Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 12955 | 26 June 2012

The crisis of democracy and the role of the State in today’s Europe

Signatories: Mr Luc RECORDON, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Raphaël COMTE, Switzerland, ALDE ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Roman JAKIČ, Slovenia, ALDE ; Mr Dirk Van der MAELEN, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Switzerland, SOC

Origin - 2012 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, after paragraph 18, insert the following paragraph:

"All levels of government should be guided by the public interest rather than the interests of particular stakeholders. Sound States, capable of performing their main functions and maintaining a high level of trust amonst their citizens, need to be made strong against the abuse of political, administrative or judicial power, unethical behaviour such as corruption, favouritism for private stakeholders as well as undue influence by the media or interest groups, whilst being enabled to develop strong policies in favour of growth and social cohesion. Without permanent efforts to make States strong against such phenomena, citizens' confidence in decision-makers will further decrease."