2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 12 September 2023
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 30 September 2024
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 3 October 2024
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 22 October 2024
5. ✓ Parliament’s position (done) Final

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Lead committee

Budgetary Control CONT

Rapporteurs

Jonas SJÖSTEDT (The Left), Luke Ming FLANAGAN (The Left)

Shadow rapporteurs

MEP #197482 (ID) former member, Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ (EPP), MEP #33982 (EPP) former member, MEP #197584 (S&D) former member, Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), MEP #28372 (ECR) former member, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (Renew), MEP #249826 (Renew) former member, MEP #197539 (Greens) former member

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs · rapporteur Salvatore DE MEO (EPP)

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

Key: ✓ For ✗ Against ○ Abstained ÷ Divided (no clear line)

1. 22 Oct 2024 Separate vote on paragraph 14

   Adopted 429–206–26

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

2. 22 Oct 2024 Paragraph 16 — part 2

   Adopted 417–204–37

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

3. 22 Oct 2024 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 431–131–83

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament22 Oct 2024

   Adopted text TA10-0026/2024 TA-10-2024-0026

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2. Adopted by Parliament23 Apr 2024

   Adopted text TA9-0288/2024 TA-9-2024-0288

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3. Tabled for plenary3 Oct 2024

   Report A10-0003/2024 A-10-2024-0003

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4. Tabled for plenary6 Mar 2024

   Report A9-0071/2024 A-9-2024-0071

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5. Committee draft24 Jul 2024

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-761252

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6. Committee draft14 Dec 2023

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-753479

1. Latest Adopted by Parliament → Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA9-0288/2024 → Adopted text TA10-0026/2024

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The main change is that Parliament now refuses discharge to the Council instead of postponing the decision. The resolution is restructured: detailed budgetary and audit observations are replaced by statements on the Council's non-cooperation and Parliament's prerogatives. New paragraphs criticize the Council's attitude, the Hungarian Presidency, and unanimity voting, while reaffirming previous observations. The other changes are formal: updated date, removed abbreviation, and capitalization.

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2. Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0003/2024 → Adopted text TA9-0288/2024

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The decision changes from refusing discharge to postponing it, and the resolution adds extensive new content on budget, audits, and political priorities. New paragraphs cover Council budget figures, Court of Auditors findings, and detailed observations on management, staffing, ethics, and transparency. Drops paragraphs on Council's attitude, Treaty revision, and Article 7 procedure, while adding new ones on Ukraine, appointments, and transparency. The other changes are formal: title update, punctuation, and capitalization.

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3. Tabled for plenary → Tabled for plenary Report A9-0071/2024 → Report A10-0003/2024

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The resolution now refuses discharge to the Council instead of postponing the decision, reflecting continued non-cooperation. It adds criticism of the Council's refusal to answer Parliament's questionnaire and participate in hearings. It introduces a call for Treaty revision to give Parliament explicit discharge competence over all institutions. It adds a paragraph criticising the Hungarian Council Presidency under an Article 7 procedure. The other changes are formal: updated citations and capitalisation.

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4. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A9-0071/2024

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The new version postpones the discharge decision instead of refusing it and adds many new paragraphs with detailed observations on the Council's budget, management, and policies. It removes a paragraph on Treaty revision and adds a letter from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs with suggestions. The other changes are formal: adding an abbreviation and correcting capitalization.

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5. Committee draft → Committee draft Draft report (CONT) → Draft report (CONT)

   ▸ AIAI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

   The main change is that Parliament now refuses discharge to the Council instead of granting it, due to continued non-cooperation. The resolution adds a call for Treaty revision to give Parliament explicit discharge competence over all institutions. It also drops detailed observations on the Council's budget and management, replacing them with a reference to a prior resolution. Other changes are wording and renumbering of paragraphs.

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Official source

• Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL) ↗

Data source

• EP Open Data API: procedure record ↗

Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Retrieved

25 September 2026

European Parliament (2024). “2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council”. Dossier, 22 October 2024. procId 2023-2131, reference 2023/2131(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2131 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F2131(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2023-2131 (CC BY 4.0).

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