Dossier · Budgetary procedure
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
- Reference
- 2026/0120(BUD) Budgetary procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 21 July 2026 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Published as law
- Lead committee
- Budgets BUDG
More facts (6)
- Rapporteur
- Bogdan RZOŃCA
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 7 Jul 2026 · Passed
- Versions
- 3 versions
- Opinions from
- REGI
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 15 June 2026
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 23 June 2026
- Tabled for plenary (done) 24 June 2026
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 7 July 2026
- Published as law (done) 21 July 2026
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Budgets BUDG
- Rapporteur
- Bogdan RZOŃCA (ECR)
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Michalis HADJIPANTELA (EPP), Sandra GÓMEZ LÓPEZ (S&D), Angéline FURET (Patriots), Olivier CHASTEL (Renew), Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ (Greens), Elena KOUNTOURA (The Left)
- Opinion: REGI
- Regional Development
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2026 | Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Romania, Cyprus and Spain with regard to natural disasters in 2025 | Budget | Passed | 642 for, 13 against, 1 abstained by roll call |
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
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).
- 7 Jul 2026 Final vote — text as a whole
Adopted 642–13–1
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
Add members’ columns
Versions, 3
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament7 Jul 2026
Adopted text TA10-0244/2026 TA-10-2026-0244
Tabled for plenary24 Jun 2026
Report A10-0178/2026 A-10-2026-0178
Committee draft1 Jun 2026
Draft report (BUDG) BUDG-PR-789090
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0244/2026: Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Romania, Cyprus and Spain after natural disasters in 2025, and calls for faster, simpler procedures and more preventive action.
- Report A10-0178/2026: The committee report approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Romania, Cyprus and Spain after natural disasters in 2025, and calls for swift aid delivery.
- Draft report (BUDG): This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Romania, Cyprus and Spain after natural disasters. It approves the Commission's proposal and calls for swift assistance and preventive measures.
What changed, 2
Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0178/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0244/2026
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
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.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (BUDG) → Report A10-0178/2026
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
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.
Timeline, 8
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 1 step · 21 Jul 2026
21 July 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps · 24 Jun 2026–7 Jul 2026
7 July 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 7 Jul 2026 Report A10-0178/2026Adopted text TA10-0244/2026
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 4 steps · 1 Jun 2026–23 Jun 2026
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.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
- Text REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide 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 Report A10-0178/2026 7 Jul 2026
Other dossiers of the same rapporteur
- Dossier Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/009 BE/Soliver 2026/0097(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 16 Jun 2026 Passed
- Dossier Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 2025/2138(INI) · Own-initiative report 12 Mar 2026 Rejected
- Dossier Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium - EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN 2025/0198(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 8 Oct 2025 Passed
Dossiers sharing a running issue
- Dossier Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the Valencia Region of Spain in October 2024 and France following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025 2025/0318(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 13 Nov 2025 Passed
- Dossier Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods occurred in October 2024 2025/0138(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 9 Jul 2025 Passed
- Dossier Specific measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) to provide additional assistance to Member States affected by natural disasters 2024/0274(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure 17 Dec 2024 Passed
- Dossier RESTORE – Regional Emergency Support to Reconstruction amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 2024/0275(COD) · Ordinary legislative procedure 17 Dec 2024 Passed
- Dossier Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany and Italy relating to floods occurred in 2024 2024/0284(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 27 Nov 2024 Passed
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2026). “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”. Dossier, 7 July 2026. procId 2026-0120, reference 2026/0120(BUD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0120 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026%2F0120(BUD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2026-0120 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2026-0120,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{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}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-07-07},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0120}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2026-0120},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2026-0120, reference 2026/0120(BUD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026\%2F0120(BUD). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}