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Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
After adjournment, a speaker repeatedly announces "Channel two, English" as an audio/interpretation reminder, with no further budgetary or political content.
Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
The Chair conducts roll-call and show-of-hands votes on compromises 1–8, amendments 79 and 80, and the final text on Parliament’s 2027 estimates, announcing adoption of the estimates and accompanying resolution and closing the budget voting session, followed by a final roll-call vote on Budget 2026 other sections (C1).
Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
The chair announces the need for the committee to confirm Parliament’s 2027 estimates following the Bureau’s endorsement and gives the floor to rapporteur Michalis Hadjipantela, who summarizes the conciliation with the Bureau and Secretary-General, a net saving of €9 million versus the initial proposal, limited increases for political foundations and former members’ activities, and eight cross-party compromises in the accompanying resolution.
Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
Rapporteur Matjaž Nemec endorses the transfer as a positive signal for trainees and necessary for SPAAK-related moves, while Angéline Furet denounces what she calls budgetary abuse, highlighting large percentage increases in catering, costs linked to the SPAAK building, and criticizing additional comforts for MEPs.
Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
The chair introduces Item 4 on the 2026 budget (other sections) and gives the floor to the DG of DG INLO, who presents a €1.54 million transfer request to reinforce catering lines (trainee meals, Spinelli restaurant, seminars in Bazos) and staff moves linked to the SPAAK building renovation.
Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
Chair opens the extraordinary Budgets Committee meeting, confirms adoption of the agenda in the absence of objections, notes interpretation arrangements, and deems the minutes of the 8 April meeting approved.
Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
EPP, S&D and ECR shadows express support subject to safeguards on voluntariness, data protection, SME inclusion, coexistence with national systems and legal effects, while the Commission stresses the need for mandatory acceptance by public bodies and frames the Wallet as central to reducing bureaucracy and advancing the Single Market’s digital transformation.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The IMCO chair opens the afternoon session and introduces the opinion on the European Business Wallet, with the rapporteur’s substitute detailing its legal basis in the EU digital identity framework and core priorities of interoperability, SME usability and an innovation‑friendly but accountable governance model.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Shadow rapporteurs present group positions on the MFF package, co‑rapporteurs on own resources warn of risks without new EU revenues and propose options such as a digital levy, and the committee proceeds to adopt the compromise interim report by roll‑call vote, with a minority opinion registered under Rule 56(4).
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Budgets Committee chair opens the meeting, adopts the agenda and frames the vote on the interim report, followed by rapporteurs Mureşan and Tavares outlining Parliament’s negotiation mandate on the 2028–2034 MFF, including the proposed GNI ceiling, separation of NGEU repayments, governance, rule of law conditionality and implementation safeguards.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Janusz Lewandowski and 4 others
The Chair summarizes key priorities on prevention and climate adaptation over ex-post financial aid, highlights the geographical distribution of Solidarity Fund use, connects crisis response to labour support and EU budget militarisation, and foreshadows a possible study on prevention and geopolitical disaster response.
Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The experts respond with proposals for harmonised climate‑risk methodologies, differentiated co‑financing and technical assistance to improve adaptation quality, discuss integrating disaster risk in sectoral policies, and clarify the financial and procedural limits of EU solidarity under the new Facility and cascade, including access conditions, timelines and the need to define Parliament’s role and oversight.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Janusz Lewandowski and 4 others
MEPs from Croatia, Spain, Portugal, France and Poland welcome the study but raise concerns about over‑reliance on national envelopes in the cascade, insufficient prevention and protection of critical infrastructure, limited solidarity for broad economic impacts, complex access for final beneficiaries, cohesion trade‑offs, and risks that merged instruments, flexibility and procurement failures weaken real EU solidarity and firefighting capacity.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Chair reopens the Budgets Committee meeting, situates the study in the post‑2027 MFF debate, and the experts present the evolution of EU disaster‑risk policy, explain the proposed four‑stage cascade mechanism and adequacy concept, quantify expected funding changes, and set out recommendations on prevention spending, preparedness‑by‑design, UCPM capacities, insurance backstops and the future solidarity line.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Chair and rapporteur define Parliament’s budgetary assessment role for the merged UCPM–health file under Rule 58, followed by MEPs and the co‑rapporteur debating envelope size, sub‑envelopes and ring‑fencing while the Commission argues for maximum flexibility, before the Chair closes with procedural follow‑up and amendment deadlines.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
