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BUDG European Parliament
Seguir as suas sessõesHélder Sousa Silva
Thank you Chair and I apologize for the delay but today it's a very difficult day for me. Okay, I will take the floor in Portuguese. Obrigado, senhora presidente. Ao começar a minha intervenção, quero agradecer à relatora, senhora presidente, pelo projeto de relatório apresentado, o qual visa a mobilização do Fundo Europeu de Solidariedade para dar assistência a Malta e Itália na sequência da tempestade Hery, bem como a Portugal e Espanha na sequência de várias tempestades que afetaram a Península Ibérica em janeiro e fevereiro deste ano. Nos primeiros meses de 2026, Portugal foi seriamente afetado por uma sucessão de intensas tempestades, ventos muito fortes e precipitação intensa, originando várias inundações e também deslizamento de terras.
Estes fenómenos naturais causaram elevados danos, incluindo a destruição de infraestruturas essenciais, muitas vias de comunicação foram afetadas, deixando várias comunidades sem acessibilidades e comunicação durante vários dias.
Apesar do nível elevado de destruição, Portugal e os restantes países reagiram e recuperaram e está a recuperar ainda e a tornar-se cada vez mais resiliente. E nesse sentido saúdo a pertinência deste relatório que visa a mobilização de fundos para apoiar a reconstrução das áreas afetadas, disponibilizando muitos milhões, 3 milhões e 700 mil para Malta, 74 milhões e 800 mil, números redondos, para a Itália, 261 milhões e 400 mil para Portugal, 149 milhões para Espanha. De facto é muito, muito milhão de ajuda da União Europeia. Reitero por isso a importância deste instrumento de solidariedade. No entanto, é necessário assegurar também a rápida entrega de fundos para apoio às comunidades afetadas, devendo fomentar a prevenção e a resiliência das infraestruturas no processo de reconstrução, para que se voltar a acontecer as infraestruturas possam de alguma forma reagir e ser mais resilientes.
Iremos nós, PPE, colaborar para uma rápida disponibilização deste fundo, salvaguardando a proteção dos interesses financeiros da União Europeia sempre e os princípios também da transparência orçamental. Muito obrigado.
Bogdan Rzońca
Thank you so much. The ECR always supports regions affected by disasters. It will be no difference on this time. Thank you.
Lucia Yar
That's very good to hear. Thank you very much, Mr. Jonsa. For the Greens, I don't see anyone. The Left and ESN same. So now I will give the floor to Commission representative, to the Commission representative, Madame Lenka Filipkova, presenting the mobilization of EUSF and the correspondent transfer proposal.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and you actually did my job for me, so you have presented very well the proposed mobilization for the four countries that were hit by the storms at the beginning of the year. And I can only support or thank the colleagues for the general support. Maybe also tell you that after this mobilization we will still have about 580, 581 million left for further emergencies on natural disasters, which if not spent this year will be carried over to the following year and added to the 1.2 billion available there. Also maybe to say that we at the moment don't have any other requests for the mobilization, but we are expecting in the coming days the request from Spain and Italy and France due to the wildfires this summer. Thank you very much.
Lucia Yar
Thank you. Okay, so the mobilization of the EUSF is linked to the transfer DEC 16. Therefore, I think also the rapporteur of annual budget Mr. Halicki should be presenting. However, we do not have neither him nor Mr. Silva, he had to go. Nevertheless, if there is anyone else who would like to participate in discussion, then the floor is available, but I don't see any hand.
That's why I think I will conclude and I will conclude back as a rapporteur.
Thank you very much for all the contributions and interventions. I'm very happy that the political groups across the spectrum, actually, as well as the European Commission, as Ms. Filipkova said, are in line. I'm confident that we have a smooth, that we will have a smooth and constructive process. I hope that working together we will be able to finalize these compromises within a reasonable timeframe so that we can proceed to the vote and provide assistance to the countries affected by the natural disasters as soon as possible. Once again, thanks everybody involved.
And the deadline, yes, which is an important part, back as a chair, deadline for amendments to the draft report on the EUSF mobilization is on October 1st at 5:00, 17:00. And that due to the urgency of this procedure, the work of this file is conducted in English only. The vote will take place on October 12, 2026. Good. So we will be moving to the point on the mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Finland, Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa paper.
Mr. Sala unfortunately had to apologize and has no replacement from the EPP. Draft report nevertheless was sent and everybody who needs will have an opportunity to see it. Okay. Because we do not have the rapporteur, then we will, I will give the floor first to Ms. Filipkova to present, to present it, and then we will go to the shadows. Ms. Filipkova.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Indeed, in this, in this case, we have a proposal for a mobilization decision of the European Globalization Fund, which is accompanied by a proposal for a transfer number 15. The proposal requests financial contribution from the Globalization Fund for Displaced Workers in the paper manufacturing sector in Finland. Four enterprises are concerned in two NUTS, in two NUTS 2 regions, as you beautifully pronounced them, Etelä-Suomi and Helsinki-Uusimaa, I hope. The redundancies are mainly due to significant geopolitical and economic challenges, in particular the sanctioned imports of wood from Russia, raising energy and fuel prices, and lower demand as digitalization is replacing print products.
The situation escalated in 2025 when import tariffs imposed by the United States not only resulted in a decline in competitiveness but also reshaped global value chains. For all these reasons, despite the efforts and the so-called change negotiations, which are, which is a statutory obligation in Finland for enterprises planning layoffs or restructuring initiated by the paper-producing companies, major staff reduction could not be avoided. The loss of factory jobs increases the risk of structural and prolonged unemployment. Opportunities for re-employment in the forest and paper industries, paper industries are limited, so the target group requires reskilling to find a job in a different sector.
New investments are increasingly focused on higher skilled tasks, making employment more challenging for those whose background is in manufacturing. Given the growing labor market mismatch, workers will require significant tailored support and retraining to successfully transition to new employment. The financial contribution which is requested by the mobilization is 1.1 million euro, corresponding to 60% of the total estimated cost, and would support about 351 workers that lost their jobs. This is probably the last transfer from the EGF in this year, it's the 11th transfer, and after this transfer there will be still 9.8 million left in the reserve, so all the requests that we received this year were fully, fully honored. So in advance, thank you very much for your support for this transfer and mobilization.
Lucia Yar
Thank you very much, Ms. Filipkova. Now we will go to, to the shadows or their replacement, Mr. Lopo, if there is no, nobody else from the S&D, we will skip then, Madame Furet for PFE, if you want.
Angéline Furet
Nous sommes appelés à débloquer 1,1 million d'euros pour 351 ouvriers de l'industrie du papier en Finlande qui viennent de perdre leur emploi. Évidemment, je voterai pour cette aide. Nous ne laisserons jamais tomber les travailleurs de nos industries qui se retrouvent sur le carreau. Mais il faut avoir le courage de regarder les causes de ce désastre en face. Si ces usines ferment, ce n'est pas une fatalité, c'est parce que les coûts de l'énergie ont explosé, faisant flamber les coûts de production.
Une fois de plus, l'Union européenne joue les pompiers pyromanes. Vos politiques énergétiques étouffent notre compétitivité et détruisent nos usines. Et pour masquer ce naufrage, vous venez distribuer quelques chèques de compensation avec le Fonds d'ajustement à la mondialisation. Aider ces 350 familles aujourd'hui est notre devoir. Mais si nous ne changeons pas radicalement de modèle pour protéger notre industrie européenne et faire baisser le prix de l'énergie, demain, c'est l'ensemble de notre tissu productif qui aura besoin d'être secouru.
Bogdan Rzońca
Tak, to jest, to jest bardzo symptomatyczne, co się dzieje z firmami w Unii Europejskiej. One albo upadają, albo przenoszą swoją działalność, albo się tak restrukturyzują, że pracownicy tracą miejsca pracy. Mamy ogromny problem z zalewem Unii Europejskiej towarami z Chin. Nasz bilans handlowy z Chinami dziennie wynosi 1 miliard minus, minus 1 miliard euro. Już przyjmowaliśmy jako Parlament w całości rezolucję, żeby przyjrzeć się temu problemowi.
To było kilka miesięcy temu, akurat ja ją prezentowałem. Uważam, że na naszej Komisji Budżetowej, na Komisji Gospodarczej powinniśmy się bardziej przyjrzeć sytuacji, bo ten Fundusz Globalizacji staje się w tej chwili taką skarbonką, takim bankomatem, do którego przychodzą firmy, żeby im wypłacić, bo się restrukturyzują albo przeżywają jakieś tam inne problemy. Natomiast nikt nie mówi, dlaczego tak się dzieje. Uważam więc jako EKR, reprezentuję EKR, że my poprzemy oczywiście, bo rozumiemy sytuację tych firm belgijskich, francuskich, holenderskich, austriackich, niemieckich. To też jest ciekawe, drodzy państwo, że firmy z Polski, Rumunii, Węgier, Słowacji, Czech nie sięgają po te pieniądze w ostatnich latach.
Natomiast sięgają bardzo bogate kraje, takie jak Finlandia, Szwecja, Niemcy, Holandia, Belgia i tak dalej. Więc to jest moim zdaniem problem, który powinniśmy szerzej na naszej komisji budżetowej i gospodarczej omówić. A dzisiaj w imieniu EKR-u, no oczywiście rozumiejąc sytuację, będę przekonywał moich kolegów, żeby poprzeć tę pomoc dla firm, o których tu mówimy w tej chwili. Natomiast mam pytanie, jeśli można, do pani dyrektor Filipkovej, ponieważ powiedziała o rezerwie, która jest, czy to jest rezerwa, która może być wykorzystana tylko w tym roku, czy ona może być też przeniesiona na przyszły rok? Jest w tej chwili wrzesień, możemy oczekiwać trudnych sytuacji w Europie w październiku, listopadzie, grudniu.
Jak możemy skorzystać z tej rezerwy ewentualnie, gdy pojawią się następne problemy? Dziękuję uprzejmie.
Lucia Yar
Thank you, Mr. Jóźwiak. We will go later to Ms. Filipková. I will continue with the shadows. For the Renew part, I have been shadowing this file. Let me just also underline that we seem to continue to help workers, different Member States there, economies, and Europeans are well aware that these funds are there to help.
And I hope that this will continue also, as Mr. Jóźwiak said, also in the countries which are not that wealthy and which also have an opportunity to address the payments or helping the workers, displaced workers, to follow further placement in a different way and in different countries. So I'm happy to support also this particular file. Renew is looking forward to the constructive cooperation, swift compromises on the amendments. And I think we should be ready to support everybody. I'm happy to hear across the spectrum this mobilization for the Finnish company, provided that we apply the same consistent standards to all EGF applications.
