Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1The LeftMotion for a resolution · Recital A (new)
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   A. whereas the European Union’s budget has a redistributive function as one of its main principles and it must therefore ensure that the Member States that have benefited most from the single market, the single currency and common policies throughout the integration process contribute more to the budget.

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2. Amendment 2The LeftMotion for a resolution · Recital B (new)
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   B. whereas, according to the working document ‘The Redistributive Function of the EU Budget’1a, the EU budget currently has a limited redistributive impact, and rebates and other compensation mechanisms affecting the contributions of some Member States further reduce the redistributive impact of the EU budget; 1a Pasimeni, P., & Riso, S. (2016). The Redistributive Function of the EU Budget (IMK Working Paper No. 174). HansBöcklerStiftung. Available at http://www.boeckler.de/imk_5016.htm

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3. Amendment 3The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 (new)
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   1. Calls for the EU budget to be ramped up in an effort to tackle the socio-economic plight that peoples and Member States are facing, which has been compounded by the rising cost of living, among other aspects;

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4. Amendment 4The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
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   -1a. Calls, further, for the budget’s redistributive function to be stepped up, providing support for efforts to achieve real convergence in economic and social progress between Member States;

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5. Amendment 6The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph -1 c (new)
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   -1c. Calls for the EU’s long-term budget to encourage the full harnessing of the development potential of each country, through public investment, by supporting and modernising productive and strategic sectors, investing in and boosting the efficiency of public services, creating jobs with rights and promoting full employment, working to eradicate poverty, combating social exclusion and inequality, conserving and restoring ecosystems, mitigating and adapting to climate change, and seeking to forge external relations rooted in solidarity, cooperation, mutual respect and peace;

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6. Amendment 7The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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   4a. Calls for the EU-Israel Association Agreement to be suspended, bearing in mind the prerogatives the agreement contains, following Israel’s brutal aggression against the Palestinian people; calls for the cancellation of Horizon 2020 funds that could be used in military or dual-use projects;

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7. Amendment 8The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 6 a (new)
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   6a. Calls for the next EU budget to include an increase in the allocations intended for public investment in transport infrastructure and for the promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility; calls for account to be taken of the urgent need for support for local and regional transport infrastructure in the Member States, and not only for transnational connections, with a particular focus on rail infrastructure; is opposed to the use of the EU budget to strengthen public-private partnerships, to further privatisation or to open up the transport sector;

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8. Amendment 9The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 6 b (new)
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   6b. Expresses its opposition to the allocation of budgetary appropriations to militarism, namely for war, weapons and military infrastructure, capacity and mobility; is against the growing militarisation of the EU; calls strongly for the reallocation of funds from the EU budget earmarked for militarisation programmes, redirecting them towards helping Member States to improve the economic and social picture on the basis of the principle of social and economic cohesion, to step up the responsiveness of public services, including in health, education and social security, and to uphold the right to decent and affordable housing for all;

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9. Amendment 10The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 6 c (new)
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   6c. Insists that the EU budget should support the defence of peace and disarmament, the UN Charter and international law, sovereignty and democracy, multilateralism, diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of international conflicts, the rights of peoples and human rights, and should promote a system of collective security for Europe with a view to creating an international order capable of ensuring peace and justice in relations between peoples;

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10. Amendment 11The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 7 a (new)
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    7a. Calls for the EU budget to include a programme protecting productive sectors and jobs, targeting those countries which, throughout the integration process, were the most disadvantaged by common policies, the Economic and Monetary Union and the single currency;

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11. Amendment 12The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 8 a (new)
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    8a. Calls, therefore, for a radical overhaul of the common agricultural policy in the next MFF, to put an end to the current unfair distribution of payments between countries, producers and types of production; to improve salaries for farmers with small and medium-sized holdings; to devolve responsibility for market and production regulation mechanisms to the Member States, guaranteeing the right to produce and fair production prices for each country; to push for food security and sovereignty in each country; to respect the particular characteristics of each country and region, with a view to regionalisation of the CAP; to make greater use of capping and modulation; and to allow a principle…

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12. Amendment 13The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 14
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    14. Stresses the strategic role of fisheries and aquaculture and the need for them to be adequately supported financially; acknowledges that the common fisheries policy ensures a stable income and long-term future for fishers by contributing to protecting sustainable marine ecosystems, which are key to the sector’s competitiveness; insists that special attention must be devoted to the EU’s fishing fleet in order to improve safety and security, including by combating illegal fishery actions and improving working conditions, energy efficiency and sustainability, as well as by renewing the fleet; reaffirms that the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund should support a human resourc…

