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DRAFT OPINION (2025/2246(BUI))

On the guidelines for the 2027 budget – Section III

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Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Eero Heinäluoma

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This draft opinion calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its proposals into the resolution on the 2027 EU budget, covering defence, energy, industry, research, SMEs, digital, space, and agencies.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that the Committee on Budgets incorporate these calls into its motion for a resolution on the 2027 budget.

Key points

  1. Calls for an ambitious 2027 EU budget addressing challenges like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hybrid attacks, with investment in defence industry and cybersecurity, and support for Ukraine and eastern border regions.
  2. Stresses phasing out energy trading with Russia, reducing fossil fuel dependence, supporting EU renewable and low-carbon energies, and investing in energy infrastructure resilience and cross-border interconnectivity via the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy.
  3. Calls for investment to boost industrial competitiveness, create high-quality jobs, achieve strategic autonomy and decarbonisation, secure supply chains, and improve access to critical raw materials as per the RESourceEU Action Plan.
  4. Insists on supporting fundamental and applied research, collaborative research, and scaling up and commercialising results; regrets that Horizon Europe funding is insufficient.
  5. Requests increased support for SMEs, mid-caps, and start-ups, including help to scale up and compete globally.
  6. Stresses need for investments to address the connectivity gap and Digital Decade 2030 targets, and calls for European digital sovereignty.
  7. Requests sufficient funding for European space programmes, including skills development, given the sector's importance for defence.
  8. Calls for adequate funding and staffing of EU agencies and bodies in industry, research, energy, space, and cybersecurity to handle new tasks and support skills development.

Who is affected

  • EU agencies and bodies in industry, research, energy, space, and cybersecurity will receive funding and staffing to cope with new tasks.
  • SMEs, mid-caps, and start-ups will get increased support to scale up and compete globally.
  • Ukraine and eastern border regions of the EU will receive support due to the Russian invasion and hybrid attacks.