Decision

Discharge 2024: Agencies

Effect: Discharge decision adopted
Result: 475 for · 107 against · 71 abstained roll call
Date: 29 April 2026, 14:05–14:11
Kind: Budget decision

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Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2026-0087
Dossier: 2025/2156(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Monika Hohlmeier
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 86 votes · 18 roll calls · 16 amendments
Requested by: Renew (2 split votes) · EPP (1 split vote) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 2 split votes) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 190847

Margin: by a large majority
Counts are for: the proposal for a discharge decision
Text: Report A-10-2026-0087
Dossier: 2025/2156(DEC)
Source: Committee report by Monika Hohlmeier
Topics: EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes: 86 votes · 18 roll calls · 16 amendments
Requested by: Renew (2 split votes) · EPP (1 split vote) · ECR (1 roll call) · Patriots (1 roll call, 2 split votes) · ESN (1 roll call)
Sitting: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote: 190847

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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 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 16 amendments (1 adopted, 15 rejected) and 36 parts of the text voted on separately (13 adopted, 23 rejected).

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew and EPP; opposed by Patriots and ESN; ECR 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).
Group	For	Against	Abst.	No vote	Majority line	Clear line	Cohesion
The Left	For 41	Against 1	Abst. 2	No vote 2 of 46	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.90
Greens	For 45	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 8 of 53	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
S&D	For 123	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 12 of 135	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
Renew	For 66	Against 0	Abst. 0	No vote 11 of 77	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 1.00
EPP	For 162	Against 0	Abst. 3	No vote 20 of 185	Majority line For	Clear line For	Cohesion 0.97
ECR	For 22	Against 11	Abst. 48	No vote 0 of 81	Majority line Abstained	Clear line Divided	Cohesion 0.39
Patriots	For 6	Against 63	Abst. 6	No vote 10 of 85	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 0.76
ESN	For 0	Against 27	Abst. 0	No vote 0 of 27	Majority line Against	Clear line Against	Cohesion 1.00
No group	For 10	Against 5	Abst. 12	No vote 3 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, Nikola BARTŮŠEK changed group, Nikolas FARANTOURIS changed group, Pina PICIERNO changed group, Taner KABILOV changed group.

Voted against their group, 18

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.

The Left line For · 1 voted against, 2 abstained of 44 who voted
Voted against (1)
- Marc BOTENGA Belgium
Abstained (2)
- Giorgos GEORGIOU Cyprus
- João OLIVEIRA Portugal
EPP line For · 3 abstained of 165 who voted
Abstained (3)
- Christophe GOMART France
- Gabriella GERZSENYI Hungary
- Zoltán TARR Hungary
Patriots line Against · 6 voted for, 6 abstained of 75 who voted
Voted for (6)
- Jaroslav BŽOCH Czechia
- Jaroslav KNOT Czechia
- Jaroslava POKORNÁ JERMANOVÁ Czechia
- Klara DOSTALOVA Czechia
- Ondřej KNOTEK Czechia
- Tomáš KUBÍN Czechia
Abstained (6)
- Auke ZIJLSTRA Netherlands
- Marieke EHLERS Netherlands
- Mieke ANDRIESE Netherlands
- Rachel BLOM Netherlands
- Sebastian KRUIS Netherlands
- Ton DIEPEVEEN Netherlands

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	18	4	0	0	0.73
Bulgaria	12	3	0	2	0.70
Cyprus	3	1	1	1	—
Czechia	16	2	2	1	0.70
Germany	71	16	1	8	0.71
Denmark	13	1	1	0	0.80
Estonia	6	0	1	0	—
Spain	47	5	0	8	0.86
Finland	13	1	0	1	0.89
France	41	33	1	6	0.32
Greece	13	5	2	1	0.47
Croatia	9	0	0	3	—
Hungary	5	8	2	6	0.30
Ireland	14	0	0	0	1.00
Italy	38	6	24	8	0.34
Lithuania	9	1	1	0	0.73
Luxembourg	5	0	1	0	—
Latvia	7	1	0	1	—
Malta	1	0	0	5	—
Netherlands	22	0	6	3	0.68
Poland	26	8	18	1	0.25
Portugal	18	2	1	0	0.79
Romania	24	2	1	6	0.83
Sweden	15	0	3	3	0.75
Slovenia	9	0	0	0	—
Slovakia	7	2	5	1	0.25

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	Speeches1	29 Apr 2026 (verbatim report, official site)	No vote recorded

All votes on this decision, 86

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	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
2	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted

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Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
2	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
3	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted

