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Draft report (2024/2111(BUI)) 2025-03-12

Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament

Committee on Budgets

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Amendment 1

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 1

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1. Is concerned with the situation of Heading 7 in the current MFF; recalls that the constraints are the results of the cuts applied by the Council to the Commission’s already very low initial proposal when agreeing on the current MFF 2021-2027; regrets the Council’s opposition to the Commission’s proposal to increase the ceiling of Heading 7 in the MFF revision as from 2024; points out the failure to address the issue of the ceiling of Heading 7 in the MFF revision; highlights that the forecasted negative margin for 2026 presupposes the use of special instruments in Heading 7 for that purpose;

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Amendment 2

Auke Zijlstra

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Paragraph 1

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1. Is concerned with the situation of Heading 7 in the current MFF; recalls that the constraints are the results of budgeting too high and too much by the Commission on the current MFF 2021-2027; welcomes the Council’s opposition to the Commission’s proposal to increase the ceiling of Heading 7 in the MFF revision as from 2024; stresses the absolute need for the Commission to budget prudently and make the right choices;

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Amendment 3

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

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Paragraph 2

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2. Recalls that almost two-thirds of the budget is fixed by statutory obligations; notes that out of the increase of EUR 109 million compared to the 2025 budget an increase of EUR 85,6 million is due to statutory financial obligations, mainly for salary updates of officials and temporary staff (EUR 52,7 million), of contract agents (EUR 9,2 million) and of accredited parliamentary assistants (EUR 15,1 million); recalls that the salary indexation, in line with the Staff Regulations and Statute for Members of the European Parliament, is currently forecasted by the Commission for April 2025, July 2025, April 2026 and July 2026 at 1,2 %, 4,6 %, 0,6 % and 3,4 % respectively;

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Amendment 4

Joachim Streit

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

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5. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to conduct a major screening exercise aimed at identifying opportunities for administrative simplification and reducing administrative burdens, increasing efficiency and allowing for a smart use of resources, including achieving savings where possible; asks the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with regular updates on the actions taken and their impact in terms of budget and staff;

5. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to conduct a major screening exercise aimed at identifying opportunities for administrative simplification, eliminating regulatory inefficiencies, and ensuring tangible cost reductions, thereby increasing efficiency and ensuring a more effective use of resources; calls on the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with detailed, periodic reports outlining the specific actions taken, the corresponding financial impact, and any reductions in staffing costs, ensuring full transparency and measurable outcomes;

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Amendment 5

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

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5. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to conduct a major screening exercise aimed at identifying opportunities for administrative simplification and reducing administrative burdens, increasing efficiency and allowing for an efficient use of resources, including achieving savings where possible; asks the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with regular updates on the actions taken and on the Action Plan on Simplification as well as their impact in terms of budget and staff;

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Amendment 6

Ruggero Razza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5

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5. Welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to conduct a major screening exercise aimed at identifying opportunities for administrative simplification and reducing administrative burdens, increasing efficiency and allowing for a smart use of resources, including achieving savings where possible; asks the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with semestriel updates on the actions taken and their impact in terms of budget and staff;

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Amendment 7

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Calls for more transparency and less bureaucracy related to administrative procedures and decision-making; highlights the bureaucracy related to hiring local assistants and calls for a simplification in this sense; stresses the need for extensive trainings for new paying agents to get acquainted with the Parliament's administrative procedures, including a testing environment;

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Amendment 8

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

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Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Stresses that it has been proven that the European Union’s financial interests were not well protected in the European Parliament as unveiled by the criminal case and the investigations starting at the end of 2022 and still ongoing, where several Members were involved in an organised crime-like network;

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Amendment 9

Fabienne Keller, Lucia Yar, Anouk Van Brug

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Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Stresses that, given the geopolitical context and the investments that the European Union will have to make for its strategic autonomy, the European Parliament must set an example in the management of its budget, in particular with regard to the budget of the political groups;

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Amendment 10

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

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Paragraph 5 b (new)

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5 b. Highlights that the European Parliament’s rules to protect the financial interests of the EU and to ensure transparency and avoid misconduct have failed to function, as it has been revealed that for several years there was active involvement of European Parliamentarians in a mafia like network engaging in corruption, money laundering;

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Amendment 11

Victor Negrescu

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Paragraph 5 b (new)

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5 b. Underlines that administrative procedures and human resources management represent a heavy burden for the Members of the European Parliament; calls for entrusting Parliament’s administration with the judicial responsibility to manage more tasks that currently rely on individual cabinets;

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Amendment 12

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

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Paragraph 5 c (new)

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5 c. Believes that the scale of the scandal and the fact that the persons involved have been continuing these illegal activities within the institution for several years should have consequences for the institution and its bodies responsible to protect and ensure the protection of the financial interests of the European Union;

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Amendment 13

Tamás Deutsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 d (new)

