On general guidelines for the preparation of the 2027 budget, Section III – Commission
BUDG-PR-782313
Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Nils Ušakovs
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This draft report sets Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework. It calls for a budget that delivers for people, the economy and the planet, addressing social, economic, security and global challenges.¶¶¶ It demands adequate funding for cohesion, social policies, housing, rule of law, green and digital transitions, defence, external action, and humanitarian aid, while stressing the need to manage NextGenerationEU repayment costs and ensure sound financial management.¶¶¶
Committee position. The rapporteur proposes guidelines for the 2027 budget, emphasising delivery, social cohesion, green and digital transitions, security, and sound financial management, with adequate funding for all priorities.¶¶¶
Key points
- Calls for a predictable, robust and people-centred EU budget that responds to increasing needs, delivers prosperity, creates and protects high-quality jobs and ensures security, leaving no one behind.¶
- Insists that the 2027 budget, as the final one of the current MFF, must act as a bridge to the next MFF and include a comprehensive assessment of expenditure impact.¶
- Calls for adequate funding for cohesion policy to foster upward convergence and address economic and geopolitical challenges.¶
- Demands initiatives to tackle skills gaps, brain drain and labour market mismatches, with reinforced commitments under the European Social Fund Plus, including for training and reskilling.¶
- Reiterates that housing is a fundamental right and calls for urgent investment in affordable, decent and sustainable housing in 2027.¶
- Stresses the importance of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, including its Daphne and Equality and Rights strands, and calls for resources to combat discrimination and violence.¶¶
- Calls for increased funding for civil society, investigative journalism and action against disinformation, and for adequate funding for migration and asylum policy, border management and rule of law conditionality.¶¶¶
- Urges full implementation of the European Green Deal, with investments in renewable energy, grids, circular economy, biodiversity and digital innovation, and support for a just transition.¶
- Calls for the 2027 budget to help complete the energy union by bridging the EUR 660 billion annual investment gap in energy, and to ensure fair CAP and fisheries funding.¶¶
- Stresses the need to strengthen security and defence cooperation, with support for member states with external EU borders, and for continued support to Ukraine and frontline regions.¶¶¶
- Calls for adequate funding for external action, humanitarian aid, pre-accession and neighbourhood programmes, and for new own resources to cover NextGenerationEU repayment costs.¶¶¶
- Underlines the need for sufficient payment appropriations, monitoring of outstanding commitments, and adequate staffing for EU bodies, while integrating gender-responsive budgeting.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- EU citizens and civil society organisations, who should benefit from continued funding for social, rights and democracy support.¶¶
- Member states, particularly those with external borders or frontline regions, which should receive support for security and resilience.¶¶
- Farmers, farmworkers and fisheries workers, who should see fair living and working conditions upheld.¶
- Ukraine, which should continue to receive high-level funding and support.¶
- Non-EU countries participating in EU programmes, such as the United Kingdom in Erasmus+.¶
Figures and deadlines
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¶¶