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Discharge 2023: Agencies

Effect
Discharge decision adopted
Result
473 for · 120 against · 64 abstained roll call
Date
7 May 2025, 13:59–14:08
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the proposal for a discharge decision
Text
Report A-10-2025-0065
Dossier
2024/2030(DEC)
Source
Committee report by Erik Marquardt
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
106 votes · 16 roll calls · 13 amendments
Requested by
Greens (1 roll call) · Renew (1 split vote) · EPP (1 roll call, 1 separate vote) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 10 split votes, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 7 May 2025
Final vote
175859
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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: 473 for, 120 against, 64 abstained (roll call).

Discharge decision adopted by a large majority.

Parliament voted on its discharge decision for this budget; whether discharge was granted, refused or postponed is set out in the report.

Before the final vote, MEPs decided on 13 amendments (2 adopted, 11 rejected) and 59 parts of the text voted on separately (30 adopted, 29 rejected).

Backed by Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by The Left and Patriots; ESN 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 0Against 41Abst. 0No vote 5 of 46Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
GreensFor 35Against 12Abst. 2No vote 4 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.57
S&DFor 115Against 4Abst. 2No vote 15 of 136Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
RenewFor 70Against 0Abst. 0No vote 5 of 75Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 168Against 1Abst. 1No vote 18 of 188Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.98
ECRFor 58Against 15Abst. 3No vote 4 of 80Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.64
PatriotsFor 14Against 39Abst. 30No vote 2 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Divided Cohesion 0.20
ESNFor 1Against 2Abst. 19No vote 4 of 26Majority line AbstainedClear line Abstained Cohesion 0.80
No groupFor 12Against 6Abst. 7No vote 5 of 30Majority line —Clear line No line Cohesion —

Members who changed group are counted in the group of the day: Branko GRIMS 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Roberto VANNACCI changed group, Sander SMIT changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group, Volker SCHNURRBUSCH changed group.

Voted against their group, 43

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
Austria136010.53
Belgium126040.50
Bulgaria130310.72
Cyprus4110—
Czechia110910.33
Germany60520110.56
Denmark102120.65
Estonia6100—
Spain475170.83
Finland84030.50
France3244320.34
Greece1010100.21
Croatia100021.00
Hungary801030.33
Ireland112010.77
Italy5616040.67
Lithuania90110.85
Luxembourg3111—
Latvia7011—
Malta5001—
Netherlands230710.65
Poland405350.75
Portugal131250.72
Romania301020.95
Sweden138000.43
Slovenia7101—
Slovakia121020.88

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

Members who spoke in the plenary debate on the dossier. Speeches: how many times they took the floor. Final vote: their recorded position on this decision's final roll call.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches222 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 106

