Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 9 September 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 2 March 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 17 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), Michal WIEZIK (Renew)

Opinion: SEDE

Security and Defence

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: SANT

Public Health

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

Opinion: DEVE

Development

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

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 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 478–146–27

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Against ✗

   Patriots

   Against ✗

   ESN

   Against ✗

1. Adopted by Parliament29 Apr 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0131/2026 TA-10-2026-0131

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary17 Mar 2026

   Report A10-0059/2026 A-10-2026-0059

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft16 Dec 2025

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-778063

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0059/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0131/2026

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

   The only substantive change is correcting the date of the Council decision on allowances from September to June 2024. Other changes are formal or wording: updated heading, rephrased appreciation, and typographical fixes.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0059/2026

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

   The main change is postponing the discharge decision for 2024, with new calls for cost-saving measures, impact measurement, and cybersecurity funding. Several paragraphs are added or expanded to stress strategic workforce planning, zero-tolerance for harassment, and transparency in remote participation allowances. The text now encourages prioritising initiatives for growth and competitiveness, and calls for a digital transformation strategy with human oversight of AI. Other changes are formal or wording: typo corrections, rephrasing, and updates to citations and references.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2151

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 Economic and Social Committee”. Dossier, 29 April 2026. procId 2025-2151, reference 2025/2151(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2151 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2151(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2151 (CC BY 4.0).

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