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Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Court of Justice of the European Union

TA-10-2026-0128 · P10_TA(2026)0128 · PE778.060

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Parliament grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for the EU general budget for 2024 and adopts observations on the Court's budget management, performance, staff, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, cooperation and communication. The resolution notes the Court's budget of EUR 503,837,531, a 3.66% increase from 2023, and calls for enhanced multiannual planning and cost-efficiency measures. It welcomes the judicial reform transferring preliminary rulings to the General Court, notes workload changes, and calls for reporting on the reform's impact. It highlights concerns about gender imbalance among judges and senior management, and urges mandatory training on preventing violence against women for all staff and members. It commends progress in digitalisation, cybersecurity, environmental sustainability, and interinstitutional cooperation, while calling for continued improvements in transparency and accessibility.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the Registrar of the Court of Justice for implementing the 2024 budget.
  2. Notes the Court's 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 without undermining judicial independence.
  4. Calls on the Court to continue improving cost-efficiency and proactive budget planning, and to report on the judicial reform's impact.
  5. Notes the increase in new cases at the Court of Justice and decrease at the General Court, and calls for monitoring of member states' compliance with rulings.
  6. Calls on member states to consider gender balance when nominating judges, while ensuring merit and qualifications.
  7. Urges inclusion of all staff and members in obligatory training on preventing violence against women.
  8. Notes the adoption of a new code of conduct and calls for training for all staff without exception.
  9. Welcomes the Court's transparency measures, including streaming hearings and publishing written observations.
  10. Notes the decrease in IT and cybersecurity project spending but increase in equipment spending, and calls for sustained investment in cybersecurity.
  11. Commends progress in reducing environmental footprint and investing in energy efficiency, including LED lighting and insulation.
  12. Welcomes interinstitutional cooperation and the Court's communication efforts, including social media expansion.

Who is affected

  • The Court of Justice of the European Union and its staff, including judges, officials, and trainees.
  • Member states, which are called on to consider gender balance in judicial nominations.
  • National courts and justice professionals, who benefit from cooperation and training programmes.
  • Citizens and legal professionals, who gain from increased transparency and accessibility of the Court's activities.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 503,837,531: the Court's 2024 budget, a 3.66% increase from 2023.
  • 97.72%: overall provisional implementation rate of the budget at the end of 2024.
  • 23.7 days: average payment time in 2024, up from 23.1 days in 2023.
  • EUR 616,000: mission budget for members and staff in 2024, down from EUR 638,000 in 2023.
  • 920 new cases at the Court of Justice and 786 at the General Court in 2024.
  • 17.7 months: average duration of proceedings at the Court of Justice in 2024, up from 16.1 months in 2023.
  • 60.70% women and 39.30% men among Court staff in 2024.
  • 16,319 visitors registered in 2024, with about 2,500 attending the Open Day.