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    14. Criticises the cuts to EMFAF allocations in the 2025 budget; stresses the strategic role of fisheries and aquaculture and the need for them to receive adequate financial support; calls for the 2026 budget to compensate for the cuts made in 2025 and to increase the allocations in the EMFAF to enable the fisheries sector to address, in an ambitious and practical way, the increase in production costs faced by fisheries, in particular small-scale, artisanal and coastal fisheries; believes that the EMFAF should help ensure a stable income and long-term future for fishers, help establish compensation and support mechanisms for fishers in the light of the instability of the profession, help sup…

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13. Amendment 14The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 10 b (new)
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    10b. Calls for the creation of additional and specific EU funding for the expansion and renovation of the public housing stock, the fight against property speculation and the defence of the right to decent and affordable housing for all;

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14. Amendment 15The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
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    11a. Advocates marshalling financial resources so as to guarantee the universal right to water and sanitation and the defence of public water and public ownership and management of water and sanitation services;

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15. Amendment 16The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 14 a (new)
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    14a. Believes that, in view of rising living costs and their substantial impact on the lives of workers and their families, deepening inequality and social injustice, the persistently high level of poverty and social exclusion, the 2026 budget needs to allocate significantly more resources to the European Social Fund Plus, so as to help Member States address these challenges;

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16. Amendment 17The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 14 b (new)
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    14b. Points out that, at the end of 2023, around 20 million children were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, which is roughly one quarter of all children in the EU; believes, therefore, that the EU’s budget needs to step up efforts to combat poverty among children, including migrant children, children with disabilities and children living in precarious family situations, in accordance with the European Child Guarantee; reiterates its earlier calls for the ESF+ envelope to include a specific and significant budget for fighting child poverty;

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17. Amendment 18The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 20 a (new)
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    20a. Calls for the 2026 budget to include the objective of allocating at least 0.7 % of the EU Member States’ Gross Domestic Product to official development assistance, as per the aim laid down in UN General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970 and repeated in paragraph 43 of the document ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’;

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18. Amendment 19The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 c (new)
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    21c. Calls for the principle of economic, social and territorial cohesion to be defined as a horizontal principle in the EU budget, making the assessment of the impact on cohesion between and within Member States of all expenditure, policies or actions a requirement, with the aim of promoting effective convergence in economic and social progress;

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19. Amendment 20The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 24 a (new)
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    24a. Calls for more funding for the programmes addressing remoteness and insularity (POSEI), the restoration of a POSEI scheme for fisheries and the creation of a new POSEI scheme for transport, in order to protect and raise the profile of the outermost regions by means of financial resources, programmes and measures (whether permanent or exceptional) supporting insular regional economies;

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20. Amendment 21Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 32 a (new)
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    32a. Recalls that humanitarian and development aid can only be safely and effectively delivered when there is communication to all relevant actors on the ground; notes that, according to reports from released hostages, Hamas has diverted humanitarian aid; recalls that Israel, following a unanimous decision of its parliament, has cut off all contact with international staff of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Israeli territory, thereby eliminating international oversight of UNRWA’s operations in Gaza; warns that this raises the risk of further aid diversion by Hamas and the lack of control over educational content for children; calls for the EU to redirect fund…

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21. Amendment 22RenewMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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    25a. Calls for the full and urgent implementation of the Agreement establishing an interinstitutional body for ethical standards for members of institutions and advisory bodies referred to in Article 13 of the Treaty on European Union; believes that the Huawei corruption scandal adds special urgency to starting the work of the body without delay; commits to providing the necessary financial and human resources to allow the body to fulfil its mandate and implement its tasks properly;

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22. Amendment 23PPE, Renew, S&DMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21
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    21. Highlights the ever-increasing threats and dangers of organised and targeted disinformation campaigns against the EU by foreign stakeholders undermining European democracy; calls for the mobilisation of all relevant Union programmes, including Creative Europe, to fund actions in 2026 that promote inclusive digital and media literacy, in particular for young people, combating disinformation, countering online hate speech and extremist content, while encouraging the active participation of citizens in democratic processes and safeguarding media freedom and pluralism for good cultural resilience, all of which are fundamental to a thriving democracy;

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    21. Highlights the ever-increasing threats and dangers of organised and targeted disinformation campaigns against the EU by foreign stakeholders undermining European democracy; calls for the mobilisation of all relevant Union programmes, including Creative Europe to fund actions in 2026 that promote inclusive digital and media literacy, in particular for young people, combating disinformation, countering online hate speech and extremist content, while encouraging active participation of citizens in democratic processes and safeguarding media freedom and pluralism for good cultural resilience, all of which are fundamental to a thriving democracy; deplores the recent decisions by the US admini…

