Priorities of the EP for the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2009

The European Parliament rejected by 102 votes to 306, with 207 abstentions, a proposal for a joint motion for a resolution from the EPP-ED, ALDE and UEN groups on the priorities of the EP for the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2009.

One of the most controversial issues concerns an amendment calling on the Commission to present a series of proposals for new social legislation as well as an amendment underlining the importance of pursuing the accession process with Croatia and Turkey, in hope that the two countries fulfil all the criteria in the necessary time.