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2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Effect
Passed
Result
431 for · 131 against · 83 abstained roll call
Date
22 October 2024, 13:12–13:13
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (9)
Margin
by a large majority
Text
Report A-10-2024-0003
Dossier
2023/2131(DEC)
Source
Committee report by Jonas Sjöstedt
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
5 votes · 3 roll calls
Requested by
Patriots (1 roll call, 1 split vote)
Sitting
Tuesday 22 October 2024
Final vote
169894
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Votes on this decision
Members on the final vote

Result

The final vote and what it means for this kind of decision.

Final vote: 431 for, 131 against, 83 abstained (roll call).

Passed by a large majority.

The budget decision was approved.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 adopted).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by Patriots and ESN; ECR mostly abstained.

Groups

Members' votes, each counted in the group they belonged to on the day. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Majority line: the most common position. Clear line: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided. Cohesion: Agreement Index, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all voted the same (method).
GroupForAgainstAbst.No voteMajority lineClear lineCohesionBar
The LeftFor 37Against 0Abst. 4No vote 5 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.85
GreensFor 48Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 117Against 0Abst. 0No vote 19 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 70Against 0Abst. 0No vote 7 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 156Against 1Abst. 12No vote 19 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.88
ECRFor 0Against 13Abst. 58No vote 7 of 78Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.73
PatriotsFor 0Against 82Abst. 0No vote 4 of 86Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
ESNFor 0Against 20Abst. 1No vote 4 of 25Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.93
No groupFor 3Against 15Abst. 8No vote 4 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS changed group, Diego SOLIER changed group, Elena YONCHEVA changed group, Elisabetta GUALMINI changed group, Ewa ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK changed group, Fernand KARTHEISER changed group, Jessika VAN LEEUWEN changed group, Laurent CASTILLO changed group, Lukas SIEPER changed group, Malika SOREL changed group, Milan MAZUREK changed group, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Nora JUNCO GARCÍA changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 31

Members who voted otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds of the votes cast, at least 10 members voting) of the group they sat in that day. A group without a clear line is divided and not counted.

Countries

The final vote by national delegation.

Votes by country (27 delegations)
Members' votes by country. No vote: in office that day, no position recorded. Cohesion: Agreement Index of the delegation, 0 = evenly split, 1 = all the same; it reflects the mix of groups (method).
CountryForAgainstAbst.No voteCohesion
Austria145010.61
Belgium133510.43
Bulgaria93140.54
Cyprus3021—
Czechia615000.57
Germany65135130.67
Denmark112020.77
Estonia5101—
Spain475260.81
Finland131010.89
France3635550.21
Greece142320.61
Croatia6015—
Hungary212610.40
Ireland120021.00
Italy4172260.38
Lithuania7022—
Luxembourg5010—
Latvia5130—
Malta4002—
Netherlands225130.68
Poland2551850.28
Portugal162120.76
Romania183480.58
Sweden173010.78
Slovenia8010—
Slovakia78000.30

Members

Each member’s recorded position on the final roll call, in the group they sat in that day. Filter by country, group, position or name.

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Debate speakers and how they voted

No plenary speech is linked to this dossier.

All votes on this decision, 5

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
1Final vote Proposal for a decision Show of hands Adopted
2Separate vote on paragraph 14 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 14 Roll call429 for, 206 against, 26 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on paragraph 16 Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
4Paragraph 16 — part 2 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 16/2 Part voted on: “and therefore making it prone to blackmailing by Member States, especially those who fail to respect the rule of law.”Roll call417 for, 204 against, 37 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call431 for, 131 against, 83 abstained Adopted
Show the other 4 votesShow the other 0 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Separate vote on paragraph 14 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 14 Roll call429 for, 206 against, 26 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
3Separate vote on paragraph 16 Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
4Paragraph 16 — part 2 A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – § 16/2 Part voted on: “and therefore making it prone to blackmailing by Member States, especially those who fail to respect the rule of law.”Roll call417 for, 204 against, 37 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0003/2024 – Jonas Sjöstedt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call431 for, 131 against, 83 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by Patriots · split votes by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2024-0003

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Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge for the implementation of the 2022 budget of the European Council and the Council.

The spending was approved, meaning the discharge was granted.

Parliament calls on the Council to cooperate in the discharge procedure and to follow up on its recommendations.

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Parliament refuses to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2022 budget, citing the Council's continued non-cooperation in the discharge procedure since 2009.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

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)

Connections

What this decision touches: the procedural chain, the same text, running issues, votes that split the chamber the same way.

Show 11 connections: Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/6
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2024). “2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council”. Decision, 22 October 2024. votingId 169894, document A-10-2024-0003, reference 2023/2131(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/6 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 22 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 22 October 2024 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-22, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2024-10-22/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2024-10-22-6,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2022 discharge: EU general budget – European Council and Council}},
  year = {2024},
  date = {2024-10-22},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/6}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2024-10-22/6},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 169894, document A-10-2024-0003, reference 2023/2131(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2024-10-22-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2024-10-22 (CC BY 4.0)}
}