(AGENPARL) – Fri 03 October 2025 Newsletter
ISSUE 16 – 2025
MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2025
19.00 – 20.00
DE MADARIAGA S5, STRASBOURG
BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
*** Monday, 6 October 2025, 19.00 – 20.00 ***
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Report on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations
– Amending Regulations (EU) 2015/1017, (EU) 2021/523, (EU)
2021/695 and (EU) 2021/1153 as regards increasing the efficiency
of the EU guarantee under Regulation (EU) 2021/523 and
simplifying reporting requirements (InvestEU) – 2025/0040(COD)
On 23 September 2025, Parliament and Council reached an
agreement at trilogue on the revision of the InvestEU regulation. In
particular, they agreed to increase the amount of the EU guarantee
by EUR 2.9 billion. In addition, they endorsed simplification measures
relating to the SME definition and key performance and monitoring
indicators.
Co-rapporteurs:
BUDG: Aura Salla (EPP)
ECON: Irene Tinagli (S&D)
BUDG Shadow Rapporteurs:
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Stine Bosse (Renew)
Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens/EFA)
Jussi Saramo (The Left)
(ESN)
– Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention,
Rapporteur of the budgetary
detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in
assessment:
human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing
Hélder Sousa Silva (EPP)
and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU)
2016/794 – 2023/0438(COD)
BUDG Shadow Rapporteurs:
On 25 September 2025, Parliament and Council reached a political
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
Giuseppe Lupo (S&D)
agreement on the Europol migrant smuggling Regulation at the
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
second trilogue. The agreement reflects the BUDG priorities
Joachim Streit (Renew)
expressed in the budgetary assessment. In particular, 10 of the 50
new posts will be converted from contract agent into temporary
agent posts (total: 20 TA, 10 CA, 20 SNE). This will enable Europol
to attract qualified staff to fulfil its role. The revised legislative
financial statement for the Regulation should be adopted at the
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Rapporteur (LIBE):
Jeroen Lenaers (EPP)
budgetary trilogue on 14 October.
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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General budget of the European Union for the financial year
2026 – all sections
Co-rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Matjaž Nemec (S&D)
Members of the Committee on Budgets will vote on the amendments
tabled to the Council’s position on the Commission’s Draft Budget
2026.
Shadow Rapporteurs:
The Council formally adopted its reading on the 2026 Draft Budget
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
on 5 September 2025, with no changes from the position approved
by COREPER in July 2025. Compared to the Commission’s Draft
Budget 2026, the Council cuts EUR 1 307.44 million in commitments
and EUR 696.71 million in payments.
The General Rapporteur for the 2026 Budget – Section III
(Commission), Andrzej Halicki, and the Rapporteur for Other
Sections, Matjaž Nemec, will present their compromise proposals,
resulting from thorough exchanges with the shadow rapporteurs, and
their voting recommendations before the vote.
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Tamás Deutsch & Julien Sanchez
(PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Stine Bosse & Fabienne Keller
(Renew)
Nicolae Ștefănuță & Ignazio
Marino (Greens/ EFA)
João Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
For Section III, the General Rapporteur’s approach is to ensure that
the application of the “cascade mechanism” for the costs of the EU
Recovery Instrument (EURI) will not result in arrangements that
cause undue collateral damage to essential programmes, and to
propose targeted reinforcements to some programmes and agencies
in line with political priorities and identified needs in 2026.
Deadline for tabling amendments:
For Other Sections, the Rapporteur’s approach, after analysing the
needs and requests from the other institutions, is to restore the
Council’s cuts and to support a number of amendments above the
Draft Budget to ensure that the institutions have sufficient resources
to fulfil their mandates.
amendments)
4 September 2025 at 12:00
25 September 2025 at 17:00
Adoption in BUDG:
October
(Budgetary
13 October 2025 (resolution)
Plenary: October II 2025
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– European Committee of the Regions (CoR):
INF 4/2025
With this transfer, the CoR intends to reinforce line 214 “Technical
equipment and installations” with EUR 370 000. This reinforcement is
needed in the framework of reallocation of resources from the
security and surveillance of buildings to security technical equipment
to upgrade the equipment and thus enhance security, ensure
compliance with future standards, and improve operational
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)
efficiency.
This transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on line 2026
“Security and surveillance of buildings”.
INF 5/2025
With this transfer of a total amount of EUR 841 109, the CoR intends to reinforce 4 budget lines, namely:
item 2100 “Purchase, servicing and maintenance of equipment and software, and related work”
with EUR 14 889;
item 2102 “Outside assistance for the operation, development and maintenance of software
systems” with EUR 321 220;
item 2601 “Permanent dialogue mechanism” with EUR 285 000;
item 2603 “EU Councillors” with EUR 220 000.
The reinforcements are needed to finance 5 IT related joint CoR-EESC projects and 7 CoR
communication related projects.
This transfer is possible due to the estimated savings on line 1200 “Remuneration and allowances”.
– No other transfer request
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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*** VOTING TIME ***
General budget of the European Union for the financial year
2026 – all sections
Members will vote on the amendments tabled to the Council’s position
on the Commission’s draft budget for 2026.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on
2026 Budget – all sections (page 3).
Co-Rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Matjaz Nemec (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Tamás Deutsch & Julien Sanchez
(PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Stine Bosse & Fabienne Keller
(Renew)
Nicolae Ștefănuță & Ignazio
Marino (Greens/ EFA)
João Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
4 September 2025 at 12:00
25 September 2025 at 17:00
Adoption in BUDG:
October
(Budgetary
amendments)
13 October 2025 (resolution)
Plenary: October II 2025
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– European Committee of the Regions:
INF 4/2025
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 5 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (page 4).
INF 5/2025
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 5 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (page 4).
– No other transfer request
*** END OF VOTE ***
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
NEXT MEETING
13 October 2025
16 October 2025
NEWS FROM THE BUDGETARY SUPPORT UNIT
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2024 – 2029
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”
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”
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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 “Management and control structures for ERDF programmes in recently acceded Member
States”
Briefing “Setting up the EU Court of Auditors: A view from the inside”
Briefing “The Crisis of the Santer Commission Lessons learned for the CONT Committee”
Briefing “Reflections on the challenges of future budgetary control: Implications for the work of the
European Parliament”
Briefing “From parliamentary scrutiny to systemic accountability: Rethinking EU budgetary control”
Briefing “Budgetary control when there is increased resort to performance based instruments”
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Workshop ” Financing industrial policy and competitiveness in the post 2027 MFF – January 2026 tbc
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 16 – 2025
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Contacts
Committee on Budgets
Head of Secretariat: Guillaume Rey
Budgetary Support Unit
Head of Unit: Darren Neville
 BUDG Committee Webpage
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