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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034
Document LIBE-PR-788869 · COM(2025)0542 – C10178/2025 – 2025/0542(COD)
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- Report parliamentary committee draft LIBE-PR-788869
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- 19 May 2026
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- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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- Assita Kanko
- Dossier
- 2025-0542
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This is the rapporteur's draft report on the Commission proposal for a regulation establishing Union support for internal security for 2028 to 2034. It adopts a first-reading position and tables amendments to the proposal. The amendments add hybrid threats, radicalisation, victim support and fundamental rights compliance to the regulation's objectives, and change how the Commission approves national plans, from a Council implementing decision to a delegated act. The rapporteur supports the overall architecture of the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework and proposes clarifications to align the instrument with internal security challenges and allow scrutiny of EU funds.
Position. The rapporteur supports the overall architecture of the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework and proposes clarifications to the Internal Security Regulation to align it with pressing internal security challenges and allow proper scrutiny of EU funds. She tables amendments adding hybrid threats, radicalisation, victim support and fundamental rights safeguards, and replacing the Council implementing decision on national plans with a Commission delegated act.
Key points
- Parliament adopts its first-reading position on the proposed internal security regulation and calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it substantially amends the proposal.
- The amendments state that the regulation lays down the objectives of Union support for internal security, and that member states should ensure their National and Regional Partnership Plans address each objective.
- The amendments add that Union support should cover measures helping to avoid the introduction of temporary internal border controls or the lifting of such controls.
- A new recital states that the Union and member states face hybrid threats combining conventional and non-conventional means, and that actions to prevent, detect and respond to them should be supported.
- A new recital says member states should also address in their national plans challenges identified by EMPACT, EU-SOCTA and IOCTA.
- The amendments state that the Union should strengthen its strategic autonomy and develop capacity to design and deploy its own internal security technologies, embedding fundamental rights, data protection and rule-of-law safeguards by design.
- The definition of 'hybrid threat' is amended to include sabotage and other means of political interference and economic pressure, and to cover harm to a member state's institutions or the Union and its institutions.
- The objectives are amended to add radicalisation alongside terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and hybrid threats, and to add a new objective on support, protection and assistance for victims of serious and organised crime.
- A new article requires all supported actions to comply with the rights and principles of the Union acquis and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and with the Union's and member states' international obligations.
- The amendments replace the Council implementing decision approving National and Regional Partnership Plans with a Commission delegated act, and set out the exercise of that delegation, including a two-month objection period for Parliament and the Council.
- The rapporteur supports objectives on preventing and combating serious and organised crime, resilience of critical entities, information exchange, law enforcement cooperation and victim support.
- The rapporteur notes that under the NRP regulation proposal member states may derogate from partnership and multi-level governance rules in home affairs and may reallocate funds between the three instruments under conditions.
Who is affected
- Member states, which must ensure their National and Regional Partnership Plans address each objective and may reallocate funds between the three home affairs instruments.
- The Commission, which would approve national plans by delegated act and consult experts designated by each member state.
- Law enforcement and judicial authorities, whose operational cooperation and information exchange the support aims to improve.
- Victims of serious and organised crime, including vulnerable victims, who would receive strengthened support, protection and assistance.
- Schengen associated countries, which are supposed to participate through financial contributions agreed in bilateral arrangements with the EU.
Figures and deadlines
- €81 billion: total allocations for Justice and Home Affairs under the proposed new budgetary framework, set to triple compared to the current framework.
- EUR €6,8 billion: the budget foreseen in the Commission proposal for the period 2028 to 2034.
- 2028-2034: the period covered by the proposed regulation and the multiannual financial framework.
- Two months: the period for Parliament or the Council to object to a delegated act after notification.
- 26 June 2025: the date of the European Council conclusions recalled in the amended recital.
- 19 February 2026: the date of the European Economic and Social Committee opinion.
- 13 April 2016: the date of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making.
