Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2026 – Section I – European Parliament

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Adopted

   Paragraph 39 a (new)

   Tabled by Ignazio Roberto Marino · Verts/ALE

   Added: 39a. Calls on the Bureau to revise the rules and to introduce a cooling-off period for former Members during which they cannot engage in lobbying or representational activities with the Parliament equal to the time during which Members receive a transitional allowance;

2. Amendment 2Adopted

   Paragraph 40

   Tabled by Mohammed Chahim, JeanMarc Germain · S&D

   40. Removed: Takes note of Added: Recalls that Parliament has consistently voted in Plenary since 2018 to consider lifting the overall ban on APAs participating in official delegations and missions; regrets that the Conference of Presidents’ decisions of March 2025 on the Implementing provisions governing the missions outside the three places of work of the European Removed: Parliament; recalls that Parliament has consistently voted in the Plenary since 2018 to consider lifting the overall ban on APAs participating in Added: Parliament did not align with Plenary's call; maintains its position that APAs should be allowed, under certain conditions, to accompany Members on official delegations and missions; Added: calls on its relevant bodies to amend the relevant articles of its internal rules to allow the participation of APAs in official missions and delegations outside Parliament’s three places of work without further delay;

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph 19 a (new)

   Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

   Added: 19a. Calls for a genuine commitment to achieving the principle of multilingualism; to this end, calls for an increase in funding for the European Parliament’s translation and interpretation services, ensuring that their staff members are recruited to established internal European Parliament posts;

4. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph 42 a (new)

   Tabled by Matjaž Nemec · S&D

   Added: 42a. Notes that Parliament's estimates for the 2026 budget include the appropriations necessary for the payment of Parliament's share of the budget of the ethics body for 2026; regrets the result of the vote in the Committee on Budgets rejecting the request for transfer of appropriations C2/2025, thereby preventing the payment of Parliament's share to the budget of the ethics body for the year 2025; underscores the importance of respecting the inter-institutional agreement signed on 15 May 2024 for a well-equipped Ethics body able to foster a common culture of ethics and transparency among EU institutions; reiterates Parliament’s commitment to make available the necessary resources to ensure the effective implementation of that agreement and cover any costs arising from Parliament's participation in that agreement.

5. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 31 a (new)

   Tabled by Leila Chaibi, João Oliveira, Marc Botenga +1 · The Left

   Added: 31a. Notes with concern the difficult situation of the crèche and catering workers of the European Parliament; recalls that the public procurement of the European Parliament crèche was won by the Mona Lisa company, a subsidiary of the Esedra company; recalls that Esedra was the service providers of the Parliament crèche between 2020 and 2022; recalls that Parliament, in the European Parliament discharge (2019/2056(DEC)) voted in 2020, noted that Esedra took over as new service provider of the Parliament's crèches and nursery sections and recalled the need to ensure that the subcontractor is aligned with Parliament's policy of respect and dignity at work; notes with concerns that Parliament also decided to launch a new public procurement call for its catering service that does not safeguard the jobs of the current staff; is worried because this call divides the catering contract into three separate lots which creates even more uncertainty about the future of staff's employment; considers, in both cases, that employments and salaries have to be safeguarded and working rights respected and that the budget of the European Parliament should not finance the profits of a private company through public procurement; calls strongly on Parliament to ensure the proper functioning of the crèche and the catering services by protecting staff, ensuring decent working conditions, fair remuneration, and the quality of the service, by taking the necessary steps as soon as possible to allow for the crèche, cleaning and catering staff to be directly employed by Parliament;

6. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 39 a (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry · The Left

   Added: 39a. Proposes the removal of the transition allowances of former Members; asks for them to be able to apply for unemployment benefits as a common worker does;

7. Amendment 7Rejected

   Paragraph 39 b (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry · The Left

   Added: 39b. Proposes to cut Members’ basic monthly salaries by 50%;

8. Amendment 8Rejected

   Paragraph 39 c (new)

   Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry · The Left

   Added: 39c. Urges the removal of the optional pension scheme for Members;

9. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 39 d (new)

