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REPORT (09919/2026 – C100145/2026 – 2026/0090(BUD))

On the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026 of the European Union for the financial year 2026 entering the surplus of the financial year 2025

A-10-2026-0180

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Andrzej Halicki

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026, which enters the 2025 surplus of EUR 2,095 million into the 2026 budget. It regrets that the surplus reduces Member States' GNI-based contributions and calls for new own resources of at least EUR 60 billion per year for the next MFF.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes that Parliament approve the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026, entering the 2025 surplus of EUR 2,095 million into the 2026 budget.
  2. Notes the surplus components: positive revenue outturn of EUR 1,994 million and under-spend of EUR 101 million.
  3. Welcomes that the surplus is driven by higher customs duties (EUR 860 million) and financial revenue, default interest and fines (EUR 840 million).
  4. Regrets that budgeting the surplus reduces Member States' GNI-based contributions, stressing the need for budget flexibility in the last years of the current MFF.
  5. Recalls that windfall gains from fines and fees should be supplementary revenue, not decrease GNI-based contributions.
  6. Notes the adjusted GNI lump-sum reductions for five Member States of around EUR 5.8 billion net, highlighting that inflation-linked rebates increase faster than MFF ceilings.
  7. Welcomes the negative income item of EUR 54 million for settlement agreement costs, but invites the Commission to propose a definitive solution after 31 December 2027.
  8. Calls for sustainable, predictable revenue and new own resources of at least EUR 60 billion per year for an ambitious MFF 2028-2034.

Who is affected

  • Member States: their GNI-based contributions to the 2026 budget decrease by the surplus amount.
  • Five beneficiary Member States: receive adjusted annual GNI lump-sum reductions of around EUR 5.8 billion net.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 2,095 million: surplus of financial year 2025 entered in the 2026 budget.
  • EUR 1,994 million: positive outturn on revenue.
  • EUR 101 million: under-spend on expenditure.
  • EUR 860 million: higher-than-expected customs duties.
  • EUR 840 million: financial revenue, default interest and fines.
  • EUR 5.8 billion: net adjusted annual GNI lump-sum reductions for five Member States.
  • EUR 54 million: negative income item under Article 425.
  • EUR 60 billion per year: new revenue streams needed for an ambitious MFF 2028-2034.

Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.