General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - all sections

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph 75 a (new)

   Tabled by Monika Hohlmeier, Helmut Brandstätter, Engin Eroglu +38 · Members

   Added: 75 a. stresses that funding from the Union budget should under no circumstances be given directly or indirectly to persons, groups or entities linked to terrorist activities; recalls that there have been credible reports that UNRWA has employed members of the terrorist organisation Hamas, most recently the head of UNRWA’s teachers association in Lebanon, Fateh al-Sharif; highlights that it has been proven several times that members of Hamas were employed by UNRWA and that several of UNRWA’s school buildings and the headquarter provided cover for the extensive tunnel system of Hamas in Gaza; acknowledges, however, the critical role of UNRWA in providing humanitarian aid, which cannot be interrupted to ensure access to basic services for all persons affected by the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territories; insists on the strengthening of the screenings, checks and audits of all funds given to UNRWA and any of its sub-contractors to ensure that not a single Euro ends up financing, contributing to or supporting Hamas or Hezbollah activities; calls for the diversification of funding of humanitarian aid provided to the Palestinian population, for example to organisations like Doctors Without Borders, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, WHO or the World Food Programme; underlines that Parliament reserves the right to call for a reserve in case of non-compliance and maladministration by the Commission;

2. Amendment 2Rejected

   Paragraph 61 a (new)

   Tabled by Rasmus Andresen, Erik Marquardt, Hannah Neumann · Greens/EFA

   Added: 61 a. Is concerned by investigative media reports of Union-funded infrastructure and vehicles in Türkiye being allegedly used to detain, mistreat and forcibly return asylum seekers and refugees to Syria and Afghanistan; expresses clearly that it is unacceptable that such actions could benefit from Union financial support; recalls that EUR 750 million is allocated in DB 2025 for Syrian refugees in Türkiye; expects the Commission to implement the Southern Neighbourhood line of NDICI and IPA III in full respect of Union and international law and in particular the principle of non-refoulement; expects the Commission to investigate the use of relevant funds in Türkiye and to report to the Budgetary Authority before the beginning of 2025;

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph -1 (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: -1. Reiterates the need to guarantee the redistributive function of the EU budget, with budget increases through increased national contributions in line with Member States’ gross national income so as to ensure the Member States that benefit the most from membership (of the single market, single currency and common policies) contribute the most to the budget.

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph -1 a (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: -1a. Calls, therefore, for an end to the rebates for five Member States in their contributions to the EU budget and calls for real convergence in economic and social progress between Member States;

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph -1 b (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: -1b. Takes the view that, moreover, in the current context, the objectives to be pursued through the use of funds from the EU budget should be: safeguarding the solvency of micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises; reviving economic activity, with a particular focus on policies to support the full harnessing of States’ production capabilities and potential and their productive sectors; advancing the Member States’ sovereignty, particularly their food and energy sovereignty; protecting the environment and biodiversity; supporting the reception and integration of refugees and migrants, regardless of their origin and/or nationality;

6. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph -1 c (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: -1c. Takes the view that the EU budget should include increased public investment in support for productive and strategic sectors, in quality public services and universal access, particularly health care, education (including crèches), geriatric and long-term care, as well as care and education for persons with disabilities, and in creating and increasing the provision of public housing that ensures access to sustainable, decent, high-quality housing for all; considers that the EU budget should contribute to combating poverty, social exclusion and inequalities, and help realise the full potential of each country and region; considers, further, that the EU budget should incorporate the pursuit of external relations founded in solidarity, cooperation, mutual respect and the promotion and safeguarding of peace;

7. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph -1 d (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: -1d. Rejects use of the EU budget to strengthen public-private partnerships, promote privatisation and liberalise Member States’ strategic sectors, such as energy, health and transport; argues, further, that the EU budget should support Member States that decide to reverse privatisation processes in those sectors;

8. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 34 a (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: 34a. Takes the view that the EU should contribute to an urgent response to the housing crisis by: (i) creating additional dedicated European Union funding that can be deployed by Member States to expand and renovate public housing stocks and uphold the right to decent, affordable housing for all; (ii) calling on the Commission and the Council to create conditions for Member States to have interest rates appropriate for families’ living conditions, the development of their economies and the needs of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including the possibility of reversing the policy of high interest rates.

9. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 34 b (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: 34b. Considers that public aid to businesses from the EU budget should be conditional upon an obligation to protect jobs, uphold workers’ rights and contribute to local and regional development;

10. Amendment 10Rejected

    Paragraph 34 c (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 34c. In the context of rising cost of living and the resulting deterioration of living conditions for workers and increase in social injustice and inequalities, a considerable hike in the amounts for the ESF+ is also necessary in order for it to meet its objectives of combating poverty and social exclusion;

11. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 34 d (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 34d. In 2023, almost 20 million children in the EU Member States were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, representing 24.8 % of children under the age of 18; recalls, therefore, the requests made by the European Parliament in successive resolutions and calls for the creation of a specific budget line for the Child Guarantee, with its specific allocations, taking into account the target of EUR 20 billion by 2027;

12. Amendment 12Rejected

    Paragraph 34 e (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 34e. Calls for support for the outermost regions to be stepped up, particularly by way of the programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI), and calls for a POSEI transport scheme to be established with a view to providing additional support to compensate for the drawbacks and losses caused by the remoteness of those regions;

13. Amendment 13Rejected

    Paragraph 50 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 50a. The agricultural sector, in particular small and medium-sized farmers and producers and family farms, is facing an extremely serious situation, particularly as regards rising production costs, low prices paid to producers and the economic strangulation of producers by the large retail sector; considers, therefore, that, in addition to a thorough reform of the CAP, it is necessary to ensure that resources, in particular support for the wine, olive oil and apiculture sectors, are sufficient to meet farmers’ needs;

14. Amendment 14Rejected

    Paragraph 50 b (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 50b. Criticises the fact that the Commission proposal includes an 11.6 % cut to commitments and 15.4 % cut to payments with regard to the EMFAF; calls, therefore, for support to be made available to respond to the challenging situation faced by the fisheries sector, and in particular small-scale, artisanal and coastal fishing; takes the view, therefore, that the funds allocated to the EMFAF are not enough and should, rather than cut, be substantially increased;

15. Amendment 15Rejected

    Paragraph 66 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 66a. Rejects the increase in the budget allocation for militarisation, specifically, for arms, infrastructure, capacity and military mobility; rejects the current escalating militarisation of the EU, embodied in the Strategic Compass, the European Defence Industrial Strategy and instruments like ASAP, and being advocated at the highest level in the European Union institutions; calls for funds from the EU budget for external action (with the exception of official development aid), border surveillance and externalisation, militarisation and security communitisation programmes to be reallocated to budget lines for efforts to achieve real convergence in economic and social progress between Member States;

16. Amendment 16Rejected

    Paragraph 92

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    … EU institutions more accessible and transparent, and ensures that proceedings are democratic; Added: takes the view, however, that it is being threatened by a deterioration in the quantity and quality of translation and interpreting services as a result of budgetary constraints, increased outsourcing and poorer working conditions for providers; calls, in that regard, for funding for translation and interpretation services in the EU institutions, particularly the European Parliament, to be stepped up;

17. Amendment 17Adopted

    Paragraph 92 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 92a. Calls for better working conditions and pay for workers in crèches, catering, security, interpretation and translation by bringing them in-house and making them permanent European Parliament staff as soon as possible;

18. Amendment 17Rejected

    Paragraph 92 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 92a. Calls for better working conditions and pay for workers in crèches, catering, security, interpretation and translation by bringing them in-house and making them permanent European Parliament staff as soon as possible;

19. Amendment 18Adopted

    Paragraph 13 a (new)

