Where the law stands, Dossier 2026/0144(BUD)
Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2026 - update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure
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
Plenary vote
Parliament adopted the text on 15 September 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 14 September 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 3 September 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 7 September 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 15 September 2026
- Published as law(to come)
Decided in plenary
15 September 2026 · decision 9
EU budget & funds, Budget decision
Draft amending budget No 2/2026: update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure
Passed 440 for · 127 against · 104 abstained by a large majority
AI summary: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.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: the same points are rephrased, shortened or reordered without changing what the text asks for.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Nils Ušakovs (S&D), Tamás Deutsch (Patriots), Ruggero Razza (ECR), Stine Bosse (Renew), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens), João Oliveira (The Left), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 15 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, which updates the Union's revenue from own resources and adjusts 2026 expenditure, mainly payment appropriations.
Tabled for plenary· 7 Sept 2026
AI summary:The report concerns the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026 for the 2026 financial year, which updates revenue from own resources and adjusts expenditure, mainly payment appropriations.
Committee draft· 16 Jun 2026
AI summary:This is a draft report by the Committee on Budgets on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2026, which adjusts 2026 expenditure and updates revenue. It takes note of the changes and approves the Council position.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 1 step
15 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 15 Sept 2026 Report A10-0224/2026Adopted text TA10-0283/2026
Committee stage 1 step
14 September 2026
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Plenary stage 2 steps
9 September 2026
13 amendments tabled for the plenary vote
Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.
7 September 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
3 September 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
1 July 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of BUDG (Budgets) proposed changes to the draft.
16 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2026/0144(BUD)