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Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2025 – Section I – European Parliament

TA-9-2024-0373 · P9_TA(2024)0373 · PE759.633

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Parliament's resolution sets its estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2025, covering budget levels, staffing, buildings, visitors, communication, and internal rules. It adopts the estimates for the financial year 2025 and calls for specific actions on funding, accessibility, and administrative reforms.

Key points

  1. Notes the proposed budget of EUR 2 507 233 329 for 2025, a 5.21% increase over 2024, with most of the rise due to statutory obligations.
  2. Calls for a 10% increase in per-person allocation for visitor groups and for the Bureau to review rules to ease financial burdens on APAs.
  3. Regrets delays in establishing Europa Experience centres; notes five are planned to open in 2025 and calls for completion in all member states.
  4. Recognizes the need to start renovation of TREVES II in 2025 and improve access for persons with disabilities to the Plenary Chamber in Strasbourg.
  5. Welcomes environmental efforts, including a 44% cut in carbon emissions since 2006 and 458 MWh of solar energy in 2023, and calls for continued action.
  6. Calls for strategies to counter disinformation, including communication in minority languages and support for EPLO activities in Ukrainian and Russian.
  7. Supports AI projects for 2025 and calls for reducing administrative burden and accelerating digitalisation.
  8. Calls for fair geographical balance in recruitment and for revision of Rules of Procedure to allow remote voting in specific cases.
  9. Calls for maintaining quality in Parliament restaurants and revising rules for delegations to allow APAs to accompany Members under conditions.

Who is affected

  • Members of the European Parliament and their staff, particularly Accredited Parliamentary Assistants, affected by visitor group rules and delegation rules.
  • Visitors to Parliament, who may benefit from increased funding for travel and accommodation.
  • Persons with disabilities, as Parliament aims to improve access to buildings and the Plenary Chamber.
  • European Parliament Liaison Offices and DG COMM, tasked with countering disinformation and expanding communication in minority languages.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 2 507 233 329: proposed budget for 2025, an increase of 5.21% or EUR 124 132 017 over 2024.
  • EUR 98 million of the increase is due to statutory obligations, including EUR 54.7 million for staff salaries and EUR 33.2 million for parliamentary assistance.
  • 10%: proposed increase in per-person allocation for visitor groups.
  • 12: number of Europa Experience centres currently in operation; five more planned for 2025.
  • 44% reduction in carbon emissions since 2006; 66% reduction in paper use compared to 2014; 458 MWh of solar energy generated in 2023.

Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union