    Tabled by Céline Imart, Monika Hohlmeier, François-Xavier Bellamy +34 · Members

    Added: 13 a. Urges the Commission to prohibit the allocation of European funds to individuals or associations linked to terrorist or Islamist movements or any other extremist movement opposed to the fundamental values of the European Union; this restriction should also apply to Union funding of third parties that directly or indirectly contribute to the financing of such entities

20. Amendment 19Rejected

    Paragraph 90 – point d a (new)

    Tabled by Kai Tegethoff, Nicolae Ştefănuță · Greens/EFA

    Added: (d a) welcomes the efforts to phase out fossil fuel heating and cooling systems at an adequate level in line with the energy efficiency first principle, and insists on the need to continue investments;

21. Amendment 20Adopted

    Paragraph 90 – point e

    Tabled by Kai Tegethoff, Nicolae Ştefănuță · Greens/EFA

    … the need to increase chartered train capacity between Brussels and Strasbourg in Removed: 2025; Added: 2025 and insists that this continues to be treated as a priority by Parliament and calls on the French authorities to help;

22. Amendment 21Rejected

    Paragraph 27 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 27 a. Condemns the fact that in December 2022 the Commission decided to exclude Hungarian universities from the Horizon Europe program, which is inexplicable and devastating, causing Hungarian students and researchers suffer a competitive disadvantage compared to others; highlights in that regard, that the use and accountability of Union funds has been transparent for decades at Hungarian universities; regrets that Hungarian universities have suffered enormous loss both in reputation and financially due to the inability to contract for tenders already won or submitted; calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision;

23. Amendment 22Rejected

    Paragraph 35 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 35 a. Highlights that the Hungarian government conducted a series of negotiations with the Commission in order for Hungary to be able to access the cohesion funds it is rightfully entitled to; notes that, as a result of that dialogue, Hungary undertook to fulfill a package of measures; condemns the fact that the Commission is imposing more and more conditions to transfer development funds to Hungary; demands that the Hungarian cohesion envelope be protected from the risk of redirection to other policies or countries and that the Commission disburse the financial resources immediately; expects the new Commission to review the application of the rule of law conditionality rules and to stop the politically selected ideological blackmailing of Member States.

24. Amendment 22Rejected

    Paragraph 35 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 35 a. Highlights that the Hungarian government conducted a series of negotiations with the Commission in order for Hungary to be able to access the cohesion funds it is rightfully entitled to; notes that, as a result of that dialogue, Hungary undertook to fulfill a package of measures; condemns the fact that the Commission is imposing more and more conditions to transfer development funds to Hungary; demands that the Hungarian cohesion envelope be protected from the risk of redirection to other policies or countries and that the Commission disburse the financial resources immediately; expects the new Commission to review the application of the rule of law conditionality rules and to stop the politically selected ideological blackmailing of Member States.

25. Amendment 23Rejected

    Paragraph 43 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 43 a. Condemns the fact that in December 2022 the Commission decided to exclude Hungarian universities, students, teachers and researchers from mobility programmes; highlights that reinforcing mobility opportunities is a clear policy priority in order to solidify Europe’s long-term competitiveness and according to Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union's action in the field of education aims to encourage the mobility of students and teachers and to promote cooperation between educational institutions; regrets that the realisation of that goal is obviously opposed by Union decisions that exclude the vast majority of students from a Member State from mobility; calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision;

26. Amendment 23Rejected

    Paragraph 43 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 43 a. Condemns the fact that in December 2022 the Commission decided to exclude Hungarian universities, students, teachers and researchers from mobility programmes; highlights that reinforcing mobility opportunities is a clear policy priority in order to solidify Europe’s long-term competitiveness and according to Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Union's action in the field of education aims to encourage the mobility of students and teachers and to promote cooperation between educational institutions; regrets that the realisation of that goal is obviously opposed by Union decisions that exclude the vast majority of students from a Member State from mobility; calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision;

27. Amendment 24Rejected

    Paragraph 44 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 44 a. Demands that appropriations be cut for Union propaganda against the national sovereignty of Member States and while supporting culture and creativity in general, opposes the spread of 'woke' ideology by several media companies across Europe financed by Union funds;

