Six députés du principal parti d'opposition Les Démocrates ont adressé, mardi 28 octobre 2025, un message au duo candidat conduit par le Ministre Romuald Wadagni pour l'élection présidentielle de 2026
« Le processus électoral vient de passer un cap qui consacre définitivement l'élimination du duo de notre parti », ont reconnu les députés membres du parti d'opposition Les Démocrates.
Dans la déclaration lue ce 28 octobre 2025 par l'ancien député Yves Patrick Djivo, les six députés ont évoqué « les dysfonctionnements internes et les guerres de leadership » qui ont fragilisé leur camp.
Les parlementaires ont également adressé un message de responsabilité au duo conduit par le ministre d'État Romuald Wadagni, favori du scrutin. Ils l'ont invité à « conduire le destin du pays durant les cinq prochaines années » avec un sens aigu de la justice sociale et du bien commun.
« Nous souhaitons que le processus en cours aille à son terme dans la paix et la concorde, et que le duo en tête ne perde pas de vue les attentes sociales du plus grand nombre », ont indiqué Chantale Adjovi, Elise Aïhe, Do-Rego Léansou, Joël Godonou, Denise Houmènou, et Akim Radji.
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Written by Sidonia Mazur, updated on 23 October 2025.
On 22 October 2025, Parliament voted on amendments to the Council’s position and thus adopted its reading of the Union budget for 2026, aiming at a higher budget that better matches the EU’s key priorities than the European Commission’s draft. Parliament proposes an overall level of commitments at €193.9 billion and €192.6 billion in payments, including special instruments such as the Ukraine Facility or European Solidarity Reserve. To reach an agreement, a 21-day conciliation period runs until 17 November 2025. These negotiations aim at finding a compromise between Parliament and Council, without which the Commission will need to present a new budget proposal.
Background – 2026 budget procedureThe European Parliament is one of the two arms of the European Union’s budgetary authority, the Council being the other. The two institutions, assisted by the European Commission, decide on the budget in the annual EU budget procedure, within the limits of the long-term EU budget – the multiannual financial framework (MFF). Although it is the Commission’s right and duty to propose a draft budget for the upcoming year, the two arms of the EU budgetary authority, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, play their part in the run-up to its presentation by submitting their views. The Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) agreed on its guidelines for the 2026 EU budget on 18 February 2025. The European Parliament adopted its guidelines for the preparation of the 2026 budget, Section III, on 2 April 2025.
On 9 July 2025, the Commission adopted the 2026 draft EU budget (DB). The Commission proposed 2026 EU budget commitments of €193.26 billion, and €192.20 billion in payments. The Commission in its General introduction to the DB underlined that ‘the draft budget 2026 will continue to provide the necessary funding for the agreed priorities of the Union, but the limited remaining availabilities leave virtually no space for any further unforeseen events or new initiatives’.
The Council adopted its position on the 2026 draft budget on 5 September, proposing to cut the proposed commitments by €1.3 billion and payments by €696.7 million.
Parliament’s rapporteur for the 2026 budget, Andrzej Halicki (EPP, Poland), presented his analysis of the Commission’s proposals and his assessment of the Council’s position in two working documents.
Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG) adopted amendments to the Council’s position on 6 October, and adopted an explanatory motion for a resolution on 13 October. BUDG set the overall level of commitments at €193.9 billion and payments at €192.6 billion, thereby restoring the 2026 draft budget appropriations on all lines cut by the Council. Moreover, BUDG proposed specific increases ‘to boost research, competitiveness, and defence’ for:
The BUDG committee drew attention to the fact that repayment of the EU Recovery Instrument (EURI) borrowing costs is a legal obligation for the Union and a non-discretionary expenditure item in the EU budget; and stressed that the Council cuts in sub-heading 2b are particularly disconcerting, as the only motivation is to use the money to cover the financing cost of the Recovery Instrument. The committee also remarked that the most affected programmes – Horizon Europe, CEF digital and Erasmus+ – are flagship Union programmes.
The Commission published Amending letter No 1/2026 on 8 October, lowering draft 2026 budget expenditure by €386.1 million in commitments and by almost €1.89 billion in payments. On 22 October 2025, Parliament voted on amendments to the Council’s position and thus adopted its reading of the Union budget for 2026 in line with the Committee on Budgets’ position.
Next stepsParliament’s adoption of amendments to the Council’s position has triggered a conciliation procedure. The Conciliation Committee will seek to reach a compromise between Parliament and Council. The 21-day conciliation period will run until 17 November 2025, with the first conciliation meeting scheduled for 4 November. If conciliation fails to result in an agreement, the Commission is obliged to present a new draft budget.
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