07 January 2022

EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2022

The leaders of the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Council of the European Union signed on 16 December 2021 a Joint Declaration on EU legislative priorities for 2022. The Joint Declaration sets out the institutions' shared vision for a transformed, more resilient Europe, and highlights key legislative proposals that are currently in the hands of the co-legislators or will be put forward by the European Commission by the autumn of 2022.

The three EU institutions agreed to deliver an ambitious political and legislative agenda for recovery and renewed vitality between now and 2024. In 2022, the institutions will particularly focus on:

  • implementing the European Green Deal,
  • achieving a Europe fit for the digital age,
  • delivering an economy that works for people,
  • making Europe stronger in the world,
  • promoting our European way of life, including when facing health crises,
  • protecting and strengthening our democracy and defending common European values.

Additionally, the EU institutions commit, among others, to strengthen the EU’s role as a global actor across all geographic areas, as well as bilateral and multilateral partnerships and to continued implementation of national recovery and resilience plans.

Source: European Commission