Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman

1. ✓ Referred to committee (done) 9 September 2025
2. ✓ Committee work (done) Report adopted 2 March 2026
3. ✓ Tabled for plenary (done) 12 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

Caterina CHINNICI (EPP), José CEPEDA (S&D), Ondřej KNOTEK (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie STURDZA (ECR), Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU (Renew)

Opinion: SEDE

Security and Defence

Opinion: BUDG

Budgets

Opinion: AFCO

Constitutional Affairs

Opinion: SANT

Public Health

Opinion: FEMM

Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

Opinion: AGRI

Agriculture and Rural Development

Opinion: ENVI

Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Opinion: ECON

Economic and Monetary Affairs

Opinion: JURI

Legal Affairs

Opinion: CULT

Culture and Education

Opinion: IMCO

Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Opinion: TRAN

Transport and Tourism

Opinion: INTA

International Trade

Opinion: AFET

Foreign Affairs

Opinion: REGI

Regional Development

Opinion: PECH

Fisheries

Opinion: ITRE

Industry, Research and Energy

Opinion: EMPL

Employment and Social Affairs

Opinion: DEVE

Development

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. 29 Apr 2026 Final vote — text as a whole

   Adopted 593–14–45

   The Left

   For ✓

   Greens

   For ✓

   S&D

   For ✓

   Renew

   For ✓

   EPP

   For ✓

   ECR

   Divided ÷

   Patriots

   For ✓

   ESN

   For ✓

1. Adopted by Parliament29 Apr 2026

   Adopted text TA10-0133/2026 TA-10-2026-0133

   Compare with tabled for plenary

2. Tabled for plenary12 Mar 2026

   Report A10-0054/2026 A-10-2026-0054

   Compare with committee draft

3. Committee draft15 Dec 2025

   Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-778065

1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0054/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0133/2026

   ▸ 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 regulation citation is completed. Two factual corrections are made: the missions budget year is corrected to 2024 and the parental leave policy year to 2004.

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2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0054/2026

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

   The main change is that Parliament postpones its discharge decision for the Ombudsman for 2024 instead of granting it. Adds numerous calls for the Ombudsman to address perceived conflicts of interest, improve recruitment diversity, and strengthen safeguards in senior appointments. Adds requests for more realistic budgeting, better cost models for shared systems, and improved handling of access-to-documents delays. Adds stresses on maintaining communication capacity, ensuring ethical AI use, and incorporating social and environmental criteria in procurement. Other changes are formal or wording: updated references, terminology alignment, and minor rephrasing.

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Permalink

https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2153

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 Ombudsman”. Dossier, 29 April 2026. procId 2025-2153, reference 2025/2153(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-2153 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F2153(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-2153 (CC BY 4.0).

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