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
1Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
2Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
3Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
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Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
3Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
5Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
6Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
7Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
8Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
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19Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
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21Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
22Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
23Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
24Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
25Final vote A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Proposal for a decision on discharge (EUAA) Roll call520 for, 126 against, 6 abstained Adopted
26Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
27Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
28Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
29Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
30Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
31Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
32Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
33Final vote A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Proposal for a decision on discharge (Frontex) Roll call473 for, 120 against, 64 abstained Adopted
34Separate vote on paragraph 3 Show of hands Rejected
35Separate vote on paragraph 4 Show of hands RejectedRequested byseparate: EPP
36Separate vote on paragraph 4 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: EPP
37Separate vote on paragraph 7 Counted350 for, 292 against, 14 abstained Adopted
38Vote on text inserted after paragraph 7 Show of hands Rejected
39Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 8 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 8 – Am 12 Roll call192 for, 454 against, 11 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
40Vote on text inserted after paragraph 9 Show of hands Rejected
41Amendment 30 to paragraph 17 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 17 – Am 30 Roll call195 for, 459 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
42Amendment 14 to paragraph 18 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 18 – Am 14 Roll call192 for, 439 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens, Patriots
43Amendment 31 to paragraph 18 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 18 – Am 31 Roll call194 for, 452 against, 3 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
44Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 18 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 18 – Am 15 Roll call213 for, 421 against, 7 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
45Vote on text inserted after paragraph 18 Show of hands Rejected
46Amendment 17, adding text after paragraph 18 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – After § 18 – Am 17 Roll call200 for, 446 against, 4 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens, Patriots
47Separate vote on paragraph 21 Show of hands Rejected
48Amendment 18 to paragraph 21 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 21 – Am 18 Roll call188 for, 448 against, 18 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Patriots
49Separate vote on paragraph 22 Counted341 for, 285 against, 19 abstained Adopted
50Separate vote on paragraph 30 Show of hands Rejected
51Separate vote on paragraph 32 Show of hands Rejected
52Separate vote on paragraph 40 Show of hands Rejected
53Vote on text inserted after paragraph 41 Show of hands Rejected
54Separate vote on paragraph 52 Show of hands Rejected
55Separate vote on paragraph 54 Show of hands Rejected
56Vote on text inserted after paragraph 57 Counted289 for, 364 against, 4 abstained Rejected
57Separate vote on paragraph 58 Show of hands Rejected
58Amendment 32 to paragraph 81 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 81 – Am 32 Roll call201 for, 452 against, 5 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
59Paragraph 82 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Notes with satisfaction that FRA provided fundamental rights analysis and expertise to support the activities and work of other EU justice and home affairs (JHA) agencies, including the EUAA, Frontex, Europol, the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) and European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL); welcomes FRA’s contributions in 2023 to advancing the respect for fundamental rights, including through guidance on Union funds and addressing challenges posed by new technologies;’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
60Paragraph 82 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on FRA to determine the extent to which the rule of law and fundamental rights are intrinsically linked, and how its work could be incorporated or developed in synergy with that of the European Commission in the framework of the annual Rule of Law Report;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
61Vote on text inserted after paragraph 82 Show of hands Rejected
62Vote on text inserted after paragraph 82 Show of hands Rejected
63Amendment 33 to paragraph 85 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 85 – Am 33 Roll call200 for, 426 against, 16 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens
64Separate vote on paragraph 85 Show of hands RejectedRequested byseparate: Patriots
65Paragraph 92 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: ‘Welcomes the agencies’ efforts (EUROFOUND, CEDEFOP. ETF, EU EUOSHA, ELA) to implement policies on diversity and inclusiveness, particularly when it comes to persons with disabilities; encourages the agencies to enhance comparable data collection on the employment of persons with disabilities;’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
66Paragraph 92 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “recognises the progress made within the Agencies towards gender balance within their staff: calls for further efforts to ensure gender balance also at the senior management level and to mainstream gender in all their activities;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
67Paragraph 94 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: ‘Notes the increase in the EUAA’s budget in 2023 from EUR 168 million to EUR 170 million (+0,77 %) and its staff from 519 to 529 (+2 %);’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
68Paragraph 94 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “reiterates the important role of the European Union Asylum Agency in supporting Member States with the implementation of the Common European Asylum System and monitoring its correct implementation;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
69Paragraph 94 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “recalls that in its 2022 European Union Agency for Asylum discharge report, the discharge authority highlighted concerns about the internal management and procedures of the Agency, noting that OLAF had initiated an investigation, which has now been concluded, allegedly involving nepotism and other issues affecting its financial management; regrets that the Agency's executive director avoided to provide answers during the discharge preparatory hearing in CONT Committee; is alarmed that the Board of the Agency refuses to disclose the contents and recommendation of the said OLAF report to the discharge authority; calls on the Agency to make findings of the report available immediately;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
70Amendment 36 to paragraph 96 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 96 – Am 36 Roll call643 for, 11 against, 4 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Greens
71Vote on text inserted after paragraph 96 Counted307 for, 314 against, 34 abstained Rejected
72Separate vote on paragraph 97 Show of hands Rejected
73Amendment 27 to paragraph 102 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 102 – Am 27 Roll call345 for, 286 against, 23 abstained AdoptedRequested byroll call: Patriots
74Vote on text inserted after paragraph 102 Show of hands Rejected
75Separate vote on paragraph 105 Show of hands Rejected
76Amendment 34 to paragraph 108 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 108 – Am 34 Roll call200 for, 448 against, 8 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
77Separate vote on paragraph 108 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Patriots
78Separate vote on paragraph 110 Show of hands Rejected
79Paragraph 112 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Recalls that the agencies located in countries with relatively low correction coefficient are facing continuous challenges in attracting skilled and geographically diverse staff; calls on the Commission to analyse together with the respective Member State this matter”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
80Paragraph 112 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “and consider the use of economic incentives to help mitigate the problem;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
81Paragraph 112 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “recalls, moreover, that the correction coefficient puts the general principle of equal treatment into practice;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
82Paragraph 113 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: “Highlights that some Agencies make extensive use of external consultants, mainly in the ICT area but also in the areas of their core business, which make up significant parts of their operational budget (e.g. ACER, ETF, ELA, etc.);”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
83Paragraph 113 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “calls on all the agencies to prioritise permanent staff over external consultants and contractual staff in order to guarantee high quality working conditions and to prevent the loss of knowledge and experience; calls, moreover, on the agencies to prevent job uncertainty due to short term contracts and prioritise long-term employment; appeals, in this regard, for flexibility for agencies to convert seconded national expert (SNE) posts into temporary agent posts, ensuring expertise retention, operational functionality and business continuity;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
84Paragraph 113 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “further insists on avoiding the externalisation of tasks to consultancies when know-how is available in-house;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
85Paragraph 114 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Recognises the progress made within the agencies towards gender balance among their staff;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
86Paragraph 114 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls for intensified efforts to ensure gender balance at the senior management level and to integrate gender equality systematically into all agency policies, procedures and activities;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
87Vote on text inserted after paragraph 114 Counted308 for, 270 against, 78 abstained Adopted
88Paragraph 115 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Notes that gender distribution has improved in 2023 compared to 2022 at the level of senior and middle management and amongst the management board members; notes that the gender balance reported for staff overall did not change;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
89Paragraph 115 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “encourages ACER, BEREC Office, Cedefop, ECDC, ECHA, EFSA, EIOPA, EMCDDA, EMSA, ENISA, ERA, eu-LISA, ELA, Europol, EUAA, EUSPA and Frontex to support women in applying for management positions; reiterates its calls on the Commission and Member States to observe gender balance when nominating and appointing members of the management or administrative boards; recalls the ambition of the agencies to align with the Commission to reach a gender balance of 50 % at all levels of its management by the end of 2025; calls on the agencies to keep taking these aspects into consideration with regard to all future recruitment of staff and to work towards the further improvement of gender balance at senior management level;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
90Paragraph 116 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Urges decentralised agencies to strengthen gender equality policies at all levels, ensuring equal opportunities in recruitment, career progression and working conditions for all staff; encourages all agencies to adopt and implement robust diversity and inclusion strategies that promote fairness and balance, ensuring equal opportunities”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
91Paragraph 116 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “and representation of women and minorities in leadership positions; calls on agencies to develop comprehensive strategies to assess progress and identify areas for improvement; recalls that the Parliament will assess compliance with these principles in the annual discharge process;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
92Paragraph 117 — part 1 of 3 Part voted on: ‘Notes that all agencies have put in place measures to improve staff’s well-being at work and work-life balance; notes that the number and impact of such measures varies significantly from one agency to another and that no common framework of reference across agencies appears to exist; calls on the EUAN to coordinate efforts for the development of a common framework of reference in this this regard; notes with satisfaction that a large majority of agencies have put measures for integration of persons with disabilities in place; encourages the agencies to maintain good practices of staff well-being, inclusion and integration of persons with disabilities and to continue to address work-life balance, as well as lifelong learning and career development;’Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
93Paragraph 117 — part 2 of 3 Part voted on: “stresses the importance of intensifying efforts to achieve gender and geographical balance among institutional staff and in senior management positions;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
94Paragraph 117 — part 3 of 3 Part voted on: “underlines the useful role that exchanges of best practice can play in the field of staff management; invites the agencies to provide relevant and regular training to their staff;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
95Vote on text inserted after paragraph 119 Show of hands Adopted
96Amendment 35 to paragraph 142 A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – § 142 – Am 35 Roll call169 for, 446 against, 41 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: Greens, ECR
97Vote on text inserted after paragraph 143 Show of hands Rejected
98Vote on text inserted after paragraph 157 Show of hands Rejected
99Vote on text inserted after paragraph 157 Show of hands Rejected
100Paragraph 163 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Notes that ACER had been using interim workers performing long-term tasks to make up for a lack of directly employed staff members since 2019;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
101Paragraph 163 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “calls on the Commission to provide additional statutorily staff posts;”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
102Vote on text inserted after citation 35 Counted294 for, 360 against, 4 abstained Rejected
103Separate vote on recital A Show of hands Rejected
104Separate vote on recital B Show of hands Rejected
105Separate vote on recital C Show of hands Rejected
106Final vote — text as a whole A10-0065/2025 – Erik Marquardt – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call503 for, 121 against, 26 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by Greens, EPP, ECR, Patriots · split votes by Renew, Patriots (10) · separate votes by EPP, Patriots.

