(AGENPARL) – Fri 19 September 2025 Newsletter
ISSUE 15 – 2025
TUESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2025
09.00 – 12.15
SPINELLI 3G3, BRUSSELS
BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
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Exchange of views on Institutions’ building policy:
European Parliament
Under the Financial Regulation, each Institution must submit a
working document on its buildings policy to both arms of the
budgetary authority. The exchange of views will be an opportunity for
Members of the Committee to receive updated information on, and
debate, the European Parliament’s building policy in the presence of
the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament in charge of the
building policy, Mr Zīle and Mr López, and the Secretary-General, Mr
Chiocchetti.
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
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Exchange of views on the Commission proposal for the
MFF 2028-2034
Co-Rapporteurs MFF:
Siegfried Mureşan (EPP)
Carla Tavares (S&D)
The Commission issued its package of proposals for the Multi-annual
Financial Framework 2028-2034 on 16 July. That included proposals
Shadow Rapporteurs:
for a new MFF regulation, to amend the Own Resources Decision and
Tamás Deutsch (PfE)
to amend the Inter-institutional Agreement on budgetary discipline,
Roberts Zīle (ECR)
together with a proposal for a Performance Regulation. At the same
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
time, the Commission issued various sectoral proposals, with a
Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens/ EFA)
second batch published on 3 September.
João Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
The Committee on Budgets will continue its analysis of the MFF
package with a presentation by Johannes Lindner, Co-Director of the
Co-Rapporteurs Own Resources:
Jacques Delors Centre, and Eulalia Rubio, Senior Research Fellow,
Danuše Nerudová (EPP)
Jacques Delors Institute, on the main choices that the MFF proposal
Sandra Gómez López (S&D)
puts forward.
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
Roberts Zīle (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission
– In-kind donation to the EU
The European Space Agency proposes to make an in-kind donation to
the Commission of the Telemetry, Tracking & Control station
(TTCF#5) located in Redu, Belgium. The Commission intends to
accept this donation, due to its relevance to the Galileo programme.
According to Article 25(2) of the Financial Regulation, such a donation
requires the authorisation of the European Parliament and of the
Council, since it involves a financial charge, including follow-up costs,
Rapporteur:
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
exceeding 10 % of the value of the donation. If no objection is made
by the European Parliament or the Council within two months, the
Commission will take a final decision regarding the acceptance of the
donation.
While the TTCF#5 station had an original value of EUR 14,6 million and will be transferred at no cost, an
estimated EUR 4,5 million will be required for refurbishment and integration into the EU owned Galileo
operational network. This cost, however, can be fully covered by existing funding from the EU Space
programme and will therefore not require any additional budget. Going forward, the donation will lead to
cost savings of around EUR 1,5 million per year.
The Commission will present the proposed donation.
– No other transfer request
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– European Parliament (EP):
C7/2025
The purpose of this transfer is to ensure the financing for 2025 of the
organisation of meetings of political groups outside the three places
of work by using the available appropriations of the contingency
reserve to reinforce budget item 3042 “Meetings, congresses,
conferences and delegations” with EUR 495 000.
Rapporteur:
Niclas Herbst (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Kai Tegethoff (Greens/EFA)
João Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
– No other transfer request
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
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Building policy
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
– European Commission: OIB, Arlon 53 (prior approval)
Members of the BUDG Committee will vote to approve the
Commission’s project to occupy the Arlon 53 building in the form of a
23-years usufruct contract in Brussels. The total non-indexed project
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
The new building will be occupied by DG HOME and will have 533
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
workstations with a gross surface area above ground of 17 714.05 m .
(The Left)
An early warning for this project was presented by the Commission to
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
the Committee on Budgets at its meeting of 23 September 2024.
– EEAS: EU delegation offices in New York, USA (early warning)
The EEAS has informed the Committee on Budgets of its intention to
begin early prospection to identify suitable alternatives to its current
offices for the EU Delegation to the United Nations, in New York. The current lease ends in August 2028 but
the EEAS is moving forward due to the present market conditions, which may be advantageous.
A new building would provide the EU Delegation to the United Nations with more suitable spaces to work,
as the current offices lack functionality, representativeness and cannot adequately accommodate the
Delegation and its partners and are outdated, with mostly individual offices.
The prior approval for this project will be submitted to the Budgetary Authority in the first semester of 2026,
if the prospection is successful.
– No other transfer request
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
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*** VOTING TIME ***
Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2025 Update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to
expenditure
DAB 2/2025 updates both the revenue and the expenditure side of the
budget. As regards the revenue side, the update takes into account the
latest developments as regards the updated own resources forecasts
for the 2025 budget, and the other revenues such as fines and the
United Kingdom contribution. As regards the expenditure side, DAB
2/2025 includes a reinforcement of payment appropriations for the
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), following
an acceleration of payment needs, and a few smaller reinforcements in
commitment and/or payment appropriations for budget lines in
Headings 3 and 4. Overall, the net impact of DAB 2/2025 on
expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 3,3 million in commitment
and EUR 3,5 billion in payment appropriations.
At the meeting of 4 September, the rapporteur presented his draft
report. 18 Amendments have been tabled.
Rapporteur:
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
10 September 2025 at 12:00
Adoption in BUDG:
23 September 2025
Plenary: October I 2025
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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN
Members will vote on the European Commission’s proposal for a decision
Rapporteur:
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (EPP)
to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced
(S&D)
Workers (EGF) to support 417 displaced workers of BelGaN, a Belgian
Angéline Furet (PfE)
manufacturer of semiconductors for the automotive sector, that filed for
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
bankruptcy in July 2024.
