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

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph 82 a (new)

   Tabled by Fabienne Keller · Renew

   Added: 82 a. Calls for the full and urgent implementation of the Agreement establishing an interinstitutional body for ethical standards for members of institutions and advisory bodies referred to in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union; commits to providing the necessary financial and human resources to allow the body to fulfil its mandate and implement its tasks properly;

2. Amendment 3Adopted

   Paragraph 36 a (new)

   Tabled by Céline Imart, Wouter Beke, François-Xavier Bellamy +42 · Members

   Added: 36 a. Urges the Commission to prohibit the allocation of Union funds or participation in Union programmes to public institutions, individuals or associations linked or promoting terrorist, islamist, anti-semitic movements or figures, or any other extremist movement or figures opposed to the fundamental values of the European Union; believes that that restriction should also apply to Union funding of third parties that directly or indirectly contribute to the financing of such entities.

3. Amendment 3Rejected

   Paragraph 36 a (new)

   Tabled by Céline Imart, Wouter Beke, François-Xavier Bellamy +42 · Members

   Added: 36 a. Urges the Commission to prohibit the allocation of Union funds or participation in Union programmes to public institutions, individuals or associations linked or promoting terrorist, islamist, anti-semitic movements or figures, or any other extremist movement or figures opposed to the fundamental values of the European Union; believes that that restriction should also apply to Union funding of third parties that directly or indirectly contribute to the financing of such entities.

4. Amendment 24Rejected

   Paragraph 52 b (new)

   Tabled by Estrella Galán · The Left

   Added: 52 b. Underlines the urgent need for a European search and rescue programme with the sole mandate of saving lives at sea, independent of border control or law enforcement, and fully in line with international human rights law; highlights that a robust EU mechanism could be established with a yearly budget of EUR 240 million, less than one third of the Frontex budget, and calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal for a dedicated EU search and rescue fund ("Mare Solidale")

5. Amendment 26Adopted

   Paragraph 79 – point j

   Tabled by Matjaž Nemec · S&D

   … Presidents and the Bureau to allow Members in the perinatal period to Removed: entrust their vote by proxy; Added: vote by proxy, recognising this as a positive step towards greater inclusiveness in parliamentary work and calls on all parties to swiftly implement the measure; insists, however, that the measure falls short of Parliament’s repeated calls to ensure voting rights not just for Members in the perinatal period, but also for Members on parental or paternity leave or facing certified long-term illness;

6. Amendment 27Rejected

   Paragraph 4 a (new)

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

   Added: 4a. Considers that continuously increasing budgets without measurable or perceptible improvements for citizens is a failure and a source of growing and legitimate discredit for the Union;

7. Amendment 35Rejected

   Paragraph 43 a (new)

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

   Added: 43a. Considers that environmental conditionality has distorted the purpose of the CAP while placing an unjustified bureaucratic burden on farmers; calls for a return to a policy geared towards production and food sovereignty;

8. Amendment 36Rejected

   Paragraph 43 b (new)

   Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

   Added: 43b. Expresses concern about the decline in farmers' incomes and agricultural production in several Member States; believes that farmers should have more freedom to operate and be subject to fewer controls;

9. Amendment 37Rejected

   Paragraph 54 a (new)

   Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka, Sarah Knafo +1 · ESN

   Added: 54a. Demands appropriate funding for external physical barriers at the Union border;

10. Amendment 38Rejected

    Paragraph 54 b (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka, Sarah Knafo +1 · ESN

    Added: 54b. Notes the increasing trend to look into offshoring parts of the Union migration policy; calls on the institutions to explore the idea of developing return hubs outside the Union, and, if necessary, to dedicate appropriate funding to the project

11. Amendment 40Rejected

    Paragraph 65 a (new)

    Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 65a. Considers that foreign development aid spendings are unacceptable to Union taxpayers who are already burdened with high taxes and facing increasing economic difficulties.

12. Amendment 41Rejected

    Paragraph 71 a (new)

    Tabled by Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka, Sarah Knafo · ESN

    Added: 71a. Calls for an immediate stop to the Union’s accession negotiations with Turkey, as well as for the blocking of all Union funding for Turkey;

13. Amendment 44Rejected

    Paragraph -1b (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: -1b. Calls for the EU budget to be ramped up in an effort to tackle the socio-economic plight that peoples and Member States are facing, which has been compounded by, among other aspects, the spiralling cost of living;

14. Amendment 45Rejected

    Paragraph -1c (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: -1c. Calls, further, for the budget’s redistributive function to be stepped up, providing support for efforts to achieve real convergence in economic and social progress between Member States;

15. Amendment 46Rejected

    Paragraph -1d (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: -1d. Calls for the EU’s budget to fully harness the development potential of each country through public investment, by supporting and modernising productive and strategic sectors, investing in and boosting the efficiency of public services, creating jobs with rights and promoting full employment, combating poverty, social exclusion and inequality, conserving and restoring ecosystems, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and seeking to forge external relations rooted in solidarity, cooperation, mutual respect and peace;

16. Amendment 47Rejected

    Paragraph 19a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 19a. Calls for the next EU budget to include an increase in the allocations intended for public investment in transport infrastructure and for the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need for support for local and regional transport infrastructure in the Member States, and not only for transnational connections, with a particular focus on rail infrastructure; is opposed to the use of the EU budget to strengthen public-private partnerships, to further privatisation or to open up the transport sector;

