On Thursday 7 April the European Parliament forecast a 6.24% increase in its operating expenditure next year compared to 2022, bringing its total ‘estimates’ for 2023 to €2.24 billion.
In adopting the report by Niclas Herbst (EPP, Germany) on the European Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2023, the European Parliament is planning 60 new posts related to cybersecurity and security, but is only requesting 52 additional posts in the establishment plan for 2023.
The European Commission is estimating that the salary indexation, in accordance with the Staff Regulations and the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, will be 4.3% for July 2022, 1.1% for April 2023 and 2.6% for July 2023.
MEPs note that, given the current economic outlook, the Parliament forecasts 6% of salary indexation from July 2022.
The European Parliament considers that the overall increase of 6.24% compared to 2022 should be considered as “an increase of 2.46% for the part under normal conditions” and, due to the current exceptional situation, an increase of €79.8 million corresponding to a part due to the crisis, to cover exceptional inflation, the resulting increase in statutory expenditure and investments in security and cybersecurity. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)