Draft amending budget no 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 3 September 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 18 June 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 June 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 24 June 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 July 2026
- ✓ Published as law 3 September 2026
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- BUDG — Budgets
- Rapporteur
- Andrzej HALICKI PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Nils UŠAKOVS S&DTamás DEUTSCH PfERuggero RAZZA ECRStine BOSSE RenewNicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Verts/ALEJoão OLIVEIRA The LeftAlexander JUNGBLUTH ESN
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in wording: a possessive pronoun is shortened in paragraph 7. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The versions differ only in formal points: capitalization of terms like "amending budget" and "Article" is adjusted. see the changes →
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 3 September 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 7 July 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by a large majorityFor 492 Against 101 Abstained 60
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:36 · 75% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 12 ballots in voting order
1. Separate vote on paragraph 3RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Separate vote on paragraph 3AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 3AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded4. Separate vote on paragraph 4RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Separate vote on paragraph 7RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedAdopted7. Amendment 4, adding text after paragraph 7 13:35 A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 7 – Am 4Rejected8. Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 7 13:36 A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 7 – Am 5Rejected9. Amendment 6, adding text after paragraph 7 13:36 A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 7 – Am 6Rejected10. Separate vote on citation 7AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded11. Separate vote on citation 8AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded12. Final vote — text as a whole 13:36 A10-0180/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 1 July 2026 6 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 24 June 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 23 June 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 18 June 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
- 13 May 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.