EU annual budget 2025: pursuing our political priorities and addressing crises

The Commission welcomed the agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the annual EU budget 2025. This budget will allow the EU to deliver on its political commitments, starting with the changes agreed in the mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The annual EU Budget for 2025 will amount to €199.4 billion.

The annual EU budget 2025 will provide the financial means to power the EU’s political priorities and address urgent crises domestically – starting with facilitating support for the recent floods affecting several Member States – and beyond. It will continue to finance flagship programmes such as Horizon Europe and Erasmus+.

This is on top of the revision of the ceilings of the MFF agreed earlier this year, for the first time ever. The revised MFF provides strong and predictable support to Ukraine, reinforced financing to support European competitiveness through Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP), address the consequences of the crisis in the Middle East and migratory pressures.

The annual EU budget for 2025 allocates the following amounts to the various EU priorities (in commitments):

1. Single Market, Innovation and Digital 21,480.1
2. Cohesion, Resilience and Values 77,980.2
— Economic, social and territorial cohesion 66,365.7
— Resilience and Values 11,614.4
3. Natural Resources and Environment 56,731.3
Of which Market related expenditure and direct payments 39,975.9
4. Migration and Border management 4,791.1
5. Security and Defence 2,632.6
6. Neighbourhood and the World 16,308.2
7. European Public Administration  12,845.0
Thematic special instruments 6,669.9
Total appropriations 199,438.4
  • A more detailed overview is featured in the ‘Questions & Answers’ document.

Next steps

The annual budget for 2025 should now be formally adopted by the Council of the European Union and by the European Parliament. The vote in plenary, which will mark the end of the process, is currently scheduled for 27 November 2024.

For More Information

Questions & Answers – Agreement on EU annual budget 2025

All Annual Budget Documents

Annual budget procedure

Revision of the EU budget 2021-2027

2021-2027 long-term EU budget & NextGenerationEU

EU budget in motion

EU as a borrower

Source: European Commission | Press corner (https://shorturl.at/PXa7O)