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Draft amending budget No 2/2025: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

TA-10-2025-0218 · P10_TA(2025)0218 · PE776.838

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2025, which updates revenue from own resources and adjusts expenditure for 2025. It notes increased GNI contributions of EUR 4.3 billion, raising the uniform call rate to 0.547%, and welcomes payment reinforcements for rural development. It calls for new own resources, criticizes redeployments, and supports additional means for Bulgaria's euro adoption.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2025.
  2. Notes that decreased own resources and additional payment needs increase GNI contributions by EUR 4.3 billion, raising the uniform call rate from 0.527% to 0.547%.
  3. Underlines that GNI lump-sum reductions for five Member States amount to around EUR 9.2 billion gross, inflation-linked and increasing burden on other states.
  4. Welcomes Commission's new own resources proposal and stresses swift adoption is necessary; recalls that windfall gains from fines should be supplementary revenue, not reduce GNI contributions.
  5. Reiterates that future Flexibility Instrument should be financed by additional sources including annual surplus, fines, and reflows; flexibility should not reduce transparency.
  6. Welcomes upward adjustments to Rural Development Fund payments, indicating accelerating implementation of CAP strategic plans.
  7. Questions why CBAM simplification increases needs by EUR 8 million instead of reducing them.
  8. Regrets compensating additional needs for customs system and CBAM by decreasing Customs Control Equipment Instrument allocations; stresses redeployments damage investments.
  9. Welcomes establishment plan modifications for the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority to carry out tasks timely and efficiently.
  10. Welcomes Bulgaria's progress towards euro adoption and supports additional means for communication activities, mobilising the Flexibility Instrument.

Who is affected

  • Member States contributing GNI-based own resources, with increased call rate.
  • Five beneficiary Member States receiving GNI lump-sum reductions.
  • EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority, with modified establishment plan.
  • Bulgaria, receiving additional means for euro adoption communication.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 4.3 billion increase in GNI contributions.
  • Uniform GNI call rate from 0.527% to 0.547%.
  • Around EUR 9.2 billion gross GNI lump-sum reductions.
  • EUR 8 million increase in needs due to CBAM simplification.

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