This is also an important point I wanted to make. We will continue with Greens, Left, and ESN. However, nobody is here to represent. So there was a question to Ms. Filipková on the reserve.
Lenka Filipkova
Yes, thank you. So regarding the transfer, the Globalization Fund at the beginning of the year is put in a reserve. So it's about 35 million a year after the mid-term review, as you know. But for this specific one, the amount that is not spent at the end of the year, the amount lapses. So the 9 million is still available, but we don't expect, even if there are additional claims this year, by the time we process them and we get all the information from the Member States, they would then fall and we will come with a mobilization next year when we will again have full 35 million to again serve whenever needed and requested.
Thank you.
Lucia Yar
Thank you, Ms. Filipková. And I think if there are no more questions, I will only remind that the deadline for amendments are September 30 at 12:00. Amendments are to be tabled in English only. The vote on this EGF mobilization and on the corresponding transfer will take place at the meeting of October 12, 2026. And unfortunately, we do not have Mr. Silva here to present, and he will come later.
Therefore, I've been asked to take a break until 15:50, so that this committee will continue in 20 minutes with another point as it was scheduled. I'll see you there. Bye.
I'll see you there. Bye.
Giuseppe Lupo
Stiamo aspettando l'onorevole Sousa Silva che è il relatore. Sarà qui fra pochissimi minuti. Grazie.
Grazie onorevole, sappiamo che lei aveva un'altra commissione in contemporanea, quindi ci rendiamo conto. Passiamo quindi alla presentazione della valutazione di bilancio trasmesso dalla commissione ECON riguardante l'Autorità europea degli strumenti finanziari e dei mercati, e quindi la parola all'onorevole Sousa Silva, relatore permanente per le agenzie dell'Unione, per tre minuti massimo. Grazie.
Hélder Sousa Silva
Thank you. Thank you, Chair, and dear representatives of the Commission. I apologize for the delay because I was responsible for another file in another committee, and I need to stay till the end because I need to react to the different interventions. Having said that, dear shadow rapporteur, the objective of the market infrastructure and the supervision package is to strengthen the functioning of the savings and investments union. One of the pillars of this reform is the significant reinforcement of the European Securities and Markets Authority's, ESMA, direct supervisory responsibilities and supervisory convergence tools.
Commission estimates that the implementation of the package would have a financial impact of approximately 612 million euros over the period 28-34, to be covered by EU budget contribution, national competent authorities funding, and the collection of fees, three different, I mean, supports. To fulfill its new mandate and tasks, ESMA will be reinforced with 480 new additional posts and its internal structure will be revised and reinforced. To ensure its ability to deliver the expansion of its mandate, a new governing body will be created within the agency, the Executive Board, to assist the Executive Director in the management of the ESMA. The draft focus mainly on the financing aspects of ESMA, safeguarding its stability and ensuring predictability, and on its governance. Regarding the funding of ESMA, to recognize the reinforcement of the European dimension, we agree with Commission proposal that the contribution ratio between EU budget and the national competent authorities should be 50-50 basis.
But we propose to apply it to all activities not funded by fees.
This would increase transparency and accountability of ESMA and will reduce the administrative burden within the agency. To promote the sustainability of the reform, we propose that the mandatory contributions from national competent authorities be allocated based on the actual size and structure of national financial markets, not in relation to population. Since the collection of the fees will be the main source of revenue of ESMA, to improve legal certainty, to promote transparency, predictability and accountability, we advocate for the establishment of a single horizontal framework governing all supervisory fees under the ESMA regulation. To conclude on the governance, we propose to align Commission voting rights within the executive board with the principles agreed between Parliament and Council on the ESMA file. Furthermore, we recommend that a single long mandate for all senior management posts would reinforce their autonomy in the decision-making process and the independence of ESMA.
Dear colleagues and the dear chair, thank you so much and I'm ready if you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you so much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole. Adesso la parola ai relatori ombra. Inizio io per S&D. Desideriamo innanzitutto ringraziare il relatore e il suo team per il lavoro svolto, per questa relazione presentata in conformità all'articolo 58 del regolamento. Dopo aver esaminato attentamente le proposte, condividiamo in linea generale l'orientamento illustrato dal relatore.
Riteniamo tuttavia che alcuni degli emendamenti proposti meritino un'ulteriore discussione e un esame più approfondito. In particolare, avremmo bisogno di maggiori chiarimenti sull'idea di consentire al consiglio delle autorità di vigilanza di adottare decisioni tenendo conto delle dimensioni del mercato finanziario. Allo stesso modo, per quanto riguarda l'emendamento 8 relativo alle procedure di voto in seno al consiglio di amministrazione, riteniamo importante valutare con attenzione l'impatto delle modifiche proposte affinché si definisca per non si finisca per indebolire il ruolo di questo organo. Guardiamo con interesse alle prossime discussioni. Siamo pronti a lavorare in modo costruttivo con il relatore e con tutti i relatori ombra con l'obiettivo di trovare soluzioni equilibrate e condivise.
Grazie. Adesso la parola all'onorevole Fioret. Prego.
Angéline Furet
Grazie. Je vais parler en français. Je reconnais un talent exceptionnel à la Commission, sa capacité à créer de l'emploi, mais uniquement dans ses bureaux. Ce texte sur l'union de l'épargne prétend relancer l'économie. En réalité, il retire à nos pays le contrôle de leurs marchés pour donner les pleins pouvoirs financiers à quelques technocrates ici à Bruxelles.
Pour gérer cette usine à gaz, la fiche financière avoue tout : un recrutement massif de 480 bureaucrates supplémentaires pour 612 millions d'euros. Qui paiera la note ? Vous tapez dans le budget européen et inventez 533 millions de taxes financières. Ne nous mentez pas, ce racket sera répercuté au centime près sur l'assurance-vie des épargnants et les crédits de nos PME. Ursula von der Leyen reprochait récemment à notre épargne d'être, je cite, paresseuse.
On comprend aujourd'hui qu'elle voulait surtout la mettre au travail pour payer ses propres fonctionnaires. Merci.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole. Se è presente l'onorevole Szonza, mi sembra di no. Per ECR, Renew, l'onorevole Stright, l'onorevole Stefanuta per i Verdi, l'onorevole Youngblut è presente?
Qualche collega chiede di intervenire con la procedura catch-the-eye? Onorevole Geiser, prego a lei.
Thomas Geisel
Ja, ich werde Deutsch sprechen. Wenn ich das richtig verstehe, bezieht sich ja der Vorschlag auf die Schaffung eines integrierten europäischen Kapitalmarkt- und Wertpapiermarktes. Jetzt wird auf europäischer, das ist sicherlich sinnvoll, dass man die europäische Aufsicht stärkt, aber ich frage mich, wie ist denn gedacht, dass sich die nationalen Aufsichten dann zur europäischen Aufsicht verhalten? Wenn jetzt die europäische Aufsicht gestärkt wird und sich ansonsten nichts ändert, dann besteht ja die Gefahr, dass sich eben eine Bürokratie, nämlich die europäische Bürokratie, an den nationalen Bürokratien abarbeitet und umgekehrt. Wie ist geplant, dass man tatsächlich hier einheitliche Regeln schafft?
Ist mit den Mitgliedstaaten abgesprochen, dass die ihre eigenen Aufsichten zurückführen oder wie ist dieses, wie soll dieses Nebeneinander gestaltet werden?
Giuseppe Lupo
Altri interventi? Se non ci sono altre richieste di intervento, chiedo alla rappresentante della Commissione, la signora Filipkova, di intervenire per rispondere, replicare alle osservazioni. Grazie.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks, thanks a lot to the rapporteur, Mr. Sousa Silva, for the presentation of the opinion. So maybe I'll react to some, some of the elements that you proposed in your opinion. First of all, the change of the 40-60 to 50-50. We did discuss in detail this, this element with colleagues and obviously we did think about moving it to 50-50, but actually then we concluded that the financial impact of, of changing the activities that are currently financed 40-60 would be quite significant and probably is not worth it in a way because it already exists. So it would actually cost about 40 million more if we moved all activities that are currently financed to 50-50.
Therefore, we really, really would, would prefer if, if we kept unchanged the system that we have for the current activities and then apply the 50-50 for the, for the new activities. Then indeed, I think the idea of having a simpler proposal for all the fees, that obviously also deserves an analysis and it makes sense. However, due to the variety and complexity of the fees levied by ESMA, a more in-depth analysis will need to be conducted in order to determine the feasibility of such an endeavor, but as you, as you say, it would, it would theoretically make lots of, lots of sense. Also as regards the Commission voting rights on purely HR and budget decision, it is the request to have a positive vote, it is really to, for us also to be able to, to manage our responsibility for implementing the budget and make sure that the board, when they take decisions, take them in the framework of, of the budgetary availabilities that we actually have and that we can then implement the decisions taken there, or that, that the Commission is listened to when these decisions are taken. It is not to block, block any operational decisions or running of the agency as such.
And indeed, to Mr. Geiser, the last question, yes, indeed, it's the idea that we would do more together for the single market and less at the national level. Thank you.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, signora Filipkova. Se non ci sono altre richieste d'intervento, chiederei all'onorevole Sousa Silva di concludere il nostro dibattito.
Hélder Sousa Silva
Thank you, chair, I will reply in Portuguese. Gostaria de agradecer as perguntas que me foram dirigidas, quer a mim, quer à Comissão. Vou responder ao meu colega Geisel dizendo que, ou acompanhando aquilo que a senhora Filipkova acabou de dizer, que é a ideia é que se aumente o número de postos de trabalho na agência europeia ESMA, mas postos esses que são reduzidos às agências dos Estados-Membros, inclusivamente com transferência de funcionários, de quadros, de empregados dos Estados-Membros para a agência central, porque a ideia é que não se crie mais custos e que se diminua inclusivamente custos aos Estados-Membros. Segunda questão, a questão das atividades financiadas para a senhora Filipkova. É evidente que nós acompanhamos que os 40% que são hoje financiados pela União Europeia e os 60% que são financiados pelos Estados-Membros contra a proposta futura dos 50-50, existe um diferencial de cerca de 60 milhões de euros que vem refletido na proposta da Comissão.
