General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon

49. Underlines the Removed: important Added: need to critically examine the role that the LIFE programme plays in Removed: supporting climate adaptation and mitigation, in delivering on Added: financially supporting activist organisations lobbying for climate policies and the European Green Removed: Deal and achieving the Union’s climate neutrality commitment, in line with the Paris Agreement, by investing in nature and biodiversity, reducing emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy and creating a circular economy, protecting ecosystems and reversing the trend of biodiversity loss; emphasises in this context that the biodiversity budget line of the LIFE programme is oversubscribed and the Union’s biodiversity expenditure target of 10 % for 2026 is not expected to be met; emphasises likewise the role of the LIFE programme in accelerating the clean energy transition; proposes, therefore, to increase appropriations for the clean energy transition strand by EUR 15 million above the DB and for the nature and biodiversity strand by EUR 15 million above the DB; Added: Deal; notes the new guidelines by the Commission on grant agreements under the LIFE Removed: program and recalls, in line with Article 11 TEU, that an active dialogue with civil society is vital for fostering an active civic space, ensuring accountability and transparency and informing policymakers about best practices; Added: programme and recalls the fact that the need for stricter controls on funding is vital;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE778.776