DRAFT OPINION General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections

European Parliament 2024-2029 Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 6.6.2025 DRAFT OPINION 2025/0000(BUD) of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection for the Committee on Budgets General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections (2025/0000(BUD)) Rapporteur for opinion: Maria Grapini PA\1322606EN.docx PE774.397v01-00 EN United in diversity EN PA_NonLegBud PE774.397v01-00 2/4 PA\1322606EN.docx OPINION The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution: 1. Calls for the Union budget for 2026 to contribute to strengthening the functioning of the single market, supporting the transition to a digital, sustainable and carbon-neutral social market economy, to promote and protect the interests of European consumers by ensuring a high standard of protection and to remove unjustified barriers to freedom; highlights the need to strengthening and increasing the resilience of the single market, aiming at increasing EU trade flows and achieving value chains, thus contributing to economic growth; stresses that the single market is an essential element for achieving a circular, net-zero carbon and resourceand energy-efficient economy; 2. Notes that the multiple challenges facing Europe require increased investment and coordination at European level and calls on...