No entanto, a médio-longo prazo, se virmos a redução de burocracia que esta decisão implica relativamente ao funcionamento, inclusivamente redução de número de postos de trabalho, porque é preciso ver quais são as tarefas antigas, as novas tarefas e estar sempre a fazer esse racional de custo, penso que do ponto de vista de simplificação e de transparência seria um bom caminho a percorrer. O valor é importante, mas não é um valor que seja significativo para o todo da União. Muito obrigado.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole Sousa Silva. Ricordo che il termine per la presentazione degli emendamenti è previsto per il primo ottobre alle 12:00 e che la votazione in Budget sarà il 4 novembre. Passiamo al punto successivo, il punto 7, che riguarda l'Agenzia dell'Unione Europea per i servizi spaziali e la modifica del regolamento UE 2021/696, sulla quale la Commissione Budget fornisce una valutazione di bilancio alla Commissione ITRE. È presente un rappresentante dell'Agenzia dell'Unione Europea per i servizi spaziali che ringraziamo in quanto nel prosieguo del pomeriggio sarà presentato un progetto edilizio. Darei nuovamente la parola all'onorevole Sousa Silva, relatore permanente per le agenzie dell'Unione, per tre minuti.
Grazie.
Hélder Sousa Silva
Thank you, chair, and dear shadow rapporteurs, dear representative of the Commission and dear executive director of EUSPA. Firstly, I would like to express my appreciation to EUSPA executive director for his presence in this meeting for the presentation of the draft budgetary assessment and to thank you for the open cooperation and fruitful exchanges during the preparation of this draft report. It was really very important for me and for my team.
The proposal for a regulation on the European Union Space Services Agency highlights the importance of having a clear framework for the functioning and funding of the agency. Commission estimates that the implementation of the regulation will have a financial impact of approximately 979.6 million euros over the period 28-34. To fulfill its new mandate and tasks, EUSPA will be reinforced with 522 new additional posts. The draft report takes note of the proposal to increase the budget and staff of the agency to reflect the new tasks assigned to it, however, we consider that the proposal does not fully address the reduction in the agency's purchasing power or resolve the existing shortfall of 82 posts. In our perspective, bringing certain key tasks in-house would reduce continuity and security risks.
We take note on the proposed changes to the revenue of the agency, namely in the introduction of fees which are foreseen on the draft of EU Space Act. This will allow the agency to charge for tasks that it will carry on under the act. We reiterate Parliament long-standing position that independence and autonomous administrative decision-making process are key for agency's effectiveness and the implementation of the EU policies. We consider that the voting rules in the agency should reflect the institutional balance. Therefore, we propose to delete Commission power to block a wide range of decisions of the administrative board by not voting in favor, since that this would entail a significant shift in power in the agency.
We suggest replacing it with the text that was agreed between the co-legislator on the ESMA file. Thank you so much. It's our position and again I'm ready for answering some questions that you would like to clarify or addressing to me. Thank you so much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole, passiamo ai relatori ombra, inizio io per S&D. Desidero innanzitutto ringraziare il relatore per la relazione. Dopo aver esaminato il testo non abbiamo osservazioni da formulare sul suo contenuto da un punto di vista politico. Presenteremo comunque alcuni emendamenti piuttosto limitati con l'obiettivo di rendere la relazione se possibile ancora più chiara, più coerente, più snella. Vorrei inoltre sottolineare che la decisione dell'autorità di bilancio sulla nuova sede dell'EUSPA a Praga è ancora in sospeso e sarà quindi importante tener conto di questo elemento per la prosecuzione dei nostri lavori.
Infine, a nome del gruppo S&D, sosteniamo le proposte volte a rafforzare e potenziare il personale, le risorse finanziarie, le misure di sicurezza dell'agenzia considerata la particolare delicatezza della missione che svolge. Grazie.
A seguire l'onorevole Stefanuta. Prego onorevole.
Nicolae Ștefănuță
Grazie presidente. Just to say that we support our rapporteur in the most for the most parts and as green shadow I would just like to to speak about EUSPA in the sense that we would like it to promote more the dual use technologies also in the context of of defense and actually we wouldn't mind hearing from representatives of the agency if they are present in the room to see how can this be done in a in an adequate time.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole. Ci sono richieste di intervento con la procedura catch-the-eye? Abbiamo un po' di tempo. Nessun collega chiede di intervenire, quindi darei la parola al rappresentante dell'Agenzia dell'Unione Europea per i servizi spaziali, il direttore esecutivo Rodrigo da Costa. Prego.
Rodrigo da Costa
Thank you very much. Thank you honorable members. I will do my brief intervention in in English. Thank you. So EUSPA indeed is a key contributor to the implementation of the European Union space activities and space as was mentioned is no longer a niche policy because it has become essential to Europe's competitiveness, technology leadership, but also security and the strategic autonomy.
The services that we deliver they support a very wide range of sectors including transport, agriculture, energy management, telecommunications, emergency response. Looking ahead, indeed the competitiveness fund is likely to further expand our the Union space activities and with the growth of the space activities also the responsibilities of EUSPA will grow. And many of these tasks are indeed highly sensitive from a security perspective including as dual use nature. And equally important is the need to ensure service continuity that critical services from space remain available at all times. And of course the evolving context must be reflected in the agency's resources.
The current MFF was significantly affected by inflationary pressures. At the same time our portfolio of core and delegated tasks continues to expand and therefore it is essential that the agency budget evolves proportionally to the overall growth of the EU space activities. The same reasoning applies to staffing. Given the sensitive nature of the agency's responsibilities it is crucial that EUSPA retains strategic expertise and key know-how within the European Union. Investing in high qualified staff is not an administrative necessity, it is an investment in Europe's technological sovereignty and security.
And of course increase of resources must continue to be guided by sound budgetary principles. In conclusion, as we look to the future EUSPA regulation and the related budgetary implications we consider crucial to equip the agency with the means necessary to deliver on its growing mandate while maintaining strong focus on efficiency, accountability and results. When we do so you will strengthen Europe's capacity to protect its interest, foster innovation and remain a global leader in space. Thank you.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie direttore. E la signora Filipkova per la Commissione vuole intervenire? Prego.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much Mr. Chair, rapporteur. So indeed I think we can just just confirm with the numbers that you already mentioned that with the growing importance of the space activities and the agency itself we proposed with this proposal quite a substantial increase both in staff and resources. The budget of the agency would basically double over the next MFF and the staff numbers would grow by 170 70 FTEs again the posts over the over the seven years so we believe that we have proposed a substantial package to to back the increase importance and responsibility for the agency.
As regards the veto right, which I mentioned for the previous agency, but I should have said it here again, this is really to to make sure that we have a stronger oversight and that we can have an impact on the on the purely budgetary budgetary decision, which is also something that the Court of Auditors has been constantly calling for, that the Commission has a bigger and stronger oversight of the of the decentralized agencies' finances. Again, no no no influence or impact or veto on on actually operational operational discussions. And I think that that covers otherwise. Thanks to the rapporteur for the support.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, signora Filipkova. L'onorevole Sousa Silva per le conclusioni del dibattito, se vuole.
Hélder Sousa Silva
Thank you, chair. Only to to thank to thank all the the rapporteurs and the the representatives of the Commission and especially the Executive Director of ESMA for the precious collaboration during this preparation of this the this report. And of course all the amendments and the proposals the proposals are welcome during the the next the next weeks and we will collect them and we will analyze and incorporate them as much as I we can. Thank you so much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole. Ricordo che il termine per la presentazione degli emendamenti è fissato al 1° ottobre, ore 17:00, e che la votazione in BUDG si svolgerà o il 4 o il 5 di novembre. Passiamo al punto 8 che riguarda il bilancio generale dell'Unione europea per l'esercizio 2027, tutte le sezioni. Come sappiamo, la procedura di bilancio è in pieno svolgimento. Tutti gli emendamenti sono stati presentati e i relatori ombra stanno lavorando insieme ai relatori attivamente alla definizione di un compromesso affinché la commissione possa votare il 5 di ottobre.
I relatori per il parere delle altre commissioni sono stati tutti invitati a partecipare. Diamo loro il benvenuto, se presenti. Darei la parola al relatore generale, l'onorevole Nils Ušakovs, per tre minuti. Grazie, onorevole.
Nils Ušakovs
Thank you, chair, dear shadows, dear rapporteurs from sectoral committee opinions. Today we will have an exchange of views on the budgetary amendments, but before going into that, please allow me a short presentation of the general budgetary situation for the next year. As you know, 2027 will be the last year of the MFF and the budget has to face two heavy constraints: the EURI repayment costs and the Ukraine support loan debt service costs. Together they amount to 11.5 billion euro and out of this, 6 billion were not foreseen when we negotiated the current MFF. In order to cover this 6 billion, the Commission proposes to literally exhaust all remaining margins of maneuver in the budget.
In the draft budget, there are no margins in heading 2B and 7. The margin in heading 2A is very close to zero. God bless you. And in other headings, the margins are around 100 million euro each.
Moreover, the special instruments that we have used in the previous years to top up programs in headings where there were no margins are also completely exhausted. The flexibility instrument and the single margin instrument compartment A amount to zero in the draft budget. As a result, the draft budget 2027 has only 491 million in flexibility, which is clearly insufficient if we look at what happened in the previous years. The world is becoming a more dangerous place and the European Union cannot afford to go into 2027 without sufficient budgetary contingency. Therefore, we have tabled amendments which would rebalance the EURI line to 35-65 and fully mobilize the Ukraine support instrument.
This will create some much-needed breathing space and reserves to be fully in line with the European Parliament position as agreed in our guidelines. I'm also pleased to say that there is a wide support among the political groups for this, and we will need unity going into conciliation. As a rapporteur, I consider the following as my priorities in terms of reinforcements. In heading 1, we propose to reinforce the Connecting Europe Facility, as this is a key flagship program which contributes to the connectivity of the European Union in energy, transport and the digital sector, and thereby contributing to European Union twin transition, but also to priorities such as tourism. We also need this reinforcement, as well as on cybersecurity, to support our eastern border regions in the major challenges that they are facing.
Heading 2A: we will aim to amend the remarks on the ESF+ and ERDF to take into account various communications by the Commission. In heading 2B, we can aim for reinforcements on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, EU4Health, Erasmus+, the two lines on social dialogue and training for workers' organizations, EaSI, Daphne, CERV and Creative Europe for media strand. Here we also are looking at EPPO, Eurojust and EIGE. In heading 3, the 2027 budget is the last year of the current MFF, and this MFF will fall short of respecting the European Union commitment to allocate at least 10% of the EU budget for biodiversity spending. The LIFE program is a key contributor to this objective as well as to the climate expenditure objectives.
