Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2247(BUI)
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament
Procedure type BUI · First reading
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 30 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done)
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 27 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 27 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 30 April 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
30 April 2026 · decision 5
EU budget & funds, Resolution
Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament
Adopted 401 for · 116 against · 68 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The adopted text endorses the agreement reached in Conciliation to reduce appropriations on specific budget lines by EUR 10 554 000 and increase others by EUR 1 514 900.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:Adds a call for equal application of anti-fraud rules to political groups and for swift recovery of misused funds. Adds support for proxy voting for perinatal Members, noting it falls short of broader voting rights requests. Replaces crèche contract termination note with concerns about service continuity and a call for an independent audit.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report updates budget figures for 2027, including the overall increase and IT budget, and adds stresses on cybersecurity and AI risks. New paragraphs address digital sovereignty, missions, carbon credits, accessibility, childcare, and the Voluntary Pension Fund, reflecting broader policy concerns. Several paragraphs add calls for transparency, cost control, and justification of resource increases, particularly for SPAAK renovation and administrative reforms. The remaining changes are formal or wording updates, such as rephrasing and correcting figures.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Sandra Gómez López (S&D), Auke Zijlstra (Patriots), Tobiasz Bocheński (ECR), Fabienne Keller (Renew), Kai Tegethoff (Greens), João Oliveira (The Left), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 30 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament adopts its estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2027, setting the overall level at EUR 2 656 435 753, an increase of 1.98% over the 2026 budget.
Tabled for plenary· 27 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament adopts its estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2027, setting the budget at EUR 2 656 435 753, a 1.98% increase over 2026, and outlines priorities including cybersecurity, AI, and sustainability.
Committee draft· 10 Mar 2026
AI summary:This draft report sets out Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027, amounting to EUR 2 665 474 853, an increase of 2.33% over 2026. It adopts the estimates and addresses budgetary concerns, core functions, digital transition, infrastructure, green initiatives, and other priorities.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
30 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 30 Apr 2026 Report A10-0124/2026Adopted text TA10-0155/2026
27 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
27 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
24 March 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
10 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2247(BUI)