The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report – annual report 2025

Tabled by Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba

… EU-level interinstitutional dialogue and cooperation on the rule of law should be Removed: strengthened; regrets the fact that the Commission and the Council have so far rejected its offer to enter into an interinstitutional agreement on democracy, Added: strengthened by subjecting the EU institutions themselves to the same rule of law and anti-corruption scrutiny and accountability mechanisms applied to Member States, in order to ensure internal coherence and the credibility of the rule of law Removed: and fundamental rights; reaffirms its willingness to resume talks on this agreement, underlining the added value of a structured and predictable framework; stresses that the argument that such an agreement would be excessively rigid cannot justify inaction; calls for pragmatic solutions to already improve cooperation; calls on the Council to make its rule of law dialogue more inclusive by inviting representatives of other institutions such as the Venice Commission and Parliament; emphasises that the effectiveness of the expanded EU toolbox depends on coherent and consistent application across institutions; Added: framework;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.226v01-00