The current year : 2010 - investing to restore jobs and growth

The 2010 budget has been adopted during the European Parliament plenary on 17th December 2009 and amounts to €141,5bn in credit engagements.

Economic recovery is at the heart of next year’s spending and the proposal channels the biggest share of funds (45%) into growth and employment measures – a 3.3 % rise on 2009 – to help restore competitiveness across the Union. Funds for major programmes linked to research and energy will increase by more than 19.1% and cash for cohesion policy will grow too, with the EU-12 set to receive 52% of cohesion and Structural Funds. All headings in the budget will see an increase, reaching a total of €141.4 bn in commitments (1.20% of GNI) and €122.9bn in payments (1.04% of GNI).

€64.3 billion for jobs, infrastructure, competitiveness

Channelling funds into projects to save and create jobs, help companies and restore competitiveness will be the EU's top priority.

• Trans-European transport and energy networkswill receive 10.2% more funding compared to 2009 (€2bn) and theCompetitiveness and Innovation programme (CIP) will grow by 3.4% (€0.5bn).
• 2010 will be the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion with a budget of nearly €10.5m and a range of initiatives planned for all Member States.
• For its second year, the EU’s flagship satellite navigation project Galileo will receive an additional 8% in funding (€0.9bn).

Top slice of cohesion funds to go to EU-12

As part of the €64.3 bn set for jobs and competitiveness, €49.4bn will go towards cohesion in the EU-27. The trend to phase-in funding for the Member States that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 (EU-12) is continuing.

• For the first time ever, the EU-12 will receive the biggest share of the EU’s Cohesion and Structural Funds (52%).
• Agricultural support for these regions will also grow, making a real impact with the EU-12 now receiving nearly 20%, €11bn in agricultural support. Thanks to the CAP, the single market and higher market prices, farmers’ income in the EU-12 is now 47% higher than before accession.
• Funding for natural resources in the EU-27 stands at €59.5bn and, as part of this, spending for environment and rural development will grow by nearly 2.6% to €14.4bn.

Second phase of financing for the European Economic Recovery Plan

April 2009 saw the European Parliament, Council and Commission agree on the need for a fresh €5bn to finance major European projects in the areas of energy and broadband infrastructures and to face new challenges in rural areas linked to the CAP health check. Following the first injection of €2.6bn in 2009, a further €2.0bn has been added to the 2010 budget.

€ 8.1 billion in external aid

In 2010, the EU will continue its efforts to help poorer countries and maintain a strong stance on the world stage so it can meet global challenges like climate change, food security and globalisation.

• The EU's aid to developing countries channelled through the Development Cooperation Instrument will increase by 3.9%, reaching €2.5bn.
• Pre-accession assistance (IPA) increases by 4.5%, reaching €1.6bn.
• Funding for the EU’s Common and Foreign Security Policy (CSFP) will rise by 15.9% (to €282m).
• The last part of the €1bn Food Aid Facility will also be financed in the 2010 budget (€170m).

Making the EU a safer place for all

The part of the budget to receive the biggest boost in spending (in line with the EU’s seven-year financial programming) will be projects to fight crime, terrorism and manage migration flows, increasing by 16.2% to a little more than €1bn.

More generally, administrative expenditure for all EU institutions will grow by 3.87%, with the European Commission's own expenditure increasing by 2.6% at €3.6bn.

Summary of financing¹ of the general budget by type of own resource and by Member State (in million Euros)

