Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done)
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 20 March 2025
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 25 March 2025
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 2 April 2025
5. ✓ Parliament’s position (done) Final

Lead committee

Budgets BUDG

Author

Andrzej HALICKI (EPP)

Shadow rapporteurs

Nils UŠAKOVS (S&D), Tamás DEUTSCH (Patriots), Ruggero RAZZA (ECR), Stine BOSSE (Renew), João OLIVEIRA (The Left), Alexander JUNGBLUTH (ESN)

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs · rapporteur Sven SIMON (EPP)

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety · rapporteur MEP #257122 (S&D) former member

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education · rapporteur Hélder SOUSA SILVA (EPP)

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development · rapporteur Gabriella GERZSENYI (EPP)

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Gheorghe FALCĂ (EPP)

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: PETI

Petitions

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Eero HEINÄLUOMA (S&D)

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development · rapporteur Dario NARDELLA (S&D)

Opinion: CONT

Budgetary Control · rapporteur Niclas HERBST (EPP)

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs · rapporteur Michael GAHLER (EPP)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

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1. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 70, adding text after paragraph 26

   Rejected 195–468–13

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2. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 43 to paragraph 27

   Rejected 96–484–105

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3. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 44 to paragraph 28

   Rejected 97–525–57

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4. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 71, adding text after paragraph 28

   Rejected 132–474–59

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5. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 72, adding text after paragraph 28

   Rejected 130–505–41

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6. 2 Apr 2025 Paragraph 31 — part 3

   Adopted 497–135–50

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7. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 45, adding text after paragraph 31

   Rejected 90–579–13

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8. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 32

   Rejected 179–490–12

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9. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33

   Rejected 149–486–28

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10. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 73, adding text after paragraph 34

    Rejected 187–469–25

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11. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 74, adding text after paragraph 36

    Rejected 115–485–85

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12. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 28 to paragraph 39

    Rejected 198–434–43

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13. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 75, adding text after paragraph 41

    Rejected 216–453–12

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14. 2 Apr 2025 Amendment 76, adding text after paragraph 42

    Rejected 181–477–17

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15. 2 Apr 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

    Adopted 441–173–70

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Show all 76 votes (the final votes and the latest other votes are shown: 15)

1. Adopted by Parliament2 Apr 2025

   Adopted text TA10-0051/2025 TA-10-2025-0051

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary25 Mar 2025

   Report A10-0042/2025 A-10-2025-0042

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft20 Dec 2024

   Draft report (BUDG) BUDG-PR-766967

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (AGRI), Opinion (AGRI), Opinion (TRAN), Draft opinion (TRAN), Draft opinion (AFET), Opinion (AFET), Opinion (REGI)

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0042/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0051/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   Adds new paragraphs on child poverty, families, religious persecution, and the ethics body, and expands border security and disinformation provisions. Adds a ban on funding campaigns promoting the veil and calls for funding Radio Free Europe after US cuts. Broadens protection to all religions and adds anti-Christian hatred to the list of hate crimes. The other changes are formal: decimal separators updated and paragraph renumbered.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (BUDG) → Report A10-0042/2025

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The report expands priorities to include security, defence, climate, and competitiveness, with more detailed calls for funding in these areas. It adds new sections on housing, mental health, digital regulation, and rule of law conditionality, and strengthens support for Ukraine and enlargement. It emphasizes the need for new own resources and clarifies the legal obligation to cover NGEU borrowing costs without cutting programmes. The other changes are formal or wording: title adjustments and renumbering of paragraphs.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2110

Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2025). “Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III”. Dossier, 2 April 2025. procId 2024-2110, reference 2024/2110(BUI). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2110 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2110(BUI). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2110 (CC BY 4.0).

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