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5 d. Recalls, that a bombshell report revealed the European Commission's brazen misuse of taxpayer funds, funnelling billions into a shadowy network of NGOs and think tanks to promote its own political agenda and silence dissenting voices; condemns this enormous EU-NGO propaganda complex, that undermines democracy and constitutes a massive betrayal of European citizens; requests a thorough scrutiny of the Parliament's communication spending in this regard;

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Amendment 14

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 e (new)

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5 e. Demands that the European Parliament must stop financing progressive left-wing media attacking Member States' sovereignty, promoting the spread of woke propaganda or war propaganda from the EP budget; requests in this regard that both direct or indirect support channelled through NGOs and media must be finished and no money should be spent on promoting the liberal-leftist false political agenda;

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Amendment 15

Tamás Deutsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 5 f (new)

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5 f. Condemns the use of rule of law conditionality for politically motivated ideological attacks on Member States; highlights that in these attacks the European Parliament joined the European Commission, which used and financed NGOs and leftist media outlets from EU funds; demands therefore that these attacks against national sovereignty misusing the rule of law conditionality must be stopped;

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Amendment 16

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 6

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6. Takes note of the four new thematic Directorates-General (DGs) created in September 2024, responsible for legislative, budgetary and scrutiny activities, from the previous Directorate-General for Internal Policies, in order to improve the functioning of Parliament as a co-legislator, as one arm of the budgetary authority, and as discharge authority; requests the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with regular updates on the evolution of staff in these DGs;

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Amendment 17

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7 a. Stresses the crucial role of political groups in providing expertise and political support to Members in their legislative and parliamentary work; underlines the need to ensure that the important objective of strengthening Parliament's capacity to support the work of Members is also reflected in an increased level of resources for the staff of political groups; calls, in this context, for an increase in the number of temporary posts provided for political groups in Parliament's establishment plan, to be accommodated by a redistribution of vacant posts in the Parliament;

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Amendment 18

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7 b. Highlights Parliament’s role in building European political awareness and promoting Union values; stresses that transparency, accountability, and integrity are essential principles within the Union institutions and particularly Parliament as a house of European democracy;

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Amendment 19

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 8

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8. Notes that the overall IT budget represents 7,48 % of the total budget in the 2026 estimates; stresses the importance of a sound cybersecurity infrastructure in geopolitically turbulent times; recalls the planned gradual increase of the cybersecurity financial appropriations to 10 % of Parliament’s ICT budget by 2027;

8. Underlines that Parliament's cybersecurity is a key priority, especially in light of the current geopolitical tensions; notes that the overall IT budget represents 7,48 % of the total budget in the 2026 estimates; stresses the importance of a sound cybersecurity infrastructure in geopolitically turbulent times and welcomes the increase in the appropriations dedicated to cybersecurity; supports the planned gradual increase of the cybersecurity financial appropriations to 10 % of Parliament’s ICT budget by 2027;

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Amendment 20

Joachim Streit

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Paragraph 10

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10. Welcomes targeted investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) amounting to EUR 1 million, provided they lead to measurable efficiency gains, cost reductions, and enhanced operational effectiveness; encourages the responsible expansion of AI applications where they demonstrably improve productivity and resource allocation; stresses that AI deployment must balance innovation with necessary safeguards, particularly in ethics and data protection;

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Amendment 21

Michalis Hadjipantela

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Paragraph 10

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10. Stresses that the Parliament needs to be at the forefront of adopting more digital working methods; welcomes investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) amounting to EUR 1 million; calls for the use of AI to be increased, where possible, in order to gain efficiencies, while keeping in mind the related risks, including ethics and data protection; highlights the potential of artificial intelligence to streamline administrative processes; stresses the importance of keeping up with the evolution of the technology and using it as a tool to improve the functioning of the Parliament; encourages the development of clear guidelines and safeguards to ensure the responsible and transparent implementation of AI, fostering innovation while upholding fundamental rights, security, and accountability; notes that the development of AI will be closely monitored in line with the principles established by the Bureau, which include among others a thorough risk assessment with the use of new technologies;

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Amendment 22

Ruggero Razza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

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10. Welcomes investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) amounting to EUR 1 million; calls for the use of AI to be increased in order to gain efficiencies, while keeping in mind the related risks, including ethics and data protection; calls the Secretariat to provide solutions, such as applications and tools, to be made available to MEPs and staff by mid-2026;

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Amendment 23

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 10

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10. Welcomes investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) amounting to EUR 1 million although they come belatedly; calls for the use of AI to be increased in order to gain efficiencies, while keeping in mind the related risks, including ethics and data protection;

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Amendment 24

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

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11. Rejects the 74% increase in the budget allocated to investments in energy efficiency and the environment, raising this expenditure to €8.45 million in 2026, in the absence of concrete evidence of the effectiveness of such programs; denounces the excessive use of public funds without a rigorous assessment of their actual impact; requests a thorough analysis of the relevance and cost-effectiveness of these investments before committing any further expenditure;