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23. Amendment 24ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12
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    12. Recalls the vital role that the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund play in protecting external borders; calls, in addition, for appropriate funding for border protection capabilities, including physical infrastructure, buildings, equipment, systems and services required at border crossing points, as provided for in Annex III to the BMVI Regulation21, and for the requirements to be met in terms of reception conditions, integration, return and readmission procedure; reaffirms that cooperation agreements with non-EU countries in full respect of international law can help to prevent irregular migr…

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    12. Recalls the vital role that the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund play in protecting external borders; calls, in addition, for appropriate funding for border protection capabilities, including border barriers, return hubs in non-EU countries, physical infrastructure, buildings, equipment, systems and services required at border crossing points, as provided for, but not limited thereto, in Annex III to the BMVI Regulation21, and for the requirements to be met in terms of reception conditions, integration, return and readmission procedure; reaffirms that cooperation agreements with non-EU count…

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24. Amendment 25ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 a (new)
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    12a. Recalls that cooperation with non-EU countries, particularly in the Mediterranean region and south-eastern Europe, is essential for a sustainable migration strategy; emphasises that establishing return hubs outside the EU, supported by EU co-financing, would increase return rates of illegal non-EU nationals;

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25. Amendment 26ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 16 a (new)
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    16a. Recalls that families are the main pillar that supports the social expenditure of the EU, especially those with children in their care, and that they therefore must be the subject of special attention in all aspects of the EU budget, in the fiscal policy recommendations and in the European Pillar of Social Rights priorities;

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26. Amendment 27ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 17
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    17. Is highly concerned by the strong impacts of climate change and the biodiversity crisis both in Europe and globally and by the fact that the year 2024 was assessed to be the planet’s warmest year on record; calls for sufficient funding for the LIFE programme to finance climate and environment-related projects, including in the area of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and for increased budgetary flexibility to adequately respond to natural disasters in the EU; regrets that increasing numbers of natural disasters have led to a high number of victims, as well as to long-term devastating effects on citizens, farmers and businesses based and working in the regions concerned, as well…

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    17. Is highly concerned by the strong impacts of climate change and the biodiversity crisis both in Europe and globally and by the fact that the year 2024 was assessed to be the planet’s warmest year on record; regrets that increasing numbers of natural disasters have led to a high number of victims, as well as to long-term devastating effects on citizens, farmers and businesses based and working in the regions concerned, as well as in the ecosystems impacted; calls for increased funding for the EU Solidarity Fund, RESTORE (Regional Emergency Support to Reconstruction) and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, including for increasing rescEU capacities, which allow for more cost-efficient capac…

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27. Amendment 28ECRMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 39
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    39. Stresses that the 2026 Union budget should be aligned with the Union’s ambitions of making the Union climate neutral by 2050 at the latest, as well as the Union’s international commitments, in particular under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, and should significantly contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal and the 2030 biodiversity strategy;

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    39. Stresses that the 2026 Union budget should be aligned with the Union’s ambitions of making the Union climate neutral by 2050 at the latest, as well as the Union’s international commitments, in particular under the Paris Agreement and the Kunming-Montreal Agreement, and should significantly contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal and the 2030 biodiversity strategy; reaffirms that the goals of the Green Deal cannot be achieved without nuclear energy; considers that the Union must prioritise defence over climate spending given the scarcity of the resources;

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28. Amendment 29PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11
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    11. Highlights, in the face of new challenges in internal and external security, the importance of ensuring proper implementation of the Asylum and Migration Pact, in full compliance with international human rights law, and of respecting the principles of solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibility; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders, both land and maritime, are essential for maintaining the freedoms of the Schengen area and crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to better protect people from trafficking and enhance support to strengthen cross-border cooperation between the Member States and the Union in comb…

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    11. Highlights, in the face of new challenges in internal and external security, the importance of ensuring proper implementation of the Asylum and Migration Pact, in full compliance with international human rights law, and of respecting the principles of solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibility; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders, inland, air and maritime, are essential for maintaining the freedoms of the Schengen area and crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to better protect people by preventing trafficking and enhance support to strengthen cross-border cooperation between the Member States and the Un…

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29. Amendment 30PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12
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    12. Recalls the vital role that the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund play in protecting external borders; calls, in addition, for appropriate funding for border protection capabilities, including physical infrastructure, buildings, equipment, systems and services required at border crossing points, as provided for in Annex III to the BMVI Regulation21, and for the requirements to be met in terms of reception conditions, integration, return and readmission procedure; reaffirms that cooperation agreements with non-EU countries in full respect of international law can help to prevent irregular migr…

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    12. Recalls the vital role that the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI) and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund play in protecting external borders; calls, in addition, for adequate funding for border protection capabilities as an essential part of a comprehensive migration policy, including physical infrastructure, buildings, equipment, systems and services required at border crossing points, as provided for in Annex III to the BMVI Regulation21, and for the requirements to be met in terms of reception conditions, integration, return and readmission procedure; reaffirms that cooperation agreements on migration and asylum management with…

