13/09/2022 (Agence Europe) – The President of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), Andrea Jelinek, and the President of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), Wojciech Wiewiórowski, sent a letter to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on Tuesday 13 September expressing their concern about the budget allocated to them for 2023, which is considered to be “clearly too low”. “The current limited resources create a serious obstacle - to the detriment of EU citizens”, commented Wiewiórowski, while the requested increase, below the ceiling of the EU’s seven-year financial plan, was rejected by the European Commission. The European Parliament will vote on the EU’s general budget for 2023 at the second plenary session in October. In the event that the EU Council does not accept all of the Parliament’s amendments, a meeting of the Conciliation Committee will be convened to agree a joint text within 21 days. (TM)