4. Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 10-11 December 2020 - MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources - Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 *** - Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources - Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States ***II (debate)

Verbatim reports

European Council and Commission statement: conclusions of the European Council meeting of 10-11 December 2020 (2020/2862(RSP))

MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources (2020/2923(RSP))

Recommendation on the draft Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 [09970/2020 - C9-0409/2020 - 2018/0166(APP)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Jan Olbrycht and Margarida Marques (A9-0260/2020)

Report on conclusion of an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources [COM(2018)0323 - C8-0189/2018 - 2018/2070(ACI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Esteban González Pons (A9-0261/2020)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget [09980/1/2020 - C9-0407/2020 - 2018/0136(COD)] - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteurs: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial and Petri Sarvamaa (A9-0262/2020)

Charles Michel (President of the European Council), Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) and Michael Roth (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dacian Cioloş, on behalf of the Renew Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johan Van Overtveldt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Sabrina Pignedoli, non-attached Member.

Jan Olbrycht introduced the recommendation A9-0260/2020.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA
Vice-President

Margarida Marques introduced the recommendation A9-0260/2020, Esteban González Pons introduced the report A9-0261/2020 and Eider Gardiazabal Rubial and Petri Sarvamaa introduced the recommendation for second reading A9-0262/2020.

The following spoke: Terry Reintke (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), José Manuel Fernandes, Elisabetta Gualmini, Valérie Hayer, Jörg Meuthen, Rasmus Andresen, Bogdan Rzońca, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Márton Gyöngyösi, Daniel Caspary, Eric Andrieu, Moritz Körner, Jaak Madison, David Cormand, Derk Jan Eppink, Silvia Modig, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Andrzej Halicki, Simona Bonafè, Katalin Cseh, Gilles Lebreton, Bas Eickhout, Peter Lundgren, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, Dolors Montserrat, Kati Piri, Luis Garicano, Tom Vandendriessche, Daniel Freund, Hermann Tertsch, François-Xavier Bellamy, Heléne Fritzon, Guy Verhofstadt, Antonio Maria Rinaldi, Tineke Strik, Carlo Fidanza, Othmar Karas, Pedro Marques, Malik Azmani, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Antonio Tajani, Eero Heinäluoma, Sophia in 't Veld, Monika Hohlmeier, Jens Geier, Sandro Gozi, Paulo Rangel, Kathleen Van Brempt, Seán Kelly, Robert Biedroń and Ivan Štefanec.

The following spoke: Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

- Manfred Weber, Esteban González Pons, Siegfried Mureşan, Jan Olbrycht, José Manuel Fernandes and Petri Sarvamaa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial and Margarida Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dacian Cioloş, Katalin Cseh, Luis Garicano, Valérie Hayer and Moritz Körner, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ska Keller, Philippe Lamberts, Terry Reintke, Ernest Urtasun, Rasmus Andresen, David Cormand, Alexandra Geese, Daniel Freund and Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the Interinstitutional Agreement, the EU Recovery Instrument and the Rule of Law Regulation (2020/2923(RSP)) (B9-0428/2020);

- Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Bogdan Rzońca, Roberts Zīle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Elżbieta Rafalska, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Beata Mazurek, Witold Jan Waszczykowski, Anna Fotyga, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Kosma Złotowski, Izabela Helena Kloc, Elżbieta Kruk, Andżelika Anna Możdżanowska, Valdemar Tomaševski, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Cristian Terheş and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources package (2020/2923(RSP)) (B9-0429/2020).

The debate closed.

The President announced that no proposal to reject the Council’s position at first reading or amendments to that position had been tabled under Rules 67 and 68 (09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020 - 2018/0136(COD)).

The act is therefore deemed to have been adopted (P9_TA(2020)0356).
(‘Results of Votes’ Annex of 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 December 2020, Item 13)

Vote: minutes of 16.12.2020, item 15 (amendments); minutes of 16.12.2020, item 15 and minutes of 17.12.2020, item 2 (final vote).

(The sitting was suspended at 12.05.)