17. Amendment 48Rejected

    Paragraph 26b (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26a. Regrets, therefore, the cuts, over the course of successive Multiannual Financial Frameworks, in the allocations earmarked for social, economic and territorial cohesion; Urges that these allocations be increased in the 2026 budget;

18. Amendment 49Rejected

    Paragraph 26c (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26c. Calls for the next EU budget to include a programme protecting productive sectors and jobs, targeting those countries which, throughout the integration process, were the most disadvantaged by common policies, Economic and Monetary Union and the single currency;

19. Amendment 50Rejected

    Paragraph 26d (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26d. Calls, furthermore, for the creation of additional and targeted EU funding for the expansion and requalification of public housing, the fight against speculation and the defence of the right to decent and affordable housing for all;

20. Amendment 51Rejected

    Paragraph 26e (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26e. Calls for the principle of economic, social and territorial cohesion to be defined as a horizontal principle in the EU’s budget, making the assessment of the impact on cohesion between and within Member States of all expenditure, policies or actions a requirement, with the aim of promoting effective convergence in economic and social progress;

21. Amendment 52Rejected

    Paragraph 26 f (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26f. Calls for more funding for the programmes addressing remoteness and insularity (POSEI), the restoration of a POSEI scheme for fisheries and the creation of a new POSEI scheme for transport, in order to protect and raise the profile of the outermost regions by means of financial resources, programmes and measures (whether permanent or exceptional) supporting insular regional economies;

22. Amendment 53Rejected

    Paragraph 26 g (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 26g. Calls for a specific programme to be set up to support the enhancement or creation of public networks of lifelong care facilities, in particular childcare facilities and nursing homes;

23. Amendment 54Rejected

    Paragraph 38 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 38a. Points out that, at the end of 2024, around 20 million children were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which is roughly one quarter of all children in the EU; believes, therefore, that the EU’s budget needs to step up efforts to combat poverty among children, including migrant children, children with disabilities and children living in precarious family situations, in accordance with the European Child Guarantee; reiterates its previous calls for the ESF+ financial envelope to include a specific and significant budget for fighting child poverty of at least 20 billion euros;

24. Amendment 56Rejected

    Paragraph 48 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 48a. Deeply regrets cuts to EMFAF allocations in the successive budgets, including the 2025 budget; stresses the strategic role of fisheries and aquaculture and the need for those sectors to receive adequate and sufficient financial support; calls for the 2026 budget to compensate for the cuts made and to increase the allocations in the EMFAF to enable the fisheries sector to address the increase in operating and production costs, in particular small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries; considers that EMFAF should contribute to guaranteeing a stable income and long-term future for fishers, establishing compensation and income support mechanisms for fishers in view of the instability of the profession, and to supporting an integrated maritime policy, while protecting the outermost regions’ role and specific characteristics and helping to protect sustainable marine ecosystems; insists that special attention must be devoted to the EU’s fishing fleet in order to improve safety and security, including through improvements to working conditions, the fight against illegal fishery actions, improvements to energy efficiency and sustainability, and fleet renewal;

25. Amendment 59Rejected

    Paragraph 57 b (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 57b. Expresses opposition to allocation of budgetary appropriations for militarism, namely for war, weapons and military infrastructure, capacity and mobility; is against the ongoing escalation of militarisation of the EU; calls for EU budget funds earmarked for militarisation programmes to be reallocated to support Member States in improving the economic and social situation on the basis of the principle of social and economic cohesion, to strengthen public services’ response capacity, particularly in the areas of health, education and social security, and to defend the right to decent and affordable housing for all;

26. Amendment 60Rejected

    Paragraph 57 c (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 57c. Insists that the EU budget must support the defence of peace and disarmament, the UN Charter and international law, sovereignty and democracy, multilateralism, diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of international conflicts, peoples’ rights, human rights and promote a system of collective security for Europe with a view to creating an international order capable of guaranteeing peace and justice in relations between peoples;

27. Amendment 61Rejected

    Paragraph 64 a (new)

    Tabled by João Oliveira · The Left

    Added: 64a. Calls for the 2026 Budget to include the objective of allocating at least 0.7 % of the EU Member States’ Gross Domestic Product to official development assistance, as per the aim laid down in UN General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 and repeated in paragraph 43 of the document ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’;

28. Amendment 63Rejected

    Paragraph 5

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla' · The Left

    5. Considers that the Union Removed: budget, on account of its size, structure and rules, has a very limited capacity to respond appropriately in 2026 to the challenges facing the Union and has insufficient resources Added: budget should be used to adequately address the current economic, social, climate and Removed: environmental as well security challenges or Added: environmental, and security challenges and to adequately finance and implement today’s Removed: priorities; Added: priorities and not to finance arms companies; recalls its long-standing position that new policy priorities or tasks should be …

29. Amendment 66Rejected

    Paragraph 10 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 10 a. Considers that the 2026 Budget should prioritise the urgent social needs of European citizens instead of subsidising the excessive profits, dividends and share buybacks of arms multinationals;

30. Amendment 67Rejected

    Paragraph 10 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +2 · The Left

    Added: 10 b. Underlines that the salaries and benefits of Commissioners, Members and the President of the Council are very generous; is concerned that such disproportionately high salaries completely alienate those people from everyday lives, needs and struggles; considers, therefore, that allocating more reasonable salaries and benefits would increase the chance of the 2026 Budget proposals being more in line with the needs of working people;

31. Amendment 71Rejected

    Paragraph 22 a (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith · The Left

