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Report 2025/0210(BUD) 2025-10-16
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
17.10.2025 A10-0192/62
Amendment 62
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
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| 2. Stresses that, in times of uncertainties stemming from geopolitical instability and heightened security threats as well as the rise in global protectionism and the worsening costs and effects of climate change and biodiversity crisis as well as well as economic and social challenges threatening European people and societies, a reliable, results- and investment-oriented as well as sustainable Union budget remains instrumental for the implementation of the Union’s policies, including cohesion, to provide the people in the Union, who are facing increasingly high costs of living, with a robust ecosystem and to deliver on their priorities; including by exploiting to the fullest possible extent the prevention as well as the crisis response capacity of the Union budget; emphasises that the Union budget must maintain an adequate level of ambition for the prosecution of Union’s policy priorities and to leverage private investment, | 2. Stresses that, in times of uncertainties stemming from geopolitical instability and heightened security threats as well as the rise in global protectionism and the worsening costs and effects of climate change and biodiversity crisis as well as well as economic and social challenges threatening European people and societies, a reliable, and investment-oriented as well as sustainable Union budget remains instrumental for the implementation of the Union’s policies, including cohesion, to provide the people in the Union, who are facing increasingly high costs of living, with a robust ecosystem and to deliver on their priorities; including by exploiting to the fullest possible extent the prevention as well as the crisis response capacity of the Union budget; emphasis the need for long-term planification of industrial policy based on societal needs and the general interest; emphasises that the EU budget must maintain an adequate level of ambition for the prosecution of EU policy priorities and to leverage private investment, |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/63
Amendment 63
Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla'
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
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| 5. Considers that the Union budget, on account of its size, structure and rules, has a very limited capacity to respond appropriately in 2026 to the challenges facing the Union and has insufficient resources to adequately address the current economic, social, climate and environmental as well security challenges or to adequately finance and implement today’s priorities; recalls its long-standing position that new policy priorities or tasks should be accompanied by fresh money and that Union institutions and bodies, must be properly staffed and adequately resourced to fulfil their mandate and additional tasks; emphasises that all spending through the Union budget must be subject to parliamentary scrutiny; | 5. Considers that the Union budget should be used to adequately address the current economic, social, climate and environmental, and security challenges and to adequately finance and implement today’s priorities and not to finance arms companies; recalls its long-standing position that new policy priorities or tasks should be accompanied by fresh money and that Union institutions and bodies, must be properly staffed and adequately resourced to fulfil their mandate and additional tasks; emphasises that all spending through the Union budget must be subject to parliamentary scrutiny; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/64
Amendment 64
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
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| 6. Recalls the binding nature of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 on the protection of the Union budget; reiterates that the allocation and implementation of Union funds under all programmes and budgetary headings shall take place only in full respect of democratic principles, transparency and fundamental rights; stresses in particular that Member States and beneficiaries must have effective mechanisms in place to prevent, detect and remedy conflicts of interest at all levels of management, control and decision-making relating to Union funds and that the Union budget must be protected from any forms of conflict of interest; | 6. Recalls the binding nature of Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union and of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 on the protection of the Union budget; reiterates that the allocation and implementation of Union funds under all programmes and budgetary headings shall take place only in full respect of democratic principles, transparency and fundamental rights; stresses in particular that Member States and beneficiaries must have effective mechanisms in place to prevent, detect and remedy conflicts of interest at all levels of management, control and decision-making relating to Union funds and that the EU budget must be protected from any forms of conflict of interest; insists that access to Union funds must also be conditional on beneficiaries’ compliance with Union and national labour and environmental law, which should be subject to verification with proportionate sanctions, such as suspension, recovery or temporary exclusion, applied in the event of breaches; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/65
Amendment 65
Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla'
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
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| 9. Welcomes the Commission's new efforts to present more options for new sources of revenue for the Union budget; in this respect, takes note of the Commission’s proposal for a Council Decision on the System of Own Resources of the European Union of 16 July 2025; stresses that new genuine own resources are essential not only to enable repayment of NGEU borrowing, but to ensure that the Union is equipped to cover its higher spending needs; calls on the Council to speed up its work on the new own resources; | 9. Welcomes the Commission's new efforts to present more options for new sources of revenue for the Union budget; in this respect, takes note of the Commission’s proposal for a Council Decision on the System of Own Resources of the European Union of 16 July 2025; stresses that, in the context of the search for new own resources, consideration should be given to the introduction of a Digital Service Tax (DST), as already proposed by the Commission in 2018; stresses that new genuine own resources are essential not only to enable repayment of NGEU borrowing, but to ensure that the Union is equipped to cover its higher spending needs; calls on the Council to speed up its work on the new own resources; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/66
