MEPs from the relevant committees adopted (43 votes in favour, 9 against and 2 abstentions), on Thursday 13 December in Strasbourg, the report by Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D, Spain) and Petri Sarvamaa (EPP, Finland), which strengthens the proposal on budget protection in the event of a general failure of the rule of law in a Member State.
A series of compromise amendments have been endorsed by the European Parliament’s Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control. The text...