European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: pursuing actions on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters, Treaty TEU Title VI

 The committee adopted the report by Magda KÓSÁNÉ KOVÁCS (PES, HU) approving the proposed decision on the activities of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, subject to just one amendment (under the consultation procedure). This introduced a new recital referring to Article 11 of the TEU, stipulating that the Union should "define and implement a common foreign and security policy covering all areas of foreign and security policy, with the objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms".