Europees Parlement (EP)
Het Europees Parlement (EP) vertegenwoordigt ruim 450 miljoen Europeanen en bestaat momenteel uit 705 afgevaardigden (inclusief voorzitter). Nederland heeft 29 zetels in het Europees Parlement. Het Europees Parlement wordt geacht een stem te geven aan de volkeren van de 27 landen die aan de Unie deelnemen, en vooral te letten op het belang van de Unie in zijn geheel.
De leden van het Europees Parlement worden om de vijf jaar rechtstreeks gekozen door de burgers van de Europese Unie. De volgende verkiezingen zijn in 2024. Het Parlement debatteert op basis van voorstellen van de Europese Commissie en kan daarbij wijzigingen voorstellen, waarna het Parlement samen met de Raad van de Europese Unie een beslissing over deze voorstellen neemt.
Annual budget adopted following approval of Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2021
Funds for transport infrastructure, Digital Europe, climate action boosted
First annual budget of new seven-year financial framework
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Commitment appropriations for 2021 total â¬164.3 billion; payment appropriations total â¬166.1 billion. The details of the 4 December agreement between Parliament and Council are available here.
After Council formally approved the agreement with Parliament on Monday, Parliament approved the budget on Friday by 540 votes to 77, with 70 abstentions. It was then signed into law by President David Sassoli.
For a more competitive Europe, creating jobs and investing in the EUâs future
MEPs succeeded in bolstering, on top of the Commissionâs budget proposal, programmes they considered key to boosting growth and jobs, reflecting widely agreed European Union priorities, namely Digital Europe (+25.7 million) and the Connecting Europe Facility
Boosting funds for transport infrastructure, Digital Europe, climate action
First annual budget of new seven-year financial framework
MEPs have fought for and obtained better support for key EU programmes creating jobs, tackling the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and boosting climate action.
On Friday, the negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council reached a common understanding on the 2021 EU Budget.
The preliminary figures are €164.3 billion in commitment appropriations and €166.1 billion in payment appropriations. Detailed figures will be available later.
For a more competitive Europe, creating jobs and investing in the EU’s future
MEPs succeeded in reinforcing, on top of the Commission’s original budget proposal, programmes they considered key to boosting growth and jobs, reflecting widely agreed European Union priorities, namely Digital Europe (+25.7 million) and the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for transport infrastructure (+€60.3 million).