Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph -1 (new)

   Tabled by João Pimenta Lopes, Sandra Pereira · The Left

   Added: -1. Deplores the fact that this review is determined not by the need to address the real problems of each country and their peoples, but by the insistence on increasing militarisation, on financing and prolonging the war and confrontation and on rejecting the opening of negotiations aimed at achieving peace;

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph -1 a (new)

   Tabled by João Pimenta Lopes, Sandra Pereira · The Left

   Added: -1a. Considers, on the contrary, that the mid-term review of the MFF should primarily serve to restore and strengthen the funds that have been cut, in relation to the previous MFF, in key areas such as cohesion policy;

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph -1 b (new)

   Tabled by João Pimenta Lopes, Sandra Pereira · The Left

   Added: -1b. Considers that what is needed is for the EU budget to contribute to meeting the needs of workers and peoples, in particular by: supporting productive sectors, in particular in countries with persistent production deficits; improving public services; increasing public investment; supporting the conservation of nature, including the fight against climate change and the sustainable use of natural resources; reducing inequalities and development imbalances between countries; promoting peace, cooperation and solidarity between peoples.

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph -1 c (new)

   Tabled by João Pimenta Lopes, Sandra Pereira · The Left

   Added: -1c. Deplores the fact that, in order to address the impact of the ECB’s decision to increase interest rates on the payment of the debt incurred to create the Recovery and Resilience Facility, a ‘cascade mechanism’ providing for the reallocation of funds from future budgets, initially planned for other areas, has been agreed for the payment of interest on the debt incurred;

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 2

   Tabled by Dimitrios Papadimoulis · The Left

   … an amending budget and for the remaining years of the MFF period; Removed: underlines Added: acknowledges that the MFF revision represents Removed: a clear Added: an improvement on the status Removed: quo, although some Added: quo; underlines, however, that many aspects contained in the draft Council regulation are manifestly not Removed: optimal, Added: optimal and fall significantly short of Parliament’s position and of the Commission’s proposal, leaving the EU budget under pressure, with limited margins and flexibility, with …

6. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 3 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

   Added: 3a. Regrets that the revision of the MFF ignores the needs of the working classes and the unprecedented social crisis while dedicating more money to military expenditure;

7. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 3

   Tabled by Dimitrios Papadimoulis · The Left

   3. Recalls that Parliament argued that the Added: targeted revision should focus primarily on addressing the consequences of Russia’s war of … the Commission’s June 2023 proposal for a revision and are all present, Removed: at least to some Added: although to a much lesser extent, in the draft Council regulation to which Parliament is asked to give consent; Added: recalls that Parliament improved the Commission’s proposal and called for an additional EUR 10 billion, while the draft Council regulation represents a significant decrease compared to the proposal;

8. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 20

   Tabled by Dimitrios Papadimoulis · The Left

   … borrowing costs to be placed over and above the MFF ceilings as Removed: a Added: the only comprehensive structural solution to Added: fully protect the EU budget and its flexibility and cover NGEU repayment costs, which have increased as a result of rising …

9. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 32 a (new)

   Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

   Added: 32a. Stresses that the Commission needs to take further timely action to increase the EU’s own resources; underlines that, in line with the IIA, which is legally binding, the Commission should present a genuine tax on financial transactions, which could raise more than EUR 50 billion per year, based on the details of the financial transaction tax that should have been implemented under enhanced cooperation according to the 2013 agreement;

10. Amendment 10Rejected

    Paragraph 32 b (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee, Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 32b. Recalls that more than a third of Europeans regularly restrict how much food they eat; recalls that the wealth of the top 0.5 % of wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to implement a European wealth tax, which could raise more than EUR 200 billion for the EU’s own resources;

11. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 32 c (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee, Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 32c. Underlines that both the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank acknowledge that more than half of current price inflation is driven by companies increasing their profit margins; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make a new proposal for an own resource based on the permanent taxation of the windfall profits of multinational enterprises in all sectors, particularly the agri-food sector;

12. Amendment 12Rejected

    Paragraph 37

    Tabled by Dimitrios Papadimoulis · The Left

    37. Removed: Remains concerned Added: Regrets that, even after the revision, total commitment appropriations amount to only 1.02 …

13. Amendment 13Rejected

    Paragraph 38

    Tabled by Dimitrios Papadimoulis · The Left

    38. Removed: Deplores Added: Deeply deplores the cuts to flagship programmes in the MFF revision, especially to those … agreement, and is particularly concerned by the political signal these cuts send; Added: calls, therefore, for these cuts to be entirely reversed as a matter of urgency;

14. Amendment 14Rejected

    Paragraph 3 a (new)

