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

Tabled by Monika Hohlmeier, Helmut Brandstätter, Engin Eroglu, Andreas Glück, Svenja Hahn, Moritz Körner, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Christine Singer, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Joachim Streit, Hildegard Bentele, Stefan Berger, Daniel Caspary, Laurent Castillo, François-Xavier Bellamy, Christophe Gomart, Céline Imart, Christian Doleschal, Lena Düpont, Christian Ehler, Jens Gieseke, Niclas Herbst, Ondřej Kolář, Miriam Lexmann, Norbert Lins, Lukas Mandl, Angelika Winzig, Reinhold Lopatka, Sophia Kircher, Alexander Bernhuber, David McAllister, Verena Mertens, Angelika Niebler, Oliver Schenk, Christine Schneider, Ralf Seekatz, Sven Simon, Johan Van Overtveldt, Sabine Verheyen, Andrea Wechsler, Tomáš Zdechovský

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;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE764.137