   Tabled by Manon Aubry · The Left

   Added: 39d. Recalls that the daily allowance is a flat-rate sum covering accommodation, meals and related expenses each day that a Member is present at the European Parliament on official business; stresses that Members must sign an attendance register in order to benefit from it; notes that there are exemptions for the President and the chairs of political groups who automatically benefit from it independently from their presence; calls on the European Parliament to put an end to these exceptions for the President and the chairs of political groups, who must sign an attendance register like all other Members to benefit from their per-diem;

10. Amendment 11Rejected

    Paragraph 2

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    2. Removed: Endorses Added: Deplores the agreement reached in the Conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on 18 March 2025 to set Removed: the increase over the 2025 budget at 4,09 %, Added: an increase of 4,09% in the 2026 budget compared to the 2025 budget, corresponding to an overall of estimates of EUR 2 636 241 620 for Removed: 2026, and to reduce accordingly the appropriations proposed on the following budget lines for a total of EUR 12 378 000: 1 0 0 6 — General expenditure allowance, 1 4 2 — External translation services, 2 0 0 0 — Rent, 2 0 0 7 — Construction of buildings and fitting-out of premises, 2 0 2 4 — Energy consumption, 2 1 0 1 — Business applications management, 3 2 0 — Acquisition of expertise, 3 2 4 3 — European Parliament visitors' centres, 3 2 4 8 — Expenditure on audiovisual information, 4 4 — Meetings and other activities of current and former Members; furthermore, it was decided to increase the level of expenditure of the preliminary draft estimates approved by the Bureau on 10 March 2025 by EUR 7 010 000 and to increase accordingly the appropriations proposed on the following budget lines: 1 2 0 0 — Remuneration and allowances, 1 6 3 0 — Social welfare: welfare expenditure, 4 0 0 — Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members, and 4 0 3 — Funding of European political foundations; finally, it was agreed to modify the budgetary remarks of item 1 6 3 0 — Social welfare: welfare expenditure to include the reference to the APA Committee; Added: 2026; notes with dismay that the Conciliation has only resulted in negligible net savings amounting to EUR 5,368,000, representing merely 0,2% of the budget, which is clearly not commensurate with the stakes involved;

11. Amendment 12Rejected

    Paragraph 3

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    … 2026 at 1,2 %, 4,6 %, 0,6 % and 3,4 % respectively; Added: underlines that the mode of fixing the salary indexation is totally disconnected from the reality experienced by most of our fellow citizens, who will not benefit from this type of indexation;

12. Amendment 13Rejected

    Paragraph 6 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 6a. Stresses that savings are absolutely necessary and regrets that Parliament’s budget has steadily increased year after year during previous legislative terms; therefore calls on Parliament to set as a main objective for its own budget the limitation of its own costs to the greatest extent possible and the pursuit of significant savings, in order to send a message of exemplarity and responsibility to Union citizens;

13. Amendment 14Rejected

    Paragraph 8 a (new)

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

    Added: 8a. Recalls that a bombshell report revealed the Commission's brazen misuse of taxpayer funds, funnelling billions into a shadowy network of NGOs and think tanks to promote its own political agenda and silence dissenting voices; condemns this enormous EU-NGO propaganda complex, that undermines democracy and constitutes a massive betrayal of Union citizens; requests that Parliament's communication spending be thoroughly scrutinised in this regard;

14. Amendment 17Rejected

    Paragraph 15

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    15. Removed: Welcomes Parliament's environmental management system (EMAS) targets for 2025-2029; recalls that energy efficiency investments are a good method of achieving value for money; takes note of the budget of EUR 8,45 million for investments on Added: Rejects the 74% increase in the budget allocated to investments in energy efficiency and Removed: environment in the 2026 estimates to further improve the environmental performance of its buildings; notes that this corresponds to an increase of 74 % compared to 2025 budget; acknowledges however, that these environmental actions are part of the 2007 ‘Construction of building and fitting out of premises’ budget line whose grand total has decreased by EUR 3,7 million in 2026 vs 2025; Added: the environment, raising that expenditure to €8,45 million in 2026, in the absence of concrete evidence of the effectiveness of such programmes; denounces the excessive use of public funds without a rigorous assessment of their actual impact; requests a thorough analysis of the relevance and cost-effectiveness of such investments before committing any further expenditure;

