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Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure
Passed by a large majority
The budget decision was approved.
- For
- 440
- Against
- 127
- Abstained
- 104
roll-call vote at 13:34 · 66% of votes cast in favour
Committee report by Andrzej Halicki · Report A-10-2026-0224
AI:What this decision does
Draft amending budget No 2/2026 updates the European Union budget for 2026 by adjusting spending, especially payment appropriations, and updating revenue from own resources and other sources.§1: source passage in the text Parliament adopted the draft amending budget, which means the spending changes were approved. Parliament welcomes increased payment appropriations for cohesion programmes and for the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, and calls on the Commission to monitor implementation and take measures to avoid running out of payment appropriations.§1: source passage in the text Parliament also expresses concern about the security situation in the Union's eastern border regions and calls on the Commission to assess the consequences and propose budgetary measures, including a subsequent Draft Amending Budget, and to fund European Maritime Security and Defence Hubs.§1: source passage in the text
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How the groups voted
For: Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP; Against: Patriots, ESN; Abstained: ECR; Divided: The Left
- The Left Divided 21 for, 4 against, 15 abstainedof 44
- Greens For 51 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 53
- S&D For 117 for, 0 against, 11 abstainedof 135
- Renew For 68 for, 7 against, 0 abstainedof 78
- EPP For 170 for, 0 against, 0 abstainedof 184
- ECR Abstained 5 for, 14 against, 59 abstainedof 84
- Patriots Against 0 for, 59 against, 16 abstainedof 85
- ESN Against 1 for, 25 against, 1 abstainedof 27
- No group not a group 7 for, 18 against, 2 abstainedof 28
Groups from left to right · for–against–abstained, of the group’s MEPs
A group is shown as divided when no position has two thirds of its votes.
Did not vote with their group
55 MEPs voted differently from their group’s clear line (two thirds of its votes).
S&D voted for (117 of 128). Abstained: 11
Adnan Dibrani (Sweden), Alex Agius Saliba (Malta), Christel Schaldemose (Denmark), Daniel Attard (Malta), Eero Heinäluoma (Finland)
6 more from S&D
Evin Incir (Sweden), Heléne Fritzon (Sweden), Johan Danielsson (Sweden), Niels Fuglsang (Denmark), Sofie Eriksson (Sweden), Thomas Bajada (Malta)
Renew voted for (68 of 75). Against: 7
Anouk van Brug (Netherlands), Bart Groothuis (Netherlands), Christine Singer (Germany), Engin Eroglu (Germany), Jeannette Baljeu (Netherlands)
2 more from Renew
Joachim Streit (Germany), Malik Azmani (Netherlands)
ECR abstained (59 of 78). For: 5, Against: 14
Adrian-George Axinia (Romania, for), Aurelijus Veryga (Lithuania, for), Beatrice Timgren (Sweden, against), Charlie Weimers (Sweden, against), Dick Erixon (Sweden, against)
14 more from ECR
Emmanouil Fragkos (Greece, against), Galato Alexandraki (Greece, against), Guillaume Peltier (France, against), Kristoffer Storm (Denmark, against), Laurence Trochu (France, against), Maciej Wąsik (Poland, against), Marion Maréchal (France, against), Nicolas Bay (France, against), Reinis Pozņaks (Latvia, for), Rihards Kols (Latvia, for), Roberts Zīle (Latvia, for), Sebastian Tynkkynen (Finland, against), Tobiasz Bocheński (Poland, against), Waldemar Buda (Poland, against)
Patriots voted against (59 of 75). Abstained: 16
András Gyürk (Hungary), András László (Hungary), Annamária Vicsek (Hungary), Antonín Staněk (Czechia), Csaba Dömötör (Hungary)
11 more from Patriots
Enikő Győri (Hungary), Ernő Schaller-Baross (Hungary), György Hölvényi (Hungary), Jana Nagyová (Czechia), Jaroslav Bžoch (Czechia), Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová (Czechia), Kinga Gál (Hungary), Ondřej Knotek (Czechia), Tamás Deutsch (Hungary), Tomáš Kubín (Czechia), Viktória Ferenc (Hungary)
ESN voted against (25 of 27). For: 1, Abstained: 1
Petras Gražulis (Lithuania, for), Zsuzsanna Borvendég (Hungary, abstained)
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How it got here
Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 8 amendments (8 rejected) and 9 parts of the text voted on separately (5 adopted, 4 rejected).