(AGENPARL) – Thu 27 March 2025 Newsletter
ISSUE 6 – 2025
MONDAY, 31 MARCH 2025,
19.00 – 20.15
WEISS N1.3, STRASBOURG
BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 6 – 2025
*** Monday, 31 March 2025, 19.00 – 20.15 ***
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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium
— EGF/2024/003 BE/Van Hool
Members will consider the draft report prepared by Janusz
Lewandowski (EPP) on the European Commission’s proposal for a
decision to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for
Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 2 397 displaced workers of Van
Hool, a coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches and
trolleybuses in Lier, Belgium.
financing of personalised services for the workers.
Rapporteur:
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
Shadows:
Mohammed Chahim (S&D)
(PfE)
(ECR)
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
(Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling
amendments:
7 April 2025 at 17.00
Adoption in BUDG:
23 April 2025
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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of
measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of
defence products (‘EDIP’)
Rapporteur:
Jean-Marc Germain (S&D)
Members will consider the draft budgetary assessment prepared by
Jean-Marc Germain (S&D) on the European Commission’s proposal
for European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). The proposal aims
at strengthening the competitiveness and responsiveness of the EU’s
Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), ensuring the
availability and supply of defence products and promoting
cooperation with Ukraine’s defence industry.
Shadows:
(EPP)
Jana Nagyová (PfE)
(ECR)
(Renew)
(Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
(ESN)
The draft budgetary assessment underlines the insufficient level of
the EUR 1.5 bn financial envelope in support to the EDTIB as well as
the absence of any source of funding in support to Ukraine after the
allocation of the proceeds of Russian frozen assets to the Ukraine
Loan Cooperation Mechanism for the main part, as well as to the
European Peace Facility. The rapporteur suggests to increase the
EDIP envelope by EUR 20 bn through contributions from the Member
States according to their share in the gross national income of the
Union.
Deadline for tabling amendments:
2 April 2025 at 17.00
Adoption in BUDG:
23 April 2025
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*** VOTING TIME ***
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year
2026 – Section I – European Parliament
Following the conciliation meeting held on 18 March 2025 between the
Parliament’s Bureau, represented by Ms Verheyen, and the BUDG Delegation
a compromise was reached on the global increase of the 2026 estimates
(+ 4,09 % compared to the 2025 budget, which represents a decrease of
adjustments to specific budget lines. The Bureau and the Committee on
Budgets are expected to endorse the final agreement at their respective
meetings on Monday 31 March.
Together with the agreement reached with the Bureau, the Committee will
vote on the 103 amendments tabled to the draft report.
Rapporteur:
Matjaž Nemec (S&D)
Shadows:
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Ignazio Roberto Marino
(Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Deadline for tabling
amendments:
11 March 2025 at 12.00
Adoption in BUDG:
31 March 2025
Adoption in Plenary:
3 April 2025
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission
– DEC 3/2025
Following the presentation and discussion of the transfer proposal at the
meeting on 20 March, the Committee will be asked to proceed with the vote
in order to allow the appropriations worth EUR 350 million to be transferred
from the reserve chapter to the Humanitarian Aid budget line.
– No other transfer request received
Rapporteur:
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Shadows:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
*** END OF VOTE ***
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 6 – 2025
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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying
and strengthening the carbon border adjustment
mechanism
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulation is in force
and the transitional period, a ‘dry run’ without actual payments yet, will end
in 2025. As part of the Omnibus package, and in view of higher
competitiveness and lower administrative burden for EU companies ahead
of the ‘definitive phase’, the Commission proposes a simplification to the
CBAM regulation by adjusting the de minimis threshold in terms of tonnage
of imported CBAM goods (steel, aluminium, cement, fertilizers). This would
decrease significantly the number of importers / declarants while lowering
the embedded CO2 emission ‘in scope’ by only around 1%, thus leaving
intact the environmental integrity of the instrument. This would lead to an
estimated reduction of administrative costs for EU importers of more than
EUR 1 billion. The loss of revenue, on the other hand, would be
proportionate to the emissions for exempted importers, i.e. only around 1%
or EUR 21 million per year.