    Added: 22 a. Recalls that the wealth of the top 0,5 % wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; recalls that, according to the last Oxfam study, the poorest half of people in the EU (181 million adults) had the same share of Europe’s wealth as the richest 0.001% (3,600 adults); recalls that, according to the last Commission Eurobarometer, 65 % of Europeans support the introduction of a tax for the wealthiest individuals; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce a minimum tax of 2% on the wealth of people owning more than 100 million, known as the “Zucman tax”, as an EU own resource, that could raise EUR 67 billion accord to the EU tax observatory;

32. Amendment 72Rejected

    Paragraph 22 b (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith · The Left

    Added: 22 b. Underlines that the Commission needs to take further timely actions to increase the EU’s own resources and to fight tax avoidance; recalls that, according to the EU Tax Observatory, multinational corporations (MNEs) booked USD 1 trillion in profits in tax havens in 2022, half of which were in tax havens in the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to collect the tax deficit of MNEs, namely that is the difference between what a corporation pays in taxes globally and what that corporation would have to pay if all its profits were subject to a minimum tax rate of 25 % in each of the countries where it operates;

33. Amendment 73Rejected

    Paragraph 22 c (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith · The Left

    Added: 22 c. Underlines that both the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank acknowledge that more than half of current price inflation is driven by companies increasing their profit margins; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make a new proposal for an own resource based on a permanent taxation of the windfall profits of multinational enterprises in all sectors, especially the agri-food sector;

34. Amendment 75Rejected

    Paragraph 22 e (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith · The Left

    Added: 22 e. Recalls that the Commission needs to take further timely action to increase the EU’s own resources; underlines that in line with the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020, the Commission should present a genuine tax on financial transactions which could raise more than EUR 50 billion per year, based on the details of the financial transaction tax which should have been implemented under enhanced cooperation according to the 2013 agreement;

35. Amendment 81Rejected

    Paragraph 25 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 25 a. Stresses that the Commission should publish and update regularly an aggregate and disaggregated overview of all European funds disbursed, as well of grants, loans and guarantees effectively offered to companies;

36. Amendment 83Rejected

    Paragraph 26 a (new)

    Tabled by Nikolas Farantouris · The Left

    Added: 26 a. Stresses that the persistent housing crisis represents a growing risk for the economic and social cohesion of the Union; insists on the need for social investments financed through the EU budget to ensure a right to decent, affordable and accessible housing for all, particularly for the youth and the most vulnerable;

37. Amendment 84Rejected

    Paragraph 28 a (new)

    Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure · The Left

    Added: 28 a. Recalls the importance of establishing a long-term planification of industrial policy based on societal needs and the general interest, to ensure autonomy and resilience in the value chain; notes that this policy must prioritise the reinforcement of European manufacturing capacities through strategic projects that secure the raw materials supply, the continuous and reliable production of medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients within the Union; recalls that by investing in research and innovation, supporting the modernisation of infrastructure, guarantying quality working conditions and promoting sustainable and circular production, the EU can both strengthen its industrial base and reduce its dependency on third countries;

38. Amendment 89Rejected

    Paragraph 37

    Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure · The Left

    … for the information and training measures for workers’ organisations by EUR 2 Removed: million; Added: million stresses that preventing work-related accidents and psycho-social risks much be a priority; calls for the use of ESF+ (EaSI) to strengthen workplace occupational health and safety, including mental health at work, and national labour inspectorates (staff, training, cross-border cooperation); calls for suspension and recovery of funds, and temporary exclusion from future calls, in cases of serious or repeated breaches of social or environmental legal standards;

39. Amendment 90Rejected

    Paragraph 40 a (new)

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla' · The Left

    Added: 40 a. Recalls that the InvestEU programme operates with resources stemming from the Union budget and therefore must be subject to the highest standards of transparency, accountability and democratic oversight; stresses that the InvestEU should not be used to finance the ReArm Europe Plan;

40. Amendment 92Rejected

    Paragraph 43 a (new)

    Tabled by Hanna Gedin, Jonas Sjöstedt · The Left

    Added: 43 a. Stresses the need to ensure adequate funding for the proper implementation and enforcement of anti-trust laws and prevention of oligopoly markets in which prices are artificially inflated;

41. Amendment 94Rejected

    Paragraph 52

    Tabled by Estrella Galán · The Left

    … the Union, requiring a significant response from programmes and agencies under heading Removed: 4; Added: 4 to step up legal and safe pathways, including resettlement, humanitarian visas and family reunification;

42. Amendment 95Rejected

    Paragraph 54 a (new)

    Tabled by Estrella Galán · The Left

    Added: 54 a. Expresses strong concerns regarding the breaches of the asylum acquis by various Member States; calls on the Commission to urgently verify the compliance of laws with the EU asylum acquis and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and to use all tools at its disposal to stop violations; calls for solidarity between Member States to be ensured in the context of relocations of asylum seekers and to refrain from externalisation of EU’s borders.

43. Amendment 96Rejected

    Paragraph 57 a (new)

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla' · The Left

    Added: 57 a. Opposes the use of the EU budget to finance the rearmament of Member States under the ReArm Europe Plan, as such expenditure contravenes Article 41(2) of the Treaty on European Union; expresses concern that the allocation of Union funds to military purposes undermines the EU’s financial autonomy and diverts resources from civilian objectives; recalls that the Union’s budget should primarily serve to support programmes that respond to citizens’ needs, strengthen public services, and improve living standards across the Union.

