Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Malta and Italy regarding storm Harry in January 2026 and to Portugal and Spain following the storms in January and February 2026
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 21 October 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 5 October 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 12 October 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 13 October 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 21 October 2026
- 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
- Lucia YAR Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Hélder SOUSA SILVA PPEGiuseppe LUPO S&DAngéline FURET PfERuggero RAZZA ECRNicolae 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: The two versions do not differ in substance; the text asks for the same things in both. The other changes are formal and wording: the report citation is updated and the name of the European Union Solidarity Fund is spelled out once and abbreviated thereafter. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The new version expands the recitals on the storms in Malta, Italy, Portugal and Spain with more detail on damage, evacuations and fatalities, and adds recitals on flood frequency and the EEA climate risk report. It adds calls to invest in prevention, resilience, adaptation and mitigation, to finance the EUSF adequately under the next MFF, and to address the vulnerability of islands. It adds paragraphs on health and social care in extreme weather, synergies with other funds, transparency, coastal and port businesses, simplified procedures and sharing best practices on visibility. It also states that EUSF assistance complements member states' efforts in line with subsidiarity and that simplification should come through technical assistance. 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
- Plenary stage
- 21 October 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 651 Against 17 Abstained 3
Final vote — text as a whole at 13:40 · 97% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
Show all 7 ballots in voting order
Rejected2. Separate vote on paragraph 3RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded3. Separate vote on paragraph 5RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejected5. Separate vote on paragraph 6RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded6. Separate vote on paragraph 15RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded7. Final vote — text as a whole 13:40 A10-0274/2026 – Lucia Yar – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 14 October 2026 7 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
- 13 October 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 12 October 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 5 October 2026 Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development) gives an opinion.
- 2 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
- 22 September 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.