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
The rapporteur proposes to support the proposed mobilisation of EUR
(ESN)
931 690 to the financing of personalised services for the workers
including social information sessions, outplacement, training and
Deadline for tabling amendments:
retraining, training at the workplace, job-fair, job-search assistance, job-
08 September 2025 at 17:00
scouting and job-matching.
Adoption in BUDG:
The payment of EUR 0.9 million necessitates a transfer which is proposed
23 September 2025
in DEC No 11/2025.
Plenary: October I 2025
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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
for Displaced Workers following an application from Germany
– EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2
Members will vote on the European Commission’s proposal for a decision
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced
(S&D)
Workers (EGF) to support 1 171 displaced workers of Goodyear Germany
Angéline Furet (PfE)
GmbH, a German manufacturer of rubber and plastic products, that
(ECR)
closed a production site in Fulda and partially shut down another facility
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
in Hanau.
(The Left)
(ESN)
The rapporteur proposes to support the proposed mobilisation of EUR 3
085 166 to the financing of personalised services for the workers
Deadline for tabling amendments:
including substantial upskilling or re-skilling measures, guidance and
08 September 2025 at 17:00
counselling and vocational orientation and activation measures, business
start-up advisory services and grants, job search assistance, upskilling
Adoption in BUDG:
and top-ups incentives, training allowances, digital skills trainings.
23 September 2025
The payment of EUR 3,1 million necessitates a transfer which is proposed
Plenary: October I 2025
in DEC No 12/2025.
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Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/691 as regards support to
workers affected by imminent job displacement in
enterprises undergoing restructuring
The aim of this proposal for amending the Regulation on the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Worked (EGF) is to enable
the EGF to not only support displaced workers, but also workers
affected by imminent job displacement.
Besides broadening the scope of the EGF for a potentially wider range
of beneficiaries, the proposal also entails significant changes to the
procedure for mobilising the instrument.
The budgetary assessment examines, in particular, whether the
proposal is compatible with the multiannual financial framework and the
corresponding interinstitutional agreement, as well as the budgetary
principles laid down in the Financial Regulation. It will be provided to the
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs which is preparing a
report on the Commission’s proposal.
BUDG Members will vote on the draft budgetary assessment and the
amendments put forward by several Members.
Rapporteur:
Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Jüri Ratas (EPP)
Jean-Marc Germain (S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
10 September 2025 at 12:00
Adoption in BUDG:
23 September 2025
Vote in EMPL:
16 October 2025
Plenary: TBC
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission:
– DEC 11/2025
The transfer concerns the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced
Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2025/001 BE/BelGaN – EUR 0.9 million in
commitments and payments. The corresponding EGF mobilisation is also voted by the BUDG Committee
today.
Members will vote in accordance with Article 31 of the Financial Regulation.
– DEC 12/2025
The transfer concerns the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced
Workers following an application from Germany – EGF/2025/002 DE/Goodyear 2 – EUR 3.1 million in
commitments and payments. The corresponding EGF mobilisation is also voted by the BUDG Committee
today.
Members will vote in accordance with Article 31 of the Financial Regulation.
– No other transfer request
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– EP: C7/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 4).
– No other transfer request
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Building policy
– European Commission: OIB, Arlon 53 (prior approval)
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item on Building policy (page 5).
– No other transfer request
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 15- 2025
NEXT MEETINGS
29 September 2025
6 October 2025 – Extraordinary meeting in Strasbourg
13 October 2025
NEWS FROM THE BUDGETARY SUPPORT UNIT
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2024 – 2029
Publications Catalogue 2019 – 2024
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 8 September
2025”
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 16 June 2025”
Study “Glossary on policy concepts related to Performance, Mainstreaming and Conditionality Part
2: Extended discussion”
Study “Glossary on policy concepts related to Performance, Mainstreaming and Conditionality Part
1: Definitions”
At a Glance “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”
Study “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”
Study “Mapping the current structure and discovering the potential of ‘other revenue’”
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
Study “Implementation of the gender mainstreaming methodology in the EU budget”
Briefing “Two Decades of Progress: Evaluating the Successes and Lessons in Implementing the EU
Budget from the 2004 Enlargement”
Briefing “Two Decades of Progress: Evaluating the Successes and Lessons in Implementing the EU
Budget from the 2004 Enlargement Governance and Financial Management of cohesion policy
funds”
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Briefing “Research for REGI, CONT and BUDG Committees-Cohesion Policy Calendar (2021-2027
and 2014-2020 Programming Periods) July 2025 update”
At a Glance “Nomination for Members of the European Court of Auditors: the Netherlands”
At a Glance “Nomination for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Luxembourg”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Croatia”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Romania”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Bulgaria”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Italy”
Study “Performance-based instruments: How could their design be improved?”
Study “Error rates compared: Methodologies underpinning the European Commission’s risk at
payment/closure and the European Court of Auditors’ estimated level of error”
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)
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 “Analysis of the 100 largest recipients of RRF funds per Member State”
Forthcoming publications
Study “Smart conditionality in practice: exploring legality, feasibility and implementation”
At a Glance “Performance-based instruments: How could their design be improved?”
Study “Parliamentary budgetary control: an international overview”
Study “Accountability of entities not subject to EU Discharge: the EIB”
Study “Management and control structures for ERDF programmes in recently acceded Member
States
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Conference “50 years of the Budgetary Treaty of Brussels”, 24 September
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Contacts
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Head of Secretariat: Guillaume Rey
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Head of Unit: Darren Neville
 BUDG Committee Webpage
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