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30. Amendment 31PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 a (new)
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    12a. Stresses the importance of protecting the integrity of the EU’s asylum system and appropriate funding for border protection capabilities, including physical infrastructure, as an essential part of a comprehensive migration policy; underlines the need to counter hybrid threats, such as the instrumentalisation of migrants, as well as human trafficking and migrant smuggling, through strengthened border security;

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31. Amendment 32PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 b (new)
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    12b. Stresses the need for Member States to put in place specific arrangements with third countries for the purpose of ensuring effective returns subject to the condition that international human right standards and the principle of non-refoulement are respected by the third country concerned;

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32. Amendment 33PPEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 19 a (new)
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    19a. Recalls that families are the main pillar that supports the burden of social expenditure in the EU, especially those with children in their care; notes, at the same time, that families are also those who are suffering the most and enduring the consequences of the successive economic crises that we have suffered over the last 15 years; stresses, for all these reasons, that they must be the subject of special attention in the relevant aspects of the EU budget and of the European Pillar of Social Rights priorities;

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33. Amendment 34ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1 a (new)
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    1a. Stresses that the 2026 budget should avoid creating burdens for citizens and must aim to be more efficient, transparent and performance-based, providing concrete reductions in administrative expenditure and granting an efficient and accountable use of taxpayers’ money; underlines also the need to properly evaluate which funds could be better managed at national level in order to ensure full respect for the principle of subsidiarity;

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34. Amendment 35ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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    3a. Highlights that new measures adopted at EU level should not create an additional burden on SMEs;

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35. Amendment 36ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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    4a. Calls for a redirection of Horizon Europe funds towards technological innovation, and an end to its scattering on topics such as ‘Eco-Islam in Indonesia’, ‘White Islam: a new religion for Europeans’, ‘Integrating gender norms into innovation processes’, ‘Intersectional approach to energy solutions’ or ‘Gendered analysis of virtual reality’; calls for an end to the requirement to ‘integrate the gender dimension into research and innovation projects’ and to the obligation to ‘adopt a gender equality plan’ in order to apply for Horizon Europe funding;

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36. Amendment 37ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11
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    11. Highlights, in the face of new challenges in internal and external security, the importance of ensuring proper implementation of the Asylum and Migration Pact, in full compliance with international human rights law, and of respecting the principles of solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibility; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders, both land and maritime, are essential for maintaining the freedoms of the Schengen area and crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to better protect people from trafficking and enhance support to strengthen cross-border cooperation between the Member States and the Union in comb…

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    11. Calls for the withdrawal of the Asylum and Migration Pact, and the introduction of real and efficient controls at the Schengen borders; stresses that effective protection of the EU’s external borders is essential to prevent illegal immigration and for the proper functioning of the Schengen area, and is crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; calls for the establishment of hubs outside the Schengen borders, where asylum seekers would await a decision on whether to be granted asylum or sent back to their country of arrival; calls for support from EU funds for the construction of physical barriers at the Schengen borders; underlines the need to strengthen the fight against crim…

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37. Amendment 38ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
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    11a. Underlines the failure of EU policies on preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the use of funding allocated in the field of migration, asylum and border management and the role played by instruments such as the Internal Security Fund and the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, which should guarantee the proper implementation of a rigorous asylum policy in accordance with international standards, while blocking illegal immigration and ensuring border controls and an adequate repatriation policy;

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38. Amendment 39ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 13 a (new)
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    13a. Considers that CAP subsidies, currently conditional on compliance with environmental criteria, do not encourage production, require complex administrative procedures for farmers and costly controls for Member States; Calls for an all-round simplification of the CAP in order to encourage agricultural production in Europe and ensure the continent’s food security;

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39. Amendment 40ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 15 a (new)
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    15a. Calls on the Member States to provide additional investments in nuclear energy;

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40. Amendment 41ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 18 a (new)
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    18a. Underlines that health is an exclusive competence of the Member States; calls for the EU not to provide funding to projects related to gender theories or gender equality;

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41. Amendment 42ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 a (new)
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    21a. Reaffirms the importance of freedom of expression and freedom of the press as the best guarantee against totalitarian trends; considers, furthermore, that the ‘Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values’ programme has become primarily a tool for ideological propaganda and that, in a context of budgetary difficulties for the Member States, its budget must be considerably reduced; considers that the ‘Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values’ programme should benefit only Member States and not candidate countries;

