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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11654

26 October 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Rule of law
European Parliament wants an annual monitoring mechanism to apply to all member states
Brussels, 25/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 25 October, MEPs called on the European Commission to set up new mechanisms to monitor the rule of law in member states, particularly a binding mechanism for assessing the reporting annually on democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law(see EUROPE 11638).

This mechanism was adopted in a resolution backed by 405 to 171 with 39 abstentions, and should include objective criteria and establish a clear, progressive approach to remedying violations.  The European Parliament...

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