Proposed by the ALDE Group, the Democratic Governance Pact (DGP) should become for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights, what the Stability and Growth Pact is to the Eurozone. Analogous to the Stability and Growth instruments, the Pact has a "semester" mechanism for annual monitoring of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights. This mechanism has preventive and corrective measures, and establishes a more gradual and automatic response in order to ensure better compliance with Article 2 of the Treaty of the European Union and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The event will allow key stakeholders, representatives from all EU institutions, experts in the field of fundamental rights, as well as civil society organisations to further discuss the DGP and explore possible avenues to implement this instrument aiming at strengthening Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in the EU. The seminar will also be the occasion to have a detailed look at the situation of fundamental rights in several Member States. With the presentation of an EU's first draft Scoreboard for Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights the DGP allows a country-by-country assessment and a discussion based on a set of common fundamental rights indicators.
Member of the European Parliament, First Vice-Chair, ALDE Group
Jean-Marie Cavada
MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs, ALDE Group
Democratic Governance Pact in practice, the fundamental rights scoreboard
Sophie in 't Veld
Member of the European Parliament, First Vice-Chair, ALDE Group
Gabriel Toggenburg
Senior Legal Adviser, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights
Amb. Torbjørn Frøysnes
Head of the Brussels Office of the Council of Europe to the EU
Natacha Kazatchkine
Senior Executive Officer Legal Affairs, Amnesty International, Coordinator of the Human Rights and Democracy Network’s working group on EU internal human rights’ policy
Questions & Answers
Reflection on an alert and response system for fundamental rights violations in the EU
Laura Ferrara
EP rapporteur for the annual report on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU, EFD Group
Péter Niedermüller
Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, S&D Group
Frank Engel
Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, EPP Group
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