Therefore, we want to reinforce the program, mainly on nature and biodiversity. We also want to send a strong signal to support our farmers, and particularly young farmers, as well as for promoting agricultural products and for the olive sector. We also expect the amending letter in October to provide the most updated figures on the agricultural season. In heading 4, following the developments in Ceuta this summer, we see the need to reinforce the AMIF line and relevant agencies. And in heading 5, we would like to reinforce the Internal Security Fund, the Military Mobility program, a very popular and useful dual-usage program upgrading transport infrastructure, and European Defence Fund, and to take into account adverse drone-related events in the eastern border regions.
In heading 6, our priority is to reinforce the Southern Neighbourhood line. Furthermore, we will propose to increase funding for civil society organizations, and finally, we propose to increase humanitarian aid to take into account the deteriorating global situation. As you might know, we are still in negotiations to create a compromise on budgetary amendments to be put to the vote, first in BUDG and then in plenary. My goal as a rapporteur is to strike a balance between the positions of the political groups who will support the budget, and for this, opinions of the sectoral committees are very useful as they provide us with guidance. For the Parliament as one arm of the budgetary authority, it is crucial to have a strong position going into negotiations with the Council.
And the treaty helps in this regard, dictating that the EP position challenging the Council reading of the budget must achieve the support of an absolute majority of this House. On that note, I thank the shadows and their teams for the work done up to now. We are moving in the right direction, and I'm certain that we will be able to do our duty towards the citizens and the institution we represent. Anything else would be unthinkable, particularly in the year where we also have to make a stand for the next seven-year budget.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole Ušakovs. Adesso la parola all'onorevole Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, in sostituzione dell'onorevole Mikalis Hadjipantela, che è relatore per le altre sezioni, per tre minuti. Grazie.
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
Thank you, Chair. I'll be taking the floor on behalf of Mr. Hadjipantela, who is the rapporteur for other sections. So I'm going to read his text. Dear colleagues, I'm very pleased that we have reached this point in our work on the 2025 budget of the other sections. Over the past weeks, we have had a number of constructive discussions, and I think it is fair to say that we have worked together in a very positive and collegial spirit.
I would therefore first like to thank all the shadows for their excellent cooperation and constructive engagement throughout this process. Reaching an agreement on the figures required us to look carefully at the different needs and priorities and to find common ground between the groups. I am happy to say that we have an agreement on the figures that we will put forward. In total, the package amounts to approximately 26.8 million euro in increases, mainly restorations of cuts from the Commission. Our approach has been guided by budgetary discipline, sound financial management, and above all, clear demonstrated needs.
We have not sought to restore the Commission cuts across the board. Instead, we have focused on areas where there is a clear operational need and where additional resources are necessary for institutions to fulfill their responsibilities. Security and resilience have been an important priority in this exercise. This includes both physical security and cybersecurity, as well as the capacity of institutions to respond to new challenges. We have also addressed specific staffing and capacity needs where these were sufficiently justified.
I believe that the result is a balanced package. It reflects the needs of other institutions and it also entails some technical adjustments from the Parliament's budget. I would also like to underline one aspect of the process. Among the groups supporting the compromise, only a very limited number of amendments have been tabled. I think this is a positive indication of the broad understanding we have managed to build around the agreed figures.
So once again, I would like to thank the shadows for the very constructive and collegial way in which we have worked together. I think this is a good example of how we can work in BUDG with different perspectives and priorities, but with a shared objective of ensuring that the Union's institutions have the resources they need to fulfill their responsibilities for the benefit of the European citizens. The amendments have now been tabled, and I hope that we can maintain the same constructive spirit as we move forward with the next stages of the budgetary procedure. Thank you.
Orador 17
Grazie, onorevole Benjumea. Se vuole può proseguire come relatrice ombra sempre per la sezione terza, prego.
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
Ahora hablo como Isabel Benjumea Shadow del presupuesto. Primero de todo dar las gracias al ponente por su intervención y también por la valentía a la hora de tratar los temas más importantes que creo que hay en este presupuesto que es cuanto al tamaño, el tamaño que debe tener este presupuesto y las dificultades a las que hace frente el presupuesto de la Unión Europea. Por eso quiero empezar mi intervención señalando las cuestiones en las que estamos de acuerdo la mayoría de los grupos políticos y que por lo tanto creemos que han de aparecer en este presupuesto 2027. Lo primero son los inaceptables recortes propuestos por el Consejo y creo que por ello debemos eliminarlos de nuestra propuesta. Debo señalar de nuevo que la principal limitación del presupuesto se debe al pago de los intereses de la deuda de los fondos Next Generation.
Estamos hablando de 9.000 millones de euros, muy superiores a las estimaciones hechas por la Comisión y que al pago de la deuda de estos fondos también habrá que sumar el principal en el próximo marco financiero plurianual. Es muy importante recordar esto para cuando algunos pretenden traer otra vez el modelo de los Next al próximo marco. Por ello también estamos de acuerdo los grupos y quiero destacarlo en que el mecanismo de cascada que paga estos intereses deje de ser el 50-50 propuesto por Comisión y Consejo y pase a ser un 35-65. También hay acuerdo en que los intereses del préstamo de ayuda a Ucrania no pueden ser a cargo de este presupuesto anual sino del propio mecanismo financiado por los Estados. Por supuesto mantenemos nuestro firme e indudable apoyo a Ucrania desde este Parlamento, pero como siempre hemos hecho en cada presupuesto y en cada programa de urgencia creemos que hay que respetar esa regla.
Desde el Grupo Popular Europeo queremos insistir a través de nuestras enmiendas en las prioridades que creemos que deben ser incluidas en este presupuesto y que algunas aún echamos en falta. Creemos que debemos reforzar la seguridad de nuestras fronteras y para ello es imprescindible aumentar la dotación presupuestaria de Frontex y el aumento en el apoyo de la gestión de fronteras. Lo que ha sucedido este verano en Ceuta creemos que debe encontrar una respuesta clara y contundente en este presupuesto europeo. La competitividad debe ser un pilar de la Unión Europea y por ello debemos reforzar presupuestariamente un programa tan importante como Horizonte Europa así como todo el capítulo uno de este presupuesto. Hay que fortalecer la capacidad de nuestras empresas y pymes, la generación de oportunidades, la creación de empleo y facilitar la digitalización, la innovación mediante la financiación de los proyectos más competitivos e innovadores.
Debemos seguir ayudando a nuestros agricultores reforzando su capacidad competitiva asegurando la PAC y facilitando el relevo generacional que creemos que son dos prioridades que deben estar recogidas en este presupuesto. También son prioridades para nosotros como no debe ser de otra manera el programa Erasmus Plus y EU4Health. Y seguiremos defendiendo la importancia de fiscalizar los fondos que transferimos a terceros países exigiendo que cumplan los tratados y que respeten los acuerdos de cooperación que se hayan firmado. No podemos permitir que recursos de todos los europeos acaben financiando iniciativas, proyectos u organizaciones que atenten contra los valores europeos ni tampoco que los países beneficiarios incumplan sus acuerdos de cooperación en materia de migración. Todas estas peticiones junto con la inseparable eficiencia de la gestión presupuestaria y el minucioso control de cada partida de gasto son las que vienen recogidas en las enmiendas que hemos presentado.
Creemos que son necesarios unos presupuestos que den respuesta a estos principales retos, que den respuestas a los ciudadanos y en esta línea vamos a trabajar con el ponente. Muchas gracias.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole.
Per i patrioti se vuole intervenire qualcuno? E allora passiamo all'onorevole Körner per Renew. Prego.
Moritz Körner
Thank you very much chair and also thanks a lot to Nils our rapporteur and also to the shadows for the very good cooperation on this file so far. I think we all know how important this budget is as was already mentioned. It's the last year of the MFF. We have the small margin so full support for the approach by the rapporteur and also what EPP just said for the EURI line cascade mechanism and also Ukraine facility. I think we have to create a very strong front by the Parliament and a united Parliament vis-à-vis the Council on this.
For Renew, I think very important for our priorities is of course this budget has to deliver on competitiveness, defense and also innovation. There are areas that we want to of course strengthen in the budget, especially as already also was mentioned, Erasmus. We want some support there. I think it's one of the of course most effective instrument that the European Union has and hearing Mark Carney in the plenary saying that he wants to join Erasmus with Canada, I think we have a little a long way to go, but I think this also shows how, yeah, what this program means for the European Union. For our group also of great importance is fundamental rights.
So we was also want to strengthen the EPPO and defend our rule of law, but also women's rights, ESF+ and My Voice My Choice is for us a key priority and my colleague from the FEMM committee I think will also talk about this. We also want to strengthen and I'm thankful that we reached a compromise here, the AI office. We hear every day we hear how AI is developing, but also what negative consequences, hacks and so on is going forth. So I think this is a huge priority and also for us military mobility in these times that we are living in is a group priority that we're fighting for. But I think we found good compromises along the way so far.
A few last compromises we have to find still and I'm hopeful that we will reach them to really have a strong position of the Parliament this year and avoid also some issues that might divide us in the votes to make sure that the final negotiation will be with the Council to make sure that the Parliament has a very strong and united position. Thank you very much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole. E per i Verdi l'onorevole Stefanuta in sostituzione l'onorevole Marino. Prego.
Nicolae Ștefănuță
Thank you President. I would just like to remind you I used to be a budget rapporteur in 2023 and I remembered how much we fought over these margins, you know, and seeing ourselves in the year of our Lord 2027 fighting even over smaller margins, the smallest I think I've ever seen, is really pitiful for the situation in which we find ourselves as Europe in this world.
So what we actually will do and this is I think in all honesty is like we're we're sharing peanuts between each other. It's really regrettable and I really hope that in the next MFF we'll manage to to have wider margins because the crises are big. So, I would like to on behalf of our our shadow Mr. Marino, I will state our priorities and those are really in line with what the people of Europe demand most urgently. Life is one of those programs and we believe it needs to be topped up. The same applies to climate adaptation and resilience.
What we have experienced this summer with as many deaths from extreme heat as we had from the COVID crisis, it's really something that should be at least a trigger of alarm. Extreme heat, fires, floods, other climate-related events shows that adaptation cannot remain an afterthought. We need to invest in prevention and resilience. Many of you don't know perhaps this about my colleague Mr. Marino, but he does diving for many decades and it's the first time he's seen so many dead corals like never before in the same space of of time. But this also affects the human beings, not just the biodiversity.