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Amendment 25

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

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11. Takes note of the budget of EUR 8,45 million for investments on energy efficiency and environment in the 2026 estimates to further improve the environmental performance of its buildings; notes that this corresponds to a substantial increase of 74 % compared to 2025 budget; acknowledges however, that these environmental actions are part of the 2007 ‘Construction of building and fitting out of premises’ budget line whose grand total has decreased by EUR 1.2 million in 2026 vs 2025;

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Amendment 26

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11

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11. Recalls that energy efficiency investments are a good method of achieving value for money; welcomes and encourages the investments in renewable energy and for the phasing out of fossil fuels in particular given the energy crisis and geopolitical context and for it to be reflected in the next multi-annual building strategy; takes note of the budget of EUR 8,45 million for investments on energy efficiency and environment in the 2026 estimates to further improve the environmental performance of its buildings; notes that this corresponds to an increase of 74 % compared to 2025 budget; notes that the Parliament has installed and is continuing to install photovoltaic solar panels to further increase the share of renewable energy produced on-site to reach the target of 25%;

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Amendment 27

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Welcome the Parliament's environmental management system (EMAS) targets for 2025-2029;

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Amendment 28

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 b (new)

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11 b. Recalls that nearly two-thirds of Parliament's carbon footprint originate from the transportation of people; calls for a reasonable decrease of travel for meetings that can be effectively conducted remotely or in hybrid mode and to promote a shift to low carbon alternatives for all remaining travel, in so far as this does not affect the quality of legislative and political work; calls on the Bureau to ensure that extraordinary committee meetings in Strasbourg are strictly limited to exceptional circumstances and that they are required to be duly justified before they are approved in each individual case; welcomes the introduction of an enhanced train offer for missions to Strasbourg as of July 2025, as a positive step towards reducing CO2 emissions;

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Amendment 29

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 11 c (new)

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11 c. Encourages Members to use low carbon transport alternatives; reiterates its call to revise the implementing measures of the Statute for Members to reimburse flexible economy airline tickets when traveling within the Union, exempting flights to and from outermost regions and flights with one stop-over or more or longer than four hours duration; takes note that travel for some Members from their constituencies to the places of work of Parliament requires long journeys and can only be undertaken by plane;

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Amendment 30

Angéline Furet, Julien Sanchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

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12. Notes that the budget for buying carbon credits has almost doubled compared to 2025, estimated at EUR 900 000 for 2026; calls the administration to take all possible measures to decrease the Parliament’s emissions over buying carbon credits; welcomes the introduction of an enhanced train offer for missions to Strasbourg as of July 2025, as a positive step towards reducing CO2 emissions;

12. calls the administration to take all possible measures to decrease the Parliament’s emissions with the adoption of a single site in Strasbourg, the Capital of Europe;

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Amendment 31

Auke Zijlstra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

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12. Highly regrets that the budget for buying carbon credits has almost doubled compared to 2025, estimated at EUR 900 000 for 2026; calls the administration to take all possible measures to stop buying carbon credits; notes the introduction of an enhanced train offer for missions to Strasbourg as of July 2025, although this is only slightly reducing CO2 emissions;

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Amendment 32

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

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12. Takes note of the significant increases of the carbon credit prices that with the current emission levels would need an estimated at EUR 900 000 for 2026; calls the administration to take all possible measures to decrease the Parliament’s emissions over buying carbon credits;

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Amendment 33

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

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12. Notes that the budget for buying carbon credits has almost doubled compared to 2025, estimated at EUR 900 000 for 2026; calls the administration to continue decreasing the Parliament’s emissions, where reasonable, over buying carbon credits; welcomes the introduction of an enhanced train offer for missions to Strasbourg as of July 2025, as a positive step towards reducing CO2 emissions;

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Amendment 34

Moritz Körner

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12

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Amendment 35

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 12 a (new)

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12 a. Notes that the European Parliament has installed and is continuing to install photovoltaic solar panels to further increase the share of renewable energy produced on-site; takes note of the answers provided by the Secretary General to the EP estimates resolution in 2024 pointing out that a study on the use of photovoltaic panels was carried out in 2022 and was completed in 2023 for Strasbourg buildings as well as that further studies will have been conducted in 2024 for viable solutions specifically for the WEISS building;

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Amendment 36

Nils Ušakovs

Motion for a resolution

Subheading 5 a (new)

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Recalls that the Parliament strongly supports multilingualism and promotes the rights of national, regional, and linguistic minorities; considers that the Parliament can actively contribute to the fight against disinformation by enhancing its communication in the languages of linguistic minorities and communities, where appropriate; urges the Bureau to expand the production and dissemination of communication materials in line with the needs of national, regional, and linguistic minorities in Member States, for example, through the EPLOs and Europa Experience Centres, as a means to counter any attempt to exploit linguistic differences to undermine cohesion;

