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Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee

Effect
Discharge decision adopted
Result
show of hands — no count
Date
29 April 2026, 13:57
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (8)
Counts are for
the proposal for a discharge decision
Text
Report A-10-2026-0059
Dossier
2025/2151(DEC)
Source
Committee report by Pasquale Tridico
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
5 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote
191885
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Votes on this decision

Result

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

Show of hands — no count

Discharge decision adopted.

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 3 parts of the text voted on separately (3 rejected).

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
Katarina BARLEY GermanyS&DSpeeches128 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

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
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 14 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 22 Show of hands Rejected
4Vote on text inserted after paragraph 53 Show of hands Rejected
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0059/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call478 for, 146 against, 27 abstained Adopted
Show the other 4 votesShow the other 0 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 14 Show of hands Rejected
3Separate vote on paragraph 22 Show of hands Rejected
4Vote on text inserted after paragraph 53 Show of hands Rejected
5Final vote — text as a whole A10-0059/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call478 for, 146 against, 27 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0059

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Parliament granted discharge to the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee for implementing its 2024 budget, approving the spending.

The decision covers the Committee's budget under EU administrative spending, which the Court of Auditors found to be low risk with no specific issues.

Parliament also adopted a resolution with observations, calling for continued improvements in financial governance and transparency.

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The European Parliament grants discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on its management, performance, and accountability.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2151(DEC) · Discharge procedure

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 September 2026 and now EU law.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 9 September 2025 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 2 March 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 17 March 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteur: Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left)

Connections

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

Show 16 connections: Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure · Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure

Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

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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/2026-04-29/15
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Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 191885, document A-10-2026-0059, reference 2025/2151(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/15 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-04-29/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-04-29-15,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/15}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/15},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 191885, document A-10-2026-0059, reference 2025/2151(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29 (CC BY 4.0)}
}