Begrotingscommissie

On 16 July Commissioner Serafin will present to the Members of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) the Commission proposal on the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) beyond 2027 and Own Resources.

On 15 July the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Review 03/2025 "Opportunities for the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)" will be presented to Members of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and of the Committee of Budgetary Control (CONT) by ECA Reporting Member Jan Gregor.

The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) will travel to Washington DC to find out more about the US federal budget negotiations process, the management of the debt ceiling, and the direction on key U.S. federal spending programs.

On 25 June, the ECA Review 02/2025: "Performance-orientation, accountability and transparency – lessons to be learned from the weaknesses of the RRF" has been presented to Members of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee of Budgetary Control (CONT) by reporting ECA Members Jorg Kristijan Petrovic and Ivana Maletic.

On 24 June, the public hearing on "Management and Preparedness for Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters in the EU Budget" examined the effects of the rising frequency and severity of natural disasters on the current EU budget, as well as on the planning and implementation of the EU's long term budget.

On 24 June, Members of the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) voted on the Commission proposal, which is part of a package aimed at simplifying EU rules, boosting competitiveness, and unlocking additional investment capacity.

Members from the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs held on 16 June the 19th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue (RRD) with Raffaele Fitto, Executive Vice-President responsible for Cohesion and Reforms, and Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Implementation and Simplification.

The Committee voted on the budgetary aspects of the proposal for a regulation amending ERDF (European Regional Development Fund), Cohesion Fund and Just Transition Fund as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges in the context of the mid-term review.

Members voted on a proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods occurred in October 2024.