Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

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11.6.2025 A10-0098/2

Amendment 2

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0098/2025

Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan

Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

(2024/2085(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	1a. Recalls that the RRF constitutes, first and foremost, a new source of debt for Member States already burdened with high levels of indebtedness; stresses that all RRF expenditure, together with interest payments and operational costs, must ultimately be repaid by European taxpayers, who are already overburdened by taxation;

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11.6.2025 A10-0098/3

Amendment 3

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0098/2025

Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan

Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

(2024/2085(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
18. Notes that only 13 Member States have requested loans and that EUR 92 billion of the EUR 385.8 billion available will remain unused since this amount was not committed by the deadline of 31 December 2023; takes note of the fact that loans were attractive for Member States that faced higher borrowing costs on the financial markets or that sought to compensate for a reduction in RRF grants; points out that some Member States have made limited use of RRF loans, either due to strong fiscal positions or administrative considerations; calls on the Commission to analyse the reasons for the low uptake in some Member States and to consider these findings when designing future EU financial instruments; notes with concern that national financial instruments to implement the NRRPs have not been sufficiently publicised, leading to limited awareness and uptake by potential beneficiaries; considers that a political discussion is needed on the use of unspent funds in the light of tight public budgets and urgent EU strategic priorities; calls for an assessment of how and under which conditions unused RRF funds could be redirected to boost Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, defence, and social, economic and territorial cohesion, particularly through investments in digital and green technologies aligned with the RRF’s original purpose;	18. Notes that only 13 Member States have requested loans and that EUR 92 billion of the EUR 385.8 billion available will remain unused since this amount was not committed by the deadline of 31 December 2023; takes note of the fact that loans were attractive for Member States that faced higher borrowing costs on the financial markets or that sought to compensate for a reduction in RRF grants, but not for Member States that had access to lower market rates for borrowing; points out that some Member States have made limited use of RRF loans, either due to strong fiscal positions or administrative considerations; calls on the Commission to analyse the reasons for the low uptake in some Member States and to consider these findings when designing future EU financial instruments; notes with concern that national financial instruments to implement the NRRPs have not been sufficiently publicised, leading to limited awareness and uptake by potential beneficiaries; considers that a political discussion is needed on the use of unspent funds in the light of tight public budgets; believes that such funds should be used for early repayment of the related debt in order to reduce the associated interest costs, which are already estimated to exceed initial expectations by between EUR 17 billion and EUR 27 billion; calls for an assessment of how and under which conditions unused RRF funds could be redirected to boost Europe’s competitiveness, resilience, defence, and social, economic and territorial cohesion, particularly through investments in digital and green technologies aligned with the RRF’s original purpose;

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11.6.2025 A10-0098/4

Amendment 4

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0098/2025

Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan

Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

(2024/2085(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	19a. Rejects any tax increases or new taxes, given the already heavy fiscal burden on European taxpayers; stresses that the resources needed to repay the NextGenerationEU debt should be obtained through reductions in EU expenditure;

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11.6.2025 A10-0098/5

Amendment 5

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0098/2025

Victor Negrescu, Siegfried Mureşan

Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility

(2024/2085(INI))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
21. Takes note of the Commission’s target to fund up to 30 % of NGEU costs by issuing greens bonds; notes that by 31 December 2024 the Commission had issued European green bonds amounting to EUR 68.2 billion;	21. Takes note of the Commission’s target to fund up to 30 % of NGEU costs by issuing greens bonds; notes that by 31 December 2024 the Commission had issued European green bonds amounting to EUR 68.2 billion; emphasises that this bond issuance amounts to ‘borrowing to repay’, which constitutes a dangerous overreach and risks trapping the EU in a vicious cycle of indebtedness;

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