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"Mr President, one of the aims that the European Union has set itself is to bolster the protection of human rights and its citizens’ interests, as well as to protect freedom and support democracy on the basis of fundamental rights. This makes it important to secure assistance and specialist knowledge in the field of fundamental rights for relevant Community and Member State institutions.
In view of the unusually heated debates and political battles that are currently taking place in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, I regard this proposal as being well-founded. A European Union Fundamental Rights Agency appointed as a successor to the European Centre for Monitoring Racism and Xenophobia would be responsible for supplementing existing fundamental rights monitoring mechanisms. However, care must be taken to ensure that this newly-created EU body operates on the principle of independence and accountability. On the one hand, it must be assured its independence, while on the other hand it must be fully accountable to the institutions of the European Union. For this reason both the internal decision-making processes within the institution and the appointment of its decision-making bodies must be transparent.
The European Parliament plays a substantial role in fundamental rights, and therefore special consideration should be given to it when determining the Agency’s structures so as to strengthen the legitimacy of the latter. Both the Commission and Parliament must take an active part in determining this Agency’s multi-annual programme framework. In addition to the main area of the Agency’s activity, which will be to assist European Union institutions and Member States, we should consider the possibility of developing collaboration with third countries to ensure the better implementation of Community law and internal policies of the European Union. In particular, collaboration with candidate countries should be promoted, as this will allow the EU to support their integration efforts with regard to the harmonisation of their national laws with Community law.
It is important for the activities of this Agency to make allowance for the Council of Europe’s range of activities in order to avoid overlap and achieve synergy in collaboration between the two organisations."@en1
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