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Amendment 37

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13

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13. Highlights that multilingualism is a key principle on which the Parliament’s works is based; takes note of the revision of the Code of Conduct on Multilingualism planned for spring 2025; asks the Secretary-General to timely inform the Committee on Budgets on any budgetary impacts following this revision;

13. Highlights that multilingualism is a key principle on which the Parliament’s works is based; takes note of the revision of the Code of Conduct on Multilingualism planned for spring 2025; nevertheless, questions the budgetary impact of this revision, on which relevant information must be provided without delay;

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Amendment 38

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 a (new)

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13 a. Welcomes the remark in the Report of the Secretary-General to the Bureau regarding the European Parliament Estimates for the financial year 2026, that multilingualism-related services are subject to major technological evolutions and, where appropriate, the Parliament must capitalise on these technological changes, including the development and use of artificial intelligence;

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Amendment 39

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 b (new)

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13 b. Recognises the work of the Parliament and EPLOs in regard to disinformation; notes that Parliament’s services continue to communicate proactively to the public about the work of Members, the added value of European democracy in order to pre-empt known disinformation narratives and disinformation tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs); takes note of the work of EPLOs proactively promoting the work of Parliament in their local languages across multiple channels;

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Amendment 40

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 13 c (new)

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13 c. Stresses the increasingly challenging communication landscape and the multiple ways in which political communication should be performed, including through engaging in various social media platforms and other media; underlines the need for the political groups to convey and communicate their message across all Member States as a key principle of a well-functioning European democracy; acknowledges the need for more politicised messaging that will reach directly citizens and voters; points to the current disproportional distribution of budgetary resources between the communication activities of political groups and those performed by DG COMM; calls therefore for a substantial increase of the line 400 for political groups with a corresponding reduction from DG COMM;

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Amendment 41

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

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14. Welcomes the new approach related to buildings, where after a period of acquisition the Parliament has entered an era of consolidation, taking into account sustainability, accessibility and mobility of Members and staff;

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Amendment 42

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 14

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14. Notes that after a period of acquisition the Parliament has entered an era of consolidation of buildings, taking into account sustainability, accessibility and mobility of Members and staff;

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Amendment 43

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

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Amendment 44

Auke Zijlstra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

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Amendment 45

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15

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15. Takes note that EUR 4 million are included in the 2026 estimates for studies and the contractor's preparatory works related to the SPAAK building renovation while the overall costs are estimated at EUR 36 million; notes therefore that EUR 32 million of costs related to the SPAAK building renovation are not included in the 2026 estimates; notes that the Secretary-General intends to cover these costs by a mopping-up transfer or the use of a loan; requests the Secretary-General to provide the Committee on Budgets with detailed information on a possible loan to cover these costs, in accordance with Article 272 (6) of the Financial Regulation, as soon as possible; notes that as of December 2024, the direct costs of the SPAAK project amount to EUR 14,12 million as well as the full planning of the works including the planning of the costs and the financing sources for the entire project; insists that costs not directly linked to the renovation works should also be clearly listed and budgeted; takes note of the fact in this regard that the proposal includes two additional items amounting to EUR 8.67 million linked to move functions out of PHS and EUR 3.4 million linked to renting additional office space while the proposal does not clearly address the entire range of costs linked to services currently offered in PHS;

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Amendment 46

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

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15 a. Welcomes the pilot project of DG INLO aimed at removing legionella from the pipeline sanitary system of the European Parliament and highlights that the only effective way to fight the further spreading of legionella is to bring the water temperature inside the pipelines to 55 degrees Celsius for a limited time to comply with minimum standards of health and safety at work for all as outlined by WHO recommendations; recalls the importance of restoring hot water in all EP premises; calls on DG INLO to proceed accordingly;

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Amendment 47

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 a (new)

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15 a. Opposes the absurd renovation of the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels, imposed by the Bureau in December 2023, with an astronomical cost of €455 to €490 million (as of April 2023), despite Strasbourg remaining the official seat of the European Parliament, and the existence of a dual site, thus perpetuating an unjustifiable budgetary dispersion estimated at €114 million per year (Court of Auditors, 2014);

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Amendment 48

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 b (new)

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15 b. Emphasizes that the decision to renovate the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels for the enormous and disproportionate amount of €455 to €490 million, taken unilaterally by the Bureau in December 2023, constitutes a denial of democracy and a lack of transparency; considers that such a significant financial commitment should have been decided after a dedicated debate within the Parliament, rather than solely by the Bureau;

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Amendment 49

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 c (new)

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15 c. Expresses deep concern over the lack of a detailed breakdown of the costs for the planned renovation of the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels, estimated between €455 and €490 million; considers that such an absence of transparency is highly problematic for a project of this magnitude, raising fears of a budgetary fiasco, particularly given the history of cost overruns in several previous European construction projects (Berlaymont, Europa project, Court of Justice, EMA, KAD II, etc.);

