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OPINION (2024/2110(BUI))

On general guidelines for the preparation of the 2026 budget, Section III – Commission

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Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Gheorghe Falcă

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The Committee on Transport and Tourism opinion on the 2026 EU budget calls for increased CEF-T funding, support for transport sectors, streamlined procedures, and attention to military mobility, Ukraine, and tourism.

Key points

  1. Calls for a significant increase in the CEF-T budget for TEN-T projects, focusing on cross-border infrastructure and eliminating bottlenecks.
  2. Welcomes EU action plans for automotive, maritime, aviation, high-speed rail, and hyperloop; calls for financing measures.
  3. Underlines the Social Climate Fund's role and calls on Member States to address transport poverty in national plans.
  4. Highlights labour shortages and calls for support for working conditions and safe truck parking.
  5. Calls for digitalisation, reduction of regulatory burdens, and impact assessments for new legislation.
  6. Calls for inflation adjustments, reallocation of unused funds, and inflation-resilient frameworks in the MFF.
  7. Emphasises co-financing and public-private partnerships for large-scale projects and innovative financing.
  8. Stresses need to reinforce budgets of transport agencies (EASA, EMSA, ERA) for additional tasks.
  9. Calls for streamlined application procedures, digital platforms, expedited reviews, and 'once-only' principle.
  10. Insists on restoring military mobility budget to EUR 6.5 billion over seven years and including it in defence white paper.
  11. Calls for projects to improve EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes, support eastern border regions, and finance measures against Russian shadow fleet.
  12. Reiterates request for a specific EU tourism programme and budget line, with reduced administrative burdens for SMEs.

Who is affected

  • Transport and tourism sectors, including SMEs, regional authorities, and workers.
  • EU transport agencies: EASA, EMSA, and ERA.
  • Ukraine and EU eastern border regions (Baltic states, Finland, Poland, Romania).

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 6.5 billion over seven years for military mobility.
  • 75 % cut to military mobility funding within transport pillar.
  • Almost 10 % of EU GDP from tourism.