See related documentsMotion for a resolution
| Doc. 13052
| 05 October 2012
The functioning of democratic institutions in Romania
Signatories: Mr Andreas GROSS,
Switzerland, SOC ; Ms Sonja ABLINGER,
Austria, SOC ; Mr José María BENEYTO,
Spain, EPP/CD ; Ms Delia BLANCO,
Spain, SOC ; Ms Anne BRASSEUR,
Luxembourg, ALDE ; Ms Lise CHRISTOFFERSEN,
Norway, SOC ; Mr Gvozden Srećko FLEGO,
Croatia, SOC ; Mr Burhan KAYATÜRK,
Turkey, EPP/CD ; Mr Igor KOLMAN,
Croatia, ALDE ; Mr Tiny KOX,
Netherlands, UEL ; Mr Pietro MARCENARO,
Italy, SOC ; Mr Jean-Pierre MICHEL,
France, SOC ; Mr João Bosco MOTA AMARAL,
Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr René ROUQUET,
France, SOC ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH,
Austria, SOC ; Ms Ingjerd SCHOU,
Norway, EPP/CD ; Mr Urs SCHWALLER,
Switzerland, EPP/CD ; Mr Björn von SYDOW,
Sweden, SOC ; Mr Vilmos SZABÓ,
Hungary, SOC ; Lord John E. TOMLINSON,
United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Robert WALTER,
United Kingdom, EDG
This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only those who have signed it.During its fact-finding visit in Romania, 17-18 July 2012,
the Presidential Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly was confronted
with many rather unusual habits and actions by the various components
of the political class – members of parliament, ministers, chairpersons
of the institutions – which revealed many constitutional contradictions
and the weakness of the institutional framework, as well as a larger
problem of political culture.
These worrying findings convinced us of the necessity to elaborate
a report on the functioning of democratic institutions in Romania,
as a basis to discuss what has to be done to overcome these problems
and what kind of constitutional changes are necessary in order to
prevent future constitutional and political crises.