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REPORT (11547/2026 – C100218/2026 – 2026/0196(BUD))

On the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027

A-10-2026-0272

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Nils Ušakovs (Section III – Commission)

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Parliament's resolution sets out its position on the Council's position on the draft 2027 budget. It restores Council cuts across all headings and adds reinforcements to programmes, agencies and institutions. It restores the EUR 180 million cut to the EURI line, isolates liquidity management costs in new budget lines, and calls for full mobilisation of the Ukraine Support Loan Instrument. It reinforces programmes under Headings 1 to 7, creates reserves on two lines, adopts a package of pilot projects and preparatory actions, and reinforces payments on amended lines. For Parliament's own section it raises the optional pension scheme line by EUR 10 028 000, and for the other institutions it increases appropriations and staff for justified cases.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes to restore the Council's cuts across all headings, add reinforcements to priority programmes and agencies, isolate EURI and Ukraine loan liquidity costs in new lines, and increase appropriations and staff for institutions in justified cases.

Key points

  1. Recalls that the Council proposes to cut commitment appropriations by EUR 1 003,2 million and payment appropriations by EUR 501,8 million across the MFF headings.
  2. Rejects the Council's approach of creating margins by cutting programmes, and restores all Council cuts to keep programmes properly resourced.
  3. Restores the EUR 180 million cut to the EURI line; proposes that 65 % of EURI cost overruns be financed from the EURI decommitment compartment of EUR 3 320 296 411.
  4. Asks that the estimated EUR 350 million liquidity management cost for 2027 be placed in a new budget line and financed solely from the EURI decommitment compartment.
  5. Calls for full mobilisation of the Ukraine Support Loan Instrument for the EUR 1 115 000 000 in article 16 07 01, and for the EUR 35 million Ukraine loan liquidity cost to be a separate line financed by that instrument.
  6. Moves EUR 1 million of administrative support for the Ukraine Support Loan to a new article 16 07 XX under the same title as operational expenditure.
  7. Restores Council cuts and adds reinforcements above the draft budget for programmes in Heading 1, including Horizon Europe, the Connecting Europe Facility, Digital Europe, the Single Market Programme, Space and agencies.
  8. Reinforces Heading 2b programmes including EU4Health, Erasmus+, Creative Europe, the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme and agencies, and adds 10 posts and 10 SNEs for the EPPO.
  9. Reinforces Heading 3 (agriculture and LIFE), Heading 4 (asylum and border management, with 3 SNEs for EUAA and 20 SNEs converted to contract agents at Frontex) and Heading 5 (internal security, defence, military mobility and agencies).
  10. Reinforces Heading 6 (NDICI-Global Europe and Humanitarian Aid), creates reserves on the Serbia and Southern Neighbourhood lines, and restores Heading 7 cuts with 4 extra OLAF posts.
  11. Adopts a balanced package of pilot projects and preparatory actions, and decides as a general rule to reinforce payment appropriations on lines amended in commitments.
  12. Increases Parliament's optional pension scheme line by EUR 10 028 000, and raises appropriations and staff for other institutions in justified cases, including for cyber-security and artificial intelligence.

Who is affected

  • EU programmes and agencies under the MFF headings, which would receive restored and additional commitment appropriations.
  • The Commission, which must provide reliable and timely information on NGEU borrowing costs and RRF disbursements.
  • The European Public Prosecutor's Office, which gains 10 posts, 10 SNEs and a new revenue line.
  • EU institutions in Sections IV-X, which receive increased appropriations and staff in justified cases.
  • The European Parliament, whose budget line for the optional pension scheme for Members rises by EUR 10 028 000.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 1 003,2 million: Council's proposed cut to commitment appropriations across MFF headings.
  • EUR 501,8 million: Council's proposed cut to payment appropriations across MFF headings.
  • EUR 180 million (1,8 %): Council's cut to the EURI line, reduced to EUR 9,7 billion.
  • EUR 3 320 296 411: decommitment compartment of the EURI instrument.
  • EUR 350 million: estimated 2027 liquidity management cost for the EURI.
  • EUR 1 115 000 000: appropriations in article 16 07 01 for the Ukraine Support Loan.
  • EUR 35 million: estimated 2027 liquidity management cost for the Ukraine Support Loan.
  • EUR 2 656 435 753: unchanged overall level of Parliament's Section I budget for 2027.

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.