The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights

Reference A9-0170/2020Committee LIBE

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How the groups voted

GroupForAgainstAbstainedAbsentUnity

The Left39

3233184%

S&D145

14101399%

Greens/EFA68

The European Parliament adopted by 521 votes to 152, with 21 abstentions, a resolution on the establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights.Members recalled that the last decade has been marked by blatant attacks on the Union's values. The rights of vulnerable groups, such as women, people with disabilities, Roma, LGBTI people and the elderly, as well as minority rights are still not fully respected in some Member States.In the face of an unprecedented and growing crisis regarding its founding values, which threatens the long-term survival of the EU as a democratic peace project, Parliament expressed its deep concern about the rise and entrenchment of autocratic and illiberal tendencies, which are…