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...