honourable Chairperson,

On 25 October 2016 the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Commission

to submit a proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law

and fundamental rights. This new mechanism should ensure that all EU Member States

respect the values enshrined in the EU treaties and set clear, evidence-based and non-political

criteria for assessing their records on these areas.

This resolution stressed the crucial role of national parliaments in measuring the progress of,

and monitoring compliance with, the shared values of the Union, as enshrined in Article 2

TEU. In particular, the European Union Pact on Democracy, the Rule of Law and

Fundamental Rights proposed by the Parliament includes the organisation of an annual

interparliamentary debate as a key element for the monitoring of the situation in Member

States.

Against this background, the LIBE Committee would like to invite Members of national

Parliaments to an Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the Establishment of an EU

Mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights - the role of national

parliaments .

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday 22 June 2017, from 9h00 to 12h30 in the European

Parliament in Brussels (please see the draft programme attached - Annex I).

I am therefore pleased to invite up to four Members of the relevant committee(s) from each

national Parliament (two from each Chamber in the case of bi-cameral Parliaments) to attend

this meeting.

The meeting is structured around two main sessions, in each of them national parliaments

representatives will be involved. The first Vice-President of the European Commission for the

Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, M. Frans Timmermans, and the Maltese Presidency

should also take part in the debate.

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Should you be unable to attend, I would welcome any written contribution which would be

distributed to our respective Members and other participants.

Practical details regarding the meeting will be forwarded in due course to the services of your

Parliament, responsible for relations with the European Parliament.

I sincerely hope that you will be able to accept this invitation and I am looking forward to

welcoming you to the European Parliament on 22 June 2017.

Yours sincerely,

Claude MORAES

Annex I: Draft Programme

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European Parliament

2014-2019

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

DRAFT PROGRAMME

INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE

MEETING

on the Establishment of an EU

Mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law

and Fundamental Rights

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 9.00 to 12.30

European Parliament, Brussels

Room: Paul- Henri Spaak 3C50

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Order of business

9h00 - 9h05

Opening remarks

Claude MORAES,

Chair of the Committee on

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament

FIRST SESSION

Towards a Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Pact at EU level -

lnterinstitutional perspective and role of national parliaments

9h05 - 10h30

Sophie in’t Veld

MEP,

LIBE Rapporteur for the report on an EU

Mechanism on Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights

Frans Timmermans,

First Vice President for the Rule of law and

Fundamental Rights, European Commission

Maltese Presidency

Speaker from a National Parliament

Q&A with

National Parliaments

representatives and

LIBE

Members

SECOND SESSION

The role of National Parliaments in upholding Democracy, Rule of Law and

Fundamental Rights

10.30 - 12.00

10h30 - 10h40

10h40 - 10h50

10h50 - 11h00

11h00 - 11h10

11h11 - 12h00

Frank Engel MEP,

LIBE Rapporteur for the annual report on the

situation of Fundamental Rights in the EU 2016

Nuria Abad,

President, European Network of the Council of the

Judiciary

Representative of the European Commission, DG Justice

Presentation of the EU Justice Scoreboard 2017

Speaker from National Parliament

- the role of national

parliaments in ensuring the independence of the judiciary

Q&A with

National Parliaments representatives and LIBE

Members

9h05 - 9h15

9h15 - 9h25

9h25 - 9h35

9h35 - 9h45

9h45 - 10.30

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CLOSING SESSION

12.00 - 12.30

12h15 - 12h30

Conclusion and way forward by the upcoming

Estonian

Presidency,

Closing remarks and adoption of the ICM Statement by the

LIBE

Chair

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PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE DEBATE

•

During the discussion, so as to make it possible for the highest number of parliamentarians

to intervene, speaking time of speakers will be limited to

ten minutes

and speaking time of

other participants to

two minutes

per contribution or question.

•

Speakers wishing to supplement their speeches may do so in writing by submitting a

document (preferably in English or French) in advance to the secretariat (email: libe-

[email protected]). These documents will be circulated during the meeting.

•

Meeting documents will be progressively added to the Events section of the LIBE

Committee pages:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/events-

nationalparl.html

and to the WebNP event

webpage:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/relnatparl/en/meetings.html

THE MEETING IS BROADCASTED LIVE AND RECORDED

LIBE Committee pages:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=LIBE

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Amparo RUEDA BUESO

Administrator

Office: SQM 08 Y 047

Telephone: +32(2)28 44018

[email protected]

Karen L. PURINO

Assistant

Office SQM 08 Y 042

Phone: +32(2)28 3 41 66

[email protected]

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