Komisja Budżetowa

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).

The Committee on Budgets will vote on the general rapporteur for the 2024 budget, Mr Janusz Lewandowski's, guidelines for next year's budget.

The Committee on Budgets will receive high-level speakers to discuss in a hearing the EU budget and its impact on EU external action and its crisis response capacity. The hearing is held in view of the upcoming review of the EU’s long-term budget (multiannual financial framework 2021-2027).

On Monday 6 March 2023, 17:00 – 18:30, BUDG and ECON Members will hold an exchange of views on the implementation of InvestEU with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for the Budget and Administration, Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for the Economy, and Teresa Czerwińska, Vice President of the European Investment Bank.

In the context of EU economic, social and budgetary policies, the European Parliament and the Swedish Presidency organised the European Parliamentary Week 2023. It took place on 27 - 28 February 2023 in the European Parliament in Brussels.The Inter-Committee Meeting organised by the Committee on Budgets took place on Monday 27 February from 15.30 until 18.45.

The Committee on Budgets was in Chişinău, Moldova from 21 to 23 February 2023. The main objective of this mission was to assess Moldova's most pressing needs in terms of EU financial support, also in view of the country's candidate status.