Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

26.3.2025 A10-0042/34

Amendment 34

Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

1a. Stresses that the 2026 budget should avoid creating burdens for citizens and must aim to be more efficient, transparent and performance-based, providing concrete reductions in administrative expenditure and granting an efficient and accountable use of taxpayers’ money; underlines also the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to ensure full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/35

Amendment 35

Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 3 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

3a. Highlights that new measures adopted at EU level should not create an additional burden on SMEs;

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/36

Amendment 36

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

4a. Calls for a redirection of Horizon Europe funds towards technological innovation, and an end to its scattering on topics such as ‘Eco-Islam in Indonesia’, ‘White Islam: a new religion for Europeans’, ‘Integrating gender norms into innovation processes’, ‘Intersectional approach to energy solutions’ or ‘Gendered analysis of virtual reality’; calls for an end to the requirement to ‘integrate the gender dimension into research and innovation projects’ and to the obligation to ‘adopt a gender equality plan’ in order to apply for Horizon Europe funding;

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/37

Amendment 37

Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11. Highlights, in the face of new challenges in internal and external security, the importance of ensuring proper implementation of the Asylum and Migration Pact, in full compliance with international human rights law, and of respecting the principles of solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibility; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders, both land and maritime, are essential for maintaining the freedoms of the Schengen area and crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to better protect people from trafficking and enhance support to strengthen cross-border cooperation between the Member States and the Union in combating criminal networks, particularly those involved in migrant smuggling and human trafficking, so as to reinforce law enforcement and the judicial response to these criminal networks, as well as to support Member States facing hybrid threats, in particular the instrumentalisation of migrants as defined in the Crisis Regulation20;

11. Calls for the withdrawal of the Asylum and Migration Pact, and the introduction of real and efficient controls at the Schengen borders; stresses that effective protection of the EU’s external borders is essential to prevent illegal immigration and for the proper functioning of the Schengen area, and is crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; calls for the establishment of hubs outside the Schengen borders, where asylum seekers would await a decision on whether to be granted asylum or sent back to their country of arrival; calls for support from EU funds for the construction of physical barriers at the Schengen borders; underlines the need to strengthen the fight against criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling and trafficking and to address the EU’s vulnerability regarding the instrumentalisation of migrants as part of hybrid attacks;

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20 Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147, OJ L, 2024/1359, 22.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1359/oj.

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/38

Amendment 38

Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

11a. Underlines the failure of EU policies on preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the use of funding allocated in the field of migration, asylum and border management and the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, which should guarantee the proper implementation of a rigorous asylum policy in accordance with international standards, while blocking illegal immigration and ensuring border controls and an adequate repatriation policy;

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/39

Amendment 39

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

13a. Considers that CAP subsidies, currently conditional on compliance with environmental criteria, do not encourage production, require complex administrative procedures for farmers and costly controls for Member States; Calls for an all-round simplification of the CAP in order to encourage agricultural production in Europe and ensure the continent’s food security;

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26.3.2025 A10-0042/40

Amendment 40

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0042/2025

Andrzej Halicki

Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

(2024/2110(BUI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

15a. Calls on the Member States to provide additional investments in nuclear energy;

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