44. Amendment 97Rejected

    Paragraph 57 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 57 b. Firmly rejects any increase in military spending in the 2026 Budget;

45. Amendment 98Rejected

    Paragraph 57 c (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 57 c. Urges the Commission and Member States to present a critical audit of current defence expenditure within the Union, detailing why European countries would be unable to defend themselves with budgets vastly superior to those of most of the world’s countries;

46. Amendment 99Rejected

    Paragraph 57 d (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 57 d. Rejects the allocation of appropriations from the EU budget to further militarisation and the reallocation of EU social, regional and economic funds to military expenditure;

47. Amendment 102Rejected

    Paragraph 67 a (new)

    Tabled by Hanna Gedin, Jonas Sjöstedt · The Left

    Added: 67 a. Underlines the need to ensure and secure increased funding to the International Criminal Court (ICC);

48. Amendment 103Rejected

    Paragraph 72 a (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga · The Left

    Added: 72 a. Is extremely concerned by the lack of investment in the EU’s diplomacy services, calls on the Commission to maintain the funding of those services and, where necessary, to increase it;

49. Amendment 104Rejected

    Paragraph 58

    Tabled by Pasquale Tridico, Gaetano Pedulla' · The Left

    … environment around the Union giving rise to greater security and defence challenges Removed: since the beginning of Added: such as Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Removed: Ukraine; Added: Ukraine and the genocide perpetrated by the state of Israel against the Palestinian people; underlines the need for the Removed: Union Added: EU and its Member States to significantly enhance Removed: Union-level Added: EU-level cooperation of their armed forces and their defence industries in order to … particular, the need for adequate financial support to Member States with external Removed: Union Added: EU borders and especially those with a land border with Russia and/or Belarus, … maintain facilities and installations necessary to secure the external borders of the Removed: Union, Added: EU, including electronic border security enhancements and other tools for border monitoring and surveillance; considers that there is broad understanding that the Removed: current Union Added: Union's current budget is too limited to meet the needs for ensuring the security …

50. Amendment 108Rejected

    Paragraph 8 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 8 a. Calls for the immediate suspension of the Green Deal, which contributes to undermining the competitiveness of Union enterprises, devastating agriculture, and weighing down the European economy in the context of globalisation;

51. Amendment 110Rejected

    Paragraph 9 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 9 b. Opposes the introduction of new own resources for the Union; stresses that the implementation of the Commission’s proposals in this area would further increase the tax burden on citizens and businesses;

52. Amendment 111Rejected

    Paragraph 10 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 10 a. Stresses the need to undertake a structural and objective reassessment of the network of the Union’s decentralised agencies; considers that the proliferation of such entities results in administrative fragmentation, overlaps in competences and disproportionate operating costs; calls for the abolition of agencies whose operational and budgetary relevance remain insufficient, with a view to reallocating the corresponding resources;

53. Amendment 112Rejected

    Paragraph 10 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 10 b. Recalls that the NextGenerationEU (NGEU) instrument, presented as an exceptional recovery plan following the COVID-19 crisis and financed through the issuance of common bonds, was designed in a rushed manner by the Commission, without any thorough impact assessment; recalls, in line with the European Court of Auditors’ Annual Report for the 2024 financial year, that the Commission “has significantly increased its bond issuances over the past five years, having turned to capital markets to finance large-scale programmes such as SURE and NextGenerationEU”; underlines that, according to the same report, “by 2027, the Union’s outstanding borrowings could exceed EUR 900 billion, a figure nearly ten times higher than in 2020, prior to the creation of NextGenerationEU”; warns against the budgetary drift represented by the NGEU instrument, the financing of which will weigh heavily on the Union budget until 2058, due to colossal interest charges that will durably reduce the Union’s financial room for manoeuvre over the next 30 years;

54. Amendment 113Rejected

    Paragraph 21 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 21 a. Stresses that European regulatory inflation and the Green Deal are two serious threats to Union enterprises, blatantly contradicting the Union’s claim to support businesses; therefore calls for the suspension of the Green Deal and for regulatory deflation in the interest of enterprises;

55. Amendment 114Rejected

    Paragraph 22

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    … to match the needs of companies and to equip citizens to counter Removed: disinformation; Added: disinformation, including that originating from withing the Union; proposes therefore an increase of EUR 4 million to the Skills strand …

56. Amendment 115Rejected

    Paragraph 26 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 26 a. Stresses that the Union’s outermost regions, including the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) require specific support due to their remoteness; draws particular attention to the difficulties in access to drinking water and sanitation, to the functioning of water infrastructure, and to the need to create appropriate new infrastructure; notes in particular the poor condition of water distribution networks, which constitute common problems for the outermost regions; observes with concern that, while these problems are among the priorities of the Union’s external humanitarian action, the Union’s outermost regions do not appear to receive the support they deserve in addressing these serious issues;

57. Amendment 116Rejected

    Paragraph 30 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 30 a. Emphasises the importance of robust and proactive public policies on disaster prevention across all Member States, including the regular maintenance and reinforcement of critical infrastructure such as dams and waterways; underlines that lessons learned from recent natural disasters highlight the need for continuous investment in prevention and maintenance to reduce future risks;

58. Amendment 117Rejected

    Paragraph 30 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 30 b. Stresses that the best natural barriers against wildfires are, among others, vineyards and pastoral activities; reaffirms that support for agriculture, livestock farming and viticulture is essential to prevent fires of dramatic magnitude and, consequently, to avoid having to further mobilise the Resilience and Values sub-heading, as well as to prevent costly reconstruction spending and human tragedies;

