2025/2151(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

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.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 9 September 2025
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 2 March 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 17 March 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 29 April 2026
  5. ✓ 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
Andrey KOVATCHEV PPECsaba MOLNÁR S&DOndřej KNOTEK PfEŞerban Dimitrie STURDZA ECRMichal WIEZIK Renew
For opinion
SEDE — Security and Defence JURI — Legal Affairs CULT — Culture and Education SANT — Public Health TRAN — Transport and Tourism LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety INTA — International Trade AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development DEVE — Development REGI — Regional Development AFCO — Constitutional Affairs IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality AFET — Foreign Affairs BUDG — Budgets ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs PECH — Fisheries

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

Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 16 December 2025⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0059/2026 17 March 2026⇄ what changed Adopted by Parliament Adopted text TA10-0131/2026 29 April 2026

Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 29 April 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 29 April 2026 📄 Report A10-0059/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0131/2026
    Adopted Adopted
    How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote Proposal for a decision
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote: after paragraph 14 After § 14
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote: paragraph 22 § 22
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote: after paragraph 53 After § 53
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:57 A10-0059/2026 – Pasquale Tridico – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  3. 29 April 2026 Plenary vote
    📄 Adopted text TA10-0131/2026
  4. 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
  5. 17 March 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0059/2026
  6. Committee stage
  7. 2 March 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 28 January 2026 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (CONT)
  9. 16 December 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (CONT)
  10. 9 September 2025 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; SEDE (Security and Defence), JURI (Legal Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education), SANT (Public Health), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), INTA (International Trade), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), DEVE (Development), REGI (Regional Development), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), PECH (Fisheries) give an opinion.