2023 general budget: all sections

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of the annual budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023.

CONTENT: the President of the European Parliament noted that the procedure laid down in Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union had been completed and that the annual budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 had been definitively adopted.

BUDGET FOR 2023

The Council and the European Parliament reached agreement on an EU budget for 2023 which strongly focuses on the main priorities of EU action.

Total commitments are set at EUR 186.6 billion. This is an increase of 1.1% compared to the 2022 budget as amended. A margin of EUR 0.4 billion has been kept available under the expenditure ceilings of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027, to allow the EU to meet unforeseen needs.

Total payments amount to EUR 168.6 billion, an increase of 1% compared to 2022.

The budget would allow the EU to mobilise significant funds to help mitigate the severe consequences of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine in the country but also in the southern neighbourhood and Member States. It would also support the ongoing sustainable recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and protect and create jobs. It would trigger further investments into a greener, more digital and more resilient Europe, while protecting the most vulnerable in its neighbourhood and around the world.

More specifically, the following allocations are foreseen:

- Targeted increases for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe (EUR 12.3 billion), mainly for Ukraine and Moldova, the migration issue in the Southern Neighbourhood as well as the Humanitarian Aid programme (EUR 1.8 billion) to address crisis situations worldwide;

- EUR 1.5 billion for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, and EUR 956.8 million for the Integrated Border Management Fund;

- EUR 3 billion for the Connecting Europe Facility for modern, high-performance transport infrastructure to facilitate cross-border connections;

- EUR 3.7 billion for Erasmus+, as well as EUR 332.8 million for the cultural and creative sectors under the Creative Europe programme;

- EUR 62.9 billion to support the ongoing recovery by boosting investment in economic, social and territorial cohesion;

- EUR 53.6 billion for the Common Agricultural Policy;

- EUR 12.4 billion for Horizon Europe to support EU research;

- EUR 602.8 million for the Single Market Programme;

- EUR 739.3 million for the EU4Health programme to support the European Health Union;

- EUR 1.5 billion for the Just Transition Fund to ensure the transition to climate neutrality for all and EUR 755.5 million for the LIFE programme for environment and climate action;

- EUR 309.9 million for the Internal Security Fund, and EUR 945.7 million for the European Defence Fund;

- EUR 295.2 million for military mobility.

APPROPRIATIONS BY MFF HEADINGS (in millions of euros)

1. Single Market, Innovation and Digital

- Commitments: 21 548

- Payments: 20 901

2. Cohesion, Resilience and Values

- Commitments: 70 587

- Payments: 58 059

3. Natural Resources and Environment

- Commitments: 57 259

- Payments: 57 456

4. Migration and Border Management

- Commitments: 3 727

- Payments: 3 038

5. Security and Defence

- Commitments: 2 117

- Payments: 1 208

6. Neighbourhood and the World

- Commitments: 17 212

- Payments: 13 995

7. European Public Administration

- Commitments: 11 311

- Payments: 11 311

Special instruments

- Commitments: 2 855

- Payments: 2 680

Appropriations as % of GNI (gross national income)

- Commitments: 1.14%      

- Payments: 1.03%.