Active European citizenship: Europe for Citizens programme 2007-2013

 The committee adopted the report by Hannu TAKKULA (ALDE, FI) broadly approving the Council's common position under the 2nd reading of the codecision procedure, subject to a few amendments:

- the general objectives of the programme should include enhancing tolerance;

- the share in the overall budget for projects under Action 1 ('Active citizens for Europe') should be reduced from 47% to 45%;

- the share in the overall budget for projects under Action 2 ('Active civil society in Europe') should be increased from 29% to 31%.