Votes on this decision, continued
No.	Vote	Recorded	Result	Requested by
4	Proposals for decisions	Counted	319 for, 311 against, 9 abstained Adopted
5	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
6	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
7	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
8	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
9	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
10	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
11	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
12	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
13	Proposals for decisions	Counted	431 for, 179 against, 18 abstained Adopted
14	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
15	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
16	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
17	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
18	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
19	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
20	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
21	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
22	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
23	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
24	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
25	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
26	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
27	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
28	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
29	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
30	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
31	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
32	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
33	Proposals for decisions	Show of hands	Adopted
34	Amendment 43, adding text after paragraph 1 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 1 – Am 43	Roll call	219 for, 412 against, 10 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
35	Paragraph 2 — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘and consideration can be given to terminating their mandate if necessary;’”	Show of hands	Rejected	Requested bysplit: Patriots
36	Paragraph 2 — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: Patriots
37	Paragraph 2 — part 2 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 2/2 Part voted on: “those words”	Roll call	591 for, 8 against, 46 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: Patriots; split: Patriots
38	Amendment 25, adding text after paragraph 2 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 2 – Am 25	Roll call	186 for, 434 against, 18 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN
39	Separate vote on paragraph 3	Show of hands	Rejected
40	Amendment 9 to paragraph 11 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 11 – Am 9	Roll call	159 for, 426 against, 45 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
41	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11	Show of hands	Rejected
42	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11	Show of hands	Rejected
43	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 11	Show of hands	Adopted
44	Amendment 10 to paragraph 12 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 12 – Am 10	Roll call	209 for, 432 against, 4 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
45	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 12	Show of hands	Rejected
46	Separate vote on paragraph 13	Show of hands	Rejected
47	Amendment 26, adding text after paragraph 13 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 13 – Am 26	Roll call	205 for, 436 against, 0 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN
48	Amendment 12 to paragraph 19 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 19 – Am 12	Roll call	199 for, 429 against, 2 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
49	Amendment 27, adding text after paragraph 19 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 19 – Am 27	Roll call	200 for, 432 against, 6 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN
50	Amendment 28, adding text after paragraph 19 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 19 – Am 28	Roll call	203 for, 434 against, 2 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ESN
51	Separate vote on paragraph 20	Show of hands	Rejected
52	Separate vote on paragraph 21	Show of hands	Rejected
53	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21	Show of hands	Rejected
54	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 21	Show of hands	Rejected
55	Amendment 13 to paragraph 22 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 22 – Am 13	Roll call	209 for, 433 against, 4 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
56	Amendment 44 to paragraph 24 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 24 – Am 44	Roll call	368 for, 233 against, 42 abstained Adopted	Requested byroll call: ECR
57	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 25	Show of hands	Rejected
58	Amendment 45 to paragraph 33 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 33 – Am 45	Roll call	238 for, 398 against, 9 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
59	Separate vote on paragraph 33	Show of hands	Rejected
60	Amendment 46, adding text after paragraph 33 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 33 – Am 46	Roll call	238 for, 400 against, 10 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
61	Amendment 47, adding text after paragraph 33 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 33 – Am 47	Roll call	203 for, 425 against, 8 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: ECR
62	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 43	Show of hands	Rejected
63	Amendment 15, adding text after paragraph 43 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 43 – Am 15	Roll call	198 for, 438 against, 5 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
64	Amendment 16 to paragraph 48 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – § 48 – Am 16	Roll call	198 for, 417 against, 11 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
65	Separate vote on paragraph 78	Counted	539 for, 42 against, 49 abstained Adopted
66	Separate vote on paragraph 80	Show of hands	Rejected
67	Separate vote on paragraph 82	Show of hands	Rejected
68	Separate vote on paragraph 87, after point vi	Show of hands	Rejected
69	Separate vote on paragraph 94	Show of hands	Rejected
70	Separate vote on paragraph 95	Show of hands	Adopted
71	Separate vote on paragraph 95	Show of hands	Adopted
72	Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iii	Show of hands	Adopted
73	Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iii	Show of hands	Adopted
74	Separate vote on paragraph 101, after point iii	Counted	397 for, 187 against, 61 abstained Adopted
75	Separate vote on paragraph 108	Counted	231 for, 405 against, 9 abstained Rejected
76	Amendment 20, adding text after paragraph 110 A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – After § 110 – Am 20	Roll call	107 for, 482 against, 55 abstained Rejected	Requested byroll call: Patriots
77	Paragraph 118, point iv — part 1 of 2 Part voted on: “Text as a whole without the words: ‘ii) analyse and propose ways to address the causes of these shortages, including manufacturing, supply chain, distribution challenges, and internal market obstacles or national protectionism, including the necessity of production of European medicines’”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: Patriots
78	Paragraph 118, point iv — part 2 of 2 Part voted on: “those words”	Show of hands	Adopted	Requested bysplit: Patriots
79	Separate vote on paragraph 122, after indent 3	Show of hands	Rejected
80	Separate vote on paragraph 125	Show of hands	Rejected
81	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 125	Show of hands	Rejected
82	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 129	Show of hands	Rejected
83	Vote on text inserted after paragraph 140	Counted	198 for, 275 against, 163 abstained Rejected
84	Separate vote on paragraph 148, point iii	Counted	353 for, 279 against, 11 abstained Adopted
85	Separate vote on paragraph 148, after point iii	Show of hands	Adopted
86	Final vote — text as a whole A10-0087/2026 – Monika Hohlmeier – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)	Roll call	475 for, 107 against, 71 abstained Adopted

Roll calls requested by ECR, Patriots, ESN · split votes by Renew (2), EPP, Patriots (2).

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0087

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Parliament voted on discharge for several EU agencies' 2024 budgets, including the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, the Agency for Support for BEREC, the Translation Centre, and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training.

The decision grants discharge to the agencies' directors and approves the closure of their accounts, meaning their spending was approved.

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This committee report proposes granting discharge to 31 EU agencies and two other bodies for the 2024 financial year, approving closure of their accounts, and includes a resolution with observations on their budget implementation.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2156(DEC) · Discharge procedure

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Agencies

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

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Referred to committee · 9 September 2025 (done)
Committee work · Report adopted 24 March 2026 (done)
Tabled for plenary · 10 April 2026 (done)
Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteur: Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP)

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

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: 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
Decision Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Ombudsman Budget decision · report by Pasquale Tridico 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted

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Decision Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 Resolution · report by Dick Erixon 28 Apr 2026 Adopted
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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/2026-04-29/20
Official sources: Roll-call votes, sitting of 29 April 2026 (European Parliament)
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: Agencies”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 190847, document A-10-2026-0087, reference 2025/2156(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/20 (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-2026-04-29-20,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2024: Agencies}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/20}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/20},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190847, document A-10-2026-0087, reference 2025/2156(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)}
}