Dialogue with European Parliament on preparations for new agency mandate

Representatives of the European Parliament are visiting the EMCDDA this week to discuss how the agency will adapt to its new mandate in 2024. New legislation published on 30 June grants the EMCDDA stronger powers to tackle current and future drug problems. The EMCDDA will become the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) on 2 July 2024, the day on which the new regulation enters into application. The EP delegation will be composed of two members of the EP’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Isabel Santos, rapporteur for the EUDA Regulation (PT, S&D) and shadow…