26 Nov 2025
EP adopts EU budget for 2026
On 26 November 2025, the provisional agreement on the 2026 budget reached on 15 November 2025 between the European Parliament (EP) and the Council with Council was put to a final plenary vote. It was then signed into law by President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. The 2026 budget was adopted by 419 votes to 185, with 53 abstentions. The Council had endorsed the deal on 24 November 2025. In the provisional agreement, Parliament had negotiated an additional €372.7 million for its priorities on top of what the Commission had initially proposed in its draft budget.
Amongst others, the EP had negotiated an increase of funding for Horizon Europe by €20 million and for transport and energy networks by €23.5 million, to boost competitiveness and improve cross-border infrastructure. The EU’s environment and climate action instrument, the LIFE programme, will receive an additional €10 million in funding, while the EU4Health and Erasmus+ programmes will get an increase of a further €3 million each.
The total budget for 2026 is €192.8 billion in commitments, and €190.1 billion for payments, leaving a margin of €715.7 million below the 2026 Multiannual Financial Framework ceilings in commitments for unforeseen events. More details are available in the “elements for joint conclusion”, in this background briefing and the recent press release following the deal between Parliament and Council.
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