AGORAEU AMENDMENT EXPLORER BY THE CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE MEDIA
16 JULY 2026 · UPDATED 11 OCTOBER 2026
NEW · 10 OCT 2026

The Irish Council Presidency has tabled a revised Negotiating Box (ST 13922/26) that sets AgoraEU at €6.0 bn, €2.6 bn below the Commission’s proposal. It names culture, media and democracy and values as strands but gives no amounts for them. The Parliament amendments below are unchanged.

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The European Commission proposed an €8.6 bn AgoraEU programme for 2028–2034 with no fixed allocation for news media. MEPs tabled 1,544 amendments; the scenarios below are the distinct budget architectures they put on the table: from a €4.3 bn cut to a €12 bn envelope with a 15% news strand. Figures are taken directly from the amendment texts; where an amendment fixes no news figure, none is shown.

How to use this: in The Ledger, click any group to see what it proposed, with links and quotes from the amendments; in The Matrix, click any cell to see the relevant amendment text at the bottom.

01 The Ledger strand-by-strand money
02 The Matrix browse all 372 amendments
CULTURE NEWS  AUDIOVISUAL (MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES)  MEDIA+ TOTAL: AUDIOVISUAL + NEWS CERV+ (CSOs) CROSS-CUTTING / FLEXIBLE
SCENARIO
0€2bn€4bn€6bn€8bn€10bn€12bn
NEWS €
PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE
COMMISSIONBaseline proposal
Budget working documents
20.9%€1.79bn
37.2%€3.19bn
41.9%€3.59bn
not specified
NEWCOUNCILIrish Presidency
Negotiating Box · ST 13922/26
€6.0BN · NO SPLIT
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RAPPORTEURRafowicz / Kuhnke
S&D + Greens/EFA · Draft report · AM 1300 + 1106
46.4%€4.97bn
11.7%€1.25bn
41.9%€4.49bn
€1.25bn
SPECIFIC NEWS ALLOCATION
RENEWJoveva / Keller / Al-Sahlani
AM 1310
20%€2.14bn
20.5%€2.20bn
20.5%€2.20bn
39%€4.18bn
€2.20bn
EPPVerheyen / Sousa Silva
AM 1305
23%€2.47bn
20.25%€2.17bn
24.75%€2.65bn
32%€3.43bn
€2.17bn
RENEWKörner
AM 1309
40%€4.29bn
20%€2.14bn
40%€4.29bn
€2.14bn
S&DŚmiszek cluster
AM 1298 + 1306 · €12bn
42.5%€5.10bn
15%€1.80bn
42.5%€5.10bn
€1.80bn
RENEWvan den Berg / Cifrová Ostrihoňová
AM 1299 + 1307
18.3%€1.96bn
14.7%€1.58bn
22.4%€2.40bn
34.6%€3.71bn
10%€1.07bn
€1.58bn
NO SPECIFIC NEWS ALLOCATION — FORMULA ONLY
THE LEFTFurore
AM 1301 + 1308
≥25€2.68bn
≥45€4.82bn
≥30€3.22bn
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GREENS/EFARiba i Giner
AM 1341
20.9%€1.79bn
37.2%€3.19bn
41.9%€3.59bn
—
ECRValchev
AM 1296
≥30€2.57bn
≥35€3.00bn
≤25€2.15bn
≤10€0.86bn
—
PFEGriset / Leggeri
AM 1297
CUT TO €4.3BN · NO SPLIT
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01 The Ledger strand-by-strand money
02 The Matrix browse all 372 amendments
GROUP ↓ · TOPIC →
Recitals /
context
Architecture /
strands
Article 6 /
news objective
Budget /
amounts
Governance /
implementation
Other
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SOURCE: CULT COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS 186–1544 TO THE AGORAEU REGULATION · COMMISSION INDICATIVE SPLIT PER EPRS PE 782.660 CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE MEDIA