RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights - A9-0227/2021
on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
- on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
(COM(2020)0225 C90243/2021 2020/0112(APP))
(Special legislative procedure consent)
The European Parliament,
having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2020)0225),
having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C90243/2021),
having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 20 May 2021 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights[1].
- In its Interim Report adopted on 20 May 2021, the Parliament recalled how much it values the outstanding role played by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) in providing information, assistance and expertise on fundamental right issues and in defending and protecting of fundamental rights in the EU.
- The proposed completion of the revision of the Agencys mandate and operating rules is therefore most welcome, in line with EUs institutional changes since the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.
- The text on which the Parliament is asked to provide its consent is however less ambitious than what our institution would have expected.