What changed
The versions differ only in formal points and wording: the title of the draft amending budget is completed, a percentage format is corrected, and two abbreviations are spelled out. #1#2#3#4
0 changes of substance, plus 3 formaland2 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.
The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.
Change #1 Formal
Adds the word "No" to the title of the draft amending budget.
A. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2025 is to enter in the 2025 budget the surplus resulting from the implementation of the financial year 2024, which amounts to EUR 1 345 million;
Change #2 Formal
Corrects the percentage format from "0,02%" to "0,02 %".
D. whereas, on the expenditure side, under-implementation in payments by all institutions, including cancellations of appropriations carried over, totalled EUR 273 million (equalling 0,02%0,02 % of authorised payment appropriations);
Change #3 Formal
Adds the word "No" to the title of the draft amending budget.
1. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 1/2025 as submitted by the Commission, which is to budget the 2024 surplus, for an amount of EUR 1 345 million, in accordance with Article 18(3) of the Financial Regulation;
Change #4 Wording
Replaces the abbreviation "MFF" with the full phrase "multiannual financial framework".
6. Takes note of the negative income item under the new Article 425, amounting to EUR 534 million and welcomes this method of incorporating costs for the budget stemming from payment made under settlement agreement entailing compensatory interest and default interest compensation related to the repayment of annulled or reduced competition fines in accordance with the pertinent judgements of the Court of Justice; recalls that the Parliament, when negotiating the recast of the Financial Regulation, had insisted on the application of this approach since the alternative solution would have been additional expenditure appropriations in the already overstretched Heading 7; recalls that this solution comes to an end on 31 December 2027; invites the Commission to propose a definitive solution for the next MFFmultiannual financial framework that achieves the same objective of avoiding any impact on the expenditure side of the budget;
Change #5 Wording
Replaces the abbreviation "NGEU" with the full name "NextGenerationEU".
8. Calls furthermore on the Commission to continue efforts to identify additional innovative and genuine new own resources and other revenue sources beyond those specified in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020; stresses that new own resources are essential not only to enable repayment of NGEUNextGenerationEU borrowing, but to ensure that the Union is equipped to cover its the higher spending needs, in particular in the context of the multiple challenges the Union is currently facing, including the new geopolitical context; considers that all new Union policies and challenges must involve new financial means and additional fresh resources;