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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Hungary to strengthen Rule of Law and its budgetary implications

§ 16 – Am 7

Date: 24.04.2024·Reference: B9-0223/2024

Rapporteur: Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Cyrus Engerer, Sylvie Guillaume

fundamental rights Community acquis fund (EU)Hungary rule of law general budget (EU)independence of the judiciary democracy infringement of EU law conditionality mechanism corruption

Overall Result

Rejected

123 For
421 Against
12 Abstention
149 Did not vote

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Amendment wording

Tabled by Patryk Jaki

16. Reiterates Removed: its call on the Commission and the Council to immediately enter into negotiations with Parliament on an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights in the form of an interinstitutional agreement, and on including a permanent policy cycle among the EU institutions; Added: that it is unacceptable to disguise political and moral discussions as legal conflicts and to penalise those who uphold traditional values and national sovereignty; strongly believes that ideological preaching and criticisms do not foster unity but instead erode mutual trust and cooperation among Member States;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.687v01-00

Status and procedure

Outcome as recorded by the European Parliament.

Vote held on: 24.04.2024
Latest recorded step: Plenary · 10.04.2024 (947 days ago)
Next scheduled step: No further step is scheduled in the source.

Procedure timeline

2024/2683(RSP) · RSP

Recorded procedure activities. These do not establish whether a law has entered into force.

Latest recorded: Plenary10.04.2024947 days since this step began

Recorded activities (3)

10.04.2024Plenary debate
24.04.2024Plenary vote
24.04.2024Plenary vote results

Scheduled activities (not confirmation of completion)

10.04.2024Plenary debate
24.04.2024Plenary vote

Procedure file (OEIL) · European Parliament data
Retrieved: 06.11.2026

Sources

Roll-call minutes Parliament document Procedure file (OEIL)

Data: EP Open Data API

What is this about?

Article 7 procedure against Hungary since 2018 with no Council progress.
Systemic violations of rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary.
Call for EU emergency measures and enforcement of conditionality regulation.

Source: AI Summary with Mistral

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How the political groups voted

Identity and Democracy (ID)

For21

21For
0Against
0Abstention
4Did not vote

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Non-attached Members (NI)

For70

70For
61Against
4Abstention
49Did not vote

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European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)

For22

22For
2Against
1Abstention
6Did not vote

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Renew Europe (Renew)

For3

3For
83Against
0Abstention
16Did not vote

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European People's Party (EPP)

For5

5For
129Against
5Abstention
38Did not vote

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The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)

For1

1For
8Against
1Abstention
3Did not vote

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Greens/European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA)

For1

1For
30Against
0Abstention
2Did not vote

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Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)

For0

0For
108Against
1Abstention
31Did not vote

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Members

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Vote Position
Name	Country	Group	Vote Position
France Jamet	France	PfE	For
Michiel Hoogeveen	Netherlands	NI	For
Joanna Kopcińska	Poland	NI	For
Patricia Chagnon	France	NI	For
Jaak Madison	Estonia	PfE	For
Isabella Tovaglieri	Italy	PfE	For
Roberts Zīle	Latvia	ECR	For
Philippe Olivier	France	PfE	For
Silvia Sardone	Italy	PfE	For
Paola Ghidoni	Italy	NI	For