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INTERIM REPORT (COM(2025)0571 – C10-0000/2025 – 2025/0571R(APP))

On the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2028 to 2034

A-10-2026-0105

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares

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Parliament's interim report on the proposed Council regulation for the 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework sets out its negotiating position, calling for a larger budget and rejecting the Commission's approach. It demands specific funding levels for key policies, including agriculture, cohesion, fisheries, and social funds, and insists on maintaining the EU-wide character of spending. It also calls for new own resources, a mid-term review, and modifications to the proposed regulation and interinstitutional agreement to strengthen Parliament's role.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes that Parliament adopt a resolution setting out its mandate for MFF negotiations, calling for a larger budget and specific modifications to the Commission's proposal.

Key points

  1. Calls for the 2028-2034 MFF to be set at 1.27% of EU GNI, with NGEU debt servicing excluded and accounted for above the ceilings.
  2. Rejects the 'one plan per Member State' approach, insisting on separate, ring-fenced funding for CAP, cohesion, fisheries, and social policies.
  3. Demands specific budget amounts for CAP (EUR 433.01 billion), cohesion funds (EUR 306.93 billion), ESF+ (EUR 124.19 billion), and other programmes.
  4. Calls for increased funding for heading 2 programmes, including the ECF, Horizon Europe, CEF, Erasmus+, and others, with specific allocations.
  5. Calls for a larger Global Europe instrument (EUR 225 billion) and specific allocations for CFSP, overseas countries, and humanitarian aid.
  6. Insists on a Solidarity Reserve for Natural Disasters of EUR 4 billion per year and a Flexibility Instrument with additional sources.
  7. Demands a mid-term review of the MFF by July 2031 and a proposal for the next MFF by July 2032.
  8. Calls for new own resources generating at least EUR 60 billion per year and supports a crisis mechanism for up to EUR 395 billion in loans.
  9. Insists that all substantive policy choices be in basic acts, not work programmes, and that work programmes be adopted via delegated acts.
  10. Calls for strict application of rule-of-law conditionality across all EU funds and protection of final beneficiaries.
  11. Proposes modifications to the MFF regulation, including a new EURI instrument, a global margin for payments, and changes to special instruments.
  12. Proposes amendments to the Interinstitutional Agreement, including limiting deviations from indicative amounts to 5% and enhancing cooperation on rule of law.

Who is affected

  • EU institutions, particularly Parliament, Council, and Commission, as the report sets out Parliament's negotiating position for the MFF.
  • Farmers and fishers, as the report calls for specific funding levels for CAP and fisheries.
  • Regional and local authorities, who would be involved in designing and implementing programmes under heading 1.
  • Candidate countries and Ukraine, as the report calls for increased funding for enlargement and support.
  • Civil society organisations and final beneficiaries, who should not be penalised for rule-of-law breaches by governments.

Figures and deadlines

  • 1.27% of EU GNI for the MFF, with NGEU debt servicing excluded.
  • EUR 433.01 billion in current prices for CAP.
  • EUR 306.93 billion in current prices for structural and investment funds.
  • EUR 124.19 billion in current prices for ESF+.
  • EUR 225 billion in current prices for Global Europe.
  • EUR 4 billion per year for the Solidarity Reserve for Natural Disasters.
  • EUR 60 billion per year from new own resources.
  • EUR 395 billion in loans for the crisis mechanism.

Legal basis: Articles 8, 285, 287, 311, 312, 323 and 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union