The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Parliament approved the annex attached to the resolution in which it amended the Commission proposal. It called for the Flexibility Instrument to be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 243 039 699 in commitment appropriations in heading 3 (Security and Citizenship). This amount shall be used to finance immediate measures to address the current health crisis in the European Union resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Based on the expected payment profile, Parliament decided that the payment appropriations corresponding to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument shall be estimated as follows:
- EUR 123 950 247 in 2020;
- EUR 71 453 672 in 2021;
- EUR 23 817 890 in 2022;
- EUR 23 817 890 in 2023.