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42. Amendment 43ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 27
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    27. Observes that the need for the EU to maintain and augment its presence on the global stage is increasingly crucial amid escalating global conflicts, geopolitical shifts and foreign influence efforts worldwide, particularly considering developments with other major global providers of aid; stresses that in order to achieve this, the Union requires sufficient funding and resources to act, including to respond to major crises in its neighbourhood and throughout the world, in particular in the light of the sudden decrease in international funding; stresses the importance of the humanitarian aid programme and regrets that resources are not increasing in line with record-high needs; underscore…

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    27. Observes that the need for the EU Member States to maintain a strong presence on the global stage is increasingly crucial amid escalating global conflicts, geopolitical shifts, foreign influence efforts worldwide, and the evolving dynamics of the EU’s relationships with other global political powers; stresses that this context must not be used as a pretext for the Union to increase its resources, worsening the budgetary imbalances of Member States or the tax burden on their citizens;

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43. Amendment 44ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 28
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    28. Underlines that the EU’s security environment has changed dramatically following Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and unpredictable changes in the policies of its main allies; recalls the importance of enhancing citizens’ safety and of achieving efficiency in the area of defence and strategic autonomy, through a comprehensive approach to security that covers military and civilian capabilities, external relations and internal security; stresses the importance of the Internal Security Fund to ensure funding to tackle increased levels of serious organised crime with a cross-border dimension and cybercrime; recognises the pressure which increased…

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    28. Underlines that the EU’s security environment has changed dramatically following Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine; recalls the importance of enhancing citizens’ safety and that military and civilian capabilities, external relations and internal security are exclusive competences of the Member States;

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44. Amendment 45ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 31 a (new)
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    31a. Considers that pre-accession funds for countries applying to join the Union are an unnecessary expense given the current state of budgetary imbalances in Member States and the tax burden on Europeans;

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45. Amendment 46ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 32 a (new)
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    32a. Stresses that any funding under the NDICI should be made conditional on the effective implementation of repatriation agreements;

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46. Amendment 47ESNMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 33 a (new)
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    33a. Recalls that every euro spent by the Union is taken from the fruits of fellow citizens’ labour;

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47. Amendment 48PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 1
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    1. Highlights the anticipated economic growth projected for 2025 and 2026 within the EU19, accompanied by an easing of inflation; notes nonetheless the uncertainties stemming from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, which directly threatens the security of the EU, and the worsening effects of climate change and the biodiversity crisis, also manifested in the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, which are compounded by new significant geopolitical changes and a deteriorating international rules-based order, heightened security threats and a rise in global protectionism; emphasises that, in such an increasingly volatile landscape, it is imperative for the EU to enha…

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    1. Highlights the anticipated economic growth projected for 2025 and 2026 within the EU19, accompanied by an easing of inflation; notes nonetheless the uncertainties stemming from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, which are compounded by new significant geopolitical changes and a deteriorating international rules-based order, heightened security threats and a rise in global protectionism; emphasises that, in such an increasingly volatile landscape, it is imperative that sovereign nations strengthen their defence capabilities and that the Union reinforce its security capacities, social, economic and territorial cohesion and po…

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48. Amendment 49PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 2 a (new)
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    2a. Recalls, that a bombshell report revealed the European Commission’s brazen misuse of taxpayer funds, funnelling billions into a shadowy network of NGOs and think tanks to promote its own political agenda and silence dissenting voices; condemns this enormous EU-NGO propaganda complex, which undermines democracy and constitutes a massive betrayal of European citizens;

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49. Amendment 50PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 3 a (new)
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    3a. Highlights that the Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal declares that competitiveness is a horizontal issue and as such it should be mainstreamed in all policies; recalls that competitiveness is to be improved not through redistribution, but through the creation of an appropriate enabling framework; requests that the starting point should be simplification and deregulation on the EU level;

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50. Amendment 51PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 4 a (new)
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    4a. Calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision, which excludes Hungarian universities and researchers from the Horizon Europe programme;

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51. Amendment 52PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 a (new)
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    11a. Highlights the failure of the Union’s policies to prevent migratory flows and human trafficking; stresses that effective management and protection of the EU’s external borders is essential for the proper functioning of the Schengen area, and is crucial for the security of the EU and its citizens; emphasises the need to direct European funds towards strengthening repatriation measures and securing the Union’s external borders to ensure a more effective and coherent management of migration challenges; demands the allocation of adequate funds for the construction and reinforcement of physical barriers at the Union’s external borders; underlines the need to strengthen the fight against crim…

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52. Amendment 53PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 b (new)
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    11b. Calls for the mobilisation of substantial Union funds and means to support Member States in reinforcing external borders protection capabilities and infrastructure such as walls, means of surveillance, including aerial surveillance, and equipment; proposes to cover the costs to build and maintain physical border barriers that are an essential part of a comprehensive migration policy, which should aim at preventing illegal entry, human smuggling and hybrid attacks, and detaining asylum seekers at the external borders;