15. Amendment 19Rejected

    Paragraph 19 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 19a. Deplores that numerous working documents are available only in English, which seriously undermines equal treatment between English-speaking Members or their parliamentary assistants and non-English-speaking Members or their parliamentary assistants, and hinders the effective exercise of their respective duties; recalls that respect for multilingualism is a legal obligation as well as a fundamental principle governing the functioning of Parliament;

16. Amendment 23Rejected

    Paragraph 29

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    29. Removed: Notes that it is planned to invest Added: Rejects the planned EUR 11,45 million Removed: in Europa Experiences in 2026; takes note of the decision by the Bureau in November 2024 to revise the concept of Europa Experience and expects the revised concept to be more cost-efficient and more attractive to visitors; regrets that there are still no Europa Experiences in Bucharest, Riga, Madrid, Lisbon, Nicosia, Valletta or Vilnius; Added: investment in 2026 for the Europa Experiences spaces, considering it an unacceptable waste of public funds at the expense of the real priorities of European citizens; stresses that maintaining high costs for these largely underutilised infrastructures constitutes an inefficient and irresponsible management of budgetary resources; denounces the limited interest in these centres, whose attendance remains marginal, and criticises their use as a propaganda tool to promote an increasingly centralised Union at the expense of Member States' sovereignty; rejects any attempt to expand that costly initiative and calls for the Removed: establishment of Europa Experiences in all Member States as soon as a revised concept has been established; recalls that Europa Experiences should allow citizens to have a better understanding of the functioning of the Union and learn about our shared values; reiterates therefore that Europa Experiences are an integral part of Parliament’s ongoing engagement with Union citizens; Added: abandonment of further investments in those spaces;

17. Amendment 24Rejected

    Paragraph 29 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 29a. Condemns the exorbitant expenses related to the maintenance, operation, cleaning, and energy consumption of the European Parliament liaison offices and Europa Experience spaces, which reflect a blatant and irresponsible waste of European taxpayers' resources; regrets this lax budgetary management, where public funds are squandered on costly and unnecessary infrastructures, without any tangible justification or real benefit for citizens;

18. Amendment 25Rejected

    Paragraph 30

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    30. Removed: Takes note that no additional financing is needed for Added: Reiterates its opposition to the existence of the EEAS, given that the Member States already have embassies in the various countries; furthermore, firmly opposes the opening of Added: European Parliament offices in Moldova and the Western Balkans, Removed: as these would be set up within EEAS premises; stresses the importance of Parliament’s presence in these countries as a sign of European solidarity and a sign of Parliament’s commitment to the accession process; Added: countries that are not Member States; considers those initiatives to be disconnected from the real priorities and expectations of Union citizens regarding the sound management of public finances;

19. Amendment 26Rejected

    Paragraph 42 a (new)

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

    Added: 42 a. Calls on Parliament to refrain from promoting, spreading and supporting gender and woke ideology and to respect the Treaty on European Union and its provisions, as well as Member States’ national identities that are inherent in their fundamental structures, history, religion and traditions;

20. Amendment 31Rejected

    Paragraph 27 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 27b. Opposes the absurd renovation of the Spaak building of the European Parliament in Brussels, imposed by the Bureau in December 2023, with an astronomical cost estimated between EUR 455 and 490 million (as of April 2023), while Strasbourg remains the official seat of the European Parliament; recalls that the existence of a dual seat generates an additional cost estimated by the Court of Auditors in 2014 at EUR 114 million per year;

21. Amendment 32Rejected

    Paragraph 27 c (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 27c. Emphasises that the decision to renovate the Spaak building at the European Parliament in Brussels estimated between EUR 455 and 490 million, taken unilaterally by the Bureau in December 2023 constitutes a denial of democracy and a lack of transparency; considers that such a significant financial commitment should have been decided after a dedicated debate within Parliament, rather than solely by the Bureau; expresses moreover deep concern over the lack of a detailed breakdown of the costs for the planned renovation of that building; considers such absence of transparency highly problematic for a project of this magnitude, raising fears of a budgetary fiasco, particularly given the history of cost overruns in several previous Union construction projects, such as Berlaymont, the Europa project, Court of Justice, the European Medicines Agency and Konrad Adenauer 2;