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Amendment 50

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 d (new)

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15 d. Demands the immediate abandonment of the renovation project for the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels, estimated between €455 and €490 million, and the centralization of activities in Strasbourg; considers that this would allow for a reduction in financial redundancies caused by the existence of two sites and the reallocation of these substantial funds to support small businesses, agriculture, or cohesion funds;

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Amendment 51

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 15 e (new)

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15 e. Demands the immediate abandonment of the renovation project for the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels, estimated between €455 and €490 million, the sale of the European Parliament buildings in Brussels, and the centralization of activities in Strasbourg, which would also allow for a reduction in financial redundancies caused by the existence of two sites;

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Amendment 52

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

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16. Rejects the planned €15.95 million investment in 2026 for the Europa Experience spaces, considering it an unacceptable waste of public funds at the expense of the real priorities of European citizens; stresses that maintaining high costs for these largely underutilized infrastructures constitutes an inefficient and irresponsible management of budgetary resources; denounces the limited interest in these centers, whose attendance remains marginal, and criticizes their use as a propaganda tool to promote an increasingly centralized Union at the expense of Member States' sovereignty; rejects any attempt to expand this costly initiative and calls for the abandonment of further investments in these spaces;

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Amendment 53

Auke Zijlstra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

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16. Notes that EUR 15,95 million are planned to be invested in Europa Experiences in 2026; welcomes the decision to revise the concept of Europa Experience by the Bureau in November 2024 and expects the revised concept to be more cost-efficient; encourages to cancel the Europa Experiences in Bucharest, Riga, Madrid, Lisbon, Nicosia, Valletta and Vilnius; recalls that Europa Experiences are not needed to allow citizens to have a better understanding of the functioning of Union institutions, as there are many other (online) ways to achieve that;

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Amendment 54

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

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16. Notes that EUR 15,95 million are planned to be invested in Europa Experiences in 2026; takes note of the decision to revise the concept of Europa Experience by the Bureau in November 2024 and expects the revised concept to be more cost-efficient and more attractive to visitors; regrets that there are still no Europa Experiences in Bucharest, Riga, Madrid, Lisbon, Nicosia, Valletta and Vilnius; calls for the establishment of Europa Experiences in all Member States as soon as a revised concept has been established; recalls that Europa Experiences should allow all citizens to have a better understanding of the functioning of Union institutions and therefore reiterates that Europa Experiences are an integral part for the Parliament to continuously engage with Union citizens;

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Amendment 55

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16

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16. Notes that EUR 15,95 million are planned to be invested in Europa Experiences in 2026; takes note of the decision to revise the concept of Europa Experience by the Bureau in November 2024 and expects the revised concept to be more cost-efficient and more attractive to visitors; notes that there are still no Europa Experiences in Bucharest, Riga, Madrid, Lisbon, Nicosia, Valletta and Vilnius; recalls that Europa Experiences should allow all citizens to have a better understanding of the functioning of the Union and educate about our shared values;

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Amendment 56

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 16 a (new)

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16 a. Condemns the exorbitant expenses related to the maintenance, operation, cleaning, and energy consumption of the liaison offices and Europa Experience spaces, which reflect a blatant and irresponsible waste of European taxpayers' resources; regrets this lax budgetary management, where public funds are squandered on costly and unnecessary infrastructures, without any tangible justification or real benefit for citizens;

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Amendment 57

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17

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17. Recognises the importance of visitors groups as an important tool to connect citizens with the work of Members; welcomes in that regard the increase of the ceilings and cost factors for the calculation of the financial contribution to sponsored visitors as from 1 January 2025; requests the Bureau to start the revision process of the rules related to visitors groups in line with Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy - putting European transport on track for the future (COM(2020)0789), in particular paragraph 9 of that Communication, on collective travel, and to adapt the travel costs for visitors groups to changing market prices and to allow for modifications in order to avoid market fluctuation of travel expenses creating indirect geographical discrimination for visitors; notes that about 15 % of the quota for visitors is historically not being used by Members; calls the Secretary-General to propose to the Bureau to make the unused quota available to interested Members; notes that the budget for visitors groups represents 22 % of the overall budget of the Directorate-General for Communication;

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Amendment 58

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Highlights that the European Parliament Ambassador School programme is one of the flagship initiatives of the European Parliament to promote European civic education and has proven a vital tool for promoting active engagement among young Europeans; reiterates the importance of this programme for the future of EU democracy and the 'multiplier effect' of EU ambassadors in reaching their respective communities; calls on the European Parliament to scale-up the programme and to increase the financial resources dedicated to the programme in order to enlarge the number of participating schools;

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Amendment 59

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Notes with concern the internal rules governing MEP visitor groups, which result in 30 % of the up-front costs having to be incurred by Accredited Parliamentary Assistants (APAs) in some circumstances; stresses the impracticability of these rules and the financial burden this places on APAs; takes note of the answers provided by the Secretary General to the EP estimates resolution in 2024 in regard to the rationale of the two-step approach; understands the rationale but emphasises the growing challenges this presents for APAs, particularly with the continuous shift towards more stringent rules;

