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Discharge 2023: EU general budget - European Economic and Social Committee

TA-10-2025-0082 · P10_TA(2025)0082 · PE764.993

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Parliament grants discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations. It notes the Committee's budget implementation, internal controls, HR, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, and interinstitutional cooperation, and makes recommendations for improvements.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee for implementing the 2023 budget.
  2. Notes the Committee's budget was EUR 158,767,970 in 2023, a 4.1% increase from 2022; commitment appropriations implementation rose to 98.70% and payment appropriations to 90.67%.
  3. Calls on the Committee to include in future reporting a list of all key performance indicators and objectives per activity, with targets and achievement levels.
  4. Notes the Committee adopted 213 opinions and reports in 2023, up from 202 in 2022, and organised 146 hearings and 23 conferences.
  5. Calls on the Committee to implement recommendations from the external HR mapping audit, including revising the appraisal and performance system by 2025 and conducting regular staff engagement monitoring.
  6. Regrets the low percentage of women in senior management (two out of seven posts) and invites the Committee to improve gender balance at the highest levels.
  7. Regrets the Committee's inability to provide data on burnout cases and encourages publication of anonymised data on burnout.
  8. Urges the Committee to implement real-time tracking of declared conflicts of interest and require annual public disclosure of financial interests, assets, and external affiliations for members and senior staff.
  9. Urges the Committee to increase its cybersecurity budget to at least 10% of total IT expenditures, in line with EU cybersecurity directives.
  10. Calls on the Committee to strengthen monitoring and reporting on labour rights, social inclusion, and human rights violations within EU-funded programmes.

Who is affected

  • The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and its Secretary-General, who receive discharge and must follow up on recommendations.
  • EESC members and senior staff: must publicly disclose financial interests and assets annually if the urged measures are adopted.
  • EESC staff: affected by calls for improved HR practices, gender balance, and transparency on burnout data.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 158,767,970: final adopted budget for the Committee in 2023, a 4.1% increase from 2022.
  • 98.70%: commitment appropriations implementation rate in 2023; 90.67%: payment appropriations execution rate.
  • EUR 13,827,713: carry-over of appropriations from 2023 to 2024, about 8.70% of the budget.
  • EUR 145: allowance for remote attendance per meeting per day, 50% of the physical attendance allowance.
  • EUR 1,677,000: budgetary savings from the remote attendance decision; 553.66 tons of CO2 saved.
  • 707: staff members employed at the end of 2023; 95.50% occupation rate; 7% turnover rate.
  • EUR 12,700,000: combined IT budget of the Committee and CoR in 2023; EUR 350,000 (3%) for cybersecurity.
  • EUR 2.15 million: communication budget in 2023, up from EUR 1.5 million in 2022.

Legal basis: Article 287 and Articles 314(10), 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union