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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12174

18 January 2019
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Justice
European Parliament calls for ‘Rights and Values’ programme to be given a budget for 2021-2027 commensurate with challenges to be addressed
Brussels, 17/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 17 January, the European Parliament approved by 426 votes to 152 with 45 abstentions, the report drawn up by Swedish MEP Bodil Valero (Greens/EFA), which proposes to triple the budget allocated to the Rights and Values programme for the period 2021-2027 (see EUROPE 12030)

In the debate preceding the vote, the rapporteur called for a budget commensurate with the challenges ahead, i.e. €1.834 billion in current prices, instead of the €642 million proposed by the European...

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