MEPs scrutinise the European Parliament’s 2027 budget estimates, staffing, buildings and political priorities, then examine targeted budgetary mobilisations including EGF support for Liberty Steel workers in Belgium and the post‑2027 nuclear safety and decommissioning instrument under Euratom.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the Budgets Committee meeting, adopts the agenda and launches the institutional exchange on the next MFF with the Committee of the Regions and the EESC, before moving to the presentation, assessment and extensive electronic voting on pilot projects, preparatory actions, EGF mobilisations, the ECHA opinion and several inter‑institutional budget transfers.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting Joint meeting Committee on Budgetary Control
MEPs from sectoral committees present their opinions on adapting performance indicators and DNSH rules before final political remarks on EU competences, with the Chair closing the joint meeting and requesting written follow‑up from the Commission.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting Joint meeting Committee on Budgetary Control
Co‑rapporteurs, shadows and other MEPs question ECA and Commission on EU added value, simplification, indicator gaps and overlaps, DNSH legal basis and timing, climate and gender tracking, and audit and control powers, prompting detailed methodological and legal clarifications.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting Joint meeting Committee on Budgetary Control
Chairs open the joint BUDG–CONT meeting, adopt the agenda and minutes, and frame the session around the new performance regulation with initial ECA assessment and Commission reply on the proposed single horizontal framework.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur and shadows question the DGs on key budgetary, staffing, IT, energy and communication choices for 2027, the DGs provide detailed clarifications on financial assumptions, contracts, lifecycle choices and communication tools, and the rapporteur and Chair conclude the work on the estimates and announce the follow-up in the Budgets and CONT committees.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Chair resumes the meeting on the 2027 EP draft estimates and invites DG FINS, DG INLO, DG ITEC and DG COMM to present overall budget trends, buildings and SPAAK renovation, IT and cybersecurity priorities, and communication budget constraints and projects.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Janusz Lewandowski and 5 others
The committee opens the meeting, hears the Commission’s detailed €350m Emergency Aid Reserve transfer proposal, records political support and concerns over reserve sustainability and bundled crises, receives the Commission’s replies on early reserve use and future mobilisations, and then proceeds to and completes the vote on the 2027 budget guidelines (Commission section).
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Evelyne Corbière Naminzo Communiste
The Commission explains the financing structure of the Ukraine support loan (cascade, special instruments, and reflows), details timing and methodology for estimating borrowing, salary adjustment and CAP guarantee fund costs, and clarifies constraints on reallocations (e.g. LIFE vs CAP) as well as the treatment of the Moldova facility and payment implementation; the Chair then thanks speakers and formally closes the meeting while announcing the coordinators’ session.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Commission presents the final technical update of the 2027 financial programming under the current MFF, then the rapporteur and MEPs raise concerns on tight margins, financing of Ukraine‑related costs, pressure on special instruments, and the balance between LIFE, CAP and support for farmers and SMEs.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The committee conducts a voting session on an EGF application from Belgium and budget transfers, then examines and broadly supports EGF mobilisations for Belgian workers affected by the CASA bankruptcy and Austrian workers made redundant at KTM after production shifts abroad, highlighting complementary re‑employment measures and concerns over corporate practices and wider industrial policy.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
Evelyne Corbière Naminzo Communiste
The EDPS requests a technical budget transfer to correct imbalances created in the annual procedure, which the rapporteur recommends approving, and the EBA Executive Director presents the strategy for post‑2028 office space in Paris as MEPs scrutinise hybrid work implications, lease flexibility, exit costs and scope for sharing and market‑based savings.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The rapporteur and MEPs from several groups question the administration on keeping non‑statutory growth below 2%, cybersecurity absorption capacity, Spaak relocation and loan repayment profile, simplification timetable, Europa Experience costs, IT sovereignty, missions and allowances, while the Bureau and Secretary‑General defend Parliament’s 20% share of Heading 7, explain choices on APAs and daily allowances, clarify loan and IT strategies, and commit to examine eurobond financing options.
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Committee on Budgets Ordinary meeting
The Chair opens the Budgets Committee meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, and introduces Parliament’s 2027 estimates, followed by the Bureau Vice‑Presidents and Secretary‑General presenting the political context, main priorities, overall figures, statutory vs non‑statutory expenditure, digital and cybersecurity investments, and Spaak building financing via loans.
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Committee on Budgets with MEP EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY WEEK 2026
Claude Raynal and 2 others
The chair delivers closing remarks, underlines that MFF 2028–2034 negotiations will be long and remain open, and sets out the immediate procedural follow‑up including the evening meeting and next day’s plenary before formally adjourning the session.
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