On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union support for asylum, migration and integration for the period from 2028 to 2034
BUDG-AD-786988
Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec
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The Committee on Budgets gives its budgetary assessment of the proposed regulation on Union support for asylum, migration and integration for 2028-2034, which is funded through the proposed NRP Regulation.¶¶ It insists the programme envelope be raised from EUR 11 975 428 500 to EUR 13 313 341 000 in current prices and EUR 11 900 000 000 in 2025 prices.¶ It wants separate financial envelopes for each of the three Home Affairs Regulations, minimum allocations per objective, and a detailed budgetary nomenclature set out in an annex.¶¶¶ It calls for clear allocation criteria, transparency and parliamentary involvement, warning that Commission discretion over reallocations and the 'steering mechanism' would limit Parliament's role.¶¶¶ It asks for sufficient resources from the outset, circumscribed flexibility, coordination between funds, and consistent anti-fraud and audit rules, including for third countries.¶¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Budgets asks the lead committee to amend the proposal to raise the programme envelope, give each Home Affairs Regulation a separate envelope, set minimum allocations per objective, add an annex on budgetary nomenclature, and strengthen transparency, control and parliamentary oversight.¶¶¶
Key points
- The Committee on Budgets carried out a budgetary assessment of the proposal under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure.¶
- The proposal sets an indicative envelope of around EUR 11.98 billion in current prices, against around EUR 10.94 billion in 2021-2027, and the committee says a further increase is needed.¶
- The committee insists the envelope be increased to EUR 13 313 341 000 in current prices and EUR 11 900 000 000 in 2025 prices.¶
- It takes note that the EUR 34.2 billion for the three Home Affairs Regulations is a ring-fenced minimum, but wants each regulation to have its own financial envelope.¶¶
- It expresses concern that the Commission alone decides allocations between the three funds and across Member States, and calls for clear criteria, transparency and parliamentary involvement.¶
- It considers that sufficient human, technical and IT resources must be available from the outset and throughout the 2028-2034 period.¶
- It accepts some flexibility between home affairs objectives but says it must be circumscribed, and warns that reallocations without justification risk not being based on objective criteria.¶
- It is concerned about the absence of clear criteria, definitions and methodologies for what counts as an adequate level of resources, as highlighted by the European Court of Auditors.¶
- It deplores the lack of a budget breakdown and of a detailed indicative nomenclature, and recommends a minimum allocation per objective and an annex defining the nomenclature.¶¶¶
- It stresses that the Union support should be reinforced while continuing and expanding direct funding for local and regional authorities through the EU Facility.¶
- It insists on full respect for the budgetary authority's prerogatives, periodic evaluation of results, and stronger control over how the budget is mobilised and spent.¶¶
- It calls for consistent anti-fraud requirements from the outset and full enforcement of control and audit frameworks, including for associated third countries.¶¶
Who is affected
- Member States, which may reallocate amounts between the three Home Affairs envelopes under the proposed NRP Regulation.¶¶
- Front-line Member States, which the proposal aims to support in addressing migration and asylum challenges.¶
- Local and regional authorities, for which direct funding streams within the EU Facility should continue and expand.¶
- Third countries associated to the programme, which are subject to control and audit frameworks and may make additional contributions.¶¶
- Beneficiaries, who need ex ante predictability on funding levels and less complexity in combining instruments.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- Around EUR 11.98 billion in current prices: indicative financial envelope for the programme.¶
- Around EUR 10.94 billion: envelope in the 2021-2027 programming period.
- Increases of 115 % and 88 %, in constant prices, for the successor programmes to the Integrated Border Management Fund and the Internal Security Fund.
- EUR 34.2 billion: ring-fenced minimum for the three proposed Home Affairs Regulations.¶
- EUR 25.2 billion: indicative amount of the EU Facility for home affairs measures.¶
- EUR 11 975 428 500 in current prices: current programme envelope the committee wants increased.¶
- EUR 13 313 341 000 in current prices and EUR 11 900 000 000 in 2025 prices: the increase the committee insists on.