Text

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Report A-10-2025-0065

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Parliament granted discharge to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for its 2023 budget, approving the closure of its accounts.

It also granted discharge to the Agency for Support for BEREC, the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, approving their accounts.

The decisions mean the spending of these agencies for 2023 was approved.

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This report covers Parliament's discharge decisions for 33 EU agencies for the 2023 financial year, granting discharge to most and postponing it for the European Union Agency for Asylum. It also includes a resolution with cross-cutting observations on governance, budget, procurement, staffing, and other issues.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2030(DEC) · Discharge procedure

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Agencies

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 13 January 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 17 September 2024 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 24 September 2025 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 29 September 2025 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 22 October 2025 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteur: Erik MARQUARDT (Greens)

Other decisions on this dossier

Connections

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

Show 22 connections: Other decisions on this dossier · Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure · Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Other decisions on this dossier

See all: Other decisions on this dossier

Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure

Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

See all: Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

Final votes that split the chamber the same way

Sources & citation

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European Parliament (2025). “Discharge 2023: Agencies”. Decision, 7 May 2025. votingId 175859, document A-10-2025-0065, reference 2024/2030(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/14 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV_EN.html; Results of votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2025-05-07/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2025-05-07-14,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2023: Agencies}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/14}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/14},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 175859, document A-10-2025-0065, reference 2024/2030(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-RCV\_EN.html, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2025-05-07-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07 (CC BY 4.0)}
}