Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section III

Tabled by Stanisław Tyszka, Alexander Jungbluth

56. Stresses that Removed: sufficient own resources are essential not only to enable the repayment of NGEU borrowing, but also to ensure that the EU is equipped to cover increasing investment needs, as highlighted by the Draghi and Letta reports and the Niinistö report30 , and to respond to unforeseen developments; reiterates the need for revenues that ensure budgetary and fiscal stability while being able to respond to the Union’s needs and priorities; is highly concerned by the complete lack of progress on the introduction of new own resources in the Council; Added: rising interest rates on NGEU loans are causing increasing budgetary instability; regrets that legislators did not foresee the long-term effects of taking out the NGEU loan; calls, in view of the difficult economic situation and in order to restore competitiveness, for work on new own resources, which are in fact further tax burdens on citizens and European businesses, to be halted; calls on the Council and the Member States to Removed: proceed with the introduction of new own resources as a matter of urgency and without further delay; 30 Niinistö, S., ‘Safer Together – Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness’, 2024. Added: carry out, without further delay, an audit of EU expenditure in order to identify possible savings;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE782.988v01-00