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Amendment 60

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Highlights the importance of maintaining EPLO communication staff hired during the European elections period to strengthen communication capacities but also to counter foreign interference and disinformation; calls for the introduction of mandatory cyber security training courses for EPLO employees;

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Amendment 61

Giuseppe Lupo

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 a. Considering the low participation of young people in the recent European elections in some regions of the EU, asks the Secretary General to submit to the Bureau a proposal to increase the quota of sponsored visitors per Member by 10%, with the allocation specifically aimed at young European citizens;

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Amendment 62

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 b. Underlines the Parliament’s role in strengthening EU citizenship education through communication materials and awareness campaigns, co-designed with citizens and social media experts; calls for increasing the budget allocated to citizenship education;

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Amendment 63

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 c. Recognises the need for more political decision-making based on evidence and facts; highlights the need to engage in a participative foresight process on the future of the European Parliament to reinforce its capacity to navigate complexity and uncertainty, and transform our house into a future-fit European Parliament for the next generation; calls for increasing the budget allocated to in-house research and library services;

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Amendment 64

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 d. Highlights that intra-EU mobility must be considered and EPLOs from countries which adopted large EU Diaspora communities must be able to also communicate in their own language;

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Amendment 65

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 e. Calls for the establishment of a second EPLO in Romania, in the region of Transylvania; reiterates the history of the region which represents a model of European consolidation and cultural diversity; highlights the fact that Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Poland have two liaison offices and that Romania is the sixth largest EU country;

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Amendment 66

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 17 f (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

17 f. Highlights EPLOs’ role in the UK as the main contact point for EU nationals resident in the UK, providing them with information about the European Parliament and encouraging them to vote in the EP elections; calls for maintaining the activities of the UK office;

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Amendment 67

Auke Zijlstra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Takes note that the opening of Parliament offices in Moldova and the Western Balkans has not been budgeted in 2026, as these would be set up within EEAS premises; stresses the importance of Parliament’s presence in these countries as a sign of European solidarity and a sign of commitment of the Parliament to the accession process;

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Amendment 68

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Opposes strongly the opening of European Parliament offices in Moldova and the Western Balkans, countries that are not members of the European Union; considers this to be an unjustified waste of European taxpayers' resources; stresses that this initiative is disconnected from the EU's real budgetary priorities and from European citizens' expectations for a rigorous management of public finances;

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Amendment 69

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18. Welcomes that no additional financing is needed for the opening of Parliament offices in Moldova and the Western Balkans, as these would be set up within EEAS premises; stresses the importance of Parliament’s presence in these countries as a sign of European solidarity and a sign of commitment of the Parliament to the accession process;

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Amendment 70

Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 18 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

18 a. Welcomes the decision by the European Parliament to establish an Eastern Partnership office in Moldova, based on a proposal made in the Bureau in November 2023 and reiterated in the Bureau’s meeting on 21 October 2024;

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Amendment 71

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Takes note of the early termination of the contract with the previous provider of the Crèche Wayenberg after a number of serious allegations against the contractor; welcomes the agreement with a new provider that foresees better working conditions of the nursery staff; acknowledges that this results in an increase of the budget necessary for this purpose, but emphasises that decent working conditions for external staff should, where relevant, be a priority consideration in public procurement of Parliament as a matter of principle;

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Amendment 72

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19. Takes note of the early termination of the contract with the previous provider of the Crèche Wayenberg after a number of serious allegations against the contractor; welcomes the agreement with a new provider that foresees better working conditions of the nursery staff and better quality of the service for the children; acknowledges, however, that this results in a substantial increase of the budget necessary for this purpose, but emphasises that decent working conditions for external staff should, where relevant, be a priority consideration in public procurement of Parliament as a matter of principle;

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Amendment 73

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Reiterates the need for high quality nursing rooms in the European Parliament's premises and calls on the competent services to upgrade the current facilities in terms of equipment, space and accessibility in order to make them child-friendly; stresses the importance of proving parent-friendly workplaces for the overall well-being of staff and assistants;

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Amendment 74

Ruggero Razza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 a. Calls for the establishment of a family room within the premises of the Brussels seat of the Parliament, mirroring the arrangements in Strasbourg;

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Amendment 75

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 19 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

19 b. Recalls the Parliament's Bureau's decision to boost the institution's support to journalism with a training programme for young journalists named in honour of David Sassoli; calls on the Bureau to strengthen the programme and to extend it to other Member States in light of recent trends demonstrating a worrying decline in media freedom and independence across the EU; highlights the importance of the programme in strengthening the understanding of the EU and its functioning among the European journalists, for an accurate and independent coverage of EU Affairs, as the best antidote against disinformation;