Legal basis. Article 294(2) and Articles 82(1), 84 and 87(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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–having regard to Article 294(2) and Articles 82(1), Article 84 and Article 87(2), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C10178/2025),
–having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A100000/2026),
2.Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;
3.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.
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| (3) This Regulation lays down the objectives of the Union support. In order that a high level of security throughout the Union can be achieved in the best possible way, Member States should ensure that their National and Regional Partnership Plans address each of the objectives set out by this Regulation. | (3) This Regulation lays down the objectives of the Union support for internal security. In order that a high level of security throughout the Union can be achieved in the best possible way, Member States should ensure that their National and Regional Partnership Plans address each of the objectives set out by this Regulation. |
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| (6) In a rapidly evolving security threat and geopolitical landscape, the Commission defined the common priorities for a safer and more secure Europe in the ‘ProtectEU Strategy’6 . The geopolitical context in Europe has significantly changed, and it has profoundly affected the interconnectedness of the EU’s internal and external security. Security threats are increasingly global and complex, stemming from criminals’ ability to operate across borders, exploit social and economic disparities, and navigate between the physical and digital worlds. At the same time, new digital technologies and artificial intelligence offer significant opportunities to enhance law enforcement and judicial capabilities and address these evolving threats effectively. | (6) In a rapidly evolving security threat and geopolitical landscape, the Commission defined the common priorities for a safer and more secure Europe in the ‘ProtectEU Strategy’6 . The geopolitical context in Europe has significantly changed in recent years, and it has profoundly affected the interconnectedness of the EU’s internal and external security challenges. Security threats are increasingly global and complex, stemming from criminals’ ability to operate across borders, exploit social and economic disparities, and navigate between the physical and digital worlds. At the same time, new digital technologies and artificial intelligence offer significant opportunities to enhance law enforcement and judicial capabilities and address these evolving threats effectively. |
| 6 Communication COM(2025) 148 final of 1.4.2025 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ProtectEU: a European Internal Security Strategy. | 6 Communication COM(2025) 148 final of 1.4.2025 from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on ProtectEU: a European Internal Security Strategy. |
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| (9) Security is the bedrock upon which all our freedoms are built and that Member States ability to guarantee security for the citizens is contingent on a unified European approach. As set out in the ProtectEU Strategy, security considerations need to be integrated and mainstreamed across all EU legislation, policies and programmes, including EU external action. The Union support under this Regulation should contribute to address these considerations. | (9) Security is the bedrock upon which all our freedoms are built and the Member States’ ability to guarantee security for their citizens in a Union without internal border controls is contingent on a unified European approach. The Union support should cover measures that help to avoid the introduction of temporary internal border controls or the lifting of such controls. As set out in the ProtectEU Strategy, security considerations need to be integrated and mainstreamed across all EU legislation, policies and programmes, including EU external action. The Union support under this Regulation should contribute to addressing these considerations. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (10) In its conclusions of 26 June 20257, the European Council recalled that serious and organised crime, terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism, both online and offline, represent a major threat to European citizens and the security of Member States. The European Council also underlined the threat posed by the criminal infiltration of legal business structures that has a detrimental impact on public finances and the Single Market. The European Council called the Union Institutions and the Member States to mobilise all available resources at national and EU level and to take further action to strengthen law enforcement and judicial cooperation, including on effective access to data for law enforcement purposes and by ensuring information exchange, and through cooperation with third countries. | (10) In its conclusions of 26 June 20257, the European Council recalled that serious and organised crime, terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism, both online and offline, represent a major threat to European citizens and the security of Member States. The European Council also underlined the threat posed by the criminal infiltration of legal business structures that has a detrimental impact on public finances and the Single Market. The European Council called on the Union Institutions and the Member States to mobilise all available resources at national and EU level and to take further action to strengthen law enforcement and judicial cooperation, including on effective access to data for law enforcement purposes and by ensuring information exchange, and through cooperation with third countries. |
