INSTITUTIONAL / Rule of law

European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties supports the idea of Mechanism covering wide range of fundamental values

Brussels, 13/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

Members of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) took note on Monday 13 July of the report by Slovak MEP Michal Šimečka (Renew Europe) on the future European Union Mechanism on the Rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights.

They supported some of its requests, such as extending the scope of the Mechanism to cover all the values of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU).

They also called for better coherence between all existing tools, such as Article 7...