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From · resolution motion· 13 Dec 2024
on setting up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
To · adopted text· 18 Dec 2024
Setting up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
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Part 2 of 2: Paragraphs 61–67
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(g) to maintain relations with other Union institutions and bodies, Member States authorities, other international organisations and interparliamentary assemblies, civil society as well as state and non-state partners in relevant third countries for matters falling under its responsibility, in order to reinforce Union action against hybrid threats and attacks and internal and foreign information manipulation and interference; to engage particularly with state and non-state partners in Ukraine and Moldova and the pro-European partners in Georgia as well as the countries from the Western Balkans; to counter manipulated narratives coming from Russia, given the critical and continuous danger Russia poses to the stability and security in the whole of the Union;
2. Decides that, whenever the special committee work includes the hearing of evidence of a confidential nature, testimonies involving personal data, or exchanges of views or hearings with authorities and bodies on confidential information, including scientific studies or parts thereof granted confidentiality status under Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the meetings shall be held in camera; decides further that witnesses and experts shall have the right to make a statement or provide testimony in camera;
3. Decides that the list of people invited to public meetings, the list of those who attend them and the minutes of such meetings, shall be made public;
4. Decides that confidential documents that have been received by the special committee shall be assessed in accordance with the procedure set out in Rule 227 of its Rules of Procedure, decides further that such information shall be used exclusively for the purposes of drawing up the final report of the special committee;
5. Decides that the special committee shall have 33 members;
6. Decides that the term of office of the special committee shall be 12 months and that that term of office shall start running from the date of its constituent meeting;
7. Decides that the special committee may present to Parliament a mid-term report; decides further that it shall present to Parliament at the latest during the part-session of January 2026 a final report focusing on the matters set out in paragraph 1 and containing factual findings and recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken, without prejudice to the competences of the standing committees in accordance with Annex VI to its Rules of Procedure; stresses that the recommendations of the special committee shall be taken into consideration by the competent standing committees in their work.