Former Prime Minister and Maltese MEP Alfred Sant said that the European Parliament cannot allow procedures by which allegations of breaches in fundamental values in EU member states are investigated to be politicised and made suspect, when intervening during the debate on the “Need for a comprehensive Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights mechanism.” Dr Sant insisted on the urgency to construct a mechanism that can be accepted by all as objective, fair, transparent and deliberate in correcting any such breaches.
āThe risk has increased that allegations of breaches of our fundamental values get instrumentalised from within polities for partisan reasons. They are then promoted at European levels to foment criticism directed at the government of the day. I have seen this happening for my country Malta. And in this House. I cannot rule out that it might be happening for other Member States.ā
The Maltese MEP said that assessing whether democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights are being breached systemically depends on analysis of the available facts, duly proven. It also frequently depends on subjective points of views adopted for political and other reasons that filter into the assessments being made. Unless this is recognized, there can be no worthwhile approach to spotlighting and correcting breaches. Mutual trust among Member States and their legal systems underpins what the EU stands for. Yet the ideological consensus that used to prevail among Member States seems to be breaking down.
Maltese Version – IL-PARLAMENT EWROPEW MāGĦANDUX JIPPERMETTI PROÄEDURI POLITIÄIZZATI FUQ KSUR TAL-VALURI FUNDAMENTALI
Il-Parlament Ewropew ma għandux jippermetti proÄeduri politiÄizzati li permezz tagħhom jiÄ”u investigati allegazzjonijiet ta’ ksur taā valuri fundamentali fl-Istati Membri tal-UE. Dan qalu Alfred Sant fil-Parlament Ewropew meta insista li bāmod urÄ”enti għandu jinħoloq mekkaniżmu meqjus minn kulħadd bħala oĔĔettiv, Ä”ust, trasparenti u magħmul apposta biex jikkoreÄ”i l-ksur tal-liÄ”i waqt id-dibattitu dwar il-ħtieÄ”a tad-Demokrazija, il-liÄ”i tad-dritt u l-mekkaniżmi favur id-drittijiet umani.
āÅ»died ir-riskju li allegazzjonijiet taā ksur tal-valuri fundamentali li ngawdu jiÄ”u strumentalizzati mill-politiÄi għal raÄ”unijiet partiÄ”jani. Dawn imbagħad jiÄ”u promossi f’livelli Ewropej biex titħeĔĔeÄ” kritika diretta lejn il-gvern tal-Ä”urnata. Rajt dan jiÄ”ri f’pajjiżna Malta. U rajt dan iseħħ ukoll f’din il-Kamra. Ma nistax neskludi li l-istess jiÄ”ri għal Stati Membri oħra.”
Dr Sant qal li l-evalwazzjoni dwar jekk id-demokrazija, l-istat tad-dritt u d-drittijiet fundamentali humiex jinkisru sistematikament tiddependi minn analiżi tal-fatti disponibbli u ippruvati bl-evidenza. Ħafna drabi pero` l-evalwazzjoni qed tiddependi fuq punti taā fehmiet suĔĔettivi adottati għal raÄ”unijiet politiÄi.
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