Amendment 66
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
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| 10 a. Considers that the 2026 Budget should prioritise the urgent social needs of European citizens instead of subsidising the excessive profits, dividends and share buybacks of arms multinationals; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/67
Amendment 67
Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure, Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
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| 10 b. Underlines that the salaries and benefits of Commissioners, Members and the President of the Council are very generous; is concerned that such disproportionately high salaries completely alienate those people from everyday lives, needs and struggles; considers, therefore, that allocating more reasonable salaries and benefits would increase the chance of the 2026 Budget proposals being more in line with the needs of working people; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/68
Amendment 68
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
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| 17. Recalls that programmes under heading 1 play a crucial role in supporting research and innovation in key sectors, including health, energy and climate, enhancing the Union’s competitiveness, driving sustainable growth, economic development and quality job creation with an emphasis on SMEs, boosting funding for cross-border infrastructure, in particular in the sustainable transport, energy and digital sectors, thus contributing significantly to the green and digital transitions; | 17. Recalls that programmes under heading 1 play a crucial role in supporting research and innovation in key sectors, including health, energy and climate, enhancing the Union’s autonomy, driving sustainable growth, economic development and quality job creation quality working conditions, and the reinforcement of workers skills with an emphasis on SMEs, boosting funding for cross-border infrastructure, in particular in the sustainable transport, energy and digital sectors, thus contributing significantly to the green and digital transitions; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/69
Amendment 69
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
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| 18. Highlights the vital role that Horizon Europe plays in this context; recalls that the programme remains heavily over-subscribed and is therefore unable to support a large number of research projects evaluated as ‘excellent’; proposes, therefore, to increase allocations for the programme by a total of EUR 60 million compared to the DB, with reinforcements for the Cluster ‘Health’ to boost R&D, including research in areas such as cardiovascular diseases, lifestyles focusing on primary and secondary prevention as key objectives to increase life expectancy in the Union, cancer, antimicrobial resistance, non-communicable and rare diseases, palliative care, mitigating health risks, and mental health, as well as for the Cluster ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ and the Cluster ‘Climate, Energy, Mobility’, with special attention and support to research projects in the area of decarbonisation in Europe; | 18. Highlights the vital role that Horizon Europe plays in this context; recalls that the programme remains heavily over-subscribed and is therefore unable to support a large number of research projects evaluated as ‘excellent’; proposes, therefore, to increase allocations for the programme by a total of EUR 60 million compared to the DB, with reinforcements for the Cluster ‘Health’ to boost R&D, including research in areas such as cardiovascular diseases, lifestyles focusing on primary and secondary prevention as key objectives to increase life expectancy in the EU, cancer, antimicrobial resistance, non-communicable and rare diseases, palliative care, mitigating health risks, and mental health, as well as for the Cluster ‘Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society’ and the Cluster ‘Climate, Energy, Mobility’;with special attention and support to research projects in the area of decarbonisation in Europe; recalls that the Horizon Europe programme funds research projects by Israeli companies involved in the genocide in Gaza, in contravention of Article 2 of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel, which stipulates that the application of the Agreement is conditional on respect for human rights; calls for the withdrawal of such funding. |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/70
Amendment 70
Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
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| 22. Reiterates the substantial investment needs in forward-looking digital infrastructure, underpinned by well-regulated, human-centred and trustworthy artificial intelligence and cybersecurity; stresses in this context the need to improve digital skills to match the needs of companies and to equip citizens to counter disinformation; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 4 million to the Skills strand of the Digital Europe Programme; | 22. Reiterates the substantial investment needs in forward-looking digital infrastructure, underpinned by well-regulated, human-centred by ensuring good working conditions and trustworthy artificial intelligence and cybersecurity; stresses in this context the need to improve digital skills to match the needs of companies and to equip citizens to counter disinformation; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 4 million to the Skills strand of the Digital Europe Programme; |
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17.10.2025 A10-0192/71
Amendment 71
Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith
on behalf of The Left Group
Report A10-0192/2025
Andrzej Halicki
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections
2025/0210(BUD)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
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| 22 a. Recalls that the wealth of the top 0,5 % wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; recalls that, according to the last Oxfam study, the poorest half of people in the EU (181 million adults) had the same share of Europe’s wealth as the richest 0.001% (3,600 adults); recalls that, according to the last Commission Eurobarometer, 65 % of Europeans support the introduction of a tax for the wealthiest individuals; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce a minimum tax of 2% on the wealth of people owning more than 100 million, known as the “Zucman tax”, as an EU own resource, that could raise EUR 67 billion accord to the EU tax observatory; |
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