59. Amendment 118Rejected

    Paragraph 35 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 35 a. Requests that at least EUR 1 million be allocated from the appropriations for the "Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values" programme to create a new priority and new actions within the "European Remembrance" initiative dedicated to remembering the crimes of communism within the Union, so that the ravages caused by this ideology are never forgotten and the younger generations are informed about them;

60. Amendment 119Rejected

    Paragraph 35 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 35 b. Expresses deep concern that the Commission has financed or co-financed campaigns promoting the wearing of the headscarf, stating for example that “freedom is in the hijab”; insists that, in the future, the Union budget must no longer finance any campaign that directly or indirectly promotes the wearing of the headscarf;

61. Amendment 120Rejected

    Paragraph 38

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    38. Recalls that Added: European families, particularly those that include children or dependants in their care, are … be the subject of special attention in the relevant aspects of the Removed: Union budget and of the European Pillar of Social Rights’ priorities; Added: EU budget;

62. Amendment 121Rejected

    Paragraph 43

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    … notably the younger generation, across the Union, in particular given the farmers' Added: legitimate discontent, and given the critical role that agriculture plays in food security; … conditions, epizootic diseases, market volatility, the transition to more sustainable practices, rural Removed: poverty, Added: poverty and administrative burdens; stresses the crucial role of the Common Agricultural Policy …

63. Amendment 122Rejected

    Paragraph 45 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 45 a. Stresses that the Union’s food security and sovereignty constitute essential components of its strategic autonomy and that the budget must support the Union’s agriculture and fisheries sectors, in particular family farms, young farmers and fishers, in order to enable them to produce food in a profitable, competitive and sustainable manner; underlines the essential role of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in increasing productivity through technological progress, in ensuring a fair standard of living for farmers and in guaranteeing food security; firmly rejects, in this regard, any reduction of the CAP budget in constant euros;

64. Amendment 123Rejected

    Paragraph 22 a (new)

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    Added: 22 a. Calls on all Union institutions to cease the funding of organisations with Islamist connections;

65. Amendment 124Rejected

    Paragraph 22 b (new)

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    Added: 22 b. Calls on the Union institutions to stand up for females across Europe and never again fund a pro-hijab campaign;

66. Amendment 125Rejected

    Paragraph 35

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    … engagement, in building resilient societies, in raising awareness on disinformation, in combatting Removed: gender-based violence, notably violence Added: sharia-based violence, notably against women, girls and the LGBTQI+ community and in supporting the key … of democracy, the rule of law, solidarity, inclusiveness, justice, non-discrimination and equality; Removed: underlines that active and empowered civil society is key for democracy and the democratic life of our societies; proposes, therefore, to increase appropriations for the programme by EUR 2,5 million above the DB; in order to provide, inter alia, direct funding to civil society organisations working closest to the citizens at local, national and Union level, to protect and promote Union values and to counter democratic backsliding;

67. Amendment 126Rejected

    Paragraph 49

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    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;

68. Amendment 127Rejected

    Paragraph 49 a (new)

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    Added: 49 a. Calls for thorough examination of all Union loans and subsidies to green transition projects, such as Northvolt; urges immediate action to limit taxpayer losses from green transition projects;

69. Amendment 128Rejected

    Paragraph 53

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    … protection of the Union’s external borders, inland, air and maritime, for combatting Removed: irregular Added: illegal immigration, and for enhancing the capacity for asylum and return processing, is …

70. Amendment 129Rejected

    Paragraph 54

    Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

    54. Underlines the Removed: importance Added: need for Member States to comply with their commitments, including upholding the obligations … underlines the need to fight criminal networks, migrant smuggling and trafficking, to Removed: better protect vulnerable people and address the negative effects of the instrumentalisation of migrants as part of hybrid attacks as defined in the Crisis Regulation23 , notably by pro-Russian forces; recalls the crucial role Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) plays in that regard; Added: finance infrastructures, including Union return hubs and extraterritorial facilities under bilateral agreements; and supports the construction and maintenance of external border barriers to counter hybrid attacks; proposes therefore to increase appropriations for the BMVI by EUR 30 million …

71. Amendment 130Rejected

    Paragraph 18 a (new)

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

    Added: 18 a. Condemns the fact that in December 2022 the Commission decided to exclude the Hungarian universities from the Horizon Europe programme, which is inexplicable and devastating because Hungarian students and researchers suffer a competitive disadvantage compared to others; highlights, in this regard, the fact that the use and accountability of Union funds has been transparent for decades at Hungarian universities; regrets the fact that Hungarian universities have suffered enormous loss both in reputation and financially due to the inability to contract for tenders already won or submitted; calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision;

72. Amendment 131Rejected

    Paragraph 18 b (new)

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

    Added: 18 b. Insists on the urgent need to refocus European research programmes on the objectives of economic competitiveness, strategic autonomy and cutting-edge innovation, which requires the immediate discontinuation of programmes that contribute neither to technological sovereignty nor to scientific leadership, divert resources from technological progress and undermine the credibility of research in Europe, such as: ‘Fostering Queer Feminist Intersectional Resistances against Transnational Anti-Gender Politics’ (EUR 2,38 million), Tracing Queer Citizenship over Time: Ageing, ageism and age-related LGBTI+ politics in Europe (EUR 2 million), Rethinking Queer Kinship: LGBTIQ* Families with children in Central and Eastern Europe (EUR 2,5 million), ‘YOUth Debunking the gendered Arguments of far-Right Extremism’ (EUR 2,9 million), ‘White Islam: A New Religion for Europeans’ (EUR 271 052), ‘Eco-Islam in Indonesia: Media, Institutions, Publics’ (EUR 2 million), and ‘Superstition, Material Religion and Hıdrellez in Turkey’ (EUR 254 330);

