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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III

TA-10-2026-0112 · P10_TA(2026)0112 · PE782.313

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Parliament's resolution sets guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework, focusing on delivery, competitiveness, social cohesion, security, and climate action. It calls for adequate funding across policy areas, including cohesion, agriculture, research, Erasmus+, health, housing, migration, defence, and external action, while stressing sound financial management and rule of law conditionality. It insists on sufficient payment appropriations, full use of decommitments, and new own resources to cover NGEU borrowing costs and investment needs.

Key points

  1. Calls for a 2027 budget that delivers on EU policies, boosts competitiveness, supports green and digital transitions, and ensures no one is left behind.
  2. Stresses the need for effective implementation, reducing outstanding commitments (RAL), and assessing expenditure impact to build the next MFF.
  3. Emphasises cohesion policy's role and calls for adequate funding to address regional disparities, demographic challenges, and support less-developed, insular, and outermost regions.
  4. Calls for investment in skills, training, and reskilling, including for young people, and support for SMEs to address labour market challenges.
  5. Urges investment in healthcare, including mental health actions, and sufficient funding for EU4Health and Horizon Europe health cluster.
  6. Calls for support for families, affordable housing, and measures to address the housing crisis, including renovation and mobilising private investment.
  7. Demands robust funding for Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps, Creative Europe, and CERV to promote EU values, civic engagement, and counter disinformation.
  8. Calls for increased support for border protection, migration management, and asylum, with adequate funding for Member States with external borders.
  9. Insists on rule of law conditionality for all EU funds, including performance-based instruments, and full transparency and traceability of funds.
  10. Calls for funding for research, innovation, energy union, space, and defence, including support for front-line Member States and maritime security hubs.
  11. Demands adequate funding for CAP, fisheries, climate action (LIFE), civil protection, and transport infrastructure.
  12. Calls for increased external action funding, support for Ukraine, pre-accession and neighbourhood assistance, and humanitarian aid.

Who is affected

  • EU citizens, especially vulnerable groups, families, young people, and those facing housing or mental health issues.
  • Farmers, fishers, and rural communities, with attention to small-scale holdings and front-line Member States.
  • SMEs and start-ups, benefiting from simplified access to finance and reduced bureaucracy.
  • Member States with external borders, particularly those bordering Ukraine, Russia, or Belarus, receiving support for security and migration.
  • Civil society organisations, journalists, and media literacy initiatives, with increased funding for democratic resilience.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 660 billion annually for energy-related investments to bridge the investment gap.
  • EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine under enhanced cooperation over two years.
  • EUR 210 billion in Russian assets frozen in the EU to be immobilised indefinitely.
  • EUR 10 billion forecast interest costs in 2027, exceeding financial programming of EUR 4.98 billion.

Legal basis: Article 314 TFEU and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.