And humanitarian aid must remain a clear political priority of this Parliament. We are discussing this budget in a geopolitical environment that is fundamentally different from when the MFF was agreed. Think about it, this current MFF was agreed before all crises including war in Ukraine, including energy crisis, including inflation. So, we have Russia's war against Ukraine, we have the humanitarian crisis in Oleshky, we have the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and many other places in the Middle East, Sudan and elsewhere. And Parliament has itself underlined that humanitarian needs are rapidly increasing and are outpacing available funding, not to mention that other international donors withdrew.
In this context, aid is not simply about responding to individual emergencies, but it is part of EU's capacity to act as a credible geopolitical actor to protect civilians, uphold international humanitarian law and maintain our engagement with partners when instability is increasing. These are precisely the areas where the European Union can demonstrate its added value and where our choices in this budget will have a real impact. I just remind you from 2028 we'll also start repaying interest on the Next Generation. So we really have to have a budgetary revolution in the next MFF or otherwise we won't be able to respond to people's priorities.
Alexander Jungbluth
Herr Vorsitzender, vielen Dank, ich werde mich auch kurz fassen. Ich fange mal an, dass wir tatsächlich einen überschaubaren Aufwuchs diesmal im Haushalt haben, bedingt dadurch, dass es das letzte Jahr im laufenden Finanzrahmen ist. Und das sollte uns auch Motivation sein bei der aktuellen Debatte für den nächsten Finanzrahmen, dass sparsames Handeln notwendig und auch möglich ist. Und was auch angesprochen worden ist, ist, dass dieser Aufwuchs natürlich in Teilen, also mit 9 Milliarden Euro für das Next Generation Programm zu Buche steht. Auch das sollte uns eine Lehre für die Zukunft sein, nämlich dass fondbasierte Ausgaben, also die Schaffung von Schattenhaushalten de facto nicht nur im Sinne der Haushaltsklarheit problematisch sind, sondern dass sie auch aus finanzieller Sicht problematisch sind, weil wir eben Ausgaben weit in die Zukunft schieben und auch von der Umsetzung her problematisch sind, denn wir wissen alle, dass die Mittel zum Teil nicht nachverfolgbar sind, dass viele Mittel zweckentfremdet worden ist.
Also auch hier sollte die Lehre für die Zukunft sein, dass fondbasierte Ausgaben grundsätzlich abzulehnen sind.
Ich möchte noch kurz auf die Aussage von der Kollegin von der EVP eingehen, auch wir unterstützen natürlich die Forderung, dass wir einen wirksameren und besseren Grenzschutz für die EU brauchen, dafür auch entsprechende finanzielle Mittel zur Verfügung stellen. Insofern sind wir auch in diesem Punkt gesprächsbereit, nämlich die EVP wird wissen, dass diese Dinge nur mit der Rechten im Parlament umsetzbar sind. Vielen Dank.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole Jumbult, passiamo adesso ai relatori ombra delle altre sezioni, alla parola per prima l'onorevole Sandra Gómez López. Prego.
Sandra Gómez López
Gracias. Bien, pues vamos a empezar agradeciendo como grupo en primer lugar al ponente por la magnífica colaboración que ha tenido durante estos meses trabajando con nuestro grupo, pero también sé que con el resto de grupos. Y queremos hacer una serie de consideraciones. Pese a que se está intentando llegar a un acuerdo, sí que es cierto que tenemos que reseñar distintas cuestiones como en primer lugar que la propuesta que se hace de gastos administrativos por primera vez es muy reducido, más reducido que nunca. También vemos cómo se ha dejado en una situación muy precaria al Servicio de Acción Exterior, lo que queremos reseñarlo por la guerra abierta que ha empezado la Comisión Europea contra el servicio para quitarle papel y relevancia y eso tiene una importancia muy importante precisamente con el presupuesto y con el debate que acabamos de tener, ya que si queremos reforzar la posición que tiene la Unión y cuestiones que aquí se han abordado, se han comentado como la gestión de fronteras, cooperación, desarrollo, pues lo primero es no debilitar al Servicio de Acción Exterior y creer verdaderamente en el Team Europe.
Y así que nosotros queremos reforzar las partidas que se han reducido drásticamente al servicio y también en la misma línea al Comité de Regiones en donde además se ponen de manifiesto cuestiones de seguridad importantes o de ciberseguridad que queremos proteger. También queremos que el Parlamento fomente otro tipo de movilidad como el servicio de movilidad más sostenible, especialmente en el uso de la bicicleta o también haciendo una reflexión sobre el propio uso que se hace por parte de los diputados o personal de los servicios de movilidad, donde tenemos que llamar a la eficiencia, a la racionalidad en el gasto. También queremos incluir enmiendas que aboguen por servicios de calidad y de respeto a las condiciones laborales de las empresas externas que trabajan con el Parlamento, porque tenemos que ser ejemplares, tenemos que ser un ejemplo al respecto. También reseñar que aunque se han dado pasos para favorecer el voto de las personas, sobre todo en este caso de las mujeres con bajas maternidades, queremos de la misma manera reseñar e incluir la baja por paternidad y por enfermedades graves para incluir el derecho también al voto de nuestros compañeros. Y también recordar la necesidad de que los asistentes puedan asistir en caso de que falte un advisor a las misiones tal y como lleva pidiendo reiteradamente desde hace casi diez años el pleno.
Acabar diciendo que también el debate sobre el dinero público tiene que ser por parte de los propios grupos y sabemos que en la Comisión de Control Presupuestario se han puesto de relevancia que hay gastos no subvencionables utilizados por Patriots que deberían de revisarse en los años 2024 y 25 y queremos evaluar las posibles responsabilidades y niveles jerárquicos del grupo al respecto. Gracias.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole Sandra Gómez. Adesso passiamo ai relatori per i pareri delle diverse commissioni che darei all'onorevole Raquel García Hermida di intervenire per prima perché sappiamo che poi deve lasciarci.
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
Grazie presidente. Thank you so much chair and thank you to the rapporteurs for their work and for giving me the opportunity as standing rapporteur for the Committee FEMM to present the FEMM perspective. For those of you who might not be aware, today is International Safe Abortion Day. So I want to focus on one particular amendment from the FEMM opinion. Today is a day to celebrate how far we have come in the protection of fundamental rights, but also a day not to forget that the fight for good medical care and bodily autonomy continues.
And this Parliament has clearly stated that abortion is a right which should be enshrined in the Charter and has repeatedly supported the European Citizens' Initiative My Voice, My Choice, most recently during the last plenary session in Strasbourg. I repeat again. The Commission also confirmed that Member States can use the European Social Fund to improve access to legally available healthcare, including safe abortion care. But if Member States have to finance this from their existing ESF envelopes, we have heard, then they might be forced to choose between cross-border abortion care and other social priorities. And that is why we are asking for a slight increase in the ESF+ budget for 2027.
Not to change national abortion laws, but to ensure that Member States willing to provide care to women from elsewhere in Europe can do so without cutting funding for other very much needed social needs. Parliament has expressed its support. The legal route exists. Organizations on the ground and healthcare providers are willing and ready. And now it is up to this Parliament to turn our commitment into real access to care for every single woman in the European Union.
Thank you.
Mārtiņš Staķis
Grazie onorevole. Adesso l'onorevole Mihails Staķis per la SEDE. Prego.
Thank you chair, dear colleagues, thank you for opportunity to present the position of Security and Defence Committee. So the margin left under heading five for 2027 was or is 13.6 million euros. That's why we are focused on two priorities. So first, defence innovation. In Ukraine, the drone that costs hundreds can stop the tank worth millions.
And Europe is good on building a prototype, but we are bad in turning it into the capabilities. So the half of the margin goes to the fast in cyber EDIP or agile if that works better. Not in a big pot, but straight to the small companies and startups. Even a few more of them can change what our armies can do. Second is military mobility, already mentioned my colleagues here in this room.
Here the gap between ambitions and money is huge. We know about 500 hotspots in Europe where our military convoy would simply get stuck. Fixing them all needs about 100 billion euros. So our 6.8 million will not close the gap, but every project we fix is one less place where we get stuck on the day it matters. And third, people.
The EEAS asked for no new officials. It asked for 15 additional external staff, mostly military experts on cyber defence and intelligence. The Commission removed all 15.
And let us be honest, 15 is a modest request. So given the threats we face, we probably need more, but at the very least we could not cut. So Russia is stepping up its hybrid attacks on Europe, a cyber defense center with no staff is an office with a nice sign on the door. So we ask you to restore this positions. Thank you.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole, adesso intervengo io come relatore per il parere della commissione pesca. Abbiamo chiesto di respingere i tagli proposti dal Consiglio approvando due emendamenti per ripristinare gli stanziamenti proposti dalla Commissione europea sulle principali linee di bilancio del settore complessivamente 1 miliardo e 16 milioni di euro in impegni e 1 miliardo e 222 milioni in pagamenti. Sono risorse importanti per la sicurezza alimentare, l'occupazione, la tenuta economica e sociale delle comunità costiere e insulari e per la competitività europea. Dobbiamo sostenere le nostre marinerie di fronte al caro carburante e all'aumento dei costi, accompagnando gli investimenti per la sicurezza a bordo, per la transizione energetica, per l'acquacoltura e il ricambio generazionale. È inoltre fondamentale utilizzare pienamente le risorse del FEAMPA a disposizione.
Abbiamo accolto quindi positivamente la proposta di semplificazione presentata recentemente dalla Commissione europea che risponde a una nostra richiesta avanzata già da molto tempo. Lavoreremo affinché si traduca in benefici concreti per i pescatori e i produttori dell'acquacoltura, in particolare a vantaggio dei giovani e della piccola pesca. Procedure più semplici devono accompagnarsi a finanziamenti adeguati e a pagamenti tempestivi. Concludo, il 2027 come sappiamo chiude l'attuale quadro finanziario pluriennale 2021-27. Come ribadito nel nostro parere, riteniamo fondamentale garantire anche nel prossimo quadro finanziario pluriennale risorse specifiche per la pesca, per l'acquacoltura, per la sostenibilità ambientale, economica e sociale della pesca che deve trovare una risposta concreta nel prossimo bilancio europeo.
Grazie. Adesso passiamo alla procedura catch-the-eye, ho una richiesta di intervento onorevole Jean-Marc Germain e poi dell'onorevole Koller. Prego onorevole.
