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Highlights - Plenary adopts guidelines for 2019 EU budget - Committee on Budgets 15-03-2018 02:17 PM CET On 14 March, plenary discussed Parliament's guidelines for the 2019 EU budget, prepared by the BUDG committee on the basis of a proposal by the general rapporteur for Section III of the EU budget, Daniele Viotti (S&D, IT). The Parliament's guidelines are to be reflected by the Commission when it presents its draft budget for 2019. The plenary vote on the guidelines took place the following day, on 15 March. MEPs' priorities for the EU 2019 budget are sustainable growth and jobs, innovation, competitiveness, security, the fight against climate change, the transition to renewable energy and migration. Also, MEPs want the 2019 EU budget to have a particular focus on young people and those at risk of poverty or unemployment. Further information Report Steps of the procedure Press release (15 March) Speech by rapporteur Daniele Viotti opening the plenary debate Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP Highlights - Plenary vote on two key BUDG reports setting out EP's post-2020 outlook for EU budget - Committee on Budgets 15-03-2018 11:35 AM CET On 13 March, plenary debated two key reports, prepared in the BUDG committee, in the framework of the EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): "Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020" and "Reform of the EU system of Own-Resources". The aim is to present Parliament's views on the building blocks of the next MFF and put forward recommendations on the revenue side of the EU budget, ahead of the Commission proposal for the next MFF expected in early May. The plenary vote on both reports took place on 14 March. MEPs want the EU budget to reflect a long-term strategy for a stronger, more sustainable Europe. They demand that the current 1% expenditure ceiling be increased to 1.3% of GNI, to continue supporting existing priorities in agriculture and cohesion policy, as well as deal with new challenges such as security, defense or migration. Further, MEPs warn that no agreement can be concluded on the MFF without corresponding headway being made on the revenue side of the EU Budget. They call for strengthening the existing own resources and progressively introducing new own resources. These could be based on a revised VAT resource, a share of corporate tax revenue, a financial transaction tax, a digital sector tax or environmental taxes. The new own resources should also abolish all rebates and corrections which benefit only some member states and cover the 'Brexit gap' without increasing the overall fiscal burden for EU taxpayers. Further information EP resolution of 14 March 2018 on the next MFF: Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020 EP resolution of 14 March 2018 on reform of the European Union's system of own resources Steps of the procedure (MFF) Steps of the procedure (Own Resources) Article with video: EU's long-term budget - Parliament sets out its priorities Media package, including extracts from plenary debate and vote Press conference by BUDG Chair and Rapporteurs Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111