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53. Amendment 54PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 c (new)
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    11c. Regrets that the European Court of Justice imposed a fine on Hungary for not letting migrants enter the country before a final decision is made on their application; requests that the Commission use part of the EUR 2 billion due for border protection expenses for Hungary to finance the fine imposed on Hungary by the European Court of Justice;

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54. Amendment 55PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 d (new)
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    11d. Demands that securing the EU’s external borders must be a top priority in the 2026 EU budget, with a focus on preventing illegal migration and stopping the activities of human trafficking networks; calls for stronger financial and operational support for front-line Member States’ border protection efforts, particularly those most affected by migratory pressures, while ensuring that border security remains the sovereign responsibility of national authorities;

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55. Amendment 56PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 11 e (new)
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    11e. Expresses its deep concern over the fact that the Commission has funded or co-financed campaigns promoting the wearing of the veil, asserting, for example, that ‘freedom is in the hijab’; emphasises that the Union’s budget must no longer finance future campaigns that directly or indirectly promote the wearing of the veil;

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56. Amendment 57PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 a (new)
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    12a. Underlines the failure of Union policies in preventing migration flows and human trafficking; reiterates its concerns about the role played by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), which should guarantee the proper implementation of a rigorous asylum policy in accordance with international standards, while blocking illegal migration and ensuring border controls and an adequate repatriation policy;

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57. Amendment 58PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 12 b (new)
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    12b. Calls for a reduction in the budget of the Fundamental Rights Agency, given the presence of fundamental rights officers in several agencies, such as Frontex; calls for the strengthening of the Frontex agency through an increase in appropriations to recruit permanent agents equipped with service weapons to assist Member States in defending the external borders, as well as for the acquisition of control equipment, including land, air and sea surveillance systems; notes that this increase should also enable the permanent corps to contribute to the digitalisation of border controls, in particular through the new ETIAS system for entry and exit, and should ensure access to relevant databases…

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58. Amendment 59PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 13 a (new)
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    13a. Is deeply concerned about the association agreement between the EU and Mercosur, which will facilitate the massive import of low-cost agricultural products that do not comply with the strict environmental, social and health standards imposed on European producers; regrets the Commission’s commitment to allocate EUR 1.8 billion to support Mercosur countries, while European farmers will be negatively impacted by the trade agreement that will increase unfair competition;

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59. Amendment 60PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 15 a (new)
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    15a. Regrets the fact that poor political choices made at European level in the field of energy – particularly regarding Europe’s supply decisions since the war in Ukraine began – have compounded the effects of the European energy market system, which plays a major role in driving inflation;

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60. Amendment 61PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 15 b (new)
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    15b. Regrets the fact that the economic policy pursued in Brussels condemns Europe to defeat in the face of global economic competitors; notes that while sustainability is important, the way it is promoted through the Green Deal by the Commission is ruining Europe; recalls that the result of this policy is that Europeans pay three times more for electricity and five times more for natural gas than their American competitors, which prevents European companies from maintaining their global competitiveness; calls for an entirely new energy policy, in which energy sanctions must be lifted and artificially closed energy transport routes reopened;

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61. Amendment 62PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 19 a (new)
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    19a. Calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its discriminative decision, which excludes Hungarian universities, students, teachers and researchers from the Erasmus+ mobility programmes;

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62. Amendment 63PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 a (new)
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    21a. Stresses and deplores the increasing alarmist rhetoric and the systematic fear-mongering propagated by the EU;

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63. Amendment 64PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22
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    22. Calls on the Commission to increase EU funding for protecting citizens, religious communities and public spaces against terrorist threats, combating radicalisation and terrorist content online, as well as countering hate speech and rising antisemitism, anti-Muslim hatred and racism;

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    22. Calls on the Commission to increase EU funding for protecting citizens of all religions and public spaces against terrorist threats, combating radicalisation and terrorist content online, as well as countering hate speech and rising antisemitism, anti-Christian hatred, anti-Muslim hatred and racism;

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64. Amendment 65PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 a (new)
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    22a. Regrets the increasing number of hate crimes directed against Christians and other religious communities; recalls that Christians are the most persecuted religious community in the world; further urges the Commission to dedicate funding to prevent the targeting of religious communities, and in particular Christian and Jewish communities, which have been targeted in Europe in recent months; urges the Commission to prioritise the protection of citizens and all religious communities and to support the combating of terrorist threats, particularly focusing on radicalisation and terrorist content online;