Jean-Marc Germain
Thank you chair, just two comments. First, I want to thank the negotiators to agree on the fact that the EURI cascade would be modified to leave more money in the budget and also that the Ukraine loan would be used to finance the interest rates from these loans because this creates a room of maneuver. Not enough, but we see from all the request of amendment, most of them are legitimate, that we need to have money to fulfill just urgent needs. Second is that I worry a lot about the possibility of an agreement when I look at the amendments and also when I remember 2025 budget with Victor Negrescu being a rapporteur. So what I want to pass as a message is that if we don't have any agreement on the text, then we will come in front of the Council and the Commission being very weak.
And being weak when the situation is tense and when we are urgently need to fulfill is is not good. So I hope that the good cooperation that prevailed for the draft report will go on until the very end and that our rapporteurs will be able to have a text accompanying the numbers. Thank you very much.
Kinga Kollár
Köszönöm. I will speak in Hungarian. A 2027-es költségvetés mozgástere eleve rendkívül szűk, ezért örülök neki, hogy a rapportőrök egyetértenek benne, hogy a Tanács által javasolt jelentős csökkentéseket visszaállítják. Én is három módosító javaslatot nyújtottam be a Bizottság eredeti javaslatának a helyreállítására. Egyrészt a KKV-k versenyképességének támogatására, hiszen Európa számára, az európai gazdaság számára a KKV-k a legfontosabbak.
A csalás és a korrupció elleni fellépésre, hogy az uniós források valójában odaérjenek el, ahova szánjuk őket, valamint az Erasmus+ programra. Az utolsó különösen azért aktuális Magyarország számára, mert a Bizottság az előző héten javasolta, hogy a magyar diákok újra részt vegyenek az Erasmus+ programban, ezért szükség lesz új friss forrásokra. Összességében is azt gondolom, hogy szűk költségvetés mellett is biztosítanunk kell, hogy legyen elegendő pénz azokra a programokra, amelyekből az európai polgárok közvetlenül tudnak profitálni. Köszönöm a rapportőrök munkáját.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie onorevole Kollar. Adesso la signora Filipkova per la Commissione, prego.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to to the rapporteurs for for their proposals which we obviously follow with great interest and we are looking forward to the discussion which as you can all imagine will be rather difficult. So we also agree that the Council's Council's cuts were not justified because in our proposal we really tried to to respect all the previous agreements, to respect all the programs, not to cut unless we could replace the voted budget with with additional assigned revenue as as was the case for for Erasmus+. Also maybe to to recall that we will come next week with the amending letter where we will update the as always the needs for agriculture based on the latest available information on the implementation of the of the common agriculture policy. We will also know the final amounts on the on the disbursement of the of the NGO funded programs and so we will be able to to calculate the cost that needs to be included in the 2027 budget. And we will also know the final disbursement on the Ukraine support loan are until end of September, which is taken into account, which will then be the again a starting point for including the the cost into the 2027 budget.
So we will obviously follow follow your amendments and indeed it is true that that the margins are rather limited, but we are in the last year of the MFF. We have faced many, many crises and we tried to to respond to all of them, so it also makes sense that we won't end up the the MFF with with big pockets and waiting for them to spend. However, we still need to end up with something that we can find face any challenges that could come during the year. Thank you very much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie signora Filipkova. Ci ha raggiunto il collega Aptias se vuole intervenire per il parere dell'ECON, prego.
Georgios Aftias
Dear colleagues, I will talk Greek. Μόλις έρχομαι απ' τη συνέντευξη τύπου της κυρίας Λαγκάρντ. Δεν ξέρω αν θα σας πω καλά ή άσχημα, αλλά τα νέα δεν είναι καθόλου καλά. Επειδή είμαστε οικονομική επιτροπή και αντιλαμβάνομαι ότι πρέπει να έχουμε πλήρη γνώση όλων των θεμάτων.
Πληθωρισμός και το '27 και το '28. Και αυτή την ώρα που σας μιλάω, γιατί δεν θα ξεχάσω ποτέ ότι είμαι δημοσιογράφος, το Brent έχει πάει 108 δολάρια το βαρέλι και αυτό που συγκλονίζει την οικονομία της Ευρώπης είναι ότι η μεγαβατώρα πήγε 100 ευρώ η χονδρική, ενώ το καλοκαίρι ήταν στα μισά. Και επίσης υπάρχει ένα άλλο μεγάλο θέμα και αν είμαι εκτός κλίματος, κύριε πρόεδρε, σας ζητώ συγγνώμη. Οι αποθήκες δυστυχώς στην Ευρώπη είναι μόνο κατά 70% γεμάτες από φυσικό αέριο, ενώ έπρεπε να είναι 100% όπως είχε μας είχε πει, μου φαίνεται στην δικιά μας επιτροπή, κύριε πρόεδρε, ο κύριος Jørgensen. Δηλαδή η άποψη του κυρίου Jørgensen ήταν απόλυτη και σαφής.
Ρώτησα την κυρία Λαγκάρντ και μάλιστα ένας Ισπανός συνάδελφος είπε αν πρέπει να μειωθούν οι φόροι στα καύσιμα. Είπε εμείς δεν μπορούμε να υποδείξουμε στα κράτη μέλη τι θα κάνουν. Επέμενα στην ερώτησή μου, μήπως πρέπει και θέλω να το βάλω και ως προβληματισμό, αυτές οι υπέρογκες δαπάνες τώρα λόγω καυσίμων αναγκάζονται τα κράτη να συνεισφέρουν από τους προϋπολογισμούς. Μήπως πρέπει όλοι μαζί να ζητήσουμε εξαίρεση αυτών των δαπανών ώστε να ανακουφιστούν οι προϋπολογισμοί και προπάντων οι κοινωνίες; Το λέω αυτό γιατί; Γιατί εννιά χώρες είναι στο κόκκινο.
Εάν οι δαπάνες αυξηθούν, οι χώρες με το κόκκινο που είναι στο κόκκινο θα από οκτώ θα γίνουν 10, 12, 15. Αυτά σας μεταφέρω τώρα. Συγγνώμη που άργησα, κύριε πρόεδρε, και το θέτω υπόψιν όλων αυτό το οποίο σε λίγη ώρα θα είναι πρώτη είδηση σε όλα τα ειδησεογραφικά πρακτορεία. Σας ευχαριστώ θερμά.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole, per questo suo intervento. Darei la parola per la replica, per le conclusioni del dibattito, all'onorevole Nils Ušakovs e poi all'onorevole Benjumea in sostituzione dell'onorevole Adipantela.
Nils Ušakovs
I will be very short if I may, Chair. We understand the magnitude of challenges and we will definitely prove that this budget is doable. Thank you.
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
Thank you. I'm sure that Mr. Harthypandela will have access to the discussion that we have today and that he will take good note of all the remarks made by the colleagues. So looking forward for the final final outcome and just a comment to my colleague Mr. German, I would say don't lose the faith. I'm sure that the negotiating team will deliver.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole, anche per questa nota di ottimismo. Aspettiamo l'onorevole Olmeyer, quindi scusate un attimo. Passiamo direttamente al punto nove. Continuo io riguardo il bilancio 2026, sezione terza, Commissione.
Quindi darei la parola alla rappresentante della Commissione, la signora Filipkova, per due-tre minuti per presentare la proposta di storno. Prego.
Lenka Filipkova
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Let me then indeed shortly present the transfer number 17, which concerns humanitarian aid and Union Civil Protection Mechanism. The overall amount proposed is to reinforce the humanitarian aid by 235 million and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism by 42 million. And this is by mobilizing the remaining amount of the Emergency Aid Reserve and also a transfer of unused funds from the pre-accession assistance under heading 6. Let me now touch upon the parts where we propose to increase the support.
First of all, we propose 52 million euro for Ukraine, partly for civil protection and partly for humanitarian aid. For the Civil Protection Mechanism, we propose a reinforcement of 32 million to enable rapid mobilization and deployment of around 100 medium-sized generators, thousands of winterized shelter units, water sanitation and hygiene assistance. We also in addition propose 20 million euro under humanitarian aid to use for tailored humanitarian assistance along the front line, including winterproofing, housing and support to health centers. Further for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, we propose 10 million euro for Venezuela as a follow-up to the earthquake that took place earlier in the year. The 10 million will be used to support the civil protection response by contributing towards transport and operational costs for deployment of search and rescue, medical structure, engineering, telecommunication teams and the transport of essential relief items for the affected population.
Further for the humanitarian assistance, we are proposing 112 million euro for the humanitarian crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. This package aims to respond to two sets of urgent needs. First, in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes crisis, and secondly, the complex crisis across the Greater Horn of Africa and the Sahel, as well as West and Central Africa. First, 30 million euro for the Democratic Republic of Congo will be used as part of the broader Ebola response package to address the most urgent humanitarian needs. Second, in Ethiopia, 18 million euro will be used to scale up programs in areas most vulnerable to El Niño, while in South Sudan, 24 million euro will reinforce existing programs and support flexible, agile and adaptive implementation.
Third, 40 million euro will support the life-saving response to the unfolding multifaceted crisis affecting West and Central Africa. Further, we are proposing 103 million for the crisis in Palestine and Lebanon. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza remains catastrophic. Hostilities continue. In parallel, the situation in West Bank is also very difficult.
Therefore, 93 million euro is requested to prevent a further humanitarian disaster in Gaza while ensuring a comprehensive response in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The requested funds will address enormous unmet needs with the key priority being the uninterrupted provision of critical goods and services to vulnerable population. Moreover, the humanitarian needs in Lebanon remain acute despite the recent announced ceasefire. 10 million euro is needed to sustain life-saving emergency assistance and address critical gaps in food security, shelter and health, including support to conflict-affected and displaced population. So with this transfer, we will have used fully the Emergency Aid Reserve and hopefully address most urgent critical needs in the humanitarian aid and civil protection.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, signora Filipkova. La parola all'onorevole Silva, in sostituzione dell'onorevole Alicki, sempre con riferimento al DEC 17/2026. Grazie.
Hélder Sousa Silva
Thank you, Chair, and dear colleagues. I will speak on behalf of Mr. Alicki, who could not be present for this point today. He thanks the Commission for their presentation, and he has some remarks and questions. First one: we understand that this transfer would exhaust the remaining availability of the emergency aid reserve for 2026. Could the Commission clarify how it has assessed the risk for further unforeseen emergency needs during the remainder of 2026, given that no resources would remain in the emergency aid reserve?
