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Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Gerald Loacker

Effect
Appointment approved
Result
331 for · 282 against · 30 abstained counted electronically, no names
Date
16 September 2026
Kind
Resolution
More facts (8)
Margin
by a small majority
Text
Report A-10-2026-0210
Dossier
2026/0806(NLE)
Source
Committee report
Topics
EU institutions & Parliament Assigned by a model, not checked by hand.
Votes
1 vote · 0 roll calls
Sitting
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Final vote
196163
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Result

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Final vote: 331 for, 282 against, 30 abstained (counted electronically, no names).

Appointment approved by a small majority.

Parliament approved the appointment.

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
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS SpainEPPSpeeches116 Sept 2026 (verbatim report, official site)no roll call

All votes on this decision, 1

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
1Nomination of Gerald Loacker Final vote Counted331 for, 282 against, 30 abstained Adopted

Text

The text voted on.

Report A-10-2026-0210

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Parliament was consulted by the Council on the nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors.

Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control evaluated his credentials, receiving his curriculum vitae and written questionnaire replies, and held a hearing with him.

Parliament adopted the text as its official position, delivering a favourable opinion on the nomination.

Parliament instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, to the Court of Auditors, the other institutions of the European Union and the audit institutions of the Member States.

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The Committee on Budgetary Control delivers a favourable opinion on the Council's nomination of Gerald Loacker as a Member of the Court of Auditors.

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Dossier

Where the dossier stands and its other decisions in plenary.

2026/0806(NLE) · Non-legislative procedure

Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - AT nominee

Parliament approved the text on 16 September 2026. The Council takes the final decision.

Show the 5 steps of the dossier
  1. Referred to committee · 15 June 2026 (done)
  2. Committee work · Report adopted 14 July 2026 (done)
  3. Tabled for plenary · 17 July 2026 (done)
  4. Plenary vote · Adopted 16 September 2026 (done)
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Lead committee: CONT · Author: Paulo CUNHA (EPP)

Connections

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Sources & citation

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Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/19
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Data source
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Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Gerald Loacker”. Decision, 16 September 2026. votingId 196163, document A-10-2026-0210, reference 2026/0806(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/19 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Results of votes, sitting of 16 September 2026 (European Parliament), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meetings/MTG-PL-2026-09-16/decisions?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-decision-2026-09-16-19,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – Gerald Loacker}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/19}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/decisions/2026-09-16/19},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Decision. votingId 196163, document A-10-2026-0210, reference 2026/0806(NLE). Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-10-2026-09-16-VOT\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: decisions of the sitting MTG-PL-2026-09-16 (CC BY 4.0)}
}