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MEPs oppose EU program cuts, demand budget increase for 2025

2024-10-09 10:41:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

MEPs on the European Parliament's budget committee have rejected proposals for cuts to historic EU programs, calling instead for increases, when they adopt their position on the Commission's draft budget for 2025 on Monday evening in Strasbourg.

"We are asking for an increase in key programs that we consider essential in the current context," said MEP Victor Negrescu (Romania/S&D), Parliament's chief negotiator for the 2025 budget, of the position, which passed with 29 votes to eight. and a single abstention.

 

MEPs considered almost 1,000 amendments to the Council's position on the Commission's draft budget for 2025, which proposed cutting €1.52 billion from key EU projects such as the Horizon Europe research program and the Erasmus+ mobility programme.

"The Council is trying to reduce the EU budget for 2025 to an unacceptable level," said Andrzej Halicki (Poland/EPP), adding that Parliament will not support this approach, which would reduce much-needed funding. for Frontex. International Security Fund and educational opportunities within the Erasmus+ program.

Péter Banai, the Hungarian minister in charge of budget negotiations, said the Council's aim was to ensure "prudent budgeting" and maintain a "margin for unforeseen circumstances".

The biggest proposed cuts are to the Horizon Europe research program (€400m), the Erasmus+ mobility program (€294m) and the Connecting Europe Digital Facility (€110m), a program that aims to improve digital connectivity across the block.

"Prudent budgeting is one thing, but we must also remember that the EU must invest in our economy, support young farmers and promote innovation through the Horizon Europe programme," Halicki added.

The bloc's 2025 budget is the first to be affected by the debt repayment costs incurred under the NextGenerationEU recovery plan, resulting in some tough choices.

The Commission's draft budget for 2025 has already reflected some cuts from last year in programs such as EU4Health and the Horizon Europe research programme. However, for the Parliament, the Council's proposal is simply "unacceptable".

Negrescu claimed that Parliament wanted to deliver a "people-centred EU budget for 2025 of more than €200 billion, seeking appropriate funding for youth, farmers, SMEs, education, health, research, infrastructure , security and humanitarian aid". The budget committee has backed amendments which restore the Council's cuts and increase funding for Erasmus+, humanitarian aid and disaster relief.

Parliament must now ratify its final position in a plenary session at the end of October, before so-called negotiations with the Council and Commission begin in November, with the aim of the three institutions agreeing the final position by a later deadline. November 18.


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