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The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) is travelling to Poland from 26 to 28 May 2026 to gather information about the budgetary implications of enhancing EU preparedness, focusing in particular on defence spending in relation to recent geopolitical shifts. The mission will also look into the issue of border security and the related use of EU funds.

The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) will travel to the United Kingdom from 15 to 17 April 2026 to gather information relevant to the UK’s participation in EU programmes and instruments in selected areas such as research and innovation, youth mobility, and security and defence. The mission will provide for in-depth exchanges with UK authorities and key stakeholders on the state of play, future perspectives, and mutual benefits of enhanced EU-UK cooperation.

The standing BUDG-ECON working group on the scrutiny of the implementation of the RRF undertook its second fact-finding mission to Rome. The delegation met with Ministries' officials, the Italian Court of Audit, Members of the Italian Parliament, the Financial Police and various stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, business and workers associations.

The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) will travel to Washington DC to find out more about the US federal budget negotiations process, the management of the debt ceiling, and the direction on key U.S. federal spending programs.

The Committee on Budgets (BUDG) traveled to Montenegro to look into the implementation of the recently established Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans, ongoing pre-accession support as well as the potential budgetary implications of Montenegro’s possible accession for the post-2027 Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF).

The standing BUDG-ECON working group on the scrutiny of the implementation of the RRF undertook its first fact-finding mission to Athens. The delegation met with representatives of the government, the Hellenic Court of Audit, Members of the Hellenic Parliament and various stakeholders, including local and regional authorities, business and workers associations and academics.

The Committee on Budgets traveled to Latvia in order to learn more about the budgetary implications of enhancing the EU preparedness, focusing in particular on defence spending, in relation to recent geopolitical shifts. As conflicts do not only materialise in conventional forms but also through hybrid threats, significant financial resources can be required not only as defence spending but also across various domains.