    Tabled by Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Eric Minardi +1 · ID

    Added: 3a. Highlights the need to streamline administrative procedures, rationalise expenditure and enhance transparency and accountability in EU spending in order to ensure efficient and accountable use of taxpayers’ money for funding priorities and challenges;

15. Amendment 15Rejected

    Paragraph 14

    Tabled by Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Eric Minardi +1 · ID

    … programmes within Heading 6, which ensure robust oversight and guarantee Parliament’s prerogatives; Added: highlights the fact that that any development or humanitarian aid to third countries must be provided on condition that there is smooth cooperation in the repatriation of their citizens illegally residing in the European Union; stresses that the use of Facilities is a last resort for the …

16. Amendment 16Rejected

    Paragraph 34

    Tabled by Joachim Kuhs, Valentino Grant, Eric Minardi +1 · ID

    … Margin Instrument, which would have eliminated any risk of a payments crisis; Added: recalls that an increase of payment appropriations ceilings does not automatically correlate with better absorption capacity of the EU budget; points out, in this regard, that the amount of outstanding commitments (amounts committed but not yet paid) attained a record EUR 490 billion at the beginning of 2024;

17. Amendment 18Rejected

    Paragraph 19

    Tabled by Fabienne Keller · Renew

    … shortfall is currently estimated at EUR 15 billion between 2025 and 2027; Removed: underlines Added: stresses that, without a revision of the MFF, any shortfall can only be met by cutting programmes and exhausting budgetary flexibility; Added: is concerned, however, that the new mechanism to pay the NGEU interest payments will exhaust most of the available flexibilities and margins and will jeopardise the budget’s response capacity; insists on the need to safeguard sufficient margins and flexibility in each annual procedure to ensure that the EU can respond to unforeseen events;

18. Amendment 20Adopted

    Paragraph 39

    Tabled by Fabienne Keller · Renew

    … of investing 3 % of Gross Domestic Product in research and development; Added: insists that greater investment in European research and innovation (R&I) today is a prerequisite for Europe to secure its economic competitiveness tomorrow; notes that stepping up investment in R&I is necessary for Europe to retain or develop its technological leadership in sectors most impacted by the green and digital transitions; points out that cuts to European R&I activities are contrary to the promises made by EU leaders to boost the EU’s competitiveness and strengthen its open strategic autonomy; point outs, however, that Parliament helped mitigate the impact of the cut …

19. Amendment 22Adopted

    Paragraph 2

    Tabled by Rasmus Andresen · Verts/ALE

    … support to be provided to Ukraine and ensure reinforcements can be introduced Removed: already Added: as soon as possible into the 2024 budget through an amending budget and for the remaining … quo, although some aspects contained in the draft Council regulation are manifestly Removed: not optimal, Added: regrettable, leaving the EU budget under pressure, with limited margins and flexibility, with cuts to key programmes Added: such as Horizon Europe, EU4Health, as well as the cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy, and with reduced ambition in important future-oriented policy areas, such as sovereignty;

20. Amendment 24Rejected

    Title after Paragraph 35

    Tabled by Rasmus Andresen · Verts/ALE

    Removed: Impact Added: Negative impact on the EU budget

21. Amendment 26Rejected

    Paragraph 40

    Tabled by Rasmus Andresen · Verts/ALE

    … the clear political commitment in the 2020 MFF agreement to prioritise health Removed: funding; Added: funding in light of the COVID-19 pandemic; is, therefore, very disappointed by the cut of EUR 1 billion to Removed: EU4Health; Added: EU4Health which represents more than a third of the programme’s funds for 2025-2027; considers that such a decision Removed: is likely to Added: will undermine preparedness for any further pandemic Added: and health crisis and curtail the Union’s ability to support public health Removed: systems; Added: systems that are already suffering from cuts; points out, however, that, at Parliament’s request, the spending profile of the …

22. Amendment 27Rejected

    Paragraph 2 a (new)

    Tabled by Rasmus Andresen, Bas Eickhout, Philippe Lamberts · Verts/ALE

    Added: 2a. Recalls that significant additional investment is needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest; insists that extra public investment is crucial and urgent while the window of opportunity is still open for reaching our climate and energy targets with a view to a just transition; regrets that the revision of the MFF together with the ongoing revision of the fiscal rules do not address the funding gap; insists that these resources urgently need to be found or made available either in national public spending or mutualised at EU level to underpin the energy transition and a green industrial plan, which is a matter of urgency especially as the price of inaction will be that our economies will be unable to sustain our societies as we know them today and the current macroeconomic governance framework risks leading to severe cuts in social spending;