What changed

From · report parliamentary committee draft · 28 Aug 2024 BUDG-PR-763033 on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 entering the surplus of the financial year 2023

To · Plenary report · 8 Oct 2024 A-10-2024-0005 on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 entering the surplus of the financial year 2023

✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

Adds emphasis on budget flexibility and increasing needs, and calls for progress on own resources reform. #1 #2 #3 #4

4 changes of substance. 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 Substance

Drops the sentence noting that margins and flexibility remain tight despite the MFF revision and the new EURI Instrument.

E. whereas, with Draft amending budget 2/2024, the annual GNI lump-sum reductions enjoyed by Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Austria amount to around EUR 5,4 billion net; whereas margins and flexibility in the Union budget remain very tight despite the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the introduction of the new EURI Instrument to underwrite increased borrowing costs for the European Union Recovery Instrument;

Change #2 Substance

Adds a recital stating that margins and flexibility remain tight despite the MFF revision and the EURI Instrument, which are volatile, and that budgetary needs are increasing.

F. whereas margins and flexibility in the Union budget remain very tight despite the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the introduction of the new EURI Instrument to underwrite increased borrowing costs for the European Union Recovery Instrument, which are inherently volatile, causing uncertainty for the budget; whereas, in this challenging context, budgetary needs are increasing;

Change #3 Substance

Adds a clause underlining that the budget must retain sufficient flexibility to cope with unforeseen events and new priorities.

3. Underlines that the surplus reduces the total contribution of Member States to the financing of the 2024 budget at a time when financing needs remain high and space within the Union budget extremely limited; underlines that the budget must retain sufficient flexibility to enable the Union to cope with unforeseen events and new emerging priorities;

Change #4 Substance

Adds a paragraph emphasizing the need for sustainable revenue, deploring lack of Council progress on own resources reform, and urging swift adoption of proposals.

6. Emphasises the need for sustainable revenue for the Union budget; deplores, therefore, the absence of progress in the Council on the reform of the own resources system in line with the roadmap in the Interinstitutional Agreement; recalls its position in support of the amended Commission proposals and urges the Council to adopt those proposals swiftly in order to increase the own resources available to the Union budget;