(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Council position at first reading (06833/1/2020 – C9‑0144/2021),

–  having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 October 2018(1),

–  having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 10 October 2018(2),

–  having regard to its position at first reading(3) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0383),

–  having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–  having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9-0144/2021),

1.  Approves the Council position at first reading;

2.  Approves the joint declaration by Parliament and the Council annexed to this resolution;

3.  Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

4.  Instruct its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

5.  Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication, together with joint declaration of the European Parliament and the Council thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union;

6.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

(1) OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 178. (2) OJ C 461, 21.12.2018, p. 196. (3) Texts adopted of 17.4.2019, P8_TA(2019)0407.

Joint declaration of the European Parliament and the Council on financing the Union values strand in 2021

Without prejudice to the powers of the budgetary authority, the co-legislators agree that the Union Values strand of the Citizenship, Equality, Rights and Values programme should be equipped with substantial funding from 1 January 2021.

The co-legislators call upon the Commission to take appropriate actions to reach that objective, especially to assess the use of flexibility instruments under the legal framework of the annual EU budget for 2021, in accordance with the activation criteria laid down in the MFF regulation.