Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union
Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.
Where it stands: Parliament adopted the text on 29 April 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- ✓ Referred to committee 9 September 2025
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 March 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 12 March 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
- ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- CONT — Budgetary Control
- Rapporteur
- Pasquale TRIDICO The Left
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Caterina CHINNICI PPEJosé CEPEDA S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECR
- For opinion
- CULT — Culture and Education ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs SANT — Public Health ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development REGI — Regional Development JURI — Legal Affairs · rapporteur Ilhan KYUCHYUK RenewFEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality BUDG — Budgets IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection PECH — Fisheries DEVE — Development ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety TRAN — Transport and Tourism EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs AFCO — Constitutional Affairs SEDE — Security and Defence AFET — Foreign Affairs INTA — International Trade
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The versions differ only in formal points: the resolution heading is updated and decimal separators are corrected. see the changes →
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The decision on discharge is postponed instead of granted, and several new calls and emphases are added on budget planning, judicial reform reporting, gender balance, AI limits, and cybersecurity. Some figures are updated: transferred preliminary rulings from 20 to 19, burnout cases from 19 to 17, training participants from 747 to 561, green tenders from eleven to eight, and social media growth percentages. Other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, punctuation fixes, acronym expansions, and minor rephrasing. see the changes →
Committee opinions: Opinion (JURI),Draft opinion (JURI)
Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.
Timeline
- Plenary stage
- 29 April 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted
Show all 8 ballots in voting order
1. Final vote Proposal for a decisionAdoptedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedRejected4. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 55RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recorded5. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 60RejectedA vote by raised hands. Only the outcome is recorded, not who voted how. — no individual positions recordedRejectedRejected8. Final vote — text as a whole 13:49 A10-0055/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)Adopted - 28 April 2026 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 28 April 2026 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0145/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0146/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0147/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0148/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0149/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0150/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0151/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0152/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0153/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0154/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0155/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0156/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0157/2025📄 Report A10-0046/2026📄 Report A10-0050/2026📄 Report A10-0051/2026📄 Report A10-0052/2026📄 Report A10-0053/2026📄 Report A10-0054/2026📄 Report A10-0055/2026📄 Report A10-0056/2026📄 Report A10-0057/2026📄 Report A10-0059/2026📄 Report A10-0081/2026📄 Report A10-0085/2026📄 Report A10-0087/2026 - 12 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 28 January 2026 JURI (Legal Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 28 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
- 16 December 2025 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 9 September 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; CULT (Culture and Education), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), SANT (Public Health), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), REGI (Regional Development), JURI (Legal Affairs), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), BUDG (Budgets), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), PECH (Fisheries), DEVE (Development), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), SEDE (Security and Defence), AFET (Foreign Affairs), INTA (International Trade) give an opinion.