Safeguarding democracy, rights and the environment in international trade

Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 15739 | 25 April 2023

Signatories:

Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Pavlo BAKUNETS, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Serhii KALCHENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Yuriy KAMELCHUK, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Lesia VASYLENKO, Ukraine, ALDE

Origin

2023 - Second part-session

In the draft recommendation, after paragraph 3.8, insert a new paragraph 4:

"The Assembly calls on the Committee of Ministers to develop recommendations on best practice for parliamentary scrutiny of international economic agreements."

Explanatory note

With this amendment, we want to urge the Committee of Ministers to develop a universal tool which any Council of Europe parliament could use and rely on, providing parliaments with a very practical instrument.