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65. Amendment 66PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 24 a (new)
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    24a. Demands that the EU stop funding illegal migration, financing progressive left-wing media attacking Member States’ sovereignty and promoting the spread of woke propaganda or war propaganda from the EU budget; requests in this regard that both direct and indirect support channelled through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) be ended and no money should be spent on promoting the Commission’s false political agenda;

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66. Amendment 67PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 a (new)
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    26a. Recalls that the former Commissioner responsible for negotiating the anti-corruption framework and the rule of law with Member States during the past five years is now under criminal investigation for money laundering and other corruption-related crimes; condemns the use of rule of law conditionality for politically motivated ideological attacks on Member States; highlights that in these attacks the Commission used NGOs and leftist media outlets and financed them from EU funds; demands therefore that these attacks against national sovereignty misusing the rule of law conditionality be stopped;

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67. Amendment 68PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 b (new)
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    26b. Demands that the politically motivated blocking of Hungarian cohesion and Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funds be lifted immediately and those funds must be paid out fully to Hungary;

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68. Amendment 69PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 c (new)
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    26c. Rejects the continuation of the current ‘rule of law conditionality’ system and, moreover, the further strengthening and extending of conditionalities; recalls that any initiative on strengthening or extending conditionalities goes against simplification and competitiveness by making it more difficult and time-consuming for Member States to receive funding;

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69. Amendment 70PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 d (new)
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    26d. Stresses the need to eliminate from the Union budget a large number of harmful or incompetently incurred expenditures that do not align with its mandate, to combat fraud more effectively and to establish a European DOGE in order to create budgetary margins for non-ideological spending that is genuinely useful to citizens;

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70. Amendment 71PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 28 a (new)
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    28a. Is convinced that there is no military solution to the conflict and that peace is the only viable and lasting response; strongly supports the efforts undertaken by the United States, Ukraine and Russia to pursue diplomatic avenues towards reaching a lasting peace agreement;

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71. Amendment 72PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 28 b (new)
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    28b. Underlines the fact that Ukraine received unprecedented support of EUR 134 billion from the EU and Member States up to 2024; demands that the EU’s financial interests and the protection of these funds be ensured and guaranteed in the same way as within the European Union;

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72. Amendment 73PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 34 a (new)
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    34a. Recalls that there is no need to introduce new own resources, since the current own resources system is completely capable of delivering the amounts needed;

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73. Amendment 74PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 36 a (new)
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    36a. Stresses that the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) and the Union’s outermost regions require specific support owing to their remoteness; draws particular attention to the difficulties of accessing drinking water and ensuring sound sanitation, as well as to the poor condition of water distribution networks, which are common issues in both the OCTs and outermost regions; notes with concern that while these issues are priorities in the Union’s external humanitarian action, the OCTs and outermost regions of the Union do not appear to receive the support they deserve with regard to these serious problems;

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74. Amendment 75PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 41 a (new)
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    41a. Urges the immediate cessation of all funding for organisations that directly or indirectly support groups designated terrorist by the Union;

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75. Amendment 76PfEMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 42 a (new)
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    42a. Demands that the EU stop funding media that attack Member States’ sovereignty and that promote the spread of woke or war propaganda; requests, in this regard, that both direct and indirect support channelled through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) be ceased and no money spent on promoting the Commission’s false political agenda;

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76. Amendment 77Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 32 a (new)
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    32a. Is committed to significantly increasing financial assistance to the Palestinian people in order to promote peace and reconciliation in the Middle East; expects, at the same time, the removal of antisemitic content from Palestinian schoolbooks and the discontinuation of Palestinian benefit schemes that provide financial allowances to individuals or their families for involvement in acts of terrorism;

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77. Amendment 78Motion for a resolution · Paragraph 26 a (new)
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    26a. Recalls that the Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities; criticises political efforts both from within and outside the Union to undermine these values; deplores the increase in homophobia, misogyny, xenophobia, Islamophobia, and antisemitism; calls on the Commission to use its budgetary powers, both within the Union and in its external actions, to combat incitement to hatred, discrimination and violence based on sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics, nationality, religious affiliation or…

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78. Amendment 79The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 18
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    18. Insists that continued investment in EU4Health and Cluster Health in Horizon Europe are key to improving health and preparedness for future health crises, thereby improving the health status of EU citizens; stresses the need for health investments for maximum impact; highlights its support for a holistic regulatory and funding approach to Europe’s life sciences and biotech ecosystem, including the creation of cutting-edge European clusters of excellence, as a central pillar of a stronger European health union, to which a European plan for cardiovascular diseases and lifestyles should be added, focusing on primary and secondary prevention as key objectives to increase life expectancy in t…

