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11.9.2020 A9-0138/10 Amendment 10 Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kati Piri, Birgit Sippel, Evelyn Regner, Maria Noichl, Łukasz K 11.9.2020 A9-0138/10 Amendment 10 Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kati Piri, Birgit Sippel, Evelyn Regner, Maria Noichl, Łukasz Kohut, Marc Angel, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Evin Incir, Vera Tax, Robert Biedroń, Sylwia Spurek on behalf of the S&D Group Roberta Metsola on behalf of the PPE Group Michal Šimečka on behalf of the Renew Group Terry Reintke, Tineke Strik, Alice Kuhnke, Rasmus Andresen, Henrike Hahn, Ernest Urtasun, Jordi Solé on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Konstantinos Arvanitis on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group Report A9-0138/2020 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law (COM(2017)0835 – 2017/0360R(NLE)) Motion for a resolution Paragraph 60 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment 60b. Strongly deplores the Polish Episcopate’s official position1a calling for “conversion therapy” for LGBTI persons; reiterates the position of the Parliament1b encouraging Member States to criminalise such practices and recalls the May 2020 report of the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which calls on Member States to adopt bans on practices of “conversion therapy”1c; ________________ 1a Position of the Polish Episcopate on LGBT + issues, August 2020, https://episkopat.pl/wp- content/uploads/2020/08/Stanowisko- Konferencji-Episkopatu-Polski-w-kwestii- LGBT.pdf. 1b Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0032. AM\P9_AMA(2020)0138(010-012)_EN.docx PE655.444v01-00 EN United in diversityEN 1c UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Report on conversion therapy, May 2020, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/44/53. Or. en AM\P9_AMA(2020)0138(010-012)_EN.docx PE655.444v01-00 EN United in diversityEN 11.9.2020 A9-0138/11 Amendment 11 Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kati Piri, Birgit Sippel, Łukasz Kohut, Marc Angel, Evin Incir, Robert Biedroń, Sylwia Spurek on behalf of the S&D Group Roberta Metsola on behalf of the PPE Group Michal Šimečka on behalf of the Renew Group Terry Reintke, Tineke Strik, Alice Kuhnke, Rasmus Andresen, Henrike Hahn, Ernest Urtasun, Jordi Solé on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Konstantinos Arvanitis on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group Report A9-0138/2020 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law (COM(2017)0835 – 2017/0360R(NLE)) Motion for a resolution Paragraph 61 Motion for a resolution Amendment 61. Notes that the lack of independence 61. Notes that the lack of independence of the judiciary in Poland has already of the judiciary in Poland has already begun affecting mutual trust between begun affecting mutual trust between Poland and other Member States, Poland and other Member States, especially in the field of judicial especially in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, given that cooperation in criminal matters, given that national courts have refused or hesitated to national courts have refused or hesitated to release Polish suspects under the European surrender Polish suspects under the Arrest Warrant procedure due to profound European Arrest Warrant procedure due to doubts about the independence of the profound doubts about the independence of Polish judiciary; considers the threat to the the Polish judiciary; considers the threat to uniformity of the Union legal order posed the uniformity of the Union legal order by the deterioration of the rule of law in posed by the deterioration of the rule of Poland to be particularly serious; points out law in Poland to be particularly serious; that mutual trust between the Member points out that mutual trust between the States can be restored only once respect for Member States can be restored only once the values enshrined in Article 2 TEU is respect for the values enshrined in Article 2 ensured; TEU is ensured; Or. en AM\P9_AMA(2020)0138(010-012)_EN.docx PE655.444v01-00 EN United in diversityEN 11.9.2020 A9-0138/12 Amendment 12 Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Kati Piri, Birgit Sippel, Łukasz Kohut, Marc Angel, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Evin Incir, Robert Biedroń, Sylwia Spurek on behalf of the S&D Group Roberta Metsola on behalf of the PPE Group Michal Šimečka on behalf of the Renew Group Terry Reintke, Tineke Strik, Alice Kuhnke, Rasmus Andresen, Henrike Hahn, Ernest Urtasun, Jordi Solé on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group Konstantinos Arvanitis on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group Report A9-0138/2020 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law (COM(2017)0835 – 2017/0360R(NLE)) Motion for a resolution Paragraph 62 Motion for a resolution Amendment 62. Calls on the Polish government to 62. Calls on the Polish government to comply with all provisions relating to the comply with all provisions relating to the rule of law and fundamental rights rule of law and fundamental rights enshrined in the Treaties, the Charter, the enshrined in the Treaties, the Charter, the ECHR and international human rights ECHR and international human rights standards, and to engage in an honest standards, and to engage in an honest dialogue with the Commission; stresses dialogue with the Commission; stresses that such dialogue needs to be conducted in that such dialogue needs to be conducted in an impartial, evidence-based and an impartial, evidence-based and cooperative manner; calls on the Polish cooperative manner; calls on the Polish government to cooperate with the government to cooperate with the Commission pursuant to the principle of Commission pursuant to the principle of sincere cooperation as set out in the TEU; sincere cooperation as set out in the TEU; calls on the Polish government to swiftly calls on the Polish government to swiftly and fully implement the rulings of the and fully implement the rulings of the Court of Justice and to respect the primacy Court of Justice and to respect the primacy of Union law; of Union law; urges the Polish government to take full account of the recommendations of the Venice Commission in the organisation of the justice system, including when carrying out further reforms of the Supreme AM\P9_AMA(2020)0138(010-012)_EN.docx PE655.444v01-00 EN United in diversityEN Court; Or. en AM\P9_AMA(2020)0138(010-012)_EN.docx PE655.444v01-00 EN United in diversityEN.
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