Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0318(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the Valencia Region of Spain in October 2024 and France following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025
Budget procedure (BUD): Parliament and the Council adopt the EU’s annual budget together. · First reading
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 26 November 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 20 October 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 5 November 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 6 November 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 13 November 2025
- Published as law(done) 26 November 2025
Decided in plenary
13 November 2025 · decision 17
EU budget & funds, Budget decision
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025
Passed 622 for · 10 against · 3 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The European Parliament approved the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain after the Valencia floods in October 2024 and France after cyclones Chido in Mayotte and Garance in Réunion.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The adopted text removes all substantive background details on the disasters and the financial calculations, leaving only the formal decision title and a brief description. The other changes are formal and wording: the title is added and the opening sentence is rephrased.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report adds details on the economic impact of disasters in Spain and stresses the need for faster EUSF assistance. It expands calls for prevention, adaptation, and preparedness, including for vulnerable groups and outermost regions. It clarifies that EU solidarity complements but does not replace national responsibility for disaster management. It adds references to democratic scrutiny, budget capacity, and the 'build back better' principle.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Sandra Gómez López (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (EPP), Angéline Furet (Patriots), Bogdan Rzońca (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens), Younous Omarjee (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Regional Development
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 13 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain and France after natural disasters in 2024 and 2025, and calls for faster, more flexible aid and greater investment in prevention.
Tabled for plenary· 6 Nov 2025
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain after the Valencia floods and France after cyclones in Mayotte and Réunion.
Committee draft· 7 Oct 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Spain after floods in Valencia (October 2024) and France after cyclones in Mayotte (December 2024) and Réunion (February 2025). It approves the Commission's proposal and recommends swift approval.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
26 November 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
13 November 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 13 Nov 2025 Report A10-0215/2025Adopted text TA10-0274/2025
10 November 2025
3 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
6 November 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
5 November 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
20 October 2025
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development) gives an opinion.
17 October 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
7 October 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0318(BUD)