Amending budget 5/2018: reserve related to the support to Turkey; European Neighbourhood Instrument; humanitarian aid; WiFi4EU initiative

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of amending budget No 5/2018.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Definitive adoption (EU, Euratom) 2018/1691 of Amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2018.

CONTENT: Parliament stated that amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the 2018 financial year had been definitively adopted.

Amending budget No 5/2018 covers:

- the cancellation of the reserves of EUR 70 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 35 million in payment appropriations linked to assistance for Turkey from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II);

- the reinforcement of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) in commitment appropriations (EUR 70 million) and humanitarian aid in payment appropriations (EUR 35 million);

- the strengthening of the establishment plan of the innovation and networks Executive Agency (INEA) in the context of the WiFi4EU initiative, which aims to provide, free of charge and without discriminatory conditions, high-quality Internet access to residents and visitors in centres of local public life.

The European Parliament approved the Council's position on the draft amending budget on 2 October 2018 (see the summary of the resolution dated the same day).