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Draft amending budget No 1/2024: Amendments of the 2024 budget required due to the MFF revision

TA-9-2024-0374 · P9_TA(2024)0374 · PE759.895

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2024, which adjusts the 2024 EU budget to reflect the revised multiannual financial framework (MFF). The budget increases expenditure by EUR 5 833,7 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 4 143,6 million in payment appropriations, funding Ukraine, defence, Western Balkans, crisis response, and other priorities. It also enables the Digital Europe programme to cover costs for external staff for the Artificial Intelligence Office, which Parliament accepts only as a temporary fix.

Key points

  1. Welcomes the draft amending budget, which includes reinforcements Parliament had proposed but could not be included in the 2024 budget due to delays in adopting the revised MFF Regulation.
  2. Welcomes the mobilisation of EUR 4,8 billion from the Ukraine Reserve for grants to Ukraine, stressing that loans do not require an amending budget and that support helps maintain essential services.
  3. Welcomes the budget nomenclature for the Ukraine Facility, which aids scrutiny, and the inclusion of interest rate subsidy payments for 2022 Macro-Financial Assistance, reducing pressure in Heading 6.
  4. Regrets that three national contribution agreements for the interest rate subsidy on MFA+ loans are not in place; expects the EUR 5 million provision to be deducted in a forthcoming amending budget.
  5. Welcomes the EUR 376 million reinforcement for the European Defence Fund from STEP, but calls on the Commission to monitor payment needs carefully.
  6. Insists that additional EDF resources for the rest of the MFF period be used for STEP objectives, as new policy priorities require fresh money.
  7. Welcomes the additional EUR 500 million for the Western Balkans, placed in reserve, but considers the nomenclature not fit for purpose and intends to review it in the 2025 budgetary procedure.
  8. Notes that only EUR 500 million of the EUR 3,1 billion in Heading 6 reinforcements is included; requests detailed information from the Commission on managing all changes from the MFF revision.
  9. Welcomes increased financing for natural disasters and emergencies, and the split of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve into two parts for easier management.
  10. Calls on the Commission to monitor humanitarian aid needs closely, as humanitarian aid for Ukraine is not covered by the Ukraine Facility and the Flexibility Instrument has been reinforced by around EUR 500 million for 2024.
  11. Notes the reduction of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund allocation to EUR 33,8 million and calls for measures to meet all justified requests for support.
  12. Accepts the changes to Digital Europe budgetary remarks only as a temporary fix, insisting on a long-term structural solution under Heading 7 and adequate administrative spending.

Who is affected

  • Ukraine: receives EUR 4,8 billion in grants from the Ukraine Reserve and interest rate subsidies for MFA loans.
  • Western Balkans: receives EUR 500 million in reserve, pending adoption of the Reform and Growth Facility.
  • European Defence Fund: receives EUR 376 million reinforcement for STEP objectives.
  • Artificial Intelligence Office: can use Digital Europe funds for external staff costs, but only temporarily.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 5 833,7 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 4 143,6 million in payment appropriations increase expenditure.
  • EUR 4,8 billion from the Ukraine Reserve for grants to Ukraine.
  • EUR 5 million provision for interest rate subsidy, expected to be deducted.
  • EUR 376 million reinforcement for the European Defence Fund.
  • EUR 500 million for the Western Balkans.
  • EUR 3,1 billion in reinforcements for Heading 6 between 2024 and 2027.
  • EUR 33,8 million allocation for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund.
  • Around EUR 500 million reinforcement of the Flexibility Instrument for 2024.

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