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DRAFT REPORT (00000/2026 – C100000/2026 – 2026/0144(BUD)) 2026-06-16

On the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026 of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – Update on revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Andrzej Halicki

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This is a draft report by the Committee on Budgets on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, which adjusts 2026 expenditure and updates revenue. It takes note of the changes and approves the Council position. The draft amending budget raises commitment appropriations by EUR 444,2 million and payment appropriations by EUR 8 004,2 million, and increases own resources other than GNI by EUR 2 997,9 million and other revenues by EUR 641,3 million. It welcomes extra payments of EUR 5,4 billion for cohesion and EUR 2,2 billion for CAP Strategic Plans, and takes note of EUR 300 million for the agricultural reserve and EUR 140 million for the European agricultural guarantee fund. It notes staffing and funding needs for the Ukraine Support Loan, the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument and Single Margin Instrument, and the return of LIFE programme funds after the Green Claims Directive talks stalled and the forest monitoring proposal was withdrawn. It repeats Parliament's call for new own resources of at least EUR 60 billion per year for the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament approve the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, while noting the expenditure and revenue adjustments and repeating calls for new own resources.

Key points

  1. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 2/2026 as submitted by the Commission.
  2. Welcomes increased payment appropriations of EUR 5,4 billion for cohesion programmes and EUR 2,2 billion for CAP Strategic Plans under the EAFRD, but notes pressure on the 2026 budget from the 2025 cohesion backlog and accelerated implementation.
  3. Calls on the Commission to monitor implementation across the budget in the upcoming Global Transfer exercise and to take measures to avoid running out of payment appropriations.
  4. Takes note of the Fertilisers Action Plan and the proposal to increase the agricultural reserve by EUR 300 million, and of a EUR 140 million reinforcement for the EAGF.
  5. Takes note of the staffing needs for the Ukraine Support Loan: 53 establishment plan posts, of which 41 over and above stable staffing, and an estimated budgetary impact of EUR 3,2 million in heading 7.
  6. Stresses that new tasks should be covered by additional resources and recalls the limits of staff redeployment.
  7. Takes note of an additional EUR 1 million in support expenditure under heading 2b for borrowing and debt management related to the Ukraine Support Loan, and insists on reliable information on borrowing costs and liability aggregation.
  8. Takes note of the proposed mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for EUR 1 million and the Single Margin Instrument for EUR 3,2 million, and recalls concern about limited availabilities in the 2026 budget.
  9. Takes note that, after the Green Claims Directive negotiations stalled and the forest monitoring proposal was withdrawn, financial resources can be returned to the LIFE programme from the European Environment Agency.
  10. Takes note of the updated remarks for InvestEU following the adoption of the InvestEU Omnibus II Regulation.
  11. Reiterates the call for sustainable, predictable and resilient revenue for the Union budget and for new own resources of at least EUR 60 billion per year for the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework.
  12. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026.

Who is affected

  • Farmers, through the agricultural reserve and EAGF reinforcement.
  • Cohesion programme beneficiaries, through increased payment appropriations.
  • The Commission, which must monitor implementation and provide information on borrowing costs.
  • The European Environment Agency, whose planned tasks lose funding returned to LIFE.
  • Member states, which face additional GNI contributions of EUR 4 364,9 million.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 444,2 million: net increase in commitment appropriations.
  • EUR 8 004,2 million: increase in payment appropriations.
  • EUR 2 997,9 million: increase in own resources other than GNI.
  • EUR 641,3 million: increase in other revenues.
  • EUR 4 364,9 million: additional GNI contributions requested compared to Draft amending budget 1/2026.
  • EUR 5,4 billion: increased payment appropriations for cohesion programmes.
  • EUR 2,2 billion: increased payment appropriations for CAP Strategic Plans under the EAFRD.
  • EUR 60 billion per year: minimum new own resources sought for the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework.

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.

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