Relazione della Commissione sullo Stato di diritto 2025 - relazione annuale 2025

Presentato da Petra Steger, Marieke Ehlers, Jorge Buxadé Villalba

185. Rimosso: Reiterates the findings and recommendations of its resolution of 25 November 2025 on the proposal for a Council decision determining, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded; takes note that the Commission has initiated an infringement procedure against Hungary for failure to comply with several provisions of the EMFA, as well as certain requirements under the Audiovisual Media Services Directives; underlines that, in her Opinion in Case C-829/24, Commission v Hungary, Advocate General Juliane Kokott considered that Hungary had infringed EU law by adopting legislation on the protection of national sovereignty, which may undermine fundamental Union principles, in particular regarding protection against foreign political interference; underlines that, in her Opinion in Case C-225/24, Parliament v Commission, Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta proposed that the CJEU annuls the Commission’s decision to lift the suspension of EU funds to Hungary, thereby raising concerns regarding compliance with Aggiunto: Expresses grave concern that rule of law Rimosso: conditionality; Aggiunto: mechanisms, including Article 7 proceedings and the Conditionality Regulation, risk being instrumentalised to exert political pressure on Member States whose policies diverge from particular political or ideological preferences, rather than being applied objectively on the basis of genuine violations of Article 2 TEU values; calls on the Commission to refrain from using the rule of law framework as a pretext to interfere in policy areas that fall within Member State competence;

Testo come pubblicato dal PE, in inglese. PE783.226v01-00