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Amendment 76

Ruggero Razza

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20. Reiterates its request, adopted at Plenary level at several occasions, to the Bureau to start the work on a technical solution enabling Members to exercise their right to vote remotely, during benefiting from maternity or paternity leave, during a long-term illness or in cases of force majeure, taking advantage of the lessons learnt during the pandemic on the technical aspects of this voting method;

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Amendment 77

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 78

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 a. Calls on the Bureau to forgo indexation of the General Expenditure Allowance, thus allowing for significant savings in the statutory costs;

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Amendment 79

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 b. Believes that General Expenditure Allowance should not be paid to former Members of the European Parliament; calls therefore for the deletion of Article 42 subparagraph 4 of the implementing Measures of the Members' Statute;

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Amendment 80

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 20 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

20 c. Calls on the Bureau to revise the rules and to introduce a cooling-off period for former Members during which they cannot engage in lobbying or representational activities with the Parliament equal to the time during which Members receive a transitional allowance;

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Amendment 81

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 21 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

21 a. Reaffirms its call for the Secretary-General to emphasise the fundamental principle that all recruitment should be based on competency while also ensuring geographical balance among all member states at every staff level; calls on Parliament to build its own outreach capacity, with the goal of attracting to competitions quality candidates that Parliament needs, in terms of profile, age, gender and nationality and especially from under-represented countries; underscores that achieving fair geographical representation is essential to fostering a genuinely European public service; notes that Parliament has consistently taken measures to support this objective, including the organisation of nationality-specific competitions; emphasises the significance of these competitions and the need to accelerate their processes while maintaining a strict merit-based selection approach;

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Amendment 82

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 83

Fabienne Keller

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Notes that mission expenses of Members and staff amount to EUR 116 million in Parliament’s budget; in this context, calls for limiting the use of Business class flights for Members and staff as well as the use of flights where train travel is feasible;

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Amendment 84

Karlo Ressler

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Notes that mission expenses of Members and staff amount to EUR 116 million in Parliament’s budget; calls for a reflection of Parliament’s bodies on mission practices with the overall aim to continue improving the nature of the missions and to further diminish the associated financial and environmental costs; in this context, advocates for the responsible and measured use of best-value flight options, and the preference for train travel where it is a viable option;

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Amendment 85

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22. Notes that mission expenses of Members and staff amount to EUR 116 million in Parliament’s budget; calls for a reflection of Parliament’s bodies on mission practices and a revision of mission rules and practices with the overall aim to reduce the number of missions, and the associated financial and environmental costs; in this context, calls for limiting the use of Business class flights for Members and staff as well as the use of flights where train travel is feasible; calls for a revision of mission rules by the end of 2025 to ensure a proper needs-based approval, a specific justification for authorisation concerning all missions, requirements for low carbon transport modes without hindering Members in the fulfilment of their mandate and the exclusion of the most harmful modes of transport with the exception of extreme cases where alternative transport modes for long journeys or towards areas that are difficult to access would disrupt the balance between the environmental target and the efficiency of the parliamentary work; expects fully remote preparatory meetings and post-mission debriefings for all official delegation visits as a condition for authorisation and the limiting of authorisation of delegations to only those within entitlements from 2025;

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Amendment 86

Moritz Körner

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

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Amendment 87

Jens Geier, René Repasi, Matthias Ecke, Matjaž Nemec, Rasmus Andresen, Nils Ušakovs, Ignazio Roberto Marino

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Takes note that Article 44(2) of the Implementing Measures of the Members of the European Parliament Statute provides for the possibility to finance extra costs linked to the parliamentary assistance budgets transferring appropriations from their General Expenditure Allowance (GEA); calls on Parliament's administration to take the necessary measures to enable Members who wish to do so to use their GEA to cover the cost of APA missions; highlights that such a measure would address increasing costs in Members' offices while being budgetary neutral;

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Amendment 88

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 22 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

22 a. Notes that European Parliament’s budget should be established on a realistic basis, in compliance with the principles of budgetary discipline and sound financial management; highlights that it is essential to ensure that financial prudence and security remain key priorities while guaranteeing that these measures do not impede the efficiency, effectiveness and operational capacity of the institution and its essential staff in carrying out their duties successfully;

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Amendment 89

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Recalls that during the conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on the Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for 2025 last April, the Secretary-General committed to initiating discussions with the responsible governing bodies before the end of 2024 on the possibility of allowing APAs, under certain conditions, to accompany Members of the European Parliament on official delegations and missions; regrets that no progress has been achieved so far; calls on the Secretary-General to continue his efforts and work towards a solution to be submitted to the responsible bodies without any further delay;

