Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting

Name: Committee on Budgets Extraordinary meeting
Uploaded: 2026-04-27T18:00:00+00:00

03:14 - 04:11

Speaker 1

Good evening, everybody. Can we start the meeting? Thank you. Welcome to this Budget Committee meeting of Monday, April 27. If there are no objections to the agenda, I deem the agenda adopted.

Thank you. Interpretation is available in 11 languages. I'm not going to enumerate them, but it's a lot. And if there are no objections, the minutes of the April 8 meeting are deemed adopted if you don't object, which seems to be the case. Thank you.

Point number four on our agenda, the budget 26 other sections, the European Parliament c one to briefly present the request. I give the floor to Miss Anna Xiebowska, director general of DG Inlow. Please.

04:12 - 05:15

Speaker 3

Thank you very much, chair. And, this is a transfer request for 1,540,000 to reinforce two budget lines: catering and moves. So catering, 620,000 to cover the increase in parliament's contribution to the means of trainees, which has been in place since the beginning of the year, 300,000 for the Spinelli self-service restaurant to ensure business continuity, and 50,000 to cover the increasing meals served for the seminars in Bazos. And on the moves budget line, we request €570,000 linked to the preparation for the renovation of the Spag Building and the necessary staff moves. Thank you very much.

05:16 - 05:22

Speaker 1

Thank you. Floor is now for Mister Nemec, our rapporteur for the '26 budget other sections.

05:22 - 06:13

Speaker 4

Thank you. Thank you, chair. As the reporter for the other section, for 2026 budget, I can confirm that we have carefully analyzed the request for transfer from the European Parliament c 01/2026 and reply to the follow-up questions. The purpose of this transfer is to reinforce the budget line to subsidize the cost of means meals for trainees, as has already been set of this house, which I really welcome as an important signal for our youngsters. The transfer request also covers the costs of the moves linked to the Spark Building renovation.

I can confirm as reported that my recommendation to the budget is a positive one as I ask the committee to support it. Thank you so much.

06:15 - 06:22

Speaker 1

Thank you. I have one request for an intervention, madam Furet, for Patriots. Chair,

06:24 - 07:30

Speaker 5

Colleagues, I speak French. We're going to vote on this transfer, which is a further illustration of the budgetary abuse within our institutions. The most scandalous point is that there'll be a 121% increase in catering costs, some €970,000. Why is that? Because of poor mismanagement of the Spinelli Building and €50,000 for meals in Bazos, then €178,000 extra for moving from the SPAC to the Monterra Building, the hidden cost of the mammoth costs of the SPAC Building. On top of this, we have limousines with drivers, but they've been used less this time around.

But this is wrong to further give further comfort to MEPs, and their patriots speak out against this.

07:30 - 08:32

Johan Van Overtveldt

To intervene on this item? If not, can we nobody? Okay. We can close this point number five and go to point number four and go to point number five. The voting time, let's first of all check the machinery.

I declare the vote open. I close the votes, and apparently, it is working. Thank you. We are now called on to approve the parliament's estimates for the financial year '27. I would like to inform you that the bureau has just endorsed the parliament's estimate for '27, as agreed between the bureau and the budget committee on April 15.

Now it's, on our side or it's we that have to confirm, well, if you want, the agreement, as well. I give the floor to Mister Haji Pantela, the rapporteur. Please.

08:33 - 10:06

Michalis Hadjipantela

Thank you, Charles, for giving me the floor, dear colleagues. Before we proceed to the vote, I would like to briefly wrap up the procedure and highlight the work we have accomplished together. We held the conciliation meeting with the vice presidents and the secretary-general. The conciliation agreement on the European Parliament's 2027 estimates, together with the company resolution, reflects careful consideration of our budgetary priorities and ensures sufficient resources for the faction of the parliament while taking into account forecasted economic developments. Compared to the bureau's initial proposal, the conciliation agreement provides net savings of €9,000,000.

Meanwhile, modest increases were agreed for political foundations and the activities of former members. On the accompanying resolution, we achieved 8 compromises across the political groups addressing key priorities while ensuring broad agreement. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the shadow of our team for their constructive cooperation throughout this process and to express gratitude to the chair for his guidance and support during the conciliation meeting. Your professionalism and dedication have ensured a smooth and productive procedure. Thank you very much.

10:08 - 10:20

Thank you. We now proceed to the vote. We vote on compromise one and compromise two together, and we do it by roll-call vote. The vote is open.

10:23 - 10:24

The vote is closed.

10:26 - 11:51

It is adopted by 31 in favor, one against, and two abstentions. Thank you. With this adoption, the estimates have been endorsed, and we can proceed with the accompanying resolution. So we now vote on compromise three, with a show of hands. Who's in favor?

Who's against? Who abstains? Adopted. Compromise four, also show of hands. Who's in favor?

Who's against? Who abstains? Adopted. Compromise five. Who's in favor?

Who's against? Who abstains, adopted. Compromise six, who's in favor, who's against, who abstains, adopted. Compromise seven, who's in favor, who's against, who abstains? Adopted.

Compromise eight, who's in favor? Who's against? Who abstains? Adopted. Then we vote on amendment 79.

Who's in favor? Who's against? Who abstains? Rejected. Compromise 80.

Who's in favor? Who's against? Who abstains? Rejected. Then we vote, we have the final vote on the draft text as amended, by roll call vote.

11:51 - 11:52

The vote is open.

11:56 - 11:57

The vote is closed.

11:59 - 12:27

It is adopted, 29 in favor, one against, four abstentions. Congratulations to the rapporteur. Thank you all. This ends our voting session. We have one more vote.

Point number six of our agenda, budget 26, again, other sections, C1, we do immediately the roll-call vote. The vote is open.

12:33 - 12:34

The vote is closed.

12:36 - 12:45

Adopted, 26 in favor, eight against, no abstentions. And now, really, this is the end of the meeting. Thank you all, and enjoy the rest of your evening.

35:16 - 57:18

Speaker 7

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