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Discharge 2024: Joint Undertakings

Effect
Discharge decision adopted
Result
525 for · 104 against · 16 abstained roll call
Date
29 April 2026, 14:13
Kind
Budget decision
More facts (9)
Margin
by an overwhelming majority
Counts are for
the proposal for a discharge decision
Text
Report A-10-2026-0046
Dossier
2025/2157(DEC)
Source
Committee report by Csaba Molnár
Topics
EU budget & funds Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
13 votes · 1 roll call
Sitting
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Final vote
190369
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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: 525 for, 104 against, 16 abstained (roll call).

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.

Backed by The Left, Greens, S&D, Renew, EPP and ECR; opposed by 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 37Against 2Abst. 3No vote 4 of 46Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.82
GreensFor 44Against 0Abst. 0No vote 9 of 53Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
S&DFor 123Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 135Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
RenewFor 65Against 0Abst. 0No vote 12 of 77Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
EPPFor 163Against 0Abst. 0No vote 22 of 185Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 1.00
ECRFor 67Against 12Abst. 1No vote 1 of 81Majority line ForClear line For Cohesion 0.76
PatriotsFor 10Against 64Abst. 1No vote 10 of 85Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.78
ESNFor 4Against 20Abst. 3No vote 0 of 27Majority line AgainstClear line Against Cohesion 0.61
No groupFor 12Against 6Abst. 8No vote 4 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, 36

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
Belgium184000.73
Bulgaria123020.70
Cyprus4011—
Czechia161310.70
Germany68107110.70
Denmark132000.80
Estonia6010—
Spain465090.85
Finland131010.89
France4233060.34
Greece126120.45
Croatia9003—
Hungary78060.30
Ireland140001.00
Italy652090.96
Lithuania101000.86
Luxembourg6000—
Latvia7101—
Malta1005—
Netherlands216130.63
Poland464210.83
Portugal173010.78
Romania243060.83
Sweden143040.74
Slovenia9000—
Slovakia122010.79

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, 13

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
2Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
3Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
Show the other 12 votesShow the other 10 votes
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
2Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
3Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
Votes on this decision, continued
No.VoteRecordedResultRequested by
4Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
5Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
6Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
7Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
8Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
9Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
10Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
11Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
12Proposals for decisions Show of hands Adopted
13Final vote on the motion for a resolution A10-0046/2026 – Csaba Molnár – Motion for a resolution Roll call525 for, 104 against, 16 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0046

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Parliament granted discharge to the Clean Aviation, Circular Bio-based Europe, Clean Hydrogen, and Europe's Rail Joint Undertakings for the 2024 budget.

It also approved the closure of their accounts for that year.

The decisions were adopted by an overwhelming majority.

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The committee report proposes granting discharge to twelve EU Joint Undertakings for the 2024 financial year and approving closure of their accounts, with observations in a resolution.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2025/2157(DEC) · Discharge procedure

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Joint Undertakings

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 · 23 March 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 29 April 2026 (done)
  5. Parliament’s position · Final (done)

Lead committee: CONT · Rapporteur: Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D)

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/2026-04-29/21
Official sources
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Discharge 2024: Joint Undertakings”. Decision, 29 April 2026. votingId 190369, document A-10-2026-0046, reference 2025/2157(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/21 (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-2026-04-29-21,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Discharge 2024: Joint Undertakings}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/21}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-04-29/21},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 190369, document A-10-2026-0046, reference 2025/2157(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)}
}