Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2026 - update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure

Wording as published by the EP, in English.

1. Amendment 1Rejected

   Paragraph 4

   Tabled by Nicolae Ștefănuță · Verts/ALE

   … assigned revenue to be collected in 2026 after incorporating actual clearance decisions; Added: emphasises that long-term resilience requires promoting more sustainable agricultural practices that reduce dependency on chemical pesticides and fertilisers, thereby mitigating farmers' exposure to future input price volatility; stresses that crisis support must not replace the need for a strong, …

2. Amendment 3Rejected

   Recital D

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   … Draft amending budget No 1/2026 are requested to meet the payment needs; Added: whereas such an approach entails the risk of prioritising the least demanding policy option, when the preferred approach would be to place greater emphasis on eliminating unnecessary expenditure or on recovering revenue lost as a result of documented and identified fraud, in particular customs fraud and VAT fraud;

3. Amendment 4Rejected

   Paragraph 1 a (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 1a. Considers that the increasing number of amending budgets during the financial year exposes the limitations of insufficiently realistic financial planning; calls on the Commission to improve the quality of its budgetary forecasts in order to reduce the need for such adjustments;

4. Amendment 5Rejected

   Paragraph 2 a (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 2a. Regrets that the repeated need to reinforce payment appropriations reflects persistent shortcomings in the Commission's budgetary planning; calls on the Commission to introduce more rigorous monitoring of budget implementation and more reliable forecasting in order to prevent payment delays from becoming a structural feature of the Union budget;

5. Amendment 6Rejected

   Paragraph 3 a (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 3a. Considers that the proposed reinforcement of the agricultural reserve remains insufficient in view of the severe economic pressures and recurrent crises faced by European farmers, in particular the extreme draught and adverse weather conditions and the sharp increase in fertiliser costs and other agricultural input costs; calls for a further increase in the resources available to support the agricultural sector and farmers affected by these rising production costs; considers that such additional support should not result in higher GNI-based contributions from Member States and calls on the Commission to identify and redeploy appropriations currently allocated to the financing of non-governmental organisations towards direct support for European farmers, giving priority to agricultural production and food security;

6. Amendment 9Rejected

   Paragraph 7 a (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 7a. Deplores the growing reliance on special instruments to finance expenditure that should be adequately provided for through sound and prudent budgetary planning; stresses that exceptional instruments should remain a measure of last resort and must not become a permanent substitute for responsible budgetary management;

7. Amendment 12Rejected

   Paragraph 10 a (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 10a. Stresses that the long-term sustainability of the Union’s finances cannot be ensured through a permanent increase in the financial burden on citizens and Member States; considers that the Union should first undertake an ambitious reduction in its administrative expenditure and institutional operating costs before considering the introduction of new own resources or any increase to Member State contributions;

8. Amendment 13Rejected

   Paragraph 10 b (new)

   Tabled by Julien Sanchez, Angéline Furet, Jana Nagyová · PfE

   Added: 10b. Recalls that, rather than creating new own resources, which would impose an unjustified additional burden on individuals and businesses, it is essential to ensure the effective collection of revenue already due to the Union budget, a significant proportion of which remains uncollected as a result of fraud, under-reporting and inadequate controls; underlines that customs fraud and VAT fraud, in particular, have been consistently documented by the European Court of Auditors and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office;