(AGENPARL) - Roma, 13 Gennaio 2026 - (AGENPARL) – Tue 13 January 2026 Newsletter
ISSUE 1 – 2026
THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY 2026
9.45 – 10.45
SPAAK 4B001, BRUSSELS
BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 1 – 2026
*** Thursday, 15 January 2026, 9.45 – 10.45 ***
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission
– No transfer request
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)
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2026 Budget: Section III – Commission
Transfer requests
– No transfer request
Rapporteur:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Nils Usakovs (S&D)
Tamás Deutsch (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Stine Bosse (Renew)
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
Joao Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– No transfer request
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)
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2026 Budget: Other Sections
– No transfer request
Rapporteur:
Matias Nemec (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
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Building policy
– EC: Extension of the usufruct contracts of 5 buildings in 2027
(early warning)
The Commission and OIB have informed the Committee on Budgets
of their intention to extend the usufruct contracts of 5 buildings
currently occupied by Commission services for up to 24 months as
from 1 February 2027.
In 2024, the Commission sold a portfolio of 23 buildings for which it
retained, by virtue of the deed of sale, usufructuary rights on 17 of
the 23 buildings until varying dates of release. By virtue of the same
deed of sale, the Commission retained the right to extend the
usufruct periods of any or all of these 17 buildings, which is
conditional to a notification to be submitted within a period of 6
months prior to the respective buildings’ release dates. This early
warning concerns 5 out of these 17 buildings, for which an extension
is necessary due to the lack of timely replacement options.
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)
The prior approval for this project will be submitted to the Budgetary Authority during Q2 2026.
– EC: Purchase of a building of around 24 500 m2 for occupation in Q4 2028 (early warning)
The Commission and the OIB have informed the Committee on Budgets of their intention to negotiate a
contract notice with the proposer(s) of specific property project(s) that meet the initial conditions set within
the prospection notice that had been published by the Commission on 6 May 2025. That notice was part of
a cycle of annual general prospection notices issued to the real estate market every year to cover the
Commission’s multiannual office space requirements and to gather information on projects and properties
likely to meet its needs.
The prior approval for this project will be submitted to the Budgetary Authority during Q3 2026.
– No other information received
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– No votes.
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Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment
Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from
Belgium – EGF/2025/006 BE/Audi
Members will consider the draft report prepared by Nicolae
Ștefănuță (Greens/EFA) on the European Commission’s proposal for
a decision to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 3 414 displaced workers of
Audi S.A./n.V., a manufacturer of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, and five of its suppliers and downstream producers in
Belgium.
financing of personalised services for the workers.
Rapporteur:
(Greens/EFA)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
(EPP)
(S&D)
(PfE)
(ECR)
(Renew)
(The Left)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
19 January 2026 at 12.00
Adoption in BUDG:
28 January 2026
Plenary: February 2026
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 1 – 2026
Conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Protocol on the
implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
Agreement between the European Union and the
Government of the Cook Islands (2025-2032)
This budgetary assessment analyses the budgetary aspects of the
Protocol on the implementation of the Sustainable Fisheries
Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the
Government of the Cook Islands (2025-2032) and whether the act
provides for sufficient financial resources.
It also determines 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.
The financial contribution to the new Protocol for the duration of its
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Helder Sousa Silva (EPP)
(S&D)
(PfE)
(ECR)
(Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
21 January 2026 at 17.00
Adoption in BUDG:
5 February 2026
Plenary: tbc
an annual amount of EUR 165 000 for access to fishery
duration of the Protocol;
support for development of the Cook Islands’ sectoral fisheries policy amounting to EUR 295 000
The rapporteur, Mr Olivier Chastel, will present his draft budgetary assessment, and Members of the
committee on Budgets will hold an exchange of views on it. The conclusion of the rapporteur is that the
responsible committee, PECH, shall be advised to approve the Fisheries Agreement.
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BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 1 – 2026
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BUDG Gender Action Plan – Implementation in 2025
The Gender Action Plan for the 10th term of the Committee on Budgets is a document which sets out a
number of measures to be implemented to ensure gender mainstreaming in all aspects of the Committee’s
work, in line with Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Charter on
Fundamental Rights, past resolutions of the European Parliament and recommendations from the Gender
Mainstreaming Network, as well as the recently adopted Gender Action Plan of the Parliament as a whole.
As part of the Plan, it is foreseen that the responsible Member for gender mainstreaming will report back to
the committee each year on its implementation. The Standing Rapporteur Ms Lucia Yar will therefore debrief
Members of the Committee on the state of implementation of the Plan.
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NEXT MEETINGS
28 – 29 January 2026
5 February 2026
NEWS FROM THE BUDGETARY SUPPORT UNIT
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2024 – 2029
Briefing “Background information on the post-2027 MFF – December 2025”
Briefing “Background information on the post-2027 MFF-November 2025”
Briefing “Romania’s fiscal situation: state-of-play and legal framework”
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission – 24 November
2025”
Briefing “Gender budgeting in the 2021-2027 period and the proposal for the 2028-2034 Multiannual
Financial Framework”
Study “Smart conditionality in practice: exploring legality, feasibility and implementation”
At a Glance “Smart conditionality in practice: exploring legality, feasibility and implementation”
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”
Briefing “Climate and biodiversity mainstreaming in the EU budget State of play in 2024”
Study “Parliamentary budgetary control – an international overview”
Briefing “Background information on the post-2027 MFF – December 2025”
Study “Country fiches for the study on Parliamentary budgetary control”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Germany”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: Greece”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors: France”
Study “50th anniversary of the Budgetary Treaty of Brussels” (proceedings and documents)
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”
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”
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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”
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
Forthcoming publications
Study “EU support for natural disasters: assessing the adequacy of the post-2027 MFF proposals”
Study “Management and control structures for ERDF programmes in recently acceded Member
States”
Forthcoming events
Workshop “Financing industrial policy and competitiveness in the post 2027 MFF” – 28 January 2026
Workshop “A performance-based EU Budget: what implications for audit, control and simplification
post-2027”- 27 January 2026
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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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