| 7 Council conclusions, EUCO 12/25 of 26 June 2025. | 7 Council conclusions, EUCO 12/25 of 26 June 2025. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (11) To prevent and combat internal security threats, the Union support should strengthen Member States’ capabilities to prevent and combat serious and organised crime, terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation, child sexual abuse and exploitation, cybercrime and actions addressing digital and technological security challenges, the resilience of critical infrastructure online threats, security threats in the maritime domain, trafficking in human beings, migrants smuggling, illicit drugs trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, asset recovery and financial crime, environmental crime, counterfeiting of means of payment and crimes affecting the Union’s financial interests, assisting and protecting victims of crime, protecting public spaces, and addressing CBRN-E related security threats and managing incidents, including through increased cooperation and information exchange between public authorities, relevant Union bodies, offices or agencies, civil society and private partners in different Member States. The Union support should also contribute to Member States’ acquisition and implementation of innovative methods and technologies in the field of internal security, in particular those supported by Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Competitiveness Fund and Regulation (EU) […] establishing the EU Framework Programme for Research. In addition, in a changing global political landscape, the external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice is of key importance. Therefore, the Union support should also contribute to the strengthening of cooperation and partnership with third countries, serving the interests of internal Union policies. | (11) To prevent and combat internal security threats, Union support should strengthen Member States’ capabilities to prevent and combat serious and organised crime, terrorism, violent extremism and radicalisation, child sexual abuse and exploitation, cybercrime and actions addressing digital and technological security challenges, the resilience of critical infrastructure against online threats, security threats in the maritime domain, trafficking in human beings, migrant smuggling, illicit drugs trafficking, illicit arms trafficking, money laundering, asset recovery and financial crime, environmental crime, counterfeiting of means of payment and crimes affecting the Union’s financial interests, assisting and protecting victims of crime, protecting public spaces, and addressing CBRN-E related security threats and managing incidents, including through increased cooperation and information exchange between public authorities, relevant Union bodies, offices or agencies, civil society and private partners in different Member States. The Union support should also contribute to Member States’ acquisition and implementation of innovative methods and technologies in the field of internal security, in particular those supported by Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Competitiveness Fund and Regulation (EU) […] establishing the EU Framework Programme for Research. In addition, in a changing global political landscape, the external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice is of key importance. Therefore, the Union support should also contribute to the strengthening of cooperation and partnership with third countries, serving the interests of internal Union policies. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (11a) In an increasingly complex and contested security environment, the Union and its Member States face a growing spectrum of hybrid threats, which combine conventional and non-conventional means, including sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, interference with critical infrastructure and the instrumentalisation of migration, often deployed in a coordinated manner by state and non-state actors. Those threats aim at undermining public trust in democratic institutions and the effective functioning of societies, and may have serious implications for internal security. It is therefore necessary to support actions aimed at preventing, detecting and responding to hybrid threats, enhancing situational awareness, strengthening the resilience of critical entities and public authorities, and improving cooperation and information exchange on hybrid threats between competent authorities at Union and Member State level. |
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| (12) The Union support should contribute to ensuring consistency, coherence, synergies and complementarities between the Union’s internal and external policies, in line with the mainstreaming of security. In that context, the Union support under this Regulation should in particular, contribute to combating and preventing serious and organised crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, and cross-border criminal smuggling networks. Union support under this Regulation may also include support to the relevant resources of the EU delegations in duly justified cases, and be coordinated between the Member States and the Commission in programming and implementation stages. | (12) The Union support should contribute to ensuring consistency, coherence, synergies and complementarities between the Union’s internal and external policies, in line with the mainstreaming of security as an objective throughout the Union’s programmes. In that context, the Union support under this Regulation should in particular, contribute to combating and preventing serious and organised crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in human beings, and cross-border criminal smuggling networks. Union support under this Regulation may also include support to the relevant resources of the EU delegations in duly justified cases, and be coordinated between the Member States and the Commission in programming and implementation stages. |
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| (14a) In addition to the documents and strategies adopted by the Council or the Commission listed in Article 22(2), point (b)(iii), of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security that are relevant in the field of internal security, Member States should also address in their national plans challenges identified by the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT), the European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) and the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) published by Europol. |
