2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman

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

Lead committee

Budgetary Control CONT

Rapporteur

Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI (ECR)

Shadow rapporteurs

Kinga KOLLÁR (EPP), Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), Virginie JORON (Patriots), Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU (Renew), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens), Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left)

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: SEDE

Security and Defence

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: SANT

Public Health

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

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

   Adopted 568–54–43

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   Divided ÷

   ESN

   Abst. ○

2. 7 May 2025 Amendment 1, adding text after paragraph 47

   Rejected 246–267–139

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Abst. ○

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

3. 7 May 2025 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 611–8–46

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   Abst. ○

1. Adopted by Parliament7 May 2025

   Adopted text TA10-0084/2025 TA-10-2025-0084

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary2 Apr 2025

   Report A10-0055/2025 A-10-2025-0055

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft16 Dec 2024

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-764991

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0055/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0084/2025

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

   The versions differ only in formal points: the title is updated, acronyms are expanded, and punctuation and capitalization are corrected.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0055/2025

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

   The main change is postponing the discharge decision for the Ombudsman's 2023 budget. Adds calls for improved transparency, including on RRF recipients, high-level meetings, and financial interests. Adds calls for better communication, training, and cooperation with committees and agencies. Adds paragraphs on gender balance, workload, and accessibility, and moves staff well-being text. Other changes are wording or formal, including rephrasing and correcting years.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2027

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 - European Ombudsman”. Dossier, 7 May 2025. procId 2024-2027, reference 2024/2027(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2027 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2027(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2027 (CC BY 4.0).

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