DRAFT BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regard...

European Parliament 2024-2029 Committee on Budgets 21.5.2025 DRAFT BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT of the Committee on Budgets for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2025/0085(COD) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges (COM(2025)0164 – C10-0064/2025 – 2025/0085(COD)) Rapporteur for budgetary assessment: Jean-Marc Germain EN United in diversity EN PA_LegEvaluation PE773.410v01-00 2/7 PA\1321547EN.docx BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 establishing the European Social Fund + (ESF+) as regards specific measures to address strategic challenges (COM(2025)0164 – C10-0064/2025 – 2025/0085(COD)) The Committee on Budgets has carried out a budgetary assessment of the proposal under Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure and has reached the following conclusions: The Committee on Budgets, A. whereas the proposal does not modify existing budgetary commitments and remains within the limits of the overall allocations for the period 2021-2027 and is therefore budgetary neutral; B. whereas the combined effect of an exceptional one-off 30 % pre-financing and 100 % co-financing on new EU priorities, additional one-off pre-financing of 4.5...