On 7 July 2026, the European Parliament adopted a resolution approving the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2026, which enters the EUR 2 095 million surplus from the 2025 financial year into the 2026 budget. The resolution, adopted in plenary, formally endorses the reduction of Member States' GNI-based contributions by the surplus amount, in line with Article 18(3) of the Financial Regulation. Parliament welcomed that the surplus is driven primarily by higher customs duties (EUR 860 million) and financial revenue, fines and default interest (EUR 840 million), while expenditure surplus remained modest at EUR 101 million.
The resolution expresses regret that budgeting the surplus reduces Member States' contributions, stressing that the budget should retain sufficient flexibility in the final years of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to cope with unforeseen events, particularly given high financing needs for EURI debt service costs. Parliament reiterated its position that windfall gains from fines and fees should be used as supplementary revenue rather than reduce GNI-based contributions. It also noted the calculation of adjusted annual GNI lump-sum reductions for five beneficiary Member States (approx. EUR 5.8 billion net), highlighting that inflation-linked rebates increase the burden on other Member States.
Parliament welcomed the negative income item under Article 425 (EUR 54 million) for incorporating costs from settlement agreements related to competition fines, noting this solution ends on 31 December 2027, and invited the Commission to propose a definitive solution for the next MFF. The resolution reaffirms the call for sustainable, predictable revenue pursuant to Article 310 TFEU and conditions support for the next MFF (2028-2034) on the introduction of new genuine own resources of at least EUR 60 billion per year. The adoption of the resolution leads to the definitive adoption of Amending budget No 1/2026 and its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.