Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 9 September 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 2 March 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 27 March 2026
4. ✓ Plenary vote (done) Adopted 29 April 2026
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

Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left)

Shadow rapporteurs

Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP), Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), Ondřej KNOTEK (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA (ECR), Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY (Renew)

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: SEDE

Security and Defence

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: SANT

Public Health

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. 29 Apr 2026 Amendment 2 to paragraph 30

   Rejected 219–417–9

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   Against ✗

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

2. 29 Apr 2026 Amendment 6 to paragraph 30

   Rejected 274–365–8

   The Left

   Against ✗

   Greens

   Against ✗

   S&D

   Against ✗

   Renew

   Against ✗

   EPP

   Divided ÷

   ECR

   For ✓

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

3. 29 Apr 2026 Separate vote on paragraph 30

   Adopted 329–286–29

   The Left

   Divided ÷

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   Divided ÷

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

4. 29 Apr 2026 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 432–160–65

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Divided ÷

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament29 Apr 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0127/2026 TA-10-2026-0127

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary27 Mar 2026

   Report A10-0051/2026 A-10-2026-0051

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft2 Jul 2026

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-790743

   Compare with committee draft

4. Committee draft17 Dec 2025

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-778049

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0051/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0127/2026

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

   The versions differ only in formal points and wording: the title is updated and a percentage is reformatted.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0051/2026

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

   The discharge decision changes from refusal to postponement, altering the core outcome. Adds extensive new content on budgetary figures, political priorities, and management areas, while removing previous paragraphs on Council non-cooperation. Strengthens language on democratic legitimacy and transparency, citing Treaty articles and adding criticism of Council practices. Other changes are formal or wording: updated Treaty references, terminology alignment, and minor rephrasing.

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3. 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 is restructured: detailed sections on budget, HR, and other topics are removed, replaced by a focus on Council's refusal to cooperate and calls for reform. Recitals are updated to reflect the Ombudsman's specific recommendation and to adjust wording on transparency and cooperation. Other changes are formal or wording: terminology updates, punctuation fixes, and capitalization corrections.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2147

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 (2026). “Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council”. Dossier, 29 April 2026. procId 2025-2147, reference 2025/2147(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2147 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2147(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2147 (CC BY 4.0).

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