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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
16.10.2025 A100192/27
Amendment 27
Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
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| 4a. Considers that continuously increasing budgets without measurable or perceptible improvements for citizens is a failure and a source of growing and legitimate discredit for the Union; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/28
Amendment 28
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
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| 5a. Calls for limiting GNI-based own contributions to 1 % of GNI which would effectively mean a return to the level of Member State contributions before Brexit; underlines that expenditures should be cut accordingly to match own resources, focussing on the funds dedicated to the Green Deal, defence spending, and Union foreign policy; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/29
Amendment 29
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
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| 7. Deplores that the Council, in its position which it calls “prudent”, proposes to cut commitment appropriations by EUR 1,3 billion across the MFF headings; stresses that, by applying such largely unjustified cuts across headings on programme lines to generate additional unallocated margins, the Council’s reading sticks to an approach that is not fit for purpose in times of crisis and very volatile political, economic and international environment; underlines that this approach is not based in the reality of current budgetary needs; strongly opposes the Council cuts targeting programmes that benefit from the adjustment provided for in Article 5 of the MFF Regulation for “rebalancing and stabilisation”, since that would contradict the objective of that MFF provision, which was to strengthen specific political priorities; considers in addition that many of the budgetary cuts from important programmes such as Erasmus+ are made with the sole intention of repaying the NGEU interest costs cutting precisely from funding for the next generation of Europeans that is supposed to benefit the most from such programmes and which goes against the objectives of the EURI cascade mechanism to not cutting programmes; | 7. Fully agrees with the Council's responsible approach of opting for so-called “prudent” budgeting, creating artificial margins within the ceilings of the multiannual financial framework; commends the Council for proposing, in its position on the 2026 budget, as in previous years, significant reductions in the appropriations allocated to a number of programmes; deplores the irresponsible approach of the Commission, which, instead of seeking possible savings, continues to request new funds and create new programmes; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/30
Amendment 30
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
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| 7a. Accepts all cuts proposed by the Council to ensure adequate savings and reduce the fiscal pressure on citizens; Stresses the need for the Commission to provide reliable, up-to-date and accurate information on the costs incurred by the NGEU loans and the expected disbursements under the Recovery and Resilience Facility throughout the budgetary procedure; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/31
Amendment 31
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
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| 9a. Opposes the introduction of new own resources for the Union; stresses that the introduction of the Commission's proposals will further increase the fiscal pressure on citizens and businesses, in particular on small and medium-sized enterprises; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/32
Amendment 32
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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| 11. Notes that the 2026 budget will be the second full annual budgetary procedure under the revised MFF ceilings and rules; reminds that a certain level of redeployments, in particular under headings 1 and 6 was part of the MFF revision package; stresses its firm position to not see such reductions repeated or made worse in the annual procedure especially as margins have become extremely tight in the last years of implementation of the current MFF; | 11. Notes that the 2026 budget will be the second full annual budgetary procedure under the revised MFF ceilings and rules; reminds that a certain level of redeployments, in particular under Headings 1 and 6 was part of the MFF revision package; emphasises its firm position that significant savings must be found immediately in the Union budget in order to reduce the fiscal burden on Union citizens, who are already suffering the consequences of geopolitical events and rising prices; |
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16.10.2025 A100192/33
Amendment 33
Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka
on behalf of the ESN Group
Report A100192/2025
Andrzej Halicki, Matjaž Nemec
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
(11216/2025 – C10-0206/2025 – 2025/0210(BUD))
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
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| 13. Underlines, once again, that repayment of the EURI borrowing costs is a legal obligation for the Union and a non-discretionary expenditure item in the Union budget; takes note with concern that the NGEU overrun costs, i.e. the needs for the EURI refinancing costs which have not been programmed from the outset, amount to EUR 4,225 billion for 2026, twice the Commission’s forecast, as specified in the Amending Letter (AL) 1/2026; notes that the Commission, in its DB and in AL 1/2026, following the outcome of the conciliation 2025 applies a 50:50 approach to the cascade mechanism, covering an amount of EUR 2,113 billion from the budget - i.e. 50 % of the cost overruns - stemming from the unallocated margin under sub-heading 2b for an amount of EUR 73 million and by the Flexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 2 040 million, with the remaining half to be mobilised through the EURI instrument over and above the ceiling, covered by decommitments made since 2021; | 13. Reiterates with regret that the repayment of EURI borrowing costs is a legal obligation for the Union and constitutes a non-discretionary item of expenditure in the Union budget; notes with concern that the costs of exceeding the NGEU, i.e. the EURI refinancing costs that have not yet been programmed, amount to approximately EUR 4.3 billion, which is twice as much as the Commission had forecast, while Letter of Amendment No 1/2026 will update the estimates for 2026; notes that the Commission, in its draft budget, applies a 50:50 approach to the cascade mechanism, covering EUR 2,1 billion from the budget, namely 50 % of the cost overrun, resulting from the unallocated margin in subheading 2b of EUR 73 million and from the Flexibility Instrument of EUR 2 065 million, with the remaining half to be mobilised through the EURI above the ceiling, covered by decommitments made from 2021 onwards; draws attention to the Commission's irresponsible financial decisions, the consequences of which will be borne by citizens until at least 2058; |
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