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| (16) Europe must protect its security interest against suppliers which could represent a persistent security risk due to the potential interference from third countries as well as their cybersecurity practices. It is therefore necessary to reduce the risk of persisting dependency on high-risk suppliers in the internal market, as they could have potentially serious negative impacts on security for users, companies and authorities across the EU and the EU’s critical infrastructure in terms of the integrity of data and services as well as the availability of service. This exclusion should be based on a proportionate risk assessment and associated mitigation measures as defined in the Union policies and laws. | (16) To strengthen its strategic autonomy, the Union should develop sufficient capacity to design and deploy its own internal security technologies. This would enable the Union to embed fundamental rights, data protection and rule-of-law safeguards by design, while reducing reliance on third-country systems or external suppliers that may not share the Union’s legal standards, cybersecurity practices or security interests. Strengthening the Union’s technological capacity would also enhance the operational reliability and resilience of critical security tools, ensuring their availability and trustworthiness in times of geopolitical tension. In this context, it is necessary to reduce persistent dependencies on high-risk suppliers whose exposure to third-country interference or inadequate cybersecurity practices could pose serious risks to the integrity and availability of data and services, including for the EU’s critical infrastructure, public authorities and businesses. Any exclusion or restriction of such suppliers should be based on a proportionate risk assessment and accompanied by appropriate mitigation measures in accordance with Union law and policies. |
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| (18a) In order to supplement this Regulation by approving the measures that relate to the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, where the Commission concludes that those measures comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and in Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, and where the Commission adopts a delegated act approving the National and Regional Partnership Plan of the concerned Member State in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making1a. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. | |
| 1a OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj. |
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| (9) ‘hybrid threat’ means all harmful activities, including information manipulation, cyberattacks and instrumentalization of migrants, that are planned and carried out with malign intent in a coordinated manner with the aim of undermining a Member State or any of its institutions. | (9) ‘hybrid threat’ means all harmful activities, including information manipulation, sabotage, cyberattacks and instrumentalization of migrants and other means of political interference and economic pressure, that are planned and carried out with malign intent in a coordinated manner with the aim of undermining a Member State or any of its institutions, or the Union or any of its institutions. |
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| (a) strengthening the Union’s and Member States’ capabilities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks, including through innovative methods and new technologies in the area of internal security; | (a) strengthening the Union’s and Member States’ capabilities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including radicalisation and terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks, including through innovative methods and new technologies in the area of internal security; |
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| (d) improving and intensifying operational law enforcement cooperation, including joint operations, between competent authorities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks; | (d) improving and intensifying operational law enforcement cooperation, including joint operations, between competent authorities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including radicalisation and terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks; |
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| (da) strengthening support, protection and assistance for victims of serious and organised crime, including ensuring access to relevant authorities, information, and specialised services, with particular attention to vulnerable victims; |
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| Article 3a | |
| Respect for fundamental rights | |
| All actions supported in accordance with the Union support under this Regulation shall be implemented in compliance with the rights and principles enshrined in the Union acquis and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in line with the international obligations of the Union and the Member States arising from the international instruments to which they are party. |
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| 4. For measures that relate to the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, where the Commission concludes that those measures comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, and where the Commission proposes a Council implementing decision approving the National and Regional Partnership Plan of the concerned Member State in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, it shall make a proposal for a Council implementing decision on the approval of those measures. | 4. For measures that relate to the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, where the Commission concludes that those measures comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, and where the Commission adopts a delegated act approving the National and Regional Partnership Plan of the concerned Member State in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, it is empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 4a to supplement this Regulation by approving those measures. |
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| 5. When making a proposal for a Council implementing decision on the measures that relate to the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, the Commission proposal shall lay down the elements referred to in Article 23(4) of the Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, with regard to the objectives set out in Article 3. | 5. When adopting a delegated act on the measures that relate to the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation, the delegated act shall lay down the elements referred to in Article 23(4) of the Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security, with regard to the objectives set out in Article 3. |
