The draft EU budget for 2019 includes two amounts for each programme to be financed – commitments and payments. "Commitments" refers to the funding that can be agreed in contracts in a given year; "payments" to the money actually paid out. The proposed budget amounts to €166 billion in commitments (+3% over 2018) and €149 billion in payments (+3% over 2018).

Generally speaking, the EU budget is primarily an investment budget. Amounting to roughly 1% of EU GNI, and representing around 2% of all EU public spending, it aims to complement national budgets and implement priorities which all EU members have agreed upon.

About 94% of the EU budget funds real activities on the ground in EU countries and beyond. It goes to citizens, regions, cities, farmers, researchers, students, NGOs and businesses. The EU's administrative expenses account for about 6% of the total EU budget.

EU Budget 2019

Conflict of interest and the protection of the EU budget in the Czech Republic: extracts from the debate (12/12/2018) and from the vote on the resolution

EP Plenary - General Budget 2019 - signing ceremony

EP Plenary session: Signing ceremony Budget 2019 (13:00 - 13:02)

New General Budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019: extracts from the debate (11/12)

Budget 2019: extracts from the vote and from the ceremony of signature

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 13 and 14 December 2018: extracts from the debate on MMF, 2019 Budget and migration

EP Press point on the breakdown of the budgetary conciliation and EP's position on the 2019 EU budget

Press point on the breakdown of the budgetary conciliation and EP's position on the 2019 EU budget

EP Press conference. General budget of the European Union for 2019.

General budget of the European Union for 2019: extracts from the press conference by Daniele VIOTTI (S&D, IT), rapporteur

Press conference by Daniele VIOTTI (S&D, IT), rapporteur, on the general budget of the European Union for 2019

General budget of the European Union for 2019: extracts from the vote on the report by Daniele VIOTTI (S&D, IT) and Paul RÜBIG (EPP, AT)

Read-out of the College meeting and press conference by Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Vice-President of the EC in charge of the Euro and Pierre MOSCOVICI, Member of the EC in charge of Economic and Financial Affairs on draft budgetary plans 2019

Press conference by David-Maria SASSOLI (S&D, IT), EP Vice-President, on the European Parliament's budget

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