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

Tabled by Beata Szydło, Mariusz Kamiński

Added: 132b. Calls on Parliament, the Commission and all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies to conduct regular assessments of their exposure to corruption, covert foreign influence and conflicts of interest and to ensure appropriate follow-up where vulnerabilities are identified; underlines that democratic resilience cannot be credible if allegations or cases involving the EU institutions themselves are downplayed while increasingly intrusive standards of transparency, integrity and democratic scrutiny are demanded from Member States; insists that the same standards of accountability, transparency and institutional integrity must apply at EU and national levels and that protecting European democracy must begin with ensuring the integrity of the institutions that claim to be responsible for defending it;

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