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

Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

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;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE772.521