73. Amendment 132Rejected

    Paragraph 27 a (new)

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

    Added: 27 a. Highlights the fact that the Hungarian Government conducted a series of negotiations with the Commission in order for Hungary to be able to access the cohesion funds to which it is rightfully entitled; notes that, as a result of the dialogue, Hungary undertook to fulfil a package of measures; condemns the fact that the Commission has subjected the transfer of development funds to Hungary to ever stricter conditions; demands that the Hungarian cohesion envelope be protected from the risk of being redirected to other policies or to other countries and demands that the Commission disburse the financial resources immediately; expects the new Commission to review the application of the rule of law conditionality and to stop the politically selected ideological blackmailing of Member States;

74. Amendment 133Rejected

    Paragraph 32 a (new)

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

    Added: 32 a. Condemns the fact that in December 2022 the Commission decided to exclude Hungarian universities, students, teachers and researchers from the Erasmus+ programme; highlights the fact that reinforcing mobility opportunities is a clear policy priority in order to solidify Europe’s long-term competitiveness and, in accordance with Article 165 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to contribute to the Union's action in the field of education by encouraging the mobility of students and teachers and by promoting cooperation between educational institutions; regrets the fact that the realisation of this goal is obviously opposed by Union decisions that exclude the vast majority of students from a Member State from mobility; calls on the Union institutions to immediately withdraw this discriminative decision;

75. Amendment 134Rejected

    Paragraph 35 a (new)

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

    Added: 35 a. Condemns in the strongest terms the instrumentalisation of rule of law conditionality for politically motivated ideological assaults on Member States; emphasises that in these assaults, the Commission has demonstrably utilised and financed NGOs and left-leaning media outlets through Union funds; demands consequently an immediate cessation of Union funds financing these attacks against national sovereignty, which are perpetrated through the misuse of the rule of law conditionality;

76. Amendment 135Rejected

    Paragraph 49 a (new)

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

    Added: 49 a. Notes with concern recent revelations in the ‘green lobby scandal’ on the use of Union funds by the Commission to interfere with the Union legislative branch in seeking support for the European Green Deal; calls, in this regard, for a thorough investigation of the case, and for the recovery of all the taxpayers’ money that was unduly spent;

77. Amendment 136Rejected

    Paragraph 54 a (new)

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

    Added: 54 a. Recognises that some Members States have already spent billions of euro on protecting the Union's external borders, which, in the case of Hungary, amounts to EUR 2 billion, requests these costs to be compensated; regrets that while Hungary protects the Union's external border against illegal migration, the European Court of Justice imposed a fine on the country for not letting migrants enter Hungary before a final decision is made on their application;

78. Amendment 138Rejected

    Paragraph 47 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 47 b. Stresses the importance of European exports of agricultural and wine products for the Union’s trade balance and emphasises the impact of recent retaliatory measures on European agricultural products, such as pork meat; underlines that European producers of wines, spirits and agricultural products must not become adjustment variables in trade actions related to other industrial sectors; calls on the Commission to establish targeted and effective support mechanisms for the sectors affected by such measures and to seek diplomatic avenues to mitigate the impact of such retaliatory actions;

79. Amendment 139Rejected

    Paragraph 49 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 49 a. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to carry out an in-depth audit of the funds allocated to the LIFE programme, in order to assess their effectiveness, their cost-benefit ratio, and their genuine added value for the Union’s environmental objectives;

80. Amendment 140Rejected

    Paragraph 53 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 53 a. Insists on the need to allocate Union funds to strengthening repatriation measures and securing the Union’s external borders in order to ensure a more effective and consistent management of the challenges posed by immigration; demands that sufficient funds be allocated for the construction and reinforcement of physical barriers at the Union’s external borders;

81. Amendment 141Rejected

    Paragraph 53 b (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 53 b. Calls on the Commission to immediately mobilise substantial Union funds and means to support Member States in reinforcing the protection capabilities and infrastructure of external borders, such as walls, means of surveillance including aerial surveillance, and equipment; proposes an increase that covers the costs of building physical border barriers that are an essential part of a comprehensive migration policy, which should aim at preventing illegal entry, human smuggling and hybrid attacks, and detaining asylum seekers at the external borders;

82. Amendment 142Rejected

    Paragraph 55 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 55 a. Calls for the resources of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to be refocused on the effective management of migration flows, in particular the fight against illegal immigration; stresses that the AMIF must put an end to incentives for immigration and, conversely, contribute to strengthening the external dimension of migration policies by developing enhanced cooperation with third countries, thereby ensuring the effectiveness of return and readmission decisions;

83. Amendment 143Rejected

    Paragraph 60 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 60 a. Calls for the immediate cessation of all funding to organisations that support, directly or indirectly, groups designated as terrorist by the Union;

84. Amendment 144Rejected

    Paragraph 65 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 65 a. Stresses that the granting of Union development aid should be made conditional upon the effective cooperation of partner countries in the return and readmission of their nationals residing illegally in the Union; considers that such an approach would strengthen the coherence between the Union’s external policies and ensure a more responsible use of Union funds;

85. Amendment 145Rejected

    Paragraph 67 a (new)

