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Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Effect
Discharge decision adopted
Result
454 for · 161 against · 29 abstained roll call
Date
29 April 2026, 13:59–14:00
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (10)
Margin
by a large majority
Counts are for
the proposal for a discharge decision
Text
Report A-10-2026-0050
Dossier
2025/2155(DEC)
Source
Committee report by Pasquale Tridico
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
9 votes · 2 roll calls · 1 amendment
Requested by
ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 split vote, 1 separate vote)
Sitting
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote
190339
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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: 454 for, 161 against, 29 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 1 amendment (1 rejected) and 6 parts of the text voted on separately (4 adopted, 2 rejected).

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

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 42Against 1Abst. 1No vote 2 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.93
GreensFor 43Against 0Abst. 0No vote 10 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 119Against 1Abst. 0No vote 15 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
RenewFor 65Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 1No vote 21 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.99
ECRFor 6Against 59Abst. 13No vote 3 of 81Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.63
PatriotsFor 4Against 59Abst. 13No vote 9 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.66
ESNFor 0Against 27Abst. 0No vote 0 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 1.00
No groupFor 12Against 14Abst. 1No vote 3 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 40

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
Belgium183010.79
Bulgaria114020.60
Cyprus3021—
Czechia77610.03
Germany69161100.70
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6100—
Spain457080.80
Finland131010.89
France4130550.31
Greece163020.76
Croatia8103—
Hungary71760.20
Ireland130011.00
Italy40260100.41
Lithuania92000.73
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia4131—
Malta1005—
Netherlands197230.52
Poland2624030.28
Portugal183000.79
Romania188070.54
Sweden150330.75
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia68010.36

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.
MemberGroupSpeechesSpokeFinal vote
Roberta METSOLA MaltaEPPSpeeches129 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site) No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 9

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
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 62 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 A10-0050/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – After § 63 – Am 2 Roll call206 for, 272 against, 169 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
Show the other 8 votesShow the other 6 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Vote on text inserted after paragraph 62 Show of hands Rejected
3Amendment 2, adding text after paragraph 63 A10-0050/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – After § 63 – Am 2 Roll call206 for, 272 against, 169 abstained RejectedRequested byroll call: ECR
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Vote on text inserted after paragraph 68 Show of hands Rejected
5Separate vote on paragraph 105 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Patriots
6Separate vote on paragraph 106 Show of hands AdoptedRequested byseparate: Patriots
7Paragraph 107 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘calls on the Commission to consider, in the application of the Regulation (EU, EURATOM) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council, that non-participation in the EPPO may constitute a potential threat to the Union’s financial interests and’”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
8Paragraph 107 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”Show of hands AdoptedRequested bysplit: Patriots
9Final vote — text as a whole A10-0050/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole) Roll call454 for, 161 against, 29 abstained Adopted

Roll call requested by ECR · split votes by Patriots · separate votes by Patriots.

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0050

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Parliament granted discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor's Office for implementing its 2024 budget.

It also approved the closure of the Office's accounts for that year.

The decision includes observations in a resolution, which will be forwarded to the Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors.

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The European Parliament grants discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for the 2024 budget and approves the closure of its accounts.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2155(DEC) · Discharge procedure

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’)

Parliament adopted the text on 29 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.

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 · 25 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 21 connections: Running issue: Annual budget discharge procedure · Other decisions of the part-session on CONT dossiers · Final votes that split the chamber the same way

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

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

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/19
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 190339, document A-10-2026-0050, reference 2025/2155(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/19 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV_EN.html; 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-2026-04-29-19,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2024: European Public Prosecutor’s Office}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/19}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/19},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190339, document A-10-2026-0050, reference 2025/2155(DEC). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-04-29-RCV\_EN.html, 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)}
}