2024 general budget: all sections
The European Parliament adopted by 579 votes to 79, with 30 abstentions, a legislative resolution approving the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure.
According to the elements for joint conclusions:
- the overall level of commitment appropriations in the 2024 budget is set at EUR 189 385.4 million. Overall, this leaves a margin below the MFF ceilings for 2024 of EUR 360.1 million in commitment appropriations.
- the overall level of payment appropriations in the 2024 budget is set at EUR 142 630.3 million. Overall, this leaves a margin below the MFF ceiling for 2024 of EUR 31 018.5 million in payment appropriations;
- the Flexibility Instrument for 2024 is mobilised in commitment appropriations for an amount of EUR 1 635.5 million, of which EUR 1 289.5 million for sub-heading 2b Resilience and Values, EUR 317.2 million for heading 5 Security and Defence and EUR 28.9 million for heading 6 Neighbourhood and the World;
- in accordance with the MFF Regulation, the Single Margin Instrument is mobilised in commitment appropriations for an amount of EUR 586.1 million, of which EUR 371.1 million for heading 6 Neighbourhood and the World and EUR 215 million for heading 7 European Public Administration.
The 2024 payment appropriations related to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument in the years 2021 to 2024 are estimated by the Commission at EUR 1 734.4 million.
Expenditure headings of the financial framework - commitment appropriations
Heading 1 - Single Market, Innovation and Digital
The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 21 493.4 million, leaving a margin of EUR 104,6 million under the expenditure ceiling of heading 1.
Sub-heading 2a - Economic, social and territorial Cohesion
Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget without any adjustments. As a consequence, the agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 64 665.2 million, leaving a margin of EUR 17.8 million under the expenditure ceiling of sub-heading 2a.
Sub-heading 2b - Resilience and Values
Erasmus+ is reinforced by EUR 60 million, in particular in order to make the programme more accessible for people with fewer opportunities. The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 9 895.5 million, with no margin left under the expenditure ceiling of sub-heading 2b and the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 1 289.5 million.
Heading 3 - Natural Resources and Environment
The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 57 338.6 million, leaving a margin of EUR 110.4 million under the expenditure ceiling of heading 3.
Heading 4 - Migration and Border Management
The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 3 892.7 million, leaving a margin of EUR 127.3 million under the expenditure ceiling of heading 4.
Heading 5 - Security and Defence
The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 2 321.2 million, with no margin left under the expenditure ceiling of heading 5 and the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 317.2 million.
Heading 6 - Neighbourhood and the World
The agreed level of commitment appropriations is set at EUR 16 230.0 million, with no margin left under the expenditure ceiling of heading 6 and the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 28.9 million and the mobilisation of the Single Margin Instrument for an amount of EUR 371.1 million.
Heading 7 - European Public Administration
The overall adjustment results in an increase of EUR 33.8 million of heading 7. Amendments introduced by the European Parliament to its own section are reinstated without modifications. Overall, this results in a level of appropriations of EUR 2 383.1 million, which represents an increase of EUR 27 707 693 in comparison with the Draft Budget as amended by Amending Letter 1/2024.