28. Amendment 25Rejected

    Paragraph 45 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 45 a. Expresses its deep concern at the fact that the Commission has financed or co-financed campaigns to promote the veil, claiming, for example, that ‘freedom is in the hijab’; stresses that the Union budget must no longer finance future campaigns that may promote the veil or indirectly make the wearing of the compulsory veil commonplace;

29. Amendment 26Adopted

    Paragraph 56 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 56 a. Underlines the importance of European agricultural and wine exports for the Union's trade balance and stresses the impact of recent retaliatory measures on high value-added products, such as cognac, brandy and other agricultural products, in the context of escalating trade tensions between the Union and China; stresses that European producers of wines and spirits and agricultural products should not become the adjustment variables for trade actions linked to other industrial sectors; calls on the Commission to put in place targeted and effective support mechanisms for the sectors affected by those measures and to seek diplomatic channels to mitigate the impact of such retaliatory measures;

30. Amendment 27Adopted

    Paragraph 57 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 57 a. Notes the amount of EUR 450 million earmarked for the agricultural reserve and recalls that EUR 516,5 million was needed in 2024; calls on the Commission to provide sufficient and coherent funding for the agricultural reserve in order to mitigate the economic effects of extreme weather events on farms and to preserve food security and self-sufficiency, while ensuring that direct payments are not reduced and considering the mobilisation of non-CAP funds, as well as allowing the use of margins to finance that reserve; points out that the agricultural reserve was not deployed for the first time until 2022 and that it has been used more frequently since then; calls on the Commission to apply objective and transparent criteria for the allocation of funds;

31. Amendment 29Rejected

    Paragraph 62 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 62 a. Expects that the AMIF should primarily focus on the strengthening of cooperation with third countries to reduce illegal migratory flows as well as countering irregular migration and ensuring the effectiveness of return to and readmission in third countries; demands that policies linked to legal migration and integration be managed at national level;

32. Amendment 30Rejected

    Paragraph 63 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 63 a. Calls on the Commission to immediately mobilise substantial Union funds and means to support Member States in reinforcing external borders protection capabilities and infrastructure such as walls, means of surveillance, including aerial surveillance, and equipment; proposes an increase that covers the costs of building physical border barriers that are an essential part of a comprehensive migration policy, which should aim at preventing illegal entry, human smuggling and hybrid attacks, and detaining asylum seekers at the external borders;

33. Amendment 31Rejected

    Paragraph 63 b (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 63 b. Recognises that some Members States have already spent billions of euro on protecting the Union's external borders, EUR 2 billion in the case of Hungary; requests the reimsursement of those costs; regrets that while Hungary protects the Union's external border against illegal migration, the European Court of Justice imposed a fine on it for not letting migrants enter Hungary before a final decision is made on their application; requests that the Commission use part of the EUR 2 billion due for border protection for Hungary to finance the fine imposed on Hungary by the European Court of Justice.

34. Amendment 31Rejected

    Paragraph 63 b (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 63 b. Recognises that some Members States have already spent billions of euro on protecting the Union's external borders, EUR 2 billion in the case of Hungary; requests the reimsursement of those costs; regrets that while Hungary protects the Union's external border against illegal migration, the European Court of Justice imposed a fine on it for not letting migrants enter Hungary before a final decision is made on their application; requests that the Commission use part of the EUR 2 billion due for border protection for Hungary to finance the fine imposed on Hungary by the European Court of Justice.

35. Amendment 32Adopted

    Paragraph 64 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 64 a. Calls for the Frontex Agency to be strengthened by an increase in funding for the recruitment of standing corps officers equipped with service weapons to support Member States in controlling external borders and for the acquisition of control equipment, including land, air and sea surveillance resources; notes that that increase should also enable the standing corps to be involved in the digitalisation of border controls, namely the new Etias and entry/exit systems, and should ensure access to and full interoperability between all the relevant database (SIS, VIS, Eurodac, etc.).

