Guidelines for the 2026 Budget - Section III

Tabled by Manon Aubry, Pasquale Tridico, Younous Omarjee

Added: 22a. Recalls that more than 21 % of Europeans are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; recalls that the wealth of the top 0.5 % wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; underlines the fact that the EU Tax Observatory published new figures on 14 March 2025 showing that implementing a minimum tax of 3 % at the EU level on the wealth of people owning more than EUR 100 million could raise EUR 121 billion for the EU’s own resources; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce this wealth tax as an EU own resource;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.787v01-00