    Tabled by Auke Zijlstra, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 67 a. Underlines that appropriations for the Southern Neighbourhood line need to support efforts to tackle illegal migration, notably by enhancing border protection and facilitating return and readmission; stresses that Union funds must be conditional upon effective cooperation on migration management and return; recalls that Union funding must only be implemented by partners that ensure full transparency, neutrality and accountability; notes with concern credible reports that UNRWA staff were involved in the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, and stresses that Union funds must not be channelled through organisations whose staff are implicated in acts of terrorism or incitement to violence; emphasises that it is not the task of the Union to reconstruct Gaza, and that regional partners are better placed to do so; expresses concern about the situation in Syria, with special regard to the protection of Christian and other religious communities facing attacks by extremist groups, and underlines that Union assistance to Syria must protect all religious communities and support an inclusive, democratic transition guaranteeing constitutional rights for all;

86. Amendment 145Rejected

    Paragraph 67 a (new)

    Tabled by Auke Zijlstra, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 67 a. Underlines that appropriations for the Southern Neighbourhood line need to support efforts to tackle illegal migration, notably by enhancing border protection and facilitating return and readmission; stresses that Union funds must be conditional upon effective cooperation on migration management and return; recalls that Union funding must only be implemented by partners that ensure full transparency, neutrality and accountability; notes with concern credible reports that UNRWA staff were involved in the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, and stresses that Union funds must not be channelled through organisations whose staff are implicated in acts of terrorism or incitement to violence; emphasises that it is not the task of the Union to reconstruct Gaza, and that regional partners are better placed to do so; expresses concern about the situation in Syria, with special regard to the protection of Christian and other religious communities facing attacks by extremist groups, and underlines that Union assistance to Syria must protect all religious communities and support an inclusive, democratic transition guaranteeing constitutional rights for all;

87. Amendment 145Rejected

    Paragraph 67 a (new)

    Tabled by Auke Zijlstra, Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 67 a. Underlines that appropriations for the Southern Neighbourhood line need to support efforts to tackle illegal migration, notably by enhancing border protection and facilitating return and readmission; stresses that Union funds must be conditional upon effective cooperation on migration management and return; recalls that Union funding must only be implemented by partners that ensure full transparency, neutrality and accountability; notes with concern credible reports that UNRWA staff were involved in the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, and stresses that Union funds must not be channelled through organisations whose staff are implicated in acts of terrorism or incitement to violence; emphasises that it is not the task of the Union to reconstruct Gaza, and that regional partners are better placed to do so; expresses concern about the situation in Syria, with special regard to the protection of Christian and other religious communities facing attacks by extremist groups, and underlines that Union assistance to Syria must protect all religious communities and support an inclusive, democratic transition guaranteeing constitutional rights for all;

88. Amendment 146Rejected

    Paragraph 68 a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: 68 a. Underlines that Union funds must under no circumstances be used to compensate for or cover the suspension or reorientation of United States aid, including that provided by USAID and by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the State Department;

89. Amendment 147Rejected

    Paragraph 78

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    … discharge authority, the digital transformation and cybersecurity, including investments in artificial intelligence, Removed: achieving the Green parliament, as well as continuing supporting multilingualism;

90. Amendment 150Rejected

    Paragraph 79 – point g a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: (g a) Underlines that Parliament should not allocate funds to museums showcasing its own functioning, for example Europa Experiences; considers that the savings thereby achieved should be redirected to priorities delivering tangible benefits for Union citizens, thereby strengthening Parliament’s commitment to budgetary discipline; stresses that maintaining such superfluous expenditure in a context of severe economic difficulties is irresponsible;

91. Amendment 151Rejected

    Paragraph 79 – point l a (new)

    Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet · PfE

    Added: (l a) Recalls that Parliament must focus on its legislative and budgetary functions; considers that maintaining an extensive network of liaison offices in the Member States constitutes disproportionate expenditure with limited effectiveness; stresses that Parliament should set an example by reducing non-essential administrative spending;

92. Amendment 152Rejected

    Paragraph 73 a (new)

    Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 73a. Considers that the continuous increase in the budgets and staff of the European administration is exacerbating the bureaucratic trend from which the Union suffers;

93. Amendment 154Rejected

    Paragraph 77 a (new)

    Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 77a. Considers the increase of EUR 103,546,512 (+ 4,09 %) in Parliament’s budget compared with 2025 to be unjustified, as it is almost double the inflation rate in the euro area; considers that Parliament should set an example by making savings and refraining from increasing its own operating budget;

94. Amendment 155Rejected

    Paragraph 86 a (new)

    Tabled by Sarah Knafo, Alexander Jungbluth, Stanisław Tyszka · ESN

    Added: 86a. Stresses that it is essential to reduce the number of staff when possible;

95. Amendment 156Rejected

    Paragraph 75 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +1 · The Left

    Added: 75 b. Calls on the Council to cut the basic monthly salary of the President of the Council by 50 %;

96. Amendment 157Rejected

    Paragraph 79 c (new)

    Tabled by Manon Aubry, Marina Mesure, Anthony Smith · The Left

    Added: 79 c. 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;

97. Amendment 158Rejected

    Paragraph 81 a (new)

    Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure · The Left

    Added: 81 a. Calls for the end of subcontracting within Parliament and for essential services (such as, but not limited to, canteens, cleaning and childcare) to be provided directly in-house from 2026 to better protect precarious workers and ensure decent working conditions;

98. Amendment 159Rejected

    Paragraph 82 b (new)

    Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +1 · The Left

    Added: 82 b. Calls for the dissolution of the optional pension scheme for Members;

99. Amendment 160Rejected

    Paragraph 84 a (new)

    Tabled by Hanna Gedin, Jonas Sjöstedt · The Left

    Added: 84 a. Highlights the need to enact the recommendation of the Court of Auditors ('the Court') in the Special Report 22/2020 which advises the Commission to increase the use of cross-cutting evaluations of agencies in the context of the Commission’s fitness checks of the different policy areas; insists, moreover, that evaluation results should be used to identify synergies and possible changes, including merging of agencies, where appropriate, in order to improve efficiency and eliminate redundancies; where relevant, such evaluations should also explore ways to enhance governance structures while ensuring agencies remain effective.