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    18. Insists that continued investment in EU4Health and Cluster Health in Horizon Europe are key to improving health and preparedness for future health crises, thereby improving the health status of EU citizens; stresses the need for health investments for maximum impact; highlights its support for a holistic regulatory and funding approach to Europe’s life sciences and biotech ecosystem, including the creation of cutting-edge European clusters of excellence, as a central pillar of a stronger European health union, to which a European plan for cardiovascular diseases and lifestyles should be added, focusing on primary and secondary prevention as key objectives to increase life expectancy in t…

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79. Amendment 80The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 21 b (new)
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    21b. Calls on the Commission to increase and sustain funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, recognising the Agency’s crucial role in delivering essential services to an increasingly vulnerable population in the Middle East and ensuring the uninterrupted provision of humanitarian assistance;

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80. Amendment 81The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 17 a (new)
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    17a. Calls on the Commission to increase the funding for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in order to support the work of the International Criminal Court, in particular in the field of witness protection and support for victims, in light of recent US attacks threatening the survival of this international body and its victims compensation fund;

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81. Amendment 82The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 a (new)
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    22a. Recalls that more than 21 % of Europeans are at risk of poverty or social exclusion; recalls that the wealth of the top 0.5 % wealthiest individuals has increased by 35 % over the last 10 years; underlines the fact that the EU Tax Observatory published new figures on 14 March 2025 showing that implementing a minimum tax of 3 % at the EU level on the wealth of people owning more than EUR 100 million could raise EUR 121 billion for the EU’s own resources; calls, therefore, on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce this wealth tax as an EU own resource;

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82. Amendment 83The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 b (new)
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    22b. Underlines that both the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank acknowledge that more than half of current price inflation is driven by companies increasing their profit margins; calls on the Commission, therefore, to make a new proposal for an own resource based on a permanent taxation of the windfall profits of multinational enterprises in all sectors, especially the agri-food sector;

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83. Amendment 84The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 c (new)
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    22c. Calls on the Commission to make a new proposal to introduce a luxury carbon tax on luxury goods, including yachts, private jets and SUVs, as a new own resource; recalls that such a tax would be socially just, help mitigate climate change and could be more effective than a classic carbon tax;

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84. Amendment 85The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 d (new)
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    22d. Recalls that the Commission needs to take further timely action to increase the EU’s own resources; underlines that in line with the legally binding Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020, the Commission should present a genuine tax on financial transactions which could raise more than EUR 50 billion per year, based on the details of the financial transaction tax which should have been implemented under enhanced cooperation according to the 2013 agreement;

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85. Amendment 86The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 e (new)
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    22e. Underlines that the Commission needs to take further timely actions to increase the EU’s own resources and to fight tax avoidance; recalls that, according to the EU Tax Observatory, multinational corporations (MNEs) booked USD 1 trillion in profits in tax havens in 2022 – half of which were in tax havens in the EU; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the Member States to collect the tax deficit of MNEs – that is the difference between what a corporation pays in taxes globally and what that corporation would have to pay if all its profits were subject to a minimum tax rate of 25 % in each of the countries where it operates;

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86. Amendment 87The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 f (new)
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    22f. Calls on the Commission to introduce a tax on ecological and social dumping at the borders of the European Economic Area as a new own resource, including all sectors of activity such as raw materials and finished and semi-finished products;

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87. Amendment 88The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 22 g (new)
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    22g. Calls on the Commission to introduce a tax on kerosene as a new own resource allocated to the planning of the decline of the air transport sector, the support of its employees and the development of alternative means of transport;

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88. Amendment 89The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 a (new)
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    25a. Underlines that the salaries and benefits received by Commissioners, MEPs and the President of the European Council are very generous; is concerned that these disproportionately high salaries completely alienate them from people’s everyday lives, needs and struggles; considers, therefore, that allocating them more reasonable salaries and benefits would increase the chance of the 2026 budget proposals being more in line with working people’s needs;

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89. Amendment 90The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 b (new)
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    25b. Proposes cutting the basic monthly salaries of all Commissioners by 50 %;

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90. Amendment 91The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 c (new)
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    25c. Proposes cutting the basic monthly salary of the President of the European Council by 50 %;

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91. Amendment 92The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 d (new)
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    25d. Proposes suppressing the transition allowances of former MEPs, Commissioners and the President of the European Council; asks for them to be able to apply for unemployment benefits in the same way as regular workers;

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92. Amendment 93The LeftMotion for a resolution · Paragraph 25 e (new)
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    25e. Underlines that the salaries and benefits of the highest-ranking EU officials, such as heads of directorates, are very generous, often exceeding EUR 250 000 annually; is concerned that these disproportionately high salaries distance them from the everyday lives, needs, and struggles of citizens; stresses that such remuneration does not effectively prevent corruption, as some EU officials have already been implicated in past corruption scandals, such as Qatargate;

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