Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section III

Decided in plenary

What changed

• Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

  AIAI summary:The 2027 budget guidelines now prioritise competitiveness and investment, adding security and defence concerns across multiple sections. Social policy is expanded with new paragraphs on families, housing, health, and employment, including an annexed opinion from the employment committee. External action and enlargement are updated with conditionality, support for specific regions, and new funding priorities. Budgetary management sections add calls for full use of decommitments, new own resources, and stronger anti-fraud and transparency measures. The other changes are substantive rephrasing and additions across all policy areas, with no purely formal or wording-only changes.

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Who works on it

Lead committee

Budgets

Rapporteur

Nils Ušakovs (S&D)

Shadow rapporteurs

Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (EPP), Julien Sanchez (Patriots), Moritz Körner (Renew), Ignazio Roberto Marino (Greens), João Oliveira (The Left)

Committees giving an opinion

• Petitions
• Security and Defence· rapporteurMarie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (Renew)
• Culture and Education· rapporteurHélder Sousa Silva (EPP)
• Industry, Research and Energy· rapporteurEero Heinäluoma (S&D)
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Employment and Social Affairs· rapporteurRomana Tomc (EPP)
• Constitutional Affairs
• Women’s Rights and Gender Equality· rapporteurRaquel García Hermida-Van der Walle (Renew)
• Environment, Climate and Food Safety· rapporteurMep #257122 (S&D)
• Transport and Tourism· rapporteurRosa Serrano Sierra (S&D)
• Fisheries
• Development
• Budgetary Control· rapporteurDaniel Freund (Greens)
• Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Legal Affairs
• Public Health· rapporteurAdam Jarubas (EPP)
• Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• International Trade
• Regional Development· rapporteurIrmhild Bossdorf (ESN)
• Foreign Affairs· rapporteurMatjaž Nemec (S&D)
• Agriculture and Rural Development· rapporteurVeronika Vrecionová (ECR)

The text, version by version

Newest first.

1. Adopted by Parliament· 28 Apr 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0112/2026

   AIAI summary:Parliament's resolution sets guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework, focusing on delivery, competitiveness, social cohesion, security, and climate action.

   What changed since Report A10-0044/2026 →

2. Tabled for plenary· 5 Mar 2026

   Report A10-0044/2026

   AIAI summary:This resolution sets Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework. It calls for a budget focused on delivery, competitiveness, social cohesion, security, and climate action, with adequate funding for programmes and support for vulnerable groups.

   What changed since Draft report (BUDG) →

3. Committee draft· 16 Jan 2026

   Draft report (BUDG)

   AIAI summary:This draft report sets Parliament's guidelines for the 2027 EU budget, the final year of the current multiannual financial framework. It calls for a budget that delivers for people, the economy and the planet, addressing social, economic, security and global challenges.

Committee opinions: Draft opinion (FEMM), Draft opinion (ITRE), Opinion (EMPL), Opinion (FEMM), Draft opinion (EMPL), Opinion (ITRE)

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