11/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 11 January, the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) validated the provisional interinstitutional agreement concluded in December 2020 on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (see EUROPE 12626/1), the instrument at the heart of the Next Generation EU recovery plan. The agreement, which was in fact approved by a strong majority (78 votes in favour, 5 against, 13 abstentions), and was welcomed on Twitter by Siegfried Mureșan (EPP, Romania), the co-rapporteur on this dossier. The plenary vote is scheduled to take place in February. (MB)