On Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2025
A-9-2024-0180
Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: AnnaMichelle Asimakopoulou
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Parliament's resolution sets its budget for 2025 at EUR 2 507 233 329, a 5.21% increase over 2024, and adopts the estimates for the financial year 2025.¶¶ It calls for more funding for visitor groups, including a 10% increase in per-person allocation, and for reviewing rules that burden APAs.¶¶ It urges completing Europa Experience centres in all member states, starting renovations, improving accessibility, and continuing environmental efforts.¶¶¶ It asks for action on disinformation, multilingual communication, AI, digitalisation, remote voting, and other internal matters.¶¶¶
Key points
- Concerned about Heading 7 budget constraints and regrets Council's opposition to raising its ceiling in the MFF revision.¶
- Notes that most of the budget increase is for statutory obligations, with no new posts requested for 2025.¶¶
- Calls for sufficient funding for visitor groups and a 10% increase in per-person allocation, and for reviewing rules that burden APAs.¶¶
- Regrets delays in establishing Europa Experience centres; calls for opening in all member states, with five planned in 2025.¶¶
- Recognises need to start renovation of TREVES II and improve access for persons with disabilities to the Plenary Chamber.¶¶
- Expects Parliament to achieve EMAS targets by end of 2024 and adopt new ambitious targets; welcomes environmental achievements.¶
- Calls for strategies to counter disinformation and for communication in minority languages, including Ukrainian and Russian.¶¶
- Supports AI projects and digitalisation, and calls for reducing administrative burden for Members.¶¶
- Calls for revision of Rules of Procedure to allow remote voting in cases like maternity leave or illness.¶
- Calls for maintaining quality in Parliament restaurants and revising rules for delegations to allow APAs to accompany Members.¶¶
Who is affected
- Members of the European Parliament and their staff, especially Accredited Parliamentary Assistants, affected by visitor group rules.¶
- Visitors to Parliament, as funding for visitor groups is addressed.¶
- Persons with disabilities, as accessibility improvements are called for.¶
- Linguistic minorities in member states, as communication in their languages is encouraged.¶
Figures and deadlines
Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union¶