Ms In 't Veld’s legislative own-initiative report on an "EU mechanism for Democracy, Rule of law and Fundamental Rights" was initiated following a request from Parliament which in its resolution of 10 June 2015 on the situation in Hungary "calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the establishment of an EU mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights,..., and to carry on impartial, yearly assessment on the situation of fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law in all Member States,..."
Pobuda za zakonodajno samoiniciativno poročilo „Mehanizem EU za demokracijo, pravno državo in temeljne pravice“ poslanke In 't Veld je bila dana z zahtevo Parlamenta, ki v resoluciji z dne 10. junija 2015 o razmerah na Madžarskem „poziva Komisijo, naj predloži predlog za vzpostavitev mehanizma EU za demokracijo, pravno državo in temeljne pravice ... in naj opravi nepristransko, letno oceno razmer na področju temeljnih pravic, demokracije in pravne države v vseh državah članicah ...“