2006 budget: other sections

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS (EPP-ED, LV) on the EU's draft general budget for 2006 (institutions other than the Commission) and mostly focused on the Parliament and its targets for the coming year.

General framework:Parliament was in favour of leaving an adequate margin under the ceiling of heading 5 (Administrative expenditure). It proposed restoring some EUR 7.7 million out of the EUR 15.1 million cut made by Council in its first reading on the budgets of the other institutions (excluding Parliament and the Council).

Section I - European Parliament:20% of the European institutions' administrative resources are dedicated to the European Parliament.  With an estimated maximum of EUR 1341 million at its disposal, the Parliament decided to further limit its spending with a proposed cut of EUR 20m to EUR 1321 million. Parliament emphasised that this was not a precedent for future years. It also decided to enter in the reserve of the 'Provisional appropriations to cover the institution's property investments' (Item 2009) an amount of EUR 15 million to allow the continuing acquisition of buildings.

Furthermore, EUR 20 million will be put in an "information and communication reserve".  Finally Parliament decided, in addition to the amount of EUR 13.8 million entered in its estimates, to make available further appropriations totalling EUR 9 726 000 in connection with preparations for Romanian and Bulgarian accession

For the remaining sections, please see the summary dated 13/10/2005.