Amendment No. 3 | Doc. 13655 | 26 January 2015

The implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union

Signatories: Mr Michael McNAMARA, Ireland, SOC ; Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Ms Meritxell MATEU PI, Andorra, ALDE ; Ms Carina OHLSSON, Sweden, SOC ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE

In the draft resolution, replace paragraph 6 with the following paragraph:

"The Assembly is convinced that only the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (ETS No. 5, "the Convention) can ensure in-depth legal co-operation, enhance coherence of legal standards and provide a unique framework for human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. The Assembly welcomes the agreement reached at the negotiators' level in April 2013 on the draft Accession Agreement and considers that the obstacles identified by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its Opinion 2/13 must be overcome as soon as possible, in line with political commitments made by all sides, as reflected in the Lisbon Treaty. It therefore invites those members states of the Council of Europe which are also members of the European Union to exercise their influence in such a way as to resume, without delay, the negotiations on EU accession to the Convention and to give high political priority to this process."