23. Recalls that the Conference of Presidents and the Bureau have consistently upheld their position of prohibiting APAs in Parliament’s official delegations and committee missions when adopting the semi-annual programmes for inter-parliamentary delegations and committee travel outside the three places of work; notes, that during the conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on the Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for 2025 last April, the Secretary-General committed to initiating discussions with the responsible governing bodies before the end of 2024 on the possibility of allowing APAs, under certain conditions, to accompany Members of the European Parliament on official delegations and missions; however, takes note of the answers provided by the Secretary General to the EP estimates resolution in 2024 pointing out that enlarging the mission participation to APAs would increase logistical complexity, impact training and insurance requirements as well as conflict with the Parliament’s environmental objectives by raising the carbon footprint of missions;

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Amendment 90

Nils Ušakovs, Jean-Marc Germain, Sandra Gómez López, Jens Geier, Giuseppe Lupo, Carla Tavares, Victor Negrescu

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23. Recalls that the Parliament has consistently voted in the plenary since 2018 to consider lifting the overall ban on APAs participating in official delegations and missions, and expresses regret that this calls have been disregarded, thereby raising serious concerns that the official position of the European Parliament is not respected; recalls that during the conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on the Preliminary Draft Estimates of the European Parliament for 2025 last April, the Secretary-General committed to initiating discussions with the responsible governing bodies before the end of 2024 on the possibility of allowing APAs, under certain conditions, to accompany Members of the European Parliament on official delegations and missions; regrets that no progress has been achieved so far; calls on the Secretary-General to continue his efforts and work towards a solution to be submitted to the responsible bodies without any further delay;

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Amendment 91

Monika Hohlmeier

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Observes that the Bureau Decision on applicable rules on Committee missions outside of the three places of work as amended in November 2011, following the discussions of political groups in the Conference of Presidents in April 2011 and in the Bureau in November 2011, currently prohibits APAs to accompany Members on official Parliaments delegations and committee missions; notes that allowing APAs to participate to EP missions unofficially puts the Parliament in a reputational risk and imposes specific challenges with regards to their insurance coverage; reminds that MEPs are already accompanied by representatives of political groups on these missions;

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Amendment 92

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 23 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

23 a. Welcomes the work of the APA Committee which represents around 2,000 parliamentary assistants (APAs), whose work is crucial to the smooth operation of the MEP’s daily activities; notes the earmarking of EUR 10,000 in order for the APA committee to fulfil its role and ensure sufficient resources to effectively support and properly represent the APAs;

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Amendment 93

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Calls on the institution to refrain from promoting, spreading and supporting gender and woke ideology and respect the Treaty and its provisions as well as to respect the Member States’ national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, history, religion and traditions;

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Amendment 94

Michalis Hadjipantela

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 a. Underlines that Parliament should be exemplary on the policies it defends and promotes such as the digital and green transition, gender equality and transparency;

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Amendment 95

Tamás Deutsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 b. Recalls the Treaty on the European Union, that the EU and its institutions, shall promote solidarity and equality between women and men;

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Amendment 96

Tamás Deutsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 c (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 c. Recalls the Treaty on the European Union, that the EU’s and its institutions, aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples, to preserve peace, prevent conflicts and strengthen international security;

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Amendment 97

Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 d (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 d. Calls on the institution to take full devotion and maximise its efforts with all its available measures and assets to promote peace and to end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, and to preserve peace and strengthen European security;

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Amendment 98

Tamás Deutsch

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 24 e (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

24 e. Calls on the institution to always respect the equality of Member States and to treat all Member States equally, respect their sovereignty and their national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government;

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Amendment 99

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Adopts the estimates for the financial year 2026;

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Amendment 100

Auke Zijlstra

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25. Adopts the estimates for the financial year 2026;

25. Takes note of the estimates for the financial year 2026;

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Amendment 101

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Rejects the financing of the budget line for capacity-building programs for third-country parliaments, the program for young political leaders from third countries, and the invitations of opinion multipliers from third countries; considers this to be an unjustified interference and an unnecessary expenditure that does not fall within the mandate of the European Parliament; stresses that public funds are being used for ideological activities with very limited added value, while European citizens expect a rigorous and responsible management of budgetary resources; recalls that the European Parliament should focus on its core legislative activities rather than funding programs that have no tangible impact on Europeans;

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Amendment 102

Ignazio Roberto Marino

on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 a (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 a. Expects that requests voted by the Plenary should be implemented as a matter of high priority;

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Amendment 103

Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 25 b (new)

Motion for a resolution

Amendment

25 b. Rejects the financing of the organization and reception of visitors under the EUVP program, condemning it as an institutional manipulation tactic aimed at promoting a biased and unilateral narrative in favour of supranational integration, at the expense of national sovereignty, democracy, and pluralism; strongly condemns the use of public funds to finance "opinion multipliers", a strategy that distorts public debate, artificially steers political discourse, and marginalizes alternative perspectives; rejects the misuse of taxpayer money to sustain a system where only an ideologically driven vision of Europe is promoted; demands the immediate elimination of these funds, as they contradict the principles of neutrality, objectivity, and respect for democratic diversity;

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