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REPORT (2025/2246(BUI))

On general guidelines for the preparation of the 2027 budget, Section III – Commission

A-10-2026-0044

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Nils Ušakovs

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This resolution sets Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework. It calls for a budget focused on delivery, competitiveness, social cohesion, security, and climate action, with adequate funding for programmes and support for vulnerable groups. It demands full use of decommitments, sufficient payment appropriations, and measures to reduce outstanding commitments. It stresses the need for new own resources and expresses concern about the impact of NGEU borrowing costs on the budget. The resolution calls for increased funding in areas such as cohesion, agriculture, research, Erasmus+, health, housing, migration management, external action, and defence, while insisting on rule of law conditionality and protection of EU funds.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes a resolution setting out Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 budget, calling for a budget that delivers on EU priorities, supports competitiveness and cohesion, and addresses challenges such as climate change and security.

Key points

  1. Calls for a 2027 budget that delivers on EU priorities, supports competitiveness, social and territorial cohesion, and security, while ensuring a socially fair transition and leaving no one behind.
  2. Insists that the EU budget is the largest investment instrument and must complement national budgets to respond to challenges.
  3. Recalls that the EU budget, reinforced by NGEU, helped address crises, but remains ill-equipped for evolving needs; stresses that NGEU financing costs must not reduce programme funding.
  4. Highlights that 2027 is the final year of the current MFF and should focus on effective delivery, reducing outstanding commitments, and building a foundation for the next MFF.
  5. Calls for support for local administrations' capacity to improve project implementation and maximise impact of EU funds.
  6. Emphasises the role of cohesion policy and calls for adequate funding to address challenges and support all regions, including outermost regions.
  7. Calls for investment in skills, training, and reskilling to address labour market gaps, support SMEs, and ensure a just transition.
  8. Calls for support for healthcare systems, mental health actions, and the EU4Health programme, including gender aspects of health.
  9. Highlights the importance of Creative Europe, the European Pillar of Social Rights, and support for families, including through the European Social Fund Plus.
  10. Calls for urgent investment to address the housing crisis, including renovation and mobilising private investment.
  11. Stresses the role of EU programmes in promoting values, democracy, and rule of law; calls for robust enforcement of digital legislation and support for civil society and investigative journalism.
  12. Calls for ambitious funding for Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps, with adjustments for inflation and support for people with fewer opportunities.

Who is affected

  • EU citizens, especially vulnerable groups such as children, young people, persons with disabilities, and those at risk of poverty or social exclusion.
  • Farmers, fishers, and rural communities, with calls for fair income and support for new and young farmers.
  • Member states, particularly front-line states bordering Ukraine, Russia, or Belarus, and those with external borders, for security and migration support.
  • Civil society organisations, including those promoting democracy and human rights, and investigative journalists.
  • Ukraine and other partner countries, with calls for continued support and conditionality.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 660 billion annually for energy-related investments
  • EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine
  • EUR 210 billion in frozen Russian assets
  • EUR 10 billion in interest costs in 2027
  • EUR 4.98 billion in financial programming for interest costs
  • 24.2 % of children in the EU faced poverty or social exclusion in 2024
  • At least EUR 20 billion dedicated budget for the European Child Guarantee
  • 15.2 % youth unemployment rate in October 2025

Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union