Decision

Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman

Effect: Discharge decision adopted
Result: show of hands — no count
Date: 29 April 2026, 13:58
Kind: Budget decision

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Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2026-0054
Dossier: 2025/2153(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Pasquale Tridico
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 191888

Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2026-0054
Dossier: 2025/2153(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Pasquale Tridico
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 2 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 191888

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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.

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	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	no roll call

All votes on this decision, 2

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	Requested by
1	Final vote Proposal for a decision	Show of hands	Adopted
2	Final vote — text as a whole A10-0054/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	593 for, 14 against, 45 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0054

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Parliament granted discharge to the European Ombudsman for implementing its 2024 budget, approving the spending.

The decision covers the Ombudsman's budget under the EU's general budget and includes observations in a resolution.

Parliament noted the budget amounted to EUR 13,843,160 in 2024, with an implementation rate of 97.55%.

It also called on the Commission to adjust fees for access to the SUMMA financial system to be proportionate to the Ombudsman's size.

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Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on budget management, performance, ethics, and other areas.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2153(DEC) · Discharge procedure

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman

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

Show the 5 steps of the dossier

Referred to committee · 9 September 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 2 March 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 12 March 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
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

Issue Annual budget discharge procedure Running issue · Event 29 Apr 2026
Decision Discharge 2024: Joint Undertakings Budget decision · report by Csaba Molnár 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: Agencies Budget decision · report by Monika Hohlmeier 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Committee of the Regions Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted

Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers

Decision Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Resolution · report by Dick Erixon 28 Apr 2026 Adopted
Decision Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 Resolution · report by Julien Sanchez 28 Apr 2026 Rejected
Decision Control, transparency and traceability of performance-based instruments Resolution · report by Monika Hohlmeier 28 Apr 2026 Adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Commission Budget decision · report by Daniel Freund 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Parliament Budget decision · report by Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Council and Council Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Justice of the European Union Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – Court of Auditors Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European External Action Service Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/16
Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
Data source: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-04-29
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 191888, document A-10-2026-0054, reference 2025/2153(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/16 (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-2026-04-29-16,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/16}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/16},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 191888, document A-10-2026-0054, reference 2025/2153(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)}
}