36. Amendment 33Rejected

    Paragraph 64 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 64 b. Calls for a reduction in the amount of the Frontex budget allocated to fundamental rights monitors, in order to refocus Frontex on its primary mission as a border guard; points out that there is a duplication between the work done by those staff and the work of the Fundamental Rights Agency;

37. Amendment 34Rejected

    Paragraph 64 c (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 64 c. Calls for a reduction in the budget of the Fundamental Rights Agency’s, given that fundamental rights monitors already existing in several agencies such as Frontex;

38. Amendment 37Rejected

    Paragraph 75 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 75 a. Calls on the Commission to immediately cease all funding to organisations supporting, directly or indirectly, groups classified as terrorists by the Union; cites the Gaziantep Islamic University of Science and Technology, which has glorified the "7 October Mujahids" and described 7 October as "Awakening Day" while benefiting from Erasmus+ funds, and the NGO Al-Sharq Forum, which has described Ismael Haniyeh, former leader of Hamas, as a "martyr"; demands that Union taxpayer money not fund entities that are hostile to the security and values of Union citizens;

39. Amendment 38Rejected

    Paragraph 79 a (new)

    Tabled by Tamás Deutsch · PfE

    Added: 79 a. Expects that Union humanitarian assistance will be able to tackle new challenges; notes that protracted crises require the making available of more financial resources in order to assist local and support people to stay in their home region; highlights in this context the particular importance of maintaining support for education in emergencies, nutrition and access to clean water; demands that Union funding enhance the cohesion of local societies and mitigate migration; therefore notes that the implementation of EU humanitarian budget needs to involve local actors, providing lifesaving and essential social services in emergency settings;

40. Amendment 39Rejected

    Paragraph 79 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 79 b. Stresses that the Union's overseas countries and territories (OCTs) and outermost regions need special support because of their remoteness; draws attention in particular to the difficulties of access to drinking water and sanitation and the poor state of water supply networks, problems common to the OCTs and outermost regions;

41. Amendment 42Rejected

    Paragraph 15 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 15 a. Opposes the introduction of new own resources for the Union; stresses that the introduction of the Commission's proposals would further increase the fiscal pressure on citizens and businesses, in particular on small and medium-sized enterprises;

42. Amendment 43Rejected

    Paragraph 51 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 51 a. Stresses that the Union's free trade agreements with third countries put unjustified pressure on the Union agricultural sector; calls on the Commission to prepare an in-depth analysis of the costs incurred by Union farmers in the context of free trade agreements with third countries;

43. Amendment 44Rejected

    Paragraph 62 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 62 a. Underlines the failure of European policies on preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in the management of the effects of the migration and refugee crisis; stresses that the allocations should be devolved to repatriation and border security;

44. Amendment 45Adopted

    Paragraph 64 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 64 a. Demands appropriate funding for external physical barriers at the Union border;

45. Amendment 46Adopted

    Paragraph 64 b (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka, Christine Anderson · ESN

    Added: 64 b. Notes the increasing trend to look into offshoring parts of the EU migration policy; calls on the institutions to explore the idea of developing return hubs outside the Union, and, if necessary, to dedicate appropriate funding to the project;

46. Amendment 47Rejected

    Paragraph 76 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 76 a. Calls for an immediate stop to the Union’s accession negotiations with Turkey, as well as for the blocking of all Union funding for Turkey;

47. Amendment 50Adopted

    Paragraph 89

    Tabled by Nils Ušakovs · S&D

    89. Reiterates Removed: the Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, focusing Parliament’s budget Added: to deliver on its core functions of co-legislator, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and Removed: scrutinizing Added: scrutinising the work of other Removed: institutions and the implementation of EU legislation, Added: institutions, as well as providing the resources for cyber-security and IT development and priority projects on engaging with Removed: citizens as well as green and accessible Parliament; Added: citizens, green Parliament promoting the saving of resources and an accessible Parliament, fully respecting gender equality