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| 6. The Council shall adopt the implementing decision referred to in paragraph 4, as a rule, within four weeks of the adoption of the Commission proposal and together with the implementing decisions referred to in Article 23, paragraph (1) [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision] of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security. | 6. The Commission shall adopt the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article, as a rule, together with the delegated act referred to in Article 23(4) [empowerment delegated act in accordance with Article [87]] of Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security. |
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| 7. Article 24 of the Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security on the amendment of Plans shall apply, provided that the Commission proposal and the Council Implementing Decision approving amendments of the elements listed in Article 23(4) only cover the objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation. | 7. Article 24 of the Regulation (EU) […] establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security on the amendment of Plans shall apply, provided that the Commission proposal and the delegated act supplementing the elements listed in Article 23(4) of that Regulation only cover the objectives referred to in Article 3 of this Regulation. |
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| Article 4a | |
| Exercise of the delegation | |
| 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. | |
| 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 4 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from … [the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. | |
| 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 4 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. | |
| 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. | |
| 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. | |
| 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. |
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Explanatory statement 13 blocks
On 16 July 2025, the Commission presented a number of legislative proposals for the next Union’s Multiannual Financial Framework (“MFF”), covering the 2028-2034 period, including the present proposal.
Under the proposed new budgetary framework, the Union measures in the Justice and Home Affairs area should be supported by total allocations set to triple (to €81 billion) as compared to the current framework. The present proposal is one of three proposals to succeed the existing three funds in the home affairs area .
According to the Commission, the new architecture of the MFF and the budget aims to optimize the use of Union funds, all the while preserving coherence and efficient monitoring. Against this background, the three new home affairs instruments are to be aligned with the horizontal rules contained in the proposed Regulation establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034, through the so-called National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRP Plans) that will be elaborated by and for each Member State. The corresponding financial support can be complemented by the funds attributed through an “EU Facility” for Union actions which increases flexibility and can cater for unforeseen crises.
Due to the fact that not all Member States participate to the same extent in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice of the Union (‘variable geometry’) the three home affairs instruments have been tabled alongside the NRP Fund, rather than incorporated into it. Schengen associated countries are supposed to participate through financial contributions agreed in bilateral arrangements with the EU.
The present Proposal for a Regulation establishing the Union support for internal security for the period from 2028 to 2034 is part of that effort. The Commission proposal foresees a budget of EUR €6,8 billion for the period 2028 to 2034. It also sets sector-specific rules and objectives that come as an addition to the above-mentioned general horizontal rules under the NRP Plans.
The rapporteur supports the overall architecture of the 2028-2024 MFF. She proposes a number of clarifications to the Internal Security Regulation to align the instrument with Europe’s most pressing internal security challenges and to allow proper scrutiny of the use of EU funds.
strengthening the Union’s and Member States’ capabilities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including radicalisation and terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, and hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks, including through innovative methods and new technologies in the area of internal security;
fostering Member States’ capabilities by enhancing the resilience of critical entities against hostile acts, and managing security-related incidents, risks and crises, also by means of interoperable critical communication systems;
improving and facilitating the exchange of information between and within competent authorities and relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies and, where appropriate, with third countries, international organisations and private parties;
improving and intensifying operational law enforcement cooperation, including joint operations, between competent authorities in relation to preventing and combating serious and organised crime, online and offline, including radicalisation and terrorism, violent extremism, cybercrime, child sexual abuse and exploitation, hybrid threats, as well as in relation to protecting citizens and public spaces from attacks;
strengthening support, protection and assistance for victims of serious and organised crime, including ensuring access to relevant authorities, information, and specialised services, with particular attention to vulnerable victims.
Finally, under the NRP regulation proposal, Member States may derogate from the rules and requirements on partnership and multi-level governance in the home affairs area. Moreover, they are able to reallocate funds between the three instruments provided the reallocation serves to reach each of the objectives fixed in these instruments and that the allocation is proportionate to the identified challenges and needs and complies with general requirements for the NRP plans.
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