Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Romania regarding the floods at the end of May 2025, Cyprus following the wildfires in July 2025 and Spain following the wildfires in August 2025
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 15 June 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 23 June 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 24 June 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 7 July 2026
- ✓ Published as law 21 July 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
- Bogdan RZOŃCA ECR
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Michalis HADJIPANTELA PPESandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ S&DAngéline FURET PfEOlivier CHASTEL RenewNicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ Verts/ALEElena KOUNTOURA The Left
- For opinion
- REGI — Regional Development
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: Adds a call for Commission support for the Praid Salt Mine reconstruction and for mobilising Union funds, including ESF+ and EGF, to aid affected workers and regions. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version adds a recital on climate change impacts and expands paragraphs on EUSF procedures, vulnerable populations, and infrastructure resilience. It adds calls for transparency, monitoring, and coordination in fund distribution, and for accelerating aid delivery with higher advance payments. It appends a detailed explanatory section on the Commission's mobilisation proposal, including damage figures and budget availability. The other changes are formal: paragraph renumbering and minor wording adjustments. 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
- 21 July 2026 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- Plenary stage
- 7 July 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 642 Against 13 Abstained 1
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:37 · 98% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 2 ballots in voting order
1. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11AdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded2. Final vote — text as a whole 13:37 A10-0178/2026 – Bogdan Rzońca – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 1 July 2026 1 amendment 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.
- 15 June 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development) gives an opinion.
- 8 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
- 1 June 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.