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Report (2026/0144(BUD))

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/9

Amendment 9

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
7a. Deplores the growing reliance on special instruments to finance expenditure that should be adequately provided for through sound and prudent budgetary planning; stresses that exceptional instruments should remain a measure of last resort and must not become a permanent substitute for responsible budgetary management;

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/10

Amendment 10

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8. Takes note that negotiations on the Proposal for Green Claims Directive8 are at a standstill and that the Commission’s European forest monitoring proposal was withdrawn from the list of the Commission’s pending initiatives; notes that, as a consequence, all the corresponding financial resources that were planned for the implementation of the relevant tasks by the European Environment Agency can be returned to the LIFE programme, from which these appropriations were initially offset;8. Takes note that negotiations on the Proposal for Green Claims Directive8 are at a standstill and that the Commission’s European forest monitoring proposal was withdrawn from the list of the Commission’s pending initiatives; notes that, as a consequence, all the corresponding financial resources that were planned for the implementation of the relevant tasks by the European Environment Agency should result in a corresponding reduction in the GNI-based contributions of the Member States;
8 COM(2023) 166.8 COM(2023) 166.

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/11

Amendment 11

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
8a. Underlines that any savings resulting from the withdrawal, suspension or abandonment of Union legislative initiatives should be used as a matter of priority to reduce the GNI-based contributions of Member States; opposes the use of such savings to finance new expenditure or to further expand the scope of the Union budget;

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/12

Amendment 12

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 a (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10a. Stresses that the long-term sustainability of the Union’s finances cannot be ensured through a permanent increase in the financial burden on citizens and Member States; considers that the Union should first undertake an ambitious reduction in its administrative expenditure and institutional operating costs before considering the introduction of new own resources or any increase to Member State contributions;

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/13

Amendment 13

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10 b (new)

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
10b. Recalls that, rather than creating new own resources, which would impose an unjustified additional burden on individuals and businesses, it is essential to ensure the effective collection of revenue already due to the Union budget, a significant proportion of which remains uncollected as a result of fraud, under-reporting and inadequate controls; underlines that customs fraud and VAT fraud, in particular, have been consistently documented by the European Court of Auditors and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office;

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9.9.2026 A10-0224/14

Amendment 14

Auke Zijlstra, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

on behalf of the PfE Group

Report A10-0224/2026

Andrzej Halicki

Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

(2026/0144(BUD))

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

Motion for a resolutionAmendment
11. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026;11. Takes note of the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026;

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