Member State	Traditional own resources (TOR)				VAT and GNI-based own resources, including adjustments						Total own resources²
	Net sugar sector levies (75 %)	Net customs duties (75 %)	Total net traditional own resources (75 %)	Collection costs (25 % of gross TOR)	VAT-based own resource	GNI-based own resource	Reduction in favour of Netherlands and Sweden	United Kingdom correction	Total ‘national contributions’	Share in total ‘national contributions’ (%)
	(1)	(2)	(3)=(1)+(2)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9) =(5)+(6)+(7)+(8)	(10)	(11) = (3) + (9)
Belgium	6 600 000	1 547 600 000	1 554 200 000	518 066 667	432 974 400	2 683 650 345	23 368 678	184 436 541	3 324 429 964	3,10	4 878 629 964
Bulgaria	400 000	73 800 000	74 200 000	24 733 333	51 297 450	269 966 283	2 350 811	18 553 701	342 168 245	0,32	416 368 245
Czech Republic	3 400 000	193 300 000	196 700 000	65 566 667	191 989 800	1 010 396 669	8 798 327	69 440 517	1 280 625 313	1,19	1 477 325 313
Denmark	3 400 000	284 100 000	287 500 000	95 833 333	301 596 900	1 903 292 171	16 573 479	130 805 649	2 352 268 199	2,19	2 639 768 199
Germany	26 300 000	2 683 300 000	2 709 600 000	903 199 997	1 600 006 200	19 017 236 047	165 598 200	233 303 187	21 016 143 634	19,59	23 725 743 634
Estonia	0	22 600 000	22 600 000	7 533 333	20 010 600	105 311 030	917 027	7 237 605	133 476 262	0,12	156 076 262
Ireland	0	173 300 000	173 300 000	57 766 667	202 476 150	1 065 583 835	9 278 886	73 233 310	1 350 572 181	1,26	1 523 872 181
Greece	1 400 000	194 000 000	195 400 000	65 133 334	363 264 900	1 911 776 796	16 647 361	131 388 763	2 423 077 820	2,26	2 618 477 820
Spain	4 700 000	1 037 100 000	1 041 800 000	347 266 667	1 544 012 550	8 125 770 935	70 757 550	558 451 694	10 298 992 729	9,60	11 340 792 729
France	30 900 000	979 000 000	1 009 900 000	336 633 333	2 732 617 200	15 393 619 792	134 044 491	1 057 941 839	19 318 223 322	18,00	20 328 123 322
Italy	4 700 000	1 318 100 000	1 322 800 000	440 933 334	2 032 880 400	11 927 683 523	103 863 827	819 741 920	14 884 169 670	13,87	16 206 969 670
Cyprus	0	38 400 000	38 400 000	12 800 000	26 430 600	139 097 963	1 211 237	9 559 646	176 299 446	0,16	214 699 446
Latvia	0	11 600 000	11 600 000	3 866 667	21 065 700	142 576 912	1 241 531	9 798 740	174 682 883	0,16	186 282 883
Lithuania	800 000	45 700 000	46 500 000	15 500 000	39 177 900	208 549 847	1 816 009	14 332 796	263 876 552	0,25	310 376 552
Luxembourg	0	12 000 000	12 000 000	4 000 000	42 964 350	226 111 159	1 968 930	15 539 714	286 584 153	0,27	298 584 153
Hungary	2 000 000	92 400 000	94 400 000	31 466 667	114 503 100	664 842 385	5 789 311	45 691 955	830 826 751	0,77	925 226 751
Malta	0	10 600 000	10 600 000	3 533 333	8 699 400	45 782 874	398 668	3 146 474	58 027 416	0,05	68 627 416
Netherlands	7 300 000	1 790 300 000	1 797 600 000	599 200 000	282 854 800	4 582 669 416	- 611 488 606	56 220 125	4 310 255 735	4,02	6 107 855 735
Austria	3 200 000	171 200 000	174 400 000	58 133 334	282 071 025	2 160 098 917	18 809 699	26 500 064	2 487 479 705	2,32	2 661 879 705
Poland	12 800 000	330 100 000	342 900 000	114 300 000	429 843 600	2 262 164 664	19 698 467	155 469 518	2 867 176 249	2,67	3 210 076 249
Portugal	200 000	112 800 000	113 000 000	37 666 667	232 538 700	1 223 795 888	10 656 564	84 106 590	1 551 097 742	1,45	1 664 097 742
Romania	1 000 000	152 400 000	153 400 000	51 133 333	148 650 000	1 026 675 182	8 940 077	70 559 274	1 254 824 533	1,17	1 408 224 533
Slovenia	0	80 200 000	80 200 000	26 733 333	54 309 750	285 819 301	2 488 856	19 643 216	362 261 123	0,34	442 461 123
Slovakia	1 400 000	128 200 000	129 600 000	43 200 000	87 484 500	546 071 051	4 755 075	37 529 276	675 839 902	0,63	805 439 902
Finland	800 000	136 200 000	137 000 000	45 666 667	241 269 600	1 417 566 320	12 343 877	97 423 656	1 768 603 453	1,65	1 905 603 453
Sweden	2 600 000	431 000 000	433 600 000	144 533 334	128 660 200	2 322 028 321	- 141 282 787	28 486 611	2 337 892 345	2,18	2 771 492 345
United Kingdom	9 500 000	2 030 400 000	2 039 900 000	679 966 667	2 337 267 600	12 684 548 727	110 454 455	-3 958 542 381	11 173 728 401	10,41	13 213 628 401
Total	123 400 000	14 079 700 000	14 203 100 000	4 734 366 667	13 950 917 375	93 352 686 353	0	0	107 303 603 728	100	121 506 703 728

¹ p.m. (own resources + other revenue = total revenue = total expenditure); (121 506 703 728 + 1 430 296 272 = 122 937 000 000 ).
² Total own resources as percentage of GNI: (121 506 703 728) / (11 825 562 600 000) = 1,03 %; own resources ceiling as percentage of GNI: 1,24 %.

Background

The budget forecasts both commitments (legal pledges to provide financing, provided that certain conditions are fulfilled) and payments (actual cash or bank transfers to the beneficiaries). The final adoption of the EU budget took place during the European Parliament plenary on 17th December 2009.