2026/0144(BUD) Budgetary procedure First reading

Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2026 - update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 15 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 14 September 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 3 September 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 September 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 15 September 2026
  5. 5 Published as law
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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0283/2026 15 September 2026 ✦ Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, which updates the Union's revenue from own resources and adjusts 2026 expenditure, mainly payment appropriations.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0224/2026 7 September 2026 ✦ The report concerns the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026 for the 2026 financial year, which updates revenue from own resources and adjusts expenditure, mainly payment appropriations.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (BUDG) 16 June 2026 ✦ This is a draft report by the Committee on Budgets on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, which adjusts 2026 expenditure and updates revenue. It takes note of the changes and approves the Council position.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in wording: the same points are rephrased, shortened or reordered without changing what the text asks for. 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

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 15 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Report A10-0224/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0283/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 440 Against 127 Abstained 104

    Final vote — text as a whole at 13:34 · 66% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 18 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 18 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendment 4 13:31 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 1 – Am 4
    Rejected
    2. Separate vote: paragraph 2 13:32 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – § 2
    Adopted
    3. Amendment 5 13:32 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 2 – Am 5
    Rejected
    4. Amendment 6 13:32 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 3 – Am 6
    Rejected
    5. Amendment 1 13:32 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – § 4 – Am 1
    Rejected
    6. Separate vote: paragraph 4 13:32 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – § 4
    Adopted
    7. Separate vote: paragraph 5 § 5
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    8. Separate vote: paragraph 6 § 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    9. Amendment 9 13:33 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 7 – Am 9
    Rejected
    10. Separate vote: paragraph 8 § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    11. Separate vote: after paragraph 8 After § 8
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    12. Separate vote: paragraph 10 13:33 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – § 10
    Adopted
    13. Amendment 12 13:33 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 10 – Am 12
    Rejected
    14. Amendment 13 13:33 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – After § 10 – Am 13
    Rejected
    15. Amendment 3 13:34 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Recital D – Am 3
    Rejected
    16. Separate vote: citation 6 Citation 6
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    17. Separate vote: citation 7 Citation 7
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    18. Final vote — text as a whole 13:34 A10-0224/2026 – Andrzej Halicki – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. Committee stage
  4. 14 September 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  5. Plenary stage
  6. 9 September 2026 13 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendment 1📄 Amendments 3–8📄 Amendments 9–14
  7. 7 September 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0224/2026
  8. Committee stage
  9. 3 September 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  10. 1 July 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (BUDG)
  11. 16 June 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (BUDG)