Brussels, 16 December 2021
On the 16th of December, the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the Council of the European Union signed a Joint Declaration on EU legislative priorities for 2022.
Europe’s actions in the coming years will be guided by the legislative priorities set out in the Joint Declaration for 2022 and the Joint Conclusions on policy objectives and priorities for 2020-2024. The three institutions have 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.
Moreover, they also committed:
- to work to eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote equal rights and opportunities for all,
- to the continued implementation of national recovery and resilience plans,
- to the implementation of the binding roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources in due time,
- to improve global access to COVID-19 vaccines,
- to strengthen the EU’s role as a global actor across all geographic areas, as well as bilateral and multilateral partnerships,
- to reinvigorate the accession process in the strategic interest of the Union, in accordance with the enhanced enlargement methodology.
Source: European Commission