100. Amendment 161Rejected

     Paragraph 56 b (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 56b. Calls for the establishment of an EU deportation mechanism making all EU aid conditional on the conclusion of effective return agreements with countries of origin, with financial deductions or sanctions applied to governments for every national they refuse to accept in less than three weeks; supports Member States in concluding agreements enabling the full outsourcing of the asylum process to reception centres in safe third countries;

101. Amendment 162Rejected

     Paragraph 56 c (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 56c. Calls for the urgent financing of physical barriers at the Union’s external borders as requested by 16 Member States in their joint statement of 21 January 2022;

102. Amendment 163Rejected

     Paragraph 56 d (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 56d. Urges the Commission to launch communication campaigns targeting diaspora communities and potential migrants with the clear message that illegal entry will not lead to permanent settlement in Europe such as Australia’s ‘No Way’ campaign;

103. Amendment 164Rejected

     Paragraph 63 a (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 63a. Underlines the need for taxpayer-funded communication campaigns to remain objective and neutral;

104. Amendment 165Rejected

     Paragraph 63 b (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 63b. Calls on all EU institutions to self report as all communication campaigns undertaken are political in nature and therefore should be covered by the provisions of Regulation 2024/900 on the transparency and targeting of political advertising;

105. Amendment 166Rejected

     Paragraph 73 a (new)

     Tabled by Christine Anderson, Charlie Weimers, Paolo Borchia +55 · Members

     Added: 73 a. Notes that messages on certain phones within the Commission have occasionally been auto-deleted “for space reasons”1a; recalls the importance of keeping proper records of all official Commission communications; calls on the Commission to dedicate sufficient funding to provide the President of the Commission with a mobile phone with adequate storage capacity and appropriate IT support to ensure that messages are preserved without exception; considers that this simple measure would help prevent further loss of important communications and strengthen public trust in the Union; 1a https://www.politico.eu/article/deleting-text-save-space-ursula-von-der-leyen/

106. Amendment 167Rejected

     Paragraph 75 a (new)

     Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +1 · The Left

     Added: 75 a. Calls on the Council to cut the basic monthly salaries of all European Commissioners by 50%;

107. Amendment 168Rejected

     Paragraph 83 a (new)

     Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +1 · The Left

     Added: 83 a. Calls on the Council to suppress the transition allowances of former MEPs, Commissioners and the President of the European Council; asks for them to be able to apply for unemployment benefits in the same way as regular workers;

108. Amendment 169Rejected

     Paragraph 82 a (new)

     Tabled by Marc Botenga, Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith +1 · The Left

     Added: 82 a. Calls for an adjustment of the Statute for Members of the European Parliament to cut the basic monthly salaries of Members by 50 %;

109. Amendment 172Rejected

     Paragraph 79 a (new)

     Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure · The Left

     Added: 79 a. Underlines that occupational safety and health (OSH) at work, including psychosocial risks, such as stress, burnout, harassment, is a priority; asks the Bureau to formally recognise psychosocial risks as occupational risks and to adopt a Parliament-wide prevention plan with measurable targets; calls for risk assessments covering telework, missions and tight deadlines, confidential reporting channels, manager training and regular social dialogue; requests an annual report with indicators to the Committee on Budgets and the Bureau; requests a comprehensive report on the “United Against Harassment” campaign detailing support provided, policy and procedural changes and resource implications; requests adequate staffing of OSH specialists and medical services, including psychologists and occupational physicians, and sufficient appropriations for training and prevention actions; insists on the effective implementation of the right to disconnect;

110. Amendment 173Rejected

     Paragraph 79 b (new)

     Tabled by Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure · The Left

     Added: 79 b. Parliament shall take the necessary measures to ensure that trainees who find themselves in a situation which they have reasonable grounds to believe presents a serious and imminent danger or an infringement of their morality, rights or dignity may immediately withdraw from that situation until it has ended or they have been duly informed that the reasonably assumed danger or violation no longer exists. The exercise of this right shall have no consequences for the continuation of the traineeship, unless the trainee decides otherwise, or for the trainee's assessment or remuneration.

111. Amendment 174Rejected

     Paragraph 54 a (new)

     Tabled by Ruggero Razza, Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 54 a. Underlines the need for a restrictive migration policy;

112. Amendment 175Rejected

     Paragraph 56 a (new)

     Tabled by Dick Erixon · ECR

     Added: 56 a. Recalls that Danish official statistics show male immigrants from Muslim-majority MENAPT countries (Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey) have conviction rates 2,5 times higher than natives, with their descendants over three times higher and over four times higher for violent crime; underlines that EU migration funding must reflect those social costs and prioritise deportations to MENAPT countries;

113. Amendment 177Rejected

     Paragraph 79 a (new)

     Tabled by Ignazio Roberto Marino · Verts/ALE

     Added: 79a. Reiterates its call on the Bureau not to index the GEA and not to grant GEA to former Members, thereby allowing for significant savings in the statutory costs;

114. Amendment 178Rejected

     Paragraph 79 b (new)

     Tabled by Ignazio Roberto Marino · Verts/ALE

     Added: 79b. Reiterates its call 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 they receive a transitional allowance;