Second: could the Commission explain the criteria used to allocate 112.2 million euros in humanitarian aid to sub-Saharan Africa, 103 million euros to Palestine and Lebanon, and 20 million euros to Ukraine, and clarify the expected timing for the implementation of this assistance package? Third and the last one: could the Commission clarify how the 42.4 million euros in commitment appropriations and 10 million euros in payment appropriations assigned to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism will be divided between support for Ukraine and the emergency response to the June 2026 earthquake in Venezuela, and explain why only 10 million euros in payments are required in 2026? Thank you so much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Grazie, onorevole. Ci sono colleghi che vogliono intervenire come shadow? Vedo l'onorevole Jumbult. Diversamente, chiederei alla signora Filipkova di rispondere cortesemente alle domande dell'onorevole Sousa Silva. Prego.
Lenka Filipkova
Yes, thanks a lot for the question from the rapporteur, Mr. Alicki, but presented by Mr. Sousa Silva. Indeed, it is true that we usually at this time use fully whatever is available in the emergency aid reserve, and also we look when we are proposing to mobilize the emergency aid reserve to any availabilities, and thanks to that we have discovered that there are these 32 million left unused under the IPA, which we can add to this package. So I will pass the floor in a moment to my colleague to explain the criteria why we allocated the amounts to the different regions. Maybe on the last question on the allocation to UCPM, then indeed 10 million is for Venezuela and 32 million is for Ukraine.
...and payments for the for the UCPM. Also for the for the unforeseen needs, I should also say that we normally have small amount of the operational reserve which is really left for for smaller smaller events that we can so that we can react quickly until the end of the year. And then usually as as you also know we do at the at the very end of the year we just look into heading six and whatever remains unspent we also use to to finance anything that if there is obviously additional additional humanitarian crisis, but as we know there always is unfortunately. So maybe I pass the floor to to my colleague to explain the allocation.
Dominique Albert
Thank you. So indeed when it comes to the criteria to allocate the the amount amongst the different crises, first maybe let me restate that this is far from meeting the overall gaps that we are facing when it comes to humanitarian crises. The overall situation is deteriorating as we speak, so this is really a difficult exercise and this is based on priority needs. So the priority needs are also defined thanks to our presence on the ground. So we are looking at the evolution of the crisis, we are discussing with our humanitarian partners and based on that we allocate the money that will come available from from the emergency aid reserve.
When it comes to the timing for implementation, all of those are to address immediate needs, so we are getting prepared to put to put it in motion immediately as soon as the funds are received and we will of course build on the on the working arrangements that we have with our humanitarian partners that are already present on the ground already implementing a humanitarian response.
Giuseppe Lupo
Bene, grazie anche per il vostro importante lavoro. L'onorevole Sousa Silva in sostituzione dell'onorevole Alici vuole ulteriormente replicare? Vuole aggiungere qualcosa?
Hélder Sousa Silva
No, I would like to thank the Commission, Madame Filipkova and and the colleague for the explanations and I'm really satisfied because I understood also the I mean all the details about this this point. Thank you so much.
Giuseppe Lupo
Bene, grazie a tutti. Vi ricordo che la votazione del DEC 17 è prevista per il 12 di ottobre. A questo punto passo la presidenza all'onorevole Monika Hohlmeier.
Monika Hohlmeier
So, dear colleagues, the last point. Thank you very much to my colleague to chair and now I'm doing the last points. First point number 10 on the agenda, 2026 budget other sections. I would like to give the floor first to present the requests first to Juan Carlos Jiménez Marín, the Director-General of DG LINC.
Juan Carlos Jiménez Marín
Yes.
Thank you very much, Chair, dear members. By means of this transfer proposal, DG LINC is requesting a reinforcement of 2.1 million to proceed with the acquisition and the installation of conference equipment. DG LINC would be using the funds mainly in projects related to the preparation for the Spaak renovation. As you may know, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity and reliability of our equipment in other buildings during the renovation in order to ensure the continuity of service and the highest possible level of support for parliamentary activities. If I may, let me remind that many projects related to the Spaak renovation and in particular the preparatory actions were still unclear or under review and being defined when the 2026 budget was prepared.
And as a consequence, the financing of our multi-annual investment plan depends on transfers that can be requested only once the related legal obligations are established and the necessary projects are defined in sufficient detail. I would like to point out, if I may, that the related projects, which are described in the transfer proposal, will result in lasting improvements to the European Parliament's facilities because the acquired equipment will remain in place or be reused after the completion of the Spaak renovation. Thank you very much.
Monika Hohlmeier
Thanks a lot. And now Anna Grzybowska from DG INLO, the Director-General. Hello.
Anna Grzybowska
Good evening, Chair. Thank you very much. This is a transfer that we are requesting to the tune of a little above 3 million euro to reinforce our maintenance and cleaning budget line to allow us to cover the remaining maintenance needs of Parliament buildings until the end of the year, mainly in Brussels where, as mentioned by my colleague, we have additional requests for refurbishment and preparatory works related to the Spaak renovation, and in Luxembourg where we still have to pay for the maintenance cost of the Adenauer 1 building which when we drafted the budget we thought we would have already sold by that time. The reinforcement comes from DG INLO budget lines, surpluses mainly due to the decline in energy prices in relation to what we thought was going to be the case when the budget was drafted. And we also have a contract for computerized maintenance management system which has to be postponed until 2027.
Thank you very much.
Orador 33
Thanks a lot. And now Helmut Keller from Head of Unit Human Resources, Budget and Administration at the EDPS.
Helmut Keller
Thank you, Chair, dear members. The purpose of our transfer request of the EDPS is to ensure the most efficient use of our 2026 budget by reallocating available appropriations amounting to 325,000 euro to areas where needs are more pressing and also evolved during 2026 in a way which could not have been fully anticipated when the budget was initially established. The main driver for our transfer request is the need to reinforce the IT resources of the EDPB, the European Data Protection Board, which as you may know is administratively attached to the EDPS. For the EDPB, additional appropriations are required for essential external IT support contracts and to continue key digital projects. This concerns in particular the modernization of the EDPB's collaborative platform Nextcloud, as well as the preparation of the envisaged migration from the Confluence IT tool to Nextcloud as well.
These are necessary investments to ensure business continuity and the proper functioning of the EDPB activities. The amount proposed for this transfer is 225,000 euro. Our request also includes a transfer to cover expenditure for EDPB contract staff, as the initial appropriations are no longer sufficient to meet actual needs, notably in view of the possibility of higher salary indexation than initially foreseen. The amount proposed for this transfer is 100,000 euro. Against this background, we would be very grateful for the committee's favorable consideration of our request.
Thank you very much.
Monika Hohlmeier
Thank you very much, Mr. Keller. So, I heard that Jean-Marc Germain will replace the colleague Nemec. So you have the floor.
Jean-Marc Germain
You're well informed, thank you, Chair. So on behalf of Matjaž Nemec, rapporteur for the section, I want to read his message. First, he wants to confirm that he has analyzed the two transfers request from the European Parliament as well as the replies to the follow-up question that he raised. So now he can consider that he considers that the transfer requests are well justified. However, as a budgetary authority, he wants to caution about the inflation cost about SPAK renovation building and call to be prudent with budgetary planning in that regard.
But for both requests from the Parliament, the rapporteur's recommendation to the BUDG is positive one, and the rapporteur asks us to support it as a committee. Second request from EDPS number 2/2024, Matjaž Nemec wish to confirm that he has also analyzed the request and the corresponding replies to his question, and he wants to thank EDPS for the constructive approach as for their budgetary planning and can also recommend that our committee would accept this transfer. Thank you very much.
Monika Hohlmeier
Would any shadow rapporteur would like to take the floor? I don't see. So then I would just ask if there are further comments of Juan Carlos Jiménez-Malla. Any further comment? I don't see it.
Ms. Gribovska? No. And of Mr. Keller? No. So then I think it's finalized, if Jean-Marc has no further comments.
So let's go to the building policy because we are already a little bit late. And we start with the prior approval request submitted by the European Commission for the extension of the lease of two buildings located in Luxembourg. And I would like to give the floor to Olivier Chastel.
Olivier Chastel
Merci, Madame la Présidente. Effectivement, notre commission est donc saisie aujourd'hui d'une double demande d'approbation pour prolonger les contrats de bail des bâtiments Helios et Bèche à Luxembourg. Ces deux dossiers ne sont pas neufs. Nous en avons discuté lors d'un early warning et d'un échange de vues sur les problèmes du chantier du bâtiment Jean Monnet à Luxembourg le 3 juin dernier.
La finalisation des travaux de ce bâtiment étant fortement retardée, l'OIL sollicite l'accord de l'autorité budgétaire pour la reconduction du contrat de bail pour les bâtiments Helios et Bèche jusqu'au déménagement au Jean Monnet 2 normalement prévu cette fois-ci pour mai 2028. Il s'agirait pour le bâtiment Helios de reconduire pour une durée maximale de 36 mois à partir du 1er mai 2027 jusque 2029 avec une prolongation possible jusqu'au 30 avril 2030. À noter que l'aile D de ce bâtiment sera remise au bailleur en 2028. Le coût total de la prolongation jusqu'en 29 est de 19,2 millions. Et pour l'autre bâtiment, le bâtiment Bèche, on part pour une prolongation jusque fin décembre 28 avec une extension possible jusque fin 29 pour un coût total en 28 de 17,8 millions.
Je veux remercier l'OIL pour la précision de ses réponses à nos questions écrites. Et j'ai encore une petite question néanmoins. On connaît les déboires de ce bâtiment Jean Monnet. On vient d'entendre un certain nombre de délais pour la prolongation de bail, mais si malheureusement les travaux prennent encore du retard, est-ce qu'on a des options post-29 ou post-30 pour accueillir les fonctionnaires ? Merci d'avance.
Monika Hohlmeier
All right, merci bien, Olivier. I have to say as shadow rapporteur very shortly, I don't know how many times we had now Jean Monnet here. It's now four years delayed and I hope that this is really the last time because already last time you promised us that it was the last time. So I would like to hear a little bit more, but are there further comments by other shadow rapporteurs?
Orador 35
May I do a comment after the second point, so I will do something quick so we won't be delayed.
As you wish.
Guy Drouard
Good afternoon, thank you, Miss President, thank you, dear members of the European Parliament. So thank you for the question. Indeed, it's an important point to see how we can propose. So what are our options? So for the Drosbach, so the Helios building, we do not have solutions.
