Brussels, Dec 15 (UNI) European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has signed the new Joint Declaration on the EU's legislative priorities for 2018-2019, alongside President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani and holder of the rotating Council Presidency and Prime Minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas.
The Declaration sets out 31 new legislative proposals tabled by the Commission which will be given priority treatment by the Parliament and Council for adoption or substantial progress by the time of the European Parliament elections in 2019, said a press release of the Commission on Thursday.
President Juncker said: "I have insisted since my election campaign in 2014 that under my watch the European Commission will be big on the big things that really matter to our citizens, and will deliver the positive results they are expecting by the time our mandate ends in 2019. I am glad that I can continue counting on the European Parliament and the Council as our allies in this work. The Joint Declaration on the EU's legislative priorities is our promise of no empty promises. It is a commitment to work intensively for the next 18 months to find concrete solutions to the challenges Europe is facing and to stay united in the interests of Europeans."