Amendment No. 20 | Doc. 13229 | 24 June 2013

Request for the opening of a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary

Signatories: Mr Gergely GULYÁS, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Márton BRAUN, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Ms Katalin CSÖBÖR, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Attila GRUBER, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Ferenc KALMÁR, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Gábor Tamás NAGY, Hungary, EPP/CD ; Mr Imre VEJKEY, Hungary, EPP/CD

Origin - 2013 - Third part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 13, replace the second and the third sentences with the following sentences:

"New constitutional provisions have raised legal questions about the extent to which the country is complying with these obligations. The Assembly however decides not to open a monitoring procedure in respect of Hungary, as such a decision is disproportionate in view of their current open and constructive dialogue with the European Commission, the Venice Commission and all relevant bodies of the Council of Europe."

Explanatory note

In light of the co-operative attitude of Hungary there is no reason for opening the monitoring procedure. The instrumental use of the monitoring procedure should be avoided. All member states could easily become subject to it in the case of their situation being assessed on the basis of a subjective or false evaluation.