On
14 November 2015, the Council and the European Parliament reached an
agreement on the EU budget for 2016. Meeting in the Conciliation
Committee they agreed to set the total level of commitments at
€155.00 billion and of payments at €143.89 billion.
"The
budget agreed today is a concrete expression of solidarity both within
the EU and with third countries", said Pierre Gramegna, minister for
finance of Luxembourg and President of the Council. "It provides the EU
with the financial means to boost growth, create jobs and tackle the
migration crisis. And it keeps sufficient financial leeway to allow the
EU to react to unforeseen needs and events."
In a special effort in response to the migration crisis
the Council and the Parliament agreed on more than €2 billion in
commitments to provide emergency assistance to the member states hardest
hit and to non-EU countries hosting refugees, as well as for
humanitarian aid. The budget deal also reflects the importance that the
Council and the Parliament attach to promoting growth and creating jobs:
commitments for the EU research framework programme Horizon 2020 will
reach €9.54 billion, which is a €31.8 million increase compared to the
draft budget proposed by the Commission.
The
Council and the Parliament reaffirmed that reducing youth unemployment
remains a high political priority and committed to making the best
possible use of the youth employment initiative. The deal also includes a set of measures amounting in total to €698.0 million to support European farmers
to respond to the extension of the Russian embargo on imports of
certain agricultural products from the EU and to the difficult situation
notably in the dairy and pigmeat sector. As regards the commitment made
by the EU institutions in 2013 to reduce their staff by 5%
over the period 2013-2017 the Parliament promised to achieve this
target by 2019 while excluding temporary posts of political groups from
the scope of the reduction obligation.
Headings | 2016 EU budget (in mln of EUR) | ||
Commitments | Payments | ||
1. Smart and inclusive growth | 69,841 | 66,263 | |
- 1a. Competitiveness for growth and jobs | 19,010 | 17,418 | |
- 1b. Economic, social and territorial cohesion | 50,831 | 48,844 | |
2. Sustainable growth | 62,484 | 55,121 | |
3. Security and citizenship | 4,052 | 3,022 | |
4. Global Europe | 9,167 | 10,156 | |
5. Administration | 8,935 | 8,935 | |
Special instruments | 525 | 389 | |
TOTAL | 155,004 | 143,885 |
Next steps
The
Council and the Parliament now need to formally adopt the compromise.
The Council is due to proceed to this final step on 24 November and the
Parliament on 25 November.
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