Rapporteur:
Sandra Gomez Lopez (S&D)
Shadows:
Danuse Nerudova (EPP)
(PfE)
(ECR)
(Renew)
(Greens)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
07 April 2025 at 12.00
Adoption in BUDG:
23 April 2025
Given that the proceeds of the CBAM are foreseen to become an own resource for the EU Budget, BUDG will issue
a budgetary assessment according to Rule 58. The rapporteur will examine the potential impact of the amending
regulation on the revenue side as well as on the expenditure side of the budget and its compatibility with established
EP positions on the own resources reform. The lead committee, ENVI, intends to follow a simplified procedure for
this co-decision file in order to allow a plenary vote already in May. This leaves the opinion-giving committees very
little time to provide their input. The document of the draft assessment may only become available at the last minute.
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 6 – 2025
NEXT MEETINGS
7 April 2025 – joint BUDG-CONT meeting
10 April 2025 – joint AFET-BUDG meeting
23-24 April 2025 – BUDG meeting
eCommittee (for internal users)
Implementation figures
NEWS FROM THE BUDGETARY SUPPORT UNIT
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2019 – 2024
Study “Mapping the current structure and discovering the potential of ‘other revenue’”
Briefing “Statements related to the future MFF at the confirmation hearings of the Commissionersdesignate” – internal use
Study “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”
Study “Performance and mainstreaming framework for the EU budget”
At a Glance “Performance and mainstreaming framework for the EU budget” Other language
versions
Briefing “European Union gender budgeting – state of play 2024”
Study “Recent inflation developments and the EU budget” (Part 2)
Study “EU contingent financial liabilities”
At a Glance “EU contingent financial liabilities”
Briefing “Mainstreaming in the post-2027 MFF”
Briefing “Performance-based Programmes under the post-2027 MFF”
Briefing “European public goods and the 2028-2034 MFF”
Briefing “Revamping the EU’s budgetary flexibility”
Briefing “Management of debt liabilities in the EU budget under the post-2027 MFF”
Briefing “EU Enlargement and the post-2027 MFF”
Study “The history of the EU budget” (Update)
Other language versions
Briefing “The European Parliament and the CFSP Budget – The case of the Rapid Deployment
Capacity”
Study “Performance framework for the EU budget – Concepts and practices” (Part 1)
Briefing “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Romania”
Briefing “Research for REGI, CONT and BUDG Committees Cohesion Policy Calendar (2021-2027
and 2014-2020 Programming Periods)”
Briefing “The Financial Transparency System – How to improve its functioning and reliability”
Study “Lessons learned from the implementation of crisis response tools at EU level” (Part 2)
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Bulgaria”
Study “EU anti-fraud architecture – the role of EU-level players, how they cooperate and the
challenges they face”
At a Glance “EU anti-fraud architecture – the role of EU-level players, how they cooperate and the
challenges they face” Executive summary in other language versions
Briefing “Cohesion Policy Calendar (2021-2027 and 2014-2020 Programming Periods)” July 2024
update
Briefing “Analysis of the 100 largest recipients of RRF funds per Member State”
Briefing “EU assistance to Ukraine and scrutiny of the EU financing provided”
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Study “Lessons learned from the implementation of crisis response tools at EU level” (Part 1)
Study “The future of digitalisation of budgetary control”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Italy”
Workshop Proceedings “Preventing EU funds from reaching sanctioned individuals or entities”
Study “Due Diligence in EU Institutions’ Own-Account Procurement: Rules and Practices”
Forthcoming publications
At a Glance “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”
Study “Performance-based instruments: How could their design be improved
Study “Parliamentary budgetary control: an international overview”
Study “Accountability mechanisms of institutions not under discharge procedure: the EIB”
Study “Performance-based instruments – Better design in view of parliamentary scrutiny”
Study “Methods in the European Court of Auditors and the Commission: the estimated level of error
vs estimated risk at payment/risk at closure”
Forthcoming events
Workshop “EU anti-fraud architecture – the role of EU-level players, how they cooperate and the
challenges they face” 15 May
Workshop “The implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget” 25
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Contacts
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Budgetary Support Unit
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