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2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Parliament

Reference
2024/2020(DEC) Discharge procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 October 2025 and now EU law.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
More facts (6)
Rapporteur
Monika HOHLMEIER
Shadow rapporteurs
7 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Last vote
7 May 2025 · Discharge decision adopted
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
REGI, TRAN, DEVE, ECON, JURI, ENVI, LIBE, PECH, BUDG, FEMM, SEDE, EMPL, ITRE, AFCO, SANT, IMCO, AGRI, AFET, CULT, INTA
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 17 September 2024
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 11 April 2025
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 7 May 2025
  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.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
Rapporteur
Monika HOHLMEIER (EPP)
Shadow rapporteurs
Giuseppe LUPO (S&D), Tamás DEUTSCH (Patriots), Dick ERIXON (ECR), Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (Renew), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens), Jonas SJÖSTEDT (The Left), Alexander JUNGBLUTH (ESN)
Opinion: REGI
Regional Development
Opinion: TRAN
Transport and Tourism
Opinion: DEVE
Development
Opinion: ECON
Economic and Monetary Affairs
Opinion: JURI
Legal Affairs
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion: LIBE
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Opinion: PECH
Fisheries
Opinion: BUDG
Budgets
Opinion: FEMM
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Opinion: SEDE
Security and Defence
Opinion: EMPL
Employment and Social Affairs
Opinion: ITRE
Industry, Research and Energy
Opinion: AFCO
Constitutional Affairs · rapporteur Sven SIMON (EPP)
Opinion: SANT
Public Health
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Opinion: AGRI
Agriculture and Rural Development
Opinion: AFET
Foreign Affairs
Opinion: CULT
Culture and Education
Opinion: INTA
International Trade

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
7 May 2025Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Parliament BudgetDischarge decision adopted513 for, 119 against, 20 abstained by roll call

Voting grid

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

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).

  1. 7 May 2025 Final vote

    Adopted 513–119–20

    The Left
    For
    Greens
    For
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    Against
    ESN
    Against
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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament7 May 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0078/2025 TA-10-2025-0078

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary11 Apr 2025

    Report A10-0062/2025 A-10-2025-0062

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft17 Dec 2024

    Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-764999

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0078/2025: Parliament grants its President discharge for implementing the EU general budget for 2023, Section I – European Parliament, based on accounts and audits confirming sound financial management.
  • Report A10-0062/2025: The European Parliament grants discharge to its President for implementing the EU general budget for 2023, Section I – European Parliament, based on the Court of Auditors' assurance and internal reports.
  • Draft report (CONT): This draft report proposes granting discharge to Parliament's President for the 2023 budget and includes a resolution with observations on financial management, internal controls, and various directorates.

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Committee opinions: Opinion (AFCO), Draft opinion (AFCO)

What changed, 1

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0062/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0078/2025

    No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.

    Compare the two versions

Timeline, 10

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Outcome 1 step · 8 Oct 2025

  1. 8 October 2025

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 11 Apr 2025–7 May 2025

  1. 7 May 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 7 May 2025 Adopted text TA10-0078/2025Report A10-0062/2025

  2. 6 May 2025

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 6 May 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0067/2024Council / Commission text C10-0068/2024Council / Commission text C10-0069/2024Council / Commission text C10-0070/2024Council / Commission text C10-0071/2024Council / Commission text C10-0072/2024Council / Commission text C10-0073/2024Council / Commission text C10-0074/2024Council / Commission text C10-0075/2024Council / Commission text C10-0076/2024Council / Commission text C10-0077/2024Council / Commission text C10-0078/2024Council / Commission text C10-0079/2024Report A10-0046/2025Report A10-0047/2025Report A10-0050/2025Report A10-0051/2025Report A10-0052/2025Report A10-0053/2025Report A10-0054/2025Report A10-0055/2025Report A10-0056/2025Report A10-0062/2025Report A10-0065/2025Report A10-0069/2025Report A10-0074/2025

  3. 11 April 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0062/2025

Committee stage 6 steps · 17 Sept 2024–18 Mar 2025

  1. 18 March 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 5 February 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (CONT)

  3. 29 January 2025

    AFCO (Constitutional Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (AFCO)

  4. 17 December 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (CONT)

  5. 20 November 2024

    Draft opinion from AFCO (Constitutional Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (AFCO)

  6. 17 September 2024

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), DEVE (Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), PECH (Fisheries), BUDG (Budgets), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), SEDE (Security and Defence), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), SANT (Public Health), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), AFET (Foreign Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.

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https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2020
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European Parliament (2025). “2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Parliament”. Dossier, 7 May 2025. procId 2024-2020, reference 2024/2020(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2020 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2020(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2020 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-2020,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Parliament}},
  year = {2025},
  date = {2025-05-07},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2020}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2020},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2024-2020, reference 2024/2020(DEC). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F2020(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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