Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of t...

C 323/48 EN Official Journal of the European Union 26.8.2022 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The next generation of own resources for the EU Budget (COM(2021) 566 final) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (COM(2021) 569 final — 2021/0429 (APP)) Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union (COM(2021) 570 final — 2021/0430 (CNS)) (2022/C 323/09) Rapporteur: Philip VON BROCKDORFF Co-rapporteur: Antonio GARCÍA DEL RIEGO Referral European Commission, 1/3/2022 Legal basis Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Section responsible Economic and Monetary Union and Economic and Social Cohesion Adopted in section 6/5/2022 Adopted at plenary 18/5/2022 Plenary session No 569 Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions) 144/2/7 1. Conclusions and recommendations 1.1. The EESC notes the consensus that is necessary to add new own resources to cover the debt repayment resulting from borrowing under the NextGenerationEU initiative without jeopardising the budgets of other EU programmes and instruments, or substantially increasing the Gross National Income (GNI)-based...