Draft amending budget no 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024

2.7.2025 A10-0116/5

Amendment 5

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0116/2025

Victor Negrescu

Draft amending budget no 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024

2025/0091(BUD)

Motion for a resolution

Recital D a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

D a. whereas, given the EU’s level of indebtedness, the dramatic rise in interest costs, the absence of a repayment plan and the already heavy tax burden on European taxpayers, the only reasonable option is to allocate the entire budget surplus to the repayment of the NGEU loan;

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2.7.2025 A10-0116/6

Amendment 6

Sarah Knafo

on behalf of the ESN Group

Report A10-0116/2025

Victor Negrescu

Draft amending budget no 1/2025: entering the surplus of the financial year 2024

2025/0091(BUD)

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

7 a. Rejects the creation of any new own resource that would burden European taxpayers; emphasises the need to drastically reduce EU spending to alleviate the tax burden and avoid passing on an even heavier burden to future generations due to the debt created by the “Next Generation EU” loan;

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