48. Amendment 50Rejected

    Paragraph 89

    Tabled by Nils Ušakovs · S&D

    89. Reiterates Removed: the Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, focusing Parliament’s budget Added: to deliver on its core functions of co-legislator, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and Removed: scrutinizing Added: scrutinising the work of other Removed: institutions and the implementation of EU legislation, Added: institutions, as well as providing the resources for cyber-security and IT development and priority projects on engaging with Removed: citizens as well as green and accessible Parliament; Added: citizens, green Parliament promoting the saving of resources and an accessible Parliament, fully respecting gender equality

49. Amendment 50Adopted

    Paragraph 89

    Tabled by Nils Ušakovs · S&D

    89. Reiterates Removed: the Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, focusing Parliament’s budget Added: to deliver on its core functions of co-legislator, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and Removed: scrutinizing Added: scrutinising the work of other Removed: institutions and the implementation of EU legislation, Added: institutions, as well as providing the resources for cyber-security and IT development and priority projects on engaging with Removed: citizens as well as green and accessible Parliament; Added: citizens, green Parliament promoting the saving of resources and an accessible Parliament, fully respecting gender equality

50. Amendment 50Adopted

    Paragraph 89

    Tabled by Nils Ušakovs · S&D

    89. Reiterates Removed: the Parliament’s priorities for the forthcoming financial year, namely, focusing Parliament’s budget Added: to deliver on its core functions of co-legislator, acting as one arm of the budgetary authority, representing citizens and Removed: scrutinizing Added: scrutinising the work of other Removed: institutions and the implementation of EU legislation, Added: institutions, as well as providing the resources for cyber-security and IT development and priority projects on engaging with Removed: citizens as well as green and accessible Parliament; Added: citizens, green Parliament promoting the saving of resources and an accessible Parliament, fully respecting gender equality

51. Amendment 53Rejected

    Paragraph 4 a (new)

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico · The Left

    Added: 4 a. Expresses deep concern about the ongoing crisis in the automotive sector, which is being significantly challenged by the rapid pace of the transition to electric vehicles; emphasises the urgent need for measures to mitigate the loss of jobs and preserve strategic industrial capacities across the Union;

52. Amendment 54Rejected

    Paragraph 5 a (new)

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico · The Left

    Added: 5 a. Recalls that the SURE instrument, while temporary, played a crucial role in safeguarding employment, reducing unemployment risks, and cushioning income losses during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls for the establishment of a permanent Union mechanism to provide financial support to Member States, aimed at preserving jobs and capabilities in the automotive sector and ensuring a just and sustainable transition to electric mobility;

53. Amendment 55Rejected

    Paragraph 15 a (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 a. 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 a permanent taxation of the windfall profits of the MNEs of all sectors and especially the agri-food sector;

54. Amendment 56Rejected

    Paragraph 15 b (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 b. Recalls that more than a third of Europeans regularly restrict how much food they eat; recalls that the wealth of the top 0,5 % 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 Union’s own resources;

55. Amendment 57Rejected

    Paragraph 15 c (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 c. Calls on the Commission to introduce a luxury carbon tax on luxury goods, including yachts, private jets and SUVs as a new own resource; believes that such a tax would be socially just, help mitigate climate change and could be more effective than a classic carbon tax;

56. Amendment 58Rejected

    Paragraph 15 d (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 d. Recalls that the Commission needs to take further timely actions to increase the EU's own resources; believes that, in line with the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020, 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 (FTT) which should have been implemented under enhanced cooperation according to the 2013 agreement;

57. Amendment 59Rejected

    Paragraph 15 e (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 e. Underlines that the Commission needs to take further timely actions to increase the Union's own resources and to fight against tax avoidance; recalls that according to the EU tax observatory, multinational enterprises (MNEs) booked $1 trillion profits in tax havens in 2022, and half of it in Union tax havens; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to collect the tax deficit of MNEs, that is the difference between what a corporation pays in taxes globally and what that corporation would have to pay if all its profits were subject to a minimum tax rate of 25 % in each of the countries where it operates;

