Decision

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council

Effect: Discharge decision adopted
Result: 588 for · 62 against · 16 abstained roll call
Date: 7 May 2025, 13:41–13:42
Kind: Budget decision

More facts (10)

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2025-0052
Dossier: 2024/2021(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 14 votes · 9 roll calls · 7 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 separate vote)
Sitting: Wednesday 7 May 2025
Final vote: 175931

Margin: by an overwhelming majority
Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2025-0052
Dossier: 2024/2021(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 14 votes · 9 roll calls · 7 amendments
Requested by: The Left (1 roll call) · Greens (1 roll call) · S&D (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 separate vote)
Sitting: Wednesday 7 May 2025
Final vote: 175931

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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.

Discharge decision adopted by an overwhelming 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 7 amendments (1 adopted, 6 rejected) and 5 parts of the text voted on separately (1 adopted, 4 rejected).

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

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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 41	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Greens	For 48	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 5 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 127	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 9 of 136	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 69	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 6 of 75	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 173	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 14 of 188	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.99
ECR	For 65	Against 3	Abst. 8	No vote 4 of 80	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.78
Patriots	For 24	Against 51	Abst. 8	No vote 2 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.42
ESN	For 21	Against 1	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 26	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.93
No group	For 20	Against 6	Abst. 0	No vote 4 of 30	Majority 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, 13

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.

EPP line For · 1 voted against of 174 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Hanna GRONKIEWICZ-WALTZ Poland
ECR line For · 3 voted against, 8 abstained of 76 who voted
Voted against (3)
- Alexandr VONDRA Czechia
- Ondřej KRUTÍLEK Czechia
- Veronika VRECIONOVÁ Czechia
Abstained (8)
- Beatrice TIMGREN Sweden
- Charlie WEIMERS Sweden
- Dick ERIXON Sweden
- Emmanouil FRAGKOS Greece
- Galato ALEXANDRAKI Greece
- Jaak MADISON Estonia
- Kristoffer STORM Denmark
- Sebastian TYNKKYNEN Finland
ESN line For · 1 voted against of 22 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Marcin SYPNIEWSKI Poland

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).
Country	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Cohesion
Austria	13	6	0	1	0.53
Belgium	15	3	0	4	0.75
Bulgaria	16	0	0	1	1.00
Cyprus	6	0	0	0	—
Czechia	9	3	8	1	0.17
Germany	86	0	0	10	1.00
Denmark	12	1	1	1	0.79
Estonia	6	0	1	0	—
Spain	54	0	0	6	1.00
Finland	12	0	1	2	0.88
France	50	29	0	2	0.45
Greece	18	1	2	0	0.79
Croatia	10	0	0	2	1.00
Hungary	20	0	0	1	1.00
Ireland	13	0	0	1	1.00
Italy	71	0	0	5	1.00
Lithuania	10	0	0	1	1.00
Luxembourg	5	0	0	1	—
Latvia	7	1	0	1	—
Malta	5	0	0	1	—
Netherlands	24	6	0	1	0.70
Poland	44	4	0	5	0.88
Portugal	16	2	0	3	0.83
Romania	32	0	0	1	1.00
Sweden	18	0	3	0	0.79
Slovenia	8	0	0	1	—
Slovakia	8	6	0	1	0.36

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.
Member	Group	Speeches	Spoke	Final vote
Roberta METSOLA Malta	EPP	Speeches2	22 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded
Tamás DEUTSCH Hungary	Patriots	Speeches1	22 Oct 2025 (verbatim report, official site)	For

All votes on this decision, 14

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.	Vote	Recorded	Result
1	Final vote A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – Proposal for a decision	Roll call	588 for, 62 against, 16 abstained Adopted
2	Separate vote on paragraph 5	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Separate vote on paragraph 18	Show of hands	Rejected

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Separate vote on paragraph 5	Show of hands	Rejected
3	Separate vote on paragraph 18	Show of hands	Rejected

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Amendment 1 to paragraph 20 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – § 20 – Am 1	Roll call	105 for, 430 against, 130 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
5	Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 20 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 20 – Am 2	Roll call	283 for, 358 against, 20 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
6	Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 22 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 22 – Am 3	Roll call	293 for, 352 against, 15 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: The Left
7	Amendment 5, adding text after paragraph 22 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 22 – Am 5	Roll call	246 for, 383 against, 20 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: S&D
8	Amendment 7, adding text after paragraph 23 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 23 – Am 7	Roll call	229 for, 400 against, 20 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
9	Separate vote on paragraph 24	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested byseparate: Patriots
10	Separate vote on paragraph 41	Show of hands	Rejected
11	Separate vote on paragraph 42	Show of hands	Rejected
12	Amendment 4 to paragraph 52 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – § 52 – Am 4	Roll call	379 for, 260 against, 22 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: The Left
13	Amendment 8, adding text after paragraph 57 A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – After § 57 – Am 8	Roll call	316 for, 327 against, 17 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Greens
14	Final vote — text as a whole A10-0052/2025 – Joachim Stanisław Brudziński – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	526 for, 119 against, 20 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by The Left, Greens, S&D · separate votes by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2025-0052

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Parliament adopted a decision on discharge for the 2023 EU general budget, Section II, covering the European Council and Council.

The decision postpones granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council and includes observations in a resolution.

Parliament calls on the Council to cooperate in the discharge procedure and to resume negotiations on a memorandum of understanding.

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Parliament postpones its decision on granting discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council for the 2023 budget and sets out observations in a resolution.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2024/2021(DEC) · Discharge procedure

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 October 2025 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 17 September 2024 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 September 2025 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 26 September 2025 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 22 October 2025 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteur: Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI (ECR)

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Connections

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

Show 17 connections: Other decisions on this dossier · Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure · Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

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Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure

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Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
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Sources & citation

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

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/5
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament)
Results of votes, sitting of 7 May 2025 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2025-05-07
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2025). “Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council”. Decision, 7 May 2025. votingId 175931, document A-10-2025-0052, reference 2024/2021(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/5 (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-2025-05-07-5,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Council and Council}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/5}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2025-05-07/5},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 175931, document A-10-2025-0052, reference 2024/2021(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)}
}