The European Parliament adopted by 565 votes to 84, with 36 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council regulation establishing for the period 2014-2020 the programme "Europe for Citizens".
Parliament gave its consent to the draft Council Regulation as set out in the text which was the subject of a compromise between the European Parliament and the Council (please refer to the summary of 17/09/2013 of the procedure file).
Dual legal basis: plenary adopted a statement in which the Parliament affirmed its conviction that this Regulation pursues also the objectives linked to culture and history as enshrined in Article 167 TFEU. Therefore a dual legal basis entailing the ordinary legislative procedure should have been applied to this dossier.
The only reason why the European Parliament gave up its position on the dual legal basis and hence its claim on codecision and accepted the consent procedure - in accordance with the Commission's proposal based on Article 352 TFEU - was its desire to avoid a complete procedural deadlock and a consequent delay in the entry into force of the Programme.
The European Parliament draws attention to its determination not to allow such a situation to arise again.