So that's why we need to work with the Luxembourgish authorities, first of all that they act as maître d'ouvrage and that they push the works to forward so that we can have a correct delay for the finalization of the works. In that sense, we will probably have to negotiate with them to get a building. This is an option that we need to envisage. At this stage, it's not on the table because our aim is to stick to the delays that are now. But indeed, if there are issues, we will of course need to take some contingency measures and that would be a possibility that we need to envisage in due time.
For the Bèche, the other building, there are possibilities with the owner and in that case, we will of course inform previously the budgetary authority to see first to early warning and to start negotiation if it's necessary. So this is the situation today. Thank you.
Monika Hohlmeier
Not so nice, but it is as it is.
Now we go to the EEAS building project for the EU delegation in Tripoli in Libya. Olivier.
Olivier Chastel
Alors cette fois-ci, c'est pour la location de bâtiments pour la résidence de l'EEAS à Tripoli que notre commission est saisie. Nous avions discuté d'un early warning le 16 janvier 2025, ça remonte un peu. L'objectif est donc de louer des bâtiments pour une période de 10 ans destinés à accueillir les bureaux, le logement du chef de délégation, les logements du personnel pour un coût total pour 10 ans d'un peu plus de 20 millions d'euros. Le bail actuel se termine le 31 janvier 2027 et un nouveau bail sera donc signé pour des bâtiments dans le même quartier. On est évidemment dans un cadre particulier où les équipes vivent et travaillent au même endroit pour des raisons de sécurité.
Et comme nous sommes en séance publique et donc pas à huis clos, je ne vais pas aborder ici les questions de sécurité plus particulières. J'ose imaginer que les questions de sécurité sont correctement remplies en la matière pour ces bâtiments. J'avais quand même deux petites questions vu les conditions particulières de sécurité qui font que les logements se situent au même endroit que les bureaux. Comment ça se passe s'il y a des nouveaux recrutements ? Est-ce qu'il y a un scénario prévu pour une extension éventuelle ?
Et alors dans vos réponses écrites, vous indiquez que le bail de 10 ans peut être renouvelé. Est-ce qu'on peut être un peu plus explicite sur les conditions de cet éventuel renouvellement ? Merci.
Angéline Furet
Merci Madame le Président. Aujourd'hui, on nous demande de valider deux chèques en blanc immobiliers qui symbolisent à eux seuls les dérives de la machine technocratique européenne. Votre incompétence de gestion. Pour les bâtiments Beck et Helios au Luxembourg, vous nous réclamez près de 27 millions d'euros de loyer par an. Pourquoi ?
Parce que la Commission européenne de von der Leyen a quatre ans de retard sur la livraison de son nouveau siège. Vous êtes incapable de gérer un simple chantier immobilier sans déraper. Mais vous voulez diriger l'économie de tout un continent. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, il y a la Libye dont nous venons de parler. Le Service d'action extérieure européen exige plus de 20 millions d'euros pour louer et aménager une ambassade de luxe à Tripoli pendant 10 ans.
Mais rappelons-le, l'Union européenne n'est pas un État. Elle n'a pas à dilapider notre argent dans une diplomatie parallèle qui concurrence nos propres ambassades nationales. L'argent des Européens n'a pas vocation à éponger les conséquences de vos naufrages logistiques. Les patriotes pour l'Europe voteront contre ces demandes délirantes. Merci.
Monika Hohlmeier
I have the impression that it is needed to have some other building in Libya and that this building is safe for the people who are working there. That's the most important and that's not only the European Union, there are several member states included. So and it is important to have a safe building as Olivier Chastel was saying it because to work in Tripoli is not so not so easy to be frank. So let's be fair to those who are who have the courage to work there. I admire them.
So I think there are no further comments. Then I would give the floor to Yvonne Fröberg for the questions of Olivier Chastel.
Yvonne Fröberg
Thank you very much, Mr. Rapporteur, dear members. So indeed, EEAS considers that this project will improve the working conditions of the staff posted in Libya. As regards the capacity of the accommodations, so indeed we have foreseen a small margin to be able to host one or two, not so many, additional staff which may be foreseen in the future. The conditions in the office will be in any case flexible, in line with the new ways of working. Then the question about the renewal of the contract.
This is indeed renewable under the same terms and conditions. So that means for an additional ten years for the same conditions, which includes also the indexation of the lease for the two and a half percent. Thank you very much.
Monika Hohlmeier
So thank you very much. Olivier says that this was a sufficient answer for the rapporteur. So I think we can move to EUSPA new headquarters building project in Prague and in Czech Republic. That's only an early warning. First I would say that I give the floor to Mr. Rodrigo da Costa from EUSPA Executive Director.
Rodrigo da Costa
Thank you very much. Thank you, Madam Chair, honorable members. First I would like to recall that under the hosting agreement that we have, the responsibility for providing the agency's headquarters buildings rests with the Czech authorities. We have been working closely and constructively with our host country to support the process and we have also made sure that our operational needs are clearly expressed. The high-level requirements of the new headquarters buildings were identified as early as 2020.
And these requirements are driven by the evolution of the agency's mission and our responsibilities. They reflect the need to ensure that the security measures remain state-of-the-art considering the evolving threat environment, to increase the availability of secure facilities and highly protected operational areas, to accommodate a growing volume of classified exchanges with our stakeholders, and to provide adequate space for an expanding workforce. To support the progress of this project, three memoranda of understanding were signed with the Czech government. These agreements established a common framework and timeline for delivering a sustainable infrastructure. Due to difficulties encountered on the Czech side in recent years, it has become clear that the schedule foreseen in the latest memorandum of understanding is no longer feasible.
And for this reason, EUSPA is seeking as a matter of urgency a revised timeline from the Czech authorities and the signature of a new memorandum of understanding containing a realistic, concrete, and achievable roadmap for the delivery of the new headquarters. At the same time, it is our responsibility to ensure uninterrupted operations and therefore we are also looking at solutions that can guarantee the continuity of our activities should a timely agreement not be reached. The success of EUSPA is also a success for Europe. Appropriate headquarters facilities for the agency is therefore not merely a logistical matter, it is an important investment in the security, resilience, and future of the Union's space activities. Thank you.
Olivier Chastel
Thanks a lot. I would like to give the floor again to Olivier Chastel.
Merci Madame la Présidente. D'abord merci à Monsieur Da Costa pour sa présentation et surtout pour ses réponses claires à nos questions écrites dans cette procédure de pré-information concernant le prochain contrat de location. Si je veux résumer, l'agence est globalement dépendante des autorités tchèques via un accord d'association et dépend donc de son bon vouloir pour trouver un nouveau bâtiment qui est nécessaire non seulement pour accompagner la croissance de l'agence telle que prévue dans la proposition du nouveau règlement, mais aussi pour répondre rapidement à ses besoins en matière de sécurité et de cybersécurité. Et à ce titre, il me reste une question. Vous avez indiqué clairement un besoin urgent et assez important de nouveaux espaces vu la croissance du personnel et des besoins en matière de sécurité.
Est-ce que vous avez un calendrier précis en tête et surtout, est-ce que les autorités tchèques actuelles sont conscientes de cette situation et surtout, est-ce que vous sentez qu'elles sont disposées à aider dans les meilleurs délais ?
Monika Hohlmeier
Merci bien. Est-ce qu'il y a encore des commentaires des shadow rapporteurs ? Je regarde à Madame Fürst, c'est pas le cas. Alors Monsieur Da Costa, vous avez la parole. You have the floor.
Rodrigo da Costa
Thank you, thank you very much Madam Chair, thank you for the two questions. I will be brief. The first one on the calendar. Certainly the calendar that we have put on the table in 2020 is still up to date and indeed the agency grew as planned and as we see from the proposal of the Commission on the new regulation, it will continue growing. So certainly a building in 2028 is for us key and crucial and therefore it is now time for the decisions.
When it comes certainly the second question is directed to the Czech authorities. What I can tell you is that our exchanges have been good, are constructive. I know that this is taken into attention at the highest level of the Czech government and more it will have to be the Czech authorities to respond. Thank you.
Monika Hohlmeier
So everything is fine, so that I thank you very much for your comments and we would change now to point 12, mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund for displaced workers following an application from Belgium. Let's have a first test vote perhaps that everything is working fine. The vote is open. Test. Let's test.
You can vote how you wish to vote. Everything fine for everybody ? Okay, vote is closed. Okay. So then let's go to point 12.
We have a compromise one. Who is in favor ? Who is against ? Abstentions ? It's adopted.
And then we have a roll call vote as final vote. I open the vote. Close the vote. 21 plus, 2 minus and 1 abstention. Then 13, mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund for displaced workers following an application from Spain for Galicia.
We have a compromise number one. Who is in favor ? Who is against ? Abstentions ? Adopted.
Now we have a roll call vote as a final vote. I open the vote. Close the vote. 23 plus and 2 minus.
Now let's go to point 14, mobilization of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund for displaced workers following an application from Finland for Valmet Automotive. We have a compromise number one. Who is in favor? Who is against? Abstentions?
It's adopted. And now a roll-call vote as a final vote. I open the vote. Close. 23 plus, 2 minus and 0 abstentions.
Now we are coming to point 15. No. 15 is postponed. Look now, I find it. 16.
First we start with the transfers of the Commission. We start with DEC 11. Yeah, roll-call vote. I open the vote. Close the vote.
Plus 23 minus 2 abstentions. Then DEC 12 2026, roll-call vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. 20 plus, 2 minus and 2 abstentions.
Now DEC 13 2026, roll-call vote. I open the vote. Close the vote. 21 plus, 2 minus, 1 abstentions. Now DEC 14 2026, roll-call vote.
I open the vote. Close the vote. 22 plus, 2 minus, 1 abstentions. Now we change to budget other sections. First EP C5 2026 and C6 2026, roll-call vote.
I open the vote. Close the vote. 17 plus, 8 minus and 0 abstentions. Now EDPS number 2 2026, roll-call vote. I open the vote.
Close the vote. 18 plus, 2 minus, 5 abstentions. Now we go to building policy. First OIL extension of the lease contract of Helios and Besch buildings. Roll-call.
Ah, we vote separately. Okay. First Helios and it's a roll-call vote. I open the vote. Close the vote.
17 plus, 7 minus, 1 abstention. Now we go to the Besch building, roll-call vote. I open the vote. Close. 17 plus, 7 minus, 1 abstention.
And now Tripoli, Libya for the EEAS. I open the vote, roll-call vote. Close. 18 plus, 7 minus, 0 abstentions. So this was it.
I wish you a nice evening and thank you very much for your presence.