Begrotingscommissie

Given the need to support in a timely and targeted manner the Member States for reinforcing their defence capacities, the European Commission proposes to incentivise common procurement via the EU budget through a dedicated Short Term Instrument establishing the European Defence industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement Act (EDIRPA).

Every year, the Commission updates the financial programming for the remainder of the multiannual financial framework (MFF - the EU's long term budget), in accordance with the Article 41(2) of the Financial Regulation and the Interinstitutional Agreement accompanying the 2021-2027 MFF.

Members of the BUDG committee will consider the draft report prepared by Olivier Chastel (Renew) on the European Commission's proposal to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support Belgium.

The members will vote on the opinion for the ECON Committee on the European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023. The opinion recalls the uncertain economic outlook resulting from the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of the war against Ukraine.

The members will vote on the opinion for the REGI committee on the assessment of the Commission’s Communication on outermost regions.

The members will vote on the opinion for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in relation to proposals for the amendments of the EU Treaties.

On 16 May 2022, the European Commission presented a proposal with targeted adjustments to the EU's Financial Regulation to align existing financial rules with the current long-term budget 2021-2027 and further reinforce them in aspects such as, among other, transparency, and better protected and more agile budget.

Members from the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs will hold the 9th Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for an Economy that Works for People and Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy.

Members debated the report Own Resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe, which proposes fresh ideas to finance the EU budget. The increasing EURI interest costs and the MFA for Ukraine remind us that the EU budget urgently needs fresh income to avoid ‘crowding-out risks’ in several MFF headings.