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Discharge 2024: EU general budget - Committee of the Regions

TA-10-2026-0132 · P10_TA(2026)0132 · PE778.064

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Parliament grants discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the 2024 budget and sets out observations in a resolution. The resolution notes the Committee's high budget execution rates, low error levels, and calls for more resources and involvement in monitoring EU spending. It covers areas like human resources, gender balance, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, sustainability, and interinstitutional cooperation, making specific requests for improvements.

Key points

  1. Grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions discharge for implementing the 2024 budget.
  2. Notes the Committee's budget was EUR 123,178,345 in 2024, with a commitment execution rate of 99.9% and payment rate of 91.90%.
  3. Calls on the Commission to involve the Committee in monitoring and evaluating EU spending, including post-2027 budget decisions.
  4. Calls on the Committee to implement cost-saving measures and report regularly on savings achieved.
  5. Calls for transparency and proportionality in remote meeting allowances and wider use of online/hybrid meetings.
  6. Encourages strengthening outcome-oriented indicators and quantifying modernisation benefits.
  7. Expects a concrete action plan for gender balance in management with measurable targets and annual reporting.
  8. Urges prioritising the full development of an anti-fraud strategy.
  9. Stresses that AI use must follow ethical principles, transparency, data protection, and human oversight.
  10. Welcomes savings from cooperation with the EESC and calls for expanding cooperation, possibly a single administration for joint services.

Who is affected

  • The Committee of the Regions: receives discharge and is asked to implement various improvements.
  • The Commission: called on to involve the Committee in monitoring EU spending.
  • Committee staff: affected by calls for gender balance, training, and hybrid work.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 123,178,345: final adopted budget of the Committee in 2024.
  • 99.9%: commitment appropriations execution rate in 2024.
  • 91.90%: payment appropriations execution rate in 2024.
  • 57.2% women and 42.8% men among staff at end of 2024.
  • 33.3%: proportion of women in senior management in 2024.
  • EUR 13.70 million: combined IT budget of Committee and EESC in 2024.

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