58. Amendment 60Rejected

    Paragraph 15 f (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 15 f. Calls on the Commission to introduce a tax on ecological and social dumping at the borders of the European economic area as a new own resource including all sectors of activity such as raw materials, finished and semi-finished products;

59. Amendment 61Rejected

    Paragraph 15 g (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 15 g. Calls on the Commission to introduce a tax on kerosene as a new own resource allocated to the planning of the decline of the air transport sector, the support of its employees and the development of alternative means of transport;

60. Amendment 62Rejected

    Paragraph 40 a (new)

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico · The Left

    Added: 40 a. Recalls that programmes under Heading 2b play a key role in ensuring resilience and values by providing support and opportunities for young people through Erasmus+, including support to the Special Olympics World Games (SOWG) 2025, and through the European Solidarity Corps; emphasises that both programmes are required by law to put in place measures to boost participation rates among people with fewer opportunities and from disadvantaged backgrounds; recalls the important role that Erasmus+ could play in supporting youth employment by supporting the professional development of youth workers; believes however that the full potential of the Erasmus+ programme is not exploited fully in this respect; calls for more funding to further reinforcing the partnership aspect of the programme strengthening the links between educational institutions and employers, ensuring that curricula align with industry needs; calls for a readjustment of Erasmus+ grants to account for higher inflation and higher living costs; proposes to reinforce support for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme, to invest in preventing cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer diseases, rare diseases and diseases affecting mental health, by increasing EU4Health, to invest in skills development, including through reskilling and upskilling, to ensure social security coordination in order to facilitate labour mobility and easier transfer of social security benefits and to support vulnerable communities, as well as rural, isolated, insular and mountainous areas, social dialogue, labour mobility, trade unions, and the cultural and creative sectors;

61. Amendment 64Rejected

    Paragraph 63 a (new)

    Tabled by Estrella Galán · The Left

    Added: 63 a. Underlines the importance of saving lives at sea; highlights the need for the Commission to present a legislative proposal to establish an EU Search and Rescue Fund to show solidarity among Member States in the carrying out of search and rescue obligations;

62. Amendment 65Rejected

    Paragraph 68 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes · The Left

    Added: 68 a. Regrets the fact that the 2025 budget emphasises defence expenditure while neglecting the social emergency faced by the European working class; considers that the budget should prioritise the urgent social needs of European citizens instead of subsidising excessive profits, dividends and share buybacks of defence multinationals;

63. Amendment 67Rejected

    Paragraph 91 a (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 a. Highlights that subcontracting cleaning, catering, crèches and travel agency services puts people, mainly women, in an extremely vulnerable position; calls for the internalisation of cleaning, catering, crèches and travel agency staff as soon as possible;

64. Amendment 67Rejected

    Paragraph 91 a (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 a. Highlights that subcontracting cleaning, catering, crèches and travel agency services puts people, mainly women, in an extremely vulnerable position; calls for the internalisation of cleaning, catering, crèches and travel agency staff as soon as possible;

65. Amendment 68Adopted

    Paragraph 91 b (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 b. Notes with concern the decision of the company managing the Parliament crèche in Brussels to terminate its contract in advance in order to sign a new one for a higher amount; considers that the budget of the European Parliament should not finance the profits of a private company; highlights that the continuous changes of contractors bring uncertainty for the staff, the children and their parents and increase health and safety risks; calls for Parliament to ensure the proper functioning of the crèche protecting the staff, ensuring decent working conditions and fair remuneration, and the quality of the services and to take the necessary steps to allow for the crèche staff to be directly employed by Parliament;

66. Amendment 68Rejected

    Paragraph 91 b (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 b. Notes with concern the decision of the company managing the Parliament crèche in Brussels to terminate its contract in advance in order to sign a new one for a higher amount; considers that the budget of the European Parliament should not finance the profits of a private company; highlights that the continuous changes of contractors bring uncertainty for the staff, the children and their parents and increase health and safety risks; calls for Parliament to ensure the proper functioning of the crèche protecting the staff, ensuring decent working conditions and fair remuneration, and the quality of the services and to take the necessary steps to allow for the crèche staff to be directly employed by Parliament;

