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REPORT (2025/2148(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024, Section IV – Court of Justice of the European Union

A-10-2026-0055

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Pasquale Tridico

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Parliament grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for the 2024 budget and adopts observations on the Court's financial management, performance, and operations. The resolution notes the Court's budget, implementation, and audit findings, and makes recommendations on judicial reform, workload, staff, ethics, digitalisation, and sustainability.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for implementing the 2024 budget.
  2. Notes the Court's 2024 budget was EUR 503,837,531, a 3.66% increase from 2023, mainly due to salary adjustments.
  3. Calls for enhanced multiannual workforce and expenditure planning due to recurrent salary increases, without undermining judicial independence.
  4. Calls on the Court to report on the impact of the judicial reform and present an ex post evaluation for the next discharge.
  5. Reaffirms the primacy of Union law and the Court's role in upholding the rule of law.
  6. Calls on the Court to explore practical guidance tools with national courts to improve preliminary ruling questions.
  7. Urges inclusion of all staff and members in obligatory training on preventing violence against women.
  8. Renews call on Member States to consider gender balance when nominating Judges, based on merit and qualifications.
  9. Encourages the Court to strengthen training on the code of conduct for all staff without exception.
  10. Calls on the interinstitutional working group on official vehicles to act swiftly and inform the discharge authority.
  11. Invites the Court to keep the discharge authority updated on accessibility, AI training, and other initiatives.

Who is affected

  • The Court of Justice of the European Union, including its members and staff, is subject to discharge and recommendations.
  • Member States are called on to consider gender balance in judicial nominations.
  • National courts and justice professionals benefit from cooperation and training programmes.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 503,837,531: Court's 2024 budget, a 3.66% increase from 2023.
  • 97.72%: provisional budget implementation rate at end of 2024.
  • 23.7 days: average payment time in 2024, up from 23.1 days in 2023.
  • EUR 616,000: mission budget in 2024, down from EUR 638,000 in 2023.
  • 920 new cases at Court of Justice in 2024; 786 at General Court.
  • 17.7 months: average duration for Court of Justice cases in 2024.
  • 60.70% women and 39.30% men among Court staff in 2024.

Legal basis: Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union