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Decision

2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council

Effect
Passed
Result
515 for · 62 against · 20 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
11 April 2024
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (7)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Source
Committee report
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Final vote
168241
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Result

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Final vote: 515 for, 62 against, 20 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Passed by an overwhelming majority.

The budget decision was approved.

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All votes on this decision, 1

In voting order. Result: for–against–abstained (a show of hands has no count). Requested by: the groups that asked for a roll call, a split vote or a separate vote.
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
1Motion for adjournment of the vote (Rule 200(4)) Final vote Counted515 for, 62 against, 20 abstained Adopted

Text

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Report A-9-2024-0071

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Parliament postpones its decision on granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, citing the Council's continued refusal to cooperate in the discharge procedure.

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Dossier

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2023/2131(DEC) · Discharge procedure

2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 October 2024 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 12 September 2023 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 30 September 2024 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 3 October 2024 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 October 2024 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteurs: Jonas SJÖSTEDT (The Left), Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left)

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Connections

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Retrieved
26 September 2026

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European Parliament (2024). “2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council”. Decision, 11 April 2024. votingId 168241, document A-9-2024-0071, reference 2023/2131(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/16 (retrieved 26 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 11 April 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-04-11/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-decision-2024-04-11-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2022 discharge: EU general budget - European Council and Council}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-04-11},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-04-11/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-26},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 168241, document A-9-2024-0071, reference 2023/2131(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-04-11-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-04-11 (CC BY 4.0)}
}