67. Amendment 68Adopted

    Paragraph 91 b (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 b. Notes with concern the decision of the company managing the Parliament crèche in Brussels to terminate its contract in advance in order to sign a new one for a higher amount; considers that the budget of the European Parliament should not finance the profits of a private company; highlights that the continuous changes of contractors bring uncertainty for the staff, the children and their parents and increase health and safety risks; calls for Parliament to ensure the proper functioning of the crèche protecting the staff, ensuring decent working conditions and fair remuneration, and the quality of the services and to take the necessary steps to allow for the crèche staff to be directly employed by Parliament;

68. Amendment 68Rejected

    Paragraph 91 b (new)

    Tabled by Leila Chaibi, Catarina Martins, Younous Omarjee · The Left

    Added: 91 b. Notes with concern the decision of the company managing the Parliament crèche in Brussels to terminate its contract in advance in order to sign a new one for a higher amount; considers that the budget of the European Parliament should not finance the profits of a private company; highlights that the continuous changes of contractors bring uncertainty for the staff, the children and their parents and increase health and safety risks; calls for Parliament to ensure the proper functioning of the crèche protecting the staff, ensuring decent working conditions and fair remuneration, and the quality of the services and to take the necessary steps to allow for the crèche staff to be directly employed by Parliament;

69. Amendment 69Adopted

    Paragraph 75 a (new)

    Tabled by Niclas Herbst, Andreas Schwab, Lukas Mandl +40 · Members

    Added: 75 a. Calls on the Palestinian Authority to remove all educational materials and contents, that fail to adhere to UNESCO standards by the next shool year, in particular those that contain antisemitism as defined by the IHRA classification endorsed by the Union, incitement to violence, hate speech, and glorification of terrorism; recalls paragraph 99 of the discharge resolution adopted by Parliament in April 2024, which directly links the October 7 atrocities to the inciteful content contained in Palestinian educational materials and demands that Union funds be made conditional on full curriculum reform; recalls the Commission’s assessment of the Palestinian textbooks, as evaluated in the Georg Eckert Institute's EU-funded report, clearly highlights the persistent presence of deeply problematic content that remains a serious concern; notes that the Commission will carry out close scrutiny to ensure that no Union funds are allocated, directly or indirectly, to the drafting, teaching, or exposure of such educational materials to Palestinian children, including those provided by UN organisations.

70. Amendment 72Rejected

    Paragraph 87 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 87 a. Calls for the end of the optional pension scheme for Members;

71. Amendment 73Rejected

    Paragraph 87 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 87 b. Calls on the Council to cut the basic monthly salaries of all Commissioners by 50 %;

72. Amendment 74Rejected

    Paragraph 90 a (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 90 a. Recalls that the daily allowance is a flat-rate sum covering accommodation, meals and related expenses for each day that a Member is present at the Parliament on official business; stresses that Members must sign an attendance register in order to benefit from that allowance; notes that there are exemptions for the President and the chairs of political groups who automatically benefit from it independent of their presence; calls for an end to those exceptions for the President and the chairs of political groups, who should be required to sign an attendance register like all other Members to benefit from their per-diem;

73. Amendment 75Rejected

    Paragraph 90 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 90 b. Calls for an adjustment of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament to cut the basic monthly salaries of Members by 50%;

74. Amendment 76Rejected

    Paragraph 90 c (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 90 c. Calls on Parliament and the Council to suppress the transition allowances of former Members, Commissioners and the President of the European Council; asks for them to be able to apply for unemployment benefits as a common worker does;

75. Amendment 77Rejected

    Paragraph 98 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Rudi Kennes, Manon Aubry · The Left

    Added: 98 a. Calls on the Council to cut the basic monthly salaries of the President of the Council by 50 %;