Guidelines for the 2025 Budget - Section III

Tabled by Moritz Körner, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Tomáš Zdechovský, Johan Van Overtveldt, JanChristoph Oetjen, Asger Christensen, Marion Walsmann, Attila Ara-Kovács, Michael Kauch, Michaela Šojdrová, Erik Poulsen, Milan Zver, Lukas Mandl, Petras Auštrevičius, Frédérique Ries, Norbert Lins, Stefan Berger, Miriam Lexmann, Svenja Hahn, Christine Schneider, Lena Düpont, Niclas Herbst, Markus Ferber, Daniel Caspary, Hildegard Bentele, Dennis Radtke, Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold, Morten Løkkegaard, Monika Hohlmeier, Christian Doleschal, Sabine Verheyen, Axel Voss, Leszek Miller, Andreas Glück, Ljudmila Novak, Ralf Seekatz, David Lega, Andrey Kovatchev, Ondřej Kovařík, Ondřej Knotek, Martin Hlaváček, Martina Dlabajová, Dita Charanzová, Engin Eroglu, Bergur Løkke Rasmussen, Angelika Niebler

Added: 42a. Regrets that the Commission has not conditioned payments to third countries more effectively as a means to enforce the Union’s geopolitical interests, in particular in relation to the Union’s migration policies, defence concerns, as well as in relation to human rights; calls on the Commission to set specific conditions and milestones for its payments to third countries in accordance with the particular political interests of the Union and to suspend without undue delay a relevant part of the payments if a third country fails to meet the set conditions; expects all responsible Commissioners-designate in their hearings to commit to this stricter interest-based conditioning of the EU budget towards third countries;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.473