2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 17 September 2024
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 31 March 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.

Lead committee

Budgetary Control CONT

Rapporteur

Dick ERIXON (ECR)

Shadow rapporteurs

Caterina CHINNICI (EPP), Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), Virginie JORON (Patriots), Olivier CHASTEL (Renew), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens), Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left), Alexander JUNGBLUTH (ESN)

Opinion: SANT

Public Health

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: SEDE

Security and Defence

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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. 7 May 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 630–16–16

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

2. 7 May 2025 Paragraph 14 — part 2

   Adopted 385–249–31

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   Divided ÷

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   For ✓

3. 7 May 2025 Paragraph 22 — part 2

   Adopted 481–115–66

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

4. 7 May 2025 Paragraph 23 — part 2

   Adopted 537–101–23

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   For ✓

5. 7 May 2025 Paragraph 31 — part 2

   Adopted 488–109–68

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

6. 7 May 2025 Paragraph 33 — part 2

   Adopted 473–121–69

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Abst. ○

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

7. 7 May 2025 Amendment 1 to paragraph 45

   Rejected 258–323–80

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   Abst. ○

   ESN

   Against ✗

8. 7 May 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 619–19–25

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

9. 7 May 2025 Amendment 2 to paragraph 47

   Rejected 259–325–77

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   Abst. ○

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament7 May 2025

   Adopted text TA10-0081/2025 TA-10-2025-0081

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary31 Mar 2025

   Report A10-0047/2025 A-10-2025-0047

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft17 Dec 2024

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-764995

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0047/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0081/2025

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

   Deletes a paragraph on Council nominations and Parliament's role in evaluating candidates. The other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, punctuation, capitalization, and terminology updates.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0047/2025

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

   The main change is postponing the discharge decision for the Court of Auditors for 2023. The resolution adds numerous calls for expanded audits, including EIB operations, and for full access to FENIX and other tools. It strengthens demands on transparency and ethics, including joining the Transparency Register and cooperating with EPPO investigations. It adds concerns about gender balance, recruitment, and staff well-being, with calls for more action. The other changes are formal or wording updates, including renumbering and minor rephrasing.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2023

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 (2025). “2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors”. Dossier, 7 May 2025. procId 2024-2023, reference 2024/2023(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2023 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2023(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2023 (CC BY 4.0).

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