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

Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet

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;

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