Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield

Tabled by Beata Szydło, Mariusz Kamiński

Added: 13d. Recalls the controversy surrounding the Commission’s defence of Pablo González, alias Pavel Rubtsov, who was identified by the Polish authorities as an agent of Russian military intelligence acting under journalistic cover; regrets that, despite numerous calls for it to do so, the Commission never corrected its unfounded and unjust accusations against the Polish Government in its rule of law report; insists that the credibility of the EU’s rule-of-law and democratic-resilience policies requires identical standards, legal criteria and scrutiny, regardless of which political forces govern a Member State;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.231